NEW DELHI: Directors of
six
Indian Institutes of Technology were
appointed
on Thursday, according to official sources. The post of
director
for
IIT- Kanpur
has been lying vacant since 2023, while Guwahati position has been vacant for last 16 months.
IIT-Dhanbad
and Goa has been lying vacant for last nine & six months respectively.
Deputy director of IIT-Kanpur, Manindra Agrawal, has been appointed as director of Kanpur.
Devendra Jalihal
, a professor at IIT-Madras has been appointed as director of
IIT
Guwahati.
"Avinash Kumar Agarwal, professor at IIT-Kanpur has been appointed as director of IIT Jodhpur," a source said. "Sukumar Mishra appointed IIT-Dhanbad director, and DS Katti to be IIT-Goa head," the source added. Amit Patra, deputy director of IIT- Kharagpur has been appointed the new IIT-BHU director. tnn
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