IIT faculties attack Kharagpur director

Acharya had said on Saturday that the institution does not have any objection to the Centres move to conduct a common entrance exam for central engineering institutions.

The Federation said that resolutions of the IIT Kharagpur Senate did not recommend inclusion of Class XII board marks,and conduct of JEE by a third party.

IIT Kharagpur Senate categorically said that till 2014,no change should be made and status quo be maintained, it said.

Separately,faculty of the IIT Khargpur also issued a statement rejecting the Centres proposal for a Common Entrance Test into IITs,NITs and IIITs.

The trust that IIT-JEE has earned over the last five decades is due to the continuous evolution of processes and unflinching devotion of the faculty and staff of IITs8230;. Any test leading to ranking in IIT admissions must be wholly owned by IITs, it said.

The fresh move by the Federation came a day after the directors of the Guwahati and Kharagpur IITs opposed IIT-Kanpur Senates decision to conduct its own entrance exam from next year and backed the Centres move.