Life different from a metro
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Kharagpur has no nightlife. But that’s good for concentration! IIT Kharagpur has definitely changed my life for better. It turned me into a complete man and taught me the importance of academic life alongside extra-curricular activities.
When I joined this institution, as a student I was really thrilled to study in an IIT, but coming to terms with the life that you have to lead here is initially quite difficult. I have grown up in the steel city of Durgapur where I used to enjoy a city life. However, the situation is very different in Kharagpur. The nearest and the only mall is 7 km away. This mall is very small. There is no decent movie hall. Really the first few months were pretty dull and boring. But with time, I adjusted myself well with campus life and truly realised that this (campus life) is not as bad as I thought it would be. Rather it is a fantastic place.
Living in a hostel with students from every corner of India is a unique experience. I have learned how to appreciate 
different cultures.
Moreover, in Kharagpur, you are away from all the pollution that you are thrown into in a city. I strongly believe that hostel life is the most important thing for an engineering student like me to concentrate on my studies, as you are away from all those disturbances, though tempting, known as nightlife in cities. We learn together how to solve an engineering problem as a group, which is very important for our career. This is absent for day scholars.
IIT Kharagpur’s faculty members are excellent. They not only are excellent teachers, but also take care of the students with respect to their campus life as well as their personal problems. It is indeed a home away from home.
I wish to go abroad to do my postgraduation and would love to return to IIT Kharagpur as a member of its faculty. I have become what I am today because of my alma mater, IIT Kharagpur. And it will be my dream come true if I can come back to my alma mater as a teacher.
Author: Pranab Ghosh
Date: 29th June, 2010
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