IIT Bhubaneswar first batch stduents are likely to have the most IIT like experience (as compared to the students in the other new IITs of IIT Guajrat, IIT Rajasthan, IIT Patna, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Punjab)
I was just talking to one of the Deans at IIT Kharagpur (mentor institution of IIT Bhubaneswar) about the arrangements for the first batch students of IIT Bhubaneswar. He said that as their plan stands now, during the first year
- IIT Bhubaneswar students will be staying in the hostels (called Halls in KGP) together with IIT Kharagpur students
- IIT Bhubaneswar students will be taught by IIT Kharagpur faculty; it will be like adding one (or more) sections to their first batch.
- More on IIT Bhubaneswar at the unofficial IIT Bhubaneswar web site.
In comparison,
- As per IIT Gujarat FAQ, IIT Gujarat students will be having classes at Vishwakarma Government Engineering College at Chandkheda, Gandhinagar – 382424 and thus may not have the chance to know first hand about the customs and culture of an established IIT.
- The FAQ has the following to say about the teaching: The Institute is being set up with a lead time of just two months. In spite of that, IIT Bombay has ensured that there is competent and adequate number of faculty to teach the first year, which primarily consists of science and humanities courses. Some of the faculty has been hired directly; some are on the rolls of IIT Bombay while a few are retired but very reputed teachers from IIT Bombay. In the second semester, there is one course known as Departmental Introductory Course. As we are unlikely to have engineering faculty by that time, these courses will be taught by adjunct faculty from nearby Institutes (viz. Dhirubahai Ambani Institute on Information and Communication Technology and D.U. Institute of Petroleum, both of which are headed by former senior faculty of IIT Bombay.) Arrangements have also been made for the drawing and workshop. IIT Bombay is setting up an urgent recruitment process to ensure that quality engineering faculty is there before the second year starts.
- As per IIT Rajasthan website:
- IIT Rajasthan students will have class in IIT Kanpur for the first one or two semesters.
- They will be staying separate (in apartments converted to hostel like accommodation) from the IIT Kanpur students.
- They may be taught by some IIT Kanpur faculty and scientists (depending on who volunteers) and IIT Kanpur will be trying to recruit new faculty as well as availing the service of some retired faculty.
- IIT Hyderabad will have classes in rented space near their ultimate location.
- IIT Patna. mentored by IIT Guwahati, will start classes in a polytechnique in Patna.
- IIT Punjab will have classes in IIT Delhi.
12 comments June 14th, 2008
