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IIT
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iit ʼiit
English
Proper noun
en Q622358 en India en w:Indian Institutes of Technology.
en 2023 Santanu Bhattacharya One Small Voice Fig Tree 79 Two years ago, when he’d started high school, Ma and Papa had launched a campaign to get him into IIT, hunting down private tutors who guaranteed success on billboards in Hazratganj city centre, finding question papers from previous years, notes from illustrious seniors, advice from inspirational students.
en India Any particular one of those various institutes.
en My uncle dreamed of getting into an IIT and becoming an engineer.
en 2025-06-20 Snyder Gabriel Finding Opportunity in Uncertainty: How Ravi Kumar is transforming IT firm Cognizant for the AI era. Periscope column Newsweek 184 20 22 There, working alongside graduates of elite institutions, [Ravi Kumar] discovered his potential. "I didn't go to an IIT [Indian Institute of Technology], but I felt like, 'Wait a minute, I'm able to compete with these guys," he says. Today, he runs Cognizant, a $36 billion global technology company with nearly 350,000 employees.
en Q6863627 en Philippines en Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology.
en MSU-IIT
Derived terms
en IITian
en Universities