SIKKIM TO GET NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Press Release
17 Sept 2009

Sikkim Chamber of Commerce conveys gratitude to the Union Cabinet especially Dr Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India for having approved setting up of a National Institute of Technology for Sikkim.

Sikkim was honoured with four awards at India Today Conclave recently. It has ranked first in Education in the small State category .For the India Today Bharat Nirman Awards among the small State category Sikkim was ranked highest in the rural roads, E-governance and rural electrification.

We also congratulate Dr Pawan Chamling, Chief Minister of Sikkim for getting for Sikkim a NIT which will provide enormous opportunities to Sikkimese Youths to sharpen their skills in technical areas to contribute in a big way in national development. Their will be enormous job opportunities for Sikkim’s students in India and worldwide, once they pass through NIT. This is a major achievement for Sikkim and will be a solution provider for the unemployment problems of Sikkim.

According to the Union Cabinet decision the process of setting up of NIT will start in 2009-10 itself and admissions will start from the next academic year. The land for this project will have to be provided free by the State Government.

These Institutes will be covered under the National Institutes of Technology Act, 2007 making them institutions of national importance, which will ultimately help in addressing the aspirations of people living in Sikkim. The new NITs will be able to provide high quality education to many of the bright students from these States/UTs, as 50% of the seats are to be filled from the eligible students from these States/UTs.

The project cost for setting up of NIT has been fixed at Rs.250 crores.

At present. there are 20 National Institutes of Technology (NITs), located at Agartala, Allahabad, Bhopal, Calicut, Durgapur, Hamirpur, Jaipur, Jalandhar, Jamshedpur, Kurukshetra, Nagpur, Patna, Raipur, Rourkela, Silchar, Srinagar, Surat, Surathkal, Tiruchirapalli and Warangal.

National Institute of Technology will have departments of Architecture,Chemical Engineering,Civil Engineering,Computer Applications.Computer Science and Engineering.Electrical and Electronics Engineering.Electronics and Communication Engineering,Instrumentation and Control Engineering,Mechanical Engineering
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering,Production Engineering,Business Administration ,Life Science,etc

Furthur, it will give fillip to transportation demands & housing sector demands fetching new oppurutinitues to medium skilled people.

Sikkim is entering into a Golden Era of progress and prosperity.

( S.K.Sarda)
President
Sikkim Chamber of Commerce
Gangtok