IIT Bombay, this name makes my blood boil....ofcourse in the positive sense. I spent my fabulous 4 years of life in there and I assure one and all of you this is the place to be in.
Let’s start with how it feels to be in there. For this I would like to describe my first week in there.
This was the first time I was in Bombay...date: 16th July 2001. My heart was beating like anything when I reached the main gate and saw the logo on the gate with the motto Gyaanam Param Dhayaam. I was enticed by the very first look of the campus. Those avenues...the buildings...ahh...I get goose bumps even now just by remembering the feeling in there.
The first surprise I got was by seeing my room. A small room in Hotel 6, enough to accomodate 1 person. But the hostel boy said that I was about to be accompanied by my room mate shortly. I was accompanied by my father and when he heard that the room is for 2, he freaked out. But that was just the begining.
One week later, I remember the first night in one of my floor mates room where everyone was silent and thought how the other person who has looks like this get into IIT. But later I found out all of them were gems. That’s the best part of IIT, the hostel life you experience is really good.
Then came the academics, the pressure of being with the best guys in India and still performing well. It was too overwhelming, for me atleast.
Then time flied with speed of light. People with whom I lived become friends for life...friends for whom one may do anything.
We went ahead into our respective departments from 2nd year and then I realized why people who die to get into one of the IITs say so. All geniuses around, everyone of them in their own way.
Academics was one thing that’s the coolest in IIT Bombay, when compared to other IITs. If you devote sometime of yours daily or attend all the lectures I assure you, you will be amongst the toppers in IITB.
Life went ahead, sometimes hard on you and sometimes smiling on you. I remember the vivas session conducted by professors...some used to really grill while others were too cool to handle.
That’s how it is....and then the D day.
In my final year, one fine day I got a job....and suddenly realized I am going to be out of here in just matter of few months. My hostel mates were in a dual fanatic state...on one hand you have this real world to handle, on the other you have this really cool world isolated from the real world where we were in.
However life goes on and now 11 months after I left the campus...I still remember and cherish the golden moments of my life.
That’s what IIT Bombay does. Transforms a student to a fighter...who is ready to take on the world.