Lok Sabha Question No. 3470 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-08
Subject: New Engineering Colleges and Employment Opportunities
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: KONAKALLA NARAYANA RAO

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3470 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.08.2016

## New Engineering Colleges and Employment Opportunities

## 3470.   SHRI KONAKALLA NARAYANA RAO:

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

- (a) Whether	 the	 Ministry	 has	 accorded	 permission	 to	 start	 the	 new	 engineering colleges	during	the	last	three	years;
- (b) if	so,	the	details	thereof;
- (c) the	 Ministry	 is	 aware	 that	 many	 of	 the	 existing	 engineering	 colleges	 are	 not having	enough	student	strength	and	also	the	employability	for	the	engineering graduates	are	questionable;
- (d) if	so,	the	details	thereof	and	the	action	taken	by	the	Government	to	improve	the employment	opportunities	for	the	pass	out	students	across	the	country;	and

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. MAHENDRA NATH PANDEY)

(a) to (b): The  Government  has  decided  to  set  up  five  new  IITs  at  Tirupati  (Andhra Pradesh), Palakkad (Kerala), Jammu (Jammu & Kashmir), Bhilai (Chhattisgarh) and Goa in pursuance  to  Budget  Announcement  2014-15;  and  an  IIT  at  Dharwar  (Karnataka)  and conversion of ISM Dhanbad into an IIT, in pursuance to Budget Announcement 2015-16. Academic Sessions have commenced in the year 2015-16 at IIT Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh) and  IIT  Palakkad  (Kerala)  in  their  respective  temporary  campuses.  The  other  4  IITsDharwad, Bhilai, Goa and Jammu are commencing their academic sessions in 2016-17.

Moreover, the Government of India has established National Institute of Technology in the State of Andhra Pradesh. NIT, Andhra Pradesh started its first academic session from the year 2015 onwards with an annual intake of 480 students.

Apart  from  this,  the  Government  has  established  one  new  Indian  Institute  of  Science Education &  Research  (IISER)  at Tirupati. The  IISERs  are Institutes of National Importance  with  international  repute  and  the  students  passing  out  of  these  enjoy  high employment potentiality.

- (e) if	not,	the	reasons	therefor?

(c): AICTE has approved an annual intake of 18,07,091 undergraduate students for 2014-15 in the professional Technical Institutions wherein 8,63,079 seats could not be filled for want of students. The details are at Annexure.

(d)  &  (e): The Ministry of Human Resource Development is implementing the following schemes to impart skill education to the students to enhance their skills for productive and gainful employement:

- (i) Employability Enhancement Training Programme (EETP).
- (ii) National Employability Enhancement Mission (NEEM).
- (iii) National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF)  Programmes in  AICTE approved Colleges/ Polytechnics.
- (iv) Community College Scheme.

The details of these schemes are available at AICTE website http://www.aicte-india.org/.

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ANNEXURE -STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (C) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3470 FOR 08.08.2016 ASKED BY SHRI KONAKALLA NARAYANA  RAO HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING NEW ENGINEERING COLLEGES AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.

| 2014-15 (UG PROGRAMS)       | 2014-15 (UG PROGRAMS)   | 2014-15 (UG PROGRAMS)   | 2014-15 (UG PROGRAMS)   | 2014-15 (UG PROGRAMS)   | 2014-15 (UG PROGRAMS)   |
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| State/UT                    | Approved Institutes     | Approved Intake*        | Enrolled Students       | Seats filled Percentage | Vacant Seats            |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 1                       | 90                      | 91                      | 100                     | 0                       |
| Andhra Pradesh              | 462                     | 198120                  | 91690                   | 46                      | 106403                  |
| Arunachal Pradesh           | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       |
| Assam                       | 21                      | 5475                    | 2529                    | 46                      | 2946                    |
| Bihar                       | 27                      | 8960                    | 4134                    | 46                      | 4826                    |
| Chandigarh                  | 5                       | 1041                    | 1006                    | 97                      | 35                      |
| Chhattisgarh                | 61                      | 29206                   | 11665                   | 40                      | 17541                   |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli      | 1                       | 60                      | 59                      | 98                      | 1                       |
| Delhi                       | 24                      | 9981                    | 8035                    | 81                      | 1946                    |
| Goa                         | 8                       | 1430                    | 1199                    | 84                      | 231                     |
| Gujarat                     | 196                     | 75504                   | 50174                   | 66                      | 25330                   |
| Haryana                     | 192                     | 72644                   | 25801                   | 36                      | 22470                   |
| Himachal Pradesh            | 34                      | 10900                   | 3335                    | 31                      | 7565                    |
| Jammu and Kashmir           | 8                       | 2980                    | 2163                    | 73                      | 817                     |
| Jharkhand                   | 18                      | 7590                    | 4750                    | 63                      | 2840                    |
| Karnataka                   | 271                     | 111062                  | 85735                   | 77                      | 25327                   |
| Kerala                      | 205                     | 66656                   | 43466                   | 65                      | 23190                   |
| Madhya Pradesh              | 317                     | 115838                  | 54175                   | 47                      | 61663                   |
| Maharashtra                 | 546                     | 178310                  | 103787                  | 58                      | 74523                   |
| Manipur                     | 1                       | 115                     | 115                     | 100                     | 0                       |
| Meghalaya                   | 1                       | 480                     | 257                     | 54                      | 223                     |
| Mizoram                     | 1                       | 30                      | 35                      | 100                     | 5                       |
| Nagaland                    | 1                       | 240                     | 0                       | 0                       | 240                     |
| Odisha                      | 115                     | 49499                   | 17788                   | 36                      | 31711                   |
| Puducherry                  | 20                      | 9150                    | 4438                    | 49                      | 4712                    |
| Punjab                      | 151                     | 53122                   | 20774                   | 39                      | 32348                   |
| Rajasthan                   | 177                     | 70800                   | 27975                   | 40                      | 42825                   |
| Sikkim                      | 2                       | 906                     | 651                     | 72                      | 255                     |
| Tamil Nadu                  | 572                     | 294484                  | 161756                  | 55                      | 132728                  |
| Telangana                   | 472                     | 209530                  | 84050                   | 40                      | 125480                  |
| Tripura                     | 3                       | 630                     | 331                     | 53                      | 299                     |
| Uttar Pradesh               | 422                     | 166596                  | 80649                   | 48                      | 85947                   |
| Uttarakhand                 | 52                      | 14874                   | 5737                    | 39                      | 9137                    |
| West Bengal                 | 103                     | 40768                   | 21253                   | 52                      | 19515                   |
| Grand Total                 | 4490                    | 1807071                 | 919603                  | 51                      | 863079                  |