IIT losing its brand value by continuing to increase its seats and Institutes

Updated on: Wednesday, August 07, 2013

Director of famous IIT free coaching 'Super 30', Anand Kumar says that Indian Institute of Technologies (IIT) are losing brand value after the government continued to increase number of seats and institutes.

Kumar, who was in the city on Tuesday to interact with the students and give them tips on cracking IIT entrance exam during a talk show organised by IES Engineering College, said he has no plans to start a branch in Madhya Pradesh. Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had earlier requested him to start a Super 30 in MP to benefit students from the state.

He said situation is so grave that about 700 seats in the premier institutes of the country remained vacant this year.

'Super 30' selects 30 poor students every year and prepare them for IIT entrance test without charging money from them. The success story of Super 30 could be gauged from the fact that its 30 out of 30 students got selected in IIT consecutively from 2008-11. This year 28 students were selected in different IITs.

About the present trend in IIT, Kumar said, "instead of increasing the number of seats, they should open colleges with proper infrastructure and teaching faculty with other names like National Institute of Technology (NIT). IIT should remain IIT only."

Citing his own example, he claimed that 3 students of Super 30 did not take admission after clearing the exam. He said this year also around 238 more seats were increased which has put the total number of seats in the IIT to around 10,000 .

While answering the queries of the students during the talk show, he said, "Honest efforts and study in right direction is the mantra of success to crack exams like IIT."

However, he cautioned: "Students should not be disappointed on the failures. IIT is not the end of the world. You all are talented and can switch-over to other fields also according to your talent."

Winner of various prestigious awards in India and abroad, renowned mathematician Kumar said, "Students should focus on Class XI and XII first before appearing in the IIT entrance. IIT turns easy if the students have command over their basics." When a student asked about mathematics a tough discipline, Kumar said, "Maths is easier than physics and chemistry. The need is to understand subject thoroughly instead of just half-baked knowledge."

About the offer by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan for starting a branch of Super 30 in Madhya Pradesh, Kumar said, "I am thankful to him but at the moment it is not in my mind." Super 30 is based in Patna only and they have no other branch anywhere in the country.

IIT losing its brand value by continuing to increase its seats and Institutes

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