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Prime Minister assures on autonomy of IITs
Saturday June 16, 2012 08:35:25 AM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh Friday assured members of the All India
IIT Faculty Federation (AIIITFF) that the autonomy of the
prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) would remain
"intact".
Federation members, who include faculty from all IITs, met the
prime minister here Friday morning to seek his intervention in the
new common entrance test format, which they believe will dilute
the IITs.
"Dr. Manmohan Singh showed immense patience and listened to our
issues and concerns. He has asked us to remain engaged in dialogue
with the HRD ministry and assured us he'll talk to Mr. Kapil Sibal
(HRD minister)," AIIITFF president Sanjeev Sanghvi told media
persons after the meeting.
Federation members stressed at the meeting that IITs should remain
in control of the admission process to their institutes, and that
any new entrance test format should not be implemented in the 2013
session.
The federation also raised the issue of giving weightage to school
board marks - called normalisation - in the admission process.
"Normalisation of board marks needs more study," AIIITFF secretary
A.K. Mittal said.
Prof. S.K. Das from IIT Madras clarified that they did not object
to the proposal in totality, but it required more homework.
"We don't oppose the proposal but we want that the examination be
conducted by the IITs only and not by an outside agency. There are
two parts to the exam, screening and final selection, and at least
the final selection should be in our hands," Das said.
The federation, along with IIT alumni associations, have been
opposing the new format entrance test as it incorporates a non-IIT
format. The proposed format also includes a fixed weightage for
school board marks.
Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal had earlier
declared that the common entrance would not affect the autonomy of
the IITs.
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