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Instead of setting 8 new IITs', I (an IITan) want Mrs. Smriti Irani to focus on facilities and faculties of existing IITs
So I request her if she wants to set up new engineering colleges, then set them but brand name of IIT should not be malign and I want her to focus on exiting IITs. Also another point is, if new government is thinking that setting new IIT's would boost up research level, then they are living in a dream. If you want to boost research, then set up research laboratory in each state, insted of IIT's.
Even after coming to IITs after clearing JEE exam, students are losing interest in study due to bad faculty and and not much study friendly environment. We know India is over populated country, but if she wants something in return from IITs except lucrative job giving institutions, then she should certainly concentrate on 'quality' insted of quantity.
If you think in similar way, please sign this petition. It is not just calling people from IITs to sign this petition but also all young pepole who thinks this is a bad idea to set up IITs in every state neglating the basic needs.
External link to sign petition:
http://www.change.org/en-IN/petitions/petition-against-setting-new-iits-in-each-state-instead-of-empowering-existing-one-s
Petitioning Mrs. Smriti Irani :
Instead of setting 8 new IITs', I (an IITan) want you to focus on facilities and faculties of existing IITs'. Condition of many new IITs which were set up in 2009 is very pathetic. Many departments don't have faculties. This issue is most important because IITs carry brand name globally. Even in existing IITs, there is lack of good faculty. There is very poor research facilities. Setting up a new set of IITs will only add to the problems already faced by the hallowed institutions. I am an IITan, and from last 2 years I have been watching structure of IITs very closely. Already there is not a single IIT in first 100 world ranking. Even after coming to IITs after clearing JEE exam, students are losing interest in study due to not much good faculty and study friendly environment. My humble request to you Ma'am, is first concentrate on existing IITs. At the end, you, me and all people want a prosperous India.
WE DONT NEED AUTONOMY:IITs
POSTED BY aakash
Business Standard ND 2/06/2011 P1Even as the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) and the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) Council decide on the "re-worked" version of the Kakodkat1 Committee report on autonomy for the IITs, the verdict by IITs is out: We don't need autonomy.
IIT directors and professors that Business Standard spoke to, said, they have enough autonomy to function well.
"In my personal opinion IITs have adequate autonomy. As an institution funded by tax payers, I do not expect to be handed more on a platter. I am willing to fight for incremental autonomy as and when I need it. We have a welt thought out Act that protects our autonomy," said M S Ananth, Director, IIT Madras.
The panel, headed by Anil Kakodkar,' former chairman, Atomic Energy Commission, has advocated in its report that greater responsibility for operational and financial management be transferred from the IIT council and the MHRD, to the IIT board.
The report states that the objective of realising autonomy would he facilitated by de-linking IIT finances from non-plan support of the Government. IIT professors however, said absence of government grants might restrict their growth.
"While the whole idea of the Kakodkar Panel is rooted in providing us more autonomy, I am not so sure that this will provide us with the prospects of growth that we need in the immediate future and in the long run," said an IIT-Kharagpur professor on the condition of anonymity.
Each IIT has a board, while the IIT council is the apex IIT governing body which has participation from the MHRD, central secretaries of education and all III directors along with central government nominees.
The Committee has suggested that IITs be made independent of non-plan (operational) support from the Government for their operational expenditure while at the same time seeking greater plan (capital support to enhance research in comprehensive manner.
"My view is that a better solution is to give more autonomy to the IIT Council. The restrictions imposed by the Ministry of Finance should be removed and the Council should be empowered to take all financial decisions. Problem areas such as number of positions, pay scales, promotion policies, recruitment rules, purchasing rules should all be decided by the IIT Council," Gautam Barua-Director, IIT Guwahati.
Barua added that most of the recommendations by Kakodkar Committee are to delegate powers from the Council or the Government to the board.
"A board does not adequately represent the main stakeholders, the government, the faculty and the staff. Also, there should be some uniformity among the IITs, 15 autonomous boards will dilute the IIT brand," said Barua.
The recommendations of the panel have also proposed a fivefold fee hike from the current Rs 50,000 to t2.5 lakh for the undergraduate engineering programme. The additional funds, the report says, will be utilized for providing greater autonomy to the IITs. First draft of the report was presented by the panel to the MHRD this January which has , since been reworked keeping in mind the ministry's concerns about fee hike and ttie associated problems. The new recommendations, while keeping fee hike intact, suggest a scholarship for deserving candidates.
As per the report, IITs will subject themselves to a comprehensive institution review by an internationally eminent group once every five years.
"The MHRD is concerned about being responsible to audit, and the parliament about the way in which IITs spend taxpayer's money. The Kakodkar report talks of additional autonomy that comes from spending one's own earnings. The latter will not be as accountable for what IITs do with their own earnings as with tax-payers' funds," added Ananth. The committee was set up in October 2009. Among other members it includes: T.V. Mohandas Pal, former Director (Human Resource), Infosys; Hari Bhartia, Co Chairman and Managing Director of Jubilant Organosys K. Mohandas, Vice-Chancellor of the Kerala University of Health and Allied Sciences and Professor Ashok Jhunjhunwala, IIT Madras.
IIT Guwahati Director Gautam Barua, IIT Mandi Director T. Gonsalves and IIT Kanpur Chairman M. Anandakrishnan were special invitees on the panel.
Finding faculty will be a challenge when we expand: Gautam Barua, Director, IIT Guwahati
POSTED BY paras
Bikash Singh, ET Bureau Jun 3, 2011, 02.09am ISTIndian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT-G) will nearly double its student intake to around 6,000 from the current strength of 3,400 over the next five years. The 13-year-old institute, which was established as part of a political accord, taken several initiatives to attract bright students, director of the institute, professor Gautam Barua, Director, IIT Guwahati told ET. Excerpts from an interview:
Is there a government directive behind the decision to increase student intake?
There is no directive from the government to increase capacity. All the old IITs are now expanding, taking student capacity to 6,000-plus. Our expansion is in tandem with other IITs.
How did you arrive at 6,000?
Every year, since our inception, we have been adding 400 students. While there is no fixed figure, our numbers can cross 6,000 in the next five years. We cannot grow faster than this. Finding faculty, and funding will be issues. Even if the government offers help with funding, the main constraint will be hiring faculty. Growth has received an impetus after reservation of seats for other backward class students.
What will the break-up of seats look like? What percentage of seats will go to B-Tech and M-Tech courses? It could be 50% of seats for each. It could also be 45% for undergraduate courses and 55% for post- graduate courses. This year, we had 710 PHDs. At present, PHD students comprise 20% of the students, which we would like to move up to 30%.
What challenges are you likely to face?
Getting good students is a challenge. We have taken a number of initiatives to attract them, though. These include allowing M-Tech students to move to PHD courses after one year, depending on performance. We have also allowed B-Tech students to work on PHD thesis at the end of the third year, which can later be used in the PHD course. With this incentive, students can wrap up their PHDs quickly. We are also building more hostels and increasing their capacity to 6,200.
Setting up of physical infrastructure in time is another challenge. Land fills, construction have all to be planned in advance. We have sought Rs 750 crore as capital expenditure for the 12th Plan period.
Since it is a residential campus, we have to ensure all the arrangements are in place. On the other hand, in a typical American university, none of the 30,000 students or faculty members stay on campus.
Do you think good students and teachers will choose IIT Guwahati?
It is becoming difficult to get good students to do their PHD, as they get lucrative job offers. Getting students in general, however, will not be a problem as we can double the JEE student intake.
The problem is in getting students at the post-graduate level. Students from private engineering colleges do come, but are not that good. At this stage, it is difficult to work on them.
Our faculty strength is 269 while the number of students is 3,400. The gap is huge, which holds true for other IITs too. We are trying to close this gap. More teaching staff will mean less load on them, giving them more time for research. The non-faculty staff strength is 323. We were able to secure the ministry's approval for creation of a 100 new posts, while many more on contract will be absorbed. So with 3,800 students by August, the number of posts will go up to 418.
IIT-Guwahati students lead march against corruption
POSTED BY king
IIT-Guwahati students led some 150 volunteers in the march against corruption organized in the Assam capital on Sunday. They trekked 4 km from Sonaram High School to Latasil Field, a symbolic ground where the Assam government stages officials functions including Republic Day parade. "The two-hour event was meant to send a message to the government and bureaucrats that corruption will not be tolerated any more. Our cause was voluntarily supported by various organization here," said IIT student Ravish Vasan, one of the organizers of the march that was flagged off by social activist Meenu Choudhury and Vinay Khandelwal.
The march in Guwahati was part of a nation-wide programme by a group of social activists and people from various fields striving for a corruption-free India and seeking stern and transparent anti-graft law called Jan Lokpal.
The march coincided with Mahatma Gandhi's death anniversary.
Kakodkar Committee set up to decide the future of IITs and the AUTONOMY issue
POSTED BY ravi
MHRD Constituted Committee to "Suggest a Roadmap for the Autonomy and Future of IITs as World Class Institutions for Research
& Higher Learning" is chaired by Dr A Kakodkar, Chairman, BoG IIT Bombay. The committee seeks feedback on IIT System from all its stakeholders. The online survey is set up at. http://www.casde.iitb.ac.in/feedback Kindly spare some of your valuable time to provide your inputs.
Where do the FUNDS and GRANTS taken in the name of IITG Students go?
POSTED BY kamal
Guys,
Have a look at the following news article of August 2007 :
Guys,
Have a look at the following news article of August 2007 :
Taken from : http://www.assamtimes.org/business/283.html
So $75000 i.e. Rs.35,23,498 was accepted by Director, IITG from HP in August 2007.
As HP India Director announced, the Grant was given to Director for accomplishing the following for IITG students:
1. For integrating mobile technology and educational infrastructure and transforming the way
subjects are taught on its campus
2. For purchase of things like HP tablet PCs, wireless networking cards and printers , optical
drives for IITG students
Director, IITG assured HP while accepting the grant that the huge grant will benefit the students of IITG greatly.
Now we are the ones in the name of whom the Grant was accepted for bring in Mobile Technology, Tablet PCs, Wireless Cards, Optical Drives which would supposed to "transform the way subjects are taught on IITG Campus".
3 years have passed. Have you seen any of the above on our Campus?
Just give it a thought. This is just one such Grant. In a institute like IIT every year Crores of Rupees are given as Funds from the Indian Government which are coming from the taxes the Indian Citizens pay and Grants from Commerial Sector as a gesture of social work.
Are these funds being utilized correctly? Do we students even care about them. We are not even aware of the huge loss we are having due to our ignorance and lack of unity. We deserve more guys. Wake up !!!
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