RS. 310 CRORE APPROVED FOR MODERNISATION
OF ENGINEERING INSTITUTIONS
TECH
UPGRADTION PROGRAMME TO COVER 13 STATES, ALL NITs IN
NEXT CYCLE
The Central Government
has approved Rs. 310 crore to 40 selected institutions in six
states for modernization of their facilities. The approval comes
from the National Selection Committee of the Technical Quality
Improvement Programme (TEQIP) which met under the Education Secretary,
Shri Sant Kumar Tripathi.
The institutes will
utilized the funds in modernizing labs, upgrading equipment, books,
staff development, community services and industry-institute relationship,
and repairs and renovation of existing buildings. This is the
first cycle and more funds will be sanctioned in the second cycle
after the institutes have utilized this amount.
The total Project
cost of TEQIP, which is to be implemented during the current Five
Year Plan, is Rs. 1550 crore.
TEQIP is being implemented
in six states for improvement of quality of technical education
and enhancing existing capacities of well-performing engineering
institutions. The first cycle of TEQIP is being implemented in
Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra
and Uttar Pradesh. Forty well-performing engineering institutions
from these States have been selected to participate: of these,
12 are lead institutions and 28, network institutions.
With such technological upgradation, these institutions are expected
to become dynamic, demand-driven, efficient and responsive to
rapid economic and technological developments occurring both at
national and international levels.
The National Selection
Committee has also selected seven new states, namely, Andhra Pradesh,
Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttranchal and West
Bengal to participate in the second cycle. About 50 well-performing
engineering institutions from these states will be able to participate
in TEQIP and achieve academic excellence.
Another important
decision taken by the National Selection Committee is to involve
all the 17 NITs in TEQIP and make them world-class Centres
of Excellence. Five NITs located at Allahabad, Bhopal, Calicut,
Kurukshetra and Nagpur are already participating in the first
cycle of TEQIP, and the remaining NITs will benefit through participation
in second cycle of the programme.
