Unless the new "IITs" undertake to admit students *exclusively* on the basis of their JEE performance, they will not be true IITs, and the IIT brand will suffer on account of the resulting dilution of quality.
Make no mistake about it, it is not the quality of faculty or the facilities or the level of funding that makes the IITs what they are. It is the rigid insistence on candidates' performance in the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) that separates the wheat from the chaff right at the beginning. Such students will do well no matter which college they attend. Dilute this admission criterion by substititing other exams for the JEE, and prepare to watch the IIT reputation gradually crumble.
Yes, we would all like to see more Indian students graduate each year proudly wearing the IIT label, but there is a right way and a wrong way to go about it. The JEE is key. I hope the powers that be do not fall prey to political expediency by ignoring its crucial role!
RE:Don't dilute the IIT brand
by Arvind Singh on Aug 23, 2005 12:33 AM Permalink
Hi, I feel u have hit the Right Note.. It's the JEE that seperates the real ones and not the faculty or facilities at IITs. Then why have u missed the name of IT-BHU which is exclusively taking students only through JEE since 1972, but only getting 1/10th of the funding which any IIT gets. Mind u more than 70% students (including me)of IT-BHU could have easily secured a seat at any IIT, but either we opted for a better branch or that it was close to the native place which made us to opt for (or that we got during counselling) for IT-BHU AND I know that hardly makes any IT-BHU guy inferior to any IIT guy. First compare the pathbraking work of IT-BHU in the field of Hydrogen technology as an alternative commercial fuel for INDIA with urs then go on to comment abut IIT-JEE and IT-BHU.
