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Are IIT students too materialistic

Are IIT students too materialistic

The Indian Institute of Technology is one of Indias most prestigious colleges and IITians feel brains, big bucks and jobs at MNCs sets them apart from the others in the rat race.

That may sound a bit materialistic. But IITians have been told to nudge their social conscience by President Abdul Kalam. An opinion that is shared by fellow students from colleges out of the IIT league.

Mostly they try and crack the JE because they know that once they get in, they will get an assured job. After an IIT degree, they will go for an MBA because an IIT-IIM combination get the highest pay, says Aditya a student of NIT, Nagpur.

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