Question : INFRASTRUCTURAL FACILITIES IN GTB INSTITUTE

(a) The number of colleges granted affiliation to Guru Govind Singh Indraprastha University for conducting B.Tech. Courses;

(b) The criteria adopted for granting affiliation to theses colleges by AICTE;

(c) whether the infrastructural facilities including teaching faculty in most of the colleges especially GTB Institute of technology are not upto the mark;

(d) whether AICTE have conducted any surprise check in these colleges;

(e) if so, the details thereof; and

(f) the steps proposed to be taken by the government to ensure adequate facilities and better faculty in these colleges especially in GTB Institute of Technology, Delhi?

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI JAYASINGRAO GAIKWAD PATIL)

(a) to (f): All India Council for technical education (AICTE) grants approval to technical institutions which fulfillits norms and standards. These Institutions at degree level are affiliated to a University. Six such degree level engineering institutions approved by AICTE are affiliated to Guru Govind Singh Indraprastha university. GTB Institute of Technology, Delhi was approved by the AICTE during 1999- 2000. At the time of approval, the institute had fulfilled the infrastructures norms. Recently, the Monitoring Committee of AICTE visited the institute and has assessed its infrastructural and instructional facilities. Such monitoring on the part of AICTE is a continuous process in order to – norms and standards in technical institutions.