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New Delhi: Parliament Monday passed a bill which will make the six new Indian
Institutes of Technology (IITs) capable of granting degrees to the
engineers that pass out.
The Institute of Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2010, along with the
National Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2010, was
passed by the Rajya Sabha by voice vote Monday. Both the bills
have already been passed by the Lok Sabha.
The institute of technology bill adds eight new Indian Institutes
of Technology in Bhubaneshwar, Gandhinagar, Hyderabad, Indore,
Jodhpur, Mandi, Patna, Ropar and Institute of Technology, Banaras
Hindu University (BHU), to the list of IITs. All these
institutions will be declared as institutions of national
importance.
The National Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2010,
amends the National Institutes of Technology Act, 2007, to add a
schedule of five Indian Institutes of Science Education and
Research (IISER), established in Kolkata, Pune, Mohali, Bhopal and
Thiruvananthapuram.
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