Why thousands of deserving students will never make it to IIT?

IITs have admitted that they simply do not have enough teachers or hostels to achieve the government's targets of admitting 1 lakh students in 23 IITs by 2020

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On August 23 2016, 45 people met at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi campus as part of the 50th meeting of the IIT council chaired by Human Resources Development (HRD) Minister Prakash Javdekar. Among the attendees included the who’s who of the corporate world like Pawan Goenka, Lila Poonawala, RC Bhargava, among others, in their respective capacities as the chairpersons of the board of governors of various IITs. Also in attendance were the directors of all IITs and some faculty members.

Two inter-related issues came for discussion in succession. One was what the IITs dub Project 100K. This project that envisages increasing the strength ofstudents to 1 lakh in all 23 IITs by 2020 received in-principle approval from the council. The next topic for discussion harped on the deepest fears of IIT faculty members in achieving the objectives under Project 100K. The council expressed concerns on the severe shortage of faculty in IITs. In effect it was tantamount to admitting that Project 100K could not be achieved.

IITs to increase student intake but deserving candidates may not make it

The Indian Institutes of Technology may implement a 5% increase in their total student intake!

Even as Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), are likely to implement a 5% increase in their total student intake from the next academic session, these premier engineeringcolleges have admitted that they simply do not have enough teachers or hostels to achieve the government's targets of admitting 1 lakh students in 23 IITs by 2020.

Two inter-related issues came for discussion in succession. One was what the IITs dub Project 100K. This project that envisages increasing the strength of students to 1 lakh in all 23 IITs by 2020 received in-principle approval from the council. The next topic for discussion harped on the deepest fears of IIT faculty members in achieving the objectives under Project 100K. The council expressed concerns on the severe shortage of faculty in IITs. In effect it was tantamount to admitting that Project 100K could not be achieved.