Lok Sabha Question No. 1301 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-25
Subject: Engineering College
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1301 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.11.2019

## Engineering College

## † 1301. SHRI MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA:

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

- (a) whether approval has been given to private and public sector companies to open engineering colleges in the country;
- (b) if so, the State-wise number of new engineering colleges opened and the number of engineering colleges closed in the country during the last three years; and
- (c) the efforts being made by the Government to maintain the quality of education in the engineering colleges?

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

- (a) Yes  Sir,  approval  has  been  given  to  private  and  public  sector  companies  to  open engineering colleges in the country.

(b) State-wise  number  of  new  engineering  colleges  opened  and  closed  in  the  country during the last three years and current year is enclosed at Annexure.

(c) All  India  Council  for  Technical  Education  (AICTE)  has  been  established under  the AICTE Act, 1987 with a view to the proper planning and co-ordinated development of the technical education system throughout  the country, the  promotion  of qualitative improvement  of  such  education  in  relation  to  planned  quantitative  growth  and  the regulation  and  proper  maintenance  of  norms  and  standards  in  the  technical  education system and for the matters connected therewith. In pursuance of the same, a number of initiatives have been taken by AICTE from time to time including a package of measures known  as  the  'Quality  initiative  program  of  AICTE'  launched  in  March,  2017.  These include:

-  Model Curriculum for Under Graduate and Post Graduate courses.
-  Perspective Plan
-  Examination Reforms
-  Mandatory Internship and Induction Programme for students
-  Accreditation of Technical Courses
-  Teachers' Training Policy
-  Soft Skill Development Programmes and Industry Readiness
-  Startups Initiative and Smart India Hackathon

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Annexure as referred to in part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1301 to be answered on 25.11.2019 asked by Shri Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava regarding 'Engineering College'.

## New Engineering Colleges started during last three years

|        |                   | No. of Institute   | No. of Institute   | No. of Institute   |
|--------|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
| Sl.No. | State / UT        | 2016-2017          | 2017-2018          | 2018-2019          |
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh    | 1                  | 1                  | 2                  |
| 2      | Assam             | 0                  | 1                  | 0                  |
| 3      | Bihar             | 6                  | 3                  | 4                  |
| 4      | Chhattisgarh      | 1                  | 1                  | 0                  |
| 5      | Daman and Diu     | 0                  | 0                  | 1                  |
| 6      | Delhi             | 0                  | 1                  | 0                  |
| 7      | Gujarat           | 4                  | 5                  | 0                  |
| 8      | Haryana           | 2                  | 2                  | 5                  |
| 9      | Himachal Pradesh  | 1                  | 0                  | 1                  |
| 10     | Jammu and Kashmir | 0                  | 0                  | 1                  |
| 11     | Jharkhand         | 0                  | 0                  | 0                  |
| 12     | Karnataka         | 2                  | 2                  | 6                  |
| 13     | Kerala            | 2                  | 0                  | 1                  |
| 14     | Madhya Pradesh    | 0                  | 1                  | 0                  |
| 15     | Maharashtra       | 2                  | 4                  | 6                  |
| 16     | Meghalaya         | 0                  | 1                  | 0                  |
| 17     | Mizoram           | 0                  | 0                  | 0                  |
| 18     | Nagaland          | 0                  | 0                  | 1                  |
| 19     | Odisha            | 0                  | 0                  | 1                  |
| 20     | Punjab            | 0                  | 0                  | 6                  |
| 21     | Rajasthan         | 0                  | 5                  | 5                  |
| 22     | Sikkim            | 0                  | 0                  | 1                  |
| 23     | Tamil Nadu        | 1                  | 3                  | 29                 |
| 24     | Telangana         | 1                  | 1                  | 4                  |
| 25     | Uttar Pradesh     | 5                  | 2                  | 5                  |
| 26     | Uttarakhand       | 0                  | 0                  | 1                  |
| 27     | West Bengal       | 2                  | 2                  | 4                  |
| Total  | Total             | 30                 | 35                 | 84                 |

## State Wise Engineering Institute Closed during last three years

|        |                   | No. of Institute   | No. of Institute   | No. of Institute   |
|--------|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
| Sl.No. | State / UT        | 2016-2017          | 2017-2018          | 2018-2019          |
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh    | 1                  | 3                  | 1                  |
| 2      | Chhattisgarh      | 3                  | 1                  | 1                  |
| 3      | Gujarat           | 1                  | 0                  | 2                  |
| 4      | Haryana           | 7                  | 3                  | 1                  |
| 5      | Himachal Pradesh  | 1                  | 0                  | 1                  |
| 6      | Jammu and Kashmir | 0                  | 1                  | 0                  |
| 7      | Karnataka         | 3                  | 0                  | 2                  |
| 8      | Madhya Pradesh    | 7                  | 5                  | 2                  |
| 9      | Maharashtra       | 6                  | 3                  | 2                  |
| 10     | Odisha            | 0                  | 0                  | 0                  |
| 11     | Puducherry        | 0                  | 0                  | 0                  |
| 12     | Punjab            | 3                  | 2                  | 0                  |
| 13     | Rajasthan         | 4                  | 6                  | 4                  |
| 14     | Tamil Nadu        | 6                  | 3                  | 3                  |
| 15     | Telangana         | 6                  | 17                 | 2                  |
| 16     | Uttar Pradesh     | 5                  | 2                  | 5                  |
| 17     | Uttarakhand       | 1                  | 0                  | 0                  |
| 18     | West Bengal       | 1                  | 0                  | 0                  |
| Total  | Total             | 55                 | 46                 | 26                 |