Setting up of IIT Campuses

The new Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are Central Government funded autonomous institutions and each of them has taken necessary steps for establishment of their permanent campuses. The role of the State Government is limited to providing requisite land, free from any encumbrances, as also to facilitate approach road, electricity and water supply.

Meetings to discuss issues relating to campus development are held between the Directors of the IITs and the concerned State Government representatives at regular intervals. Recently, on 04.12.2012, a meeting took place at Bhopal regarding the campus development of IIT, Indore, wherein the issues relating to transfer of land, water supply, environmental and forest clearance, etc. were discussed.

While during the four years of the XI Plan, Rs.1196.89 crores only was released to these IITs, during the current financial year 2012-13, a sum of Rs.715.00 crores has been allocated for accelerated infrastructure development of these institutes.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Dr. Shashi Tharoor in Lok Sabha today on 19.12.12