Mohandas Pai on Reservation in India

"We have to be sensitive to create a totally transparent and non-discriminatory policy for employment coupled with an affirmative action programme to reach out to the people who are disadvantaged," T.V. Mohandas Pai, Member of the Infosys Board, has said.

Mr. Pai was responding to a question about his views on "Reservation in industry" during an interactive session with professionals, students and academics at Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Saturday. Stating that there was truth in the reservation debate, Mr. Pai said: "The whole issue boils down to making available access to education to everybody where money should not be a constraint."

Stating that he was all for merit, Mr. Pai said: "You have to be realistic and accept the argument about reservation for what it is."

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