NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet has approved the Indian Institutes of Information Technology Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2020, an official statement said on Wednesday.
The Bill grants statutory status to five Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIIT) in Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode at Surat, Bhopal, Bhagalpur, Agartala and Raichur and declare them as Institutions of National Importance along with the existing 15 Indian IIITs under the Indian Institutes of Information Technology (PPP) Act, 2017.
The Bill, once it gets parliamentary approval, will amend the principal Acts of 2014 and 2017 to enable these IIITs to use the nomenclature of Bachelor’s in Technology (B.Tech) or Master’s in Technology (M.Tech) or Ph.D degree as issued by a university or Institution of National Importance.
It will enable the institutes to attract enough students required to develop a strong research base in the country in the field of information technology, the statement said.
The five IIITs at Surat, Bhopal, Bhagalpur, Agartala and Raichur are already functioning as societies registered under the Societies Registration Act of 1860.
After changes in the existing laws, these institutions will be covered under the IIIT (PPP) Act, 2017, similar to 15 others established under the scheme in the PPP mode. The IIITs are envisaged to promote higher education and research in the field of Information Technology.