Lok Sabha Question No. 246 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-05
Subject: Engineering Seats in Colleges
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: INNOCENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 246 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.02.2018

## Engineering Seats in Colleges

## 246. SHRI INNOCENT:

## Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether a large number of engineering seats in various colleges across the country are vacant as there is no admission in the engineering colleges and if so, the details thereof, college-wise and State-wise;
- (b) the reasons for this state of affairs in colleges; and
- (c) the  details  of  measures  being  taken  by  the  All  India  Council  of  Technical  Education (AICTE) on such engineering colleges and seats?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## (DR. SATYA PAL SINGH)

- (a):  The  State-wise  details  regarding  number  of  filled  in  and  vacant  seats  in  Government  and Private engineering colleges during the year 2016-17 is at annexure.
- (b)  &  (c):  The  actual  intake  in  the  technical  institutes  depends  on  the  demand-supply  condition which  is  further  attributed  to  location  of  the  institutes,  academic,  research  and  infrastructural facilities  therein  and  placement  prospects.    In  order  to  rationalize  the  expansion  of  courses  in Engineering/  Technological,  Management  etc.,  AICTE  has  notified  Mandatory  Accreditation Regulation for institutes seeking new courses/ expansion of existing courses. The institutes may also apply for voluntary closure to AICTE.

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ANNEXURE AS REFERRED TO IN PART (A) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 246 DATED 5.2.2018 ASKED BY SHRI INNOCENT REGARDING ENGINEERING SEATS IN COLLEGES

|          |                             | GOVERNMENT   | GOVERNMENT       | GOVERNMENT   | GOVERNMENT   | GOVERNMENT           |                  |             |          | PRIVATE   | PRIVATE    | PRIVATE          | PRIVATE     | PRIVATE   | PRIVATE   |
|----------|-----------------------------|--------------|------------------|--------------|--------------|----------------------|------------------|-------------|----------|-----------|------------|------------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|
| Sl. No . | State                       | Institut e   | Approve d Intake | Enrollme nt  | Vacanc y     | Vacanc y% Institut e | Approve d Intake | Enrollme nt | Vacanc y | Vacanc y% | Institut e | Approve d Intake | Enrollme nt | Vacanc y  | Vacanc y% |
| 1        | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 1            | 90 91            | 0            | 0            | 0                    | 0                | 0           | 0        | 0         | 1          | 90               | 91          | 0         | 0         |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh              | 16           | 5238 3303        | 1935         | 37           | 317                  | 194470           | 95244       | 99226    | 51        | 333        | 199708 98547     |             | 101161    | 51        |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh           | 1            | 18               | 18           | 100          |                      |                  | 0           | 0        | 1         | 18         | 0                |             | 18        | 100       |
| 4        | Assam                       | 11           | 2649 2066        | 583          | 22           | 8                    | 3054 1685        |             | 1369     | 45 19     | 5703       |                  | 3751        | 1952      | 34        |
| 5        | Bihar                       | 16           | 4178 2957        | 1221         | 29           | 17                   | 6156             | 2580        | 3576     | 58 33     | 10334      |                  | 5537        | 4797      | 46        |
| 6        | Chandigar h                 | 5            | 1523 1081        | 442          | 29           | 0                    | 0                | 0           | 0        | 0         | 5          | 1523             | 1081        | 442       | 29        |
| 7        | Chhattisga rh               | 7            | 1900 1109        |              | 791 42       | 43                   | 22692            | 8041        | 14651    | 65        | 50         | 24592            | 9150        | 15442     | 63        |
| 8        | Delhi                       | 10           | 5289             | 3010         | 2279 43      | 8                    | 4680             | 4560        | 120      | 3         | 18         | 9969             | 7570        | 2399      | 24        |
| 9        | Goa                         | 1            | 576              | 499          | 77 13        | 4                    | 858              | 844         | 14       | 2         | 5          | 1434             | 1343        | 91        | 6         |
| 10       | Gujarat                     | 21           | 12640            | 11184        | 1456 12      | 108                  | 62672            | 28785       | 33887    | 54        | 129        | 75312            | 39969       | 35343     | 47        |
| 11       | Haryana                     | 16           | 4783 3130        |              | 1653 35      | 133                  | 62710            | 16839       | 45871    | 73        | 149        | 67493            | 19969       | 47524     | 70        |
| 12       | Himachal Pradesh            | 4            | 900              | 706          | 194 22       | 16                   | 7536             | 1291        | 6245     | 83        | 20         | 8436             | 1997        | 6439      | 76        |
| 13       | Jammu and Kashmir           | 4            | 1239             | 1031         | 208          | 17 5                 | 2214             | 1671        | 543      | 25        | 9          | 3453             | 2702        | 751       | 22        |
| 14       | Jharkhand                   | 7            | 3405             | 2557         | 848          | 25 11                | 4419             | 1803        | 2616     | 59        | 18         | 7824             | 4360        | 3464      | 44        |
| 15       | Karnataka                   | 25           | 11875            | 10032        | 1843 16      | 171                  | 100776           | 71601       | 29175    | 29        | 196        | 112651           | 81633       | 31018     | 28        |
| 16       | Kerala                      | 53           | 17824            | 14397        | 3427 19      | 121                  | 54113            | 26672       | 27441    | 51        | 174        | 71937            | 41069       | 30868     | 43        |
| 17       | Madhya Pradesh              | 21           | 7958             | 6886         | 1072         | 13 196               | 101441           | 41004       | 60437    | 60        | 217        | 109399           | 47890       | 61509     | 56        |
| 18       | Maharasht ra                | 28           | 10545            | 9341         | 1204 11      | 347                  | 157107           | 80335       | 76772    | 49        | 375        | 167652           | 89676       | 77976     | 47        |
| 19       | Manipur                     | 1            | 115              | 115          | 0 0          | 0                    | 0                | 0           | 0        | 0         | 1          | 115              | 115         | 0         | 0         |
| 20       | Meghalaya                   | 0            | 0                | 0            | 0            | 0 1                  | 420              | 223         | 197      | 47        | 1          | 420              | 223         | 197       | 47        |
| 21       | Nagaland                    | 1            | 240              | 0            | 240          | 100 0                | 0                | 0           | 0        | 0         | 1          | 240              | 0           | 240       | 100       |

| 22 Odisha      | 9            | 3126       |   2703 |   423 |   14 |   88 |   46823 |   17168 |   29655 |   63 |   97 |   49949 |   19871 |   30078 |   60 |
|----------------|--------------|------------|--------|-------|------|------|---------|---------|---------|------|------|---------|---------|---------|------|
| 23 Puducherr y | 2            | 961        |    768 |   193 |   20 |   16 |    8790 |    3096 |    5694 |   65 |   18 |    9751 |    3864 |    5887 |   60 |
| 24             | Punjab 8     | 3977       |   2172 |  1805 |   45 |   97 |   43925 |   16403 |   27522 |   63 |  105 |   47902 |   18575 |   29327 |   61 |
| 25             | Rajasthan 13 | 5272       |   3852 |  1420 |   27 |  118 |   56219 |   17026 |   39193 |   70 |  131 |   61491 |   20878 |   40613 |   66 |
| 26             | Sikkim 0     | 0          |      0 |     0 |    0 |    1 |     834 |     518 |     316 |   38 |    1 |     834 |     518 |     316 |   38 |
| 27             | Tamil 25     | 11477      |   9641 |  1836 |   16 |  504 |  302275 |  147125 |  155150 |   51 |  529 |  313752 |  156766 |  156986 |   50 |
| 28             | Telangana 13 | 5054       |   2597 |  2457 |   49 |  277 |  167208 |   79754 |   87454 |   52 |  290 |  172262 |   82351 |   89911 |   52 |
| 29             | Tripura 2    | 402        |    247 |   155 |   39 |    1 |     300 |     172 |     128 |   43 |    3 |     702 |     419 |     283 |   40 |
| 30             | Uttar 26     | 7868       |   6200 |  1668 |   21 |  275 |  141866 |   46453 |   95413 |   67 |  301 |  149734 |   52653 |   97081 |   65 |
| 31 d           | 31 d         | 3032       |   1769 |  1263 |   42 |   24 |   10482 |    2701 |    7781 |   74 |   32 |   13514 |    4470 |    9044 |   67 |
| 32 West Bengal | 25           | 8174       |   3690 |  4484 |   55 |   70 |   33656 |   19651 |   14005 |   42 |   95 |   41830 |   23341 |   18489 |   44 |
| Grand Total    | Grand Total  | 380 142328 | 107134 | 35195 |   25 | 2977 | 1597696 |  733245 |  864451 |   54 | 3357 | 1740024 |  840379 |  899646 |   52 |