Why in News ?

The Parliament passed a Bill to declare five newly established Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) as institutions of national importance. IIIT Laws Amendment Bill 2020 seeks to declare five IIITs set up under the Public Private Partnership mode

About the IIIT Laws Amendment Bill 2020

• The Bill amends Indian Institutes of Information Technology Act, 2014 and the Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Public-Private Partnership) Act, 2017.
• Declares certain Indian Institutes of Information Technology established under Public-Private Partnership mode as institutions of national importance.
  • Under the Act, 15 institutes are currently incorporated as institutions of national importance.
• The Bill seeks to declare five Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) set up under the Public Private Partnership mode as institutions of national importance.
  1. Surat
  2. Bhopal
  3. Bhagalpur
  4. Agartala
  5. Raichur
• How it Benefits ?
  • These institutes are registered as Societies under the Societies Registration Act, 1860
    • Do not have the power to grant degrees or diplomas.
    • On being declared institutions of national importance, the five institutes will be granted the power to grant degrees.
  • Also enable the institutes to attract enough students required to develop a strong research base in the country in the field of information technology.

About IIIT’s

• Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) are autonomous institutions offering technical education focused on the Information Technology and Communication Studies.
• There are 25 IIITs in the country out of which five are purely run by the central government and 15 operate under public private partnership (PPP) mode.
• National Institutional Ranking Framework Ministry of Human Resource Development (NIRF) 2020 rankings released for top engineering colleges in India, IIIT Hyderabad have debuted and also it ranked first among the all the IIITs.
• Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and National Institutes of Technology (NITs) are at the top.

Source : The Hindu

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GS II : Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources

Current Affairs Compilation for : 23 September 2020