Karnataka to model proposed KITs on IIT-Madras

The announcement regarding upgradation of seven government engineering colleges as KITs to improve quality and offer the IIT model of technical education was made by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai in the 2022-23 State budget.

Karnataka government is all set to get a detailed report on modeling of the proposed Karnataka Institutes of Technology (KITs) on the lines of Indian Institute Technology (IIT) Madras. The committee is headed by Professor S Sadagopan. The committee is expected to recommend academic and financial autonomy to the institutions.

The announcement regarding upgradation of seven government engineering colleges as KITs to improve quality and offer the IIT model of technical education was made by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai in the 2022-23 State budget.

The government has identified engineering colleges in Hassan, Bengaluru, Haveri, K.R. Pet, Ramanagaram, Talakal (Koppal district) and Karwar to be upgraded as KITs.

The government has appointed an expert committee under the chairmanship of Prof S Sadagopan to help in the transition. The committee also made a recent visit to IIT-Madras to study the infrastructure, technology, teaching method, academic autonomy, financial autonomy, and administration system.

‘KITs should be autonomous institutions like IIT-Madras’

N Ravichandran, Director of Technical Education and Member-Secretary of the expert committee, said, “In our two-day visit to IIT-Madras, we observed well-equipped modern laboratories, computer network, well-stocked technical library, teaching methods using traditional and modern instructional techniques, and infrastructure. We are planning to implement all those in the KITs,” he said, according to The Hindu report.

“IIT-Madras is an autonomous institution. We would like all the KITs to be autonomous institutions with an independent governing body. Therefore, we will recommend academic autonomy and financial autonomy for all these institutions. The report is under preparation. We will submit the report to the government soon,” he said.

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