New Delhi, July 01: Delhi Assembly today unanimously
passed a Bill paving way for upgradation of the existing
Delhi College of Engineering to Delhi Technological
University.
Moving the Bill in the Assembly, Chief Minister Sheila
Dikshit said the upgradation of the engineering college will
open up new opportunities for expansion of technical education
in Delhi as more courses would be introduced soon.
Dikshit said her Government has prepared a blueprint to
implement the recommendations of the National Knowledge
Commission, which has emphasized the need for synergy between
education and research.
"Keeping this in mind, it has been decided to upgrade
Delhi College of Engineering into a State University under the
name of Delhi Technological University," she said adding, it
will be an autonomous university.
Officials said new BE programmes in software engineering,
automotive engineering, electrical and electronic engineering,
engineering physics, aerospace engineering, medical
engineering and nuclear science and engineering will be
introduced soon.
Courses on bio-technology, nano-technology,
bio-informatics, computational mathematics and MBA in
knowledge and technology management and information systems
management would also be introduced.
Expressing her government's resolve to improve quality of
education in Delhi, Dikshit said the engineering and
technological colleges will be set up under the university.
"It has been decided to offer new courses from this
academic session," she said. Government's plan to add 458
new seats would commence from the current academic session.
Current strength of DCE is approximately 3000, which
would go up to around 10,000 in next five years. It is also
proposed to increase intake in Ph.D programmes from 25 to 225
in next five years.
The bill was supported by BJP and BSP MLAs also.
Bureau Report
First Published: Wednesday, July 01, 2009, 22:08