NEW DELHI: Bestselling author and ex-IITian Chetan Bhagat has offered a sharp counterpunch to Infosys chairman emeritus N R Narayana Murthy 's remark that the standard of students in the IITs is declining."It is ironic when someone who runs a body-shopping company and calls it hi-tech, makes sweeping comments on the quality of IIT students," the author of Five Point Someone wrote on the microblogging site Twitter on Tuesday.He further tweeted, "Mr Murthy had a point, but wish he wasn't so sweepingly high-handed. Fix the system. No point judging students." He further added, "IITians have made a great contribution in making Infosys what it is. Hope people remember that."Elaborating the point to TOI, Bhagat said, "I agree with what he said. But Mr Murthy's choice of words could have been gentler. Such tough words can dishearten students. IIT students today are working as hard as in the past. To get judged like that is a little harsh. He should suggest improvements rather than condemn."Interestingly, both Infosys founder Narayana Murthy and his immediate successor as its CEO, Nandan Nilekani, are former IIT students.On October 3, while addressing a gathering of hundreds of former IITians in New York, Murthy had said, "Thanks to the coaching classes today, the quality of students entering IITs has gone lower and lower."He had also said that said apart from the top 20% of students who crack the tough IIT entrance examination and can "stand among the best anywhere in the world," the quality of the remaining 80% of students leaves much to be desired.