Writeup AP 2011-12 - Punjab State Planning Board

engineering colleges, 33 B. Pharmacy, 139 management institutions, 18 government/ aided
polytechnics and 119 self financed polytechnic colleges in the state. To make the technical
education system responsive to the needs and requirements of industry, action has been
initiated on many fronts. An allocation of Rs. 50.91 crore is provided in the Annual Plan
2011-12.
133. For enhancement of skill development and employability of rural youth, state
government is upgrading six technical institutions into multidisciplined academies with Rs.
82.00 crore project assistance from NABARD. NABARD has already released Rs. 40.06
crore against its share of Rs. 61.87 crore. Under this scheme, polytechnics would have
engineering courses and as well as 10+2 classes and similarly, engineering colleges would
have polytechnics and 10+2 classes. An amount of Rs. 35.00 crore is provided for this project
in the Annual Plan 2011-12. Besides, the State is in the process of setting up seven
polytechnic colleges in the State in seven districts under the centrally sponsored scheme
‘Setting up of new polytechnics in the districts where no government polytechnic exists at
present’. The approximate cost per institution would be Rs. 12.30 crore and it would be built
on 8-9 acres of land. Government of India has already accorded its approval and released Rs.
35.00 crore under the scheme. The construction work has been started for these polytechnics.
134. The State has initiated the process to bring improvement in teaching, training
and learning facilities under the centrally sponsored programme “Implementation of
Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP-II) (75:25)”. During 2011-
12, Thapar University Patiala and 6 Engineering Colleges affiliated with Punjab Technical
University will be covered under the programme. The programme will help to produce high
quality engineers for better employability and scaling up of postgraduate education and
demand driven R&D and innovation. An amount of Rs. 13.55 crore is provided in the
Annual Plan 2011-12 which includes state share of Rs. 3.39 crore.
135. The state government has already provided 513 acres of land at village Phul
Kalan for the establishment of Indian Institute of Technology, Roopnagar. First academic
session (2008-09) was conducted from the campus of IIT, Delhi. From July, 2009, the IIT
has started functioning from Government Polytechnic for women, Roopnagar. Government
of India needs to begin the work of construction of a permanent building.
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