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IIT plan to set up satellite campus in Guj hits snag
IIT plan to set up satellite campus in Guj hits snag
IIT-Mumbais plan to start a satellite campus in Gujarat, which could have gradually become a full-fledged IIT, IIT-Mumbais plan to start a satellite campus in Gujarat, which could have gradually become a full-fledged IIT, may not take place early.. Reason: Centres approval was not taken.
But the political subtext, according to sources, is that a Congress-ruled centre would not offer an IIT to BJP-ruled Gujarat under Narendra Modi.
The fact that Gujarat also goes to election by the end of next year would mean that Centre would not like the state government to showcase IIT as an achievement.
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