Life in IIT || Acharya Prashant

Full video: Beyond Academics: Acharya Prashant's IIT Memoirs || IIM-Konversations (2023) ~~~~~~~~

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00:00What was your living that IIT dream like?

00:02Very free, very liberal, an equally challenging environment and massive pool of talent,

00:09burstling energy, so much to do.

00:11Man, I picked up sports, I got into dramatics, debating, writing so much and competitiveness.

00:19Just when you thought that you had aced a particular course,

00:22you discover that there are 10 of them ahead of you

00:25and you think that you couldn't have done it any better.

00:27And then you realize what raw talent alone can do.

00:31So you saw that you might have been heads and shoulders above everybody

00:37at the school level or the district level, you know, in your own province.

00:41But when you come to a place like IIT Delhi,

00:43you discover that there are so many of them truly ahead of you in terms of pure talent.

00:47And then you also see what hard work can do.

00:50You saw many others who are not so talented, but just by dint of their diligence,

00:55they would make it into the top 10 in the department.