This practice of icing the figures to make them look good is as ubiquitous as the ads that spring out in the media during spring months, which is the peak of admission period. Confused students, with rosy dreams are easily lured by the figures and prospects that are best left to the utopian world.
This incident is just the tip of the iceberg. A harder scrutiny would reveal that the huge claims of dollar salaries, oversized pay packages and larger than life existence is just the hegemony of the select few B schools, who can really boast of such figures.
It is the era of consumerism, and like producers look for consumers, B schools look out for students. The better the batch, the better is selling pitch to the prospectives of the next year. And the bright eyed youngsters again look for something that is out of the world..The cycle continues.
It is definitely not ethical to entice the youngsters by promising facilities that do not exist, placements that are one in a hundred, excellent faculty that are too few in number…the list is endless. These figures must be properly scrutinized for legitimacy before they are sent out to the media. And the B school bosses can be given the responsibility for the same
