New Delhi: Pursuant to Budget Announcements, 2014-15 and 2015-16, six new IITs in Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh), Bhilai (Chhattisgarh), Palakkad (Kerala), Goa (Goa), Jammu (Jammu & Kashmir), Dharwad (Karnataka) and seven new IIMs in Amritsar (Punjab), Sirmaur (Himachal Pradesh), Bodh Gaya (Bihar), Sambalpur (Odisha), Nagpur (Maharashtra), Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) and Jammu (J&K) have been established.
Minister of State (HRD), Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey today (08 December 2016) informed this in a written reply to a Rajya Sabha question. IIT Tirupati, IIT Palakkad and all IIMs except IIM Jammu have started their academic session from 2015-16, whereas IIT Bhilai, IIT Goa, IIT Jammu, IIT Dharwad and IIM Jammu have started their academic session from 2016-17.
The minister also informed that all these institutions are functioning from their temporary campuses.
Here it can be mentioned that with these new IITs, total number of IITs reached 23 while total number of seats for various BTech courses offered by these IITS stood at 10,572 for the academic year 2016-17. Meanwhile, total IIMs in India now stands at 20.
