The tribunals comprising professionals from various fields sought for extension of time which was liberally awarded. The tribunals usually took a long time in coming up with the award. The reasons for delays have been many fold. The quasi judicial nature of proceedings of the tribunals have been time consuming. Doubts on data pertaining to the availability of water and on the requirement of water and its usage are raised by different parties. The participating advocates, bureaucrats and technocrats try to get maximum for their respective states, to keep the political bosses on their right. Some long standing cases the long and arduous path which resolution of conflicts through tribunals, would take, was witnessed by the first tribunal itself. Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal, the first to be formed in Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra were the states involved gave its verdict in . But decades later the concerned states wanted a review and the second Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal was formed in 2004. This tribunal gave its verdict which was reexamined on Andhra Pradesh request. During this period, the new state of Telangana was formed and it became the fourth party to the dispute. This case is still pending in the Supreme Court. The Cauvery Water dispute is a living example of how long it could take to settle the battle over water. Sharing of waters of this river has been a source of serious conflict between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka since pre independence days. The genesis of the conflict rests in two agreements in 1892 and 1924 between the pre Independence Madras Presidency and Kingdom of Mysore. The Government of India constituted a tribunal in 1990 to look into the matter. But all the involved states continued to fight and finally in the Supreme Court pronounced its verdict by reducing water allocation to Tamil Nadu thereby satisfying some of Karnataka demands. The Power sector has not witnessed such long standing disputes and whenever disputes have arisen, they have been expeditiously resolved with the center playing a proactive role. Years ago whenever I told anyone that I wanted was always the same: And what will you do with that degree? It is a question that has bugged every humanity and arts graduate at some point in time. However with time ideas have changed, preferences have evolved and the assumption, that a degree must springboard into a career is no longer the norm. This assumption for a very long time sustained the traditional Science Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics education, but what people do not tell you is that employers today are looking for skills that this basket of traditional education falls short of supplying with. In India too the higher education is reflecting tumultuous shifts with area studies programs in particular gaining precedence among the youth. Area studies programs offer exciting avenues for students to explore new visions for the discipline one that advocates greater pluralism, diversity and critical reflections. Area studies in general embodies a tradition that is deeply rooted in the understanding of the complex patterns of political economic cultural and social changes that constitute and are constituted by the globe today.