Reality of Education in IITs and IIMs and in a broader way in India.

Introduction

I am a current student of IIT Delhi, one of the premiere institutions of our nation which tops almost all aspects of the NIRF. But failing as an institution from the interior and under-performing.

I know it might sound crazy. But read through and you will understand. I am here strictly restricting myself only to the mode of delivery of education and not any form of political support.

Education in IIT Delhi

The premiere institute, the institute of eminence, the NIRF rank 2 holder and what not! We have a heavy league of professors who were mostly science graduates obsessed with research and less obsessed with engineering. Our professors are very highly educated and are brilliant scholars. But doesn't mean they are good at teaching or being a human in many cases.

With high calibre comes high ego and self respect but the problem is they lack self-realisation and care less about the students in larger cases which is proven by the eminent rate of suicides. IIT Delhi is a research institute for it caters both science and engineering and research students but more famous obviously for its engineering courses and packages.

Engineering at IITs

The courses are prevalently taught by Science and Research professionals and professors who have very less experience in Engineering as a subject. How many of our professors in Mechanical have built a drone? How many Maths and Computing Professors built modules? How many Computer Science Professors built softwares? How many of them were involved with engineering?

This causes an obvious gap in the market and in age of AI and Web resources where execution is what matters more than information, we are still tested closed books with prevalently larger weightage to information which is rote learning which is just a google search away.

No wonder, we have a declining placement history and instances of unemployed or even underemployed engineers and most engineers at IITs are placed into management not by choice but that is what they are able to at the end of 4 years.

So what is the solution?

I am not here to propose a solution. I am here to place questions.

Medical Colleges - AIIMS

Why are medical colleges doing much better in terms of doctors being doctors? Because they have a practical in house internship and time contribution to be made with medical practice. But why only for medical? Why can't engineers be given the opportunity to invite great innovators and engineers who are already alumni or accessible to premiere institutions to complete their CSR goals by helping and working with students in groups?

This way both the students get in hand experience as well as the CSR goals are met. But why is IIT not doing this? Why push on internships as a separate module that has criteria attached, why can't the course be like a learn by doing module?

Human life is of almost value, when medicos do it and practice to avoid mistakes and proved this is working. Why can't we engineers do it with machines?

Business at IIMs

Same goes with IIMs why business by studying and rote learning when you can do. Masters' Union already started doing this. They are having a curriculum that has a project every semester which revolves around building businesses and no closed book exams. They have 10% permanent staff and 90% staff are market leaders from NASA and every big organisation you can think of. They have already proved themselves to be better than IIMs by placement averages where IIM Ahmedabad does 29.12 Lakhs per annum at an average and Masters' Union does 33LPA.

All within just 2 years of existence.

Question being

1. Why are IITs so reluctant to even hear ideas?
2. Why are we scaling a failing model than improvising? IIT Zanzibar and IIT Dubai.
3. Will IITs execute them in any future because this cost efficient and output maximised but will they take it?

Do let me know what do you think of the above? Brutally honest opinions but I am open to be proven wrong.