A letter to Dr. Shashi Tharoor

Greetings from CUSAT IIEST Forum

We would like to bring to your kind attention to an urgent matter which we were eagerly looking for the last 5 years - the promise of IIEST status for CUSAT. Although you have promised us the IIEST status many times, even during the inauguration of CUSAT Student Amenity Centre done last week, we are now apprehensive about CUSAT's being out from the race of IIEST.

Albeit, the plan of elevating CUSAT in to IIEST status has desperately failed to enter in to the 12^th FYP, elevation of an able and well-known figure from Kerala as the Minister of State for HRD, raised our hopes to the acme.With IIT being whisked away from Kerala, this was our last resort and a ray of hope. With the winter session just days away, we are disheartened about our dreams never being materialized. 

Being a passionate writer and diplomat, your sublime thoughts and ideas are the life blood for our students. With the entire morale of the academic community relying on your actions, we still have great hopes that you will shoulder the great responsibility of taking our higher education to new heights.With the ambitious Food Security Act  bringing accolades to Prof. K.V. Thomas, we hope nothing less from you.

Hence, we still hold the glimmer of hope that you will comfort the student community by make the IIEST dream a reality.