7 Karnataka engineering colleges?
Karnataka's government has formed a task group to convert seven state-run campuses into Karnataka Institutes of Technology (KITs).
Once improved, these colleges will offer educational levels comparable to those provided by the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).
As part of the development's first phase, the state legislature has additionally allotted Rs. 95 crores for the 7 colleges.
The IITs are regarded as India's best and most famous technical education institutions.
The Karnataka government's intention to transform seven government engineering institutions into IIT-style institutes will thereby benefit the state's system of education.
Furthermore, Chief Minister of Karnataka Basavaraj Bommai stated that the aforementioned initiative ‘would assist build a professional human resources pool inside the state’.
CM Bommai has Designated an amount of Rs. 710 crores forward towards the upgrading of seven engineering institutions as [Karnataka Institutes of Technology] within the next five years.
The task group is made up of technical education specialists who have been tasked with preparing a thorough project report on how the 7 engineering institutes may be turned into KITs within two months.
The task group will be led by Professor S Sadagopan, Founder-Director of the International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) in Bangalore.
It is said to include LS Ganesh, chairman of the Vision Group for Higher Education Research, C Rajendra of the International Institute of Management and Technical Studies, Ramagopal Rao of IIIT-Bangalore, Manindra Agarwal of IIT-Kanpur, Professor Y Narahari of Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, and Chakrabarty of IIT-Kharagpur.
The government has set out Rs. 710 crores for the program.
The task group will determine the requirements of each of these institutions in terms of infrastructure, dormitories, and teachers, according to Karnataka's Minister for Higher Education, CN Ashwath Narayan, cited as saying by TOI.
We will execute the suggestions once the task force's [report] is presented, with both the government reserving Rs. 710 crores for this effort, the minister stated.
According to reports, the task group will choose two divisions from seven government engineering universities based on placement and would present suggestions and proposals on how to efficiently upgrade them to IIT-like institutes.
Minister Narayan further indicated that the task force specialists will help with the introduction of modular components for both undergraduate and graduate degrees in the envisaged KITs.
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