As many as 11 engineering institutions in West Bengal have qualified for grants through Phase II of Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP). The State government will sign a MoU with all the 11 institutions on Wednesday.
Out of the 11 colleges, eight are government and government-aided institutions, while three are private colleges. Over the next four years, the government colleges will get a funding of Rs 10 crore each while the private ones will get Rs 4 crore each, according to a senior official.
Cost share
The Centre and State government will share the cost in the ratio of 75:25.
The funds will be utilised for scaling up of postgraduate education, introduction of demand-driven research and development and innovation, establishing centres of excellence for focused applicable research, training of faculty for effective teaching and enhancing institutional and system management effectiveness.
Selected colleges
The eight government colleges selected for TEQIP Phase II are: RCC Institute of Information Technology, College of Engineering and Management, Kolaghat, Bankura Unnajani Institute of Engineering, University Institute of Technology, Burdwan University, Government College of Engineering and Leather Technology, Kolkata, Calcutta Institute of Engineering and Management, West Bengal University of Technology, Kolkata, Birbhum Institute of Engineering and Technology, Birbhum.
The three private colleges include Heritage Institute of Technology, MCKV Institute of Technology and Narula Institute of Technology.
TEQIP Phase I (2004-09) also covered 11 institutions in West Bengal at an outlay of about Rs 147 crore.
TEQIP is a World Bank-assisted project launched in 2003 by the Union Ministry of Human Resources and Development for strengthening the quality of technical education in the country.
The total project outlay is Rs 2,430 crore, in which the World Bank will contribute Rs 1,395 crore.
The Centre will contribute Rs 500 crore, while the State government will chip in Rs 518 crore. The private unaided institutions will contribute Rs 16 crore.