New Delhi, Sep 17 The government today approved establishment of nine National Institutes of Technology (NITs) which will start functioning from next year.
These national level institutes will be set up at a cost of Rs 2,350 crore in Manipur, Mizoram, Goa, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Pudducherry, Uttarakhand and Delhi.
The Union Cabinet gave its go ahead to these institutes, which will either be started in campuses on lease or in the campuses of older NITs till the new ones get their own infrastructure, Minister of Information and Broadcasting Ambika Soni told reporters.
The process of setting up these institutes will start next year with the formation of respective societies, constitution of their board of governors and appointment of directors.
At present, there are 20 NITs in the country. The government had decided to set up ten new NITs in those states which do not have such institutions
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