Sibal disagrees with Ramesh on quality of faculty
HRD Minister Kapil Sibal disagreed with his ministerial colleague Jairam Ramesh’s remarks on IITs and IIMs, saying the faculties of these institutions are “world class”.
He said if the IITs have not gained the critical mass to change the global scientific discourse, it is because of the “ecosystem” and not because of the faculties.
“25 per cent of the IIT faculty are students of IITs who have done B Tech. Surely the 25 per cent students who are world class students must be world class faculty,” he told reporters here in reference to Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh’s remarks that the faculties of IITs and IIMs were not world class.
Without taking Ramesh’s name, Sibal said he is entitled to make his comments.