Reportedly central government has asked the existing IITs to undertake a significant expansion in the number of seats. In the 12th five year plan government is not planning to set any new Indian Institutes of Technology but looks forward to increase number of seats for undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.
“The 12th plan does not have any new IITs, but the expansion cannot stop. The Kakodkar Committee has recommended that each of the IITs, which, currently, have about 4,000 to 5,000 students, should aim for having student strength of about 20,000 by the year 2020. We would like the increase to be divided equally between undergraduate and postgraduate seats,” a senior official in the ministry of human resource development (MHRD), said.
Gautam Barua, director IIT Guwahati, confirmed the expansion plans but said that the increase in seats at IIT will be on a different scale.
“In fact the increase in seats at the new IITs will be much more than their older counterparts,” he said.
For instance, IIT Guwahati, in its plans sent to ministry, has proposed that its seats should go up from 4,500 to 6,000 in the next five years.
“Currently, 48 per cent of our seats are for postgraduate programmes and 52 per cent for undergraduate programmes. We would want to increase 1,500 seats and divide them more or less equally between UG and PG programmes,” Barua added.
“The 12th plan does not have any new IITs, but the expansion cannot stop. The Kakodkar Committee has recommended that each of the IITs, which, currently, have about 4,000 to 5,000 students, should aim for having student strength of about 20,000 by the year 2020. We would like the increase to be divided equally between undergraduate and postgraduate seats,” a senior official in the ministry of human resource development (MHRD), said.
Gautam Barua, director IIT Guwahati, confirmed the expansion plans but said that the increase in seats at IIT will be on a different scale.
“In fact the increase in seats at the new IITs will be much more than their older counterparts,” he said.
For instance, IIT Guwahati, in its plans sent to ministry, has proposed that its seats should go up from 4,500 to 6,000 in the next five years.
“Currently, 48 per cent of our seats are for postgraduate programmes and 52 per cent for undergraduate programmes. We would want to increase 1,500 seats and divide them more or less equally between UG and PG programmes,” Barua added.
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