Six Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) got new directors on Thursday, according to sources in the Education Ministry.
While Mr Manindra Agrawal has been appointed as the director of IIT-Kanpur, Mr Devendra Jalihal of IIT-Madras has been appointed as the director of IIT-Guwahati, they said.
Mr Agrawal was a professor at IIT-Kanpur's Department of Computer Science and Engineering.
"Mr Avinash Kumar Agarwal, professor at IIT-Kanpur's Department of Mechanical Engineering, has been appointed as the director of IIT-Jodhpur," a source said.
"Mr Sukumar Mishra has been appointed as the director of IIT-Dhanbad while Mr DS Katti will be the new head of IIT-Goa," the source added. Mr Amit Patra has been appointed as the director of IIT-BHU.
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