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IIT: Medical Education or Medical Facility

Director of IIT, Kharagpur had a plan to start a medical college under the governance of IIT. Health ministry and MCI didn’t allow that to happen. Unfortunately, any change in the way government works in India is difficult. Who will … Continue reading

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IIT Day Again

And the day would have been one of celebration in thousands of families in India. The result of the entrance examination for IITs has appeared on the website. IIT-JEE over years has become a symbol of the excellence of education … Continue reading

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IITs: Teachers’ Shortage and Technologies

If I consider the written reply of the HRD minister of state in Lok Sabha on April 21, 2010 as correct, despite an attractive pay structure, good accommodation and other perks, IITs are facing acute shortage of faculty members. IIT … Continue reading

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IIT Entrance Examination Getting Messy

I never knew that IITs set the question papers of the entrance examinations in Hindi too. Why should it be in Hindi when the subjects of tests are physics, chemistry and mathematics? Is the decision a political one or one … Continue reading

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IIT Entry and Media

Somehow, every news coming from IIT is becoming one of national importance. Sibal announced the hiking of the qualifying marks of the examination of class XII for being allowed for IIT-JEE. The protests from CMs and political leaders such as … Continue reading

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Mobocracy Kills an IITian

I was shocked to read the news of the death of Lalit and that also here in US. He worked for me when I joined Harig Crankshafts, Noida as President after retiring from Hindustan Motors in 1997. Harig Crankshafts had … Continue reading

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