Recent Developments
MHRD issued NIT status to three more colleges which are located at
- Bihar Patna
Bihar College of Engineering - India's 6th oldest engineering College.
- Chattisgarh Raipur
Government Engineering College
- Tripura Agartala
Tripura Engineering College
These were done to provide an NIT to every new state carved out of its parent state whose NIT was lost as a result of the bifurcation. The 11th 5-year Plan envisages establishing 10 more NITs, bringing the current total of NITs to 30. Thus more than one NIT per state will become a reality. Based on the request of respective state government and feasibility, future NITs shall be either converted from the existing government institutes or can be setup as brand-new (Greenfield) NIT. The 21st (and the first brand-new) NIT is coming up at Imphal in the north-eastern state of Manipur at an initial cost of Rs. 500 crores. However no place for the location has been finalized yet.
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