‘Ban on new engineering colleges to continue for 2 more yrs barring exceptions’

The All India Council for Technical Education has extended the moratorium on setting up new engineering institutes for two more years with certain exceptions, according to its chairman Anil Sahasrabudhe. "The AICTE has extended its moratorium on establishing new engineering institutes up to two years with certain exceptions," Sahasrabudhe said. The exceptions include state government proposal to start new polytechnic in conventional, emerging, multidisciplinary, vocational areas including PPP mode; any industry having a minimum annual turnover of ₹5,000 crore registered as trust, society, company established under Section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013; and philanthropical organisations existing for over 25 years and running other educational institutes having a minimum enrolment of 10,000 students and NIRF ranking up to 100 in the preceding year. It is pertinent to mention that in the previous academic year, the council took a step forward to diminish the subject barrier by including a total of 14 subjects studied in various school education boards across the country to make them eligible for pursuing technical education courses offered by the council," Sahasrabudhe said.