Crankshafted
- IIT Bombay and IIT Madras wanted to set up satellite campuses that would have added up to 10,000 seats
- Gujarat was ready to allocate 300 acres of land, also chip in with financial support for the Rs 600 crore project
- The HRD ministry shot down plans on the grounds that setting up satellite campuses was the prerogative of the central government
- Gujarat and Kerala are the main losers
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- The board of governors of IIT Bombay approved the satellite campus.
- The Gujarat government agreed to arrange 300 acres of land to set up the satellite campus.
- The state gave an undertaking that it would also get local industry to support the venture.
- The whole project would cost an estimated Rs 600 crore. The funding would come from the central and state governments. Business houses would also chip in.
- The academic year could begin from this year with classes being held at a temporary location.
Outlook
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