Six new IITs will come up at Tirupati, Palakkad, Dharwar, Bhilai, Goa and Jammu while ISM Dhanbad will also be upgraded to an IIT.
Six new IITs will come up at Tirupati, Palakkad, Dharwar, Bhilai, Goa and Jammu while ISM Dhanbad will also be upgraded to an IIT. The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave post-facto approval to the decision. There are currently 16 IITs.
The Cabinet meeting, chaired by PM Narendra Modi, also approved the introduction of the Natio-nal Institutes of Techno-logy, Science Education and Research Amendment Bill, 2016, for inclusion of NIT Andhra Pradesh in its first schedule, sources said.
The government gave ex post facto approval to amend the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961, for incorporation of the new IITs in AP, Kerala, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Goa and J&K and conversion of the Indian School of Mines to an IIT. “The approval will bring six new Indian Institutes of Technology and declare them as institutions of national importance,” an official statement said.
Meanwhile, official sources added that “the proposed amendments to the NITSER Act, 2007, will ensure a high level of public accountability and increased participation of stakeholders in the administration and academic activities of the Institute.”
