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by CubicalOrange11 hours ago |
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upvoteby pchangr10 hours ago|
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I believe this is how most publicly funded research and some private research institutes work. This research was conducted by a public Indian university (IIT Madras). Which, by the way is literally more selective than IVY league universities
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upvoteby hsb39 hours ago|
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Doesnt matter how selective they are if the Budget of 1 MIT is $5 Billion while the budget of all 23 IIT is less than $1 Billion. There is a reason why so many Indian scientists move out of India.
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upvoteby higginsniggins4 hours ago|
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I'm not sure what point you're making, but if anything, that makes this MORE impressive not less, if they can do great work with little resources.
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upvoteby pchangr7 hours ago|
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I think it’s good for people outside of India (myself included) to know how competitive life is over there. Indian research institutes seem to be truly top notch and they deserve due respect. That was my reason to share.
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upvoteby pchangr7 hours ago|
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I just thought it was a cool fact :)
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upvoteby hgoel7 hours ago|
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Selectivity is just a numbers game, doesn't translate well in the way you're trying to present.
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upvoteby porridgeraisin9 hours ago|
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This particular lab happens to be primarily privately funded, donations, grants, etc,. Most big ticket research at IITM like this one are industry-funded or donation-funded. The public funds cover all the usual stuff and I don't mean to understate it.
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upvoteby pchangr7 hours ago|
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Oh, I could find just the founding statement of the project stating it was funded by the “Principal Scientific Advisor” of the government of India https://acr.iitm.ac.in/iitm_in_news/iit-madras-launches-sudh... did you find something different?

Edit: it seems you were right. Apparently they have received big donations from ex-alumni including the co-founder of infosys and the founder of Fairfax Financial Holdings. Pretty cool!

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upvoteby rramadass7 hours ago|
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The article you linked to itself states;

The centre will power a large-scale multi-disciplinary effort to map human brains at cellular level. It is supported by Infosys co-founder and IIT Madras’ Distinguished Alumnus Kris Gopalakrishnan and his wife Sudha Gopalakrishnan. Since 2014, Gopalakrishnan has been involved in seeding research at the institute at the intersection of neuroscience and engineering.

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upvoteby philipallstar7 hours ago|
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Me hiring a PA is literally more selective than that. Only one person can qualify.
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upvoteby pchangr6 hours ago|
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I should have clarified that I was defining selectivity as the ratio between applicants and accepted candidates. Getting in this school requires someone to be among the top 250k takers of a specific exam (JEE main) typically, it’d be taken by around 1.5 million students. If one is among those 250k, one can choose to do the advanced test.. which in 2025 was cleared by 56 880 students .. from which, 18,188 students were admitted.

And yes, if you have more than .. 84 candidates, your process would be more selective. However, I think the fair comparison would be .. say .. the MIT?

On the same year, the MIT got 29,282 applications and admitted 1,324 students

So if you apply to the MIT you’re more than 3 times likelier to get accepted.

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upvoteby epestr5 hours ago|
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Not a fair comparison. IITs are a bottleneck given there aren't better (in terms of reputation and outcome) schools here. And plenty more apply simply because it's a rite of passage for every Indian kid. I'd guess less so for MIT given kids pre-reject themselves.

Speaking anecdotally, of course.

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