Academic & infrastructure capacity expansion of five IITs approved

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, recently approved expansion of academic and infrastructure capacity (Phase-`B' construction) of five new IlTs which had been established in the States/UT of Andhra Pradesh (IIT Tirupati), Kerala (IIT Palakkad), Chhattisgarh (IIT Bhilai), Jammu & Kashmir (IIT Jammu) and Karnataka (HT Dharwad). The total cost for the same is Rs.11,828.79 crore over a period of four years from 2025-26 to 2028-29. The Cabinet has also approved creation of 130 faculty posts (at the level of Professor i.e. Level 14 & above) in these IlTs. Five new state-of-art research parks are also coming up to strengthen industry-academia linkage.