Here are some great findings from PAN-IIT survey / IIT Alumni Impact Study 2008. The complete findings of the survey was released by Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh. The occasion was inauguration of three day PAN IIT Alumni Conference at Madras(Chennai) on December 19.
* One in 10 IIT alumni has started their own companies, with over 40 per cent of them being serial entrepreneurs. Two-thirds of the companies founded are in India.
* The IITs have graduated about 200,000 students from the seven campuses since 1954 . Of these, 40 per cent were from undergraduate programmes and 60 per cent from graduate programs.
* Of the IIT alumni who graduated prior to 2001, 40 per cent are in top leadership roles in corporations, educational institutions, research labs, NGOs, governmental agencies, politics, and as entrepreneurial heads of their own companies.
* Among the IIT alumni who are in top leadership roles, almost 70 percent are currently based in India, with 20 per cent of these being those who come back to India after careers in other parts of the world.
* 20% of the IIT alumni work in research & education. About 75-80 per cent of IIT alumni in research and education continue to work in science and technology related areas. Half of the IIT alumni in research & education are based in India, and of these 40 per cent those who returned to India after careers abroad.
*IITians today have a budgetary responsibility of around US$ 885 billion(Rs 40 lakh crores).
*The incremental economic value of IITians accross 7 institutions is over 20 lakh crores.
* The number of jons created by them is over 20 million
Source :
1 - PanIIT
2 - SlideShare
3 - IBEF
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