The decision was taken at the first meeting of the Mission Governing Board (MGB) here on Tuesday. It was chaired by HCL Infosystems co-founder Ajai Chowdhry.
Venkayappaya R Desai from IIT Kharagpur’s Department of Civil Engineering has been appointed as the Director of IIT Dhardwad. Rajiv Prakash from IIT BHU’s School of Material Science and Technology has been chosen as IIT Bhilai’s Director.