Different people hold different opinions on these stuff. I'd focus more on students getting into an IIT.
I dare to say that half of the students in IITs have no clue what they're doing there. Most mug for a course only to get a nice grade, not to learn something. What surprises me is these people go on to work as the best engineers from the country.
The government of India has invested a lot of cash into the IITs. But what happens is, there are too many people who're not into engineering. Just too many guys get finance jobs and stuff. A lot go to get an MBA. The basic reason for establishing these IITs is not justified. And the government doesn't seem to worry about it.. instead, they put more IITs. I've read this line a lot of times, "Is the juice worth the squeeze?". Putting more IITs to train more people to get into some financial institutions or to work for some American dumpyard is really not worth it.
Now the students. I've seen some guys who take a lot of pride in saying they're non-geeky IITians.. they think they're cool coz they bunk classes and they don't mug for exams and stuff. I say, they're stupid. What the duck is that guy doing in an IIT if he's not really interested? He can do something more useful, or atleast more economical than wasting 4 years of his life in a place that forces him to do what he doesn't want to.
And the more painful part- this guy who came into an IIT just because his parents forced him to , or as in a case mentioned by a friend, for "extra credentials in his resume", he has actually screwed the life of a guy who might be the next Abdul Kalam. Forget the Abdul Kalam part, atleast a guy who's genuinely intersted doesn't get a chance because of these ********s. 4-5 years pass by and this guys doesn't realize that what he's being taught is "the most important" stuff he needs to know to work. Many don't care to answer this simple question, "Why am I even here?"
The IITs have a good tradition, help in developing the guy's personality, blah blah blah.. They're really good. But they are no fun parks. Not places where a guy comes to spend 4 years of his life and then go do something he likes to do. Everything put into these guys, the cash from govt, the facilities, the effort from Profs, all is just wasted when this guy gets a nice score in CAT.
The irony: Most of the so-called "smartest people in the country" have absolutely no clue about what they're doing for 4 of the most important years of their life
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ReplyDeleteThe only part that bothers me is,why the hell people think getting a score in JEE settles life.
The other day i have seen a senior SBI official (Head of whole south India) saying that he will join his daughter in IIT in whatever branch she gets,because its an IIT.
Its not time for spreading awareness among parents..
Its the time students realize and convince the parents accordingly and finally make their path in to the glory
Hey sabarish Its a fact . .!! Fact well said again..!! people Who have missed it and didnt gget a seat Know it true value .. !! may be i dun deserve it But atleast i wud have done a better job after coming there anyways cant help It lets try to change our next gen
ReplyDeletei think this one is better and more precise than the last blog
ReplyDeletethe point about the govt was seroiusly admirable...and is worthy discussing here
still the aim in increasing the no. of iits remains a mystery
ha.. u took a decision n think that u got it right doesn't mean that every "ducker(the name u call people who don't go by ur vision)" would face the same fate..
ReplyDeletenow with 470 thousand applying for the 9000odd seats it does make sense for govt. to go ahead with more IITs...
"non-geeky iitians"- i do guess u haven't asked them personally... they dont enjoy gettin low grades,failing etc.. they just try to move on with the fate.. certain subjects didnt happen to be their cup of tea...n that is a situation no one enjoys..
the Kalam thing he wanted to be an air-force pilot n not a rocket scientist, he didnt get the first one so moved on to the other option n succeeded n now everyone's talking about how brilliant he was n he is brilliant cos he took decisions on the go facing life's challenges n not by plannin his life forefront.
civil services - the exam for this has many subjects, and core engineering subjects are few of them... to learn engineering wer else is the best place other than IITs?? n if engineering was such a no-no for civil service n administration why do we have them as subjects for the same??
i do understand that u took out ur frustration here, but u can try to be little less narrow minded in ur outlook...
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ReplyDeleteIts been almost 3 years, and my take on this hasn't changed. If you see this post, I'd take to see your view on this after passing out. My whole point was based on these lines-
"I've seen some guys who take a lot of pride in saying they're non-geeky IITians.. they think they're cool coz they bunk classes and they don't mug for exams and stuff."
Junta come into insti for a lot of reasons. Some people find something else that interests them and excel in that. A lot do not. I can't put blame on any individual, each guy has is personal priorities. But when a huge chunk of junta is going for non-core, it is extremely bad. Even if the guy's not enthued in his branch, for the sake of the insti and all the others who couldn't get into insti, he must do justice to his admission into insti. Atleast put enthu in the core courses, do a few assignments and have a sufficient understanding of the subject to be called an "engineer".