Lok Sabha Question No. 4867 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-26
Subject: Status of National Institutes of Technology
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY, HARISHCHANDRA DEORAM CHAVAN

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. † 4867 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.03.2018

## Status of National Institutes of Technology

## † 4867.  SHRI RAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY: SHRI HARISHCHANDRA CHAVAN:

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

- (a) whether the Government is aware that the technical institutes located in various  parts  of  the  country  have  been  accorded  the  status  of  National Institutes of Technology (NITs);
- (b) if so, the details thereof, institute and location-wise; and
- (c) the number of students likely to be benefited and the details of the types of such benefits?

## A N S W E R

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. SATYA PAL SINGH)

(a) & (b): The  Government  of  India  had  taken  over  control  of  17  Regional Engineering Colleges (RECs) and rechristened them as the National Institutes of Technology (NITs) in May, 2003. Subsequently, Bihar College of Engineering Patna  (Bihar),  Government  Engineering  College  -  Raipur  (Chhattisgarh)  and Government Engineering College - Agartala (Tripura) were also upgraded into the  NITs  in  the  years  2004,  2005  and  2006,  respectively.  During  the  XIth  and XIIth  Plans,  11  new  NITs  have  been  established  in  the  remaining  States  and Union Territories (UTs) of Delhi and Puducherry. Thus, at present, 31 NITs are functioning in various parts of the country as per details given in Annexure.

(c) : NITs  form  a  very  important  segment  among  the  premier  Technical Institutions  to  promote  high  quality  technical  Education  and  Research.  At present, more than 99,000 students are pursuing education in various disciplines of  engineering,  science,  technology  and  research  to  meet  the  regional  and national technical manpower requirements.

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE  AS  REFFERED  IN  THE  REPLY  OF  PART  (A)  &  (B)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.4867  FOR  26 TH   MARCH,  2018  ASKED  BY  SHRI  RAM  TAHAL CHOUDHARY  AND  SHRI  HARISHCHANDRA  CHAVAN  REGARDING  STATUS  OF  NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF TECHNOLOGY

|   S. No. | National Institutes of Technology                            | Located at      | State / UT       |
|----------|--------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|        1 | National Institute of Technology, Agartala                   | Agartala        | Tripura          |
|        2 | Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad    | Allahabad       | Uttar Pradesh    |
|        3 | Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal        | Bhopal          | Madhya Pradesh   |
|        4 | National Institute of Technology, Calicut                    | Calicut         | Kerala           |
|        5 | National Institute of Technology, Durgapur                   | Durgapur        | West Bengal      |
|        6 | National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur                   | Hamirpur        | Himachal Pradesh |
|        7 | Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur            | Jaipur          | Rajasthan        |
|        8 | Dr. B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar | Jalandhar       | Punjab           |
|        9 | National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur                 | Jamshedpur      | Jharkhand        |
|       10 | National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra                | Kurukshetra     | Haryana          |
|       11 | Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur        | Nagpur          | Maharashtra      |
|       12 | National Institute of Technology, Patna                      | Patna           | Bihar            |
|       13 | National Institute of Technology, Raipur                     | Raipur          | Chhattisgarh     |
|       14 | National Institute of Technology, Rourkela                   | Rourkela        | Odisha           |
|       15 | National Institute of Technology, Silchar                    | Silchar         | Assam            |
|       16 | National Institute of Technology, Srinagar                   | Srinagar        | Jammu & Kashmir  |
|       17 | Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat   | Surat           | Gujarat          |
|       18 | National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal        | Karnataka       | Karnataka        |
|       19 | National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli            | Tiruchirappalli | Tamil Nadu       |
|       20 | National Institute of Technology, Warangal                   | Warangal        | Telangana        |
|       21 | National Institute of Technology, Arunachal Pradesh          | Yupia           | Andhra Pradesh   |
|       22 | National Institute of Technology, Delhi                      | Narela          | Delhi            |
|       23 | National Institute of Technology, Goa                        | Farmagudi       | Goa              |
|       24 | National Institute of Technology, Manipur                    | Imphal          | Manipur          |
|       25 | National Institute of Technology, Meghalaya                  | Shillong        | Meghalaya        |
|       26 | National Institute of Technology, Mizoram                    | Aizawl          | Mizoram          |
|       27 | National Institute of Technology, Nagaland                   | Dimapur         | Nagaland         |
|       28 | National Institute of Technology, Puducherry                 | Karaikal        | Puducherry       |
|       29 | National Institute of Technology, Sikkim                     | Ravangla        | Sikkim           |
|       30 | National Institute of Technology, Uttarakhand                | Srinagar        | Uttarakhand      |
|       31 | National Institute of Technology, Andhra Pradesh             | Tadepalligudem  | Andhra Pradesh   |