1200 IIT, NIT grads to teach engg students in backward areas
Over 1,200 graduates from IITs and NITs have been selected to teach 53 state-run engineering colleges in backward areas, Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar has said. "This is the first time such a measure has been taken...With the initiative, more than one lakh engineering students in the most backward areas would be benefited," the Minister said.