About the Book: IIT : The Story of Indias Most Prestigious Educational Ecosystem
1956. Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru stood on the grounds of the erstwhile
Hijli Detention Camp-where the British had once imprisoned and executed Indian
freedom fighters-and laid the foundation stone for the first Indian Institute of
Technology (IIT) in Kharagpur, West Bengal. Seven decades later, the IIT is not
just Indias most prestigious educational ecosystem, but its alumni-the
IITians-are among the architects of the modern world, leading technology giants,
pioneering research and driving entrepreneurial revolutions from the Indus
Valley to the Silicon Valley.
How did the institution scale from one campus to twenty-three without
compromising on academic