Bill clearing six IITs gets RS approval

The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday approved the Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2016, which was passed by the Lok Sabha earlier.

As a result, new IITs will soon come up in Jammu, Tirupati, Palakkad (Kerala), Goa, Dharwad (Karnataka) and Bhilai (Chhattisgarh).

Replying to a debate on the bill, HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said IITs are centres of excellence and would continue to remain so. “We will not allow anything that will lower their standards. Actually we all should try to improve them further and make them really world class institutes. Therefore quality is absolutely important.”