Union Cabinet Gives Approval to Six New IITs

Five new IITs will come up at Tirupati, Palakkad, Dharwar, Bhilai, Goa and Jammu.

25 May 2016, 08:02 PM IST i

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave its ex post facto approval to amend the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961 to incorporate six new Indian Institutes Technology (IITs) at Tirupati, Palakkad, Dharwar, Bhilai, Goa and Jammu.
The amendment would also convert the Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad into an IIT by bringing it under the ambit of the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961.
The Cabinet also gave ex post facto approval to set up the National Institute of Technology, Andhra Pradesh that has been registered as a society under the Andhra Pradesh Societies Registration Act, 2001.
(With PIT inputs.)

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