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IITs in India have elicited awe and reverence for others and satisfaction for those who passed through the hallowed precincts.\u00a0 So, how have the alumni used their IIT education and experience?\u00a0 Here is a very interesting take \u2013 based on real stories \u2013 by an IITian.<\/p>\n

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Read Quote of Shikhar Agarwal\u2019s answer to Indian Institutes of Technology: Can students use IITs as a mere stepping stone?<\/a> on Quora<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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IITs in India have elicited awe and reverence for others and satisfaction for those who passed through the hallowed precincts.\u00a0 So, how have the alumni used their IIT education and experience?\u00a0 Here is a very interesting take \u2013 based on real stories \u2013 by an IITian. \u00a0 Read Quote of Shikhar Agarwal\u2019s answer to Indian […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1517,"featured_media":23835,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[4888,843,1129,4872,1659,1660,2806,3297],"class_list":["post-23834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","tag-asia","tag-colleges-and-universities","tag-education9569","tag-india","tag-indian-institute-of-technology","tag-indian-institute-of-technology-bombay","tag-quora","tag-student"],"yoast_head":"\nA story of 4 IITians: What they did with their lives after 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