Why are the students of IIIT Allahabad so desperate to draw students to their institute?

Something you need to understand is that it is no one who is desperate to grab in students. The reputation of IIIT Allahabad in India is of one fine institute that holds national importance of its own. Apart from that, it has managed to establish itself as a brand on its own since its existence. The only issue is how underrated it lies amongst the people in India. 

If you check out any other social media platform, you would realise that students who come from IIIT Allahabad provide feedback and present authentic facts everywhere. But there exists a certain mass that claim false facts by taking credit for achievements received by other campuses. These people carry such misconceptions that they believe that an INI set up MHRD- which has managed to establish itself almost 10 years back is nothing in front of a college under a PPP model.

While coming across anyone rating your college better than IIIT Allahabad, you should have an open mind for criticism.

So, what makes IIIT Allahabad a great college - 

• In ACM ICPC World Finals 2016, would not have been ranked as the first institute. 
• According to Sphere Online Judge would not have been ranked number 1 in the world. 
• Not have been ranked Numero Uno by HackerEarth.
• Topcoder would not have ranked it number 27.
• Would not have granted the best example of the finest coder in India- Harsha Suryanarayana. 
• Would not have sent teams to the ACM ICPS world finale- not once, but several times!
• Would not have secured a place for India at Opera Software as Opera Campus Crew Coordinator. 

There are newspaper rankings on IIIT Allahabad too that you can go through, but I'm essentially not someone who buys that as most of the time, these high rankings on newspapers are paid advertisements.

Last, but not least, no doubt that IIIT Allahabad is one of the finest institutes, but there is still much to work on. Also, keep this in mind - no one forces students in institutes and is desperate for that.