An IIT building for self-reliance: What does it cost to stand without a central budget?

A question was asked Can an IIT stand on its own legs without a central budget What would it take for an institution built on public support to slowly build the means to sustain itself Could such an experiment change the way an IIT thinks about research industry and the region around it India Today during its recent visit to IIT Ropar put these questions to its director and professors What followed was a conversation about ambition self-reliance and what an IIT could become Let's see what we discussed