Distinct Approach

Dedicating this to few of my friends and ex-colleagues.

I had always cherished myself being in the technical field. I had met some IITians and admired them for their distinct approach. I always wondered why I myself feel their approach to be distinct.

Few months back, when I changed my job, I got chance to work with an IITian, Amresh a Mechanical Engineer from IIT Kanpur. After meeting him and sharing the same workplace, I got to learn many more things and that really increased my admiration. Few days back, while having a casual chit-chat, our discussion moved to “how the IITians think and approach”. And he was sharing few of the traits that are taught to them during their course of study. The first and foremost came as the attitude what IITians are made to believe on the very first day of their joining IIT (when they are just out of the school) is that "They are the best of the best." This attitude starts brimming from thereon. There is no looking back since then. And this belief gives them the motive that they can’t deliver something lesser than the best. They have a very straight, centered and a systematic approach. They believe in never taking things as they are dictated or directed by anyone and everyone without knowing the nitty-gritty of the smallest matter. It's always hard for them to approach a particular problem or thing without knowing or aligning them to the overall picture. The habit of “always think big with every minute detail” is profoundly incarnated in them. The same is reflected whenever you need some help or suggestion from them, be it technical or non-technical.

There’s a lot to be added in this list, but what I felt to be important was that a mere collection of what they feel will not do any good. It's rightly said "If you aim for MOON, then only you would reach at the top of the TREE." If we can change our thinking as they have done over a period, then for sure sky is the only limit.