Findings from IIT Alumni Impact Study 2008

Here are some great findings from PAN-IIT survey / IIT Alumni Impact Study 2008.

One in 10 IIT alumni has started their own companies, with over 40 per cent of them being serial entrepreneurs. Two-thirds of the companies founded are in India.
The IITs have graduated about 200,000 students from the seven campuses since 1954 . Of these, 40 per cent were from undergraduate programmes and 60 per cent from graduate programs.
Of the IIT alumni who graduated prior to 2001, 40 per cent are in top leadership roles in corporations, educational institutions, research labs, NGOs, governmental agencies, politics, and as entrepreneurial heads of their own companies.
Among the IIT alumni who are in top leadership roles, almost 70 percent are currently based in India, with 20 per cent of these being those who come back to India after careers in other parts of the world.
20% of the IIT alumni work in research & education. About 75-80 per cent of IIT alumni in research and education continue to work in science and technology related areas. Half of the IIT alumni in research & education are based in India, and of these 40 per cent those who returned to India after careers abroad.

Truely, IITs – The Indian Institutes of Technology are serving India (and World) in best way.

I am proud of IITs and shamed of not being an IITian (the reason of my disability to clear IIT JEE : Organic Chemistry).