Friday, July 14, 2006

10 Acres, 250 Crores, 2500 students


... IIT-Kharagpur plans a new campus in/near Kolkata. In other news, its convocation is scheduled for tomorrow, conferring degrees to 1370 students, inclusing 84 PhD, 11 MS and 452 M Tech degrees.

The Convocation Address will be delivered by ... HRD Minister Arjun Singh!

3 Comments:

  1. Anonymous said...

    According to you, is it good or bad (the expansion)?

  2. Anonymous said...

    Now that's a commencement speech you would want to miss.

  3. Abi said...

    Subrahmanya: It's neither good nor bad. I noticed that with 10 acres, IIT-KGP is able to plan a campus for 2500 students. Their competence in utilizing space so optimally will come in handy for those institutions that complain about lack of space (for expansion) despite being located in large campuses worth hundreds of acres.

    Patrix: I'm sure IIT-KGP graduates would echo your views.