IIT officials visit Kargil, explore feasibility of establishing engg college in district

The team comprising directors of IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay and IIT Kanpur interact with officials and students to explore the fellowship opportunities for students of Ladakh.

A high-level team of IIT directors visited Kargil to examine the feasibility of establishing an engineering college in Kargil, Ladakh, officials said. The team comprised directors of IIT Delhi, Prof V Ramgopal Rao, IIT Bombay Prof Subhasis Chaudhuri and IIT Kanpur Prof Abhay Karandikar. The team interacted with officials and students to explore the fellowship opportunities for students of the Union Territory in various IITs also, the spokesman said.  

Rao said Ladakh Lt Governor RK Mathur during his recent visit to the IIT Delhi discussed the possibility of setting up an engineering college in Kargil.  

“The purpose of the visit is to know the ground reality about the feasibility for establishment of an engineering college in the district and to assess the students’ interest in the field of engineering,” he said. 

Prof M Balakrishnan of the Computer Science and Engineering Department of the IIT Delhi spoke about challenges being faced by students in remote areas and stressed that students should go outside for studies to gain exposure and more opportunities. While responding to the questions of the students, the IIT Bombay director spoke about different branches of engineering and career prospects therein. 

Prof Karandikar spoke about the annual fellowship programme in IITs, incubation and innovation programme and internship with the IITs for the students of Ladakh. Later, the team of directors also visited the Government Degree College, Kargil, where the vice principal apprised them of the overall functioning and different courses being imparted at the college. 

He said about 2,000 students are presently enrolled in the college while 30 permanent and 23 contractual teaching assistants are rendering their teaching services in the college. The team interacted with the students of the college and also of the Government Polytechnic College, Kargil, and informed them about various aspects of the fellowship component, the officials said. 

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