Lok Sabha Question No. 1873 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-28
Subject: Establishment of IIITs
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: DEVAJIBHAI GOVINDBHAI FATEPARA

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

LOK	SABHA UNSTARRED	QUESTION	No.	1873 TO	BE	ANSWERED	ON	28.11.2016

## Establishment of IIITs

1873.	SHRI	DEVAJIBHAI	G.	FATEPARA	:

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

- (a) whether	 the	 Government	 has	 decided	 to	 establish	 new	 Indian	 Institutes	 of Information	Technology	(IIITs)	in	the	country	under	Public	Private	Partnership	(PPP), State/UT-wise;
- (b) if	so,	the	details	thereof;
- (c) whether	in	the	first	phase,	some	IIITs	were	decided	to	be	established	during	the year	2013	and	if	so,	the	details	of	institutes	established	and	made	functional	during	the said	year;
- (d) whether	the	State	Government	of	Gujarat	has	requested	to	sanction	one	more IIIT	in	Surat	for	which	land	and	industry	partners	have	also	been	identified;	and
- (e) if	so,	the	time	by	which	the	Government	is	likely	to	issue	formal	sanction	letter for	IIIT	at	Surat?

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

## (Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey)

- (a) &	 (b):	 Yes,	 Madam.	 The	 Union	 Cabinet	 on	 7.12.2010	 approved	 a	 Scheme	 for establishment	 of	 twenty	 Indian	 Institute	 of	 Information	 Technology	 in	 Not	 for	 Profit Public-Private	 Partnership	 (IIIT-N-PPP)	 mode	 with	 participation	 of	 Central,	 State Governments	 and	 Industry	 Partner(s).	 	 The	 approved	 capital	 cost	 of	 each	 IIIT	 is	 Rs. 128.00	crore	which	is	contributed	in	the	ratio	of	50:35:15	by	the	Central	Government,	the State	 Government	 and	 the	 industry	 respectively.	 The	 concerned	 State	 Government provides	50-100	acres	of	land,	free	of	cost.

- (c)	:		The	institutes	established		in	the	year	2013	and	made	functional	during	the	year are	as	under	:-

## LIST OF IIITS ESTABLISHED IN PPP MODE AS ON DATE

|   S.No | State          | Name of the Institute                                              | Date of approval   | Date of commencement of Academic session   |
|--------|----------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|      1 | Rajasthan      | Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Kota            | 2.7.2012           | 2013-14                                    |
|      2 | Assam          | Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Guwahati        | 2.7.2012           | 2013-14                                    |
|      3 | Tamilnadu      | Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Tiruchirappalli | 30.10.2012         | 2013-14                                    |
|      4 | Andhra Pradesh | Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Chittoor        | 24.6.2013          | 2013-14                                    |
|      5 | Gujarat        | Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT),Vadodara         | 24.6.2013          | 2013-14                                    |

(d) & (e) : Government of Gujarat, Education Department, vide letter No.IIT/102010/3267/S	dated	17.12.2013	had	requested	to	sanction	one	more	IIIT in	Surat.		Approval	for	establishment	of	IIIT	in	PPP	mode	in	Surat,	Gujarat	has	been conveyed	to	Government	of	Gujarat	on	7.5.2015.		Land	for	the	proposed	Institute	is yet	to	be	finalized.

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