Worried, Not Many Opting for Core Disciplines: IIT-Madras Director Says Need People Who Know Tech

Worried, Not Many Opting for Core Disciplines: IIT-Madras Director Says Need People Who Know TechFrom offering online/hybrid degree courses to making engineering education more accessible to all, opening its first international campus, what makes IIT-Madras a top-ranking institution in the country, beating other IITs and the likes of IISc year-on-year?In an interview with News18, IIT-Madras director Prof V Kamakoti speaks about the “strategic and fixed goals” that keep the institute ahead of others, how “fuelling start-ups in core areas” can help India, the challenges being faced in tech education, why the institute has not made it to the top 200 global rankings yet, identifying reasons behind student suicides on campus and how to equip them to deal with stress.