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Here is the flip side to the life at an IIT from a fellow blogger...

Check out the source blog: http://sidhupanda.wordpress.com

After almost 3 years of engineering, we’ve learnt absolutely nothing out of the crap. Here’s my summarization of engineering life, particularly IIT life.

What our parents expect.

1. Being an IITian, we’re some of the most enlightened beings in India(read the world!).
2. We’re the pioneer of the future researchers.
3. All we’re supposed to do after getting into an IIT, is study.
4. And we’ve to actually study to get a job outta here.
5. The professors are like Gods.

The tennis story: Inter IIT sports meet

Right since the age of 5, I knew what I had to do. Pick up a sport, and screw it. It was not all that complex. Hard work, dedication, talent and a couple more possessions, blended together to perfection. Anyways, skipping the immaterial part of what happened in the next 13 yrs, let’s talk straight. At present, I’m 18, a national level tennis player, and a 1^st year student at IIT Roorkee.

IIT? Well, even I can’t make out how exactly have things unfolded for me, but certainly all is well. I thought my tennis would die down once I stepped in IITR, but I was forced to reconsider my thoughts after experiencing the level of sports at this place.

Last year, the 47^th edition of the Inter IIT Sports Meet, the most prestigious event of its kind, was held at IIT Kharagpur in December 2011. The preparations for it started right after the 46^th one. Literally! For the new comers, selections fired up vigorously, scrutinising anyone and everyone, to get the best of the best. It took 4 months of thorough examination, along with a camp conducted exclusively for the probable students, before our fate was decided. Thank God, I was in.

IIT Roorkee: The people around

One of the best things about being here in IIT Roorkee (or for that matter, in any good institution) is the people who are around you. You come across all sorts of brilliant (and sometimes twisted) minds who create an impact on you. Everybody is better than you at something or the other and you are amazed by how quickly people become good in something they had no clue about before coming to college, except, of course, in the matter of interacting with the female population. But we can be allowed a few quirks i guess.

Initially arriving you get humbled by the amount of stuff people already know, even amazed. You might have an NTSE scholar living in front and a 95% CBSE scorer living right beside you. People know all kinds of stuff from sports to software programs and music instruments that you didn’t even know existed (ba dum tsss). You gape. And then the bonds start forming. The bakar sessions start and you realise how people have a lot in common with you. You start sharing stories and drawing analogies. The amazement transforms to respect and friendships. More of such coochie coo in other articles though, for now we are focusing on more inspiring things.

IIT Roorkee: My experiences, sans academics

2244. “THE” number!! That’s what I call it. The number that altered my life. The number that transported me from the astounding, storming city of Bangalore, where I was residing happily, to a small town named Roorkee. The number, which snatched me away from my terrific life in the city, from my dear parents, from my lovely friends, and a couple of thousand more things (well, some private of course), to the gloomy hostel life. Sad huh?

Those were my thoughts in the beginning ... which have changed with time. Six months down the line, I am here alright. In Roorkee. Telling you all this! Why so? Because of that number! 2244. The number that changed my life. But only for good.

CAMPUS de IIT Roorkee!

A brief overview...

Campus de IITR!! Ah! I don’t wanna exaggerate but still I think that IIT Roorkee campus is among the most beautiful campuses of the world. Covered with greenery and being exquisitely serene, the campus of IIT Roorkee provides you with an aesthetic and hygienic environment to live and study. IITR has two campuses, one in Roorkee itself and another one about 50kms away in Saharanpur.

An intro to the Blog

We all have been through this, a desire to have a glimpse of what lies ahead. What’s in store for us. It makes us scrounge through the net, every website starting from the official ones to those who have more ads than content.

We all have been through this, unsatisfied.

So we, a group of students here at IIT Roorkee have taken an initiative to tell you about our campus and our culture and to cater to your queries and thirst for information. If you are considering coming to IIT Roorkee than this is the hub where you will find all you need. By this blog we will be telling you about the facilities that we have, the things you will be doing here, our achievements, experiences of people at IIT Roorkee, why Roorkee is awesome and why you should choose it.

So keep in touch with us through the blog and the facebook page for constant flow of information and contact us if you have any queries or suggestions.

Common Room Team