(NEWS) India's first 'women-IIT' to come up in Maharashtra
NEWS
: India's first 'women-IIT' to come up in
Maharashtra
Even as discussions are being held about launching new Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and increasing the number of seats in the existing ones, a move is afoot to set up India’s first all-women engineering and technology-oriented institute in Amravati, president Pratibha Patil's hometown in Maharashtra.
As per sources, the human resource development (HRD) ministry has sent a proposal to this effect to the prime minister's office (PMO) via the planning commission and that the PMO, at whose behest the HRD ministry moved the matter, is all set to clear it once the plan panel grants its approval.
he suggestion to start India's first all-women IIT at Amravati near Nagpur in Vidarbha had in fact been mooted by Saint Gadgebaba University vice-chancellor Kamal Singh. Patil followed it up when she became the country's first woman president last July.
According to sources, Patil is concerned about fewer girl students making it to the IITs, personally talked to prime minister Manmohan Singh and HRD minister Arjun Singh about the proposal, which apparently led to the speedy progress in the matter.
Courtesy : www.indianeducationobserver.com
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