A silent pledge.

"Here in the place of that Hijli Detention Camp stands the fine monument of India, representing India's urges, India's future in the making. This picture seems to me symbolical of the changes that are coming to India."


The history of the IIT system dates to as early as 1946. Sir Jogendra Singh of the Viceroy's Executive Council set up a committee to consider the setting up of Higher Technical Institutions for post war industrial development in India. The 22 member committee headed by Nalini Ranjan Sarkar recommended the establishment of Higher Technical Institutions in various parts of the country, possibly on the lines of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA), with a number of affiliated secondary institutions. The committee also felt that such institutes should not only produce undergraduates but should be engaged in research — producing research workers and technical teachers as well. The standard of the graduate education was recommended to be at par with those from elite institutions abroad.


Not a rant. Nor a single word of protest. If my children can't learn what I could from the portals of the greatest institution in the world, it just means that my responsibility has increased multifold. I would now need to do the job of one thousand quality IITians, while dedicating myself to the service of the nation.

Will never let you down, my pride... Jai Hind.