pradip kumar datta
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good news for silchar
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here is a very good news for silchar .
REC SILCHAR is going to be a deemed university and will get a new name as NATIONAL INSTITUTE IF TECHNOLOGY according to HRD Minister Murli Monohar Joshi as i read in a english daily(TIMES OF INDIA) ON 28TH june.
Not only silchar 10 REC will ne named NIT and DU.
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SENTINELASSAM.COM
Silchar REC, 16 others to be upgraded as NITs
NEW DELHI, June 27 (PTI): Government has decided to upgrade 17 regional engineering colleges (RECs) to National Institutes of Technology (NIT) on the lines of IITs in a bid to enhance scientific and technical manpower in the country. In the first phase, ten RECs located at Allahabad, Bhopal, Calicut, Hamirpur, Jaipur, Kurukshetra, Nagpur, Rourkela, Surathkal and Silchar would be upgraded as NITs, Human Resource Development Minister Murli Manohar Joshi told reporters here today. The remaining RECs would be converted into NITs in a phased manner, Joshi said.
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The Hindu
Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Friday, Jun 28, 2002
RECs to be upgraded
By Our Special Correspondent
NEW DELHI JUNE 27. The Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has decided to restructure the framework of the Regional Engineering Colleges (RECs) and upgrade them to the status of the National Institutes of Technology (NITs) along the lines of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).
Announcing this at a press conference here today, the Union HRD Minister, Murli Manohar Joshi, said already 10 of the 17 RECs had been converted into NITs and granted `Deemed to be University' status. The 10 RECs which have been upgraded are: Allahabad, Bhopal, Calicut, Hamirpur, Jaipur, Kurukshetra, Nagpur, Rourkela, Surathkal and Silchar. The remaining seven RECs, he said, would be upgraded as and when the respective State Governments accept the Ministry's proposal.
The move to restructure the framework of RECswas done with a view to addressing the demand for scientific and technical manpower besides R&D personnel at the earliest and in the most cost-effective manner. ``Setting up an IIT can run into crores of rupees. Since the RECs already have the necessary infrastructure, upgrading them and allowing them autonomy through `Deemed to be University' status will improve the quality of their graduates.''
Though the NITs will now be brought under the Centre, the existing admission quota wherein 50 per cent of the seats are reserved for students hailing from the State, where a particular REC is located, will continue. And, like the Joint Entrance Examinations (JEEs) for admission to the IITs, an All-India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) will be conducted for admission to the NITs.
As a result of this upgradation, the earlier system of having the Minister of Technical Education of the respective States as REC chairman will be abandoned. Instead an ``eminent technologist/engineer/industrialist/educationist would be the chairman, who, apart from providing academic and administrative leadership will also provide its public face''. Also, each NIT will have a Board of Governors made up of eminent persons from the field of academics, industry or technology.
Though the NITs have been fashioned along the lines of the IITs, the Minister underlined the fact that they would not be in the same league. ``The IIT brand name will be protected. That is why admission to NITs will be done through the AIEEE and not the JEE.''
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The Indian Express
Govt waves magic wand over 10 RECs
Santwana Bhattacharya
New Delhi, June 27: Ten Regional Engineering Colleges (RECs) will be upgraded to National Institutes of Technology (NITs) with management control passing from hands of state governments to a board of governors comprising professionals. The institutes will be funded entirely by the Centre.
Making this announcement, HRD Minister Murli Manohar Joshi said, ‘‘The newly-formed institutes would be governed by a professional board as in case of IITs. Also, the NITs will be administered from a national perspective rather than a regional-specific focus.’’
The first 10 RECs selected are — Allahabad, Bhopal, Calicut, Hamirpur, Jaipur, Kurukshetra, Nagpur, Rourkela, Surathkal and Silchar. They will also be granted ‘‘deemed university’’ status. The other seven RECs will follow restructuring and conversion pattern, Joshi said the selection of the present batch was determined by initiatives shown by the respective state governments.
‘‘They are the ones who were prepared to accept our proposal. Subsequently, all remaining RECs will be converted into NITs in a phased manner.’’
However, the fee structure will remain the same as that of RECs. ‘‘There will be no fee hike,’’ Joshi said, adding ‘‘the initiative will translate into improved funding for NITs and better management. It would give them more autonomy.’’ The NITs, which will have IIT directors on their boards to guide the upgradation programme, are expected to become second-rung IITs.
Departing from the earlier system where the Minister of Technology/Education of states were the chairpersons (of RECs), under the new system an eminent technologist/engineer/industrialist/experts would be the chairperson.
The admission will take place through the national-level entrance test. But the admission quota will remain the same with 50 per cent seats reserved for the state-based students and the rest selected on an all-India basis. ‘‘The new NITs are be taking 7000 more students and will give them IIT-level technical education,’’ Joshi said. The decision to upgrade existing RECs to the level of IITs was taken because there were no funds to set up new IITs (Rs 100 crore each).
‘‘Under the circumstances, this was the best we could do rather than waiting for funds for new IITs. This was a less expensive proposition,’’ Joshi said.
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Panel to watch over tech institutes
TIMES NEWS NETWORK [ SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2002 3:10:50 AM ]
NEW DELHI: A council of National Institutes of Technology will be set up to coordinate activities following conversion of regional engineering colleges into national institutes of technology.
The Union minister for human resource development will be chairman of the council.
The council, with 19 members including several Union secretaries, will provide advice on academic matters, admission standards, academic distinctions to be conferred by the Institutes as well as the duration of courses.
The council will also advise the Central government on policy issues regarding cadres, methods of recruitment and conditions of service of employees, institution of scholarships as well as fee structure.
Ten regional engineering colleges were converted into national institutes of technology recently.
These institutes will be developed as autonomous and flexible institutions of excellence so as to cope with the rapidly changing technical education globally as also the changes within the country in a post-liberalisation environment.
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