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Plan to increase seats in technical institutions, ITIs

Staff Reporter

The decision would encourage students to opt for vocational courses: Sheila

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Government has approved a proposal to increase the number of seats in various technical institutions and ITIs from this academic year.

The decision was taken at the third meeting of the State Vocational Education Board presided over by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Wednesday. She said the decision would go a long way in encouraging students to opt for vocational courses and overcome admission problems in Delhi. In all, 1,600 seats would be added for students.

The present intake of 2,550 students in the B.Tech course would now increase to 3,210, whereas the intake for the MBA course would increase from 480 to 720. A total of 240 seats in the B.Tech course have been increased at the Guru Tegh Bahadur Institute of Technology, 180 in the Maharaja Suraj Mal Institute of Technology, 120 in Northern India Engineering College, 60 in the Ambedkar Institute of Technology and 30 each in the Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology and the National Power Training Institute.

MBA seats

Sixty additional seats each for the MBA course would be provided at the Delhi Institute of Advanced Studies, the Rukmani Devi Institute of Advanced Studies, the Delhi School of Professional Studies and Research and the Northern India Engineering College. In addition, a proposal for 280 more seats at the Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology is also under consideration of the authorities. Around 700 extra vocational training seats have also been provided at ten ITIs. The number of seats has also been increased for vocational training courses in digital photography, computer hardware and networking, commercial art, fashion designing, hair and skin care, textile designing, cookery catering and home management and computer operator and programming assistant.

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