IITs have rightfully started asserting their autonomy
On the close heels of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, the senate of IIT-Delhi on June 21 unanimously resolved to hold a separate entrance examination from 2013 for admission to its various undergraduate engineering programmes.
IIT-DELHI, while asserting its autonomy, has rejected the government’s proposal stressing similarity and uniformity that undermines their institutional self-governance. The 200-member senate of IIT-Delhi has decided to set up a committee to review and propose changes in the current entrance examination.
The historic decision of IIT-Delhi Senate has been hailed by its Alumni Association, and is being seen as the rightful assertion of the institutional autonomy against Sibal's autocratic and manipulative attitude to bulldoze the premier institution of the country.
Many academicians feel that undermining the autonomy of IITs will undo their global reputation. The institutional quality of IITs is in their being self-governing institutions and their autonomy in the form of the right to self-governance needs to be preserved. Hopefully, our HRD minister will learn a lesson or two from the incidents in IITs at Kanpur and Delhi.
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