Exclusivity of IIT should be retained.In the past we have seen upsurge of various engg.colleges coming up but very few of them have proper standards.RITs aredoing good work but let them continue as next line of institutions .
Yes creating new IITs will add to india's technological power, provided high standards are maintained. Given adequate resources and time i think any institute can establish itself comparable to IITs. It is a good initiative by the government.
At the present situation and condition of the studies there is not much need for more IIT's. The government could not be able to provide proper placements for the present IITians and after more IIT's this problem may further be increased. Instead they can spend the same amount for upgrading or improving the quality of the education in some the reputed insititutions and also can improve the quality of primary and secondary education in the rural areas such that they too can avail the oppurtunity for higher education. hope improving the number of iits may create a problem and further the quality of the present educaion in the iit's may go down. Also the government can try to improve the necessary infrastructure for the present.
The move is to create more IITs is not a bad one as long as the bridge in facilities between the existing IITs and the new IITs is made up quickly. Afterall there are quite a few opportunities for competent engineers even now. With ideas like exchange programs and admitting international students through SAT, it will only add more credit to the institution.
However how long it will take for the new IITs to catch up with the old one leaves me uneasy
Having studied in an IIT, I know how easy it is to get in there. It's just a question of how much knowledge you have about a certain subject. This is the problem with IITs. I have also studied in other countries and the selection process, I should say, was a lot tougher than in the JEEs. The students at the IITs were not the top notch students of India, but people who just memorized a textbook full of crap!! I have seen really smart people not making it into to the IITs. Increasing the number may, hopefully, get those smart people in as well.
There is no point makeing REC's being converted into IIT's. There is tremendous scope for engineers of all divisions due to the booming economy, resulting in mushroom growth of self financing engineering colleges. So I suggest the government choses five new places, built infrastucture at a rapid pace and begin 5 more IIT's. We must have a vision for growth. Converting a already good college by just changing the name does not make sense to me.
