Is Brand IIT losing its sheen

Updated : May 7, 2013

What is taking the sheen off India's best engineering brand - IITs

All is not well with the IITs, the country's finest technical education chain to which millions of youngsters have aspired since the 1950s. Hasty expansion, faculty shortage and falling student standards are taking the sheen off India's best engineering brand.

Updated : May 2, 2013

Kota retains its charm as the top coaching destination for the IIT

More than one lakh students come to Kota, the mecca of IIT coaching, every year.  The lure of some coaching centres is such that students even have to take an entrance test to join these institutes.

Bhaskar Ramamurthi, Director of IIT Madras (Photo: Nilotpal Baruah)

Updated : Apr 24, 2013

Q&A: IIT Madras director on entrance tests

Bhaskar Ramamurthi, the Director of IIT Madras, has brought in a new energy to his alma mater, inspiring more research and entrepreneurship. In a candid, 70-minute conversation with Business Today's Goutam Das, Ramamurthi spoke about the quality of students, the new Joint Entrance Examination (JEE), coaching and its ill effects, and the strategic direction the IITs must take in the future.

Is Brand IIT losing its sheen

What is taking the sheen off India's best engineering brand - IITs

Kota retains its charm as the top coaching destination for the IIT

Q&A: IIT Madras director on entrance tests

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