'Excellence Demands Standards': Chetan Bhagat On The IIT Merit Vs Social Justice Debate
In an exclusive conversation with NDTV, author Chetan Bhagat discusses the challenges facing India's IITs following a series of student suicides and the wider debate over academic pressure, competition and student mental health. He speaks about the debate around reservation, merit and social justice, faculty vacancies and the need for structural reforms at institutions of excellence. Bhagat also weighs in on growing Gen Z disaffection, campus protests and the role of social media in amplifying youth anger and frustration.
