IITs have lot to offer to humanities students too

G-8 curtain-raiser: Climate change tops agenda Mounting political tensions and uncertain world economy are also worries. New Delhi: Science is science and humanities is humanities...But it does look like the twain have met - at least at the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT). Now the IITs have more to offer than just engineering - studying there is an option for those interested in humanities, management and even law. India has seven IITs. Almost all of them offer management programmes while IIT Madras, IIT Kanpur and IIT Kharagpur offer programmes in humanities. IIT Kharagpur has even a law programme. IIT Delhi is in the process of starting a two-year MA programme, which should begin in the next year or two. "We are planning on starting a master of arts (MA) programme in development studies and cultural... [read full story]