'IIT is competitive, Harvard is flexible'

[Jambhalheart]

IITs are often dubbed the Indian Ivies. But how do the two compare? Akshay Saxena, 28, has been to IIT Bombay and Harvard Business School. The San Francisco-based chemical engineer and president of Avanti Fellows, a not-for-profit organisation that supports underprivileged students, discusses the pros and cons

Is there a difference between the IITs and the Ivy League school when it comes to education systems?

There's a massive difference between the two. There is greater flexibility in the curriculum in the US, with students being allowed to change subjects midway and design their own courses. In the IITs, on the other hand, students must sit for the JEE and courses they are admitted to depend on those scores. Second, unlike the IITs where your interaction with industry is limited, in Harvard there is close and continuous collaboration with industry.

[The QUEEN]

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[gerrard]

hmm thats true

may be we need flexible education in IITs  sCo_^Y sCo_^Y