Kakodkar to review functioning of 30 NITs_National institute of technology

NEW DELHI: Nuclear scientist Anil
Kakodkar will be asked to review
the functioning of the 30
National Institutes of Technology.
This was decided at a meeting of
the NIT Council on Tuesday. The
Council also been decided to
promote the admission of
foreign students through the All
India Engineering Entrance
Examination on-line test.
HRD minister Kapil Sibal, who is
the chairperson of the NIT
Council, suggested that since
NITs have completed a decade of
existence, there should be a
review by Kakodkar who carried
out a similar exercise for IITs
recently.
He stressed the need for
networking amongst IITs, NITs
and other institutions and said in
order to promote better
coordination the directors and
chairpersons of these institutes
should meet once a year to
discuss larger issues connected
with technical education and
research.
The Council also reviewed the
admission policy for
undergraduate and
postgraduate programmes. It
was emphasized that the 50%
quota for students from outside
the state in each NIT should not
be filled by students from the
state. Sibal said the government
wanted a single national level
examination test for admission
to all engineering institutions.
The Ramasamy Committee would
be submitting its report by
September 2011 on this subject.
The Council constituted a
committee for implementing
centralized postgraduate
admissions on the pattern of
undergraduate admissions.
Another committee to provide
merit scholarships to deserving
UG students was also
constituted. The reports of
various committees set up by the
Council earlier were considered
and approved for
implementation. The boards of
the NITs have been empowered
to adopt their recommendations.
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