IITs

Once again Indian Institute of Technology has been named as the number three institute in Technology scoring behind only MIT and California University Berkeley. The survey was done was Times Higher Education Supplement (THES). The dominating entry in the top 100 global excellence institutes this time is the Institute of Management at rank 68 which has jumped 24 places since last year.

The IITs has always been in news for their excellent inventions and research. But, this is very applauding for an Indian Institute to compete with the top US universities. This shows the kind of talent that resides in India and also gives a picture the global presence Indian students and researchers are making. For the last few years IITs have made the world aware of their presence by spreading their alumni in every part of the world.

Just recently two of the IIT Delhi alumni have started a local search network Guruji.com in India mainly concentrating on the Indian market. This is one of the greatest ideas that have come from the mind of IITians and this is surely going to transform the way search is performed on the internet browser. Although Google has become the basic search engine for anything today, this application holds its own panache in the Indian parlance. The only other place where IITs have not been dominating is the Pure Sciences. I think with a little effort we will be able to leave a mark in that field also.

We IITians are surely making the world a different place to live. Hope that I can also contribute significantly to this stream.