1. All IITs participate in an annual sports event called Inter IIT sports meet, for which the sports teams prepare all through the year. The atmosphere during the sport meet is quite intense and heated. Different IITs host these meets on a rotation basis!
2. Open online courses are quite popular in the IIT students community and a lot of students get enrolled in 1–2 open online course every semester. Mostly, students study for these course in groups and even organize sessions to discuss certain topics.
3. Students at IITs, especially the newer ones, regularly watch the NPTEL videos to clarify their concepts and gain knowledge on certain topics.
4. Most of the IITians are super active and engaged in extra curricular or non-academic social activities such as music, fine arts, street dance, writing, improv comedy, etc.
5. Unfortunately, not all professors at IITs are good at teaching. With all due respect to the teaching profession, I don’t think the selection process for the professors at IIT is as rigorous as the selection process for the students.
6. You get to hear great stories and inside information from the hostel guards, mess staff and canteen owners as some of them have stayed in the IIT for over a decade.
7. Every semester, the dean organizes a high tea session at her/his residence where the entire batch is invited.
8. The...