(a) the number and names of the new engineering colleges permitted to function during the year
2007-08;
(b) whether these colleges have sufficient infrastructure to run the colleges according
to their requirements of national standards; and
(c) if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SMT. D. PURANDESWARI)
(a) to(c) : As per the information furnished by All India Council for Technical Education
(AICTE), 231 new engineering colleges have been given approval during the year 2007-08.
Details regarding the names of the new engineering colleges which have been given approval
during 2007-08 are available at AICTE website (www.aicte.ernet.in). AICTE has granted
approval to those institutions which fulfill the norms and standards prescribed in the
Approval Process Handbook.