How can IITians help in nation building?
There are multifarious ways in which IIT-ians can help in nation-building, but I would like to discuss on a singular one: IITians’ role in providing quality technical education. India still has to face immense challenges in the field of education, both primary education, secondary education and higher specialised fields of study. In spite of major executive policies on education, opening up primary schools easily accessible to most rural masses, investing generously in higher education and heavily subsidizing such, the fact remains that much remains to be done. Improvement in primary education to meet the challenge of 100 per cent literacy can be achieved by joint efforts of all citizens but the mantle of improving quality of higher technical education and bringing it to world-class status lies on us – the IIT-ians. A closer look at IITs and other premier institutes in India will let us know that academics and research are in a bad state in these institutes. Known for their qualities,
