well the way i look at it, a couple of more iits would probably give some people an opportunity to get in and make something of themselves. it is not that we have only one iit...we have seven and provided that the admission procedures in each are the same, the teaching levels in each are the same, and despite that each one is ranked according to student performance we shouldnt have a problem.
being a tudent of iit-d with strong interests in gov policies, i feel the creation of more iits will go against the interest of the student as well as the scientific community. the government has drastically reduced the fundings while at the same time increased the student intake to such a level that iits are not able to provide the facilities it once did. where will the money come from? as for that matter from where will quality faculty come since the iits are struggling themselves to retain and attract.
India has to concentrate in terms of upgrading the quality of education and research to internatinal standards( by this i mean the quality of papers produced etc.) in IITs instead of increasing the number of IITs. Increasing the number will only bring about dilution in research and technology. Right now the competition is well in balance and more IITs will only decrease the level of competence at international standards.
That goes without saying, however, the brand name of IIT may get affected because of increase in it's numbers. Other way out is to strengthen the infrastructure of existing REC's and make them compete against IIT's. REC's were established initially to focus on technology and IIT's for research. This can be done by chanelising the grants given to IIT's to other good, capable and promising institutes.
It is really a welcome news.Because there is a huge regional imbalance regarding availability of quality technical institutions like IITS.For example North zone is having 4 IITs (Kanpur, Banaras, Delhi & Roorkee), East zone is having 2 IITs (Kharagpur & Gauhati), South Zone is having 1 IIT (chennai)& 1 IISc Bangalore, West Zone is having 1 IIT (mumbai) but Central zone or core of country is not having even a single IIT.Hence declaration of establishment of an IIT at Jabalpur (MP) is a welcoming news and totaly justified too.
There is no need for more IITs in my opinion. The move seems to reflect the view that the government is more concerned about the reputation rather than the technical knowledge levels. Technical skills would improve by improving infrastructure, facilities and faculties; not by granting IIT status to other instts. As such, the RECs are reputed institutes and I believe they do not need an IIt stamp for their high quality to be recognized.
no iits should not be increased. if the govt feels so she can upgrade nits and rits but no iits or this will lose the importance of the exisisting iits.
There must be proper planning and basis for new institutions or the IITs. Without the proper analysis, the system will not produce desired quality personnel, or the job satisfaction they need.
All the institutions' strengths should be decided by the availability and the requirements, and NOT on the political basis!
Already we have seven of them. As we increase the number of seats, we will end up decreasing the student quality. The institutes then will no longer epitomize the excellence in education. Also the funda of changing the RECs to IITs sounds cacophonous when it comes to changing the attitude of managemant. The implementation of the IIT class management will take ages because of the prevailing narrow minded professors. I am sure building an altogether new IIT would be a better idea than transforming one. Recruiting better and new professors will be a better option than transforming the mindset of the present professors. I seriously think, that the government should have a second thought on it before executing the same. But where the government itself is narrow minded what significance does my opinion hold...
