IIT-I director non-committal over allegations

INDORE: Director of the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Indore (IIT-I), Pradeep Mathur remained noncommittal over the allegations raised by one of the former deputy directors at the institute. In a press meet on Monday, he said, "I do not wish to comment on the allegations levelled by the person who is no more working with the institute."
The former deputy director of the institute had alleged that Mathur is converting the institution into an institute of science by neglecting engineering requirements.Prof A S Khanna had said, "I witnessed rules and regulations being butchered on many fronts: appointments in faculty and staff, buying costly equipments, computers and furniture being bought in a highly arbitrary manner etc."
Clarifying his stress on science subjects rather than engineering, Mathur justified that the institute is looking for versatility. He ruled out IIT-I fee hike in next two years stating that the decision is taken by IIT council.
Sharing his vision for the institute, he said that the institute campus will boast iconic learning resource centre and campus will be solar powered. He said that institute will lay thrust on quality research paper.
Prior to this, in his welcome address the director said, "We had started with less than a dozen faculty members while now we have nearly 80 faculty members."