Don't damage the IIT brand

The seeds of technological and business excellence, for which the alumni of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are known worldwide, were sown by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in 1950. In 1946, the 22-member Satkar Committee of the education ministry was formed to consider the setting up of top-notch technical institutes for post-war industrial development in India. Based on its recommendations, the first IIT was founded in Kharagpur, West Bengal, in May 1950.

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