How is the life of an MS (by research) student at IIT Madras?

One of my friends was an MS student at IIT Madras and she loved the time spent pursuing that course. 

1. It gave her a sort of exhilarating experience of freedom to pursue whatever and however she wanted in her academics. 
2. The research helps you learn how to tackle the challenges on your own.
3. Since you do not belong to a certain class, you might feel lonely sometimes but for some this might actually be a good thing. You get more time to invest in studying for your research.
4. A typical morning of an MS student at IIT Madras begins around 8-9 and there are no fixed timings as you don’t have any classes to attend. You wake up and check if the computation you had left overnight on the supercomputer has converged or not. 
5. After this, go to the mess for breakfast and then head to the labs.
6. You start coding and solving problems. If you face a problem you read and try to get a solution on your own. You keep working till 1: 30 after which you head to have lunch. 
7. At around 4 30 in the evening, your guide approaches you to get updates on your work for the day. You get to take a tea/coffee break with them which would not have been possible as a BTech and MTech student. They guide you not only academically but also enlighten you on fundamentals like professionalism, discipline, humility, principles, and morals of a human being.
8. Post the tea break you are back with coding in your lab or reading a scientific paper. 
9. After a while, you can pack yourself and leave for the hostel. Now you can catch up on your sleep, watch anything.

The routine of a typical day of an MS student is mostly self-driven and thus varies from person to person.  You get immense exposure as you have to work with BTech students, Ph.D. students, and sometimes even with the placement committee. Unlike BTech and MTech students, you have practical and theoretical knowledge of many concepts.