The National Institute of
Engineering (NIE) and the Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering,
Mysore, have been awarded grant of Rs 12.5 crore each under the
Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme II (TEQIP) by the
World Bank and the Ministry of Human Resource Development.
According to a press release by the NIE here, the 31 colleges in the country have been selected for TEQIP II. The NIE was also one of the colleges that had been awarded the grant under TEQIP I for 2004-2009. TEQIP
has been envisaged by the Ministry of Human Resource Development as a
long-term programme of about 10 to 12 years, to be implemented in phases
for the transformation of the technical education system, with World
Bank assistance.According to TEQIP plans, each phase is required
to be designed on the basis of lessons learnt from the implementation
of the earlier phase, the release added. TEQIP I started the
process of reform in 127 institutions to consolidate gains in the system
and take the transformation to a higher level, the release added, and
which would be further done by TEQIP II.
According to a press release by the NIE here, the 31 colleges in the country have been selected for TEQIP II. The NIE was also one of the colleges that had been awarded the grant under TEQIP I for 2004-2009. TEQIP
has been envisaged by the Ministry of Human Resource Development as a
long-term programme of about 10 to 12 years, to be implemented in phases
for the transformation of the technical education system, with World
Bank assistance.According to TEQIP plans, each phase is required
to be designed on the basis of lessons learnt from the implementation
of the earlier phase, the release added. TEQIP I started the
process of reform in 127 institutions to consolidate gains in the system
and take the transformation to a higher level, the release added, and
which would be further done by TEQIP II. 
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