India’s Elite Tech Schools Are a Golden Ticket With a Dark Side
A place at an Indian Institute of Technology is a golden ticket. Dhaval Raghwani hadn’t even considered going to an IIT until, in 2017, a coaching institute—a finishing school designed to get kids into elite institutions—opened up in Thane, close to where he lived in Mulund, Mumbai. Each year, the media runs headlines of students leaving these prestigious institutions with “2 crore per annum jobs”. The average IIT student is expected to spend 50 to 55 hours per week on their academic program, to secure internships and placements at prestigious companies, and to maintain a variety of extracurricular interests and activities—including up to two hours of mandatory physical education per week. “I guess it depends on the individual,” says Raghwani, now a 22-year-old Bachelor of Technology student, “how they the pressure.” His voice lowers as he proceeds: “In my hostel, there was a suicide,” he clicks his tongue between every second word.
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