Centre to send a team to assess proposed IIT sites
October 8th, 2008
Press Trust of India reported the following.
Unhappy with the sites offered by four states for setting up the new IITs, the Centre has decided to make an assessment about the "suitability" of the locations for the elite institutions.
The HRD Ministry has set up a committee, headed by its Additional Secretary Ashok Thakur, which will visit the sites offered by Rajasthan, Orissa, Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh for inspection.
"The committee will visit and ascertain the suitability of the sites. If they do not give convincing reports, states will be asked to offer new sites," a senior HRD Ministry official told PTI.
The other members of the committee are A K Dey, former director of IIT-Bombay, K Narayan Rao, member secretary of AICTE, and the directors of the IITs who have been given the responsibility of mentoring these institutes.
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1. BHAI AMIT KUMAR | October 12th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
there should be an IIT in orissa for all round academic devlopment of this state. But at the same instant i would also like to expres my views that it should be in such areas which are remote. By devloping the devloped areas ,it doesn’t means all round developed. I will be very thankfull if G.I.E.T,Gunupur will be converted into IIT ,Gunupur.
2. BHAI AMIT KUMAR | October 12th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
G.I.E.T,gunupur should be new IIT ,gunupur because having such institute in such remote areas is a great job. For all round developement of a state it should be in such areas.Those places which are all ready developed i think it doesn’t requirs.