Admissions in IITs: Are we Autonomous? Atul K. Mittal Professor Department of Civil Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

How we reached here..?

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 SENATESMAJORITY VIEWS

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 DelhiCouncil Resolutions (28 May 2012) Remark Issue Current Practice to Continue in 2013 YesNo, Change from 2013 IIT views not upheld Use Main Exam as a Screening Test YesNOMain Exam 50% + Board Marks 50% Who conducts the Advance Examination IITs, YesNo, CBSEOnly academic control with IITD Mechanism of Overall Inclusion of Board Performance Cut-off50% Board Screening No IIT said 50% Council agrees Type of Examination Subjective MCQReform? 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 NoYes Not Clear Yes (5/7) Use Main Exam as a Screening Test Yes Yes (6/7) IITs to conduct own Advance Test Yes No Comme nt YesYes (6/7) Board Performance to be Added in Final JEE Ranking of IITs No YesNoNo (6/7) Mechanism of Overall Inclusion of Board Performance Cut off Screenin g Cut offNot 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 YesNOCondition 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)NoCBSE to conduct with academic control with IITs Board Performance to be Added in Final JEE Ranking of IITs 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.”