Iit Entrance Test Row

• Kapil Sibal skips key meeting with IIT directors

  A revolt by the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) against the new exam formula fixed by Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal, to decide who gets into India's most prestigious engineering colleges, was discussed threadbare today at a meeting of the IIT Council.

• Entrance test row: IIT Directors discuss compromise formula proposed by Kapil Sibal

  It's a compromise formula devised by Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal ahead of a crucial meeting of the IIT Council on June 27 on the new entrance format for the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).

• IIT Directors to meet today over entrance test row

  In the backdrop of raging row over government proposal for single entrance test, IIT Directors will meet in Delhi today to chalk out a plan of action amid indications that some more of the elite institutions could follow Delhi and Kanpur in rejecting it. The meeting of the IIT Joint Admission Board, comprising Directors of these institutions, is t...

• IIT Kanpur, Delhi to hold own entrance exam; Bombay, Kharagpur likely to revolt too

  Following the footsteps of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, the Senate body of IIT Delhi has rejected the proposal of the new entrance format for the IITs by the Human Resource Development (HRD) minister Kapil Sibal. The Senate, comprising of 200 faculty members, unanimously rejected the proposal announced by Mr Sibal on May 28.

• What IIT means to me: A 16-year-old's take

  " I look forward to the challenge of the new entrance system; whatever the conclusion, I will take it in my stride."

• IIT entrance exam row: Breakthrough soon?

  After an acrimonious fight between the Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry and the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) over the new 'one nation, one test' entrance format for all centrally-funded engineering colleges, there are indications of a breakthrough.

• IIT faculty federation to meet Prime Minister today; seek rollback of common entrance test

  The row over the new entrance format for all centrally-funded engineering colleges proposed by Human Resource and Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal, has now reached the Prime Minister's office.

• Entrance exam row: After IIT Kanpur, Delhi likely to follow suit

  The government's 'one nation, one test' format for admission into the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) is raising many voices of dissent. The decision of the IIT Kanpur Senate on Friday to conduct its own entrance examination in 2013 has taken the fight between the nation's premier engineering institutions and the Human Resource Development (...

• Entrance exam row: IITians' letter to PM

  The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Alumni of Delhi has written to the Prime Minister asking for his intervention on the IIT entrance row. The association has already threatened to take Union HRD minister Kapil Sibal to court, saying his decision for a new entrance format is weak as per the IIT Act.

• IIT entrance test row likely to dominate state education ministers' meet today

  The debate over the new entrance format for the IITs is likely to rock the state education ministers meet to be held in the capital today. The meeting will be chaired by Human Resources and Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal.