IITs will also be started in Palakkad (Kerala), Dharward (Karnataka) and Bhilai (Chhattisgarh) as per the Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Act, 2016, which got Mukherjee’s assent. President Pranab Mukherjee gave his assent for setting up six new Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) in the country. The IITs will be established in places like Jammu and Tirupati, with the President giving his approval to a law in this regard.

 Here is a short glimpse Institute of Technology Amendment Bill 2016-

-IITs will also be started in Palakkad (Kerala), Dharward (Karnataka) and Bhilai (Chhattisgarh) as per the Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Act 2016, which got Mukherjee’s assent on Tuesday.

-Indian School of Mines (ISM), Dhanbad has also come under this law, and it will now be called Indian Institute of Technology, Dhanbad, the legislation said.

-The Lok Sabha had passed the Institute of Technology (Amendment) bill on July 25, which got the Rajya Sabha approval on August 2.

-As per the act, all these institutions will be institutions of national importance.

 NIT will act as an institution of national importance-

-The President has also given his nod to a law for the establishment of a National Institute of Technology (NIT) in Andhra Pradesh

-As per the National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research (Amendment) Act 2016, the institute will act as an institution of national importance, which has been notified by the Center.

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