Question : INTRODUCTION OF DESIGN COURSE IN IITS .



(a) Whether Indian Institutes of Technology have planned to start a four year course in design;

(b) If so, the details and the status thereof; and

(c) The time by which it is likely to be started?

Answer given by the minister


THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI M. A. A. FATMI)

(a) to (c): IIT Guwahati is already running a four year course in design (Bachelor of Design) since 1998 and IIT Madras has also started a five year Dual Degree (B.Tech and M.Tech.) programme in engineering design from July, 2005. No such proposal from any other IITs is pending with the Government.