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IIT Directors (From left), Gautam Barua (Guwahati), Surendra Prasad (Delhi) and SC Saxena (Roorkie), among others, at a press conference in New Delhi on April 16.
The Indian Institutes of Technology in September, the National Institutes of Technology, Benaras Hindu University in India School of Mines, Dhanbad, recognize students for a joint examination (JEE) for various courses of study in engineering implementation have decided 27% OBC reservation in a phased plan.
This was decided at a meeting of the Joint Committee on the Admission of the JEE, IIT Delhi on 16 April. Representatives of the seven IITs, an official of the Ministry of Human Resources Development and representatives of the NITs, BHU ISM and participated in the meeting.
“From the next academic session, seven IITs OBC, women and men. This year, we reserve 9 per cent for OBCs and the full 27 per cent rate will be achieved by 2010,” said Professor Surendra Prasad, director, IIT Delhi. In addition, he said, three new IITs, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan admit 120 students each.
They are 27 percent of bookings of this year, he said. On the whole, the number of seats for IITs, NITs, BHU would ISM, and 880 to 520 because the reservation, and 360 in the three new IITs.
“About the layer of cream, we are going by the instructions of the Government of India. Income of the family is the criterion. CBO Students are asked to submit a certificate at the time of consultation, she said are not part the creamy layer, “said Prasad.
The entry IIT Joint Board brings deserves two lists, one for the general category and OBC for a candidate, he said. Results will be announced in the calendar. SC Saxena, director of the IIT Roorkee, said: “The IITs student home increases by 54 percent over 27, as a percentage of reservation of the academic session 2010. Undergraduate two and postgraduate courses OBC candidates are in conformity with the law want. ”
Gautam Barua, director of the IIT Guwahati, the directives of the Supreme Court, be used to exclude the layer of cream. “The CBO cut-off mark for the category of students, 90 percent of cut-off from the general category of students in JEE,” said Prasad.
ITI Directors said they have not been a decline in the quality of education through the implementation of the reservation. But they fear if on teachers, the increase in shooting. At IIT Delhi, for example, there are 556 faculty positions, only 420 of which are occupied. After Prasad, 856 members of the Faculty is required if 27 per cent reservation is implemented. The situation in other IITs is similar.
The directors expressed their concern about the salaries and equipment for the members of the faculty, they thought, should be substantially improved.