The very title "IITians have world before them" speaks how heavy the head is. Thank God, the news was not titled "IITians wearing T Shirts have world in their pocket". Recent Headlines hogger BITS Alum Subodh Karnik, is all set to become President and chief Executive of ATA Airlines from January 1, 2007. Karnik follows in the path of Rono Dutta and Rakesh Gangwal, both alumni of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), who went on to head United Airlines and US Airways respectively. But while both Dutta and Gangwal left their jobs amid a downward spiral in the airline business in the months after 9/11, Karnik is credited with rescuing ATA after being brought in as CFO from Delta Airlines (where he was senior vice-president). When the going gets tough, only the tough ones get going. Rajesh Hukku BITS Pilani Alum from i-flex has the world eating out of his hands with his Flexcube product. In the reservation episode its BITS Pilani which showed 'Where the Mind is without Fear" when all other universities bent backwards to please you know whom. Its time the johnny come lates read history and realize that BITS Pilani has been a leader who knows the way goes the way and shows the way.
