NIT's students can complete final year from IIT's

Students of Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT) along with other NITs in the country may soon have the opportunity to complete their final year in Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) after its board of directors decided to permit NIT students to complete their final year in the IITs.

However, the degree would be awarded by the NIT the students hail from.

The proposal has been placed before the meeting of the standing committee headed by HRD minister M M Pallam Raju on Monday.

"Students will be selected on the basis of their academic performance in the past three years. This will be on the basis of recommendations from the teachers who will evaluate their research potential and understating of the discipline besides academic excellence," Kuttan said.

Once identified, the students will be admitted to an IIT and will complete their B Tech degree. Students of all branches will have the benefit from the move, he said.

The Kakodkar report recommends that the IITs should aim to take in 2,500 doctorate-seekers every year. The bigger idea is to scale up the count of PhD students from less than 1,000 per year now to 10,000 by 2020-'25.

Welcoming the move, students of MANIT said it will be a big opportunity for the bright students.