By increasing the number of IITs , that too by "upgrading" RECs and other engineering colleges (which is in itself a questionable idea ) will adversely affect the Brand name IIT .I am final year student of IIT and to be frank enough , IIT is the way it is because of the supreme quality of it's students and faculty and not because of it's infrastructure. Very few things in the country believe in quality and it is almost an universal law that quality * quantity is constant.So by increasing the number, we will have to compromise with quality. Already the number of seats in IIT are being increased,as decided by Government Of India.Needless to say the quality level has gone down.So , I plead to the government, for heaven's sake leave the IITs alone and let it be a autonomous institute as it is supposed to be.
