Convert Indian School of Mines to IIT: Rajya Sabha member

NEW DELHI: A demand to convert the
Indian School of Mines in Dhanbad into an
Indian Institute of Technology was raised
in the Rajya Sabha by a JMM member.
Raising the issue during the zero hour,
Sanjiv Kumar said around 1,500 students
of Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad are
agitating in front of Jantar Mantar and an
equal number are doing so at ISM,
Dhanbad demanding the 86-year-old
institute be converted into an IIT.
He said though Jharkhand assembly had
passed a resolution in 2011 requesting the
Centre for the conversion of Indian School
of Mines into IIT, Dhanbad, nothing has
happened yet. He said ISM, Dhanbad was
established in 1926 as a specialized
institute dealing in earth sciences and is
now a full-fledged engineering college with
17 departments.
Raising another issue, Ali Anwar Ansari of
JD (U) demanded the early setting up of a
campus of Aligarh Muslim University at
Kishanganj in Bihar and release of funds
for the same by the central government.
Ansari said the funds are not being released
despite top Congress leaders making poll
promises during Bihar assembly elections.
He said though Bihar government has
handed over 224 acres of land for the
setting up of the campus, theCentre is not
releasing funds for the same, resulting in
delay in the establishment of the campus.