task of talent management is going to get harder and harder for the knowledge companies as we go along.

When you look at the design level, the problem is that our educational system takes a very skill-forward view. The biggest challenge now is to make people think business-backwards and not skill-forward. The way the educational system was created was good for the 1980s. I think if we do not radically change our curriculum, and approach to teaching, I don't think we will be able to build world-class entry-level people who will be relevant five years from now. I think that is the single largest issue.

The second thing that worries me is our reliance on engineers. For God's sake, our systems are used by human beings, all our users are not engineers, so why are we only hiring engineers! I think there has to be huge mindset change in this country. We need to look beyond engineering colleges. If I have any IT problem, I go and ask my young son. I am sure we all do. They are not engineers. Generation Y is extremely IT savvy. We don't need engineers. We are forgetting a huge talent pool.

Also, we are somehow restricting ourselves to urban metros. It made big news when Hong Kong Bank went to Visakhapatnam. Why is that? It is not a small town. There has to be a lot more talent in this country somewhere.