Recently, while I was on my evening walk near my house a very young guy asked me, “You went to IIT, right? And then you became a Chemical Engineer. How was that?”
I was wondering, “How does this kid living in suburban Kochi know about IIT?”. I would not have been surprised at all in Bangalore or Hyderabad since there are a ton of IITians.
So I asked, how do you know about IIT?”
“It is pretty well known. They are supposed to produce some really smart guys.”
Needless to say, I was quite flattered and did not want to disabuse him of that notion :)
But I wish one day IITs are known for rolling out technologies that the world can't live without. After all, there is a ‘T’ in IIT. That remains a distant dream. As a student I did not contribute much to that (after my 3-4 yrs of short journey as Process Engineer), and I am no one to preach.
In short, IITs are considered a talent hub rather than an innovation hub.
Should we try to change that? I think the answer is pretty obvious.
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