Documents Related to Change of Admission Process to IITs in 2013


  1. Multiple ISI Reports were obtained. Please read the first one. You will learn how uncomfortable reports are taken care of.
    1. Original ISI Report
    2. Final ISI Report

  2. Action at IIT Kanpur:
    1. A site with more views and analysis from IIT Kanpur.

    2. The Note of Dissent by IIT Kanpur on the IIT Council decision.   PDF

    3. Minutes and Resolutions of various Senate meetings:
      1. Resolution (in PDF) of Special Senate Meeting held on Jul 28, 2012.
      2. Resolution (in PDF) of Special Senate Meeting held on Jun 8, 2012.
      3. Minutes (in PDF) of Special Senate Meeting held on May 5, 2012.
      4. Minutes (in PDF) of Special Senate Meeting held on Apr 18, 2012.
      5. Minutes (in PDF) of Senate Meeting held on Apr 10, 2012.
        (Only the agenda related to JEE.)
      6. Minutes (in PDF) of Special Senate Meeting held on Feb 15, 2012.

    4. Output of the committee to prepare proposals for consideration of Senate on JEE issue.
      1. Final report, submitted as agenda item for Senate meeting on 5th May, 2012   (In PDF)     (In DOC)
      2. Working document - for discussion in faculty open house on 2nd May, 2012   (In PDF)     (In DOC)
      3. Interim report - listing options for UG admissions, submitted as agenda item for Senate meeting on 18th April, 2012   (In PDF)     (In DOC)

    5. Meetings of Students' Senate on this issue:
      1. Minutes (in PDF),   Jun 07, 2012.
      2. Minutes (in PDF),   Mar 12, 2012.

    6. IIT Kanpur Constitutes Under-graduate Admission Committee for 2013.   (Office Order)

  3. Action at Other IITs:
    1. Senate Meetings on JEE Issue after IIT Council Meeting on 27th Jun, 2012
      1. IIT Bombay, Presentation to Senate, Jul 25, 2012

    2. Minutes of Senate Meetings on JEE Issue, that have been transmitted to IIT Council.
      1. Summary of all seven Senate recommendations (In XLSX)
      2. IIT Kanpur, May 5, 2012
        (Full minutes of the meeting are linked from above.)
      3. IIT Bombay, May 4, 2012
        (Recommendations of the committee were accepted as they are.)
      4. IIT Delhi, May 2, 2012
      5. IIT Kharagpur, May 2, 2012
      6. IIT Roorkee, May, 2012
      7. IIT Guwahaty, April 25, 2012
      8. IIT Madras

    3. Documents from All India IIT Faculty Federation
      1. Letter to Minister after meeting on 25th May, 2012
      2. Letter to Minister after IIT Council meeting on 12th May, 2012

    4. Videos by Prof. Sanjeev Sanghi, IIT Delhi
      1. Questions to MHRD by IIT Faculty, June 05, 2012
      2. JEE in its new Avtaar, June 04, 2012
      3. Critical Analysis of New JEE, June 04, 2012
      4. Presentation on JEE Issue, May 16, 2012

    5. Minutes (in PDF) of Requisioned Meeting of the IIT Delhi Senate held on Feb 14, 2012.

  4. Actions at MHRD and IIT Council level:
    1. Minutes of 45th Meeting of IIT Council, June 27th, 2012
      (This was a single agenda meeting regarding UG admissions to IITs.)

    2. Joint Meeting of Councils of IITs, NITs, and IIITs, May 28th, 2012
    3. Minutes of 44th Meeting of IIT Council, May 12th, 2012
      (This was a single agenda meeting regarding UG admissions to IITs.)

    4. MHRD sends a revised proposal, which is at significant variance with Ramasami Committee report. (Apr 03, 2012)

    5. MHRD sets up a committee to interact with faculty with old IITs and to explain them the new system. (Mar 12, 2012). PDF

    6. Record of Discussions of the Meeting Held in Ministry on Jan 18, 2012 on implementation of ISEET
      • Annexure 3: Presentation made by Prof. Sanjay Dhande, Director, IIT Kanpur   PDF   PPT

    7. Minutes of 43rd Meeting of IIT Council in Sep, 2011
      (Check the minutes of Item 43.13 on page 8. Compare them with the modified minutes below.)

    8. Presentation by Dr. Ramasami to IIT Council in Sep, 2011

  5. My blogs on the new proposed admission process for IITs

  6. Funny/Satire
    1. The JEE Rage Comic
    2. Bombshell from IIT-K: Faculty Recruitment through JEE
    3. Kapil Sibal to create the "mother of all unified exams"
    4. After IIT Kanpur's Revolt, Kapil Sibal to Launch His Own IIT-K

  7. Draft Report of Ramasami Committee on Alternate Admission System for Engineering Programmes in India, Sep, 2011

  8. Action by Alumni and other Well wishers:
    1. Common Entrance Test for Engineering (Chandresh)
    2. The Board Exam Business - Restoring the sanctity of an exam which has none, a blog by Prashant Bhattacharji, a IITKGP alumnus
    3. The Board Exam Business - Part II - Bridging Rural - Urban divides. Really? a blog by Prashant Bhattacharji, a IITKGP alumnus
    4. Save IITs and IIT JEE, a blog by Ram Krishnaswamy, an IITM alumnus
    5. Letter from Pan IIT to MHRD, Apr 2012
    6. Review of Ramasami Committee Report by Alumni of IITs, Feb 2012

  9. Selected Media Articles

  10. IIT Kanpur Faculty Forum response to Acharya Committee Report in Jul, 2010

  11. Draft Report of Acharya Committee on JEE Reforms in Jul, 2010