Indian School of Mines stir on over IIT tag demand

DHANBAD: More than 1500 students of the Indian School of Mines have threatened to go on an indefinite strike from September 2 to press for their demand for the upgradation of the institute to the level of an IIT. The students have been agitating for an IIT tag for their institute for over three years.
Kalpesh Agarwal, one of the students leading the movement said, "A large number of students have left for New Delhi to mobilize support of the MPs.The government had promised to upgrade ISM to an IIT. Chandan Agarwal in Rajya Sabha and Inder Singh Namdhari in Lok Sabha had raised the issue and the government had given us verbal assurances."
Students took out a protest march in Dhanbad late on Saturday to press for their demand. They will continue their protests in Dhanbad and Delhi simultaneously. A delegation of ISM students met P N Singh, a Lok Sabha MP from Dhanbad and submitted a memorandum seeking his support.