Response

My commentary was in response to the guest editorial by T. V. Ramakrishnan (TVR)1 on the subject 'Rediscovering universities', where he had given several specific and phase-wise suggestions for bringing about changes in our university system. Chaudhuri should have referred to the original editorial and not only make comments on my limited response to the original issues raised by TVR. For example, my reference to France and Germany is in response to what TVR has written on the new initiatives being taken by these two countries in linking national laboratories to their universities.