“Here in the place of that Hijli Detention Camp stands the fine monument of India, representing India's urges, India's future in the making. This picture seems to me symbolical of the changes that are coming to India.”- It was the address of the Jawaharlal Nehru to the first batch of graduates in the valedictory function of Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur in the year 1956. From this statement, one can imagine the role and importance of Indian Institute of Technologies in shaping the great minds of India. According to the survey of The Times Higher Education Supplement, IITs are at the 57th position in world's top 200 universities and 33rd in top global science institutes. Most of Modern India’s intellectual who’s who had their education from IITs. Some of the prominent alumni are N.R. Narayana Murthy, Rajendra S. Pawar, Mani Lal Bhaumik(inventor of LASIK eye surgery), Arun Sarin, Vinod Khosla, Arogyaswami Paulraj and Manohar Parrikar. Recommendation of a 22-member committee chaired by Nalini Ranjan Sarkar to Sir Jogendra Singh in the direction of creating technical institutes in India for the reconstruction of war devasted economy was the founding stone behind the establishment of IITs. The first IIT was established in Kharagpur in the year 1950. Consequently, according to the recommendations of Sarkar committee four more IITs were established at Mumbai, Chennai, Kanpur and Delhi. Giving respect to Assam Accord, Rajiv Gandhi promised an IIT in Assam which started its operation in 1994. Now total number of IITs in India is 15. all of them are autonomous institutes and Institutes of National Importance as per the declaration of Indian parliament. IITs offer undergraduate, graduate and research studies in different branches of science and technology. Total number of undergraduate students perusing their courses in different IITs is around 15,500 while the same number for graduate courses is 12,000. For undergraduate studies, a student has to qualify a Joint Entrance examination. To take admission in graduate courses, the applicants have to clear the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering. Best Indian Institutes of Technology in India : The best Indian Institutes of Technology in India are as follows which are also termed as Indian National Institutes of Importance by the Indian Parliament. - Indian Institute of Technology - IIT Kanpur , Uttar pradesh - Indian Institute of Technology - IIT Delhi - Indian Institute of Technology - IIT Mumbai , Maharashtra - Indian Institute of Technology - IIT Chennai , Tamilnadu - Indian Institute of Technology - IIT Kharagpur , West Bengal - Indian Institute of Technology - IIT Roorkee , Uttrakhand - Indian Institute of Technology - IIT Guwahati , Assam - Indian Institute of Technology - IIT Hyderabad , Andhra Pradesh - Indian Institute of Technology - IIT Patna , Bihar - Indian Institute of Technology - IIT Gandhinagar , Gujarat The Following Colleges which are being reviewed for granting IIT position are : Cochin University of science and Technology Bengal Engineering College Andhra University college of Engineering Aligarh Muslim University Banaras Hindu University ( IT- BHU )
these are the golden institutes of india where students once moulded come out to be one of the finest of the all in the nation. all institutes in india should compete to enable such quality education so that all the students get uniform education. indian institutes of tech are famous all over the world for their quality education and so students from abroad also apply for them.
well there is no wonder that IIT are the best but as compared to increase in no. of growing students the seats are very less .the govt. should increase the no. of IIT level institutes.
