The Indian Institutes of Technology, such as IIT Delhi , are world-renowned for the quality of their students and faculty members. But India’s Auditor General has expressed concerns about some of the newest institutions.There probably isn’t a country in the world that isn’t looking to build or expand billion-dollar tech corporations. The United States and China dominate the landscape of ‘unicorns’, privately owned technology start-ups valued at US$1 billion or more.
These IITs are criticized for not meeting targets for research and faculty- and student-recruitment. All have been hit by infrastructure delays, and in some cases students leave after enrolling. This is deeply concerning, not only for the institutions themselves, but for the richly deserved global reputation of the IIT system as a whole. Together, the national and state governments and the IITs must turn things around — and quickly.
Some graduates will no doubt want to follow in the footsteps of alumni such as Twitter chief executive Parag Agrawal, Google chief executive Sundar Pichai and IBM chief executive Arvind Krishna. But the overwhelming majority are building and working in companies at home.
In addition, the report says that all of the IITs assessed are experiencing delays to infrastructure, with construction of new buildings delayed in seven of the eight. Perhaps not surprisingly, students have not been coming. Only around one-third of an expected 19,000 students were admitted over the first 6 years of their operation.
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