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Karnataka gets an IIT in Dharwad- 23-Sep-2015
Bengaluru: Ending the suspense over the location of the new Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Karnataka, the Centre has decided to set up the premier institute at Dharwad.
Recently, human resources development minister Smriti Irani gave the go-ahead. "We received an official communication from the ministry that Dharwad has been chosen over Raichur and Mysuru," said BJP MLA Aravind Bellad, who was leading a campaign for IIT in Hubballi-Dharwad.
In March this year, the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced that the government had approved an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) for Karnataka.
Karnataka had recommended Dharwad, Raichur and Mysuru. Though Mysuru is technically more competent, sources said Dharwad clinched it for political and other reasons.
BJP sources said lobbying by political heavyweights like Union minister HN Ananth Kumar, opposition leader in the legislative assembly Jagadish Shettar, Joshi and Bellad, a leading businesman from the region, worked in its favour.
Dharwad district administration has identified the required 500 acres near Mummigatti on the Pune-Bengaluru National Highway off Dharwad.
At present, there are 16 IITs across the country, which are proving to be insufficient when compared to the number of engineering aspirants. The existing institutes are unable to incorporate a majority of the students who wish to pursue engineering at graduate level.
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