The IIT's are generally viewed by the Indians as veritable temples of learning and off late, they have become a sensitive topic of debate for the Indians after Narayana Murthy's comment on its degrading standards. Ex-IITian Chetan Bhagat , whose most famous novel had created a block buster in the silver screen, has knocked back on Murthy. "It is ironic when someone who runs a body shopping company and calls it hi-tech, makes sweeping comments on the quality of IIT students," he tweeted in response to Murthy's comment. Education experts say that the stifling bureaucracy and an excessive focus on memorizing, rather than developing analytical skills, are the reasons of the degrading standards of Indian education.