Lok Sabha Question No. 3053 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-19
Subject: Establishment of NIELITs
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Shri G Lakshminarayana, Shri Tangella Uday Srinivas

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION. NO. 3053

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 19.03.2025

## ESTABLISHMENT OF NIELITS

## 3053.   SHRI G LAKSHMINARAYANA: SHRI TANGELLA UDAY SRINIVAS:

Will the Minister of ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

(a)  the  total  number  of  National  Institutes  of  Electronics  and  Information  Technology (NIELITs) proposed, under construction and presently operational across the country, Statewise especially in Andhra Pradesh;

(b) the total number of individuals who have undertaken courses, diplomas and certifications from  NIELITs  particularly  in  semi-conductors,  Artificial  Intelligence(AI)  and  emerging technologies during the last five years, institution-wise;

(c) the total number of research projects proposed, under progress and completed during the last five years, NIELIT-wise;

(d)  the  total  amount  of  funds  allocated,  released  and  utilized  during  the  last  five  years, NIELITwise; and

(e)  whether  the  Government  has  considered  expanding  the  number  of  NIELITs  across  the country and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI JITIN PRASADA)

(a):      The  National  Institute  of  Electronics  &  Information  Technology  (NIELIT),  an Autonomous Scientific Society under the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), was set up to carry out Human Resource Development and related activities in the area  of  Information,  Electronics  &  Communications  Technology.    At  present,  55  NIELIT Centres  are  operational  across  the  country  including  one  centre  at  Tirupati  in  the  state  of Andhra  Pradesh.  Additionally,  NIELIT  also  has  38  facilitation  Centres  and  1  accredited institute in the State of Andhra Pradesh. The States/UTs-wise list of NIELIT Centres is given as Annexure- I .

(b):  NIELIT has trained a total of 6,45,344 candidates under various Degree/Diploma Level Courses and Skill Based Courses (Long Term & Short Term) through NIELIT Centres in the last five years. The centre wise details are given as Annexure-II.

(c):  NIELIT has initiated 07 research projects in the last five years, out of which 02 projects have been completed and 05 are ongoing. The centre-wise details of these projects are given as Annexure-III .

(d):  MeitY does not provide core grant to NIELIT. However, the Ministry is funding NIELIT under  various  ongoing  projects.    The  details  of  fund  allocation,  release,  and  utilization  is given as Annexure-IV .

(e):  MeitY supports NIELIT to expand the number of NIELIT Centres across the country to enhance skill  development  and  provide  specialized  training  in  the  Electronics,  Information and  Communication  Technology  (EICT)  sector.  The  details  of  new  NIELIT  Centres established/set up in the past five years is as follows;

| Year    | NIELIT Centre (located at)                       |
|---------|--------------------------------------------------|
| 2019-20 | Kargil                                           |
| 2020-21 | Dimapur, Daman                                   |
| 2022-23 | Buxar, Muzaffarpur, East Delhi, South West Delhi |
| 2023-24 | Noida, Bikaner, Hyderabad                        |
| 2024-25 | Tirupati, Balasore, Pilibhit                     |

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## States/UT's-wise Operational NIELIT Centres

| S. No.                  | State                                 |   Number of NIELIT Centre |
|-------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------|
| 1                       | Andhra Pradesh                        |                         1 |
| 2                       | Arunachal Pradesh                     |                         3 |
| 3                       | Assam                                 |                         7 |
| 4                       | Bihar                                 |                         3 |
| 5                       | Chandigarh                            |                         1 |
| 6                       | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |                         1 |
| 7                       | Delhi                                 |                         3 |
| 8                       | Haryana                               |                         1 |
| 9                       | Himachal Pradesh                      |                         2 |
| 10                      | Jammu and Kashmir                     |                         2 |
| 11                      | Jharkhand                             |                         1 |
| 12                      | Kerala                                |                         1 |
| 13                      | Maharashtra                           |                         1 |
| 14                      | Manipur                               |                         3 |
| 15                      | Meghalaya                             |                         2 |
| 16                      | Mizoram                               |                         2 |
| 17                      | Nagaland                              |                         3 |
| 18                      | Odisha                                |                         2 |
| 19                      | Punjab                                |                         1 |
| 20                      | Rajasthan                             |                         3 |
| 21                      | Sikkim                                |                         1 |
| 22                      | Tamil Nadu                            |                         1 |
| 23                      | Telangana                             |                         1 |
| 24                      | Tripura                               |                         1 |
| 25                      | UT of Ladakh                          |                         2 |
| 26                      | Uttar Pradesh                         |                         4 |
| 27                      | Uttarakhand                           |                         1 |
| 28                      | West Bengal                           |                         1 |
| Total number of Centres | Total number of Centres               |                        55 |

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Annexure-I

The  details  of  candidates  Trained  in  Degree/Diploma  Level  Courses  and  Skill  Based Courses (Long Term & Short Term) through NIELIT Centres in Financial Year

| Sl No   | NIELIT Centre                 | 2019- 2020   | 2020- 2021   | 2021- 2022   |   2022- 2023 |   2023- 2024 |
|---------|-------------------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
| 1       | Agartala                      | 3219         | 1965         | 1551         |        11257 |        11935 |
| 2       | Aizawl                        | 811          | 1928         | 431          |        17331 |         7576 |
| 3       | Ajmer                         | 125          | 680          | 707          |         1453 |         1986 |
| 4       | Aurangabad                    | 3003         | 3147         | 909          |        16628 |        10075 |
| 5       | Bhubnaneswar                  | 50           | 194          | 283          |         4501 |         2717 |
| 6       | Calicut                       | 1310         | 4293         | 6017         |         8980 |        31193 |
| 7       | Ropar                         | 17946        | 44304        | 46422        |        34693 |        32117 |
| 8       | Chennai                       | 853          | 2586         | 1773         |         1831 |         3577 |
| 9       | Kohima &Extension Centre (EC) | 1385         | 203          | 501          |         2766 |         2172 |
| 10      | Daman                         |              |              |              |          160 |          897 |
| 11      | Delhi                         | 1409         | 1680         | 1998         |         3016 |         3947 |
| 12      | Gangtok                       | 130          | 407          | 600          |         4248 |         6819 |
| 13      | Gorakhpur &EC                 | 2115         | 3377         | 3701         |         8083 |        19203 |
| 14      | Guwahati                      | 2171         | 4756         | 10161        |        28391 |        29306 |
| 15      | Haridwar                      | 326          | 1996         | 3450         |         3833 |         5737 |
| 16      | Imphal &ECs                   | 3853         | 2848         | 4128         |        14249 |        14332 |
| 17      | Itanagar &ECs                 | 495          | 379          | 560          |          803 |         1263 |
| 18      | Kolkata                       | 3330         | 445          | 2175         |         1546 |         1827 |
| 19      | Kurukshetra                   | 312          | 561          | 153          |         1648 |         2733 |
| 20      | Leh                           |              | 1110         | 401          |         3462 |         4764 |
| 21      | Patna                         | 9942         | 3472         | 5148         |         6529 |         6021 |
| 22      | Ranchi                        | 190          | 559          | 1093         |         2272 |         3124 |
| 23      | Shillong&EC                   | 321          | 111          | 239          |        10207 |         4462 |
| 24      | Shimla                        | 933          | 948          | 1053         |         1219 |         1062 |
| 25      | Srinagar &Jammu               | 2744         | 1811         | 5596         |         2592 |         5018 |
|         | Total                         | 56973        | 83760        | 99050        |       191698 |       213863 |

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NIELIT centre-wise details of Ongoing and Completed Research Projects

|   Sr. No. | Title of project                                                                                          | Implementing centre   | Duration                        | Remarks   |
|-----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------------|-----------|
|         1 | 'Design and Development of EEG Based Real-Time Depth of Anesthesia (DoA) Monitoring System'               | NIELIT Imphal         | March 2022 to March 2025        | Ongoing   |
|         2 | Ultra Low Power SHAKTI RISC V Based Lightweight Edge AI Processor for IoT enabled Healthcare Applications | NIELIT Aurangabad     | Jan 2024 to Jan 2029            | Ongoing   |
|         3 | Design and development of Ultrasonic transducer probes for medical imaging                                | NIELIT Calicut        | August 2021 to February 2025    | Ongoing   |
|         4 | Indigenous SkyGuard: Empowering Remote Communities with IoT- Enabled Drone Surveillance                   | NIELIT Calicut        | July 2022 to July 2027          | Ongoing   |
|         5 | Skilled Manpower Advance Research and Training Lab (SMART Lab)                                            | NIELIT Calicut        | Dec 2021 to Dec 2026            | Ongoing   |
|         6 | Indigenous Color Doppler Ultrasound Scanner with PNDT Compliance.                                         | NIELIT Calicut        | September 2015 to November 2019 | Completed |
|         7 | Design and Development of ASIC and Underwater Acoustic / Medical Ultrasound Imaging System Board          | NIELIT Calicut        | 2015 to 2021                    | Completed |

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Total funds allocated, released and utilized by NIELIT during the last five years:

| Year of grant   | Amount of Grant allocated and released   | Amount of Grant utilized   |
|-----------------|------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
| 2019-20         | 1,45,06,48,222/-                         | 1,32,09,19,799/-           |
| 2020-21         | 49,16,71,443/-                           | 46,58,61,982/-             |
| 2021-22         | 1,39,28,10,176/-                         | 1,03,31,90,035/-           |
| 2022-23         | 6,44,25,100/-                            | 3,30,96,198/-              |
| 2023-24         | 1,45,38,07,249/-                         | 1,24,62,84,497/-           |

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