The 20 new IIITs will come up in phases; Only six in the near future?
May 20th, 2011
The Kakodkar committee report titled “Taking IITs to Excellence and Greater Relevance” available at http://www.education.nic.in/
Similarly, there are 4 IIITs today and 6 new ones coming up.
Perhaps this committee had inside information on the new IIITs. If they are going to make only 6 of the proposed 20 now, Odisha (and Berhampur) need to pursue hard to be one of those early locations. So far I have come across news items regarding new IIITs in the following states. It is not clear if the central govt. selectively approached a subset of the proposed 20 (that includes these states) or if they approached all and only some of them went to the media.
- Chhatisgarh prepares to have a IIIT. (May 29, 2011)
- Bihar responds quickly on IIIT in Bihar. (May 2, 2011).
- Karnataka is pushing its IIIT to be in Dharwad.
- Odisha responds to the central govt. regarding a IIIT in Odisha.
- West Bengal.
- Himachal Pradesh.
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