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a) Planning Commission approves the IT-BHU conversion file
Dated Nov 20, 2009
On Nov 17, Planning Commission dispatched the IT-BHU conversion file with its approval and recommendation to HRD Ministry.
Earlier, the group of students (*) met the Secretary of Planning Commission and requested him to expedite the matter. The Secretary gave the assurance. Later, the same students could meet Hon'ble Minister Kapil Sibal in his residence (14th Nov). The Minister received them well and discussed the matter. He reassured them that this will be done but could not commit whether it could be done in this session. However he mentioned that he would look into it.
(*) Gaurav Garg (Metallurgy IV year), Harmanpreet Singh (Electronics II year), Vidhya (Engineering Physics II year) and Alok Kumar, M. Tech. (5-year Integrated Part IV)
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b) The agenda for Winter Session of Parliament includes introduction of The Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2009.
This information is provided by PRS Legislative Research on its website, www.prsindia.org. It is listed under “Bills Listed for Introduction”.
It can also be viewed in the attached PDF file (the Bill is highlighted on page 3)
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c) Following news was posted in Amar Ujala (Hindi) newspaper on Nov 26:
Website: http://www.amarujala.com/today/default.asp
The English translation is as follows:
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“BHUIT will soon get IIT status
New Delhi: The road for BHUIT to get IIT status is clear now. It is hoped that in next 2-3 months, our country will get 16th IIT and UP will get 2nd IIT. Minister of State for HRD Ministry, D. Purandeswari informed Parliament on Wednesday. In March 2008, the then HRD Minister, Mr. Arjun Singh announced conversion of Institute of Technology, BHU to IIT.
Prof. S. N. Upadhyaya, Director of BHUIT offered mixed reaction to the promise by Minister of State for quickly resolving this issue, which was hanging for one and half years. Although he expressed satisfaction that govt. finally recognized BHUIT, he also expressed doubt that the issue may go to cold storage again. He suggested that govt. should take this on priority basis, by announcing it after getting approval from cabinet. If this happens before Joint Entrance exam (IIT-JEE), then name of BHUIT will be also published in IIT-JEE brochure. This will enable bright students to join the institute and the institute will get all facilities. It is well-known that ITBHU stands 8th among older technical institutes. After opening of new IITs, there was doubt about the institute falling behind; for that faculty, alumni and students have started a campaign.”
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d) Minster affirms conversion of IT-BHU to IIT
http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/psearch/QResult15.aspx?qref=76562
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