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Rethinking IIT Bombay: A Student-Centric Approach to Diverse Interests and Education Reform

This article discusses the challenges faced by IIT Bombay students, including stress from competitive exams and limited exploration of diverse interests. It highlights the need for significant reforms in education to make it more relevant. Key suggestions include better industry and government collaborations, a focus on innovation and entrepreneurship, and increased academic flexibility. The potential for IITs to evolve into institutions offering interdisciplinary courses is also explored, aiming to foster a comprehensive educational experience that meets the varied interests of students.

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Rethinking IIT Bombay: A Student-Centric Approach to Diverse Interests and Education Reform

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  1. Envisioning IIT Bombay • Students’ perspective: Krishna Ramkumar • 20 August 2011

  2. The Problem: Exhausted student base with diverse interests • Pursuing anything other than science in school considered inferior • Few explore real interests • Demand-supply mismatch in quality higher education institutions • IIT degree key to a better future • Better jobs in industry • Prestige in society 1 • Student population is • Exhausted from the highly competitive JEE • A group of high-achievers with diverse interests 2 3

  3. 3 large changes required to make the IIT education more relevant to the students 1 2 3

  4. 1 Interaction with Industry and Government • Engage with industry stalwarts to identify key challenges and breakthrough research topics • Intern with companies to work on these problems and build practical problem-solving skills • Work on government projects to gain an appreciation for grass-root challenges

  5. 2 Focus on Innovation and Entrepreneurship Faculty • Take on a leadership role by defining key innovation themes • Spend significant time trying to solve these problems and broadening knowledge • Build an ecosystem to foster innovation and entrepreneurship • Identify professors to push the agenda • Invite VC funds and ex-entrepreneurs to run competitions & associated mentoring programs • Encourage recruitment by serial entrepreneurs Students Institute

  6. 3 Continuous Academic Reform Academic flexibility • Allow students to take more courses from other departments • Review process of branch allotment • Move the focus from textbook to practical learning • Inculcate mental framework for scientific enquiry • Design more courses at the interface of disciplines • Encourage collaboration on research projects Well-rounded course structure Inter-disciplinary academics

  7. In the long term, should IITs move to a university structure? • Is the need of the hour a purely technical institute? • Or, with an intake of bright students with varied interests, should the IITs create tangible avenues to explore these diverse interests? • Should we create strong engineering, medical, social science and business schools that work in close collaboration with each other? • While this will need a complete overhaul of the system, • it might be the only way for the IIT brand to deliver

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