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Kamakoti Leads NTA Task Force Amid Exam Leak Controversy
V Kamakoti, the director of IIT Madras, has been chosen to help fix problems with India's big exams, like NEET.
He says the main problem is that people sometimes leak exam papers, not the technology.
He wants to use cameras and AI to catch bad behavior.
Some politicians are upset with Kamakoti because of his past comments about cow urine.
Despite that, he has led IIT Madras to build its own computer chips and open a campus in Zanzibar.
He also failed the JEE exam when he was young but later became its chairman.
The new task force will try to make exams fairer and safer.
V Kamakoti, IIT Madras director, appointed to lead a new task force to reform the National Testing Agency after NEET leaks.
The task force includes Nandan Nilekani, former ISRO chairman S Somanath, and former Intelligence Bureau director Tapan Deka.
Kamakoti argues that exam leaks stem from human trust issues, not technology, and calls for better oversight and AI monitoring.
He has faced political criticism over comments about cow urine (gaumutra) and was labeled a pseudoscience advocate by some scientists.
Kamakoti, who failed the JEE exam, has guided IIT Madras to launch India's first indigenous Shakti processor and open an offshore campus in Zanzibar.
- Who
- V Kamakoti, director of IIT Madras, and other experts
- What
- Formation of a task force to reform India's National Testing Agency after NEET exam leaks
- Where
- India, with the task force headquartered in New Delhi
- When
- Announced by PM Modi on Sunday, 2024
- Why
- To address recurring exam paper leaks and improve trust in the examination system
Key facts
- Task Force Leader
- V Kamakoti
- Task Force Members
- Nandan Nilekani, S Somanath, Tapan Deka
- Exam System
- NEET
- Issue
- Exam leaks
- Goal
- Reform NTA
Quotes
V Kamakoti
Director of IIT Madras and former JEE chairman
“The biggest challenge rests purely upon how to get people to be trustworthy. In every room cameras have been put up. AI can be used to spot suspicious actions too. But we need to see if technology can help us trust examination paper setters. Because we cannot say ‘AI can set question papers.’”
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“As a young JEE aspirant in 1985, I scored a single-digit mark out of 100 in Chemistry. That particular day of the examination was unfavourable to me. And yet, decades later, I became the JEE Chairman, thereby proving that achievement is not linked to scores, marks and grades.”
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