From correspondents in Himachal Pradesh, India, 10:00 PM IST
The first session of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), which will be set up in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district, will start this year, Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal Tuesday said.
'From this session, the IIT would start holding classes,' Dhumal told reporters at Dharamsala.
He said the central government had sent a communication to the state government in this regard.
'We (the state government) have received an official intimation from the human resource development ministry regarding starting the classes,' he said.
'The government will provide all facilities to start an IIT at a temporary location till necessary infrastructure has been created,' he said.
The government has already identified a piece of land at Kamand village near Mandi town for setting up the institute.
The IIT would admit students in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and computer science and engineering streams. The central government has sanctioned 40 seats in each stream.
Initially, IIT-Roorkee director S.C. Saxena has been given the additional charge of IIT-Mandi.
The decision to establish an IIT in Himachal was announced by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram while addressing a rally in Shimla on Oct 2, 2007. He also announced the opening of a central university in the hill state.
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Its sad that we haven't realized da reasons for creation of IITs. Sadly IITs are jst grounds to create professionals now. They were made wid an aim to be pioneer research institutes. I dont thnk IITs have succeeded in this. Instead of creating new IITs goverment should spend money on research in dese already existing IIT's I feel India n world will gain more. By creating more IITs we have even destroyed image of existing IITs. IITs are not getting quality students now due to increase in no of seats n all. Instead govt should work on creating self employment India dnt need more engineers per year it needs skills in other untouched sectors. With dese many seats every middle class person wants his child to be an IITian destroying interest as well as talent of young buds. India is developing its true but its the story of great Indian middle class where are the poors wats dere for dem. Still hunger, sufferings and many times as child labour and beggars.
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