THE REMIT OF THE COMMITTEE
 

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION & CULTURE (DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION)

Subject: Appointment of reviewing Committee to review the working of the Indian Institutes of Technology at Kharagpur, Bombay, Madras, Kanpur and Delhi.

The Visitor of the Indian Institutes of Technology at Kharagpur, Bombay, Madras, Kanpur and Delhi in accordance with Sub-Section 9 of the Institutes of Technology Act empowering him to appoint a Committee to review the work and progress of the IITs has appointed a Reviewing Committee for all the five IITs with the following terms of reference:

(a) to review the present progress of the Institutes of Technology in fulfilment of its broad objectives as a centre of advanced studies and research in science, engineering and technology.

(b) to examine how far the Institutes have interacted with other technical Institutes with particular reference to courses of study, programmes of research and faculty development.

(c) to assess the overall impact of the Institutes on the training of high grade engineers for the technological development of the country.

(d) to recommend the lines along which the five Institutes should be further developed for advanced studies and research taking into account the developments that have taken place or projected at the other Institutes of Technology and the Indian Institute of Science, and

(e) to report on any other aspects that are relevant to overall functioning of the Institutes.

Sd/- (S. Vedantham) Deputy Educational Adviser(Tech.) Government of India No. F. 10-9/82-T.6 Dated: 11-5-1983

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