Addressing the meeting of council of NITs, Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research at Warangal, Irani said less than two per cent of seats remained vacant after five rounds of counselling.
Irani emphasized that each NITs/IISERs should be an island of excellence in innovation, design, and research in specific areas to collaborate and grow together.
The Council deliberated on the proposal to have 'one exam, one rank, one counselling' for all institutes of national importance, and also on the proposal to do away with 40 per cent weightage for the Board exam. Since there are other stakeholders who need to be consulted, it was decided to constitute a core committee examine and recommend suitable course of action.
The Council adopted a funding mechanism under which government will appreciably enhance investments in capital assets, labs, equipment and research, leaving the bulk of running expenses to be recovered through student fee. The increased fee would be met 100 per cent by student - loans at zero per cent rate of interest. This will help in building NITs into robust institutions, Irani said.
HRD minister expressed her concern that there have been growing incidences of depression among the students due to non performance in studies. Therefore, NITs, IISERs, and IIEST should adopt 'student centric approach', she said. A scheme of 'Hand Holding' of students who are weak in studies will be implemented in institutions. A mentor student will be designated to take care of such students. The mentor students will be provided financial incentives which will be supported by HRD ministry to concerned NIT.
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