Kapil Sibal absent from the IIT Council Meeting

After facing severe criticism from IIT Fraternity and revolts from IIT Delhi and IIT Kanpur, Kapil Sibal, the Union HRD Minister skipped IIT Council Meeting which was conveyed by him .

Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal Wednesday skipped the meeting of IIT Council convened by him to discuss the proposed common entrance test after opposition from some of the premier engineering institutions.

Sibal, who chairs the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) Council, did not turn up for the meeting Thursday afternoon, informed sources said.

Nearly all of the IIT Senates have rejected the new pattern of common Admission test which proposes a common entrance Test for all Government Engineering Colleges including IITs.

Meanwhile, sources hinted that IIT Bombay and IIT Kharagpur may also follow the stand of their Delhi and Kanpur counterparts.

A professor from IIT Bombay said the meeting of IIT Bombay senate was scheduled for July 2.

Faculty members in IIT Kharagpur are also likely to ask their director to hold a meeting soon. Director Damodar Acharya, who has been backing the HRD ministry decision, has so far toed the line of the IIT council. His tenure ends June 30.