Saturday, March 1, 2008

Proposal for of New Institutions in Budget 2008-09

http://indiabudget.nic.in/ub2008-09/eb/po.pdf

1. Department of Biotechnology:

Efforts will be made to start the activities of other institutions in pipelines in the areas of stem cell biology, UNESCO regional centre, agri-food biotechnology, marine biotechnology and animal biotechnology.

2. Department of Higher Education- (Technical Education)

A provision of Rs. 150 crore has been made for Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) which would take care of the requirement of the three IISER at Pune, Kolkata, and Mohali and two new ones to be started at Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) and Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh). Apart from the provision for various ongoing schemes in the Technical Education sector, a provision of Rs.50 Crore has been made for setting up of three new IITs, Rs. 8 crore for setting up of new IIMs, Rs. 21.40 crore for setting up of new IIITs, Rs. 15 crore for two new schools of Planning and Architecture at Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh and Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh, and a token provision of Rs. 1 crore for new National Institute of Technology.

3. Information, Publicity and Broadcasting:

Provision for Setting up of National Centre for Excellence in Animation, Gaming & Special Effects.

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