Is IIT actually worth it? Startup founder says biggest return is not the degree, but something that can't be replaced by any AI or algo

An IIT Bombay graduate has stirred up a fresh online debate over whether an engineering degree from India's premier institutes still holds value in an age where artificial intelligence can answer almost any question in seconds. Shikhar Agrawal, co-founder and CEO of the startup Anahad, tackled the question in a LinkedIn post, arguing that the real payoff of his IIT years had little to do with textbooks or the institute's famous name tag.

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