I think people are totally confused by the initiative taken by our Govt. First of all, inclusion of 5 more IITs is not dividing the current IITs. The faculy, facilities and everything is not going to be provided to the new ones, by the old ones. The only institutions which are able to prove themselves upto the specifications put up, from the perspectives of IITs are only given the chance. And this should be a good news for the country, especially for the students planning to move into the technical field.
Im basically an NIT student in Karnataka, which the No 1 contender for transforming into IIT, and I think this institutions deserves rank, as all of you know it had already beaten 3 of the IITs in the Engg COllege Rankings last year.