[finnigan2]

I've never met anyone from Pune U., and it very well be an exception, but I have worked with Indian and Pakistani nationals over the years who were graduates from other institutions in those two countries.
My impression was that their universities placed a very high premium on memory learning and very little on developing deductive reasoning. In other words, they could regurgitate all sorts of book based theories, formulas and arguments, but when it came to integrating theory from book one with the formulas from book two in order to solve a unique problem, they had difficulty.
It's not a racial thing, it's more a cultural issue because I have met Indian national who received their entire education in the West and they can be very good.

[CarrotAndStick]

From my experience, those types are common throughout the world (result of procrastination and last minute slogging before exams). The truly gifted ones are rare to find. In America. In India. Of course, with countries with high rates of immigration, such gifted people are easier to find. Maybe Japan could be an exception.

[razoroccam]

I'm from University of Pune, though you've never met me. From an Army run medical school though, so it was a bit of a mish-mash. But you are entirely correct. Indian education pays a lot of emphasis on rote memorization and not enough on deductive reasoning.