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Hi Carmo,
You did not mention, getting admission to India's IIT is more competitive and
tougher than getting into MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) or RIT
(Rochester Institute of Technology).
There is likely to "selection of the fittest" because of the competitive
selection process before and during the training in India's higher institutions
of learning - engineering, medicine etc.. This is provided, the competition is
not diluted by "influence".
Those who are skilled enough to go through the technical training are / can be
skilled enough to pick up other attributes needed to be successful in life.
That is why western countries recruit / admit as immigrants technical skilled
people and not history and social science majors. :=)) So centuries of
immigration patterns across the world have proven that a specific skill may be
more important for evolution than some "all -rounded" attributes. Similarly in
long run, the "nerds" are more successful than a smooth-talking car salesman.
Kind Regards, GL
---- CARMO DCRUZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
IIT stands for the Indian Institute of Technology - there are 7 of them now 5
of the initial ones were set up in the 1950s as a Vision of Nehru to provide a
highly educated high tech workforce for a newly independent India in Kharagpur
near Calcutta (set up with UNESCO backing in the form of faculty and
equipment), Madras (set up with German backing), Delhi (set up with British
backing), Bombay (set up with USSR backing) and Kanpur (set up with US
Backing). The two newest IITs were created in the late 90s/early 00s at
Guwahati and Roorkee (formerly University of Roorkee - one of the oldest
Engineering colleges in India set up by the British). And there are three more
planned in Andra Pradesh, Bihar and Rajasthan. I have no doubt that with IITian
Manohar Parrikar as Chief Minister we will have another IIT in Goa -
strategically located between the high tech centers of Bombay/Pune and
Bangalore.
IIT is not a western acronym. It is pronounced "Eye Eye Tee" and the students
who graduate from them are called IITians (rhymes with Indians).
The IIT campuses are National Centers of Excellence, very well endowed in the
form of learning/living facilities, research labs, sports facilities and
internationally reputed faculties. The vast, secluded, serene IIT campuses
(very conducive to learning) are very different from the Regional Engineering
Colleges and other engineering colleges like VJTI or Goa Engineering College.
The student body at the IITs is also world class - students are selected
through a stringent Joint Entrance Exam which lasts a few days and is followed
up with an equally stringent interview for placement in the different
engineering disciplines.
-------------- Dr. Cornel DaCosta
Please pardon my abysmal ignorance but what exactly does IITian stand for? I
assume it must be quite important as you use it a lot. Also, how does one
pronounce the term and is it specifically American?
