IIT faculty to meet PM over common test row

June 13, 2012 20:16

Leaders of the All India IIT Faculty Federation, who are on the warpath over the Centre's 'one-nation one-test' proposal for admission in IITs and other centrally-funded engineering institutes, will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday.

"Prime Minster's Office has responded to our request. We will meet PMO officials tomorrow and the prime minister on Friday," a top official of AIIITFF said.

The Delhi Alumni Association, which has threatened to move court against the Centre's proposal, said that it is a "very positive development" and expressed hope that something would come out in the meeting to protect the IITs' independent academic entity.

They have also sought a separate audience with the prime minister.

The meeting assumes significance in the wake of HRD Minister Kapil Sibal virtually ruling out going back on the Centre's new proposal.

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