Centre rules out plan to rename IITs after great leaders of respective states

Minister of State for Education Subhas Sarkar said this in response to a written question in the Lok Sabha. 

The Ministry of Education on Monday ruled out any proposal for renaming the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) after great leaders of the states wherein they are situated. Minister of State for Education Subhas Sarkar provided the information in response to a written question in the Lok Sabha. 

He said, “The government has no proposal for amending the names of the premiere engineering institutes after great leaders of the states wherein they are situated.” 

‘No proposal from public-funded varsities to set up overseas campuses’ 

The Ministry of Education also said there was no proposal under its consideration from public-funded universities to set up campuses abroad. 

Pradhan was replying to a question in Lok Sabha about whether Delhi University and several other similar public-funded universities propose to set up their campuses abroad. 

“As of now no such proposal is under consideration in the Ministry of Education. All the central universities, including the University of Delhi, are statutory autonomous organisation established under an Act of Parliament and governed by their respective Act and the statutes and the ordinances made there-under,” Pradhan said.  

He also said, “National Education Policy (NEP) does not envisage a one-year engineering programme in Indian languages. However, NEP has made recommendations for use of mother tongue and local language as a medium of instruction and offer programmes bilingually in the higher education system.” 

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