The All India IIT Faculty Federation (AIIITFF) met Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today. Talking to reporters after the meeting in New Delhi, Secretary of the Federation A K Mittal said that the Prime Minister gave them an assurance that the autonomy of IITs will remain intact.

The IIT faculty federation is opposing the proposed common entrance to these institutes. He said that the Federation explained each of their points to PM. He further said that Dr. Manmohan Singh assured that he will talk to HRD Minister.

The federation has contended that the common entrance test for admission to the undergraduate programme to the IITs and other Centrally-funded institutes will undermine the autonomous status enjoyed by the IITs.