After reading a lot of views on the subject matter I felt the opinions vary from one extreme to the other. In my opinion it only Mr. Joshis' publicity stunt and since IITs are all ready getting a lot of first page space in leading newspaper, he also wants to be the part of lime light. He is already tried to infuse a lot of politics into the ways of working of institutes like IITs and IIMs.
Intead of opening more IITs what he really needs do is benchmark IITs and the try to raise the standards of other institutese. And why is it only applicable for engineering institutes. Definitely one can not make every university, every colleage in india an IIT for name sake but yes their quality can be improved.
If IITs have carved a name for themselves then one major factor was that we didnt some one like Mr. Joshi at the helms. What I mean is that IITs and IIMs have been autonomous universities coupled with high caliber teachers and that what made them what they are today, not politics.
