High Paying Jobs after IIT? | The Bitter Truth | Akash Banerjee 

Making an episode about an Institute that you respect is not easy - tried to stick to hard data - that shows a worrying trend. Really touched with so many IIT alumni reaching out that sharing their story and the fact that too much is expected out of a IIT Graduate. Hope this episode helps in a little way. Though not many - did manage to draw a few smart comments that enquired about my educational qualifications ... not that it matters - but here goes:))))) Schooling - La Martiniere College Graduation - Hindu College Masters - St.Stephens MSc - Got admission into Boston University (but dad didn't have 40+ lakh to spare:))) Had the privilege of studying in the best school / colleges of India - But had to work my butt off in the media sector - no godfather - no alumni support - just kept up-skilling and learning on the job.

I am from one of these IITs and I can confirm all these are true. There are a few more factors even within the course and curriculum structure that effect the students. The reality in media and society is completely different from what's on ground

I'm not from IIT, (ECE from Tier 3 College). But right from the beginning, I was interested in Software Development. I did lot of courses in the same, did projects, increased my rating in Competitive Programming. Finally grabbed International Offer!! With my experience, I can confidently say that, in the present world, you don't need an IIT degree to be successful. "IIT degree" acts as a catalyst for your success but absence of it doesn't make you a failure. Just focus on your skills, be a top player of the game. Your college, your degree, your grades, your branch doesn't matter. The journey is tough but sure is worth rewarding.

As a fellow IIT graduate with a specialization in Mechanical Systems, I can totally relate to the dilemma of whether or not IITs are still worth it. After clearing GATE 2019, I had high hopes of doing excellent research and finding a job where my skills would be valued. However, after two years of hard work and a CGPA of 9.5/10, during the placement, I was offered a position of graduate trainee with a package of 10 lakh per annum. Although this was the highest pay for many of my batchmates who wanted to continue in the core sector, I ended up rejecting the job offer and pursuing my PhD in artificial intelligence and renewable energy in France. I must say, it has been a way more rewarding experience than I ever imagined. So, to answer the question "Are IITs still worth it?", it totally depends on your aspirations and the path you want to take.

IITans are successful not because of IIT, but because the students who go there are genuinely hardworking and consistent students. These qualities also help them in life ahead. People, companies know this fact hence they try to give these students the opportunities they deserve. Hence the hard working nature and consistency of the student gives them success not IIT entirely.

I moved to USA to pursue PhD after graduating from IIT. The difference is day and night when it comes to work culture and treatment towards students. Students have freedom to pursue courses of their interest and are respected by their professors here in USA while in India we still live in the age where professors bully students for reasons I never understood.

An IITian here. The content of this video is absolutely true. No doubt that IITs do office some security in terms of job, salary, quality education and networking. However the amount of pressure that students go through during preparation is not worth all that. I appeared for IIT-JEE for the first time in 2015, but couldn't clear it. I was so much depressed. My world turned upside down. I used to cry at nights. However I gathered courage and started preparing again and luckily cracked JEE in 2016. God knows what I would have done if I didn't clear JEE in 2016 either. Now when I look back I feel that I was depressed for no reason. Most of my colleagues and seniors in my company are non-IITians. And they are also as intelligent as I am (or probably more 😅). They are earning at par with me. If you are a JEE aspirant, do remember that going to an IIT is great but not at the cost of your happiness and mental health.

Tomorrow is my jee advanced exam and I now I am watching this😂😂

This video is a true example of how not to get manipulated by the society.

The problem is even if you introduce new courses in colleges the teachers don't know how to teach these new courses properly.

The truth is that Indian society views IITs just as a ticket to a 1cr package and a job in Silicon valley, and not as institutes that further humanity. Until that mentality won't change, we will never progress

I'm not IITian but got a placement with 12 LPA in Accenture as Business Development Associate after completing BBA from a tier 2 college bcz of my soft and market demand skills which I learned from udemy.

Preparing for MBA is far better than going for iit🙏

I spent 4 years of my life in IIT Bombay. I think there are lot of opportunities apart from doing graduation from IIT. Less than 5 percent students get satisfied after completing there graduation from IITs. So be careful before to make IIT as your dream.

I can tell about situation in 31 NITs across India. NITs are thought of as 2nd grade institutions if IITs are thought of as 1st grade institutions. I was PhD fellow in mathematics in NIT Durgapur and i saw people after Mtech doing PhD in their disciplines. I asked couple of engineering students why are doing PhD after Mtech, why don't do job ? Their answers were "companies are offering 20k salary per month, it is better to join PhD where you get monthly 31k fellowship better than 20k job". The job situation of engineering students is very disappointing

I was a State ranker..Failed to get seat at IIT...Had to go for Only Diploma Course due to family & financial problems, Done some basic jobs like sweeper, typing etc.. during education..some relatives (some are billionaire) doesn't even want to see my face.however I was tried to learn business methods too..after 10 years results on business comes ..Profits reached 10cr first time in history. Moral : Never Give up !

Good research.. touched all salient points.. ekdum sehmat hope all concerned watch .. and absorb.. for a reality check.

Not only IIT courses need to be re evaluated. But the entire education system in India needs to be re evaluated. Our Education system should encourage minds with problem solving skills rather than focusing on minds with memory keeping skills. This is something we will be talking about in the coming times but I'm happy people have begun to address the issue starting from IIT.

i am also an ECE engineering Student ( VIT vellore ). this is verry serious problem for any of our indian engineering colleges and manufacturing industries . if you see or hear then there is only large number of IT jobs but very less core engineering Job . this indicate that there is very less manufacturing industry in our country.

Yes , the video is correct but I am also from IIT MADRAS , and yes only 5% of the students will grab the highest packages but students and parents as well as teachers should remember that the tough entrance exams were for admission into IITs and the probability of getting a job is simply result of one's presence of mind and the ability to handle all kinds of pressure

Darun bolecho Abhishek da. Being an IIT grad I can relate to this absolutely. But this is not just for IITs but for very good universities as well. People have a conception that if someone is studying in a reputed institute he will get everything automatically. However, people fail to see 70-80% students struggle to get through such phases. It is humiliating. And the present fintech and IT sector totally outshines all other sectors which also makes it very clear how our traditional sectors are lacking and soon with automation there won't be any high paying jobs, that's why if you see diploma college placement data in some areas they are doing better as Indian industries needs labours at cheap price, they don't need specialists. They are outsourcing it anyway.

I am in class 10th and seriously this video chills me... though I haven't thought much about going to an IIT but can guess that other sectors are going through the same fate. I always wanted to learn new skills and will surely boost that up after this.

I had always thought that going IIT that bigger things and now i realised that your skill is more than important your degree and I heard that once you would get IIT then you enjoy your life you don't need study more but that time is important for learning. I am happy to seeing that people are seeing talent not degree.

Brilliant analysis 👏 👌 kya baat hai Sir..perfect eye opener..hope the pressure on kids are reduced after knowing this reality..keep it up Sir..

Hello Akash.......I am a doctor,currently an aspirant for NEET PG. I would like you to emphasis on the current state of young doctors in our country. As per a RTI reply by National Medical Commission, in the last 5 years, 64 UG and 55 PG students have committed suicide. 150 UG students and 956 PG doctors have dropped out of the college due to various reasons. The cost of medical education in India, the quality of training and the enormous amount of workload coupled with imbalance in UG/PG seats. I would urge you to make a separate video on this topic so that common people can understand the irony of medical education in India.

In 2020 I gave GATE Exam and secured a rank of 5000, and took admission in Jadavpur University. I thought that since it was such a prestigious university in Kolkata the course for Mtech in CSE would also be very good. But after joining I came to know that it was very outdated, and the main focus of the entire course was on the theoritcal subjects and the teaching method of most of the faculty were below par. After continuing for a semester I decided to drop off. Even the de-registration process was very challenging as most of the task was to be performed offline. Nothing happens online there.

Hi Akash/Team, The video is very true. Can you please also make another video on the research scenario in IITs. Focusing on how IITs are run like a cartel? Getting a job at an IIT as a professor is almost impossible. Also, the focus is always on quantity rather than the quality of papers published. The procurement of lab equipments is also filled with corruption.

Out of the box, it is a wonderful reporting, supported by credible relevant data. Thanks Akash.

Bro, Will you please make a video on INDIAN DOCTORS also?? Please do a research on how is the life of aspiring doctors and those who have become doctors or have joined Post graduation courses and committing suicide even before appearing to Competitive exams and giving up their lives and also increasing crimes on doctors & Jobs offered to doctors. NO ONE EVER TALKS ABOUT THIS ISSUE . looking forward for you to speak on that !

Being an IITian , I can say that most of the people who don't get jobs are the once who don't sit for placements and opt for higher studies. Also many students don't score bare minimum cgpa for sitting for placements. So yes , competition is even more after going into an IIT too , because everyone has come after cracking one of the worlds toughest exams. It doesn't makes sense saying if you get IIT you will be successsfull. You need to grind even more , and that is a fact.

I am from one of the IIT, completed Master's in Chemical Engineering and got Rs 5 Lakh package in dec placement season. Later on few companies were offering better packages but I was not allowed to be interviewed as was already placed. Later on the company which gave me placement of 5 lakh per anum called me in their office and layed me off before joining😁, seems Rs 5 lakh was too much for them, they made a mistake.

Happy holi , Akash sir. I'm preparing for IIT and I was like waiting for this sort of a video. Feeling relaxed after watching the grey shades of IITs.😁👍

I never got placed when I completed my Master's in IIT Madras, which even led to me being suicidal. It has taken at least 1.5 years of therapy to recover from that. Eventually, I shifted away from Civil Engineering because of low job demand. I re-skilled myself as a software developer (I was able to do that because of my privilege to some extent), to get a good job and even now I am underpaid, despite highly specialized nature of my job (requires competency in engineering, computer science and Math). I still wish I should have gone to Europe or USA or Canada. No wonder India has so much brain drain. We simply don't have respect for highly skilled employees, especially, but not limited to, ones from engineering background. I love engineering a lot and I think a lot of students too, but struggle for getting admission and then failing to get a job really hurts the morale of students. No wonder India has so many suicide attempts among students. EDIT: Also, there is a fundamental issue of not many entrepreneurs rising in India, for the simple reason that our education stifles the creativity of student. I think the reasons are far too deep than represented in the video. India simply does not know how to use the vast range of talents present among the students. For example, I always wanted to work in space agency, specifically to develop computational tools. However, I cannot do that in ISRO because first, they don't take experienced engineers (because they want to take only through an exam, which apparently our govt thinks is more fair and there is also an age limit) and second, the kind of work I have to do in ISRO is decided by my specialization and not my interests (because governments have decided a career path according to specialization without any flexibility). This further stifles creativity of people. That is the reason our research institutes don't contribute too much in any sector and research is generally stagnant, because there is no value to the new ideas and no funding for ideas. Because there is no funding, no ideas are executed and no new companies are created and hence, not a whole lot of jobs. Indian industries depend a lot of international products/companies because we simply don't have funding to fund ideas of our own. For example, the almost entire IT industry depends on international contracts to earn money, very, very few companies have products of their own. One I know of is Byju's, which provides a service of very dubious utility to it's customers, in my opinion. We hardly try to develop new technologies, products or services, if at all. Sorry, for the long essay, but the issue is very, very nuanced and lies in the flawed foundations on which education system is laid out here.

IISERs producing world class research scientists in pure science, IITs producing IAS, CEO of tech companies and IIM students.

Umm as a jee aspirant who couldn't clear jee (as i think i can't 😂) the preparation of jee give you some sort of ability to bear pressure and to work hard which is more important than to go in college So if you do not doing any productive things in 11th and 12th so it's good to prepare for it and face the harsh reality and competation 😂 i know i will not get iit/nit

IITan from Madras, the content is to the point and absolutely true. Only CSE grad gets the good package, which makes headlines. Also on numerous occasions, companies withdraw offers after providing a joining letter (it happened with my mates, Flipkart had withdrawn the offer). Overall it is nice to get admission to IIT, but it's not the end of the world.

I have been to DU and am now currently in Iit madras. I totally understand how soft skills are very important. Currently working on some skills aside from my data science course. Keep making content like this, it's necessary 👍🏻

As an IITian myself, I think one of the biggest problems isn't that of IIT, but the sheer lack of jobs for any other core field other than Computer Science (or maybe even Electronics). For the remaining branches, one may think that there must be some opening, cause if there weren't any jobs then why on earth would these departments even exist, right? But the fact of the matter is that virtually nobody in these branches actually takes a job in their own specialization (even if they do, it's because they weren't getting anything else). Also, as academics in IITs is much more rigorous and difficult compared to any other external institute, it's tougher for IITians that students from other colleges to study the courses from their own specialization, whilst also studying Computer Science for their placements in Software engineering firms. That leaves students from these branches with just 2 options - study in their own specialization and work hard to get a menial low-paying job, or some further education (if you have the money to fund it, ofc); or ditch their specialization entirely to study Computer Science for Software firms. Most people would clearly choose the second option, which works out generally. However, this year was much different as the global tech recession caused most Software firms to virtually freeze all placements. This has caused far worse placements than usual, as if we exclude high-paying trading firms, IBs and HFTs (none of which are related to engineering, btw), very very few companies actually paid a hefty salary for the to-be graduates. This recession has sent shockwaves even to junior batches, most of whom have essentially shifted their focus entirely from Computer Science to fields like Finance, Consulting, Management and Trading; none of which are related to engineering in any way. If anything, IITs' placements stats show that the domain of engineering itself isn't nearly as secure a domain in the job market as once thought to be. My prediction is that in the coming years, more and more IITians would join IIT just for the sake of it, whilst completely immersing themselves in studying Management-related fields for Finance and Consulting positions.

Only rule to remember. No guarantees in life. Zindagi, ek safar, hai suhanaa. Yaha kal kya ho, kisne jaana.

Very true. Your income from RU-vid is higher than 95% of the IITians salary package.

I am a Mathematics student at Jadavpur University. When i was reading in class 12 , my thoughts were very high about the Jadavpur University, Presidency University etc etc. But now i understand that my thoughts are totally wrong. College depend nahi karta hain, sabhi teachers ek hi tarah hota hain. Lekin observation and study, these two things only depend on you. Yeha paar sirf tag hii milte hain. 🙏🏻 Sorry if the words hurt anyone 🙏🏻

It's completely true I was also I.T student but by God grace or something i switched my faculty on time As result i saved lots of money, needed time and most important mental peace Today i am soft skill trainer and writer with healthy mind Lastly i urge all you who are reading this please don't ignore your mental health

I am from medical field which of course is underpaid. But main problem is that you can't switch pg seats if you don't like it's for you. If you leave that seat you have to pay big amount of money and would be shamed for wasting someone's seat. But in foreign countries students try different specialisations and find what's fit for them.

Dear Mr Akash...very informative and interesting information. I urge to focus on reservation systems in IIT and prestigious Engineering college which also affect the job recession after engineering. Thanks

Aakash, I am from IIM. Thank you for bringing the suicide agenda. Being a mother, it scares me to think - what's the use of the education if it compels students to take such extreme steps. These places are very very good at creating Intelligent money minting bots. So, lets not expect compassion. Please do understand these students have reached the top just by focusing on themselves, focus focus & focus. We have not been taught to think about others and we have not learnt too. So, how can you expect anything else? Exceptions are there but very rare.

well, being in IIT and studying the courses I can fully relate this. I know IITs are best but it is because of the students who makes the IITs worth it. I think administrators should think of upgrading the curricular and also focus on Research opportunities.

Totally agree with you sir, I have been there seen this, fairly disappointed as reality of IITs is different. Finally I came to conclusion that this is what the best we can get in India, hopefully it improves in further years. Rather than just a TAG syndrome.

I am currently associated with one of the 'prestigious' IITs for setting up a Centre of Excellence. We had to agree on giving totally new courses through the Centre with pre-identified demand from industry. Academic upgradation can only work when the IITs work together as partners. But unfortunately the common sentiment is of competition among these institutions.

Plzz sir made a vedio on IAS scam.. Becoz many coaching institutions attract students and lakhs of students waste life for merely 400 posts.. And almost 98 percent students got depressed by not selecting in IAS after 8 years of time waste in it. And then they got nothing.

sir I am from class 11th and pagal after IIT so I checked out for your video to know about it from thumbnail and I was actually satisfied so thank you very much for this information 👍👍

It would be a fairer comparison if you took those stats and compare against other colleges in India. In an absolute sense, you may be right but comparatively you are still better off in a better college. These top colleges don’t guarantee a good and easy life but they give you a better shot if you are willing to work hard and keep enhancing yourself

Being from iit bombay, I totally agree with each and every point of the video. Never thought someone could make such an accurate video showcasing the real reality of iits. And yes it is damn true, in today's world skills are more important than any thing . Even iit degree fails out . Gaya wo Zamana jab 3 idiots dekhke sab ko iit jaana tha.. world is changing at a very high speed. And we should understand the demand of edtech industries rather than just being from iit.

Very well said Sir. The things you said about the necessity of soft skills were way too enlightening. These skills are indeed very important in todays time and scenario. In a world where AI and ML are making our lives easier we need to know the importance of those who use these these tools in the most justified and efficient manner.

Everyone please spread this video very important video that can help many of us who are depress to go in iit tell them skill mattersssssss

Watching your video, I feel so lucky that I was born to parents who never forced me to any particular field, let alone engineering (IIT)

Being Post Graduate Doctor I request you to Please make Such Detail episode on Aspiring MBBS Students ,to let them know Reality of MBBS Even PG ,SUPER SPECILIST In Today's society

This is the actual sad reality of our education system. One of my friend's wife did a PhD in plasma physics, now she is teaching in a school because of no jobs in her subjects..

At any rate, having an engineering degree from an IIT is better than having one from a non-IIT.

Kya chahte ho tum log IIT bhi kharab hai, MBA bhi kharab hai, medical bhi kharab hai,sahi kya hai? Sab tumhari tarah RU-vid khol ke baith jaye Aur jo man me aye wo bolna suru kar de. Isse desh aur duniya dono bahut tarakki karegi

India and Indians have been looking at institutions like IITs through the wrong lens. Their counterparts in the US, like MIT, Harvard etc, are not looked at as factories that create workers for mundane jobs but rather thinkers, thought leaders and entrepreneurs who will incubate the next adventure, business, technology and will "create" jobs and intellectual property that benefits the whole country and humanity in general. Until we change our mindset and attitude towards these institutions and foster them to be what they should be, we will continue to see these transactional disappointments.

I am an IITian and pass out from IIT MUMBAI (CS, 2012 Batch) currently working as a Senior Software Consultant in USA (NYC) in a Top MNC. I can definitely confirm that whatever you told is absolutely correct. Unfortunately, now the standard (In terms of Skill Sets) of IIT graduates has been degraded a lot and I feel very very bad about it because they are getting fired immediately. Their learning attitude is also not there in the industry because they think that they are the best because society and parents think so. To be very honest, after spending 10yrs in this IT Software industry, still I always look to enhance my skill sets and as per my reporting manager I am one of the extremely highly skilled professional but I really don’t know whether my job is safe or not in this global recession. People in the Society including the parents, they don’t want to understand that what an IITian is going through in his life. We are just living in a false illusionary society where people thinks that every IITian is well settled and perfect in their professional life which is absolutely wrong.

Currently in 12th grade, I've decided to take a different route than the traditional JEE preparation. Instead, I've devoted my time to mastering C, C++, and Python, and delving into the basics of Kali Linux. I firmly believe that working hard on honing these skills for over 2 years will pave the way for promising job opportunities. It's my unique journey towards self-improvement, and I'm excited about the endless possibilities it holds. Here's to charting our own paths and embracing the journey of personal growth!

Yesss..this year I have completed my 12th & decided for taking a drop for iit/jee exam....i started preparing since last 2 weeks but unfortunately it didn't worked....i wanted to work on my passion but the family pressure & fear ki kuchh bada kro ...& Today I was in the deep thoughts of my career...and yes i realised that "IIT ZINDAGI NHI HAI MERI" ......from tomo...i will continue my passion,which motives me to work and makes me happy & satisfied ❤... thanks a lot man..

Most of the jobs are limited to the IT sector. In IIt's, most students who prepare for IT companies ( Please mark my words. I wrote that students who prepare for IT companies, not the CSE students) get placed at the end of the 2nd day or 3rd day of placement. For some other branches, the jobs are a little fewer. But if you are targeting the IT companies and preparing correctly, you will land a good-paying job. Yes, skills play an essential role over degree. But this doesn't mean that degrees play zero roles. IIT tag can give you a chance to stand out, but how you will take advantage of that chance depends on your skills. I agree that IIT does not mean success. There are different ways also, but IIT still gives you something. In my opinion, IIT means something other than success. IIT gives you opportunities and the stage, but how you perform depends on you. One more point that I want to address is that assume that there is an IAS person selected as a cricketer in the Indian team. And he is not performing well in the Indian team. His performance is poor. So does retain him makes a good point? Obviously no. The same thing happens when you will get a job after IIT. If you are not doing justice with your job, then how you can say that the IIT tag should protect me (Don't take it personally, not talking about a massive layoff). This is incorrect to say that IIT should defend my job. Why should IIT protect your job if you do not add value to the company? One thing that I disagree with is equality. They do justice with equality. You should get some relevant information about the placement session in IITs. I am impressed with the placement sessions and placement guidelines at IIT compared to other colleges. In one day, there are two slots. And the company will get slots depending on the package they offer and the company's tag. A student can get any number of offers in a particular slot but has to accept only one offer in that slot and take exit from the placement. For example, If a student gets placed in company 'y' and in the same slot he was placed in company 'z', then he has to take one offer and take exit from the placement so that every student will get a chance and the student already know that which company came in which day and which slot. And most good companies got early slots only. So there is no point in participating in further slots. This will not happen when you first get placed for TCS, but then you will get to know that Google is coming. This will never be going to happen. Depending on its tag, relations, and package, the company will get slots. So there is no harm in taking an offer from a slot and taking an exit so that every student will get a chance. In the video, you mention that company 'X' offers less package. This may be true. But this needs to be completed information. If company 'X' offers less package and is not well-reputed. The company 'X' will not get the early-day placement slots. It got a slot after 10-12 days. Till 10-12 days, most of the targetted student gets placed. What I mean by the targetted student is let's assume company 'X' is an IT company, so till 10-12 days, most students who prepare for IT company get placed. Only those students left who prepare significantly less or no preparation for the IT company. I am saying that those students are okay in study. I am saying maybe they did not prepare for the targetted role. The point that I want to add is you have to make a good balance between the college tag and specialization. You have to understand the jobs available in the market for that particular specialization, and if a job is available, will this college help me get the job? Don't think I got the tag, and that specific tag will do every good thing for me ( This is true for all the tags, not only IIT). Many of us think that story ends when you enter into IIT. But the reality is your story is just started.

As an IIT kanpur undergrad from EE , I do agree by your few points . But you know what is best about IIT and IITians is that they are surrounded by intelligent people everytime and this pushes them to work even more harder and prove their credibility. They manages to land into a decent jobs sooner or later.

Very nice video, I agree with what you said - can you please make a video about India's UPSC exam - IAS IPS IRS system Vs what the world is doing - example how administration works in UK US France etc - do they have IAS etc. , If not then how they function, how they select their administration candidates etc. Please please please make this video, no one in RU-vid has made video on above topic

I am not an IITIAN. In my time, i saw so much hype among students in JEE, but I was like I cannot do it, but still gave it and as usual didn't clear it, at that point, my friends and relatives suggested me to take a drop year and give it again, but my mind said not to give this cause i didn't wanted to. I was also from a middle class family and I had passion in the tech field, I got addmission in a nice college in my state which took admission on basis of jee mains (these colleges were not top NIT or IIT). And worked hard and improved my skills side by side, and because of my work and skills, luckily I got a placement of 19lpa. So I was thinking that if i would've given JEE, I would've got 1-5CR packages, but after contacting some of my IITian friends, i knew that my decision was correct and i did a good job by not pressuring myself.

Very genuine and important topic, and a great lesson to our parents, students, leaders & teachers, infact for everyone... Great content...👌🏻

I did a chemical engineering program at IIT Delhi after getting a good rank, but now I work in the IT sector. The curriculum was boring and hard, and people who scored much lower than me in JEE are earning 5 times more money than I am. I feel like IIT wasted my time. those who went to lower branches at IIT can understand my frustration because I don't get the respect I deserve. Additionally, individuals with less academic pressure not only read literature, learn new skills, and enjoy their leisure time but also engage in sports activities. Moreover, the fees charged by IITs are significantly higher compared to state engineering colleges. And despite being so unsuccessful and hurdles people mock you like “bhai tum to IIT ho” Even professors are only supportive for further education if you are a 9 pointer other they don’t care

Kissi aur college Mai toh wo bhi nhi placement rate except our IIT and NIT All the thing depend on hardwork and skill I agree with this

Yes, soft skills will gain much greater importance in the coming years. Thanks for drawing attention to this significant trend as the world moves towards an AI impregnated future.

Being an NITian(NIT Silchar CSE), I too agree that many times, there are courses that are taught in IITs/NITs & other colleges which are irrelevant and does not have any relation with the branch a student is pursuing....Even sometimes I also feel that those good things that I imagined during my JEE preparation about college are far far away from the reality :)

Thank you for this episode. My son will finish 10th this year. We were all set to spend lakhs of rupees on training and getting him into IIT. But somewhere i always felt that I must study the success rates of these colleges. U did it for me. This episode was a real eye opener. I think we along with my son will explore a lot more career options and he can pick what he wants. No more pressure on him.

The real progress is bound to happen when you let your sane mind meander beyond the normal. The points you raised are worth pondering without an iota of doubt, no matter which country you belong to. Even in Nepal, kids are given undue pressure to follow the rat race, which in my opinion is corroding the limitless potential of child's creativity.

Yes , the Indian Education system only wants students to rattafication, memorizing a lot of things, and taking loads of things which are not important , We students are chasing IIT,JEE, because all of the students are giving IIT ,JEE and not seeing other exams,skills and not focus on the main Points i.e., SKILLS. The main point of stress in Todays Student is our Indian Education system , Our society says to us that You have to crack,iit,jee but they don't think what a student wants to become. So Students to live in the world without stress follow your dreams and not see what others are chasing off. If we take an example of the German Education System ,the student follows his own dream . So Don't Take Stress 🙏.

I am from IIT and I can say this video is true to the point. you addressed a very important issue that in India core engineering sectors don't have jobs.

In Pakistan, IIT considers a paragon. I remember our professors gave the example of IIT. Currently, Even though the students are facing problems to hunt the job after graduation from IIT. Yet the university is still proud of India.

thanks for the facts.. i hope this video reaches the ones who need to watch this..

please make more such videos on iits andabout the condition of other eng institutes bcoz believe me they are the real building blocks of our nation and the true Deshbhakt should definitely know about them

1 min silence for those middle class parents who think ek bar IIT crack ho gya to life set hai

Good one AB! Another classic case to demonstrate, How People rise to their level of incompetence and then amplify more incompetence by sharing their incompetence as knowledge through a crippled educational system!

Very good analysis of important points being an IITian i agree to most. People should know the truth behind everything. It's great that you are presenting it. " It doesn't matter where you are after 12 th, but 10 yrs down the line you can be in better position than the top performing candidate after 12th." IIT gives you platform but it is not all.

Truly said!! I graduated from IIT Roorkee at 6 LPA Package and in-hand salary is even less. This low paid placement is not because I was not good at studies, I was placed at the best company for Core. Scenario of core fields is really bad, they treat IITians equal to other lower colleges passouts. Do IIT tag is not as significant as it was once.

Fascinating and highly informative as always. I have friends who are from IITs and NITs and sadly, this is true. I almost went into engineering but I followed my passion and created a 3D design and animation startup. I would love it if Akash has time to cover the animation, game design and vfx fields as well, because a lot of people are highly skilled, passionate and dedicated artists who deserve a good compensation and career, but unfortunately it is very much ignored in our country, where India has the largest outsourcing work for Hollywood movies and video games.

Not sure if it’s a hidden detail , but I’m glad that you chose the national science day to explain the other side of issue…. Respectfully very impressed 👏🏻

Mr. Akash Banerjee I must appreciate you for doing so much research on this sensitive topic and highlighting the facts ignored by the riffraff. From my viewpoint you cannot call a system successful if only 20-25% of the 10000 student pool are reaping the benefits of the system.

IIT Minimum 10 lakh >>> Any Government Job😂

Respected sir, excellent analysis and great video. You always bring the real truth of social issues in your videos.👍👍

This was true 20 years ago when I did it 20 years ago.. and I made a good decision to find job in IT. it's better to do engineering in a area where there are jobs rather then institutions

You have analysed the real face of IIT brilliantly. Your comments are superb. There is no role of IITs in making career of students.Its student who make his career and make the IIT famous. If only 5-6 percent are getting placed with good offer then what for theses IITs should be boasts of. Eye opening and rethink about its performances. If you are making a genius Superb then No need to applause. If you are making an ordinary student by your ways of innovation intelligence method of teaching etc then we can praise IITs. If you already have cream in your hand then Ghee will definately can be achieved but if You have Mattha in your hand and pour ghee from that then One can praise IITs.

I graduated from a Tier 3 college, now earning a Google equivalent salary, got 6 international offers in 2022 and mentoring IIT students.

Very well said, Akash! However, I want to mention that intelligence is evenly distributed among all individuals, and it ultimately depends on how one utilizes it. I am speaking on behalf of individuals who did not attend IITs. I have observed many engineers who are preparing for bank jobs or receiving computer training, including IIT students. Therefore, one should not label IIT students as the cream of society because one day they may have to compete with someone who did not attend an IIT. Additionally, even Indian CEOs in the US did not necessarily graduate from IITs. Many obtained additional MBA degrees or computer training, and 99% of individuals working overseas did not attend IITs and earn similar salaries to IIT graduates. Nowadays, attending top colleges is not essential, but possessing a basic degree and expertise in a sought-after software such as AI or machine learning can take you to great heights. This message is not intended to discourage IIT students or their parents but to inspire all others. As Akash stated, skill-based education plays a crucial role in shaping our future.

Hi Akash, Thanks for the great episode as always - as an IIT graduate (2010), I resonate with your core message - the glossy pay figures of a few mask the overall picture. It was a similar situation in 2009-10 when I graduated. Wanted to make two comments as I have observed over the years: 1) Good salary offered by banks, consulting firms, and non-core jobs distorts the preferences of most students - kind of defeats the intent of establishing IITs to create engineering and research talent. This is a systemic issue which cant be fixed by the institutes - until core jobs become lucrative, good students will go for best-paying jobs irrespective of what they studied. 2) While immediate salary post-IIT might not be grand (10-16lac as you mentioned), the average earnings of an IITian over 10-15 years is a more appropriate lens to judge if IIT is worth the money/effort (and I would believe the answer is yes, as I have seen most of my batchmates, as I know, have done exceptionally well). That's where the brand and network effort starts to play. The challenge is this long term is easier said than considered - neither parents, nor students or media would look at this way - our human tendency is short-term/immediate reward thinking.

Aakash really thankful for touching the white elephant that my IITs (legacy ones in specific among them) are. Let me start for you and others to share that I qualified entering IIT Kgp and IITD 4 times put together, through nation wide competition in M. Sc (Phy), M. Tech (Appl Opt), PhD in Mech Eng & App Mech Depts. I sum up in two lines what I learned at IITs by remaining there for 10 years as a student, researcher, and finally research scientist viz., 1. Run against time yet produce quality research work. 2. Solve real hard complex mathematical equations. For instilling these two primary and fundamental skills all credit goes to the world class academic teachers I had along with the labs, workshops, library, and recreation facilities I got in the decade I spent there.💕💕💕 But as a proud IITian that I am, I will certainly fail if I do not list out the scores of negative things inherent in its faculty as human beings which are other than their academic accumanship with which IITs started and to date are sustained as well as prevailing there. I am using the word "PREVAILING" very consciously and with evidence which I will give here and later towards the end too that after Covid hit in 2020 with lakhs dying on roads and ill equipped health care hospitals, centers etc. I tried to shake up my IITs but failed. Mr Anil Wali, MD of the incubation center of the IITD to date did not move an iota (to my knowledge) when I sent him a list of developmental projects which would have benefited the Indian small & marginal farmers; rural, hilly, tribal, and coastal jhuggi jhopri residents availing self generated electricity to power their smart phones and light up their huts with LEDs; conserve ground water, and other projects. In other words the SC, ST, OBC, poor, women, weaker section of Indian masses. Reasons: 1. The faculty as well as administrative staff are 90+% of upper caste only to date. 2. Neither at the time of entering IIT nor during the stay, one faculty member invoked the students to work on a developmental project which may benefit the common Indian on the road making his/her life a bit relaxed and less hard working on a daily basis. 3. This despite the fact the faculty has best students entering each academuc year, best labs, best workshops, best facilities, funds on asking from govt, sabbatical to go on paid leave, present papers with TA & DA paid by tax payers money, excellent in campus flats for safe living, and hostel accommodation etc. But in my 10 years of stay I did not find ONE PATENT ANY DEPT OBTAINED WHICH COULD HAVE BENEFITTED THE COMMON INDIAN ON THE ROAD. Now as promised above and using our famous "muhavra of Hindi/Urdu" viz., 'Hath kangan ko aarsi kya hai' kindly go and watch the two videos of a young Asst Prof J. Chakraborty of IIT Kgp from Mech Eng Dept. One video is on the welcome to IIT for the fresh UG students. And second is for the fresh students of PG programs. You will find no where he motivates in both his videos the students to work on at least ONE DEVELOPNENTAL PROJECT while being at the IIT or after graduating in their life time wherever the student may be. When I put my remarks raising this on his those videos as I am from its VS hall of residence of IIT Kgp the "skunk" Prof deleted it and blocked me to raise any fundamental thing pointing out his upper caste mentality. Conclusion The swarn jati faculty of IITs by its DNA hates to work or invite its student to work on any project which would benefit the SC, ST, OBC, weaker, poor, marginalized section. Recall the very first chemistry lab experiment in 9th grade done by every science student across India is to produce oxygen through chemical reaction of reagents. DID ANY IIT COULD COME FORWARD DURING THE COVID TO PROVIDE THE PROCESS OF PRODUCING OXYGEN AND PACKING IT IN HAND HELD CYLINDERS? NO! When doing such a thing is not rocket science and the labs + workshops + students if put together would have done it literally in i5 days. NEITHER THE UPPER CASTE FACULTY NOR THE MANAGEMENT OF IITs WANTED IT. BUT THE UPPER CASTE FACULTY AND IITs ADMINISTRATION WANTS ONLY TO REMAIN IN ITS IVORY TOWERS. Some reader of my comments may like to know what as an IITian I did. So, for them I want them to watch my video on RU-vid I posted to shake the sleeping giants inside IITs but to no avail. I DID NOT LEAVE IIMs either in that video. I failed! 🙏🙏🙏

Informative in simple terms...thank you sir

I am an IITian , I strongly agree with your point . The problem of IIT is that they are still focused on their traditional academic culture which should be revised over time . The people in pure or core engineering branches struggles these things the most.

I found your episode very informative regarding data. I also give coaching for senior school chemistry for past 10 years the syllabus has not changed, same old concepts. We are not investing in education . Our youth lacks skill. We desperately need a educated education minister.

as an IITian I can vouch for this!! The problem is the jobs are limited to the IT sector, hence circuital branches (CSE, EE, ECE) are the only ones to have great placements (yes we on average get more than 35LPA CTC) . We definitely have the best faculty however considering the market condition engineering has now become more about cracking the coding interviews and getting into IT sector irrespective of your core branch.

we should never waste money on these higher studies. For example my nephew after completing his simple BCA for three years got a break through in campus selection for monthly salary of 25000 that is 3 lakhs CTC And today after 5 years of total experience His monthly salary is now 125000 and CTC of 18 lakhs How ?? He has excellent command over English speaking and he focused on completing Microsoft and Cisco certifications from his college days itself. He has completed all the highest certifications in both this areas and is now leading a team of server and network engineers in 5 years. In his team people who have done BE 😂 after struggling for 4 years and spending there fathers hard earned money are reporting to him😅

IIT (Indian gov) spent lot of money on iitians and what iitians do go to usa or other countries and pay tax to their country and india dosent get profit. Its like padhega India toh bahega America. But isme iitians ki galti bhi nhi cuz according to their study they dont get good worth package which they deserve so gov should promote more indian startups and easy buisness laws.