The UPA government and in particular the idiot HRD minister has diluted the standard of IIT JEE by converting it to pure objective under the pretext of making it less stressful for IIT aspirants. To add to the dilution they have started to set up some new IITs in some undeseving states like Andhra Pradesh where students are generally cramsters without having strong fundamentals. Also these new IITs are going to bring down the standards of IITs quite tangibly. Because new IITs do not have proper infrastructure nor competent faculty. No doubt the present IIT directors donot want the IIT tag to these new IITs. But the CM of Andhra Pradesh wants to start the functioning of the shadow IIT right this year. The final nail on the coffin is the OBC reservation. Now the IITs are never going to be same again. As an IIT B.Tech I strongly condemn this degradation of IIT. Any way IIT is not for all and sundry. It is not like the Garib Rath of Lalu. Only the students having desired level of competence and sound fundamentals should be admitted to IITs irrespective of caste, creed, religion,colour etc. There must not be any reservation in IITs. Otherwise Rediff will be writing the obituary of IITs a few years from now. S.S. Rajguru
