Bill declaring 15 IIITs as institutes of national importance passedThe IIIT (Public- Private Partnership) Bill, 2017 seeks to grant statutory status to 15 IIITs and declare them as 'Institutions of National...
27 Jul, 2017, 07.56 PM IST
Now, IIITs can award MTech, PhD degreesThe proposed law includes IIITDM, Kurnool, in the principal law -Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIIT) Act, 2014 -which confer...
27 Jul, 2017, 10.29 AM IST
Modi government may bring ordinance to empower 15 IIITs to issue degreesFive IIITs have their first batch of students passing out this year and they would be unable to get their degrees in the absence of the leg...
09 May, 2017, 09.45 AM IST
Govt introduces bill to permit 15 IIITs award degreesTo help address the challenges faced by the country's information technology industry, the government has decided to set up 20 IIITs under ...
10 Apr, 2017, 05.35 PM IST
Cabinet nod to bill granting degree awarding power to 15 IIITsThe cost of each IIIT is Rs 128 crore and is contributed by the Centre, state government and the industry in the ratio of 50:35:15.
16 Mar, 2017, 12.03 AM IST
HRD Ministry & PMO differ on key appointments at IIITsPMO bats for greater autonomy for the 20 institutes, especially on ministry’s role in top jobs.
20 Jan, 2017, 12.50 AM IST
Prakash Javadekar speeds up implementation of pending PMO-backed projectsIn a late evening statement, the HRD ministry announced an ‘interim measure’ for IIITs, allowing them to apply for the status of deemed uni...
14 Jul, 2016, 01.09 AM IST
HRD ministry to bring in separate bill for IIITsThe ministry has also decided to allow increased intake of foreign students in IIITs and prepare a roadmap for brand building these institu...
13 Jul, 2016, 10.49 PM IST
Smriti Irani hails support of political parties in passage of education bills"As an Union minister, I felt that when it comes to education, it is not politics but 'rashtraneeti' (interest of the nation) that prevails...
06 Dec, 2014, 06.31 PM IST
Steps in education will be as per spirit of Constitution: Smriti IraniIrani sought to downplay her meetings with RSS ideologues and Sangh organisations, saying it was her responsibility, as a Minister, to list...
01 Dec, 2014, 08.43 PM IST
Indian Institutes of Information and Technology Bill gets Parliament nodHRD Minister said students passing from these institutes will now get degrees and the govt would make all efforts to attract the best of fa...
01 Dec, 2014, 08.13 PM IST
Bill in Lok Sabha to declare four IIITs as institutions of national importanceA bill seeking to declare 4 IIITs as institutions of national importance and empower them to grant degrees was introduced in the Lok Sabha ...
12 Aug, 2014, 05.00 PM IST
Parliamentary panel disapproves setting up of new IIITs under PPP modeThe government proposes to set up 20 new Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIITs) across the country under PPP mode.
13 Dec, 2013, 07.15 PM IST
IIIT-Bhubaneswar to become unitary universityIIIT, Bhubaneswar will soon be accorded unitary university status with passing of IIIT-Bhubaneswar Bill-2013 in the Odisha Assembly.
27 Aug, 2013, 04.23 PM IST
Bill in LS to establish 20 more IIITsA bill to establish 20 more IIITs and declare the four existing ones as institutions of national importance was introduced in the Lok Sabha.
18 Mar, 2013, 03.14 PM IST
- Govt approves bill to set up 20 more IIITs
Government gave nod for a bill, which seeks to give IIITs administrative autonomy and enables setting up of 20 more such institutes.
17 Aug, 2012, 01.49 PM IST
- 20 IIITs to come up on public-pvt partnership mode
The HRD ministry has prepared a public-private-partnership model for setting up 20 IIITs under which the expenditure could be shared in the...
18 Apr, 2010, 12.17 PM IST