In recent months at least two new institutes named as Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) modelled after IISc have been inaugurated. This is justifiable since science education and research badly needs a good boost as the country produces enough PhDs in sciences to staff these new institutions.
In addition, an equally important decision has been taken in recent years, namely to open three more IITs with plans to create 20 more in the next 5-year plan. With regards to this decision, however, several questions need to be raised. Specifically, do we have enough trained and qualified manpower to staff these new IITs as well as the requisite infrastructure in new facilities and services?
In a resource-constrained country like ours, we need to optimise our resources and be effective especially in technical education, an issue addressed in this article.
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The decision to reform the joint entrance examination for IITs came from within and was needed, an HRD ministry official said on Wednesday, adding that the joint advisory board of IITs would meet on Saturday to finetune the new directives. The idea behind the meeting is to put in place details of the system that will come into force from next year and ensure that no student is adversely affected, the senior HRD official said. Stating that there was nothing wrong in making 60% or equivalent at the plus two level as the basic requirement for the JEE, the official
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HRD Ministry Unmoved By Protests, Rules Out Major Changes In Format
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Describing former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi as the pioneer of the country's information revolution, Uttar Pradesh Governor T V Rajeswar today said the dreams he had for the country have started taking shape now.
The Governor was inaugurating an international seminar on 'nano ceramics' and 'nano composites' at IIT Kanpur. The workshop was attended by scientists and others from IITs and other institutions.
Describing Rajiv Gandhi as a practical visionary, he said it was due to the steps taken by him in the fields of science, technology and IT, that the nation is today in the fore front in these
