India, Aug. 2 -- A thought-provoking post about the purpose of an IIT education has gone viral on X, triggering a discussion about what success should look like across generations.

In the post, Akash Sampurnanand Panday shared a remark he said he heard during an IIT alumni meet that challenged the idea of making admission to the prestigious engineering institutes a family tradition. "'If you went to IIT, and then your son also had to go to IIT, you have failed' - heard this at an alumni meet," he wrote.

Expanding on the idea, Panday argued that IIT should serve as a one-time "escape ladder" that helps families move up the social and economic ladder, rather than becoming a recurring milestone for future generations. "IIT launches a guy o...