How could the government think of elevating such colleges to the IIT level. I mean look at it- IIT Guwahati was created quite some years back, and still it has failed to match up to standards of the other IITs. Instead of creating other IITs ,which would in all probability be used by the respective state governments for deriving political mileage , shouldn't the government direct their commitment towards bringing IIT Guwahati on par with other IITs? Lets also look at the choice of the institutes. Majority of the institutes considered do not even muster the kind of industrial reputation as NITs do, let alone the IITs. Also majority of the institutes are plagued with student union politicking. Just recall what happened in Jadavpur University. It is to be noted that none of the IITs have ever faced problems related to such baseless politicking. Could this be possible in these institutes, majority of which are under state governments which actively encourage politics And what with this thing that admissions would be through AIEEE? One of the biggest repertoire of an IITian is that he has cleared the IIT-JEE examination. You take that away, then you dont deserved to be called an IITian.
