What sets IIT graduates apart from others?
I don’t think it is fair to say that IIT-ians are a unique breed and that they are completely different from other graduates. India produces great engineers and IIT-ians only come from premier institutes of the country. What sets IITs apart from other engineering institutes is a constant focus on problem-solving. As students, we never did any theory question. Everything was related to problems and how to crack them. IITs teach their students to take each problem at a time and seek a solution. When you made it to the IIT what was that experience like? After completing my XI, I was planning to apply to Loyola College in Chennai. That time I had done some homework and was toying with the idea of joining chartered accountancy course. I was almost filling in PUC forms. That is when my father intervened and said that I should study engineering from some IIT. Till then I had no idea about IIT, entrance examination. I took the necessary preparation and got through. When I went to check my mark