IIT extension centers ok; branch campuses NOT.
November 19th, 2007
Following is from the PIB http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=32762.
Requests have been received from the State Governments of Kerala and Gujarat for setting up of satellite campuses of IIT-Madras and IIT-Bombay respectively in their States. However, the Government has taken a decision that establishment of large satellite campuses with regular Bachelor and Master Programmes amount to setting up of new IITs should be avoided. The Government, however, has no objection to the setting up of small extension centres of existing IITs outside their main campuses, devoted to continuing education, diploma courses, finishing schools, incubation programmes, etc.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Smt. D. Purandeswari in a written reply to a question by Smt. N.P. Durga in the Rajya Sabha today.
In this regard, one may note that, IIT Kharagpur has an extension center in Bhubaneswar and had earlier signed an MOU with Govt. of Orissa to make a branch campus in Bhubaneswar. It had submitted a proposal to MHRD on this. But with the above clarification, IIT Kharagpur’s branch campus proposal in Bhubaneswar goes to cold storage for now.
Entry Filed under: Bhubaneswar-Cuttack-Puri- Khurda area (1),IIT Kharagpur branch in Bhubaneswar
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1. R. K. Ghosh | November 20th, 2007 at 3:32 pm
I think this decision will lose relevance with change of government. IITB’s Ahemedbad center which was to be inaugurated on 17th November has been spiked by election commissioner on the basis of model code of conduct. I think MHRD will be hard pressed to stop Kerala center unless Trivandrum gets an IIT in near future. If Kerala center goes through so will be others. It will be interesting to see how things unfold after Gujrat elections specially if BJP govt becomes undone.