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  1. smriti irani has gone mad … rather than setting up new IITs ,the quality of the existing IITs should be enhanced as well as those of the other gov. institutes

    1. Respected madam ,
      namskar ,
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  2. i guess there should be no problem in setting up new IITs,every clg takes some tym 2 develop & sa me is happening 2 recent IITs .There isn’t any big issue in it.Moreover if govt. clg like iits are opened people shud be happy as it save them from 2 much fees of private ones & also provide help 2 needy ones.

    1. My friend u r unable to see the big picture .My only suggestion to u is please Rethink!Rethink!Rethink!..before u share ur views!

    2. Dude, have you gone mad totally? just think about the case when ‘n’ number of new IITs would open in the bulk,as you may know there is a lack faculty members, you would be hoping them to develop. It will take ages for them to establish.

    3. Only few are resisting opening of new IITs , having vested interest. Land is also required for roads , so land acquisition is not a problem only for opening IIT. For a balanced development IIT in more remote areas are required.I think the faculty of existing IITs should become and Indian cadere, and should be transferred through out India. Further , those teaching are not only faculty, those in industry are also faculty. As u already saw Narendra Modi plan is now being studied in IIMs.

      1. Instead of thinking glory for IITians, should not we think about nation. A more qualified nation with more IITians will provide much needed technically qualified professionals from IIT for nation development. Actually for nations underdevelopment, the only reason is slow pace of opening IITs. HRD step is welcome , and without delay it should open atleast 10 IITs this year, and add at least 5000 seats annulay for 5 years in new courses

        1. Mr. P K gupta, i realy don’t know from which you belong from, but don’t comment about anything if you don’t about that thing.stop commenting about establishment of new IITs, after 5 years of development IIT indore is still running in private college they still don’t have proper infrastructure. Many Old IITs still need infrastructure and research enviornment.HRDD should have to invest their funds to that sectors, not by new IITs.

          Its just like family planning if you can’t Afford 14, don’t think about to born more.

          1. exactly!!! y to go for new IITs when you still can’t handle the old IIT’s. Look this happens when your education minister didn’t experienced college and that too an engineering college. But this is INDIA, anything can happen you know.

    4. hey you mad fellow if you think there is a lesser amount of fee in IIT. It was before the new iits came into picture,recently because of them there is an exact 50% rise in the fees and if same thing goes on you better think to get in private with same fees.

  3. Her intentions to set up new IITs have justified the fact that a non graduate cannot deserve to be an HRD minister .Sibbal has already deteriorated the Indian education System and she has embarked to make it worse.New IITs are already lacking required no of professors and moreover current professors are not among the qualities ones.Please somebody stop her from doing this.The current status of IITs is not good ..and if more no of IITs will be established according to her childish plan IITians will no longer have respect in societies.Even A day will come when one out of three people in india will be an IITian and ultimately IITians will loose their glory what they have today..Dont play with our future.First try to stop brain drain ..bring quality professors in india ,encourage research oriented study curriculum then you ever think to establish more IITs..

    1. The current IITs having less research facilities , as mentioned above, should be declared NITS.The current status is not good , then why named IIT , declare them NIT. is qualit iy professional , it is not in books , it is in industry.
      The current pace of development in science and research it self shows the IIT.

      1. @Gupta PK . you don’t understand a thing ,don’t you? currently students in old IIT’s are least comfortable with research and living conditions. What really do you think about IIT? is it a brand for you? or you just think that it sounds good enough to pop it out in front of your relatives?. You are talking about research in IITs, “pace of development”?. The only thing which matters the most is a good faculty, which is worst in IITs. Lack of equipment for research, out numbered faculty. You need to tackle them first instead of making new investments.

  4. doesn’t know the conditions of new IITs, wonder what would be the condition of the newer new IITs.

  5. no need of new IIT’s….. it will ruin the brand name if IIT…. before taking the the decision atleast she shud conduct survey in the existing IITs before taking the decision of abt new IIt’s

  6. Every year, thousands of engineering seats remain vacant( in Maharashtra, more than 40,000 seats in the last year)
    So its clear we need to improve the quality of the existing colleges.
    We certainly don’t need any new IITs. Not yet.

  7. Keeping in mind the rise in number of students giving JEE every year it is very important that the opportunities also increase in the same proportion.
    But opening new IITs just for the sake of doing so will not serve the purpose.
    The HRD ministry should focus on improving the quality of infrastructure and faculty at the new IITs and in case they plan to open more IITs, it should be done with proper planning in terms of world class infrastructure and faculty.

  8. Before setting up a new IIT if madam tries to improve the standards of research facilities in the present NIT’s and present new IIT’s it would help the students joining these institutions with a dream of contributing to innovation.
    NONE of the labs in the above mentioned institutions are worth being called “Research labs”.
    India doesn’t require new IIT’s, all it needs is the present academic standards in the so called “prestigious” IIT’s and NIT’s

    1. I agree with “pestigious” IIT’s and NIT’s , all existing IITs should also be declared NIT, no difference. Please HRD , declare all IITs as NIT. This will resolve the problem. And whomsoever gives more research and patent , should get more govt fund

      1. I think you belong from any NIT, where you face many problems. IITians are always more intellectual than any NITians. understand this fact at earlier will better for you.

      2. This line made me smiled “Convert all existing IITs to NITs”. Seams like you are from NIT and got really pissed for not being selected for IIT.

      3. Well done Gupta Ji.
        Declare all present IIT’s as NIT’s and open up new IIT’s in place of them.
        Wow! What a brilliant idea!
        I don’t think you even belong to an NIT as they do have a sense of what they are posting. You are probably some private engg. college student who has completely lost his mind for not getting into the IIT’s.
        U just corroborated that you are mentally unfit to have a discussion about this.
        Go home Gupta P K. This discussion ai’nt for you.

  9. the setting up of new iit’s will only tarnish the brand…you want new cheap govt. colleges…name them nits or anything else…by naming new substandard institutes as iits will only make the brand lose it’s sheen. i’m absolutely against smriti irani -_-
    There should only be the 7 iit’s with no increment in seats…and get some other name for whatever college you want to start.

  10. If IITs don’t exist, then there is no question of improvement. There is a misconception that all the faculties of a good institution (talking about the old IITs), are excellent teachers. Teaching and guiding the students is quite different than being a mere employee (seeking settlement through employment). I think IITs are renowned for their pool of diligent students. They’re independent and self sufficient. There are infinite pool of knowledge, at least at the basic level, that can be searched through internet, and can be easily understood by spending time reading or listening to the lecture videos. Hence, the students can thereby be independent of the faculties. And what is the point in that someone else is going to shape a students career. The student should be free to accumulate knowledge from anywhere he or she feels like. For that only internet is sufficient. No institute is necessary. But an institute can provide full time internet access and subscription to necessary articles (for them who can’t support this privilege). Apart from that an institution can provide jobs (both for the faculties and the students). I’ve never heard of an IIT student begging by the side of the road. Yes, some people do struggle for a job as per their expectation. But that is not an institutional issue and goes beyond the scope of this discussion. People should not expect Sachin to hit a century at the age of five. Let him grow to the age. When the institutes will be established, people will try to make them better so that they can compete with others. Hence,I welcome new IITs.

  11. Ms Irani, I would request you to resign as you are not even close to be qualified. I remember how my thinking horizon changed after attending IIT and then MBA. You may try to do your best, however that would not be sufficient, as engineering/medical/Commerce are not media industry, in which you have some practical relevance.
    Please consider unfit for the job, despite Modi trying to boost your confidence for loosing election against Rahul Gandhi.

    Do you know the basic challenges Indian education system is facing at present? Why American Institutes are considered best. Why good professors are no more produced? Why opening only IITs and IIM will help the system, why not regional colleges?
    Are you trying to support the views of capitalists in education sector?

    Please resign, as I am sure you don’t know answer to any of my questions.

  12. faculty crunch in Indian institutes?

    ever we think where our education system going on Let’s Know The Indian education system — from school to higher education, including IITs and IIMs — is plagued by a massive manpower crunch. In the case of higher education, 42 Central universities with sanctioned faculty strength of 16,602 have 6,542 vacancies. Fifteen IITs have 1,611 vacancies against the total strength of 5,092 faculty positions. Thirteen IIMs have to fill 111 vacancies out of 638 positions. Four Indian Institutes of Information Technology have almost 50% vacancy as 104 out of 224 positions are vacant. National Institutes of Technology across 30 states have 1,487 vacant of the total 4,291 positions. Even less than a decade-old Indian Institutes of Science Education & Research with five branches has been afflicted with faculty crunch — 131 vacancies out of the total strength of 518. But it is the school education that is facing the real heat. These all are data but what is the reason we will discuss this is a big issue. YOU ALL CAN GIVE YOUR OPINION AND AND PLEASE SPEAK OUT…………

    1. The reason of faculty crunch is old system of recruitment. That is why , what is taught is IT is 25 years old and of no use in modern industry. Similar is the case in core engineering.Invite faculty from industry, only then will some research happen

      1. you r sick!!!. Do you really think people from industries r needed for research in IITs?. Do you even understand the difference b/w science and engineering?. only PURE SCIENCE is needed for research.

  13. Before establishing more new iits learn the situation in the present new iits…….Do you know how many students are facing trouble during palcements or higher studies?? just because iit gives you a degree is not enough it needs people who are actually interested and capable of research.This is Indian Institute of Technology….and if its Indian its for all Indians there is no separate need for it in every state there are NIT’s for that……Improve the Quality not Quantity please.IIT will loose its glory gradually as you keep increasing them in number without proper infrastructure and proffessors,and make sure that the present new IITs are having proper infrastructure.Its been around 6 years and more than half of them dont have a permanant campus :/

  14. Opening an quality education institution for average people would be a good idea rather than making more IITS.
    Average mind student tries very much to get admission in a government college but the cutoffs and high eligibility criteria makes him depressed and at last he had to take admission in a private college
    Making good college will give chance to good education to all students.

  15. Instead of planning to set-up new IITs, why don’t they think of improving the quality (in terms of increasing faculty, improving research work, providing new technological equipment and Increasing the hostel size of pre-existing ones, that way their aim of more seats-more opportunity would be sufficed as well as the reputation of IITs would also not go down.

  16. This comment might invite a lot of aggression or it may drown among many others, but it has to come out.
    People with privileges never like to give them up. IITians get a lot of respect which, beyond doubt, will reduce as the number of IITs increases, owing to the fact that some (read it as ‘most’) of the graduates aren’t good enough to live up to the brand value associated with them. Now why should this be of any concern to the people who are voicing against it? Because they live on the name built up by many others and cant build their own name. If that name is tarnished, these people will suffer (in reality, get what they really deserve based on their mediocre level of competence). So people are worried about brand value of IITs and not their own accomplishments.
    We get bad grades, we blame the professors. We display below par practical knowledge, we blame the infrastructure and consequently crappy administration. Very few of us actually work hard to get what we want. Instead we blame it on faculty, administration, infrastructure etc. They all want high paying jobs but none want to come back and teach at IITs. You are not a teenager, no one is going to spoon feed you throughout your life. Stop blaming others and add to the brand value which you treasure so much, instead of hoping it would sail you through the storm.

    New IITs are gonna come up, and we will lose our privileges in this world. What a tragedy that would be. Pathetic low-lives.

    1. Here comes the problem!. you think you know everything happening inside IITs. You are the one who can read their mind and potential??
      We students from IITs don’t give shit about IIT brand. You better read it carefully, we don’t give a shit about you. The simple argument is how to spend that money? either invest in existing ones or create new ones which govt. won’t be able to handle even after 10-15 years of establishment.

      Now people like you are ignoring the facts in the pain of not being selected for IIT.

      1. The brand name of IIT is due to the intellect and talent of IITians who are merely 2% of all those who appear for IIT entrance. After coming to IIT, they explore new things , get a lot of experience and facilities, sharpen their skills and work hard to pursue their dreams, which make them true IITians.
        Now I am IIT khragpur, and It is sad but true although it is the oldest, the quality of all professors are not so good. I can imagine what are the facilities and faculty, the new IITs are going to receive. Moreover more IITS means less quality and talent in students also. I think Ms iranis should consider this before hurriedly creating new IITs.

  17. Without creating quality infrastructures in IITs which are already established ,new establishment is a shear foolishness in terms of quality of education . Smirity Irani should take care of appointing quality teaching staff so as to fulfill the hard necessity.

  18. I am studying in BIT Ranchi,i am pursuing integerated MCA course there as i have completed my 2yrs for a rest of my education i have applied for the education loan in Bank of India munger(Bihar).i want a loan of rs 4lakh they agreed to give me a loan but asking me to give a security.But accordung to R.B.I guideline we dont have to pay any collateral or security As i belong to a middle class family I want a loan to pay rest of the fees Is it possible than please take some serious action towards the Bank

  19. RESPECTED MADAM, ,
    MADAM FEW MY SUGGESTION

    In EDUCATION SYSTEM PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE IS INCORPORATED , OPEN BOOKS EXAMINATION SYSTEM. STUDENTS WILL NOT HAVE EXAMINATION FEAR.TO GET MAXIMUM PERCENTAGE WHICH WILL NOT HELP AND IT IS INCREASING HEAN BHAVANA , PARENTS ALSO FEELING THE SAME WAY , THEY ARE ALWAYS IN TENSION , THAT TENSION THEY ARE PASSING TO CHILDREN. IF EDUCATION GIVEN IN PROPER WAY PRACTICLEWAY MAXIMUM SCHOOL NAMING THERE SCHOOL TENCHNO SCHOOL AND IIT FOUNDATION MEDICAL FOUNDATION AND CHARGING HUGE FEES. PARENTS THOSE WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO PAY THAT MUCH AMOUNT THEY DEPRIVED WHY THIS? WITH THIS CHILDREN ARE BLAMING PARENTS AND PARENTS ARE TAKING PRIVATE LOANS. IN OLDEN DAY AKLAVYA NAE BHEE KNOWLEDGE LEYE. PLEASE DO PAKKA PLEASE DO NEEDFULL WE HAVE CONFIDENT IN YOU OAR HAMAE HAE VISHWASH KAE ACHAE DIN AAGAYAE EDCUCATION IS BACKBONE OF NATION AAP KAE RAJAYA MAE TOTAL INDIA EDUCATED HONO1 INDIA KA EDUCATED PERCENTAGE 99.5 EVERY SCHOOL MUST HAVE ONE COUNASILING CENTER EVERY STUDENTS HEALTH CHECKUP EVERY SIX MONTH ,HEALTHY STUDENT TO DAY HEALTH WISE MIND WISE SOUL WISE THEN HEALTHY CITIZEN TOM AND HEALTHY NATION PLEASE DO FEVER TO PARENTS AND SARASVATHI MAA . JAI SAI RAM

  20. respected mam,
    when u were in controversies of not being even graduate or not having higher education ; u stated “JUDGE ME BY MY WORK NOT BY QUALIFICATION”. i initially thought bandi me dum hai yar , she will defiantly do good. but now i realized how wrong i was. u people dont learn from ur past mistakes. first u introduced 8 new IITs in 2009, many of them among them have have not buildings. they r being run in some poly technique college or private college under shades even after 4.5 year. u increased strength , without thinking of classroom capacity, no. prof required , lab requirement etc U made us feel regret coming here. just take example of my department, having more than 550 students(b.tech+m.tech+phd) with less than half of prof, assistant prof not even well qualified. just tell me how will u manage if u were made HOD of my department.
    what type of hrd minister u r, just creating more graduate with nothing to do afterward. due to your poor management decision brain drain is taking place.
    first u should pass a bill for education qualification of ministers , rest will be done automatically.

  21. Strengthen the current IITs there is absolutely no need to make more IITs
    As already the current new IITs are running very poorly
    IIT represent good students throughout the INDIA who fights hard to get a seat but if more IITs will be there than the competition will fall and obviously poor students will get chance which deteriorates the IIT brand and it will be like studying in state govt. institute. So its humble request to Smirti Irani to think wisely and please not make any more IITs.

  22. Mrs Irani.
    Do you think IIT’s have this reputation of their’s because of the name?
    NO
    It is because of the quality of students studying there. They are intellectual people who know what to do with their life. Coming to an IIT is just a step towards it.
    Now if you open up IIT’s in every state this is what will happen-
    The best minds will take up admission in old IIT’s. The next set of students and who are sensible enough to know that the new IIT won’t have the necessary resources for quality education will taken up admission in NIT’s and other good colleges.
    Now the students who are left after the brain-drain to other colleges will take up admission in these new IIT’s and that too just for the sake of the IITian tag.
    Now what impact this will have on the reputation on IIT’s you can very well imagine.
    It will be flushed down the gutter!
    If you do want to give more students a chance to study at an IIT then first focus on improving the condition of present IIT’s so that people will have faith that the new IIT’s will also have good faculty and facilities so that only those who deserve to study at an IIT go there instead of some “I am also an IITian” tag craving guy.

  23. The govt wants IITs to be world class. It fails to understand that world class institutes need huge funds for research & development. BY setting up new IITs, the govt is only reducing the resources available to thee existing IITs. Quantity and Quality are usually inversely related.The young minister is only trying to start her stint with an attention seeking decision. She is trying to fulfill a mindless election promise in the party manifesto

  24. okey now somebody said nobody s going to spoon feed u ….stop blaming infrastructure, lack of equipments , quality professors blah blah ….kkooooouu next thing we gonna hear from you could that we don’t need campuses and premises we can operate IIT es ,iims . colleazes from road side along with pani puri ki road side dukaAn rite ooooo u r so rite em impressed ….keep it up u ll go places buddy

  25. I think it’s not a bad idea provided we can maintain the standards, the quality should not get lost in the quantity and for instititution like IIT this is a bare minimum requirement the glory value of IIT should not be tarnished . Having said that, I would like to state that today we need more programmes in manmy filelds not just Engineering, please think beyond engineering /medical and MBAs, Today’s generation is far more capable of doing many new things, have a global presence.
    Think of introducing new courses which can put your passion into profession, till today I dont get many recognition for courses like Interior(just few pvt cloeeges with basic infra), FootBall, trafic control(just 1 or 2 pvt colleges), courses to enter policits directly…the way now asian paint has borught a revolution in the world of painting , many edicated people are working towards it, have thougt of briining such ideas in education, have thougth of dignity of labour , why in our country work related to plumbing, mason are lloed down upon just bring some revolution in that ….have a thought in the directions where our country lacks ..adding more number to an already exitisng instituiins will not serve u much… Thanks..

  26. HELLO EVERYBODY.

    NEW HRD MINISTER IS LOOKING AT THROUGH THE EYES OF SUCH STUDENTS WHO R NOT ABLE TO CRACK ENTRANCE EXAM FOR IIT..
    TRULY SPEAKING I HAVE ALSO NOT ABLE TO CRACK JEE ADVANCED IN FIRST ATTEMPT. EVEN NOT ABLE TO CLEAR MAINS.
    WHEN I READ THIS NEWS, I WAS TOO EXCITED ABOUT INCREASE IN PROBABLITY OF GETTING ADMISSIONS IN TO THE BRAND NAMED ‘IIT’.
    BUT SERIOUSLY THINKING, IT IS NOT A GOOD DECISION AT ALL according to my opinion .
    JUST A WEEK AGO WENT TO INDORE AND FOUNDED THAT IIT INDORE IS SUFFERING FACULTY ISSUES. AND TOO ITS INFRASTRUCTURE IS JUST AVERAGE .
    POINTS RAISED OUT BY THE FELLOW BL0GGERS ARE COMPLETELY TO BE RETHINKED ABOUT.

    MANY NEW IIT’s ARE FACING SAME PROBLEMS WITH RESPECT TO IIT INDORE.
    AS WE KNOW THAT IIT’s ARE NOT UNDER TOP 250 INSTITUTES OF WORLD.
    AND OPENING NEW IIT JUST LIKE SPLITTING MUD ON THE LEGACY ON THE SO FORMED BRAND IIT.

    AND ACCORDING TO NEW 2014 QS ASIAN UNIVERSITY RANKING, IIT DELHI IS FIRST WITH INDIA AT 38 POSITION..

    I THINK THIS CAN BE MUCH BETTER.

    IT CAN BE BETTER IF WHOLE CONCENTRATION IS PUT OOUT TO AT PRESENT IITS INCLUDING THE NEW ONES.

    EVERYBODY WILL BE SHOCKED TO KNOW THAT JAPAN MUCH SMALLER COUNTRY THEN INDIA HAVE GRATER NUMBER OF INSTITUTES IN THIS RANKING..

    KIND OF EMBARASSMENT FOR INDIAN EDUCATIONISTS .
    SO MY CONCLUSION IS THAT THOUGH OPENING MORE IIT’s WILL TAKE MORE ASPIRING CANDIDATES BUT THE LEGACY OF IIT SHOLD NOT BE DISTRURBED .

    AND THE NEW GOVERNMENT SHOULD TRY HARD TO MAKE IIT COMPARABLE TO WORLD CLASS INSTITITUTES SUCH AS MIT(MASSACHUSSETS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY), STANDFORD AND MANY MORE.. BY SERVING IN EVERYWAY POSSIBLE.

    BUT AT LAST I HAVE LOTS OF REGRETS THAT I COULD NOT MAKE UP TO THE IIT.

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