Why are Indians so obsessed with the IITs? What's the point of addressing someone as IIT-ian? Do we call Obama the "Harvard-ian Obama"? Honestly, who cares whic

Why are Indians so obsessed with the IITs? What's the point of addressing someone as IIT-ian? Do we call Obama the "Harvard-ian Obama"? Honestly, who cares which college you went to? There are tonnes of people who have graduated from the IITs who have not done anything remarkable in their lives. When will this obsession about IITs & IIMs go away? Disclosure: I am an Indian. PS: Mr. Majumdar is also from UC Berkeley. Why not call him "UCB-ian"?