Question : INDIAN INSTITUTES OF TECHNOLOGY

(a) whether the Union Government has received requests/proposals from the State Governments and public representatives for setting up of Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) in various parts of the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the present status of each proposal, State-wise;

(c) the time by which the pending proposals are likely to be cleared;

(d) whether the State Governments have failed to provide land for new IIT in their States;

(e) if so, the details thereof;

(f) whether the Government is considering to withdraw the proposal of IITs from these States; and

(g) if so, whether these IITs are likely to be shifted to other States where other States are ready to provide land and if so, the details thereof?

MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. D. PURANDESWARI)

(a) to (c): While during the XI Plan period the Central Government has set up eight new IITs in the States of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, requests/ representations have since been received from various quarters for setting up of new IITs in the States of Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Maharashtra. At present there is no proposal to establish new IITs and any proposal in this regard has to await the approval of XII five year plan by the National Development Council.

(d) to (e): The State Governments have committed to allot land for all the eight new IITs set up in the country. While the land has been handed over to the IITs at Hyderabad, Ropar, Bhubaneswar, Patna and Rajasthan and partially to the IITs at Indore and Mandi, the same is yet to be handed over to IIT Gandhinagar (Gujarat).

(f) No, Sir.

(g) Does not arise.