The Us that Refuses to Acknowledge Them

A computer engineer recently wrote an online post about the discrimination that graduates from Tier 2 colleges face from IIT alumni at the workplace.

- Shampa Dhar-Kamath

“Dear Tier 2/3 guys, if you want to live a respectful life, you have to move out of India,” he wrote. The engineer said that he had worked at an office with some IITians for two years, during which time they made him work extra, snubbed him at meetings and kept him out of all social events. They even tried to sabotage his career, he claimed.

The engineer solved the problem by leaving India to pursue a Master’s degree abroad. “Now I’m in the US for the past year, and the way I get treated is so different,” he wrote, and advised students of Tier 2 colleges to work hard, focus on research, get strong letters of recommendations and get out of the country. He said he had nothing against the IITians; his message wasn’t for them.