{"id":8896,"date":"2016-09-01T12:01:28","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T12:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/?p=8896"},"modified":"2016-09-01T12:01:28","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T12:01:28","slug":"no-shower-for-iit-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/no-shower-for-iit-students\/","title":{"rendered":"No shower for IIT students"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gmail_default\">Its the story like the three idiots which was a super hit. It is about the students of the IITs. Six of 10 residents at the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B) showered once every two or three days, finding the &#8220;task&#8221; taxing. A small 10% that took a bath just once a week and just about 30% took a bath everyday.<\/p>\n<p>This is one of the findings of the second edition of the senior survey at the institute, conducted by students, which received responses from 332 candidates of the passing-out class, including undergraduates, dual-degree students, MSc and MTech graduates.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\">\nThe hangover of hostel life is likely to linger long after graduation, for 40% of the residents plan to live with friends, 27% wish to go back home and 19% would like to live alone. On the other hand, 66% maintained close relations with their folks back home while 29.8% had a lower-than-average interaction with their parents.<\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8899\" src=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/postgraduate-students-660x300.jpg\" alt=\"postgraduate-students\" width=\"660\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While in Mumbai, they had ticked off quite a few items on their bucketlist. Some 52.4% had experienced the classic dream of every college student \u2014 a road trip to Goa with friends.<br \/>\nThen, 70% traveled ticketless on a local train and 55.7%, on being inspired by the James Bond movie &#8216;Casino Royale&#8217;, have played poker or blackjack. On their marital plans, the survey found that 39.15% did not wish to dig their own grave until after five years; 31% were clueless while 21.4% wanted to marry between three and five years down the line. On religious beliefs, 39% respondents said they were believers, 21% said they identified themselves as atheists and 39% said they were agnostic.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\">\nAlmost 70.5% of the respondents graduated as bachelors of technology 33.75% received an additional minor or an honours degree or both alongside. This year&#8217;s respondents had an average CPI of 7.87. 163 of them had a CPI greater than 8 while only 43 had CPI greater than 9.<br \/>\n&#8220;A symmetric distribution across responses saw 35.7% wanting a decent CPI whereas 32.6% were unable to reach their potential,&#8221; said Shreerang Javadekar, chief editor of Insight, the IIT-B newspaper which conducted the survey.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Its the story like the three idiots which was a super hit. It is about the students of the IITs. Six of 10 residents at the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B) showered once every two or three days, finding the &#8220;task&#8221; taxing. 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