Amidst reports that seats in technical education courses were still vacant, the central government has directed the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Delhi to come up with a comprehensive blueprint, which will keep the national perspective in mind, to project the requirement for education programmes in engineering, management and architecture, among others, over the next decade.

The plan will analyze the current situation of the industry and job creation. This plan will predict the demand for technical courses in the near future and help the All Indian Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to decide over approvals to new institutes and seats, The Indian Express reported.

Last year, AICTE had set up a committee to draft such a plan. Former vice-chancellor of Vishveswarya Technological University, Belgaum, Professor H P Khincha was heading that panel. The committee had suggested that AICTE take out a tender seeking the private sector’s help in collating data.

The central government had intervened and asked IIT-Delhi to coordinate with an IIT/ IIM/ NIT in each state to prepare a state perspective plan. Subsequently, based on the state plans, it will draft a national perspective plan. IIT-Delhi needs to finish the task within four months, according to IE report.

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