Autonomy of IITs will remain intact:
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday gave an assurance that the autonomy of IITs will remain ``intact'', the IIT faculty federation, opposing the proposed common entrance to these institutes, said after meeting him.
Chennai, Dec 19 Asserting that the Centre was committed to providing quality education to the poor, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said that his government had taken several initiatives to achieve this goal by setting up several technical institutions including six new IITs in the current academic session.