Admissions in IITs: Are we Autonomous?

Atul K. Mittal

Professor Department of Civil Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

How we reached here..?

• Letter written to HRM on 15 March 2012

• Meeting with the HRM on 11 April 2012

• Senates of IITB/D/G/K/Kgp/M/R meet during 25 April – 06 May, 2012

• IIT Delhi Senate met on 2 May 2012.

How we reached here: contd…

• Views/resolutions of all the Senates communicated to the MHRD

• AIIITFF also collates the minutes of all the Senates and writes to the HRM to UPHELD THE MAJORITY VIEWS OF THE IIT SENATES

IIT –NIT Council Meets on 28 May 2012

• Federation representatives invited but asked to meet in the end

• Screening: 50% Board + 50% Main Exam.• Main Exam + Advance on the same day• All students (12 Lakh..) to take both exams• CBSE or similar body to conduct both exam• IITs to provide support/control for paper

setting and evaluation etc

IIT - NIT Council 28 May 2012: contd.

• Many constrains imposed by the IIT Council

• IITs control more on paper less in practice

• Dissent of federation representatives not recorded

IIT Senate/IIT Council>

IIT Delhi Council Resolutions (28 May 2012)

RemarkIssue

Current Practice to Continue in 2013

Yes No, Change from 2013

IIT views not upheld

Use Main Exam as a Screening Test

Yes NO Main Exam 50% + Board Marks 50%

Who conducts the Advance Examination

IITs, Yes No, CBSE Only academic control with IITD

Mechanism of Overall Inclusion of Board Performance

Cut-off 50% Board Screening

No IIT said 50%Council agrees

Type of Examination Subjective MCQ Reform?

IIT Delhi Senate Vs IIT Council

Why is IIT Faculty upset?

Broader issue of IIT autonomy• Sole authority lies with Senates: Changes should be

bottom up rather than top down

• More or less came as ‘diktat’ from IIT council

• When pointed out, HRM says IIT Council..IIT

Council…IIT Council ………………∞

Autonomy issue

• Majority Senate views disregarded by IIT Council

• IITs to follow NIT type of scheme after 2015; Gross violation of views of IITs

• Not allowed for matter to be referred back to Senates

Possible solutions

• Nothing less than IIT Delhi Senates Resolution which is also in toto acceptable to IIT K and IIT B. IITR and IIT Kgp to follow.

• Or IIT Delhi conducts its own JEE in coordination with like minded IITs

Thank You

Presentation possible with inputs from colleagues at IIT Delhi and other IITs

The IITs Senate views must form the basis for the final formulation of the admission processes. It is shocking to see that till today the Senates views have not even been invited in this regard.

IIT>

IIT Bombay

IIT Delhi

IIT Madras

IIT Kanpur

IIT Kharagpur

IIT Guwahati

IIT Roorkee

Majority View

Issue

Current Practice to Continue in 2013

Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Not Clear

Yes (5/7)

Use Main Exam as a Screening Test

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes (6/7)

IITs to conduct own Advance Test

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Comment

Yes Yes (6/7)

Board Performance to be Added in Final JEE Ranking of IITs

No No No No No Yes No No (6/7)

Mechanism of Overall Inclusion of Board Performance

Cut off Cut off

Screening

Cut off Not Clear Not Clear Screening Majority view for cut-off

Senate/Council> Majority IIT Views

Council Resolutions (14 May 2012)

Remark

Issue

Current Practice to Continue in 2013

Yes (5/7) Change from 2013

Majority views not upheld

Use National Common Exam as a Screening Test from 2014

Yes NO Condition of same day and all the candidates

IITs to Conduct its own Test to Select Candidates from the Screened List from the National Test

Yes (6/7) No CBSE to conduct with academic control with IITs

Board Performance to be Added in Final JEE Ranking of IITs

No No Council agrees

Mechanism of Overall Inclusion of Board Performance

Cut off (4/7) 50% weightage of board

No IIT said 50%

IIT Delhi Senate Resolution(02 May 2012)

• “As such any changes in admission system to CFTIs including IITs should be implemented only from 2014”.

• “Class XII marks should be considered only as a qualifying criteria (in percentile form).”

• “…….the merit list of main examination will be eligible to appear in a subjective type (non MCQ type) advanced examination

• “The responsibility of conducting this examination will rest solely with IITs like the present IIT JEE.”