Our struggle for getting an IIT status and due recognition was helped by several people, including our alumni as well as other noted writers, who helped create mass awareness about this sensitive issue. These well-informed and well-documented articles in national news media helped form informed opinion among decision makers, noted faculty of reputed technical institutes and common mass alike. Several of these articles have been considered as classic articles and found well acceptance and used as reference for Google Search, used as citations, posted on Wikipedia and debated across the country. a) Articles by Yogesh K Upadhyaya (Chemical 1977) in Rediff.com
1) The making of new IITs, March 23, 2005
http://www.rediff.com/money
2) New IITs: A long Journey ahead, May 25, 2005
http://us.rediff.com/money
3) The march of the new IITs, August 18, 2005
http://in.rediff.com/money
4) New IITs: A report card, December 27, 2005
http://rediff.co.in/money/2005
5) The IIT story: IIESTs, 3 new IITs on way, September 28, 2006
http://in.rediff.com/money
b) Article by Yogesh Upadhyaya and Arvind Gupta (Electronics 1992)
India's top 20 engineering colleges, June 28, 2005
http://www.rediff.com/money
c) Article by Sanjay Dani (Computer Science 1987)
IT-BHU: A seat at the IIT table?, May 23, 2005
http://www.rediff.com/money
d) Article by S. S. Vasan, Rhodes Scholar
IIT-Varanasi: a pipe-dream? April 04, 2005
http://www.hinduonnet.com/edu
e) Article by Chitta Baral, owner of http://newiits.blogspot.com/
For IIT upgrade, an alternative roadmap, July 11, 2006
http://www.indianexpress.com