Lok Sabha Question No. 2364 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-08
Subject: National Institutes of Technology
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, Heena Vijaykumar Gavit, Kuldeep Rai Sharma, Supriya Sadanand Sule, Sunil Dattatray Tatkare

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2364 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.07.2019

## National Institutes of Technology

## 2364.  DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE:

DR. HEENA GAVIT:

SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

SHRI SUNIL DATTATRAY TATKARE:

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

- (a) the total number of National Institutes of Technology (NITs) functioning in the country at present, State/Location-wise;
- (b) whether  the  technical  institutes  located  in  various  parts  of  the  country  have  been accorded the status of National NITs and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the number of students likely to be benefited and the details of such benefits;
- (d) whether in recent years the NITs have not performed well in ranking nor on placement and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
- (e) the  corrective  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  improve  the  ranking  of  NITs  and improve the overall performance of NITs and improve its brand in the country?

## A N S W E R

## MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

(a) & (b): At present, 31 National Institutes of Technology (NITs) are functioning in various parts  of  the  country.  The  State/Location-wise  details  of  NITs  are  given  in  Annexure.  The Government of India had taken over control of 17 Regional Engineering Colleges (RECs) and rechristened them as NITs in May, 2003. Subsequently, Bihar College of Engineering - Patna (Bihar), Government Engineering College -Raipur (Chhattisgarh) and Government

Engineering College - Agartala (Tripura) were 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. In addition, Bengal Engineering  and  Science  University,  Shibpur  (West  Bengal)  has  been  taken  over  by  the Central  Government  as  Indian  Institute  of  Engineering  Science  and  Technology  (IIEST), Shibpur  (West  Bengal) in  2014. These  31  NITs  and  IIEST,  Shibpur  have  been  declared  as 'Institutions  of  National  Importance'  under  the  National  Institutes  of  Technology,  Science Education and Research Act, 2007 (29 of 2007).

(c): Approximately 1,05,000 students are pursuing education in various disciplines of these Institutions, which helps to meet the regional and national technical manpower requirements. As  per  the  admission  policy,  50%  of  the  seats  are  earmarked  for  the  domicile  students  of States where NITs are functioning. As such, students from States have advantage of getting admissions in premier Institutions, which impart high quality technical education and research.

(d): NITs have performed reasonably well in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF)  2019  rankings  with  NIT-Tiruchirappalli  appearing  at  No.10,  NIT-Rourkela  at  No.16, NITK-Surathkal at No.21, NIT-Warangal at No.26, NIT-Calicut at No.28 in the list of top 200 ranked  engineering  Institutions.  IIEST,  Shibpur  has  been  ranked  19  in  NIRF-2019.  On  an average, approximately  75%  students  of  NITs  get  placements  after  completion  of  four  year undergraduate programmes.

(e): The  improvement  of  the  quality  of  higher  education  is  a  continuous  process.  The Government is continuously striving to improve the quality of higher education in the country by legislative initiatives as well as through various schemes and programmes.

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE  AS  REFFERED  IN  THE  REPLY  OF  PART  (A)  &  (B)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2364 FOR 8 TH  JULY, 2019 ASKED BY DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE,  DR.  HEENA  GAVIT,  SHRI  KULDEEP  RAI  SHARMA,  SHRIMATI  SUPRIYA  SULE AND  SHRI  SUNIL  DATTATRAY  TATKARE,  HON'BLE  MEMBERS  OF  PARLIAMENT  (LOK SABHA) REGARDING 'NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF TECHNOLOGY'.

| S.No.   | NITs / IIEST                                                    | 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      |                                                                 |                 | Sikkim           |
|         | National Institute of Technology, Sikkim                        | Ravangla        |                  |
| 30      | National Institute of Technology, Uttarakhand                   | Srinagar        | Uttarakhand      |
| 31      | National Institute of Technology, Andhra Pradesh                | Tadepalligudem  | Andhra Pradesh   |
| 32      | Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur | Shibpur         | West Bengal      |