Based on the recommendations
made by the Scientific
Advisory Council to the
Prime Minister (SAC-PM), it
has been decided to set up
three new Indian Institutes
of Technology (IITs), one
each in the States of
Rajasthan, Bihar and Andhra
Pradesh during the XI plan.
In order to expand the
facilities for high quality
management education in the
North-East, the Government
has decided to establish an
Indian Institute of
Management (IIM), at
Shillong. After considering requests of the State
Governments and other
relevant factors such as
existing regional
distribution of Central
Educational Institutions in
the country, it has been
decided to locate 5more IITs
and 6 more IIMs in the
following States:-
IITs – Himachal Pradesh,
Orissa, Madhya Pradesh
(Indore), Gujarat and
Punjab.IIMs – Tamil Nadu,
Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand,
Chattisgarh (Raipur),
Uttarakhand and Haryana.
16 States which do not
have a Central University at
present, and which will get
one Central University each
in the 11th Plan are Bihar,
Jharkhand, Orissa, Madhya
Pradesh, Chhattisgarh,
Punjab, Haryana, Himachal
Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu
& Kashmir, Karnataka,
Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat,
Rajasthan and Goa. Of these,
in three States, existing
State Universities will be
taken over by the Central
Government and converted
into Central universities.
These three Universtities
are Dr. Hari Singh Gaur
University, Sagar (in Madhya
Pradesh), Guru Ghasidas
University, Bilaspur (in
Chattisgarh), and Goa
University.
Establishment of IITs, IIMs,
and Central Universities in
the above States is subject
to State Governments
offering adequate land at
suitable locations, free of
cost, for the purpose. Each
of the concerned State
Government is being
requested to offer land
accordingly. Actual
establishment of these
institutions would however
depend, among other things,
on how quickly the concerned
State Governments respond by
allotting adequate land at
suitable locations.
Locations of 20 new Indian
Institutes of Information
Technology (IITs), to be set
up in the 11th Plan have not
been finalized. This
information was given by the
Minister of State for Human
Resource Development Smt. D.
Purandeswari in a written
reply in Lok Sabha today.
Courtesy: LOK SABHA |
