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Wednesday, September 24, 2025
TopicEngineering colleges

Topic: Engineering colleges

1,000 underperforming rural engg colleges set for upgrade, says AICTE as ‘employability gap’ identified

Over 500 colleges shortlisted across states & Union territories. Plan is to double average employment rate in participating institutions by 2028.

With 0 takers, Bengal, Karnataka, Kerala colleges scrap engineering courses in regional languages

At the same time, some states including Maharashtra, UP, Rajasthan, see high enrollments. Regional language courses were introduced in 2021 as part of National Education Policy (NEP).

Hindi engineering courses in MP are just not taking off. Students keep moving to English

AICTE gave permission to 13 government and private colleges to offer engineering degree and diploma courses in Hindi in Madhya Pradesh in 2022. So far, 108 have enrolled.

As demand rises, tech education body AICTE lifts 3-yr-old ban on new engineering colleges

An expert panel that recommended the ban in 2019 because of low demand for seats has now suggested it should be lifted. The moratorium will be lifted next academic year.

50% rise in CSE seats in engineering colleges: Tamil Nadu government plans to meet the rising demand for IT graduates

Tamil Nadu hosts some of the top engineering colleges in India like IIT Madras & VIT Vellore. The rise in demand has lead to an increase in CSE seats from 27,000 to 42,000 from 2021 to 2022.

After hitting 10-yr low, engineering seats go up as AICTE approves 142 new technical institutes

The new institutions come under the AICTE clause which gives nod for colleges that offer new disciplines like artificial intelligence, data science and machine learning.

Govt fixes minimum and maximum annual fee slabs for engineering, management courses

The minimum annual fee for an engineering course has been fixed at Rs 68,000 per annum. Maximum annual fee fixed at Rs 1.4-Rs 1.8 lakh for three-year and four-year programmes.

Plumbing will now be taught at India’s engineering & architecture institutes, AICTE announces

Course to be introduced in the next academic year. It could be taken as a minor degree in the future. 

AICTE-fixed fees for technical institutions likely soon, Modi govt mulls proposal on range

AICTE believed to have submitted proposal for maximum & minimum fees for engineering, management & other institutions affiliated to it, to education ministry 15 days back. Order likely soon.

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China’s most advanced aircraft carrier—Fujian—uses electromagnetic catapults, a core component of future aircraft carriers.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.