IIMs and IITs to go by Centre’s Decision

New Delhi: Putting the ball in the Human Resources (HRD) Ministry’s court, IIMs and IITs said they would go by the directive of the Government on providing 27 per cent reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs).

These institutions were reacting to the SC order staying the law extending 27 per cent reservation for OBCs. “Now the Common Admission Test (CAT) group will meet soon and decide regarding the OBC quota on the basis of the communication received” from the HRD Ministry, IIM – Ahmedabad Director Bakul Dholakia told reporters. Voicing similar views, Directors of IIM – Kolkata and IIT – Kharagpur Shekhar Choudhury and S.K.Dubey respectively told that they would go by the Centre’s decision on the reservation issue. IIT – Guwahati Director Gautam Barua said his institution would await the final verdict of the apex court to decide its future course of action.

The IIM-A had decided to increase the seats in a span three years to complete the 27 per cent quota. Dholakia said that it wanted to increase six per cent seats this year in the first phase based on the order of the HRD Ministry.

IIMs and IITs to go by Centre’s Decision