JAIPUR: With the Union human resource development ministry approval,
the path has been cleared for the setting up of three more Indian
Institutes of Technology (IITs) -- in Rajasthan, Bihar and Andhra
Pradesh. At present there are seven IITs in the country -- in New
Delhi, Mumbai, Kharagpur, Kanpur, Roorkee, Chennai and Guwahati.
Vasudeo Devnani, minister of state for education, Rajasthan has been
demanding the opening of an IIT for sometime now, as students from
the state qualify in large number in IIT-JEE entrance and the state
has produced number of toppers in the examination.
Rajasthan government is yet to decide where the IIT would be
located, as the state government will have to make available 500 to
600 acres of land for setting up the institute. The chances are that
it would be set up either in Jaipur or Kota.
