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IIT intake up by 10,000 in five years Basic research should be integral to IIT - Dr. Joshi New Delhi, September 8, 2003 The student intake in IITs has gone up by nearly 10,000 in the last five years. From 14,906 in 1997-98, it has increased to 24,828 in 2002-03. The substantial increase has taken place in post-graduate education and research. This was disclosed by the Minister of Human Resource Development, Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi while chairing a meeting of the Council of IITs here yesterday. Dr. Joshi also said that there has been a near five-fold increase in grants to IITs. From Rs.51.75 crore in 1997-98, it went upto Rs.224.75 crore during 2002-03. Non-plan funding also more than doubled from Rs.172.76 crore to Rs.449.02 crore during the period. Out of non-plan funding about 30 per cent went towards research giving it higher weightage. Laying emphasis on basic research Dr. Joshi told the Council that fundamental science should become integral to IIT curriculum. Without basic research we cannot be masters of technology. Hence, the IITs should develop a culture for fundamental research which is core to the development of science and evolvement of technology. For this, the IITs should have more interaction with the Industry. There has to be a better synergy between the two, he said. Expressing dissatisfaction over both the quality and quantity of research papers produced by IITs, Dr. Joshi called for fixing a norm for both quality and quantity. The research papers published by IITs over the years have remained not only stagnant but also suffered in quality. The Minister was also not happy about IITs lagging behind in patent filing. He said technical research must result in patents, as a natural corollary. If it is not so, it means the research is not focussed and will not be contributing to commercialisation of the technology. The IITs research and development of technologies, must be relevant to our requirements, Dr. Joshi added. The meeting was attended among others by the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, Dr. R. Chidambaram; DG, CSIR, Dr. R.A.Mashelkar; Chairman, AICTE, Dr. Natarajan; UGC Vice Chairman, Prof. Nigavekar and Secretary, Ministry of Information Technology, Shri K.K.Jaswal. VKS/CS.S & T.8.9.03 |
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