No More IITs Petition - Comments 3200 to 3500

3209.Arvind Varadhan-USA
I completely endorse the view to preserve the IIT brand name

3217.Abhijit Mandal -U K
Creating a new brand which can compete with the IITs is better than extending the old brand - it is also a sign of courage and confidence

3218.Kalyan - United States
Very good move. Completely support the idea.

3219.sankararao -India
Save IITs; we should not allow the ministers to dilute IITs

3220.Vinkish Garg - India- IITK 2005
The brand of IIT should be preserved at any cost.

3224.Ram Kumar Sharma - USA
I think this plea is legitmate. We should never forget that IITs make INDIA proud and by including more IITs will not only belittle the fame of IITs but also question 50 long years of strong foundation put by IITians all around the globe.

3226.Ajit Nerurkar -USA
I agree with the petition - do NOT compromise the reputation of the IITs
If you want more engineers, create more RECs

3227.Sunil kumar -India
Please preserve the heritage

3231.Ankit Ashok -India
Its really important

3232.Anand Hariharan-India-B.Tech 1991-1995, M.S 1995-1999.
Arjun Singh - Go find a CONSTRUCTIVE way to improve India's education. Renaming colleges will neither impress Sonia Gandhi nor make you a Prime minister.

3233.Ajay-Canada
I Strongly agree but IIT Roorkee should be converted back to University of Roorke. There are guys on this petition from IIT R graduated in 2004 etc. who didn't even take JEE. They don't have any right to say anything in this issue. If University of Roorkee can be converted to IITR then other deserving institutes should be converted to IIT as well, especially when they are better than IITR

3235.Om P. Popli-USA
I fully support and endorse sentiments expressed by several thousands IITians. There is absolutely no doubt that it dilutes the brand name for which so many of us have worked very very hard. It may also impact the alumni generous contributions to several of initial five IIT's. I hope and pray that wisdom prevails with our politicians especially Hon' Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh who is an economist and understands the value of Brand Name. IIT KGP 1960

3238.anchit desai-india
NITs have already been eshtablished.so they can be upgraded to what has been referred toHITs in the petition

3239.Vighnesh Rege -India
I am strongly for the petition and feel that the IIT brand name should not be diluted by turning every other Engg college into an IIT

3241.JOE JOSHUA KOCHITTY -INDIA
ppl who got into the IIT have worked hard not only to get in but to uphold the image and brand of IIT.diluting this image will not only affect the IITs but also have a direct impact on the educatonal image of India

3247.Mohan Cavale -United States
This move will certainly dilute the IIT brand which is currently on par with Harvard MIT and Stanford in the US. Diluting it means making it useless as an identifier for top talent.

3251.Shashank Tilak-India
The Way to bring better equity is not to cut short a big line but to draw new lines longer it is better to have more flowers bloom than wither existing ones - in name of equality

3254.Jaiwardhan Gupta-India-B.Tech IIT M 05
Govt. seriously looks like hell bent on simply destroying one of the few internationally recognized brands that india has

3258.Pankaj Mittal-India
Naming NITs as IIT will not improve any thing but it will certainly spoil the image of IITs.

3259.Amitava Sen -Australia
This is a preposterous idea Name others as Bharat Institute of Tech

3260.Shreyabha - India
I strongly agree ....we nay increase the seats but gifting them with a well known brand sounds absurd

3262.S. Hariharan - USA
Strongly against the re-branding

3263.KUMAR MANISH -INDIA- IIT-R 1997
Out of the 7 proposed deemed IITs, only IT-BHU deserves it. Upgrading the likes of BEC, Jakir Hussain College would be a major dilution of IIT brand.

3265.Subrata Karmakar - Canada
From abroad we realise the glamour of being an IITian. Wish the flags remain waving the same way without any turbulence.

3266.AVIJIT SATOSKAR -INDIA
PLEASE DONT SPOIL ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN INDIAN BRANDS

3267.Prabhat Kumar - Canada
I like this petition

3272.Sutapa Das - Singapore
Naming other 7 institutes as IIT is not only diluting the IIT brand name but it is equally humiliating for those institutes to loss their identities. Let them strive for excellence and who knows tomorrow they may make their own brands through sheer performance. I request people from those institutes should also sign the petition. M.Tech (2004), IIT Madras

3273.Naveen Agrawal -Singapore
IIT took decades to creat this image, No stupid small institutes can't just buy this image just be taking the name. I strongly oppose this. Tell those smaller, unproductive institutes that do your work and higher recruit and admit good students and create your own image.

3274.Jai Singh -USA
Please do not touch the structure of IIT. It has a reputation and class.

3278. Nimesh Priyodit -India
To the govt of India- Please Improve the conditions of NITs before making any further progress in Number of IITs. It's no good!

3281. Dr. Rajeev M. Chemburkar - India
Already a marginal damage is done by expanding IITs from original five to six (BHU), and then to seven (Rourkela). There are many constructive ways in which the honourable minister can help India, rather than engage himself in this self-defeating endevour.

3295.Sadananda Pande - M.Tech 1974 IITB -USA
IITs have and maintained excellent reputation in USA and around the world for many decades. Please keep the original shine of IITs shining for ever and do not add anymore IITs

3303.Neeraj Goyal - India
please save the IITs by not making new IITs, why the leaders of India even don't understand this small point??

3309.Susobhan Ghosh - USA
We have 7 IITs now, it started with one at KGP. With the population growth, India can afford another 5 IITs easily, and still can train another 3000 students with higher standard. Roorkee, BHU, and BE College was three premier engineering school that can be easily upgraded.To begin with Nehru proposed to upgrade B E College to IIT, but Dr. B.C. Roy managed to get a new institution in KGP.

3310.arindam mandal - india
please preserve the brand name created by iit alumni and faculty. it is not a good idea to make seven below standard colleges to iits. it is harmful for the nation, iits and the students of other 7 colleges as well.

3311.Priyanka Jain (Dual Degree - 2004 Batch)-India
Preserve the IIT brand created over a period of 50 years. Dont let it get diluted

3314.A.K.SRAVAT - Thailand - IIT-Roorkee-1984
Please do not dilute the brand equity of IIT. If you want to make more than start completely new.

3318.Satyam Shivam Sundaram - India - B Tech + M Tech - IIT M
Its easy to spolit a brand than to creat another one

3320.Ganesh Maddali -U.S.A.
Diluting the IIT Brand with too many new universities harms the reputation. Keep Politics out of this great institution.

3322.dharmendra kumar - india
please stop govt to make new iit because this will dilute the brand

3332.Kaustubh Bhadbhade-India
In order to upgrade others do not bring down some.

3334.Dr A.G.Ashok-India and USA
Keep up the work fellow IITians and let the country grow

3335.Thatipamula Karthik Kashyap -INDIA
I totally agree with the plea. There is no doubt that India needs more technical institutions but they should not be called as IIT. Diluting the present brand name is not a good idea.

3342.Ajaykumar A. Bhatt - India M.Tech- IITB [1981]
IITs should start a scheme of adopting regional colleges in consultation with the universities with whom they are affiliated, for improving their faculty that may go a long way in enhancing the technical education in India

3349.Tanmoy Chatterjee - India - B.E.S.U,Shibpur( formerly B.E.College) which is the second oldest and one of the best Technical University in India should be granted IIT status. It's high time to do so.

3352.Sumedh Ambokar-India
there is no further need to comment.strongly support the petition.

3359.parakram majumdar -India
An institute's reputation is a result of enduring excellence, not a name change if the IITs made it from scratch, why can't the HITs ? The whole world is watching India keenly, time is right for the HITs to grow.

3363.Vinay Kumar Singh -India
It is the brand name of IIT that matters

3364.Dhammachintak Neel -India
Creating alternative powerful educational brands would only enrich the status of India as an educational powerhouse.

3367.Dvijotham Krishnamurthy - India
I feel that instead of trying to just give other colleges the status of IIT, the government should think about what the problems are in other colleges and try to improve the infrastructure. Once they have reached a certain level, then there is no harm in declaring them IITs. At the same time, the government should also invest more money and time in improving the IITs and making them world class research institutions.

3371.Kumar Gaurav Bijay -India
Agree. Creating multiple IITs can dilute the hard-earned brand-name, something that might jeopardise its own future, as lots of bright students persevere each year to join the IITs for this brand-name in the first place.

3379.Deepak Diwakar -India
I agree and support this petitation taken by Our collegues & seniors.

3391.sanjay meena -india
i agree, this kind of move will dilute IIT's brand value.

3398.Prakhar -India
The Seven IITs must be at the Top. Although, a healthy competition is welcomed.

3401.Anand -India
More IIT's will only serve to dilute the brand value of IIT. It is it's low intake that gives IIT its value.

3410.Ruby Iyer- USA
An IIT is a recognized brand name throughout the world. DO NOT DILUTE IT. It attracts the best of our country. Making a lot more of these will dilute the quality and therefore the credibility

3419. Ravi Venkatesam, IIT Kgp, 1992
India I do not endorse this petition. See http://iamontrac.blogspot.com/ for a different point of view.

3420. Suraj Thulkar India
I suggest the name BIT:Bharatiya Institute of Technology

3431. Shyama Pada Coomar - EE 1976 IIT Kgp Switzerland
In the UK changing the polytechnics to universities was not a great success

3432. Dilip Mishra India
I support the idea to build a new brand and thereby create a healthy competition. GOI has to ensure that the input procedures is not diluted for these national institutes.

3438. Shiladitya Sen INDIA
a problem well stated is a problem half solved No one can hurt us without our consent

3445. Shyamal Basu India You cannot create quality in masses

3451. Indrajeet Thorat (M Tech. IIT Kharagpur) India I totally agree with this petition. To dilute IIT brand would be the worst idea.

3453. Ramakrishnan Krishnan USA
Excellence is nether generic nor common

3454. Pradeep K. Chatterjee, Ph. D. USA
agree whole-heartedly with the petition

3460. Sharmila Mitra Mukhopadhyay USA
Strongly support this petition

3468. Amlan Ganguly India
Please do not dilute the IIT brand The capital of IIT's is in the selection of students Please do not degrade it

3478. Shivendra Singh india
the reasons given in the plea are themselves strong enough to defend the petition.

3487. Dr. Madhusree Kundu India
We should not build sevearl white marble Monument and offer them the brand name "Tajmahal", a tribute to beauty.