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IITs, NITs may do away with courses in earth science, nuclear engineering
Even as the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) asks centrally funded technical institutes (CFTIs) to close down centres and courses which have seen few takers, the latter have said they have been doing it on a regular basis.The MHRD has asked CFTIs to close down branches and courses which have seen fall in applicants in the past few years and instead introduce new courses and disciplines after analysing market opportunity, employability and requirement in terms of research and entrepreneurship.However, CFTIs including the premier Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and National Institutes of Technology (NITs) have been phasing out courses and streams that do not find enough takers or upgrade them into something more viable.Now, with the MHRD too asking the institutes to follow through, some of the courses and streams that may be discontinued or upgraded include those in earth science, nuclear engineering, fuel engineering, linguistic computing and bioscience, among ...
 "IITs, NITs may do away with courses in earth science, nuclear engineering")
Faculty shortage in IITs, IIMs and varsities upsets Parliamentary panel
HRD Ministry had told Parliament that 1,310 posts of professors were vacant in central universities
 "Faculty shortage in IITs, IIMs and varsities upsets Parliamentary panel")
Number of girl students in IITs only 8% in 2015-16: Govt
Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said this in a written reply in Rajya Sabha
 "Number of girl students in IITs only 8% in 2015-16: Govt")
If IITs had more Dalit professors, would Aniket Ambhore be alive?
Some high-caste professors consider Dalit students 'uneducable', wrote educationist Kurmana Simha
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Panel recommends reservation for girl students in IITs
Number of seats for male candidates will not be affected and will help IITs achieve 1 lakh target
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Newer IITs see core sector comeback
The sector is represented largely by PSU and govt organisations
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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
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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
 "IITs now have to focus on R&D which can impact society: Prof U B Desai")
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
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