Creating more IIT's is the governments justificaion of churning out more talented engineers. But there is a flaw in the logic here. IIT's have been known to be the place where, the so-called, the cream of our country go for their studies. But there is only a finite number of bright young engineers that the country turns out each year. Making more IITs and creating more seats will lead to a dilution of the talent pool. The image that the IITs have strived to create over the past 5 decades will be diluted too. Besides there is already of surplus engineers in the country. Even the IITs are faring very poorly in getting all their graduates placed. Increasing the number IITians that pass out each year will blur their distinction as every second guy will be from some or the other IIT. Besides, the government can do much better by allotting more funds to the existing IITs. The facilities at IITs, though by far the best in the country, are still nowhere even near to those in countries like the US. So, my view is, that instead of a whole bunch of mediocre institutes, the government should concentrate on increasing the level of the present IIT's to world-class standards.
