Here is my thought on studying and getting into IIT. Certainly your opinion will differ, please make sure you add them in the comments. Thank you.
Firstly, In order to get into IITs you need to slog for at least two years (that was the case during my time of 1998 I am assuming it is even worse now). Such slogging destroys creativity, be with narrow focus which in turn will make up for great servants not leaders, as a result they will be good at solving problems but not identifying problems. Personally I will not encourage my kid to pursue IIT as it is not great for his overall life who wants to be a better achiever with expertise and common sense.
Secondly, if you take the entire history of IIT, or IITians in other places, there is no single Nobel prize or similar achievements as compared to other students in US universities with every single university has a bunch of Nobel laureates. The reason IITians fail to pull off such achievements is that they are trained to solve mathematical problems, for example, but fail to see the bigger picture on the very field of mathematics. The system is such that it will not be possible even in the future.
Thirdly, Taking into account of some childish performance during the class 12 which lead to tagging him with a IIT brand for rest of his life is totally immature. The people should grow up with the idea that anyone can achieve anything at any point of time and get the sense of what is real achievement. Because of such tagging the IITians are again subjected to immense pressure from others that they got to do better than others thereby giving up entirely on life which contributes to creativity and higher level achievements.
Firstly, In order to get into IITs you need to slog for at least two years (that was the case during my time of 1998 I am assuming it is even worse now). Such slogging destroys creativity, be with narrow focus which in turn will make up for great servants not leaders, as a result they will be good at solving problems but not identifying problems. Personally I will not encourage my kid to pursue IIT as it is not great for his overall life who wants to be a better achiever with expertise and common sense.
Secondly, if you take the entire history of IIT, or IITians in other places, there is no single Nobel prize or similar achievements as compared to other students in US universities with every single university has a bunch of Nobel laureates. The reason IITians fail to pull off such achievements is that they are trained to solve mathematical problems, for example, but fail to see the bigger picture on the very field of mathematics. The system is such that it will not be possible even in the future.
Thirdly, Taking into account of some childish performance during the class 12 which lead to tagging him with a IIT brand for rest of his life is totally immature. The people should grow up with the idea that anyone can achieve anything at any point of time and get the sense of what is real achievement. Because of such tagging the IITians are again subjected to immense pressure from others that they got to do better than others thereby giving up entirely on life which contributes to creativity and higher level achievements.