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IITs may hold inter-institute tech meet every year

In the initial phase inter-IIT tech fest may be clubbed with the fests held by one of the older IITs

Foreign students to pay Rs 6 lakh per annum as fees at IITs

Earlier this year, fees for Indian students at the IITs were increased from Rs 90,000 to Rs 2 lakh

IIT student strength to be 100,000 by 2020

Currently, the overall students' strength in the IITs is 82,604

IITs to make presentation to MHRD on project Vishwajeet on October 20

Seven IITs who are part of this project namely IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Madras, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Guwahati, IIT Roorkee and IIT Kanpur

IITs to have non-resident students soon

To increase the number of seats in various courses with an aim to take their total intake to 1 lakh by 2020

IITs now have to focus on R&D which can impact society: Prof U B Desai

He said that six more IITs becoming operational would not dilute the brand of IITs

Jammu, Tirupati among 6 places to get IITs

HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar also said the IITs are the centre of excellence and they will continue to remain like that