India, Aug. 17 -- An IIT Bombay alum recently opened up about her college days, saying that she felt intimidated after going from being a topper back home to being surrounded by national-level toppers and extremely intelligent people at the institute.

Sharing a video from the IIT Bombay campus, the alum said she had returned to the institute 10 years after joining it as a student in 2016. "I remember I used to feel extremely intimidated by everyone around me because back home I might have been a topper, but over here, I was surrounded by national-level toppers and extremely intelligent people," she said in an Instagram video.

She also recalled feeling conscious while speaking in English and academically, adding, "I was not special anymo...