New Delhi, Oct. 19 -- A student who moved from Uttar Pradesh to Kota at the age of 16 to prepare for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) discovered an unexpected interest in athletics after joining the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati. Now in his third year of Chemical Engineering, Uditansh Raghuvanshi has represented the institute at the Inter-IIT Sports Meet and gone on to become the joint secretary of its Sports Board.

In a personal account published by The Indian Express, Raghuvanshi reflected on how his IIT experience expanded beyond academics, helping him discover javelin throwing, develop an interest in sports administration and rethink what he wanted to gain from college.

Originally from Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh, ...