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these 41.08% and 38.74% are girls respectively. 1531 students were admitted in government and
aided engineering colleges for post graduate courses in the year 2013-14 and 1438 students in
2014-15. Girl students constitute 48.94% of total students in government and aided engineering
colleges studying for post graduate courses. Details are given in Appendix 4.41& 4.42.

Box No 4.7

Indian Institute of Information Technology in Kerala

The Union cabinet approved the scheme, based on Public-Private-Partnership(PPP) model,
for setting up 20 new Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) in December 2010,
with an outlay of Rs. 2808.71 crores. The capital cost of each IIIT is Rs. 128.00 crore to be
contributed in the ratio of 50:35:15 by the Central Government, the State Government and the
industry respectively. Concerned state Governments will provide 50-100 acres of land, free of
cost and encumbrances. The project of establishing 20 IIITs in PPP mode by the Government
is targeted to reach full capacity in 9 years from 2011-12 to 2019-20. Out of the 20, the Central
Government has approved establishment of 16 IIITs in PPP mode. The remaining IIITs would
be approved as and when the state Governments are able to identify land and the industry
partners.

Kerala’s proposal for setting up the IIIT at Kottayam has been approved by the Ministry of
Human Resource Development and an MOU has been signed

Source:Press Information Bureau, MHRD, GOI.

4.52 The visiting faculty programme enables the teachers and students of the institution to share the
experience and expertise of the eminent faculty from premier engineering institutions like IIT’s, IISC’s
etc, research organizations like ISRO, DRDO etc. 180 lectures were arranged in 8 Govt. Engineering
colleges as part of this programme during 2013-14. It is expected that this will ultimately lead to
greater scope for technology incubation. The number of visiting faculty programmes in various
engineering colleges during the period is shown in Appendix 4. 43

Academic Excellence in Engineering Colleges

4.53 The academic excellence in various institutions is high and appreciable and this was due to the
high pass percentage and increasing placement of students in reputed firms.

4.54 The placement record of the students in various institutions is also relatively high. A large no of
students are also being qualified for higher studies through competitive examinations like GATE, CAT
etc. Most of the students get placement in multinational firms like WIPRO, MAHENDRA, TCS, and
BOSCH etc. Placement details of students of various Govt. Engineering colleges during 2013-14 is
given in Appendix 4.44

Polytechnics and Technical High Schools

4.55 Forty three Government polytechnics and 6 private aided polytechnics were functioning in
Kerala. The annual intake of students in government polytechnics and private aided polytechnics
during 2014-15 are 10017 and 1470 respectively. The total number of students in government
polytechnics during the year 2014-15 was 26383 and that of private aided polytechnics 3842. The
student’s strength is decreased during 2014-15. This may be because of the increase in the number
of seats in the engineering colleges in the state. Details of annual intake and student’s strength in
polytechnics for the year 2012-13 to 2014-15 are given in Appendice 4.45 & 4.46. Details of trade-
wise annual intake of students in polytechnics of the state in 2014-15 are given in Appendix 4.47.

Kerala State Planning Board