tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post185184622960469445..comments2024-03-20T13:10:11.477+05:30Comments on nanopolitan: Budget highlights for higher educationAbihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06790560045313883673noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-34742877695492650952007-03-01T22:17:00.000+05:302007-03-01T22:17:00.000+05:30Another skewed budget from education standpoint. 7...Another skewed budget from education standpoint. 7 IITs get 1553.7 crores. AICTE (including the 17 NITs and a whole host of other technical colleges) have 1126.5 crores. <BR/><BR/>Agreed that best institutes should get the maximum funding; but when you consider that a LARGE part of technical manpower serving the nation comes from institutions other than the "best" and that there is a fairly large number of students as good as the "best" (or almost as good) who necer make it to IITs due to the cut throat competition, lack of access to tutorials etc. I really wonder whether it is justified to artificially keep increasing the gap between IITs and the rest.<BR/><BR/>By the way, I hear that the seat increase isnt just for IITs; other colleges (NITs and other central institutes) will also have a 54% increase over 3 years. Therefore if IITs need added funds for increasing seats, so do other colleges.Pratik Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12991612512085384857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-57716745141664955372007-03-01T20:45:00.000+05:302007-03-01T20:45:00.000+05:30Pradeep: Thanks for that link. I missed that news ...Pradeep: Thanks for that link. I missed that news when it came out last December.<BR/><BR/>Anon: Yechuri is wrong to claim that no money has gone to IISc (and other places). After the (surprise) budget announcements, the concerned institutions must seek the money by sending their expenditure proposals, and the government is committed to giving them that money. I don't know about Madras, Bombay and Calcutta Universities; IISc is currently implementing the plans funded by the 100 crore grant announced two years ago.Abihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06790560045313883673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-85294115264316864132007-03-01T15:18:00.000+05:302007-03-01T15:18:00.000+05:30The cool Sitaram Yechuri said yesterday in some in...The cool Sitaram Yechuri said yesterday in some interview that inspite of the announcements about 100 crores to IISc, 50 crores each to Madras and Calcutta Universities, these places have not yet received anything... Point to ponder about. Pledging is not same as delivering.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-8268411014557936712007-03-01T11:57:00.000+05:302007-03-01T11:57:00.000+05:30This is the info I got on IISERs-new ones are at M...This is the info I got on IISERs-new ones are at Mohali, Bhopal and Thiruvananthapuram<BR/><BR/>http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=22739pradeepkumar pihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00288528678251357568noreply@blogger.com