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a) Introduction

For the past one month, there have been heroic efforts by our IT-BHU community (including students, faculty and alumni) to get the IIT status for our institute. The movement started after the news media reports surfaced that the govt. may not go ahead with the plan to convert our institute to IIT. Not taking any chances and not taking “No” as an answer, they galvanized into action. From the movement, many leaders and unsung heroes emerged, but we shall talk about them later.

The entire movement was spontaneous, as there was not much elaborate planning and plan of action was created as per the prevailing situation. The movement was forceful but entirely peaceful. If students missed any classes, they used it for doing social work such as arranging for blood donation or teaching students in nearby slum area. The movement has obtained the desired results so far and our file has started moving in HRD Ministry building.

Our college started admitting students through IIT-JEE entrance exam from 1972. Our first hope about getting IIT status was in 1973, when central govt. decided to upgrade our college to IIT under Indo-East German collaboration treaty of 1970.

We hoe that govt. will consider our request for getting our college IIT status soon. This special report is divided into following parts:

a) Introduction

b) Status update for conversion process

c) Timeline of events

d) Decision of BHU Executive Council

e) Why we opted for IIT status?

f) FAQ about conversion

g) Media coverage

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