Brand new IIT in Patna impresses all
Abhay Mohan Jha
Monday, August 04, 2008, (Patna)
http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080059982&ch=8/4/2008%\
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 brand new IIT is all set to take off in Bihar this week. Teaching at IIT-Patna
will however commence on a makeshift campus until it gets its own campus and
infrastructure in place.

A few faculty members from IIT-Guwahati, its mentor institution, are already
here -- and are impressed.

We have got very good support from the Bihar government. They have built up this
temporary infrastructure in two and a half months time," says Professor
Samrendra Dandapat, Dean, IIT-Patna.

109 students, including 7 girls, from all over the country will be part of the
first batch here. A few of them have already arrived and are excited.

C V N Chaitanya from Kunoor, Andhra Pradesh, says, "I am satisfied with the
temporary campus. And I'm very excited about the campus."

Mohit Ahuja, who's from Delhi, feels "IIT-Patna has turned out to be better than
what I had
Imagined."

On the threshold of a humble beginning, IIT-Patna promises a new dawn for Bihar.
The state seems set to regain its rightful place as a hub of academic
excellence.





 


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