Three more IIT's in 2007

Come 2007 and three more IIT's will be added to the already eight elite group. The new IIT's will be in the states Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh and Bihar. This was disclosed by the Rajasthan Chief Minister Ms. Vasundhara Raje, her government has been communicated by center and asked to find out suitable land of 600 acres in Jaipur city.

Other eight IIT's are IIT Bombay, IIT Kanpur, IIT Delhi, IIT Madras, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Gauhati, and IIT Roorki. All the IIT's except Gauhati and Roorki were established in first five year plan of Government of India under Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Incidentally these IIT's are celebrating Golden Jubilee year from March 2007. A Pan IIT initiative by alumni of IIT's has planned grand celebrations to commemorate this occasion.