Question : SETTING UP OF HIGHER EDUCATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTES IN ASSAM

(a) whether the Union Government has taken any special initiatives to set up a central university by the name “Bodoland Central University”, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Indian Institute of Management (IIM), and Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) at Kokrajhar in Assam to help accelerate the speed of progress and development in the sphere of Technical Education and higher learning within Bodoland;

(b) if so, the steps taken so far in this regard; and

(c) if not, the reasons therefor?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. SHASHI THAROOR)

(a) to (c): As of now there is no proposal to setup a Central University in Bodoland region of Assam, as there are already two Central Universities namely, Assam University, Silchar and Tezpur University in the State of Assam. There is no proposal to set up any IIM and IIT in this area, as there is already an IIT at Guwahati and IIM at Shillong. As for IIIT, the State Government has recently identified land at Guwahati.