 TECHNICAL EDUCATION

The third Five-Year Plan targets of 20,000 admissions to first degree courses and 40,000 admissions to diploma courses were nearly reached in 1963-64. These targets have been revised to 25,000 admissions to degree courses and 50,000 admissions to diploma courses in order to meet defence requirements as also the increasing demand for engineers and technicians for the Five-Year Plans. Against this revised target, admissions in 1964-65 were of the order of 22,210 to degree courses and 41,450 to diploma courses. It is expected that the revised targets also will be reached by the end of the current Plan period. During the year 9,460 graduates and about 15,000 diploma holders passed out of technical institutions.

2. Under the scheme of part-time diploma courses in Engineering, 14 centres were set up in 1963-64 to conduct four-year part-time courses for diplomas in engineering for persons working in industry and other technical establishments. Two more centres were set up for such part-time diploma courses. A scheme for instituting part-time degree courses for persons working in industry and other establishments has been sanctioned and it is proposed to set up 30 centres for these part-time courses by the end of the Plan period. These 30 centres, are being selected in consultation with the State Governments, universities and other authorities.

3. On the recommendations of the Board of Post-Graduate Engineering Studies and Research, 38 centres (other than the Institutes of Technology) have been selected for development for the Master's degree courses and post-graduate diploma courses in a wide range of subjects. Provision has been made at these centres for over 1,550 seats at post-graduate level.

A. ENGINEERING COLLEGES AND POLYTECHNICS

4. The revised fourth Five-Year Plan of the Centre and the States provides for the establishment of 23 new engineering colleges (including Regional Engineering Colleges) and 94 polytechnics. 12 engineering colleges were started in the first three years of the Plan period and during the year, six more colleges started functioning at Rewa and Bilaspur in Madhya Pradesh, Amravati in Maharashtra, Kurukshetra in Punjab, Tiruchirappalli in Madras and Jaipur in Rajasthan. The last three are Regional Engineering Colleges.

4.1. As regards diploma courses, 54 polytechnics were started in the first three years of the Plan period. In the current year, 14 more polytechnics were set up at Delhi, Batala, Hamirpur, Guru Teg Bahadurgarh, Mirzapur, Moradabad, Cooch-bihar, Seoni, Ashoknagar, Dumka, Barauni, Nanded, Yeotmal and Rajkot.

4.2. The State Plans also provide for the establishment of 24 polytechnics for women. In the first three years of the Plan period, 13 polytechnics were set up. In the current year, 4 more polytechnics started functioning at Hubli, Ahmedabad, Coimbatore and Gauhati.

4.3. 76 Junior Technical Schools were set up up to the end of 1963-64. In the current year, 13 new schools were started in different parts of the country and the total number of Junior Technical Schools functioning is 89.

A-1. HIGHER TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTES

5. In 1964, 1,764 candidates were admitted to the five Institutes of Technology for the first degree courses in engineering and technology. The distribution of the admission at various Technological Institutes located at different places is : Kharagpur 500, Bombay 395, Madras 326, Kanpur 273 and Delhi 270.

5.1. The Kharagpur Institute also admitted 48 students to Honours degree course in Science.

5.2. The detailed progress of these Institutes during 1964-65 is as below :

(a) Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.-During the year the total student enrolment at the Institute was 2,380.247 students qualified for Bachelor's degree and 74 students for Master's degree and post-graduate diplomas. 12 candidates were awarded Doctorate degrees. In addition to regular post-graduate courses in various fields of engineering and technology, the Institute conducted short-term courses in Modern Foundry Practice. On the recommendations of the All India Council for Technical Education, a regular first degree course in Aeronautical Engineering was also started with 30 admissions. The Institute proposes to start a post- graduate course in Dairy Engineering from the next academic session.

(a)- 1. Under various foreign aid programmes, the Institute had the benefit of the services of four experts and it also sent eight members of its staff for training abroad. An Electronic Computer at a cost of Rs. 6,00,000 is being received as gift under US AID Programme.

(b) Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.-The total student enrolment at the Institute was 1,766 in 1964-65. It is expected that the student enrolment will reach 2,000 next year. 114 candidates qualified for the Bachelor's degree and 103 candidates for Master's degree. One candidate was also awarded a Doctorate during the year under report.

(b)-1. The Institute also started a new post- graduate diploma course in Heat Treatment in January, 1964, and six candidates were admitted.

(b)-2. Nine Unesco experts are working at present at the Institute. In addition, 3 specialists from the U.S.S.R. worked in the Institute for brief periods during the year under report. Under the Bilateral Agreement with the U.S. S. R., 5 experts and four teacher-cum-translators are also working at the Institute. 19 members of the staff of the Institute were sent for specialised training in various branches of engineering and technology abroad. The Institute has received so far about 17.3 million rupees worth of equipment under the various aid programmes.

(c) Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.-The student enrolment at the Institute was 1,225. The first batch of 92 graduates passed out in February, 1964.

(c)-1. Under the Federal Republic of Germany programme of assistance, the Institute has received so far equipment worth 14.0 million rupees. 7 German Professors and 5 German technicians also worked at the Institute during the year under report. An analogue Computer worth about 2,00,000 rupees was received as gift from the Tools for Freedom of the U.S.A.

(d) Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.-The student enrolment during the year under report was 682. A new degree course in Aeronautical Engineering was instituted and the major part of the activities of the Institute was shifted to the new campus at Kalyanpur.

(d)-1. The Institute pressed on with equipping its laboratories and workshop with the assistance provided by the U.S. Government. Equipment worth 3.6 million- rupees has already been received and an additional equipment of the value of 3 to 3.5 million rupees is expected. An I.B.M. Digital Computer received from US AID has been commissioned and the Computer Centre of the Institute is offering facilities of training to universities, scientific institutions and other organisations. The Computer Centre hopes to acquire another I.B.M. Computer 7,044 at a concessional price. 26 U.S. Professors and Experts are working it the Insti- tute and 4 members of staff have been sent for training abroad..

(e) Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.-The student enrolment during the year was 891. The development plan of the Institute envisages a total student enrolment of 1,650 both in undergraduate courses and in post-graduate courses and research. Under the Colombo Plan, 8 British Professors and 2 expert technicians are working at the Institute. 9 members of staff have been sent to the U.K. for training. Under the British programme of assistance to the Institute, equipment and books worth over 3.1 million rupees have been received from the United Kingdom.

(f) School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi. In 1964-65, the School admitted 86 students to different courses in Town Planning, Housing and in Architecture. The total student enrolment during the year was 450.

(f)-1. The question of setting up a Department of Landscape Architecture and an Urban Research Centre at the Institute is under consideration. 2 experts are working at the School under foreign did programmes.

(g) Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad.-In 1964-65, the School started five-year integrated courses in Mining Engineering, Petroleum Technology, Applied Geology and Geophysics with higher secondary or its equivalent as the minimum admission qualification and 166 students were admitted to the various courses.

(h) The National Institute for Training in Industrial Engineering.-The National Institute for Training in Industrial Engineering conducted till December, 1964, 15 courses ranging from two to ten weeks in different aspects of Industrial Engineering, as for instance.

Work Study and Measurement, Production Planning and Con- trol etc. for the benefit of supervisors and engineers working in industry. 11 more such courses are proposed to be conducted by the end of the current year.

B. TECHNICAL TEACHERS TRAINING PROGRAMME

6. The programme of training teachers for engineering colleges initiated in 1959 was continued during the year under report with additional provision made both for training places and for training centres. 9 centres functioned during the year under report viz. Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur; Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay; Roorkee University; M. S. University of Baroda; Jadavpur University; College of Engineering, Poona; Guindy Engineering College, Madras; Bengal Engineering College, Howrah; and School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi. 278 candidates were selected in the current year for training of which 140 candidates joined. 64 candidates completed training during the year and were assigned to different engineering colleges for regular appointments. The total number of teachers trained so far under the programme is 252.

C. INSTITUTES FOR TRAINING POLYTECHNIC TEACHERS

7. There is an acute shortage of teachers in our polytechnics that are conducting diploma courses in engineering and technology. The demand for such teachers is increasing with the expansion of technical education at this level. In order to meet this demand, the Union Government have decided to establish four Regional Institutes to train teachers for polytechnics. The Institutes will be located at Guindy (Madras), Jadavpur (Calcutta), Patiala and Bhopal.

7.1. Detailed plans for the Institutes are being formulated and it is proposed to admit the first batch of trainees in 1965.

D. ALL-INDIA INSTITUTES OF MANAGEMENT, CALCUTTA AND AHMEDABAD

8. Both the Calcutta and Ahmedabad Institutes of Management started their first post-graduate MBA course in July/August, 1964.

8.1. In addition, the Institutes conducted executive development programmes and short-term specialised courses in Management for exe- cutives in public and private sector enterprises and in government departments. Research in Management and Consultancy work for government departments and industrial and commercial enterprises were also started at the Institutes.

E.FELLOWSHIPS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND STIPENDS FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND PRACTICAL TRAINING

9. There is a provision of fellowships, scholarships, stipends for scientific research and practical training, the details of which are available under Chapter on `Scholarships.'

F. ALL-INDIA COUNCIL FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION

10. The Regional Committees, Boards of Studies and other Expert Committees of the All India Council for Technical Education held various meetings during the year under report and formulated detailed plans for the improvement and development of existing technical institutions, establishment of new institutions, courses of study etc.

10.1. The 17th meeting of the All India Council was held on the 4th February, 1965.

G. GRANTS AND LOANS

11. During 1964-65, grants amounting to about Rs. 16 crore are expected to be sanctioned to State Governments and technical institutions for various schemes of technical education under the Five-Year Plan. Loans amounting to about Rs. 1.68 crore are also expected to be sanctioned for the construction of student hostels.

H. FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

        
             12.  The  financial  provisions  made  for  Technical   education 
        schemes are as follows:
                                          
        
        Scheme                 Provision for 1964-65            Provision for
                                                                1965-66
                               Original      Revised
                                          
        
                                                          (Figures in lakhs)
         
        Technical Education    2093.57       1983.51              2472.92
        Scheme