Recently IIT Kanpur senate has rejected implementation of Joint Entrance Examination,deciding to go forward with their own entrance examination,IIT Kanpur has also asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to take a direct intervention into the issue and cancel JEE, While IIT Delhi and IIT Kharagpur are very likely to follow the suite, HRD minister ruled out any probability of rolling back the new two-tier common entrance test for IITs, saying that the decision is final.

“We have no desire to anyway directly or indirectly,to protect the autonomy of IIT, while there is no intent to impact on the IIT system autonomy. The exam that is being contemplated is to be set by the IIT itself and the decision has been taken in accordance with the IIT Act”- Said Kapil Sibal talking about the issue, who is on US tour to co-chair the India-US education dialogue with the Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, he said that will look into the decisions taken by IIT Kanpur once he returns.