 "After IIMs, now IIITs may soon get degree granting powers")
After the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), now the Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) may also join the bandwagon for availing degree granting powers.
With the IIIT Bill still impending in the Lok Sabha, the Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD) is reportedly working towards an ordinance to expedite empowering the institutes with degree granting ability.
While spokespersons of some of the IIITs to whom Business Standard has reached out to were unavailable for comment, sources said that with several of the institutes likely to see their first batch graduate this year, a degree awarding power was timely.
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