Sibal meets directors of new IITs

Updated on: Friday, October 22, 2010

Human Resource and Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal met the directors of the eight new Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) to discuss the problems they were facing as regards the functioning of the new institutes.

IITs have been started in Ropar (2008), Bhubaneswar (2008), Gandhinagar (2008), Hyderabad (2008), Patna (2008), Jodhpur (2008), Mandi (2009) and Indore (2009). IT Banaras Hindu University (BHU) will also be upgraded as an IIT. Many of these institutes are presently functioning from temporary campuses and are facing problems related to infrastructure and faculty.

An HRD ministry official said, “A number of IITs are facing problems of clearances with central/ state government departments for acquisition of the land allotted to them. In this regard, the minister has asked for a meeting to be taken next month with the concerned state and central government officials and IIT directors to facilitate the process of land acquisition.”

The new IITs also felt that a revision in fund allocation would be required in view of the escalation of construction costs. “Sibal has directed the officials to examine the matter and come up with a proposal in this regard,” he said.

Sibal meets directors of new IITs

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