What is the value of an IIT degree abroad, especially in US, Australia and Canada?

The recognition of IITians is increasing in the world. With Sunder Pichai from IIT Kharagpur becoming the CEO of Google, most of the software companies are now looking for IITians to run their workforces. Bill Gates and Warren Buffet have openly said that they have found IIT graduates as one of the smartest "breed" in the world and are looking for them. Though the ranks of IITs in the overall listing of Universities is not very impressive, but still their alumni continue to dominate major companies of the world. I would say in the end, it all comes down to the effort you put in, the hard work you've done and the circle of people you've made overtime. Graduating from IIT gives you an edge over other people from India, since the intelligence quotient of the students getting into IIT is very high. So, the level of exposure is very good. But not being a graduate of IIT is not the end of it. Satya Nadella is a graduate from Manipal Institute of Technology and bagged the position of CEO of Microsoft.

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They get a special status among the other Indian engineers.

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The recognition of IITians is increasing in the world. With Sunder Pichai from IIT Kharagpur becoming the CEO of Google, most of the software companies are now looking for IITians to run their workforces. Bill Gates and Warren Buffet have openly said that they have found IIT graduates as one of the smartest "breed" in the world and are looking for them. Though the ranks of IITs in the overall listing of Universities is not very impressive, but still their alumni continue to dominate major companies of the world. I would say in the end, it all comes down to the effort you put in, the hard work you've done and the circle of people you've made overtime. Graduating from IIT gives you an edge over other people from India, since the intelligence quotient of the students getting into IIT is very high. So, the level of exposure is very good. But not being a graduate of IIT is not the end of it. Satya Nadella is a graduate from Manipal Institute of Technology and bagged the position of CEO of Microsoft. The worth of an IIT degree is very high in USA, and is slowly increasing in Canada and Australia. In another 10 years, IITians will dominate these two countries as well.

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IITians are highly valued in all developed countries, and is of foremost repute. The top 5 IITs generally are featured in top 500 colleges in Engineering field across the globe and hence, international word of mouth is great. In fact, students outside India have huge respect for IITians and so do professors. Majority of MNCs prefer IITs in senior management roles against an average college from India. Some few examples of industrialists are:- Soumitra Dutta He is a 48 year old Indian who completed his studies from IIT Delhi. He holds the prestigious post of the Dean of Cornell University’s Management School in America. Dipchand Deep Nishar Graduated from IIT Kharagpur, Dipchand Deep Nishar is the Senior Vice President of Products and User Experience at LinkedIn. Nikesh Arora Nikesh Arora completed his studies from IIT Varanasi and is now the Chief Business Officer and Senior Vice President at Google. He is the second most paid employee of the company. Sundar Pichai and Satya Nadella are some of the best examples to prove your question.

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IIT degree across the globe hold a premium stature. In fact, all companies across continents aspire to hire engineering from IIT. The alumnus is considered to be the sharpest minds in the world. The figures can be cross check if possible that there would be around 35K+ engineers across US and Canada till late 2016. That because of two reasons: 1) The average rank of IITs is above the rank of many good universities abroad. 2) Indian market can't afford the money the international markets offered to alumnus.

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Hi , IITians are highly valued globally.While foreign universities generally occupy space in global rankings IITs are among the few in India with such a strong hold globally. You need not question its value to be frank. IITians are not only preferred by universities abroad it also increases job chances internationally.

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