After the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, IIT-Delhi on Thursday dealt a major blow to HRD minister Kapil Sibal's common entrance test (CET) by announcing that it will be joining the Kanpur institute in conducting its own entrance examination. The defiance of the country's two premier tech schools will mean students will have to write one more exam, defeating the purpose of the new format that Sibal is keen to push through. It could have a spiraling effect on other IITs with the IIT-Bombay Senate expected to meet in the first week of July.

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