PM
Manmohan Singh assured that the autonomy of IITs will remain “intact”, the IIT
faculty federation, opposing the proposed common entrance to these institutes,
claimed after meeting him.
“We explained each of our points to him (PM). He has told us he will talk to HRD Minister and assured that the autonomy of the IITs will remain intact,” A K Mittal, secretary of All India IIT Faculty Federation (AIIITFF), said after the federation met Singh.
The federation has been lobbying against the common entrance test (CET) for admission to the undergraduate programme to the IITs and other centrally-funded institutes saying that this will undermine the autonomous status enjoyed by the IITs.
During the meeting, the federation raised the issue of autonomy and said the decision taken by the IIT council about holding the one nation one examination should be ratified by all the IIT senates. “We also insisted that any change in the entrance test should be effected only after 2013,” Mittal said. The federation also raised the issue of giving weightage to board marks after the process of normalization for preparing the merit list, saying “normalization of board marks needs more studies”, he said. IIT Delhi alumni association president Somnath Bharti said that this was a significant milestone in the fight for IITs’ autonomy.
“We explained each of our points to him (PM). He has told us he will talk to HRD Minister and assured that the autonomy of the IITs will remain intact,” A K Mittal, secretary of All India IIT Faculty Federation (AIIITFF), said after the federation met Singh.
The federation has been lobbying against the common entrance test (CET) for admission to the undergraduate programme to the IITs and other centrally-funded institutes saying that this will undermine the autonomous status enjoyed by the IITs.
During the meeting, the federation raised the issue of autonomy and said the decision taken by the IIT council about holding the one nation one examination should be ratified by all the IIT senates. “We also insisted that any change in the entrance test should be effected only after 2013,” Mittal said. The federation also raised the issue of giving weightage to board marks after the process of normalization for preparing the merit list, saying “normalization of board marks needs more studies”, he said. IIT Delhi alumni association president Somnath Bharti said that this was a significant milestone in the fight for IITs’ autonomy.
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