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  • Sibal: New IITs not doing well due to state apathy.

    The new Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) are not doing too well because of the poor infrastructure available, said Union human resource development minister, Mr Kapil Sibal, on Tuesday.

    Accusing the state governments of apathy in allocating the required land for these institutions, Mr Sibal said, “These new IITs are
    functioning in temporary campuses and are unable to attract new faculty members. We need commitment from state governments for at least 500 acres of land without any liabilities attached.” In 2008, new IITs were announced in Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Gujarat, Punjab, Bihar, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh.

    Though land has been allotted for IIT-Hyderabad,
    the minister said buildings and other infrastructure are not yet in place.

    Mr Sibal was in Hyderabad to attend a four-day Geospatial World Forum 2011, which began here on Tuesday. Mr Sibal said the National Geospatial Data Authority Bill could be tabled in Parliament. The Bill would create an independent regulator to oversee licensing and distribution of geospatial information that is used for mapping.

    Source : DC

  • Stipend for engineering, science students hiked by 33percent

    New Delhi: In a move that comes as good news for research scholars across the country, the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has decided to hike the monthly stipend of students in the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and other central science and engineering schools by 33 percent.

    The decision that was communicated by the ministry to all institutions will ensure that pursuing postgraduate studies and research in sciences and engineering will become more lucrative for students.

    Not only students from the IITs, but also from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, the Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs), the National Institutes of Technology (NITs) and the Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) will be benefited by the massive hike.

    According to the letter sent to the HRD ministry to the Directors of the institutions, the revision in the stipend rate will also be applicable to other government and government aided institutions that are funded by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) as well as the University Grants Commission (UGC).

    Students who graduated from undergraduate B.Tech programmes at the IITs with a cumulative grade point average of above 8 and those who clear the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) had earlier received Rs.12,000 per month during their PG research..

    This stipend had now been increased to Rs.16,000. Also, PG degree holders in basic sciences and students who have qualified in the National Eligibility Test (NET) will now be given Rs.18,000 a month till their fifth year of Ph.D. research.

    Students who already have hold PG degrees in engineering will also receive Rs.18,000 a month for the first two years of research and Rs.20,000 a month for the next two years.

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