It is nice to see that there will be more IITs in India in near future. But I fail to understand how nonresidential engineering colleges like Jadavpur University will adapt itself to IIT culture. These institutes function like day collegs where students and faculty are used to 10.30 AM to 4.00 PM class schedule and a liberal politicised atmosphere going on strikes frequently.They have neither the required student hostels nor faculty residences required for IITs where both students and faculty compulsorily stay in the campus. Moreover existing faculty members used to live outside the campus may not agree to live inside the campus as required in IITs. Their culture and functioning style are totally different from residential colleges like IITs and it may be almost impossible for the students and faculty to change to a highly disciplined regulated culture like IITs form a very liberal atmosphere. P K Choudhury Director Strategic Management and Financial Services Inc. Toronto
