154-614: This is a list of characters that have appeared in Scott Adams ' Dilbert comic strip. The main character in the strip, Dilbert is a stereotypical technically-minded single male. Prior to October 2014, he was usually wearing a white dress shirt, black trousers and a red-and-black striped tie that inexplicably curves upward; since then, he has worn a red polo shirt with a name badge on a lanyard around his neck. Dilbert received his master's degree in electrical engineering from MIT ; he understands engineering well and has good ideas, but has
308-486: A Coffee episode titled: "Scott Adams tells you how Kanye showed the way to The Golden Age. With Coffee." In 2020, President Trump retweeted an episode where Adams mocked Joe Biden . Adams offers paid subscriptions for exclusive content on Locals . In 2020, Adams said: "For context, I expect my Dilbert income to largely disappear in the next year as newspapers close up forever. The coronavirus sped up that inevitable trend. Like many of you, I'm reinventing my life for
462-874: A Public Interest Litigation by the Gujarati Sahitya Parishad , for conducting the exams in Gujarati. A second petition was made in October by Navsari's Sayaji Vaibhav Sarvajanik Pustakalaya Trust. Another petition was made at the Madras High Court for conducting the exam in Tamil. In the petition, it was claimed that not conducting the exam in the regional languages violates article 14 of the Constitution of India . IIT council recommended major changes in entrance examination structure which
616-566: A graphics tablet . He also had spasmodic dysphonia , a condition that causes the vocal cords to behave abnormally. In July 2008, he underwent surgery to reroute the nerve connections to his vocal cords, and his voice is now completely functional. Adams married Shelly Miles aboard a yacht , the Galaxy Commodore , on July 22, 2006, in San Francisco Bay , in a ceremony conducted by the ship's captain. The two had met at
770-403: A 2022 mass shooting , Adams tweeted that society leaves parents of troubled teenage boys with only two options: to either watch people die, or murder their own son. He said his comments were inspired by his own stepson, who became addicted to drugs at the age of 14 and later died of a fentanyl overdose. Adams's comments were roundly criticized, including by James Gunn , who described himself as
924-879: A 98 percent chance of winning the presidency based on his persuasion skills, and he started writing about Trump's persuasion techniques. His pieces on this topic grew popular, so he started writing about it regularly. Adams soon developed this as a daily video presentation called Real Coffee with Scott Adams , distributed to Periscope , YouTube , ScottAdamsSays.com, and Locals , where he covered topics such as current events, politics, persuasion, and routes to success. Real Coffee with Scott Adams has featured guests such as Naval Ravikant , Ed Latimore , Dave Rubin , Erik Finman, Greg Gutfeld , Matt Gaetz , Ben Askren , Carpe Donktum, Mark Schneider, Steve Hsu , Michael Shellenberger , Carson Griffith, Shiva Ayyadurai , James Nortey, Clint Morgan, and Bjørn Lomborg . In 2018, Kanye West shared multiple clips on Twitter from
1078-463: A bed to lie on while warming himself in the sun). Catbert's more cat-like traits include use of the litter box, purring, and lying on warm or sun-heated surfaces. Some of his own strategies have been known to backfire on him, like the August 2007 strips where he made the employees wear brain monitoring helmets when he suspected they were thinking about pleasant stuff rather than work. Wally, naturally,
1232-416: A build-it-yourself helicopter kit; scheduled his business trips via third world countries experiencing rebel insurrections; caused him to crash his car by sending him texts marked 'crisis' so that he will answer them while driving; scheduled 'walking meetings' so that his lack of physical coordination may cause self-injury, for example by falling off a bridge, and holding a press conference stating that her boss
1386-689: A celebration that your role in society is permanently diminished. And it's happening in an impressive venue that was, in all likelihood, designed and built mostly by men." Adams said that he temporarily endorsed Hillary Clinton out of fear for his own life, stating that he had received direct and indirect death threats ("Where I live, in California, it is not safe to be seen as supportive of anything Trump says or does. So I fixed that."). In late September, Adams switched his endorsement from Clinton to Trump. Among his stated primary reasons were his respect for Trump's persuasion skills, Clinton's proposal to raise
1540-453: A chair from another cubicle, and finishing off the last coffee from the coffee maker without making another pot. As a minor demon, Phil's punishments are annoying, rather than tormenting, such as being forced to sit at a secretary's desk and be teased by coworkers, or being forced to sit among the accountants at lunchtime and listen to their boring conversations, or, in one strip, "using the spoon" (which involved spooning with said person). Phil
1694-414: A chapter of life advice to Tim Ferriss 's collection, Tools of Titans . Adams has often commented on political and social matters. In 2016, he wrote on his blog: "I don't vote and I am not a member of a political party." In 2007, he suggested that Michael Bloomberg would make a good presidential candidate. Before the 2008 presidential election, he said: "On social issues, I lean libertarian , minus
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#17327981245531848-443: A common course structure for all the students, though in some IITs, a single department introduction-related course is also included. The common courses include the basics from most of the departments like Computers, Electronics, Mechanics, Chemistry, Electrical and Physics. At the end of the first year (the end of the first semester at IIT Madras, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Bhilai, IIT Palakkad, and IIT Roorkee), an option to change departments
2002-481: A difficult qualification exam for business school and creating Dilbert ' s success. He states that the affirmations give him focus. He has described a method he has used that he says gave him success: he pictured in his mind what he wanted and wrote it down 15 times a day on a piece of paper. (This technique is used by Dogbert in a 1989 Dilbert strip. ) Adams continues to live in Pleasanton, California and
2156-512: A dinosaur, he is of course mistaken for a COBOL programmer. Bob likes to nap and eat carrots. In the television series , he appears in the cold opening of the episode "The Little People". Dilbert's garbageman is frequently described in the comic as "the world's smartest garbageman". He appears for the first time in the strip of December 5, 1989. He occasionally solves extremely complex problems for Dilbert and in various strips has developed several futuristic inventions. He once returned Dilbert from
2310-447: A dumpster at Procter & Gamble ). He also became CEO after a series of strips that involved the previous CEO jumping into a volcano and the first replacement (a vampire ) burning up due to daylight. Ratbert was fired for varnishing employees for use as office furniture. He received a severance package of $ 100 million, the corporate jet, perpetual benefits and a salary of $ 1 million per year. Ratbert's biggest ambition in life
2464-402: A fan persuaded Adams to keep trying. He worked at Pacific Bell between 1986 and June 30, 1995, and the personalities he encountered there inspired many of his Dilbert characters. In 1989, while still employed at Pacific Bell, Adams launched Dilbert with United Media . To maintain his income, he continued to draw his cartoons during the early morning hours. His first payment for Dilbert was
2618-471: A former "violent teenager addicted to drugs [who] entered recovery with the help & love of his family". In January 2023, Adams announced that he was considering taking legal action against political cartoonist Ben Garrison for defamation , after Garrison published a cartoon that depicted Adams as pro- masking and pro- COVID-19 vaccines . Adams later suggested on a YouTube livestream that people unvaccinated against COVID-19 were less likely to contract
2772-437: A girlfriend named Liz for a little over two years, but she started dating other men, stating that she would still date Dilbert, but date other men at the same time. The oblivious manager of Dilbert and the other engineers, and sometimes the main antagonist of the strip; his real name is never mentioned. Scott Adams states that he never named him so that people can imagine him to be their boss. First mentioned on April 20, 1989, he
2926-472: A good chance you will be dead within the year", "Republicans will be hunted", and that "[p]olice will stand down", none of which ultimately occurred. On September 30, 2021, Adams had also tweeted, "My worst prediction of all time was 'If Biden gets elected, there's a good chance you will be dead in a year.' It was closer to two years. I missed it by 100%," which also did not occur. Adams has compared women asking for equal pay to children demanding candy. After
3080-523: A guest on podcasts including Making Sense with Sam Harris , The Tim Ferriss Show , The James Altucher Show , The Ben Shapiro Show , The Rubin Report , Real Talk with Zuby and The David Pakman Show . He has appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher , Commonwealth Club of California , Fox News and Berkeley Haas . Adams was interviewed for Mike Cernovich 's documentaries Silenced (2016) and Hoaxed (2019). In 2016, Adams contributed
3234-488: A gym in Pleasanton, California , where Miles was an employee and Adams was a customer. Adams was stepfather to Miles' two children, Savannah and Justin, the latter of whom died of a fentanyl overdose in 2018 at age 18. Adams and Miles divorced in 2014, and Adams said the two remained friends, with Miles moving only one block away after their separation. On Christmas Day in 2019, Adams announced on his podcast that he
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#17327981245533388-439: A monthly royalty check of $ 368.62. Dilbert gradually became more popular. It was syndicated in 100 newspapers in 1991 and 400 by 1994. Adams attributed his success to his idea of including his email address in the panels, which resulted in feedback and suggestions from readers. Adams' success grew, and he became a full-time cartoonist as Dilbert reached 800 newspapers. In 1996, his first business book, The Dilbert Principle ,
3542-686: A network of engineering and technology institutions in India. Established in 1950, they are under the purview of the Ministry of Education of the Indian Government and are governed by the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961 . The Act refers to them as Institutes of National Importance and lays down their powers, duties, and framework for governance as the country's premier institutions in the field of technology. 23 IITs currently fall under
3696-543: A new career, he woke up every day at 4 a.m. and spent time at various endeavors; cartooning proved to be the most successful of them. Adams created Dilbert during this period of personal exploration. The Dilbert name was suggested by his former boss, Mike Goodwin. Dogbert, originally named Dildog, was loosely based on his family's deceased pet beagle Lucy. His submissions of Dilbert and other comic panels to various publications, including The New Yorker and Playboy , were not published, but an inspirational letter from
3850-445: A new evil policy by purring loudly, hugging himself, doing the "evil dance" or by occasionally laughing himself fuzzy. He often abuses workers by doing things like sending Wally home for wearing shorts, even though Wally's pants reach his ankles. He also claws up employees, once batted Dilbert's head off, hid Asok the intern in his litter box , and pulled some strings to get Wally moved to a window cubicle (so as to use Wally's head as
4004-412: A poor social life. Neither attractive nor blessed with tremendous social graces, Dilbert is capable, but ignored at work and struggles with his romantic life. While he is frequently seen having dates with eligible women, his dates almost invariably end in disaster, usually in surreal and bizarre ways. Dilbert loves computers and technology and will spend much of his free time playing with such things. He had
4158-644: A post-coronavirus world. The Locals platform is a big part of that." Adams started Scott Adams Foods, Inc. in 1999, which made the Dilberito and Protein Chef. He sold off his intellectual property in this venture when the product failed in the marketplace in 2003. He was a restaurateur starting in 1997, but exited that business. Adams co-founded the service WhenHub, which has been described by Gizmodo as "similar to Cameo ... except instead of pre-recorded messages from movie stars and rappers, it offers live chats with
4312-569: A range of subject-matter experts". In 2019, Adams briefly received negative media attention when during the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting he posted a tweet suggesting that witnesses download the WhenHub app and "set your price to take calls". He later apologized, saying the message was "poorly worded". As of 2024, the WhenHub website is inactive. Adams was a fan of the science fiction TV series Babylon 5 . He appeared in
4466-471: A series of comic strips from September 12 to 16, 1994, when he attacked Ratbert and rebooted Dilbert's computer before Dogbert finally kicked him out of the house. Reader response asked for "more Catbert," despite the cat never having been named, and Adams decided to bring him back as the "evil director" of human resources. Catbert appeared again on March 20, 1995, when Dogbert hired Catbert to handle downsizing (a process that leads to Alice and Wally running for
4620-474: A series of comic strips in September 2022, Dilbert parodied environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) strategies. Part of the plotline involved a black character who "identif[ied] as white" and the company management asking him if he could also identify as gay. According to Adams, the week of September 19, Dilbert was pulled from 77 newspapers owned by Lee Enterprises . Adams also claimed that
4774-458: A series of strips featuring a lab scientist's cruel experiments (Ratbert's name at this stage was XP-39C²). Ratbert soon realized that he was the subject of a hideous macaroni and cheese experiment (the scientist made him eat huge amounts of it and writes in his notebook that it causes paranoia in rats) and escaped, eventually finding a refuge in Dilbert's house. He was not initially accepted by
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4928-538: A shared device. In more recent strips he looks different. He has pointed ears and hairstyle much like a Vulcan . He appeared once with a sidekick, "Walter the Budget Man", in the "Merger" episode of the animated series. Here he was voiced by Maurice LaMarche . A relatively frequently recurring character in the strip. Whenever anyone mentions in Topper's earshot any difficult task he or she accomplished, he barges into
5082-507: A similar way to the other main characters who die and come back. In addition to this, he is often promoted and given benefits over the other employees. Ted has a wife and kids who are referenced multiple times and seen on at least one occasion. Scott Adams refers to him as Ted the Generic Guy because whenever Scott needs to fire or kill someone, he uses Ted, but slowly over time Ted has become his own character. Ted appears in an episode of
5236-576: A topic of academic interest by the ins or have to work on a consultancy project given by the industries. The duration of the program is usually unspecified and depends on the specific discipline. PhD candidates have to submit a dissertation as well as provide an oral defence for their thesis. Teaching Assistantships (TA) and Research Assistantships (RA) are often provided. The IITs, along with NITs and IISc, account for nearly 80% of all engineering PhDs in India. IITs now allow admission in PhD programs without
5390-414: Is Dilbert's longest relationship. Introduced in 1989, Bob and Dawn came into the strip after Dilbert figured out that not all dinosaurs could be extinct. Dawn was Bob's "mate." Rex was hatched shortly after the introduction of Bob and Dawn. The two characters appeared much less frequently than Bob and have not been seen in a Dilbert strip since September 20, 1997. The Chief Executive Officer (C.E.O.) of
5544-515: Is a reference to Scott Adams' own mother.) She is voiced by Jackie Hoffman in the TV series. Her husband has been missing for years, at a 24-hour "All-You-Can-Eat" restaurant in the local mall (he will not leave until it is all he can eat); in the animated series, she was touched by a surveillance video of him, given to her by Dilbert and Dogbert. Dilbert's mother's name appears in the April 12, 2006 and
5698-674: Is active in the San Francisco Bay Area. Adams has received recognition for his work, including the National Cartoonists Society Reuben Award and Newspaper Comic Strip Award for 1997 for his work on Dilbert . He climbed the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) rankings of the 50 most influential management thinkers, placing 31st in 2001, 27th in 2003, 12th in 2005, and 21st in 2007. He received
5852-533: Is also one of the most popular and largest technical festivals in Asia in terms of participants and prize money involved. It has been granted patronage from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation ( UNESCO ) for providing a platform for students to showcase their talent in science and technology. Shaastra holds the distinction of being the first student-managed event in
6006-416: Is an infamous serial killer. Carol's two young, poorly behaved children also make appearances in the strip. She is voiced by Tress MacNeille in the animated TV series. A rat formerly used as a laboratory test animal. A cheerful character and something of a nitwit though he does make the occasional brilliant observation. He usually gets all the lowest jobs but has been seen as a consultant before. He has made
6160-584: Is because she is female, though in reality it is likely because she has a quick, often violent temper, sometimes putting her lethal "Fist of Death" to use, even with the Pointy-Haired Boss. Dilbert's anthropomorphic pet dog is the smartest dog on Earth. Dogbert is a megalomaniac intellectual dog, planning to one day conquer the world. He once succeeded, but became bored with the ensuing peace, and quit. Often seen in high-ranking consultant or technical support jobs, he constantly abuses his power and fools
6314-436: Is better-suited to the animated series, where his voice actor, Jim Wise , can speak as loudly as necessary. Loud Howard made a reappearance on May 24, 2012 , where he meets Topper and they both have a shouting match right outside Dilbert's cubicle. The bitter secretary of the Pointy-Haired Boss, who hates her boss and all of her co-workers. Initially a minor character in the strip, her character grew enough in popularity over
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6468-517: Is done considering the overall performance of the whole class. For each semester, the students are graded on a scale of 0 to 10 based on their performance, by taking a weighted average of the grade points from all the courses, with their respective credit points. Each semester evaluation is done independently and then the weighted average over all semesters is used to calculate the cumulative Grade Point Average (known as CGPA or CPI—Cumulative Performance Index). The Bachelor of Technology (BTech) degree
6622-562: Is essentially a giant slingshot. At one point, the French declared war on Elbonia because they tried to launch a satellite with the town slingshot, thereby flattening the French Embassy before Dilbert can intercede; Elbonia ultimately benefited from the war, because the sale of pieces of French bombs became a significant part of the national income. At another time Dogbert lobbied Switzerland to "liberate" Elbonia's oil. Dogbert once became
6776-587: Is given to meritorious students based on their performance in the first two semesters. Few such changes ultimately take place as the criteria for them are usually strict, limited to the most meritorious students. From the second year onward, the students study subjects exclusively from their respective departments. In addition to these, the students have to take compulsory advanced courses from other departments to broaden their education. Separate compulsory courses from humanities and social sciences departments, and sometimes management courses are also enforced. In
6930-472: Is intensely intelligent but naive about corporate life; the shattering of his optimistic illusions becomes frequent comic fodder. He is Indian, and has graduated from the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT). The other workers, especially the boss, often unwittingly trample on his cultural beliefs. On the occasions when Asok mentions this, he is normally ignored. His test scores (a perfect 1600 on
7084-411: Is often antagonistic and Dilbert occasionally denies being his friend, their actions show at least a certain acceptance of him. He has openly admitted that all his good ideas are about coffee, that sometimes include sabotaging rival companies coffee so they only have decaf. One of the more competent engineers. She is often frustrated at her work because she does not get proper recognition. She believes it
7238-484: Is quoted in the book Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson . Adams wrote a blog post in 2010 about Steve Jobs ' response to Antennagate , in which he says "Apple's response to the iPhone 4 problem didn't follow the public relations playbook, because Jobs decided to rewrite the playbook ... If you want to know what genius looks like, study Jobs' words." Jobs proudly emailed this around. Indian Institutes of Technology The Indian Institutes of Technology ( IITs ) are
7392-408: Is referenced by name more often in older comics, but he is still seen occasionally now. He is a friend of Dilbert and Wally, but is not seen interacting with Alice or Asok as much. He has been accepted into Dilbert's clique. He has been fired and killed numerous times (for example, being pushed down a flight of stairs and becoming possessed), so it is likely that he is rehired and brought back to life in
7546-466: Is reflected in their consistently acting as if these religions, and their threats of damnation for sinners, are false. In a 2017 interview, Adams said that his books on religion, not Dilbert , would be his ultimate legacy. In 2023, Adams announced in a pinned tweet that he had re-published God's Debris for free for his subscribers, and would shortly publish an AI-voiced audiobook version. In 2015, Adams wrote blog posts predicting that Donald Trump had
7700-551: Is the most common undergraduate degree in the IITs in terms of student enrollment, although Bachelor of Science (BS) degree, dual degrees integrating Master of Science or Master of Arts are also offered. The BTech course is based on a 4-year program with eight semesters, while the Dual Degree and Integrated courses are 5-year programs with ten semesters. In all IITs, the first year of BTech and Dual Degree courses are marked by
7854-458: Is to become loved and accepted. He tries to impress those he considers his friends on various occasions, and nearly always fails miserably. Just as Dogbert protects Dilbert on numerous occasions despite his contempt for him, so do Ratbert's friends and family. Ratbert is friendly with Bob the Dinosaur , and is also good friends with Mister Garbage Man , who tries—and fails—to enlighten Ratbert on
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#17327981245538008-558: Is traditionally used to test students' understanding of fundamentals and their ability to apply them to solve tough unseen problems, the current pattern does not stress much on the application part and might lead to a reduced quality of students. IIT-JEE is conducted only in English and Hindi , making it harder for students with regional languages as their main language. In September 2011, the Gujarat High Court has acted on
8162-540: Is undertaken to make quality education accessible to all students. The academic policies of each IIT are decided by its Senate . This comprises all professors of the IIT and student representatives. Unlike many Western universities that have an elected senate, the IITs have an academic senate. It controls and approves the curriculum, courses, examinations and results, and appoints committees to look into specific academic matters. The teaching, training and research activities of
8316-406: Is very gullible and innocent, although optimistic. Sometimes his actions can become quite annoying, such as doing "rat dances". Like Dogbert, he has made inroads into business, once working as an intern , a concierge , a consultant (with an "external brain-pack" tied to his torso, which was actually a slab of liver) and vice-president of marketing (for which he was hired on the basis of his week in
8470-407: Is widely rumored to be based on computer scientist and cryptographer Igor Faynberg (a Bell Labs Fellow), who admits that this may be the case, but has no memory of having met Adams. A monkey that works at Dilbert's office, who is always a better employee than Dilbert due to his tail, which enables him to be more productive by using his tail to control the mouse and his hands to type. He appears in
8624-651: The Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University was made a member of the IITs and renamed as IIT (BHU) Varanasi . Student agitations in the state of Assam made Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi promise the creation of a new IIT in Assam. This led to the establishment of a sixth institution at Guwahati under the Assam Accord in 1994. In 2001, the University of Roorkee was converted into IIT Roorkee. Over
8778-481: The Lindbergh kidnapping and the shooting of Larry Flynt ), as well as publicly announcing Dilbert's "signing" of the confession with permission given to the other employees to treat Dilbert like a pariah. Dilbert's mother (known by fans as "Dilmom") is a homely and intelligent woman. She used to think Dilbert worked at a railroad because he is an engineer. She is often selfish and openly uncaring towards her son; in
8932-566: The National Bureau of Economic Research found that among the top 1,000 JEE scorers, 36% migrated abroad, while for the top 100 scorers, the rate was 62%, primarily to the U.S. and for graduate school. This trend has been reversed somewhat (dubbed the reverse brain drain ) as hundreds of IIT graduates, who have pursued further studies in the US, started returning to India in the 1990s. The extent of intellectual loss receded substantially over
9086-638: The Orwell Award in 1998 for his participation in "Mission Impertinent" for San Jose Mercury News West Magazine . Adams has coined several words and phrases over the years, including Confusopoly (businesses that stay afloat only by intentionally misleading their customers), the Dilbert principle (a variant on the Peter principle ), Elbonia as a term for non-specific overseas countries, and Pointy-Haired Boss (PHB) and Induhvidual as insults. Adams
9240-464: The Republican nomination and the general election. In 2018, Adams similarly praised the persuasion skills of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez . In a blog post from September 2017, Adams described himself as being "left of Bernie Sanders , but with a preference for plans that can work". Of the 2016 Democratic National Convention , Adams said: "If you're an undecided voter, and male, you're seeing ...
9394-671: The University of California, Berkeley . Adams took Dale Carnegie Training and called it "life changing". Adams worked closely with telecommunications engineers at Crocker National Bank in San Francisco between 1979 and 1986. Upon joining the organization, he first worked as a teller . After four months in which he was twice held up at gunpoint, he entered a management training program. His positions included management trainee, computer programmer, budget analyst, commercial lender, product manager, and supervisor. He later shifted to work at Pacific Bell . To devote time to developing
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#17327981245539548-555: The inheritance tax , and his concerns over Clinton's health. In mid-October, Adams predicted a Clinton victory would ensure that a male president would never again be elected. He has also stated that writing positively about Trump and supporting him ended his public speaking career and decreased his income by about 40% and number of friends by about 75%. Adams predicted in March 2020 that Trump, Sanders, and Joe Biden would all contract COVID-19 and that one of them would die from it by
9702-413: The pandeistic spiritual novella God's Debris and books on political and management topics, including Loserthink . In February 2023, Dilbert was dropped by numerous newspapers and its distributor, Andrews McMeel Syndication , after Adams published a video in which he referred to black people as a "hate group" and advised white people to "get the hell away from black people." Adams later said this
9856-611: The 11th Five year plan , eight states were identified for establishment of new IITs. From 2008 to 2009, eight new IITs were set up in Gandhinagar , Jodhpur , Hyderabad , Indore , Patna , Bhubaneswar , Ropar , and Mandi . In 2015 to 2016, six new IITs in Tirupati , Palakkad , Dharwad , Bhilai , Goa , and Jammu , approved through a 2016 bill amendment, were founded, along with the conversion of Indian School of Mines Dhanbad into IIT, Dhanbad . The entire allocation by
10010-730: The 1990s and 2000s, with the percentage of students going abroad dropping from as high as 70% at one time to around 30% in 2005. This is largely attributed to the liberalization of the Indian economy and the opening of previously closed markets. Government initiatives are encouraging IIT students into entrepreneurship programs and are increasing foreign investment. Emerging scientific and manufacturing industries, and outsourcing of technical jobs from North America and Western Europe have created opportunities for aspiring graduates in India. Additionally, IIT alumni are giving back generously to their parent institutions. The highly competitive examination in
10164-832: The Board of Governors is the Director , who is the chief academic and executive officer of the IIT. Under the Director, in the organisational structure, comes the Deputy Director . Under the Director and the deputy director, come the Deans , Heads of Departments, Registrar , President of the Students' Council, and Chairman of the Hall Management Committee. The Registrar is the chief administrative officer of
10318-586: The IIT and overviews the day-to-day operations. Below the Heads of Department (HOD) are the faculty members (Professors, Associate Professors, and Assistant Professors). The Wardens come under the Chairman of the Hall Management Committee. The Institute of Technology Act (parliamentary legislation) gives legal status, including degree-granting powers, to the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). It
10472-406: The IIT entrance exam and considered them to be "nonsense". In a documentary aired by CBS , Vinod Khosla , co-founder of Sun Microsystems states, "The IITs probably are the hardest schools in the world to get into, to the best of my knowledge". The documentary further concludes, "Put Harvard , MIT , and Princeton together, and you begin to get an idea of the status of IIT in India" to depict
10626-687: The IIT-JEE had joined coaching classes. Indeed, this was the case regarding preparation for IIT entrance exams even decades ago. In a January 2010 lecture at the Indian Institute of Science , the 2009 Nobel laureate in Chemistry, Venkatraman Ramakrishnan revealed that he failed to get a seat at any of the Indian engineering and medical colleges. He also said that his parents, being old-fashioned, did not believe in coaching classes to prepare for
10780-476: The IIT. Yet despite his intelligence, ethics and mystical powers, Asok sometimes takes advice from Wally in the arts of laziness, and from Dilbert in surviving the office. As of February 7, 2014, Asok is officially gay, which never impacts any storylines but merely commemorates a decision by the Indian Supreme Court to uphold an anti-gay law. An engineer who is often seen hanging out with Wally. He
10934-584: The IITs have sports grounds for basketball , cricket , football (soccer) , hockey , volleyball , lawn tennis , badminton , athletics and swimming pools for aquatic events. Usually, the hostels also have their own sports grounds. Moreover, an Inter IIT Sports Meet is organised annually where participants from all 23 IITs contest for the General Championship Trophy in 13 different sports. Along with Inter IIT Cultural Meet and Tech Meet, all of them generally happening on various dates in
11088-458: The May 31, 2009 strips. She is also called "Dilmom" in the TV series episode "Hunger", by Dogbert and later a TV announcer. A parody of Satan (the " Prince of Darkness "), Phil ("Prince of Insufficient Light and Supreme Ruler of Heck") is a minor demon who punishes people for small crimes by "darning them to heck" with his "pitch-spoon". Such crimes include using copier paper for the printer, stealing
11242-577: The Overall Category. IITs practice affirmative action and offer reservation to the "backward and weaker sections" of the society that includes SC/ST/OBC-NCL/EWS/PWD/Girl candidates. About 50% of seats are reserved for candidates holding backward-caste certificates, and 10% seats are further reserved for candidates from general (unreserved) category who fulfill the economically weaker section criteria. Furthermore, students from reserved categories pay significantly lower fees compared to students from
11396-419: The Pointy-Haired Boss, Wally is utterly lacking in ethics and will take advantage of any situation to maximize his personal gain while doing the least possible amount of honest work. Squat and balding, Wally is almost invariably portrayed wearing a short sleeved dress shirt and tie. Adams has stated that Wally was based on a Pacific Bell coworker of his who was interested in a generous employee buy-out program—for
11550-870: The Post Graduate Diploma in Information Technology (PGDIT), Masters in Medical Science and Technology ( MMST ), Masters in City Planning (MCP), Master of Arts (MA), Postgraduate Diploma in intellectual property Law (PGDIPL), and the Postgraduate Diploma in Maritime Operation & Management (PGDMOM). Some of the IITs offer an M.S. (by research) program; the MTech and M.S. are similar to
11704-679: The Preventer of Information Services (also known as Mordac the Refuser) strives to make the use of the company's computing resources as difficult and frustrating as possible. In most cases, the ridiculous or over-the-top restrictions he introduces are explained as in line with the company's IT policy (then again, he might be the one writing that policy). In one strip he claimed to have lost the file containing his job description and that he has been "winging it" for five years. There have however been cases — for instance, when he made obscure changes to
11858-426: The TV series she states that, although she loves him, she does not actually like him (but she does like Dogbert). The comic often shows her and her son passive-aggressively attempting to get out of seeing each other. She has nearly the same level of technical knowledge as Dilbert, although she has him do technical work for her. She is obsessed with Scrabble and has been accused of cheating with "counterfeit vowels". (This
12012-679: The TV series) in order to visit a 24-hour all-you-can-eat restaurant. He refuses to leave until he is sure he has had all he can eat. Dilbert's girlfriend from 1994 to 1996. He met her at a soccer game, where she rebounded a ball off his head to score a goal. Liz would constantly taunt Dilbert about their comparative levels of attractiveness and his obsession with technology, though Dilbert always took such comments in stride. Adams admitted in Seven Years of Highly Defective People that "Liz never really clicked with me", and eventually had her break up with Dilbert, after she started dating other men. She
12166-694: The US universities' non-thesis (course-based) and thesis (research-based) masters programs respectively. Admissions to master's programs in engineering are made using scores of the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), while those to master's programs in science are made using scores of the Joint Admission Test for M.Sc. (JAM). Several IITs have schools of management offering master's degrees in management or business administration. In April 2015, IIT Bombay launched
12320-424: The US. Since the US benefited from subsidized education in IITs at the cost of Indian taxpayers' money, critics say that subsidising education in IITs is useless. Others support the emigration of graduates, arguing that the capital sent home by the IIT graduates has been a major source of the expansion of foreign exchange reserves for India, which, until the 1990s, had a substantial trade deficit . A 2023 study by
12474-584: The Undergraduate and Postgraduate studies in Science streams in a single degree program against the conventional university system. These programs were started to allow its graduates to complete postgraduate studies from IIT rather than having to go to another institute. The IITs also offer the Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD) as part of their doctoral education programme . In it, the candidates are given
12628-1007: The Union Government, the Chairmen of all IITs, the Directors of all IITs, the Chairman of the University Grants Commission , the Director General of CSIR , the Chairman of IISc , the Director of IISc, three members of Parliament, the Joint Council Secretary of Ministry of Education, and three appointees each of the Union Government, AICTE , and the Visitor. Under the IIT Council is the Board of Governors of each IIT. Under
12782-454: The accounting department whose bodies are 95% saliva. As Dogbert shows, their brains are so hard-wired that seeing someone wearing a baseball cap backwards causes their heads to explode (which he called " paradigm shifting without a clutch "). The trolls' accounting offices resemble a cavernous Hell. They were originally ruled by a witch who turned Dilbert into an accounting troll, but was destroyed when Dilbert, assigned to budget erasing, erased
12936-702: The accounting department's budget. The trolls are rarely given names, but occasionally a troll by the name Nordlaw is referenced. The first troll introduced in the comics was named Bradley. Their original name was Erv. "Web Mistress", occasionally dates Mordac. Mother Nature , the ruler of the Earth , judges the characters (usually Dilbert) about how they treat nature. The company's lawyer. He claims he could have been in almost any legal profession, yet still ended up there. The Pointy Haired Boss uses his bitterness to shut down any project he dislikes. A senior system/network administrator or manager at Dilbert's company, Mordac
13090-612: The amount varies between ₹ 900–1300 million ($ 19–27 million) per year for each IIT. Other sources of funds include student fees and research funding from industry and contributions from the alumni. The faculty-to-student ratio in the IITs is between 1:6 and 1:8. The Standing Committee of IIT Council (SCIC) prescribes the lower limit for faculty-to-student ratio as 1:9, applied department wise. The IITs subsidize undergraduate student fees by approximately 80% and provide scholarships to all Master of Technology students and Research Scholars (PhD) to encourage students for higher studies, per
13244-468: The bathroom count as "vacation". He also has the help of his "Life Suck 3000" (to suck the life force out of employees faster than normal), and his library of HR binders that give strategies on downsizing and hiring of morons specifically. He often works in tandem with the Pointy-Haired Boss , though on occasion he even harasses him with his policies. Catbert typically celebrates the creation of
13398-521: The cancellation was coincidental. On February 22, 2023, Adams responded to a poll by Rasmussen Reports that asked respondents if they agreed with the statement " it's okay to be white ", a seemingly innocuous phrase that the Anti-Defamation League said was being used online in 2017 as part of an alt-right trolling campaign and is associated with the white supremacist movement. The poll showed 53% of black respondents agreed with
13552-463: The central government for the 2017–18 budget for all Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) was slightly over ₹ 70 billion (US$ 840 million). However, the aggregate money spent by Indian students for tertiary education in the United States was about six times more than what the central government spends on all IITs. In June 2023, education officials of India and Tanzania announced that
13706-668: The changes in educational requirements, free from bureaucratic hurdles. The government has no direct control over internal policy decisions of IITs (like faculty recruitment and curricula) but has representation on the IIT Council . The medium of instruction in all IITs is English. The electronic libraries allow students to access online journals and periodicals. The IITs and IISc, Bengaluru have taken an initiative along with Ministry of Education to provide free online videos of actual lectures of different disciplines under National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning . This initiative
13860-557: The class of 2024 have not secured job placements. This is the highest percentage in the past three years, with a steady increase from 19% in 2021 and 21% in 2022. In the late 1940s, a 22-member committee, headed by Nalini Ranjan Sarkar , recommended the establishment of these institutions in various parts of India, along the lines of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), with affiliated secondary institutions. The first Indian Institute of Technology
14014-474: The company's worst employees. This had the effect of causing this man—whom Adams describes as "one of the more brilliant people I've met"—to work hard at being incompetent, rude, and generally poor at his job to qualify for the buy-out program. Adams has said that this inspired the basic laziness and amorality of Wally's character. Despite these personality traits, Wally is accepted as part of Dilbert, Ted, Alice, and Asok's clique. Although his relationship with Alice
14168-425: The competition as well as demand for the elite institutes. Not all children are of a similar aptitude level and may be skilled in different paradigms and fields. This has led to criticism of the way the examinations are conducted and the way a student is forced in the Indian community. The IIT-JEE format was restructured in 2006 following these complaints. After the change to the objective pattern of questioning, even
14322-407: The complexities of the universe. The company's evil feline Human Resources director. Although he was originally just supposed to be around for a few strips, the fans named him and demanded more of him. An unnamed cat appeared in two 1992 strips as the companion of Dilbert's "perfect romantic match"; he or she strongly resembled the later Catbert design. The real Catbert, unnamed, first appeared in
14476-502: The consequences to them. Adams himself wrote that "He's not sadistic, just uncaring". His level of intelligence varies from near-vegetative to perceptive and clever, depending on the strip's comic needs. His utter lack of consistent business ethics, however, is perfectly consistent. His brother is a demon named "Phil, the Prince of Insufficient Light", and according to Adams, the pointy hair is intended to remind one of devil's horns. One of
14630-536: The conversation with a smug facial expression, exclaiming, "That's nothing!" He then proceeds to top the other's statement with his own, obviously implausible or downright ridiculous, claim (e.g. insulating his house with cheese, implanting himself with insect organs so he can spin silk, or passing a gallstone so big it became the Secretary of Labor in Clinton's administration ). He seems to be genuinely offended when
14784-538: The crazy stuff." In December 2011, he said that if he were president, he would do whatever Bill Clinton advised him to do because that "would lead to policies that are a sensible middle ground". On October 17, 2012, he wrote, "While I don't agree with Romney 's positions on most topics, I'm endorsing him for president." During the 2016 presidential election, Adams repeatedly praised Donald Trump 's persuasion skills, and extensively detailed what he called Trump's "talent stack", correctly predicting that Trump would win
14938-406: The dead by repairing the cloning device that Dilbert had thrown into the garbage. In the TV show, it is revealed that he is the only garbageman for the whole city and is able to collect for all houses through "shortcuts" (i.e. wormholes ). Tina is a technical writer who was introduced both to add more females to the cast and to satirize the technical writing profession of the late 20th century. Tina
15092-535: The disease than vaccinated people, despite evidence to the contrary. In a 2006 blog post, Adams questioned the number of deaths in the Holocaust , writing, "Is it the sort of number that is so well documented with actual names and perhaps a Nazi paper trail that no historian could doubt its accuracy, give or take ten thousand? Or is it like every other LRN (large round number) that someone pulled out of his ass and it became true by repetition?" In 2018, Adams said
15246-473: The end of the year; in December 2020, when all three men remained alive (although Trump had caught the virus), Politico named Adams's prediction one of "the most audacious, confident and spectacularly incorrect prognostications about the year". Adams received further attention in December 2021, in reference to his July 2020 predictions that if Biden were to win the 2020 U.S. presidential election , "there's
15400-484: The episode "Y2K" voiced by Tom Kenny . Scott Adams Scott Raymond Adams (born June 8, 1957) is an American author and cartoonist. He is the creator of the Dilbert comic strip, and the author of several nonfiction works of business, commentary, and satire. Adams worked in various clerical roles before he became a full-time cartoonist in 1995. While working at Pacific Bell in 1989, Adams created Dilbert ; by
15554-541: The first U.S.-India joint EMBA program alongside Washington University in St. Louis . The IITs also offer an unconventional BTech and MTech integrated educational program called "Dual Degree". It integrates undergraduate and postgraduate studies in selected areas of specialisation. It is completed in five years as against six years in conventional BTech (four years) followed by an MTech (two years). Integrated Master of Science programs are also offered at few IITs which integrates
15708-526: The first convocation address of IIT Kharagpur in 1956, said: Here in the place of that Hijli Detention Camp stands the fine monument of India, representing India's urges, India's future in the making. This picture seems to me symbolically of the changes coming to India. On the recommendations of the Sarkar Committee, four campuses were established at Bombay (1958), Madras (1959), Kanpur (1959), and Delhi (1961). The location of these campuses
15862-514: The first foreign IIT campus would be established on the Tanzanian autonomous territory of Zanzibar , as a satellite campus of IIT Madras . The campus is scheduled to begin offering classes in October 2023. The President of India is the ex officio Visitor , and has residual powers . Directly under the President is the IIT Council, comprising minister-in-charge of technical education in
16016-469: The form of IIT-JEE has led to the establishment of a large number of coaching institutes throughout the country that provide intensive, and specific preparation for the IIT-JEE for substantial fees. It is argued that this favours students from specific regions and richer backgrounds. Some coaching institutes say that they have individually coached nearly 800 successful candidates year after year. According to some estimates, nearly 95% of all students who clear
16170-519: The idea that Trump had praised the white supremacists at the 2017 Unite the Right rally was "fake news". In 2023, he falsely claimed the rally was "an American intel op against Trump." On June 28, 2020, Adams said on Twitter that the Dilbert TV show was cancelled because he was white and UPN had decided to focus on an African-American audience, and that he had been "discriminated against". In
16324-517: The incident earned him an Orwell Award . By 2000, the comic was in 2,000 newspapers in 57 countries and 19 languages. His comic strips were adapted as a Dilbert TV series , which debuted in January 1999 and ran for two seasons on UPN . Adams served as executive producer and showrunner, along with Seinfeld writer Larry Charles . The show earned a Primetime Emmy Award in 1999. On June 28, 2020, Adams asserted to his followers on Twitter that
16478-465: The incident, Adams said his remarks were hyperbole and that the stories reported about them ignored the context; he conjectured that nobody would disagree with his main points and stated he disavowed racists. Adams announced that on March 13, 2023, the strip would return as Dilbert Reborn on the subscription website Locals . Since late 2004, Adams has had focal dystonia , which has affected his ability to draw for lengthy periods. He now draws on
16632-512: The initial recommendations of the Sarkar Committee, it was decided that new IITs should be spread throughout the country. When the government expressed its willingness to correct this regional imbalance, 16 states demanded IITs. Since the S K Joshi Committee prescribed strict guidelines for institutions aspiring to be IITs, only seven colleges were selected for final consideration. Plans are also reported to open IITs outside India, although there has not been much progress in this regard. Eventually in
16786-497: The institute are periodically reviewed by the senate to maintain educational standards. The Director of an IIT is the ex-officio Chairman of the Senate. All the IITs follow the credits system of performance evaluation, with proportional weighting of courses based on their importance. The total marks (usually out of 100) form the basis of grades , with a grade value (out of 10) assigned to a range of marks. Sometimes, relative grading
16940-445: The king of Elbonia, but Dilbert convinced him to abdicate. Elbonia was first described as an Eastern European nation that had recently overthrown communist rule. Scott Adams stated in Seven Years of Highly Defective People that Elbonia was created to allow for a foreign nation inoffensive to people outside the United States, and is based on the average American's perception of any country without cable television . Sadistic trolls from
17094-534: The last year of their studies, most of the students are placed into industries and organisations via the placement process of the respective IIT, though some students opt out of this either when going for higher studies or when they take up jobs by applying to the companies directly. The IITs offer several postgraduate programs including Master of Technology (MTech) , Master of Business Administration (MBA) , and Master of Science (MSc) . Some IITs offer specialised graduate programmes such as Master of Design (M.Des.) ,
17248-402: The management of Dilbert's company, though considering the intelligence of the company's management in general and Dilbert's boss in particular, this is not very hard to do. He also enjoys pulling scams on unsuspecting, and usually dull customers to steal their money. However, despite Dogbert's cynical exterior, he has been known to pull his master out of some tight jams. Dogbert's nature as a pet
17402-402: The mandatory GATE score. All the IITs provide on-campus residential facilities to the students, research scholars and faculty. The students live in hostels (sometimes referred to as halls ) throughout their stay in the IIT. Students in all IITs must choose among National Cadet Corps (NCC), National Service Scheme (NSS) and National Sports Organisation (NSO) in their first years. All
17556-466: The mid-1990s the strip had gained national prominence in America and began to reach a worldwide audience. Dilbert remained popular throughout the following decades, spawning several books written by Adams. Adams writes in a satirical way about the social and psychological landscape of white-collar workers in modern corporations. In addition, Adams has written books in various other areas, including
17710-747: The month of December every year. All IITs organize annual technical festivals, typically lasting three or four days. The technical festivals are Shaastra (IIT Madras), Advitiya ( IIT Ropar ), Kshitij (IIT Kharagpur), Techfest (IIT Bombay), Technex (IIT-BHU Varanasi), Cognizance (IIT Roorkee), Concetto ( IIT-ISM Dhanbad ), Tirutsava ( IIT Tirupati ), Nvision (IIT Hyderabad), Meraz (IIT Bhilai), Amalthea, (IIT Gandhinagar), Techkriti (IIT Kanpur), Tryst (IIT Delhi), Techniche (IIT Guwahati), Wissenaire (IIT Bhubaneswar), Technunctus (IIT Jammu), Exodia (IIT Mandi), Fluxus (IIT Indore), Celesta (IIT Patna) and IGNUS (IIT Jodhpur) Petrichor(IIT Palakkad). Most of them are organized in January or March. Techfest (IIT Bombay)
17864-537: The network without testing just before allegedly leaving for a three-week vacation on a Russian submarine above the Arctic Circle ;— when his actions could only be explained by malice. His motives are unclear, although his demeanor suggests he simply takes pleasure using his management and technical powers to make the users of "his" systems suffer. On one occasion, he was attacked while confronting Dilbert by Catbert, as he had made Catbert's personal printer
18018-409: The new org chart and colliding so hard that they ended up wearing each other's clothes, backwards). With the help of his "random policy generator", he comes up with sadistic, illogical, and often evil policies to force on the employees, such as permanently branding them, requiring them to schedule sick time before they actually get sick, replacing the health plan with Google , and making time spent in
18172-462: The old SAT) and his IQ of 240 show that he is the smartest member of the engineering team. Nonetheless he is often called upon by the Boss to do odd jobs, and in meetings his ideas are usually left hanging. He is also seen regularly at the lunch table with Wally and Dilbert, experiencing jarring realizations of the nature of corporate life. There are a few jokes about his psychic powers, which he learned at
18326-452: The oldest engineers, Wally was originally a worker trying to get fired to obtain a large severance package. He hates work and avoids it whenever he can. He often carries a cup of coffee, calmly sipping from it even in the midst of chaos or office-shaking revelations. Wally is extremely cynical. He is even more socially inept than Dilbert (though far less self-aware of the fact), and references to his lack of personal hygiene are not uncommon. Like
18480-421: The others express disbelief in his purported exploits. He allegedly cannot start a conversation, as he claims that it "ruins his system." An unseen character in the comic strip, although he does appear in the animated series, in which his face is hidden in a fashion similar to some of the humans from " Tom and Jerry " or Wilson from " Home Improvement ". He left the family during a trip to the mall in 1992 (1979 in
18634-513: The past few years, there have been several developments toward establishing new IITs. On 1 October 2003, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee announced plans to create more IITs "by upgrading existing academic institutions that have the necessary promise and potential". Subsequent developments led to the formation of the S K Joshi Committee, in November 2003, to guide the selection of the five institutions which would be converted into IITs. Based on
18788-468: The phrase, 26% disagreed, and 21% were not sure. On a YouTube livestream of his Real Coffee with Scott Adams program, Adams, who said he was upset that nearly half did not agree, characterized black people as a " hate group " and said "the best advice I would give to white people is to get the hell away from black people; just get the fuck away." His comments were widely characterized as racist. In response to these and other related comments, Dilbert
18942-422: The pointy-haired boss fall under his consultant spell. Dilbert originally disliked Ratbert for being a rat, but Ratbert is later accepted as a member of the family. He was not originally intended as a regular character, but because of his popularity with readers he was kept. Ratbert first appeared on July 23, 1990 ( 1990-07-23 ) . He was not originally intended to be a regular, instead being part of
19096-437: The quality of teaching and research in IITs. With the tripling the number of IITs in recent decades, the newly created institutes have struggled to establish themselves compared to their peers. A 2021 report by Comptroller and Auditor General of India criticized the newer IITs for not meeting targets for research, faculty and student recruitment, students retention, as well as for being beset with infrastructure delays. In
19250-442: The recent past, the number of student suicides has attracted significant attention. Among the criticisms of the IIT system by the media and academia, a common notion is that it encourages brain drain . Until liberalisation started in the early 1990s, India experienced large scale emigration of IIT graduates to developed countries, especially to the United States. Since 1953, nearly twenty-five thousand IIT graduates have settled in
19404-677: The recommendations of the Thacker Committee (1959–1961). The cost borne by undergraduate students is around ₹180,000 per year. Students from the OBC , ST, SC categories, female students as well as physically challenged students are also entitled to scholarships. The various IITs function autonomously, and their special status as Institutes of National Importance facilitates the smooth running of IITs, virtually free from both regional as well as student politics. Such autonomy means that IITs can create their curricula and adapt rapidly to
19558-623: The residents, especially Dilbert, who was highly prejudiced against rats. However, he finally allowed Ratbert to become a permanent member of the household. Ratbert chose his name through a discussion with Dogbert. Dogbert suggested names such as 'Rodney the Rodent' and 'Vernon the Vermin'. XP-39C² suggested the name 'Bill the Rat' before finally settling on 'Ratbert'. As a simple rat, and having been specially bred to be susceptible to peer pressure, Ratbert
19712-432: The season 4 episode " Moments of Transition " as a character named "Mr. Adams" who hires former head of security Michael Garibaldi to locate his megalomaniacal dog and cat. He had a cameo in " Review ", a third-season episode of the TV series NewsRadio , in which Matthew Brock (played by Andy Dick ) becomes an obsessed Dilbert fan. Adams is credited as "Guy in line behind Dave and Joe in first scene". Adams has been
19866-616: The series "Y2K", and is mentioned in "the Little People". Another coworker who became a regular character in the TV series, despite appearing in just a few comic strips on April 21, 1995 and March 17, 2006 , and again by popular request on October 11, 2006 . Loud Howard is incapable of speaking quietly, and in the TV series his overpowering voice often breaks anything and everything around him, including people's eardrums. It has also shattered glass, caused his fillings to vibrate so hard they fall out of his teeth, slammed people against
20020-609: The show had been canceled because he was white and UPN had made a decision to shift toward African-American viewers. In addition to his cartoon work, Adams has written books in various other areas, including self-improvement and religion. His book God's Debris (2001) lays out a theory of pandeism , in which God blows itself up to see what will happen, which becomes the cause of our universe. In The Religion War (2004), Adams suggests that followers of theistic religions such as Christianity and Islam are subconsciously aware that their religions are false, and that this awareness
20174-403: The students who initially considered themselves not fit for subjective pattern of IIT-JEE decided to take the examination. Though the restructuring was meant to reduce the dependence of students on coaching classes, it led to an increase in students registering for coaching classes. Some people (mostly IIT graduates) have criticized the changed pattern of the IIT-JEE. They reason that while IIT-JEE
20328-414: The suicide rates appear to be consistent among students from both reserved and non-reserved categories. The IITs have faced criticism from within and outside academia. Major concerns include allegations that they encourage brain drain and that their stringent entrance examinations encourage coaching colleges and put heavy pressure on the student's body. Recently some prominent IITians have also questioned
20482-405: The tenor of this act. Each IIT operates autonomously and is linked to others through a common council called the IIT Council, which oversees their administration. The Minister of Education of India is the ex officio chairperson of the IIT Council. According to data obtained through Right to Information (RTI) applications, approximately 38% of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) graduates from
20636-528: The top four engineering colleges within India were IITs. In 2019 QS World University Ranking , IIT Bombay ranked highest at 162, followed by IIT Delhi (172), IIT Madras (264), IIT Kanpur (283), IIT Kharagpur (295), IIT Roorkee (381) and IIT Guwahati (472). In the 2022 NIRF rankings published by Ministry of Education, India , IIT Madras has been ranked 1st for seven consecutive years in the Engineering Category and for four consecutive years in
20790-409: The unnamed company that Dilbert works at has been shown to be incompetent to some level (though not as much as the pointy haired boss) and often at meetings makes a desperate attempt to seem like, as the pointy haired boss put it, "just plain folk". Since 2003, the C.E.O. has been drawn as a young bald man with a big head. The Company's Robot was bought by the pointy haired boss to replace Wally. All it
20944-484: The unreserved category. Despite the implementation of reservation policies, provision of economic assistance, and enforcement of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 , IITs have faced allegations of caste-based discrimination. Instances of suicides among students from reserved categories are often cited to illustrate this ongoing issue. However, it's important to note that
21098-411: The wall and rendered his sneezes powerful enough to strip a person's flesh from their bones. He lives by an airport , which likely accounts for his loud voice. In the strips, his loud voice is represented by huge lettering and his comically huge mouth (when talking), which takes up most of the available panel space and is therefore difficult to sustain as a running joke. Howard as a recurring character
21252-1224: The world to implement a formal Quality Management System , earning ISO 9001:2000 certification. Kshitij, which is branded as a techno-management festival due to its emphasis on both technology and management, is the largest of these festivals by sponsorship money. Annual cultural festivals are also organized by the IITs and last three to four days. These include Thomso (IIT Roorkee), Kashiyatra (IIT BHU Varanasi), Alcheringa (IIT Guwahati), Exodia (IIT Mandi), Saarang and Paradox (annual fests of IIT Madras BTech and BS Degree respectively), Spring Fest (IIT Kharagpur, also known as SF), Rendezvous (IIT Delhi), Meraz (IIT Bhilai), Tirutsava (IIT Tirupati), Srijan, (earlier known as Saturnalia, IIT Dhanbad), Tarang (culfest) (previously Rave), Anwesha (IIT Patna), SPANDAN (IIT Jodhpur), Renao (IIT Jammu), Petrichor (IIT Palakkad), Blithchron (IIT Gandhinagar), ELAN (IIT Hyderabad), Alma Fiesta (IIT Bhubaneswar), Mood Indigo (IIT Bombay, also known as Mood-I), Antaragni (IIT Kanpur) and Zeitgeist ( IIT Ropar ). IITs have generally ranked above all other engineering colleges in India for Engineering. According to Outlook India 's Top Engineering Colleges of 2017,
21406-540: The years that Adams started creating complete storylines for her. Her character was based on all the bad experiences Adams ever had with any secretary. Several strips feature Carol menacing or attacking co-workers with a crossbow (Known as the "Secretary with a Crossbow"). Carol frequently attempts to put the Pointy-haired boss in situations where he will be killed; she states this to the boss directly on numerous occasions. She has, for example: encouraged him to buy
21560-476: Was a fan of Peanuts comics while growing up and started drawing comics at age 6. He won a drawing competition at age 11. Adams graduated from Windham-Ashland-Jewett Central School in 1975 and was the valedictorian of his class of 39 students. He earned a BA in economics from Hartwick College in Oneonta, New York in 1979. He then moved to California and started work. In 1986, he earned an MBA from
21714-583: Was a use of hyperbole. Adams then relaunched the strip as a webcomic on his locals.com website. Adams was born on June 8, 1957, in Windham, New York , the son of Paul and Virginia (née Vining) Adams. He has described himself as "about half German" and also has English, Irish, Welsh, Scottish, and Dutch ancestry. In 2016, Adams said he had a small amount of Native American ancestry, but later discovered via 23andme genetic testing that he does not have any detectable Native American genetic markers. He
21868-664: Was chosen to be scattered throughout India to prevent regional imbalance. The Indian Institutes of Technology Act was amended to reflect the addition of new IITs. In the tenth meeting of IIT Council in 1972, it was also proposed to convert the then IT-BHU into an IIT and a committee was appointed by IIT Council for the purpose but because of political reasons, the desired conversion could not be achieved then. IT-BHU had been taking admissions through Indian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE) for undergraduate courses and Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) for postgraduate courses since 1972. Finally, in 2012
22022-630: Was depicted as a stereotypical late-middle-aged balding middle manager with jowls; it was not until October 21, 1991 that he developed his signature "pointy hair" and the jowls disappeared. He is hopelessly incompetent at management, and often tries to compensate for his lack of skills with countless group therapy sessions and business strategies that usually never bear fruit. He does not understand technical issues but always tries to disguise this, usually by using buzzwords he also does not understand. The Boss treats his employees alternately with enthusiasm or neglect; he often uses them to his own ends regardless of
22176-512: Was dropped by numerous newspapers across the country, including the Los Angeles Times , The Washington Post , and USA Today -affiliated newspapers. Andrews McMeel Syndication , the distributor of Dilbert , announced on February 27, 2023 that it was severing all ties with Adams. Portfolio , his book publisher, announced it was dropping his non- Dilbert book that was scheduled for release in September 2023. In response to
22330-419: Was engaged to Kristina Basham, and later revealed that they had married on July 11, 2020. Basham, a model and baker, has two daughters and is a vice president at WhenHub. On March 10, 2022, Adams announced on his YouTube podcast that he and Basham were getting divorced. Adams trained as a hypnotist . He credits affirmations for many of his achievements, including scoring in the ninety-fourth percentile on
22484-481: Was eventually revealed to be the Pointy-Haired Boss's brother. Adams is inconsistent with his depictions of Phil, who sometimes has horns and sometimes does not, and sometimes carries a pitchfork rather than a spoon. Adams has stated that the inconsistency is because he sometimes forgets that Phil is not supposed to have a cape or a pitchfork. He also drank milk. A vegetarian dinosaur who tries to avoid using modern technology and seems proud of his low-tech lifestyle. He
22638-464: Was found after Dilbert calculated that dinosaurs could not be extinct, and they therefore must be in hiding. Bob was found hidden behind the couch. Bob has a wife (Dawn) and son (Rex), who also live in Dilbert's house, but they are seen far less frequently than he is, since most of his time is spent at Dilbert's office, where his wedgie duty is constantly needed while working with incompetent co-workers, salesmen, or clients. He has also revealed that, being
22792-722: Was founded in May 1950 at the site of the Hijli Detention Camp in Kharagpur , West Bengal . The name "Indian Institute of Technology" was adopted before the formal inauguration of the institute on 18 August 1951 by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad . On 15 September 1956, the Parliament of India passed the Indian Institute of Technology (Kharagpur) Act , declaring it as an Institute of National Importance . Jawaharlal Nehru , first Prime Minister of India , in
22946-536: Was more emphasized during the earlier years of the strip; as the strip progressed, references to his acting like a dog became less common, although he still wags his tail when he perpetrates his scams. When an older Dilbert arrives while time-traveling from the future, he refers to Dogbert as "majesty", indicating that Dogbert will one day indeed rule the world...again, and make worshipping him retroactive so he could boss around time travelers. A young intern, he works very hard but does not always get proper recognition. Asok
23100-406: Was notified in the gazette as Act Number 59 of 1961 on 20 December 1961 and came into effect on 1 April 1962. The Act also declares these institutes as Institutes of National Importance . The IITs receive comparatively higher grants than other engineering colleges in India. While the total government funding to most other engineering colleges is around ₹ 100–200 million ($ 2–4 million) per year,
23254-539: Was portrayed as a frustrated feminist, always on the defensive about her skills and her value to the company. She never appears in the TV series, but she appears in some of the animated shorts. People from a fictional Fourth World nation, used as a parody of outsourcing. Their culture is radically different from Western culture, and their patriarchy often annoys Alice. Their country is covered in waist-deep mud which they keep wet using expensive bottled water, as revealed in one strip. The main vehicle of their national airline
23408-736: Was released. It expounded on his concept of the Dilbert principle . In 1997, Adams won the National Cartoonists Society 's Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist and Best Newspaper Comic Strip. Logitech CEO Pierluigi Zappacosta invited Adams to impersonate a management consultant, which he did wearing a wig and false mustache. He tricked Logitech managers into adopting a mission statement that Adams described as "so impossibly complicated that it has no real content whatsoever". His writing in San Jose Mercury News West Magazine regarding
23562-565: Was supposed to do was drink coffee and look at inappropriate Web sites, which Wally admitted was all he did. It was hacked by Dilbert and Wally to make it disgruntled, to make sure Wally kept his job. The robot has appeared on occasion since, especially when plotting for robots to take over the world. An old-style computing guy who likes to reminisce about the old days, he's a UNIX user and software architect to whom both Wally and Alice have taken exception. He has appeared with white, black and brown hair, but all appearances include suspenders . He
23716-622: Was the first whose helmet went off, and when Catbert went over what he was thinking about he went metaphorically "blind", possibly with the same reaction the Pointy-haired boss afterwards had: "I was happier not knowing." His more evil nature is also kept in with the TV series, voiced by comedian, Jason Alexander , with a notable example being his forging a confession in Dilbert's name claiming Dilbert had been responsible for pilfering dry erase markers as well as using his computer for X-rated sites (as well as completely unrelated crimes such as
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