Jalandhar: Central Government in association with World Bank has chosen five Punjab Technical University (PTU) affiliated colleges for Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP).
As per sources, the National Project Implementing Unit constituted by the State Project Implementing Unit and Ministry of Human Resource Development will sign a Memorandum of University (MoU) on July 31, 2011, following which funds will be allotted.
The colleges selected for grant under PTU are: SBS College of Engineering and Technology, Ferozepur, Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana, Beant College of Engineering and Technology, Gurdaspur, Giani Zail Singh College of Engineering and Technology, Bathinda, (all government aided colleges) and Chandigarh Engineering College, Mohali.
Each college will receive a total amount of Rs 10 crore in order to develop infrastructure for graduate and undergraduate courses. PTU will bear 25 % of the total cost on behalf of state government. Rest of the amount will be paid by the Central Government through the World Bank.
Dr Rajneesh Arora, Vice Chancellor of PTU said that the project was started last year. However, a decision in this regard was taken during the 5th National Steering Committee meeting held on June 29, 2011 at Delhi. He also added that applications received from 89 state-funded engineering colleges across 18 states and two Union Territories were selected.
