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Books on IIT
The technology institutes are not just a challenge for the aspiring student but also for the writers of the new age. A range of books are available on IITs. Here are just some of the notable ones.
The IITians by Sandipan Deb
Sandipan Deb, himself an IITian, delves into his own experience and those of scores of alumni to try and explain what makes IITians such outstanding achievers.
In part it may be that they cannot be anything else: only one in every hundred applicants gets admitted.
Harvard, in comparison, takes one in eight. The unique village-like campuses peopled only by the super-bright and the intensely competitive hone the IITians' skills further.
No wonder then that when they leave the campus, IITians look upon themselves as special people, capable of competing in their field with the best in the world. And, as their record shows, succeeding.
IIT: India's Intellectual Treasures by Ranjan Pant and Suvarna Rajgurua
A behind-the-scenes look into India's prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), which are India's intellectual gift to the world.
The book and the companion documentary highlight the history and evolution of the IITs and the extraordinary contributions of its graduates around the world.
Technobrat: Culture in a Cybernetic Classroom by Rukmini Bhaya Nair Engineering students at the IITs, nurtured in institutions declared by an Act of Parliament to be "of national importance", embody the acme of Nehruvian achievement. Yet the irony is that, fifty years on from freedom in 1947, the IIT engineer often designs his routes of travel away from India towards a far, shimmering "West". He is a natural postcolonial migrant.
He exemplifies Delhi resettled in Dallas and, conversely, the "First" world relocated in the "Third". In him may be found the identifying signs of a new, as yet little understood, 21st century sensibility called the "Internet Mind".
The phrase indicates the mental apparatus needed to inhabit cyberspace - an international land without boundaries. Technobrat explores this space.
Five Point Someone by Chetan Bhagat
Five Point Someone - What not to do at IIT! is the first book written by Chetan Bhagat, an IIT Delhi and IIM Ahmedabad alumnus.
The novel is set in in the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, in the period 1991 to 1995. It is about the lives of three mechanical engineering students, Hari (the narrator), Ryan Oberoi, and Alok Kumar, who fail to cope with the cruel grading system of the IITs and come to be known as five pointers due to their perennially low 5.something GPAs.
The story is first person by Hari, with some small passages by his colleagues Ryan and Alok, as well as a letter by his girlfriend Neha Cherian.
The book is about three friends who make it to one of the best engineering colleges in India and how they spend their lives here.
The technology institutes are not just a challenge for the aspiring student but also for the writers of the new age. A range of books are available on IITs. Here are just some of the notable ones.
The IITians by Sandipan Deb
Sandipan Deb, himself an IITian, delves into his own experience and those of scores of alumni to try and explain what makes IITians such outstanding achievers.
In part it may be that they cannot be anything else: only one in every hundred applicants gets admitted.
Harvard, in comparison, takes one in eight. The unique village-like campuses peopled only by the super-bright and the intensely competitive hone the IITians' skills further.
No wonder then that when they leave the campus, IITians look upon themselves as special people, capable of competing in their field with the best in the world. And, as their record shows, succeeding.
IIT: India's Intellectual Treasures by Ranjan Pant and Suvarna Rajgurua
A behind-the-scenes look into India's prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), which are India's intellectual gift to the world.
The book and the companion documentary highlight the history and evolution of the IITs and the extraordinary contributions of its graduates around the world.
Technobrat: Culture in a Cybernetic Classroom by Rukmini Bhaya Nair Engineering students at the IITs, nurtured in institutions declared by an Act of Parliament to be "of national importance", embody the acme of Nehruvian achievement. Yet the irony is that, fifty years on from freedom in 1947, the IIT engineer often designs his routes of travel away from India towards a far, shimmering "West". He is a natural postcolonial migrant.
He exemplifies Delhi resettled in Dallas and, conversely, the "First" world relocated in the "Third". In him may be found the identifying signs of a new, as yet little understood, 21st century sensibility called the "Internet Mind".
The phrase indicates the mental apparatus needed to inhabit cyberspace - an international land without boundaries. Technobrat explores this space.
Five Point Someone by Chetan Bhagat
Five Point Someone - What not to do at IIT! is the first book written by Chetan Bhagat, an IIT Delhi and IIM Ahmedabad alumnus.
The novel is set in in the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, in the period 1991 to 1995. It is about the lives of three mechanical engineering students, Hari (the narrator), Ryan Oberoi, and Alok Kumar, who fail to cope with the cruel grading system of the IITs and come to be known as five pointers due to their perennially low 5.something GPAs.
The story is first person by Hari, with some small passages by his colleagues Ryan and Alok, as well as a letter by his girlfriend Neha Cherian.
The book is about three friends who make it to one of the best engineering colleges in India and how they spend their lives here.
The Indian Institutes of Technology need no introduction either in India or abroad, for their alumni have already made their presence felt everywhere. The Institutes were set up by the Government of India as 'Institutions of National Importance' and almost all reputed international academic benchmarks have given them high rating. Sakshi Arora takes you through the corridors of IITs.
