We have over 3000 engineering colleges (yes, we counted!). Out of these, 20 are good. Do the math - that means that only 0.5% of Indian engineers are the elite. there’s 80 which are just ‘OK’ - i.e. borderline shitty. And then there’s more coming up everyday.

2. The Someone/3 Idiots Syndrome

Chetan Bhagat is guilty for creating the delusion of Engineering college being the ‘best years of your life’. 3 Idiots injected coffee into that delusion. And god damn the number of people writing about how they found love and happiness in other random colleges!

3. We still worship them

How do you find out someone is from IIT? They’ll tell you, repeatedly. If an IITian sets up a company, he’ll mention that on the company description. If an IIT-ian sets up a restaurant, he’ll mention that on his resume.