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Page 1: Study on Utilization of Resources Created Under …Zakir Hussain College of Engineering & Technology, Aligarh Muslim University Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli 4. Key Findings

1

Study on ldquoUtilization of Resources Created Under TEQIP IIrdquo at Project Institutions

2

Contents Foreword Executive Summary

1 Scope of the Study

Background

Methodology of the Study

2 Data Analysis

State-wise Expenditure Analysis

Utilisation Analysis

Impact of Utilisation

3 Case Studies

Government College of Engineering Thrissur Kerala

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering amp Technology Aligarh Muslim University

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

4 Key Findings 5 Way Forward

Appendices Appendix 1 State-wise Number of Institutions under TEQIP II Appendix 2 List of institutes under sub-component 11 Appendix 3 List of institutes under sub-component 12 Appendix 4 List of institutes under sub-component 121 Appendix 5 Selection criteria for institutes under sub-component 11 Appendix 6 Selection criteria for institutes under sub-component 12 Appendix 7 Selection criteria for institutes under sub-component 121 Appendix 8 Observations from ground visits Glossary of Tables and Figures

3

Foreword

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is happy to have been brought in to assess the utilization of TEQIP

II funds for buying of equipment by the 190 institutes which were covered in this phase of the scheme

Given that it is the mandate of the government to continuously strive for improvement in the quality of

higher education innovation and research in the country this programme of the Ministry of Human

Resource Development (MHRD) and the World Bank has been doing a useful service to the nation since its

beginning in 2003-04

In view of the fact that TEQIP has been running for more than 12 years and institutes are now well aware of

the procedures and norms to be followed as far as maintenance of records is concerned the aim of this

study was to make an assessment from a macro perspective and not do the job of an inspector even in the

select institutes where the visits were conducted Overall the effort was to understand whether institutes

had actually procured whatever they had planned to procure whether the equipment was actually being

used as opposed to being kept under lock and key all the time and whether the faculty and students were

motivated enough to use the equipment On all three counts the observations were found to be positive

As far as the utilization of equipment and its impact is concerned it can be gauged only from the output of

the institutions And that seems to be improving More and more of them are moving towards full

accreditation there are more students in post-graduate programmes PhD registrations are increasing and

faculty is getting more international exposure While TEQIP funds have facilitated a lot of this several other

factors are also at play here Thanks to the concept of outcome-based education and India becoming a

signatory to the Washington Accord through the National Board of Accreditation (NBA) institutes are now

more aware of the need to improve the quality of manpower they are producing It is hoped that they will

steadily move towards greater and better performance in future

4

Executive Summary

Scope of the Study

The study to assess utilization of equipment and other resources purchased under TEQIP II covered all 190

institutions which were selected for disbursal of funds Data on procurement of equipment and other

resources was provided by institutes from the start of the project till October 2016 Utilisation analysis was

limited to the data provided by institutes and visits to 25 shortlisted institutes

The methodology included sending out questionnaires to institutes through email and collection of data via

the same mode Individual excel sheets were merged to create master database and findings analysed

State-wise expenditure analysis

For this section PMSS software was procured from the National Project Implementation Unit (NPIU) It

shows that most states utilized the money for which they had submitted procurement plans Among the

states which saw less than 75 per cent utilization of their own planned expenditure were Punjab at 52 per

cent utilization Uttarakhand at 56 per cent Rajasthan at 71 per cent and Madhya Pradesh at 74 per cent

Rest all states did not see much variation in what they had envisaged they would spend and what they

actually did

Utilisation analysis

In this section data has been analysed for each sub-component separately first category-wise and then

department-wise In sub-component 11 institutes spent 58 per cent expenditure on laboratory equipment

14 per cent on software 10 per cent on books 7 per cent each on office equipment and connectivity and 1-

2 per cent each on furniture civil work and smart classes Department-wise analysis shows that highest

number of equipment were bought by computer amp IT departments followed by electrical mechanical

electronics and civil departments Low expenditure on civil work is an achievement of TEQIP II There should

have been more expenditure on connectivity ndash campus-wide wifi networks ndash but that could be due to the

fact that several institutes already had wifi networks in place and did not need TEQIP funds to do that

In sub-component 12 this break-up was more or less on the same lines though the expenditure on

laboratory equipment in this sub-component was much higher at 70 per cent because of the inclusion of

centres of excellence and higher focus on post-graduate and PhD level studies This was followed by 17 per

cent on software and 5 per cent each on books and office equipment Rest was all 2 per cent and less and

negligible amount of expenditure on civil work was seen in this category Department-wise analysis for this

sub-component shows that only mechanical department was able to cross Rs 1 crore while the next three in

size were computer amp IT electronics and electrical engineering

Impact of utilisation

There has been a significant improvement over the years in the number of publications in refereed journals

which till last year have been showing above target performance Only the numbers for 2016-17 are low

considering that the data captured is till the month of February 2017 only

Total number of masters and PhD level students increased from 30000 in 2010-11 to 41000 by 2016 This

can be attributed to the availability of better laboratory infrastructure as it would have been a major factor

behind the institutesrsquo capability to attract students for MTech and PhD

5

Key findings

On an average funds given to institutions for purchase of equipment and soft resources have led to

significant improvement in laboratory infrastructure of the institutes under study

Institutes on an average divided the money equally across six departments and each department on

an average bought one-two machines which were significantly expensive and the rest of the money

was spent on buying other small routine equipment desktops laptops networking servers

software and e-journals Collaborations between departments for research projects were however

missing

If the institutes had not got the present funds to buy equipment they would have taken at least five

to seven years to procure the same through the resources available to them Even for Central

institutions as also for others the availability of funds at one go meant that they could procure high

costing software such as Matlab Ansys Labview Cadence and Adobe which benefit students across

departments

Increased level of automation and artificial intelligence in industry is reflected in the kind of

purchases institutes have made ndash various types of simulation software digital machines replacing

analogue ones such as in electrical engineering departments all-in-one automatic machines which

combine several levels of manual work such as in surveying in civil engineering departments robotic

arms mimicking the automated environment of modern factories attached to lathe machines in

mechanical engineering departments and instruments capable of handling nano particles in

specialized centres and 3D printers capable of printing high precision devices which are being used

in multiple fields

Way forward

Institutes should be given templates of equipment which are essential to provide adequate hands-on

training to all students about all concepts in every stream of engineering They should be benchmarked

on the basis of availability of adequate numbers of such equipment Further lists of higher orders of

equipment could be prepared based on what the best laboratories in the world have so that institutes

get an idea of what they should aspire for

All institutes which received funds for buying equipment should be encouraged to put in place

mechanisms to share their laboratories with neighbouring institutions which do not have the resources

to buy them Nodal institutes could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of non-TEQIP institutes The unspent money

could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

Regular interactions with industry specially sector-specific companies are essential to create a culture

of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration At present facilities created in institutes are

being under-utilized to increase interaction with industry While in some cases rural location of the

institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of the reasons it is also true that

apparently in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the commissioning of equipment Size

of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for anything on industrial scale But in most

cases industry is not even aware or has limited knowledge of the existence of state-of-the-art

equipment inside institutes

6

Chapter 1 Scope of the Study

7

Background

The second phase of Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP) was started by the Government of India in partnership with the World Bank in 2010 and it ended on 31 March 2017 The objectives of the programme were-

Strengthening institutions to produce high quality engineers for better employability

Scaling‐up post-graduate education and demand‐driven research amp development and innovation

Establishing Centers of Excellence for focused applicable research

Training of faculty for effective teaching and

Enhancing institutional and system management effectiveness

Of the two main components of this programme component 1 was meant to improve the quality of

education in selected institutions It had two sub-components viz

1048766 Sub‐Component 11 Strengthening institutions to improve learning outcomes and employability of graduates Funding provided under this sub-component was approximately Rs 10 crore per Centrally funded Government funded Government aided and Rs 4 crore per private unaided institution See Appendix for the list of institutions and selection criteria under this sub-component

1048766 Sub‐Component 12 Scaling‐up post-graduate education and demand‐driven research amp development and innovation Funding provided under this component was approximately Rs 1250 crore per Centrally funded Government funded Government aided and Rs 4 crore per private unaided institution See Appendix for the list of institutions and selection criteria under this sub-component 1048766Sub‐Component 121 Establishing centres of excellence See Appendix for the list of institutions and

selection criteria under this sub-component The programme required the project institutions to implement academic and non‐academic reforms for

their self‐conceived development programmes that focused on quality and relevance excellence resource

mobilization greater institutional autonomy with accountability research and equity

Specific funds were provided for imparting pedagogical training to faculty for making teaching effective and

covered maximum faculty members from project institutions The benefits of this aspect of the programme

were expected to extend to faculty from non‐project institutions

Since the primary objective of this programme was to improve the quality of education a major emphasis

was given on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and academic resources including subscriptions to

international e-journals membership of e-libraries modernization of classrooms strengthening of

centralized computer facilities in departments and buying of latest software as well as equipment which

would be on par with industry standards

Project monitoring through various modes was an important part of TEQIP II Institutes were required to

maintain records through management information system (MIS) created for the purpose Detailed

guidelines and formats were prescribed for purchase of equipment and procurement of other services

While the MIS tracked parameters such as number of publications number of faculty with PhD student

placements etc it did not provide a collective picture of the kind of purchases institutes had made Hence

the present study was commissioned specifically for that purpose

8

The scope of the study was limited to the data provided by institutes in reply to the survey and visits to 25

shortlisted institutions

Methodology of the Study

The study was conducted through web mail and site visits to institutions Participating institutions were

asked to provide information in following two categories-

1 Equipment purchased with TEQIP II funds costing below Rs 5 lakh per unit (only a list was to be

provided)

2 Equipment purchased with TEQIP II funds costing above Rs 5 lakh per unit (details such as name of

the equipment name of the department maintenance contract utilization in number of hours

month etc were to be provided)

3 Data was collated and analysed and ground visits were conducted to select institutions in order to

corroborate the findings

Questionnaires were sent to all 190 institutes and after several rounds of follow-up all the institutes provided the required data In keeping with the suggestion of the World Bank a shortlist of 25 institutes was prepared ndash constituting 13 per cent of the total number of institutes covered under the project ndash for physical verification of utilisation of equipment and other resources More attention was paid to government and government-aided institutions while preparing the shortlist since they had received a bigger sum for purchase of equipment compared to private institutions which had received funds only for soft resources Adequate coverage of all geographical regions was also kept in mind while preparing the shortlist

9

Chapter 2 Data Analysis

10

State-wise Expenditure Analysis

On an average institutes under sub-component 11 got 55 per cent of total available amount of Rs 10 crore

ie Rs 55 crore for purchase of Goods (equipment and soft resources etc) In sub-component 12 the

percentage of funds available for equipment etc was 45 per cent of Rs 125 crore and it totaled to Rs 565

crore Additional funding of Rs 5 crore was available for setting up centres of excellence and out of this Rs

275 crore was allocated for buying of equipment etc Additional Rs 5 crore was given to those institutes

which had performed well in upgradation of facilities

Analysis of expenditure till February 2017 as procured from the MIS of National Project Implementation

Unit (NPIU) shows that most states utilized the money that they had submitted the plans for Among the

states (Figure 1) which saw less than 75 per cent utilization of their own planned expenditure were Punjab

at 52 per cent utilization Uttarakhand which saw 56 per cent utilization Rajasthan was at 71 per cent and

Madhya Pradesh saw 74 per cent realization of the planned expenditure Rest all states did not see much

variation in what they had envisaged they would spend and what they actually did

Andhra Pradesh (Figure 2)

Total population in lakh 4958

Literacy rate 670

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

56 (113)

2015 projected share of state 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

4

Gross Enrolment Ratio 312

Total number of engineering institutes 219

Institutes in sub-component 11 5

Institutes in sub-component 12 6

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Expenditure analysis across states

Total available funds Plans submitted Actual expenditure

Figure 1

11

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 11

Total available funds Rs 105 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 39 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 34 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Bihar (Figure 3)

Total population in lakh 1041

Literacy rate 618

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

112 (108)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

79

Gross Enrolment Ratio 139

Total number of engineering institutes 21

Institutes in sub-component 11 2

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 2

Total available funds Rs 20 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 11 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0200400600800

100012001400160018002000

Available funds

Utilised funds

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

Figure 2

Andhra Pradesh

12

Chhattisgarh (Figure 4)

Total population in lakh 2555

Literacy rate 703

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

308 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

22

Gross Enrolment Ratio 146

Total number of engineering institutes 21

Institutes in sub-component 11 4

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 4

Total available funds Rs 34 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 175 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 164 crore

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Figure 3 Bihar

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

13

Gujarat (Figure 5)

Total population in lakh 6044

Literacy rate 78

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

719 (119)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

51

Gross Enrolment Ratio 20

Institutes in sub-component 11 7

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 7

Total available funds Rs 70 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 385 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 375 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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200

400

600

800

1000

1200

Rungta College ofEngineering amp

Technology Bhilai

GovernmentEngineering College

Bilaspur

GovernmentEngineering College

Raipur

GovernmentEngineering College

Jagdalpur Bastar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

14

Haryana (Figure 6)

Total population in lakh 2535

Literacy rate 756

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

319 (126)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

23

Gross Enrolment Ratio 276

Total number of engineering institutes 89

Institutes in sub-component 11 3

Institutes in sub-component 12 3

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 6

Total available funds Rs 575 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 278 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 23 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

Figure 5 Gujarat

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

15

Himachal Pradesh

Total population in lakh 686

Literacy rate 828

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

74 (108)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

05

Gross Enrolment Ratio 312

Total number of engineering institutes 17

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 10 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 55 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 55 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Jharkhand (Figure 7)

Total population in lakh 3299

Literacy rate 664

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

375 (114)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

27

Gross Enrolment Ratio 16

Total number of engineering institutes 14

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 2

Total available funds Rs 21 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 95 crore

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Available funds

Actual expenditure

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Figure 6 Haryana

16

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 93 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Karnataka (Figure 8)

Total population in lakh 611

Literacy rate 754

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

712 (117)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

5

Gross Enrolment Ratio 264

Total number of engineering institutes 166

Institutes in sub-component 11 4

Institutes in sub-component 12 15

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 19

Total available funds Rs 215 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 927 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 75 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

BIT Mesra BIT Mesra CoE Cambridge Institute ofTechnology Ranchi

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

17

Kerala (Figure 9)

Total population in lakh 334

Literacy rate 94

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

305 (91)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

22

Gross Enrolment Ratio 287

Total number of engineering institutes 98

Institutes in sub-component 11 19

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 19

Total available funds Rs 190 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1045 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 106 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Figure 8 Karnataka

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

18

Madhya Pradesh (Figure 10)

Total population in lakh 7263

Literacy rate 693

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

879 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

62

Gross Enrolment Ratio 196

Total number of engineering institutes 121

Institutes in sub-component 11 3

Institutes in sub-component 12 2

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 5

Total available funds Rs 49 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 23 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 17 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

Figure 9 Kerala

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

19

Maharashtra (Figure 11)

Total population in lakh 11237

Literacy rate 823

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

1334 (119)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

94

Gross Enrolment Ratio 279

Total number of engineering institutes 216

Institutes in sub-component 11 7

Institutes in sub-component 12 10

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 17

Total available funds Rs 254 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 119 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 102 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0200400600800

100012001400

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

20

Delhi (Figure 12)

Total population in lakh 1679

Literacy rate 862

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

224 (133)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

16

Gross Enrolment Ratio 435

Total number of engineering institutes 15

Institutes in sub-component 11 0

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 125 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 56 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 15 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

21

Odisha (Figure 13)

Total population in lakh 4197

Literacy rate 729

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

466 (111)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

33

Gross Enrolment Ratio 177

Total number of engineering institutes 68

Institutes in sub-component 11 2

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 2

Total available funds Rs 20 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 105 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 108 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

125

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2

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10

12

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Available funds Actual expenditure Estimate as per plansubmitted by the institute

Figure 12 Delhi Technological University

22

Punjab (Figure 14)

Total population in lakh 2774

Literacy rate 758

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

325 (117)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

23

Gross Enrolment Ratio 27

Total number of engineering institutes 87

Institutes in sub-component 11 7

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 8

Total available funds Rs 81 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 42 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 22 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

Veer Surendra Sai University ofTechnology Burla Sambalpur

College of Engineering And TechnologyBhubaneshwar

Figure 13 Odisha

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

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100012001400

Figure 14 Punjab

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

23

Rajasthan (Figure 15)

Total population in lakh 6855

Literacy rate 661

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

871 (127)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

62

Gross Enrolment Ratio 20

Total number of engineering institutes 82

Institutes in sub-component 11 9

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 9

Total available funds Rs 84 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 45 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 32 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Tamil Nadu (Figure 16)

Total population in lakh 7215

Literacy rate 80

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

73 (101)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

52

Gross Enrolment Ratio 452

Total number of engineering institutes 326

Institutes in sub-component 11 5

Institutes in sub-component 12 4

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 9

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Figure 15 Rajasthan

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

24

Total available funds Rs 140 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 74 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 70 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Telangana (Figure 17)

Total population in lakh 350

Literacy rate 664

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

406 (114)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

29

Gross Enrolment Ratio 36

Total number of engineering institutes 182

Institutes in sub-component 11 8

Institutes in sub-component 12 5

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 13

Total available funds Rs 120 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 45 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 34 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0200400600800

100012001400160018002000

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Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plansubmitted by the institute

25

Tripura

Total population in lakh 367

Literacy rate 872

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

44 (119)

2015 projected share of state 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

03

Gross Enrolment Ratio 168

Total number of engineering institutes 6

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 10 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 55 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 54 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

UT-Chandigarh (Figure 18)

Total population in lakh 106

Literacy rate 861

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

17 (165)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

01

Gross Enrolment Ratio 56

Total number of engineering institutes 2

Institutes in sub-component 11 2

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 3

Total available funds Rs 475 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying Rs 24 crore

0

500

1000

1500

2000

Figure 17 Telangana

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

26

equipment and other resources

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 20 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Puducherry

Total population in lakh 125

Literacy rate 859

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

15 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

01

Gross Enrolment Ratio 46

Total number of engineering institutes 10

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 15 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 8 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 6 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Uttar Pradesh (Figure 19)

Total population in lakh 1998

Literacy rate 677

0200400600800

100012001400160018002000

Fun

ds

in r

up

ees

lakh

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plansubmitted by institute

28

West Bengal (Figure 21)

Total population in lakh 9128

Literacy rate 763

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

109 (12)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

77

Gross Enrolment Ratio 174

Total number of engineering institutes 72

Institutes in sub-component 11 11

Institutes in sub-component 12 3

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 14

Total available funds Rs 179 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 88 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 82 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400FU

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Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rscrore)

Estimate as per plansubmitted by institute

29

CFIs (Figure 22)

Institutes in sub-component 11 8

Institutes in sub-component 12 18

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 26

Total available funds Rs 415 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 200 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1625 crore

0200400600800

100012001400160018002000

Figure 21 West Bengal

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

0200400600800

100012001400160018002000

Figure 22 Centrally-funded institutions (CFIs)

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

30

Utilisation Analysis

In this section data on buying of equipment and other resources has been first analysed component-wise

and then department-wise

While data was collected from all institutes and a broad understanding was arrived at of the kind of

equipment and other resources money was spent on from the extensive lists provided by institutions it was

difficult to analyse how much money was spent on which category of item For the sake of analysis

therefore each equipment and item named by the institute was manually categorized into the following

broad categories-

1 Laboratory equipment (included all items bought for laboratories such as machines laptops

desktops and projectors)

2 Connectivity (included equipment related to creating wi-fi networks such as cables connectors

servers modems UPS racks adapters pipes and switches)

3 Books (included hard copies as well as subscriptions of e-journals for libraries)

4 Smart class (included white boards display panels podiums amplifiers cables projectors mixers

microphones webcam and wireless sensors)

5 Software

6 Office equipment (included laptops desktops printers scanners LCDs generator sets projectors

tables chairs almirahs digital signages etc bought for principalrsquos office directorrsquos office faculty

staff department rooms TEQIP office)

7 Furniture (included furniture for class rooms and departments)

8 Civil work (included flooring false ceilings repair work lighting)

Post the categorization in these eight broad heads the picture which emerged (Figure 23) for sub-

component 11 showed 58 per cent expenditure on laboratory equipment 14 per cent on software 10 per

cent on books 7 per cent each on office equipment and connectivity and 1-2 per cent each on furniture civil

work and smart classes This is in keeping with the goals of TEQIP II which had envisaged least expenditure

on civil work It was limited to 5 per cent of total expenditure on equipment for institutes under sub-

component 11 and 3 per cent for those under sub-component 12 If unspent institutes were free to use

this money for equipment and other resources So low expenditure on civil work is an achievement of TEQIP

II There should have been more expenditure on connectivity ndash campus-wide wifi networks ndash but that could

be due to the fact that several institutes already had wifi networks in place and did not need TEQIP funds to

do that

31

In sub-component 12 (Figure 24) this break-up was more or less on the same lines though the expenditure

on laboratory equipment in this sub-component was much higher at 70 per cent because of the inclusion of

centres of excellence and higher focus on post-graduate and PhD level studies This was followed by 17 per

cent on software and 5 per cent each on books and office equipment Rest was all 2 per cent and less and

negligible amount of expenditure on civil work was seen in this category

Department-wise

analysis of equipment

purchased by

institutes shows that in

sub-component 11

(Figure 25) highest

Lab equipment58

Software 14

Books 10

Office equipment

7

Connectivity 7

Smart class2

Furniture1

Civil work1

EXPENDITURE (11)

Figure 23

Office equipment

5

Software 17

Smart class1

EXPENDITURE (12)

Figure 29

32

076 164 46678

961 10631459

2169

TOTAL AMOUNT SPENT BY DEPARTMENTS (IN RS LAKH)

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

(in Rs crore)

number of equipment were bought by computer amp IT departments followed by electrical mechanical

electronics and civil departments For the purpose of categorization two or more streams of a kind were

merged into one and numbers for both streams taken together For instance computer science and

information technology were merged into one Similarly electronics amp instrumentation and electronics amp

electrical were taken together under electronics

While sub-component 11 presented a picture on expected lines with the top five departments being

generally the biggest departments in institutes in sub-component 12 this picture was slightly confusing

Here the top two departmentsndash electronics and civil ndash were ahead of other departments (Table 1) by an

inexplicable margin One of the reasons for this could be the fact that most of the equipment bought for the

centres of excellence would have had items related to electronics But that still does not explain the

unusually high number of items for civil engineering departments

Table 1 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 12

Name of the department Number of items bought

Mining 23

BioTech 137

Chemical 170

Mechanical 497

Computer amp IT 661

Electrical 969

Electronics 544915

Civil 1701948

On the other hand an expenditure-wise analysis of the same departments shows a different picture (Figure

26) with mechanical engineering department emerging top with expenditure of Rs 216 crore and electrical

department showing expenditure of Rs 145 crore Civil department is at number 3 with expenditure of Rs

106 crore The aberration in the number of items could have been because civil and electronics

departments would have bought a large number of items of small value

33

166 224 45 481 934 14772459

3138

Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

(in Rs crore)Figure 27

As per the data provided by institutes those in sub-component 11 show higher expenditure

department-wise with mechanical engineering department at top with expenditure of Rs 313

crore These should however be taken only as indicative figures as the numbers cannot be absolute

(Figure 27)

Table 7 Top 20 Lab equipment bought by institutes in 11

CNC Lathe machines

Compressor testing machine

Computer and peripherals

Computerised machines

Digital meters

Gas chromatograph

Micro-controller

Micro-processor

Oscilloscope

PCB prototyping machine

Robotic kits

Solar PV systems

Spectrum analyser

Thermal imager

Total Station

Ultrasonic probe

Universal testing machine

UV-spectrophotometer

Voltmeter

Wattmeter

34

Table 2 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 11

Table 21 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 12

1 CNC Lathe machines Advanced laser kit

2 Compressor testing machine Asphalt material performance tester

3 Computer and peripherals Atomic absorption spectrophotometer

4 Computerised machines Bio-reactors

5 Digital meters BOD incubator

6 Gas chromatograph Centrifuge

7 Micro-controller CNC lathe machine

8 Micro-processor Compression testing

9 Oscilloscope Computer and peripherals

10 PCB prototyping machine Digital image processing

11 Robotic kits Digital multimeter

12 Solar PV systems Electric discharge machine

13 Spectrum analyser Hydraulic pressing

14 Thermal imager Magnetic stirrer

15 Total Station Microwave simulator

16 Ultrasonic probe Optical microscope

17 Universal testing machine PCB prototype machine

18 UV-spectrophotometer Thermal analyser

19 Voltmeter Thermal scanner

20 Wattmeter Wireless sensor network kit

Impact of Utilisation

No amount of data tracking or record keeping is worth

the effort if it does not translate into improvement in

actual output The real impact of all this expenditure by

institutes on buying of latest equipment is only useful in

so far as it is able to show growth in the number of

publications or rise in the number of post-graduate

student intake Looked at from that perspective TEQIP II

seems to have made satisfactory progress as the data

maintained by the National Project Implementation Unit

UPWARD TREND

Increase in the number of

publications in refereed

journals

Increase in the number of PG

and PhD students

Increase in revenue generated

through consultancy

35

(NPIU) shows There has been a significant improvement over the years in the number of publications in

refereed journals which till last year have been showing above target performance Only the numbers for

2016-17 are low considering that the data captured is till the month of February 2017 only From a target of

7500 publications in 2010-11 and a realization of 11722to a target of 14500 in 2015-16 and a realization of

18482 (Figure 28) the growth has been impressive though again how much of it is due to buying of

equipment alone is debatable

Another key performance indicatoras per the planners of TEQIP II was rise in the total number of masters

and PhD level students from a baseline of 30000 in 2010-11 to 41000 by 2016 Seen from that angle also the

performance of the programme has exceeded the target To a large extent this can be attributed to

availability of better laboratory infrastructure as it would have been a major factor behind the institutesrsquo

capability to attract students for MTech and PhD (Figure 29)

7032 7500 8000 8500 9000

14000 14500

11722

1606618103

20037

22556

18482

2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016

Fig 28 Number of publications in refereed journals in TEQIP II institutions

Target Actual

36

The percentage of externally funded RampD projects and consultancies in total revenue has increased from 7

per cent in 2010-11 to 14 per cent in 2015-16 against a target of 12 per cent (Figure 30)

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

Target 7032 32000 33000 34000 34000 40000 40500

Actual 35132 37791 44171 49251 48718 45659

0

10000

20000

30000

40000

50000

60000

Fig 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP I

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

2016-2017

Target 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12

Actual 82 11 127 137 117 14 125

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

Tota

l Rev

enu

e

Fig 30 Consultancy revenue generated

37

Chapter 3 Case Studies

38

Government Engineering College Thrissur Kerala

(with inputs from Prof Manoj Kumar K V Coordinator TEQIP II GEC Thrissur)

The entire process of planning procurement and the complete cycle of improved input resulting in improved output can be illustrated through the case study of Government Engineering College Thrissur which is one of the model colleges in TEQIP II and received funds under sub-component 11 It is the second oldest engineering in the state of Kerala and is affiliated to the University of Calicut Its foundation stone was laid by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in April 1958 and among its famous alumni are Dr K Radhakrishnan former chairman of Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) Out of the project allocation of Rs 10 crore Rs 55 crore was utilized by the institute for procurement of equipment The fund was apportioned among the departments based on student strength and their need to modernize and strengthen their various laboratories The procurement plan was finalized from the proposals received from the departments and vetted by the State Project Facilitation Unit (SPFU) before being executed through the Procurement Management Support System (PMSS) which was a web portal created by the National Project Implementation Unit (NPIU) to manage the project

39

Figure 31 10 steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan (Figure 38)

Departments were asked to draw up a

three-year procurement plan based on

their needs Department heads

coordinators and TEQIP nodal officers

had a meeting in the institute in

January 2012 to understand the plans

and procedures as available on NPIU

website

In February the Principal of the

institute TEQIP coordinator and

procurement coordinator attended a

training session conducted by NPIU at

Thiruvananthapuram Participation in

this session was facilitated by SPFU and

it entailed extensive training on how to

use the PMSS website

A training session was organized in the

institute for the benefit of Heads of

Departments (HoDs) and Department

TEQIP coordinators The programme

was attended by 24 officials and it

covered the entire set of activities

pertaining to purchase through PMSS --

from configuration management plan

creation and revision packaging and

procuring to stocking

Procurement coordinator and

department TEQIP coordinators also

attended a training program organized

by SPFUat School of Engineering

Cochin University of Science and

Technologyin February 2012

The SPFU arranged a discussion at

directorateoffice Thiruvanantha-

puramin February to fine tune the plan

and to facilitate data entry through

PMSS The finetuning included clubbing

of similar items from various

departments into one package limiting

the threshold to a maximum of 90 per

cent included in a scheme and revising

the tentative timelines based on plan

approval which was expected by mid-

April 2012 The institute was advised to

procure a particular software used for

double entry book-keeping through

PMSS and to identify 2 National

Competitive Bidding (NCB)

procurement plans to be sent to

Central authorities for approval

The rejigged procurement plan after

consultation with the concerned

coordinators was uploaded on the

website on 28thFebruary 2012

The plan was reviewed by SPFU and

some corrections were suggested

The corrected plan was uploaded again

At a meeting convened on 14thMarch

2012 at LBS College for Women

Thiruvananthapuram the first approval

of the plan was given by Director SPFU

On 31st March 2012 the Principal

convened a meeting of HoDs and

departmental TEQIP coordinators and

instructions were issued to draw up

specifications with respect to every

package so that the data was readily

available for entry to PMSS once the

plan was approved by NPIUWorld

Bank

1 2

3 4

5

6

8

7

9

10

40

Procurement activities were in full swing during the first 18 months of the project and were executed fully as

per the plan Procurement was completed in 82 packages including 68 National Shopping (NS)packages 7

National Competitive Bidding (NCB) packages 2 Direct Contract packages and 5 Civil Works packages

The institute made maximum expenditure in 2013-14 (Figure 32) across different heads Its investments on

laboratory modernization and strengthening started in 2012 and continued till 2017 (Figure 33) Overall it

spent bulk of the money (88 per cent) on modernization of laboratories and 5 per cent on ICT enabled

learning (Figure 34)

5851520

36470287

6909895

61170 1552063

0

5000000

10000000

15000000

20000000

25000000

30000000

35000000

40000000

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur (in Rs)

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Figure 32

2012-1311

2013-1473

2014-1515

2015-160

2016-171

EXPENDITURE ON MODERNISATION STRENGTHENING OF LABS AT GEC THRISSUR

Figure 33

41

Major equipment bought by the institute with TEQIP II funds includes a Rheometer which is not available in

any other institution in the state and offers potential for research and consultancy It is used for determining

the rheological behaviors of liquids and solids It has applications in polymer nano-composites which are the

emerging field of research The stress rheology measurements provide information for spread ability

emulsion stability suspension leveling flow control thermal stability extrudability and thickening etc The

fluid can be highly non-newtonian The equipment is useful for MTech students and faculty for doing

research

The institute also bought a Gas Chromatograph which is used in analyzing compositions purity and for

separating different components of a mixture based on volatility It is also used in identifying a compound

and its applications include analysis of toxicity of soil water and air identifying unknown compounds etc

The equipment is useful for faculty and students in doing research and projects in the field of environmental

engineering and provides opportunities for pollution control related consultancy work

Another important purchase is Accelerated Curing Tank With concrete construction increasing at a rapid

pace this equipment provides the possibility of accelerating the curing time Normal method of curing takes

28 days To reduce the curing time of concrete and test its strength accelerated curing is required and this

can be achieved with the use of Accelerated Curing Tank in the laboratory

88

5 4

0

0

3

Fig 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14at Government Engineering College Thrissur

Expenditure on modernisation strengthening of existinglaboratories

Expenditure on ICT enabledlearning related softwareamphardware

Expenditure on library ie books e-books

Journals e-journals course specificsoftware

Expenditure on modernisation ofclassrooms

Others (furniture)

42

Table 3 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Name of the Equipment

Cost (in rupees)

Pressure Volume Change Controller

365625

Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Suit

1365000

Solar Photovoltaic grid tied training system with MPPT

367500

Gas Chromatograph 1494692

Rheometer 2687350

Surface Roughness Tester

401205

Multimedia Projector 114162

Thermal Imager 746366

Machine Conditioning Monitor

861685

Metallurgical Image Analysis System for Welding

283500

Software Factory CAD 320000

Robot 567000

Pipe Flow Software 149234

Petrol Engine Test Setup

783090

Tribometer 609900

Vibration Analyser 539175

Slotting Machine 449243

Lathe and Shaping Machine

869001

Metal Cutting Band saw 156240

Digital Viscometer 919050

Solid Modeling Software

356590

Ultrasonic Flow Detector

235561

43

Rapid Phototyping Machine

814800

Group Video Conferencing Kit

533340

Lan Trainer 106180

The efforts of the institute over the years have led to improved student placements and intake (Figure 35)

Output in terms of publications in international journals and participation of faculty and students in

international conferences has also gone up considerably (Figure 36)

Top 10 international journals in which faculty and students have secured publications since TEQIP II are

Name of Journal

1 IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

2 International Journal on Numerical Methods in Fluids

261221

570527

357

766

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Placement offers Students placed Intake of students

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 35 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 36 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

Publication in international journals Participation in international conferences

44

3 IETE Technical Review

4 Journal of the Optical Society of America

5 International Journal of Power amp Energy Systems

6 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

7 International Journal of Remote Sensing

8 Automatica

9 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

10 ASME Journal of Heat Transfer

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering amp Technology

Aligarh Muslim University

Another institute with an impeccable history and track record is Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and

Technology (ZHCET) which is a constituent college of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and it received TEQIP

II funds under sub-component 11 AMU was set up by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as Mohammedan Anglo-

Oriental College in 1875 Against available funds of Rs 10 crore ZHCET utilized Rs 618 crore as of February

2017 Following is a glimpse into the major equipment purchased by the institute

Name of the equipment Centrifugal Pump and Pelton Turbine Module Nozzle

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3349138

Reason for buying To improve teaching and research in fluid mechanics section of mechanical engineering

department The equipment comprises centrifugal pump with flowmeter valves reservoir and

instrumentation for measurement and display of inlet outlet pressures torque speed and power and

turbine inlet pressure for Peltan turbine

Name of the equipment Universal High Voltage Test system and Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage Tester

(PE-AOBDV-MXXX)

Name of the department Electrical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 4522500

Reason for buying A new MTech programme in High Voltage Engineering was started under TEQIP II for

which enhanced laboratory infrastructure was needed PE-AOBDV-M series of Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage

Testers are highly precise instruments which can be used to conduct either a breakdown voltage test or do a proof

(withstand) test Dielectric Breakdown Voltage testing of Oil is one such means to detect the voltage at power

frequency at which it is likely to cause a flash-over

Name of the equipment Altium Nanoboard FPGA Kit

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1368863

Reason for buying Five kits were bought for under-graduate and post-graduate students

45

Name of the equipmentExata Software Emulator for Networking

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1245780

Reason for buying BTech students use it to perform experiments in EL-494 (Communication Lab -III) to

study the performance of simulated networks M Tech students use it for projects and dissertations Three

faculty members are using this software for RampD purpose

Name of the equipmentPotentiostat Galvanostat with Impedance Analyzer

Name of the department Petroleum Studies

Cost of equipment Rs 1562925

Reason for buying Potentiostate is at the heart of research on electrochemistry It is mainly used for

research in the area of fuel cell membrane cyclic voltammeter and super capacitors

Name of the equipment Imac 215 Quad Core i5 with Apple Protection Plan

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 205800

Reason for buying Two units of Imac were bought for the post-graduate and networking laboratories of

computer engineering department so that students could develop software based on iOS

Altium Nanoboard

FPGA Kit

46

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli was set up in 1947 with only the civil engineering under-graduate

programme Since 2007 the institute has been autonomous having been affiliated to Bombay University

Pune University and Shivaji University in the past The institute received TEQIP II funds under sub-

component 12 It was eligible to receive Rs 125 crore It submitted procurement plan for Rs 87 crore and

spent Rs 618 crore as of February 2017

MAJOR EQUIPMENT BOUGHT

Name of the equipment Shake Table Set-up

Name of the department Civil amp Structural Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1925776

Reason for buying To establish an earthquake engineering laboratory for conducting studies on response of

structures to earthquake induced vibrations To investigate structural response under various dynamic

loading conditions

Name of the equipment Electromagnetic Exciter with Pay Load Capacity of 100 to 150 kg

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2310824

Reason for buying To carry out research work in the field of dynamic analysis for various systems

Name of the equipment Micro Machining Centre Hyper-15w table top type integrated multi-process CNC

machine tool

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3078000

Reason for buying To develop micro machining centre for the research of micro machining PG production

laboratory

2663678

6154586

7489947

8770675

8777330

10572980

11435333

0 4000000 8000000 12000000

OFFICE

ELECTRICAL

ELECTRONICS

CIVIL (CIVIL+ CIVIL ENVIRONMENTAL+ hellip

LIBRARY

COMPUTER + IT

MECHANICAL

Fig 37 Department-wise expenditure Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Figures in rupees

47

Name of the equipment Dynamometer with Built-In Three Channel Charge Amplifiers

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1876090

Reason for buying To carry out research in the area of machining

Name of the equipment Lab View Add-ons Image Processing using Smart Camera Evaluation Kit

Name of the department Electronics Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3421650

Reason for buying Design simulation and prototyping platform for experiments on DSP communication

embedded control and measurements visual representation of experimental results

Name of the equipment Thermal Conductivity Analyzer with Material -- liquid pastes and small particles

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2100000

Reason for buying Post-graduate research and laboratory development

48

Chapter 4 Key Findings

49

1 On an average funds given to institutions for purchase of equipment and soft resources have led to

significant improvement in laboratory infrastructure of the institutes under study

2 The impact of such purchases on improvement in quality is not easily quantifiable in measurable

terms To assess the same other correlated parameters could be looked at such as improvement in

the number of research publications in refereed journals increase in the number of PhD students

number of faculty involved in research or the percentage of student placement However none of

these parameters can be directly or solely be said to be due to the improvement in physical or

digital infrastructure of institutes

3 Institutes did not have a clear-cut strategy of what best use they could put the available money to

Given that each institute on an average got Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and other resources

they could have used the money to create at least one best-in-class facility in any of the

departments which was equipped to utilize that facility in terms of augmenting the interaction of

the institute with industry or generating more resources through assignments from other agencies

While institutes in sub-component 12 had the provision to set up centres of excellence even in sub-

component 11 they could have done so if they had worked with that aim and vision

4 Instead institutes on an average divided the money equally across six departments and each

department on an average bought one-two machines which were significantly expensive and the

rest of the money was spent on buying other small routine equipment desktops laptops

networking servers software and e-journals Collaborations between departments for research

projects were however missing

5 This pattern of expenditure can be explained by the fact that our engineering institutions are still in

a phase where there is more emphasis on theory than practical Hands-on learning or project-based

approach in teaching is relatively new for institutions which is why there is not much emphasis on

understanding the practical aspects of learning such as producing patents versus papers

6 Institutes were seen to be over protective wherever even a slightly costly equipment was bought By

their own admission such equipment was most of the time kept under lock and key and was at best

displayed to students They were rarely given the opportunity to actually do something with it on

their own

7 Equal receipt of money by a number of departments has led to overall improvement in laboratory

standards of all departments which is good from an egalitarian perspective It is also good that all

departments have been able to uniformly upgrade their infrastructure and will therefore be able to

compete with each other in attracting good students faculty as well as assignments from industry in

future

8 Discussions with focus groups suggest that institutes spent large amounts of money on creating or

refurbishing physical infrastructure While non-academic experts may see this as wasteful

expenditure from an academic perspective even if this leads to improvement in the physical

facilities being offered by institutes it is well worth the investment While state funded institutes

get funds from state governments for building infrastructure for some of the centrally funded

institutes where infrastructure may have been falling apart this money would have been useful

9 Because of the fact that there is no proper system to track the usage of equipment ndash records are

maintained in physical form in the shape of log books and registers which render a macro analysis

50

impossible -- anecdotal evidence suggests that equipment bought is not being optimally utilized A

significantly higher number of research papers in refereed journals suggests that this may not be

true but the fact remains that there is no improvement in the number of technology transfers

commercialization of research or patent generation which remain weak This again brings into focus

the theory versus application part of teaching

10 Overall improvement in base infrastructure was important for institutes to advance to the next level

of development Except for some of the Centrally funded institutions none of the institutes which

received funding in TEQIP II are in the league of the six original IITs in terms of laboratory

infrastructure They do not have access to the kind of liberal funding that CFTIs get If they had not

got the present funds to buy equipment they would have taken at least five to seven years to

procure the same through the resources available to them Even for Central institutions as also for

others the availability of funds at one go meant that they could procure high costing software such

as Matlab Ansys Labview Cadence and Adobe which benefit students across departments

11 Funds for buying equipment and other soft resources enabled the institutes to take some steps

towards keeping pace with the rapidly changing advancements in technology Increased level of

automation and artificial intelligence in industry is reflected in the kind of purchases institutes have

made ndash various types of simulation software digital machines replacing analogue ones such as in

electrical engineering departments all-in-one automatic machines which combine several levels of

manual work such as in surveying in civil engineering departments robotic arms mimicking the

automated environment of modern factories attached to lathe machines in mechanical engineering

departments instruments capable of handling nano particles in specialized centres and 3D printers

capable of printing high precision devices which are being used in multiple fields

12 Most institutes have also bought subscriptions to high level international journals in various

streams both online and physical enabling access to vast repository of world class content for most

students

13 Institutes have not paid much thought to maintenance of equipment since most of the purchases

have been made in the past two-three years and warranty periods are still in force Most institutes

have also reported availability of in-house technicians to look after the machines though majority

said that they would sign annual maintenance contracts (AMC) with vendors Since AMCs usually

cost roughly 10 per cent of the cost of the equipment they felt that the resources allocated for the

same under TEQIP II would not be adequate and that they should be increased slightly

14 As per the feedback provided by almost all institutes they all agree that the equipment purchased

by them responds to faculty student needs and was done as per consultation and

recommendations of faculty They all follow well laid out norms for disposal of equipment which

keep environmental considerations in mind

6 -- Average number of departments among which each institute in Sub-component 11 divided

the total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 500 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

51

7-- Average number of departments among which each institute in sub-component 12 divided the

total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 284 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

2147403 ndash Number of items bought by institutes for office purpose in sub-component

11

101699 hours monthndash Utilisation of equipment by UG amp PG students in sub-component

11 as per available data of institutes which participated in the study

427 hours month ndash Average utilization of equipment by UG and PG students across

institutes in sub-component 11

51656 hours month -- Utilisation of equipment by PhD students in sub-component 11 as

per available data of institutes which participated in the study

37 hours month-- Average utilization of equipment by PhD students across institutes in sub-

component 11

52

Chapter 5 Way Forward

53

As data shows and case studies prove there can be no doubt that TEQIP II and the funds provided to

institutes for purchase of equipment and other soft resources have led to improvement in laboratory

infrastructure which in turn has helped in improving the output Some pointers for future stages of the

project are-

1 Even though TEQIP II had a major focus on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and institutes

were given significant amount of funds for purchase of equipment there were no guidelines or

benchmarks for them to judge themselves against and to understand what an ideal laboratory

should be like for any given department While it is good that they were given the freedom to decide

what they wanted to buy and it depended on the pro-activeness of the department heads on what

all they ended up getting funds for in an ideal scenario they should have been given a list of

essential basic equipment as well as research level equipment and they could have prioritized their

purchases on the basis of that

In all likelihood such department-wise lists do not exist anywhere In the third phase of TEQIP

therefore NPIU could commission a project which involves study of top world-class as well as top

national-level laboratories for each department Thereafter standard templates of equipment could

be prepared which could illustrate the requirement of equipment for each concept and practical for

every stream of engineering Based on standard frequency of usage and the number of students in a

class adequate numbers of any equipment could be recommended to be bought by institutes in

order to ensure that not too much time is wasted on rotating several batches of students on the

same equipment

Availability of such templates of equipment as well as soft resources which could be updated

periodically in keeping with the changes in technology and availability of resources would also help

policy makers understand how many institutes come up to a benchmark and how many need

further support

2 Institutes should start maintaining digital records of use of equipment which are bought for research

purposes These records should not be just digital copies of physical registers but should be in the

form of smart solutions which can track internal supply chains in laboratories as well as usage of

equipment The solutions should be able to provide real-time analysis of usage of equipment in

every laboratory and all laboratories could be linked to one centralized system There are various

kinds of RFID solutions available today which can handle usage patterns well The available

information could be used to devise solutions and create policy interventions to increase the actual

usage of equipment

3 Nodal institutes under TEQIP II could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of neighboring non-TEQIP institutes The

unspent money could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

4 Institutes could be encouraged to ensure that laboratories in all departments have well designed

brochures and information material such as leaflets and manuals on major equipment so that

dissemination of information about their availability is easy and their utilization could be increased

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5 Facilities created in institutes are not being optimally utilized to increase interaction with industry

While rural location of the institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of

the reasons it is also true that in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the

commissioning of equipment Size of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for

anything on industrial scale But in most cases industry is not even aware of the existence of state-

of-the-art equipment inside institutes Regular interactions with sector-specific companies are a

must therefore to create a culture of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration

6 For decades research has happened in our country in isolation and at a distance from both industry

and academia Being largely funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) so far it

has been taking place inside the laboratories of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

The 37 laboratories of CSIR and its 39 field stations or extension centres have been working in the

areas of aerospace engineering structural engineering ocean science life science metallurgy

chemicals mining food petroleum leather and environmental science The ministry of HRD has

also started funding research in a big way in recent years through schemes such as Imprint ndash

Improving Research Innovation and Technology and the Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) It would be

fruitful for the country if research happening purely on the scientific side is able to converge with

that on the academic side Hence in order to ensure greater synergy between research and

teaching it is essential that technical institutes start working more closely with CSIR laboratories

This will bring them immediately closer to cutting edge research and provide rich exposure to

students Specially for institutions which have got improved laboratory facilities as a result of TEQIP

II funds collaboration with relevant CSIR laboratories will help them grow their research and at the

same time provide the latter with a steady flow of students to work on live projects

7 Institutions which have upgraded their laboratory infrastructure in the area of food and agriculture

will gain by collaborating with the government on its e-labs project which aims at automating the

testing procedure of soil fertiliser pesticide and equipment samples By ensuring speedy and

transparent online disbursement of information related to such tests the projectrsquos vision is to

reduce crop losses and increase the use of good quality bio-pesticides through fair and unbiased

testing Institutions and students will be able to learn a lot about quality control and the processes

involved in digital testing through collaboration with the government on e-labs

8 In order to ensure transparency in procurement processes it is advisable that institutes make use of

the governmentrsquos new e-marketplace called GEM Through the portal wwwgemnicin institutes

can buy virtually anything and everything that they may require specially consumables office

equipment furniture and software Buying through this portal will speed up procurement and

improve the efficiency of institutes Created and maintained by the Directorate General of Supplies

amp Disposals (DGSampD) it provides tools for e-bidding reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to

help users get best value for their money At the national level a system of procurement should be

put in place including committee to look into the requirement and availability of equipment taking

global scenarios into consideration

Appendices

Appendix 1

55

State-wise Number of Institutions Under Technical Education QualityImprovement Programme II (2010-2017)

S Name of State CFIs Sub‐component 11 Sub‐component 12 Total No of

Institutions 1 Andhra Pradesh 5 6 11 2 Bihar 2 ‐‐ 2 3 Chhattisgarh 4 ‐‐ 4 4 Gujarat 7 ‐‐ 7 5 Haryana 3 3 6 6 Himachal Pradesh 1 ‐‐ 1 7 Jharkhand 1 1 2 8 Karnataka 4 15 19 9 Kerala 19 ‐‐ 19

10 Madhya Pradesh 3 2 5 11 Maharashtra 7 10 17

12 NCT‐Delhi ‐‐ 1 1 13 Odisha 2 ‐‐ 2 14 Punjab 7 1 8 15 Rajasthan 9 ‐‐ 9 16 Tamil Nadu 5 4 9 17 Telangana 8 5 13 18 Tripura 1 ‐‐ 1 19 UT‐Chandigarh 2 1 3 20 UT‐Puducherry 1 ‐‐ 1 21 Uttar Pradesh 2 5 7 22 Uttarakhand 1 2 3 23 West Bengal 11 3 14 24 Centrally Funded

Institutions (CFIs) 8 18 26

Total 113 77 190

Appendix 2 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 11

S Name of the Name of the Institution

No State UT

1 JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

2 Aditya Institute of Technology amp Management Tekkali Srikakulam

Andhra

3 Madanapalle Institute of Technology amp Science Madanapalle

Pradesh

4 Shri Vishnu Engineering College for women Vishnupur Bhimavaram

5 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College Chittoor

6 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur

Bihar

7 Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur

8 Government Engineering College Bilaspur

9 Government Engineering College Jagdalpur Bastar

Chhattisgarh

10 Government Engineering College Raipur

11 Rungta College of Engineering amp Technology Bhilai

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12 Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

13 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Vallabh Vidynagar

14 Lukhdirji Engineering College Morbi

15 Gujarat Shantilal Shah Engineering College Bhavnagar

16 Government Engineering College Gandhinagar

17 Government Engineering College Rajkot

18 Government Engineering College Patan

19 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology (UIET) Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

Haryana

20 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology MDU Rohtak

21 NC College of Engineering Panipat

22 Himachal Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar Mandi

Pradesh

23 Jharkhand Cambridge Institute of Technology Ranchi

24 BVB College of Engineering amp Technology Hubli

25 PES College of Engineering Mandya

Karnataka

26 Government Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jublee Technological Institute Bangalore

27 NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore

2

SNo Name of the

Name of the Institution

StateUT

28 Government Engineering College Thrissur

29 Government Engineering College Kozhikode

30 Government Engineering College Painavu Idukki

31 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

32 School of Engineering Cochin University of Science amp Technology Cochin

33 Government College of Engineering Kannur

34 Government Engineering College Bartonhill Thiruvananthapuram

35 LBS Institute of Technology for Women Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram

36 College of Engineering Perumon Perinad Kollam

37 Kerala College of Engineering Kidangoor Kottayam

38 Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

57

39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

58

70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

60

Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

62

77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

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communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

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Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

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Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

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Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

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Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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2

Contents Foreword Executive Summary

1 Scope of the Study

Background

Methodology of the Study

2 Data Analysis

State-wise Expenditure Analysis

Utilisation Analysis

Impact of Utilisation

3 Case Studies

Government College of Engineering Thrissur Kerala

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering amp Technology Aligarh Muslim University

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

4 Key Findings 5 Way Forward

Appendices Appendix 1 State-wise Number of Institutions under TEQIP II Appendix 2 List of institutes under sub-component 11 Appendix 3 List of institutes under sub-component 12 Appendix 4 List of institutes under sub-component 121 Appendix 5 Selection criteria for institutes under sub-component 11 Appendix 6 Selection criteria for institutes under sub-component 12 Appendix 7 Selection criteria for institutes under sub-component 121 Appendix 8 Observations from ground visits Glossary of Tables and Figures

3

Foreword

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is happy to have been brought in to assess the utilization of TEQIP

II funds for buying of equipment by the 190 institutes which were covered in this phase of the scheme

Given that it is the mandate of the government to continuously strive for improvement in the quality of

higher education innovation and research in the country this programme of the Ministry of Human

Resource Development (MHRD) and the World Bank has been doing a useful service to the nation since its

beginning in 2003-04

In view of the fact that TEQIP has been running for more than 12 years and institutes are now well aware of

the procedures and norms to be followed as far as maintenance of records is concerned the aim of this

study was to make an assessment from a macro perspective and not do the job of an inspector even in the

select institutes where the visits were conducted Overall the effort was to understand whether institutes

had actually procured whatever they had planned to procure whether the equipment was actually being

used as opposed to being kept under lock and key all the time and whether the faculty and students were

motivated enough to use the equipment On all three counts the observations were found to be positive

As far as the utilization of equipment and its impact is concerned it can be gauged only from the output of

the institutions And that seems to be improving More and more of them are moving towards full

accreditation there are more students in post-graduate programmes PhD registrations are increasing and

faculty is getting more international exposure While TEQIP funds have facilitated a lot of this several other

factors are also at play here Thanks to the concept of outcome-based education and India becoming a

signatory to the Washington Accord through the National Board of Accreditation (NBA) institutes are now

more aware of the need to improve the quality of manpower they are producing It is hoped that they will

steadily move towards greater and better performance in future

4

Executive Summary

Scope of the Study

The study to assess utilization of equipment and other resources purchased under TEQIP II covered all 190

institutions which were selected for disbursal of funds Data on procurement of equipment and other

resources was provided by institutes from the start of the project till October 2016 Utilisation analysis was

limited to the data provided by institutes and visits to 25 shortlisted institutes

The methodology included sending out questionnaires to institutes through email and collection of data via

the same mode Individual excel sheets were merged to create master database and findings analysed

State-wise expenditure analysis

For this section PMSS software was procured from the National Project Implementation Unit (NPIU) It

shows that most states utilized the money for which they had submitted procurement plans Among the

states which saw less than 75 per cent utilization of their own planned expenditure were Punjab at 52 per

cent utilization Uttarakhand at 56 per cent Rajasthan at 71 per cent and Madhya Pradesh at 74 per cent

Rest all states did not see much variation in what they had envisaged they would spend and what they

actually did

Utilisation analysis

In this section data has been analysed for each sub-component separately first category-wise and then

department-wise In sub-component 11 institutes spent 58 per cent expenditure on laboratory equipment

14 per cent on software 10 per cent on books 7 per cent each on office equipment and connectivity and 1-

2 per cent each on furniture civil work and smart classes Department-wise analysis shows that highest

number of equipment were bought by computer amp IT departments followed by electrical mechanical

electronics and civil departments Low expenditure on civil work is an achievement of TEQIP II There should

have been more expenditure on connectivity ndash campus-wide wifi networks ndash but that could be due to the

fact that several institutes already had wifi networks in place and did not need TEQIP funds to do that

In sub-component 12 this break-up was more or less on the same lines though the expenditure on

laboratory equipment in this sub-component was much higher at 70 per cent because of the inclusion of

centres of excellence and higher focus on post-graduate and PhD level studies This was followed by 17 per

cent on software and 5 per cent each on books and office equipment Rest was all 2 per cent and less and

negligible amount of expenditure on civil work was seen in this category Department-wise analysis for this

sub-component shows that only mechanical department was able to cross Rs 1 crore while the next three in

size were computer amp IT electronics and electrical engineering

Impact of utilisation

There has been a significant improvement over the years in the number of publications in refereed journals

which till last year have been showing above target performance Only the numbers for 2016-17 are low

considering that the data captured is till the month of February 2017 only

Total number of masters and PhD level students increased from 30000 in 2010-11 to 41000 by 2016 This

can be attributed to the availability of better laboratory infrastructure as it would have been a major factor

behind the institutesrsquo capability to attract students for MTech and PhD

5

Key findings

On an average funds given to institutions for purchase of equipment and soft resources have led to

significant improvement in laboratory infrastructure of the institutes under study

Institutes on an average divided the money equally across six departments and each department on

an average bought one-two machines which were significantly expensive and the rest of the money

was spent on buying other small routine equipment desktops laptops networking servers

software and e-journals Collaborations between departments for research projects were however

missing

If the institutes had not got the present funds to buy equipment they would have taken at least five

to seven years to procure the same through the resources available to them Even for Central

institutions as also for others the availability of funds at one go meant that they could procure high

costing software such as Matlab Ansys Labview Cadence and Adobe which benefit students across

departments

Increased level of automation and artificial intelligence in industry is reflected in the kind of

purchases institutes have made ndash various types of simulation software digital machines replacing

analogue ones such as in electrical engineering departments all-in-one automatic machines which

combine several levels of manual work such as in surveying in civil engineering departments robotic

arms mimicking the automated environment of modern factories attached to lathe machines in

mechanical engineering departments and instruments capable of handling nano particles in

specialized centres and 3D printers capable of printing high precision devices which are being used

in multiple fields

Way forward

Institutes should be given templates of equipment which are essential to provide adequate hands-on

training to all students about all concepts in every stream of engineering They should be benchmarked

on the basis of availability of adequate numbers of such equipment Further lists of higher orders of

equipment could be prepared based on what the best laboratories in the world have so that institutes

get an idea of what they should aspire for

All institutes which received funds for buying equipment should be encouraged to put in place

mechanisms to share their laboratories with neighbouring institutions which do not have the resources

to buy them Nodal institutes could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of non-TEQIP institutes The unspent money

could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

Regular interactions with industry specially sector-specific companies are essential to create a culture

of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration At present facilities created in institutes are

being under-utilized to increase interaction with industry While in some cases rural location of the

institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of the reasons it is also true that

apparently in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the commissioning of equipment Size

of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for anything on industrial scale But in most

cases industry is not even aware or has limited knowledge of the existence of state-of-the-art

equipment inside institutes

6

Chapter 1 Scope of the Study

7

Background

The second phase of Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP) was started by the Government of India in partnership with the World Bank in 2010 and it ended on 31 March 2017 The objectives of the programme were-

Strengthening institutions to produce high quality engineers for better employability

Scaling‐up post-graduate education and demand‐driven research amp development and innovation

Establishing Centers of Excellence for focused applicable research

Training of faculty for effective teaching and

Enhancing institutional and system management effectiveness

Of the two main components of this programme component 1 was meant to improve the quality of

education in selected institutions It had two sub-components viz

1048766 Sub‐Component 11 Strengthening institutions to improve learning outcomes and employability of graduates Funding provided under this sub-component was approximately Rs 10 crore per Centrally funded Government funded Government aided and Rs 4 crore per private unaided institution See Appendix for the list of institutions and selection criteria under this sub-component

1048766 Sub‐Component 12 Scaling‐up post-graduate education and demand‐driven research amp development and innovation Funding provided under this component was approximately Rs 1250 crore per Centrally funded Government funded Government aided and Rs 4 crore per private unaided institution See Appendix for the list of institutions and selection criteria under this sub-component 1048766Sub‐Component 121 Establishing centres of excellence See Appendix for the list of institutions and

selection criteria under this sub-component The programme required the project institutions to implement academic and non‐academic reforms for

their self‐conceived development programmes that focused on quality and relevance excellence resource

mobilization greater institutional autonomy with accountability research and equity

Specific funds were provided for imparting pedagogical training to faculty for making teaching effective and

covered maximum faculty members from project institutions The benefits of this aspect of the programme

were expected to extend to faculty from non‐project institutions

Since the primary objective of this programme was to improve the quality of education a major emphasis

was given on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and academic resources including subscriptions to

international e-journals membership of e-libraries modernization of classrooms strengthening of

centralized computer facilities in departments and buying of latest software as well as equipment which

would be on par with industry standards

Project monitoring through various modes was an important part of TEQIP II Institutes were required to

maintain records through management information system (MIS) created for the purpose Detailed

guidelines and formats were prescribed for purchase of equipment and procurement of other services

While the MIS tracked parameters such as number of publications number of faculty with PhD student

placements etc it did not provide a collective picture of the kind of purchases institutes had made Hence

the present study was commissioned specifically for that purpose

8

The scope of the study was limited to the data provided by institutes in reply to the survey and visits to 25

shortlisted institutions

Methodology of the Study

The study was conducted through web mail and site visits to institutions Participating institutions were

asked to provide information in following two categories-

1 Equipment purchased with TEQIP II funds costing below Rs 5 lakh per unit (only a list was to be

provided)

2 Equipment purchased with TEQIP II funds costing above Rs 5 lakh per unit (details such as name of

the equipment name of the department maintenance contract utilization in number of hours

month etc were to be provided)

3 Data was collated and analysed and ground visits were conducted to select institutions in order to

corroborate the findings

Questionnaires were sent to all 190 institutes and after several rounds of follow-up all the institutes provided the required data In keeping with the suggestion of the World Bank a shortlist of 25 institutes was prepared ndash constituting 13 per cent of the total number of institutes covered under the project ndash for physical verification of utilisation of equipment and other resources More attention was paid to government and government-aided institutions while preparing the shortlist since they had received a bigger sum for purchase of equipment compared to private institutions which had received funds only for soft resources Adequate coverage of all geographical regions was also kept in mind while preparing the shortlist

9

Chapter 2 Data Analysis

10

State-wise Expenditure Analysis

On an average institutes under sub-component 11 got 55 per cent of total available amount of Rs 10 crore

ie Rs 55 crore for purchase of Goods (equipment and soft resources etc) In sub-component 12 the

percentage of funds available for equipment etc was 45 per cent of Rs 125 crore and it totaled to Rs 565

crore Additional funding of Rs 5 crore was available for setting up centres of excellence and out of this Rs

275 crore was allocated for buying of equipment etc Additional Rs 5 crore was given to those institutes

which had performed well in upgradation of facilities

Analysis of expenditure till February 2017 as procured from the MIS of National Project Implementation

Unit (NPIU) shows that most states utilized the money that they had submitted the plans for Among the

states (Figure 1) which saw less than 75 per cent utilization of their own planned expenditure were Punjab

at 52 per cent utilization Uttarakhand which saw 56 per cent utilization Rajasthan was at 71 per cent and

Madhya Pradesh saw 74 per cent realization of the planned expenditure Rest all states did not see much

variation in what they had envisaged they would spend and what they actually did

Andhra Pradesh (Figure 2)

Total population in lakh 4958

Literacy rate 670

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

56 (113)

2015 projected share of state 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

4

Gross Enrolment Ratio 312

Total number of engineering institutes 219

Institutes in sub-component 11 5

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Expenditure analysis across states

Total available funds Plans submitted Actual expenditure

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11

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 11

Total available funds Rs 105 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 39 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 34 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Bihar (Figure 3)

Total population in lakh 1041

Literacy rate 618

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

112 (108)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

79

Gross Enrolment Ratio 139

Total number of engineering institutes 21

Institutes in sub-component 11 2

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 2

Total available funds Rs 20 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 11 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Available funds

Utilised funds

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

Figure 2

Andhra Pradesh

12

Chhattisgarh (Figure 4)

Total population in lakh 2555

Literacy rate 703

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

308 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

22

Gross Enrolment Ratio 146

Total number of engineering institutes 21

Institutes in sub-component 11 4

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 4

Total available funds Rs 34 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 175 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 164 crore

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Figure 3 Bihar

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

13

Gujarat (Figure 5)

Total population in lakh 6044

Literacy rate 78

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

719 (119)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

51

Gross Enrolment Ratio 20

Institutes in sub-component 11 7

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 7

Total available funds Rs 70 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 385 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 375 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Rungta College ofEngineering amp

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GovernmentEngineering College

Bilaspur

GovernmentEngineering College

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Jagdalpur Bastar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

14

Haryana (Figure 6)

Total population in lakh 2535

Literacy rate 756

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

319 (126)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

23

Gross Enrolment Ratio 276

Total number of engineering institutes 89

Institutes in sub-component 11 3

Institutes in sub-component 12 3

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 6

Total available funds Rs 575 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 278 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 23 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

Figure 5 Gujarat

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

15

Himachal Pradesh

Total population in lakh 686

Literacy rate 828

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

74 (108)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

05

Gross Enrolment Ratio 312

Total number of engineering institutes 17

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 10 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 55 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 55 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Jharkhand (Figure 7)

Total population in lakh 3299

Literacy rate 664

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

375 (114)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

27

Gross Enrolment Ratio 16

Total number of engineering institutes 14

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 2

Total available funds Rs 21 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 95 crore

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16

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 93 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Karnataka (Figure 8)

Total population in lakh 611

Literacy rate 754

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

712 (117)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

5

Gross Enrolment Ratio 264

Total number of engineering institutes 166

Institutes in sub-component 11 4

Institutes in sub-component 12 15

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 19

Total available funds Rs 215 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 927 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 75 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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200

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BIT Mesra BIT Mesra CoE Cambridge Institute ofTechnology Ranchi

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

17

Kerala (Figure 9)

Total population in lakh 334

Literacy rate 94

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

305 (91)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

22

Gross Enrolment Ratio 287

Total number of engineering institutes 98

Institutes in sub-component 11 19

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 19

Total available funds Rs 190 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1045 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 106 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

18

Madhya Pradesh (Figure 10)

Total population in lakh 7263

Literacy rate 693

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

879 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

62

Gross Enrolment Ratio 196

Total number of engineering institutes 121

Institutes in sub-component 11 3

Institutes in sub-component 12 2

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 5

Total available funds Rs 49 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 23 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 17 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Figure 9 Kerala

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

19

Maharashtra (Figure 11)

Total population in lakh 11237

Literacy rate 823

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

1334 (119)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

94

Gross Enrolment Ratio 279

Total number of engineering institutes 216

Institutes in sub-component 11 7

Institutes in sub-component 12 10

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 17

Total available funds Rs 254 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 119 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 102 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

20

Delhi (Figure 12)

Total population in lakh 1679

Literacy rate 862

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

224 (133)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

16

Gross Enrolment Ratio 435

Total number of engineering institutes 15

Institutes in sub-component 11 0

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 125 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 56 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 15 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

21

Odisha (Figure 13)

Total population in lakh 4197

Literacy rate 729

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

466 (111)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

33

Gross Enrolment Ratio 177

Total number of engineering institutes 68

Institutes in sub-component 11 2

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 2

Total available funds Rs 20 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 105 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 108 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

125

150

560

0

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4

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10

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Available funds Actual expenditure Estimate as per plansubmitted by the institute

Figure 12 Delhi Technological University

22

Punjab (Figure 14)

Total population in lakh 2774

Literacy rate 758

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

325 (117)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

23

Gross Enrolment Ratio 27

Total number of engineering institutes 87

Institutes in sub-component 11 7

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 8

Total available funds Rs 81 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 42 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 22 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Veer Surendra Sai University ofTechnology Burla Sambalpur

College of Engineering And TechnologyBhubaneshwar

Figure 13 Odisha

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

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Figure 14 Punjab

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

23

Rajasthan (Figure 15)

Total population in lakh 6855

Literacy rate 661

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

871 (127)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

62

Gross Enrolment Ratio 20

Total number of engineering institutes 82

Institutes in sub-component 11 9

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 9

Total available funds Rs 84 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 45 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 32 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Tamil Nadu (Figure 16)

Total population in lakh 7215

Literacy rate 80

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

73 (101)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

52

Gross Enrolment Ratio 452

Total number of engineering institutes 326

Institutes in sub-component 11 5

Institutes in sub-component 12 4

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 9

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Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

24

Total available funds Rs 140 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 74 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 70 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Telangana (Figure 17)

Total population in lakh 350

Literacy rate 664

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

406 (114)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

29

Gross Enrolment Ratio 36

Total number of engineering institutes 182

Institutes in sub-component 11 8

Institutes in sub-component 12 5

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 13

Total available funds Rs 120 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 45 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 34 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plansubmitted by the institute

25

Tripura

Total population in lakh 367

Literacy rate 872

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

44 (119)

2015 projected share of state 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

03

Gross Enrolment Ratio 168

Total number of engineering institutes 6

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 10 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 55 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 54 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

UT-Chandigarh (Figure 18)

Total population in lakh 106

Literacy rate 861

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

17 (165)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

01

Gross Enrolment Ratio 56

Total number of engineering institutes 2

Institutes in sub-component 11 2

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 3

Total available funds Rs 475 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying Rs 24 crore

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Figure 17 Telangana

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

26

equipment and other resources

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 20 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Puducherry

Total population in lakh 125

Literacy rate 859

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

15 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

01

Gross Enrolment Ratio 46

Total number of engineering institutes 10

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 15 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 8 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 6 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Uttar Pradesh (Figure 19)

Total population in lakh 1998

Literacy rate 677

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Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plansubmitted by institute

28

West Bengal (Figure 21)

Total population in lakh 9128

Literacy rate 763

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

109 (12)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

77

Gross Enrolment Ratio 174

Total number of engineering institutes 72

Institutes in sub-component 11 11

Institutes in sub-component 12 3

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 14

Total available funds Rs 179 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 88 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 82 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rscrore)

Estimate as per plansubmitted by institute

29

CFIs (Figure 22)

Institutes in sub-component 11 8

Institutes in sub-component 12 18

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 26

Total available funds Rs 415 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 200 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1625 crore

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Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

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Figure 22 Centrally-funded institutions (CFIs)

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

30

Utilisation Analysis

In this section data on buying of equipment and other resources has been first analysed component-wise

and then department-wise

While data was collected from all institutes and a broad understanding was arrived at of the kind of

equipment and other resources money was spent on from the extensive lists provided by institutions it was

difficult to analyse how much money was spent on which category of item For the sake of analysis

therefore each equipment and item named by the institute was manually categorized into the following

broad categories-

1 Laboratory equipment (included all items bought for laboratories such as machines laptops

desktops and projectors)

2 Connectivity (included equipment related to creating wi-fi networks such as cables connectors

servers modems UPS racks adapters pipes and switches)

3 Books (included hard copies as well as subscriptions of e-journals for libraries)

4 Smart class (included white boards display panels podiums amplifiers cables projectors mixers

microphones webcam and wireless sensors)

5 Software

6 Office equipment (included laptops desktops printers scanners LCDs generator sets projectors

tables chairs almirahs digital signages etc bought for principalrsquos office directorrsquos office faculty

staff department rooms TEQIP office)

7 Furniture (included furniture for class rooms and departments)

8 Civil work (included flooring false ceilings repair work lighting)

Post the categorization in these eight broad heads the picture which emerged (Figure 23) for sub-

component 11 showed 58 per cent expenditure on laboratory equipment 14 per cent on software 10 per

cent on books 7 per cent each on office equipment and connectivity and 1-2 per cent each on furniture civil

work and smart classes This is in keeping with the goals of TEQIP II which had envisaged least expenditure

on civil work It was limited to 5 per cent of total expenditure on equipment for institutes under sub-

component 11 and 3 per cent for those under sub-component 12 If unspent institutes were free to use

this money for equipment and other resources So low expenditure on civil work is an achievement of TEQIP

II There should have been more expenditure on connectivity ndash campus-wide wifi networks ndash but that could

be due to the fact that several institutes already had wifi networks in place and did not need TEQIP funds to

do that

31

In sub-component 12 (Figure 24) this break-up was more or less on the same lines though the expenditure

on laboratory equipment in this sub-component was much higher at 70 per cent because of the inclusion of

centres of excellence and higher focus on post-graduate and PhD level studies This was followed by 17 per

cent on software and 5 per cent each on books and office equipment Rest was all 2 per cent and less and

negligible amount of expenditure on civil work was seen in this category

Department-wise

analysis of equipment

purchased by

institutes shows that in

sub-component 11

(Figure 25) highest

Lab equipment58

Software 14

Books 10

Office equipment

7

Connectivity 7

Smart class2

Furniture1

Civil work1

EXPENDITURE (11)

Figure 23

Office equipment

5

Software 17

Smart class1

EXPENDITURE (12)

Figure 29

32

076 164 46678

961 10631459

2169

TOTAL AMOUNT SPENT BY DEPARTMENTS (IN RS LAKH)

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

(in Rs crore)

number of equipment were bought by computer amp IT departments followed by electrical mechanical

electronics and civil departments For the purpose of categorization two or more streams of a kind were

merged into one and numbers for both streams taken together For instance computer science and

information technology were merged into one Similarly electronics amp instrumentation and electronics amp

electrical were taken together under electronics

While sub-component 11 presented a picture on expected lines with the top five departments being

generally the biggest departments in institutes in sub-component 12 this picture was slightly confusing

Here the top two departmentsndash electronics and civil ndash were ahead of other departments (Table 1) by an

inexplicable margin One of the reasons for this could be the fact that most of the equipment bought for the

centres of excellence would have had items related to electronics But that still does not explain the

unusually high number of items for civil engineering departments

Table 1 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 12

Name of the department Number of items bought

Mining 23

BioTech 137

Chemical 170

Mechanical 497

Computer amp IT 661

Electrical 969

Electronics 544915

Civil 1701948

On the other hand an expenditure-wise analysis of the same departments shows a different picture (Figure

26) with mechanical engineering department emerging top with expenditure of Rs 216 crore and electrical

department showing expenditure of Rs 145 crore Civil department is at number 3 with expenditure of Rs

106 crore The aberration in the number of items could have been because civil and electronics

departments would have bought a large number of items of small value

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166 224 45 481 934 14772459

3138

Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

(in Rs crore)Figure 27

As per the data provided by institutes those in sub-component 11 show higher expenditure

department-wise with mechanical engineering department at top with expenditure of Rs 313

crore These should however be taken only as indicative figures as the numbers cannot be absolute

(Figure 27)

Table 7 Top 20 Lab equipment bought by institutes in 11

CNC Lathe machines

Compressor testing machine

Computer and peripherals

Computerised machines

Digital meters

Gas chromatograph

Micro-controller

Micro-processor

Oscilloscope

PCB prototyping machine

Robotic kits

Solar PV systems

Spectrum analyser

Thermal imager

Total Station

Ultrasonic probe

Universal testing machine

UV-spectrophotometer

Voltmeter

Wattmeter

34

Table 2 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 11

Table 21 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 12

1 CNC Lathe machines Advanced laser kit

2 Compressor testing machine Asphalt material performance tester

3 Computer and peripherals Atomic absorption spectrophotometer

4 Computerised machines Bio-reactors

5 Digital meters BOD incubator

6 Gas chromatograph Centrifuge

7 Micro-controller CNC lathe machine

8 Micro-processor Compression testing

9 Oscilloscope Computer and peripherals

10 PCB prototyping machine Digital image processing

11 Robotic kits Digital multimeter

12 Solar PV systems Electric discharge machine

13 Spectrum analyser Hydraulic pressing

14 Thermal imager Magnetic stirrer

15 Total Station Microwave simulator

16 Ultrasonic probe Optical microscope

17 Universal testing machine PCB prototype machine

18 UV-spectrophotometer Thermal analyser

19 Voltmeter Thermal scanner

20 Wattmeter Wireless sensor network kit

Impact of Utilisation

No amount of data tracking or record keeping is worth

the effort if it does not translate into improvement in

actual output The real impact of all this expenditure by

institutes on buying of latest equipment is only useful in

so far as it is able to show growth in the number of

publications or rise in the number of post-graduate

student intake Looked at from that perspective TEQIP II

seems to have made satisfactory progress as the data

maintained by the National Project Implementation Unit

UPWARD TREND

Increase in the number of

publications in refereed

journals

Increase in the number of PG

and PhD students

Increase in revenue generated

through consultancy

35

(NPIU) shows There has been a significant improvement over the years in the number of publications in

refereed journals which till last year have been showing above target performance Only the numbers for

2016-17 are low considering that the data captured is till the month of February 2017 only From a target of

7500 publications in 2010-11 and a realization of 11722to a target of 14500 in 2015-16 and a realization of

18482 (Figure 28) the growth has been impressive though again how much of it is due to buying of

equipment alone is debatable

Another key performance indicatoras per the planners of TEQIP II was rise in the total number of masters

and PhD level students from a baseline of 30000 in 2010-11 to 41000 by 2016 Seen from that angle also the

performance of the programme has exceeded the target To a large extent this can be attributed to

availability of better laboratory infrastructure as it would have been a major factor behind the institutesrsquo

capability to attract students for MTech and PhD (Figure 29)

7032 7500 8000 8500 9000

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20037

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2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016

Fig 28 Number of publications in refereed journals in TEQIP II institutions

Target Actual

36

The percentage of externally funded RampD projects and consultancies in total revenue has increased from 7

per cent in 2010-11 to 14 per cent in 2015-16 against a target of 12 per cent (Figure 30)

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

Target 7032 32000 33000 34000 34000 40000 40500

Actual 35132 37791 44171 49251 48718 45659

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Fig 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP I

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37

Chapter 3 Case Studies

38

Government Engineering College Thrissur Kerala

(with inputs from Prof Manoj Kumar K V Coordinator TEQIP II GEC Thrissur)

The entire process of planning procurement and the complete cycle of improved input resulting in improved output can be illustrated through the case study of Government Engineering College Thrissur which is one of the model colleges in TEQIP II and received funds under sub-component 11 It is the second oldest engineering in the state of Kerala and is affiliated to the University of Calicut Its foundation stone was laid by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in April 1958 and among its famous alumni are Dr K Radhakrishnan former chairman of Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) Out of the project allocation of Rs 10 crore Rs 55 crore was utilized by the institute for procurement of equipment The fund was apportioned among the departments based on student strength and their need to modernize and strengthen their various laboratories The procurement plan was finalized from the proposals received from the departments and vetted by the State Project Facilitation Unit (SPFU) before being executed through the Procurement Management Support System (PMSS) which was a web portal created by the National Project Implementation Unit (NPIU) to manage the project

39

Figure 31 10 steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan (Figure 38)

Departments were asked to draw up a

three-year procurement plan based on

their needs Department heads

coordinators and TEQIP nodal officers

had a meeting in the institute in

January 2012 to understand the plans

and procedures as available on NPIU

website

In February the Principal of the

institute TEQIP coordinator and

procurement coordinator attended a

training session conducted by NPIU at

Thiruvananthapuram Participation in

this session was facilitated by SPFU and

it entailed extensive training on how to

use the PMSS website

A training session was organized in the

institute for the benefit of Heads of

Departments (HoDs) and Department

TEQIP coordinators The programme

was attended by 24 officials and it

covered the entire set of activities

pertaining to purchase through PMSS --

from configuration management plan

creation and revision packaging and

procuring to stocking

Procurement coordinator and

department TEQIP coordinators also

attended a training program organized

by SPFUat School of Engineering

Cochin University of Science and

Technologyin February 2012

The SPFU arranged a discussion at

directorateoffice Thiruvanantha-

puramin February to fine tune the plan

and to facilitate data entry through

PMSS The finetuning included clubbing

of similar items from various

departments into one package limiting

the threshold to a maximum of 90 per

cent included in a scheme and revising

the tentative timelines based on plan

approval which was expected by mid-

April 2012 The institute was advised to

procure a particular software used for

double entry book-keeping through

PMSS and to identify 2 National

Competitive Bidding (NCB)

procurement plans to be sent to

Central authorities for approval

The rejigged procurement plan after

consultation with the concerned

coordinators was uploaded on the

website on 28thFebruary 2012

The plan was reviewed by SPFU and

some corrections were suggested

The corrected plan was uploaded again

At a meeting convened on 14thMarch

2012 at LBS College for Women

Thiruvananthapuram the first approval

of the plan was given by Director SPFU

On 31st March 2012 the Principal

convened a meeting of HoDs and

departmental TEQIP coordinators and

instructions were issued to draw up

specifications with respect to every

package so that the data was readily

available for entry to PMSS once the

plan was approved by NPIUWorld

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Procurement activities were in full swing during the first 18 months of the project and were executed fully as

per the plan Procurement was completed in 82 packages including 68 National Shopping (NS)packages 7

National Competitive Bidding (NCB) packages 2 Direct Contract packages and 5 Civil Works packages

The institute made maximum expenditure in 2013-14 (Figure 32) across different heads Its investments on

laboratory modernization and strengthening started in 2012 and continued till 2017 (Figure 33) Overall it

spent bulk of the money (88 per cent) on modernization of laboratories and 5 per cent on ICT enabled

learning (Figure 34)

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Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur (in Rs)

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Figure 32

2012-1311

2013-1473

2014-1515

2015-160

2016-171

EXPENDITURE ON MODERNISATION STRENGTHENING OF LABS AT GEC THRISSUR

Figure 33

41

Major equipment bought by the institute with TEQIP II funds includes a Rheometer which is not available in

any other institution in the state and offers potential for research and consultancy It is used for determining

the rheological behaviors of liquids and solids It has applications in polymer nano-composites which are the

emerging field of research The stress rheology measurements provide information for spread ability

emulsion stability suspension leveling flow control thermal stability extrudability and thickening etc The

fluid can be highly non-newtonian The equipment is useful for MTech students and faculty for doing

research

The institute also bought a Gas Chromatograph which is used in analyzing compositions purity and for

separating different components of a mixture based on volatility It is also used in identifying a compound

and its applications include analysis of toxicity of soil water and air identifying unknown compounds etc

The equipment is useful for faculty and students in doing research and projects in the field of environmental

engineering and provides opportunities for pollution control related consultancy work

Another important purchase is Accelerated Curing Tank With concrete construction increasing at a rapid

pace this equipment provides the possibility of accelerating the curing time Normal method of curing takes

28 days To reduce the curing time of concrete and test its strength accelerated curing is required and this

can be achieved with the use of Accelerated Curing Tank in the laboratory

88

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0

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Fig 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14at Government Engineering College Thrissur

Expenditure on modernisation strengthening of existinglaboratories

Expenditure on ICT enabledlearning related softwareamphardware

Expenditure on library ie books e-books

Journals e-journals course specificsoftware

Expenditure on modernisation ofclassrooms

Others (furniture)

42

Table 3 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Name of the Equipment

Cost (in rupees)

Pressure Volume Change Controller

365625

Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Suit

1365000

Solar Photovoltaic grid tied training system with MPPT

367500

Gas Chromatograph 1494692

Rheometer 2687350

Surface Roughness Tester

401205

Multimedia Projector 114162

Thermal Imager 746366

Machine Conditioning Monitor

861685

Metallurgical Image Analysis System for Welding

283500

Software Factory CAD 320000

Robot 567000

Pipe Flow Software 149234

Petrol Engine Test Setup

783090

Tribometer 609900

Vibration Analyser 539175

Slotting Machine 449243

Lathe and Shaping Machine

869001

Metal Cutting Band saw 156240

Digital Viscometer 919050

Solid Modeling Software

356590

Ultrasonic Flow Detector

235561

43

Rapid Phototyping Machine

814800

Group Video Conferencing Kit

533340

Lan Trainer 106180

The efforts of the institute over the years have led to improved student placements and intake (Figure 35)

Output in terms of publications in international journals and participation of faculty and students in

international conferences has also gone up considerably (Figure 36)

Top 10 international journals in which faculty and students have secured publications since TEQIP II are

Name of Journal

1 IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

2 International Journal on Numerical Methods in Fluids

261221

570527

357

766

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100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Placement offers Students placed Intake of students

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 35 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 36 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

Publication in international journals Participation in international conferences

44

3 IETE Technical Review

4 Journal of the Optical Society of America

5 International Journal of Power amp Energy Systems

6 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

7 International Journal of Remote Sensing

8 Automatica

9 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

10 ASME Journal of Heat Transfer

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering amp Technology

Aligarh Muslim University

Another institute with an impeccable history and track record is Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and

Technology (ZHCET) which is a constituent college of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and it received TEQIP

II funds under sub-component 11 AMU was set up by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as Mohammedan Anglo-

Oriental College in 1875 Against available funds of Rs 10 crore ZHCET utilized Rs 618 crore as of February

2017 Following is a glimpse into the major equipment purchased by the institute

Name of the equipment Centrifugal Pump and Pelton Turbine Module Nozzle

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3349138

Reason for buying To improve teaching and research in fluid mechanics section of mechanical engineering

department The equipment comprises centrifugal pump with flowmeter valves reservoir and

instrumentation for measurement and display of inlet outlet pressures torque speed and power and

turbine inlet pressure for Peltan turbine

Name of the equipment Universal High Voltage Test system and Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage Tester

(PE-AOBDV-MXXX)

Name of the department Electrical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 4522500

Reason for buying A new MTech programme in High Voltage Engineering was started under TEQIP II for

which enhanced laboratory infrastructure was needed PE-AOBDV-M series of Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage

Testers are highly precise instruments which can be used to conduct either a breakdown voltage test or do a proof

(withstand) test Dielectric Breakdown Voltage testing of Oil is one such means to detect the voltage at power

frequency at which it is likely to cause a flash-over

Name of the equipment Altium Nanoboard FPGA Kit

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1368863

Reason for buying Five kits were bought for under-graduate and post-graduate students

45

Name of the equipmentExata Software Emulator for Networking

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1245780

Reason for buying BTech students use it to perform experiments in EL-494 (Communication Lab -III) to

study the performance of simulated networks M Tech students use it for projects and dissertations Three

faculty members are using this software for RampD purpose

Name of the equipmentPotentiostat Galvanostat with Impedance Analyzer

Name of the department Petroleum Studies

Cost of equipment Rs 1562925

Reason for buying Potentiostate is at the heart of research on electrochemistry It is mainly used for

research in the area of fuel cell membrane cyclic voltammeter and super capacitors

Name of the equipment Imac 215 Quad Core i5 with Apple Protection Plan

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 205800

Reason for buying Two units of Imac were bought for the post-graduate and networking laboratories of

computer engineering department so that students could develop software based on iOS

Altium Nanoboard

FPGA Kit

46

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli was set up in 1947 with only the civil engineering under-graduate

programme Since 2007 the institute has been autonomous having been affiliated to Bombay University

Pune University and Shivaji University in the past The institute received TEQIP II funds under sub-

component 12 It was eligible to receive Rs 125 crore It submitted procurement plan for Rs 87 crore and

spent Rs 618 crore as of February 2017

MAJOR EQUIPMENT BOUGHT

Name of the equipment Shake Table Set-up

Name of the department Civil amp Structural Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1925776

Reason for buying To establish an earthquake engineering laboratory for conducting studies on response of

structures to earthquake induced vibrations To investigate structural response under various dynamic

loading conditions

Name of the equipment Electromagnetic Exciter with Pay Load Capacity of 100 to 150 kg

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2310824

Reason for buying To carry out research work in the field of dynamic analysis for various systems

Name of the equipment Micro Machining Centre Hyper-15w table top type integrated multi-process CNC

machine tool

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3078000

Reason for buying To develop micro machining centre for the research of micro machining PG production

laboratory

2663678

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8770675

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ELECTRICAL

ELECTRONICS

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MECHANICAL

Fig 37 Department-wise expenditure Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Figures in rupees

47

Name of the equipment Dynamometer with Built-In Three Channel Charge Amplifiers

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1876090

Reason for buying To carry out research in the area of machining

Name of the equipment Lab View Add-ons Image Processing using Smart Camera Evaluation Kit

Name of the department Electronics Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3421650

Reason for buying Design simulation and prototyping platform for experiments on DSP communication

embedded control and measurements visual representation of experimental results

Name of the equipment Thermal Conductivity Analyzer with Material -- liquid pastes and small particles

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2100000

Reason for buying Post-graduate research and laboratory development

48

Chapter 4 Key Findings

49

1 On an average funds given to institutions for purchase of equipment and soft resources have led to

significant improvement in laboratory infrastructure of the institutes under study

2 The impact of such purchases on improvement in quality is not easily quantifiable in measurable

terms To assess the same other correlated parameters could be looked at such as improvement in

the number of research publications in refereed journals increase in the number of PhD students

number of faculty involved in research or the percentage of student placement However none of

these parameters can be directly or solely be said to be due to the improvement in physical or

digital infrastructure of institutes

3 Institutes did not have a clear-cut strategy of what best use they could put the available money to

Given that each institute on an average got Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and other resources

they could have used the money to create at least one best-in-class facility in any of the

departments which was equipped to utilize that facility in terms of augmenting the interaction of

the institute with industry or generating more resources through assignments from other agencies

While institutes in sub-component 12 had the provision to set up centres of excellence even in sub-

component 11 they could have done so if they had worked with that aim and vision

4 Instead institutes on an average divided the money equally across six departments and each

department on an average bought one-two machines which were significantly expensive and the

rest of the money was spent on buying other small routine equipment desktops laptops

networking servers software and e-journals Collaborations between departments for research

projects were however missing

5 This pattern of expenditure can be explained by the fact that our engineering institutions are still in

a phase where there is more emphasis on theory than practical Hands-on learning or project-based

approach in teaching is relatively new for institutions which is why there is not much emphasis on

understanding the practical aspects of learning such as producing patents versus papers

6 Institutes were seen to be over protective wherever even a slightly costly equipment was bought By

their own admission such equipment was most of the time kept under lock and key and was at best

displayed to students They were rarely given the opportunity to actually do something with it on

their own

7 Equal receipt of money by a number of departments has led to overall improvement in laboratory

standards of all departments which is good from an egalitarian perspective It is also good that all

departments have been able to uniformly upgrade their infrastructure and will therefore be able to

compete with each other in attracting good students faculty as well as assignments from industry in

future

8 Discussions with focus groups suggest that institutes spent large amounts of money on creating or

refurbishing physical infrastructure While non-academic experts may see this as wasteful

expenditure from an academic perspective even if this leads to improvement in the physical

facilities being offered by institutes it is well worth the investment While state funded institutes

get funds from state governments for building infrastructure for some of the centrally funded

institutes where infrastructure may have been falling apart this money would have been useful

9 Because of the fact that there is no proper system to track the usage of equipment ndash records are

maintained in physical form in the shape of log books and registers which render a macro analysis

50

impossible -- anecdotal evidence suggests that equipment bought is not being optimally utilized A

significantly higher number of research papers in refereed journals suggests that this may not be

true but the fact remains that there is no improvement in the number of technology transfers

commercialization of research or patent generation which remain weak This again brings into focus

the theory versus application part of teaching

10 Overall improvement in base infrastructure was important for institutes to advance to the next level

of development Except for some of the Centrally funded institutions none of the institutes which

received funding in TEQIP II are in the league of the six original IITs in terms of laboratory

infrastructure They do not have access to the kind of liberal funding that CFTIs get If they had not

got the present funds to buy equipment they would have taken at least five to seven years to

procure the same through the resources available to them Even for Central institutions as also for

others the availability of funds at one go meant that they could procure high costing software such

as Matlab Ansys Labview Cadence and Adobe which benefit students across departments

11 Funds for buying equipment and other soft resources enabled the institutes to take some steps

towards keeping pace with the rapidly changing advancements in technology Increased level of

automation and artificial intelligence in industry is reflected in the kind of purchases institutes have

made ndash various types of simulation software digital machines replacing analogue ones such as in

electrical engineering departments all-in-one automatic machines which combine several levels of

manual work such as in surveying in civil engineering departments robotic arms mimicking the

automated environment of modern factories attached to lathe machines in mechanical engineering

departments instruments capable of handling nano particles in specialized centres and 3D printers

capable of printing high precision devices which are being used in multiple fields

12 Most institutes have also bought subscriptions to high level international journals in various

streams both online and physical enabling access to vast repository of world class content for most

students

13 Institutes have not paid much thought to maintenance of equipment since most of the purchases

have been made in the past two-three years and warranty periods are still in force Most institutes

have also reported availability of in-house technicians to look after the machines though majority

said that they would sign annual maintenance contracts (AMC) with vendors Since AMCs usually

cost roughly 10 per cent of the cost of the equipment they felt that the resources allocated for the

same under TEQIP II would not be adequate and that they should be increased slightly

14 As per the feedback provided by almost all institutes they all agree that the equipment purchased

by them responds to faculty student needs and was done as per consultation and

recommendations of faculty They all follow well laid out norms for disposal of equipment which

keep environmental considerations in mind

6 -- Average number of departments among which each institute in Sub-component 11 divided

the total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 500 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

51

7-- Average number of departments among which each institute in sub-component 12 divided the

total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 284 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

2147403 ndash Number of items bought by institutes for office purpose in sub-component

11

101699 hours monthndash Utilisation of equipment by UG amp PG students in sub-component

11 as per available data of institutes which participated in the study

427 hours month ndash Average utilization of equipment by UG and PG students across

institutes in sub-component 11

51656 hours month -- Utilisation of equipment by PhD students in sub-component 11 as

per available data of institutes which participated in the study

37 hours month-- Average utilization of equipment by PhD students across institutes in sub-

component 11

52

Chapter 5 Way Forward

53

As data shows and case studies prove there can be no doubt that TEQIP II and the funds provided to

institutes for purchase of equipment and other soft resources have led to improvement in laboratory

infrastructure which in turn has helped in improving the output Some pointers for future stages of the

project are-

1 Even though TEQIP II had a major focus on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and institutes

were given significant amount of funds for purchase of equipment there were no guidelines or

benchmarks for them to judge themselves against and to understand what an ideal laboratory

should be like for any given department While it is good that they were given the freedom to decide

what they wanted to buy and it depended on the pro-activeness of the department heads on what

all they ended up getting funds for in an ideal scenario they should have been given a list of

essential basic equipment as well as research level equipment and they could have prioritized their

purchases on the basis of that

In all likelihood such department-wise lists do not exist anywhere In the third phase of TEQIP

therefore NPIU could commission a project which involves study of top world-class as well as top

national-level laboratories for each department Thereafter standard templates of equipment could

be prepared which could illustrate the requirement of equipment for each concept and practical for

every stream of engineering Based on standard frequency of usage and the number of students in a

class adequate numbers of any equipment could be recommended to be bought by institutes in

order to ensure that not too much time is wasted on rotating several batches of students on the

same equipment

Availability of such templates of equipment as well as soft resources which could be updated

periodically in keeping with the changes in technology and availability of resources would also help

policy makers understand how many institutes come up to a benchmark and how many need

further support

2 Institutes should start maintaining digital records of use of equipment which are bought for research

purposes These records should not be just digital copies of physical registers but should be in the

form of smart solutions which can track internal supply chains in laboratories as well as usage of

equipment The solutions should be able to provide real-time analysis of usage of equipment in

every laboratory and all laboratories could be linked to one centralized system There are various

kinds of RFID solutions available today which can handle usage patterns well The available

information could be used to devise solutions and create policy interventions to increase the actual

usage of equipment

3 Nodal institutes under TEQIP II could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of neighboring non-TEQIP institutes The

unspent money could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

4 Institutes could be encouraged to ensure that laboratories in all departments have well designed

brochures and information material such as leaflets and manuals on major equipment so that

dissemination of information about their availability is easy and their utilization could be increased

54

5 Facilities created in institutes are not being optimally utilized to increase interaction with industry

While rural location of the institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of

the reasons it is also true that in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the

commissioning of equipment Size of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for

anything on industrial scale But in most cases industry is not even aware of the existence of state-

of-the-art equipment inside institutes Regular interactions with sector-specific companies are a

must therefore to create a culture of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration

6 For decades research has happened in our country in isolation and at a distance from both industry

and academia Being largely funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) so far it

has been taking place inside the laboratories of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

The 37 laboratories of CSIR and its 39 field stations or extension centres have been working in the

areas of aerospace engineering structural engineering ocean science life science metallurgy

chemicals mining food petroleum leather and environmental science The ministry of HRD has

also started funding research in a big way in recent years through schemes such as Imprint ndash

Improving Research Innovation and Technology and the Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) It would be

fruitful for the country if research happening purely on the scientific side is able to converge with

that on the academic side Hence in order to ensure greater synergy between research and

teaching it is essential that technical institutes start working more closely with CSIR laboratories

This will bring them immediately closer to cutting edge research and provide rich exposure to

students Specially for institutions which have got improved laboratory facilities as a result of TEQIP

II funds collaboration with relevant CSIR laboratories will help them grow their research and at the

same time provide the latter with a steady flow of students to work on live projects

7 Institutions which have upgraded their laboratory infrastructure in the area of food and agriculture

will gain by collaborating with the government on its e-labs project which aims at automating the

testing procedure of soil fertiliser pesticide and equipment samples By ensuring speedy and

transparent online disbursement of information related to such tests the projectrsquos vision is to

reduce crop losses and increase the use of good quality bio-pesticides through fair and unbiased

testing Institutions and students will be able to learn a lot about quality control and the processes

involved in digital testing through collaboration with the government on e-labs

8 In order to ensure transparency in procurement processes it is advisable that institutes make use of

the governmentrsquos new e-marketplace called GEM Through the portal wwwgemnicin institutes

can buy virtually anything and everything that they may require specially consumables office

equipment furniture and software Buying through this portal will speed up procurement and

improve the efficiency of institutes Created and maintained by the Directorate General of Supplies

amp Disposals (DGSampD) it provides tools for e-bidding reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to

help users get best value for their money At the national level a system of procurement should be

put in place including committee to look into the requirement and availability of equipment taking

global scenarios into consideration

Appendices

Appendix 1

55

State-wise Number of Institutions Under Technical Education QualityImprovement Programme II (2010-2017)

S Name of State CFIs Sub‐component 11 Sub‐component 12 Total No of

Institutions 1 Andhra Pradesh 5 6 11 2 Bihar 2 ‐‐ 2 3 Chhattisgarh 4 ‐‐ 4 4 Gujarat 7 ‐‐ 7 5 Haryana 3 3 6 6 Himachal Pradesh 1 ‐‐ 1 7 Jharkhand 1 1 2 8 Karnataka 4 15 19 9 Kerala 19 ‐‐ 19

10 Madhya Pradesh 3 2 5 11 Maharashtra 7 10 17

12 NCT‐Delhi ‐‐ 1 1 13 Odisha 2 ‐‐ 2 14 Punjab 7 1 8 15 Rajasthan 9 ‐‐ 9 16 Tamil Nadu 5 4 9 17 Telangana 8 5 13 18 Tripura 1 ‐‐ 1 19 UT‐Chandigarh 2 1 3 20 UT‐Puducherry 1 ‐‐ 1 21 Uttar Pradesh 2 5 7 22 Uttarakhand 1 2 3 23 West Bengal 11 3 14 24 Centrally Funded

Institutions (CFIs) 8 18 26

Total 113 77 190

Appendix 2 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 11

S Name of the Name of the Institution

No State UT

1 JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

2 Aditya Institute of Technology amp Management Tekkali Srikakulam

Andhra

3 Madanapalle Institute of Technology amp Science Madanapalle

Pradesh

4 Shri Vishnu Engineering College for women Vishnupur Bhimavaram

5 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College Chittoor

6 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur

Bihar

7 Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur

8 Government Engineering College Bilaspur

9 Government Engineering College Jagdalpur Bastar

Chhattisgarh

10 Government Engineering College Raipur

11 Rungta College of Engineering amp Technology Bhilai

56

12 Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

13 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Vallabh Vidynagar

14 Lukhdirji Engineering College Morbi

15 Gujarat Shantilal Shah Engineering College Bhavnagar

16 Government Engineering College Gandhinagar

17 Government Engineering College Rajkot

18 Government Engineering College Patan

19 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology (UIET) Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

Haryana

20 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology MDU Rohtak

21 NC College of Engineering Panipat

22 Himachal Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar Mandi

Pradesh

23 Jharkhand Cambridge Institute of Technology Ranchi

24 BVB College of Engineering amp Technology Hubli

25 PES College of Engineering Mandya

Karnataka

26 Government Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jublee Technological Institute Bangalore

27 NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore

2

SNo Name of the

Name of the Institution

StateUT

28 Government Engineering College Thrissur

29 Government Engineering College Kozhikode

30 Government Engineering College Painavu Idukki

31 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

32 School of Engineering Cochin University of Science amp Technology Cochin

33 Government College of Engineering Kannur

34 Government Engineering College Bartonhill Thiruvananthapuram

35 LBS Institute of Technology for Women Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram

36 College of Engineering Perumon Perinad Kollam

37 Kerala College of Engineering Kidangoor Kottayam

38 Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

57

39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

58

70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

60

Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

62

77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

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e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

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Appendix 8

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Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

70

Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

72

Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

73

Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Page 3: Study on Utilization of Resources Created Under …Zakir Hussain College of Engineering & Technology, Aligarh Muslim University Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli 4. Key Findings

3

Foreword

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is happy to have been brought in to assess the utilization of TEQIP

II funds for buying of equipment by the 190 institutes which were covered in this phase of the scheme

Given that it is the mandate of the government to continuously strive for improvement in the quality of

higher education innovation and research in the country this programme of the Ministry of Human

Resource Development (MHRD) and the World Bank has been doing a useful service to the nation since its

beginning in 2003-04

In view of the fact that TEQIP has been running for more than 12 years and institutes are now well aware of

the procedures and norms to be followed as far as maintenance of records is concerned the aim of this

study was to make an assessment from a macro perspective and not do the job of an inspector even in the

select institutes where the visits were conducted Overall the effort was to understand whether institutes

had actually procured whatever they had planned to procure whether the equipment was actually being

used as opposed to being kept under lock and key all the time and whether the faculty and students were

motivated enough to use the equipment On all three counts the observations were found to be positive

As far as the utilization of equipment and its impact is concerned it can be gauged only from the output of

the institutions And that seems to be improving More and more of them are moving towards full

accreditation there are more students in post-graduate programmes PhD registrations are increasing and

faculty is getting more international exposure While TEQIP funds have facilitated a lot of this several other

factors are also at play here Thanks to the concept of outcome-based education and India becoming a

signatory to the Washington Accord through the National Board of Accreditation (NBA) institutes are now

more aware of the need to improve the quality of manpower they are producing It is hoped that they will

steadily move towards greater and better performance in future

4

Executive Summary

Scope of the Study

The study to assess utilization of equipment and other resources purchased under TEQIP II covered all 190

institutions which were selected for disbursal of funds Data on procurement of equipment and other

resources was provided by institutes from the start of the project till October 2016 Utilisation analysis was

limited to the data provided by institutes and visits to 25 shortlisted institutes

The methodology included sending out questionnaires to institutes through email and collection of data via

the same mode Individual excel sheets were merged to create master database and findings analysed

State-wise expenditure analysis

For this section PMSS software was procured from the National Project Implementation Unit (NPIU) It

shows that most states utilized the money for which they had submitted procurement plans Among the

states which saw less than 75 per cent utilization of their own planned expenditure were Punjab at 52 per

cent utilization Uttarakhand at 56 per cent Rajasthan at 71 per cent and Madhya Pradesh at 74 per cent

Rest all states did not see much variation in what they had envisaged they would spend and what they

actually did

Utilisation analysis

In this section data has been analysed for each sub-component separately first category-wise and then

department-wise In sub-component 11 institutes spent 58 per cent expenditure on laboratory equipment

14 per cent on software 10 per cent on books 7 per cent each on office equipment and connectivity and 1-

2 per cent each on furniture civil work and smart classes Department-wise analysis shows that highest

number of equipment were bought by computer amp IT departments followed by electrical mechanical

electronics and civil departments Low expenditure on civil work is an achievement of TEQIP II There should

have been more expenditure on connectivity ndash campus-wide wifi networks ndash but that could be due to the

fact that several institutes already had wifi networks in place and did not need TEQIP funds to do that

In sub-component 12 this break-up was more or less on the same lines though the expenditure on

laboratory equipment in this sub-component was much higher at 70 per cent because of the inclusion of

centres of excellence and higher focus on post-graduate and PhD level studies This was followed by 17 per

cent on software and 5 per cent each on books and office equipment Rest was all 2 per cent and less and

negligible amount of expenditure on civil work was seen in this category Department-wise analysis for this

sub-component shows that only mechanical department was able to cross Rs 1 crore while the next three in

size were computer amp IT electronics and electrical engineering

Impact of utilisation

There has been a significant improvement over the years in the number of publications in refereed journals

which till last year have been showing above target performance Only the numbers for 2016-17 are low

considering that the data captured is till the month of February 2017 only

Total number of masters and PhD level students increased from 30000 in 2010-11 to 41000 by 2016 This

can be attributed to the availability of better laboratory infrastructure as it would have been a major factor

behind the institutesrsquo capability to attract students for MTech and PhD

5

Key findings

On an average funds given to institutions for purchase of equipment and soft resources have led to

significant improvement in laboratory infrastructure of the institutes under study

Institutes on an average divided the money equally across six departments and each department on

an average bought one-two machines which were significantly expensive and the rest of the money

was spent on buying other small routine equipment desktops laptops networking servers

software and e-journals Collaborations between departments for research projects were however

missing

If the institutes had not got the present funds to buy equipment they would have taken at least five

to seven years to procure the same through the resources available to them Even for Central

institutions as also for others the availability of funds at one go meant that they could procure high

costing software such as Matlab Ansys Labview Cadence and Adobe which benefit students across

departments

Increased level of automation and artificial intelligence in industry is reflected in the kind of

purchases institutes have made ndash various types of simulation software digital machines replacing

analogue ones such as in electrical engineering departments all-in-one automatic machines which

combine several levels of manual work such as in surveying in civil engineering departments robotic

arms mimicking the automated environment of modern factories attached to lathe machines in

mechanical engineering departments and instruments capable of handling nano particles in

specialized centres and 3D printers capable of printing high precision devices which are being used

in multiple fields

Way forward

Institutes should be given templates of equipment which are essential to provide adequate hands-on

training to all students about all concepts in every stream of engineering They should be benchmarked

on the basis of availability of adequate numbers of such equipment Further lists of higher orders of

equipment could be prepared based on what the best laboratories in the world have so that institutes

get an idea of what they should aspire for

All institutes which received funds for buying equipment should be encouraged to put in place

mechanisms to share their laboratories with neighbouring institutions which do not have the resources

to buy them Nodal institutes could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of non-TEQIP institutes The unspent money

could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

Regular interactions with industry specially sector-specific companies are essential to create a culture

of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration At present facilities created in institutes are

being under-utilized to increase interaction with industry While in some cases rural location of the

institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of the reasons it is also true that

apparently in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the commissioning of equipment Size

of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for anything on industrial scale But in most

cases industry is not even aware or has limited knowledge of the existence of state-of-the-art

equipment inside institutes

6

Chapter 1 Scope of the Study

7

Background

The second phase of Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP) was started by the Government of India in partnership with the World Bank in 2010 and it ended on 31 March 2017 The objectives of the programme were-

Strengthening institutions to produce high quality engineers for better employability

Scaling‐up post-graduate education and demand‐driven research amp development and innovation

Establishing Centers of Excellence for focused applicable research

Training of faculty for effective teaching and

Enhancing institutional and system management effectiveness

Of the two main components of this programme component 1 was meant to improve the quality of

education in selected institutions It had two sub-components viz

1048766 Sub‐Component 11 Strengthening institutions to improve learning outcomes and employability of graduates Funding provided under this sub-component was approximately Rs 10 crore per Centrally funded Government funded Government aided and Rs 4 crore per private unaided institution See Appendix for the list of institutions and selection criteria under this sub-component

1048766 Sub‐Component 12 Scaling‐up post-graduate education and demand‐driven research amp development and innovation Funding provided under this component was approximately Rs 1250 crore per Centrally funded Government funded Government aided and Rs 4 crore per private unaided institution See Appendix for the list of institutions and selection criteria under this sub-component 1048766Sub‐Component 121 Establishing centres of excellence See Appendix for the list of institutions and

selection criteria under this sub-component The programme required the project institutions to implement academic and non‐academic reforms for

their self‐conceived development programmes that focused on quality and relevance excellence resource

mobilization greater institutional autonomy with accountability research and equity

Specific funds were provided for imparting pedagogical training to faculty for making teaching effective and

covered maximum faculty members from project institutions The benefits of this aspect of the programme

were expected to extend to faculty from non‐project institutions

Since the primary objective of this programme was to improve the quality of education a major emphasis

was given on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and academic resources including subscriptions to

international e-journals membership of e-libraries modernization of classrooms strengthening of

centralized computer facilities in departments and buying of latest software as well as equipment which

would be on par with industry standards

Project monitoring through various modes was an important part of TEQIP II Institutes were required to

maintain records through management information system (MIS) created for the purpose Detailed

guidelines and formats were prescribed for purchase of equipment and procurement of other services

While the MIS tracked parameters such as number of publications number of faculty with PhD student

placements etc it did not provide a collective picture of the kind of purchases institutes had made Hence

the present study was commissioned specifically for that purpose

8

The scope of the study was limited to the data provided by institutes in reply to the survey and visits to 25

shortlisted institutions

Methodology of the Study

The study was conducted through web mail and site visits to institutions Participating institutions were

asked to provide information in following two categories-

1 Equipment purchased with TEQIP II funds costing below Rs 5 lakh per unit (only a list was to be

provided)

2 Equipment purchased with TEQIP II funds costing above Rs 5 lakh per unit (details such as name of

the equipment name of the department maintenance contract utilization in number of hours

month etc were to be provided)

3 Data was collated and analysed and ground visits were conducted to select institutions in order to

corroborate the findings

Questionnaires were sent to all 190 institutes and after several rounds of follow-up all the institutes provided the required data In keeping with the suggestion of the World Bank a shortlist of 25 institutes was prepared ndash constituting 13 per cent of the total number of institutes covered under the project ndash for physical verification of utilisation of equipment and other resources More attention was paid to government and government-aided institutions while preparing the shortlist since they had received a bigger sum for purchase of equipment compared to private institutions which had received funds only for soft resources Adequate coverage of all geographical regions was also kept in mind while preparing the shortlist

9

Chapter 2 Data Analysis

10

State-wise Expenditure Analysis

On an average institutes under sub-component 11 got 55 per cent of total available amount of Rs 10 crore

ie Rs 55 crore for purchase of Goods (equipment and soft resources etc) In sub-component 12 the

percentage of funds available for equipment etc was 45 per cent of Rs 125 crore and it totaled to Rs 565

crore Additional funding of Rs 5 crore was available for setting up centres of excellence and out of this Rs

275 crore was allocated for buying of equipment etc Additional Rs 5 crore was given to those institutes

which had performed well in upgradation of facilities

Analysis of expenditure till February 2017 as procured from the MIS of National Project Implementation

Unit (NPIU) shows that most states utilized the money that they had submitted the plans for Among the

states (Figure 1) which saw less than 75 per cent utilization of their own planned expenditure were Punjab

at 52 per cent utilization Uttarakhand which saw 56 per cent utilization Rajasthan was at 71 per cent and

Madhya Pradesh saw 74 per cent realization of the planned expenditure Rest all states did not see much

variation in what they had envisaged they would spend and what they actually did

Andhra Pradesh (Figure 2)

Total population in lakh 4958

Literacy rate 670

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

56 (113)

2015 projected share of state 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

4

Gross Enrolment Ratio 312

Total number of engineering institutes 219

Institutes in sub-component 11 5

Institutes in sub-component 12 6

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

Expenditure analysis across states

Total available funds Plans submitted Actual expenditure

Figure 1

11

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 11

Total available funds Rs 105 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 39 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 34 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Bihar (Figure 3)

Total population in lakh 1041

Literacy rate 618

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

112 (108)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

79

Gross Enrolment Ratio 139

Total number of engineering institutes 21

Institutes in sub-component 11 2

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 2

Total available funds Rs 20 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 11 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0200400600800

100012001400160018002000

Available funds

Utilised funds

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

Figure 2

Andhra Pradesh

12

Chhattisgarh (Figure 4)

Total population in lakh 2555

Literacy rate 703

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

308 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

22

Gross Enrolment Ratio 146

Total number of engineering institutes 21

Institutes in sub-component 11 4

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 4

Total available funds Rs 34 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 175 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 164 crore

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

Muzzaffarpur Institute of TechnologyMuzzaffarpur

Bhagalpur College of EngineeringBhagalpur

FUN

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Figure 3 Bihar

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

13

Gujarat (Figure 5)

Total population in lakh 6044

Literacy rate 78

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

719 (119)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

51

Gross Enrolment Ratio 20

Institutes in sub-component 11 7

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 7

Total available funds Rs 70 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 385 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 375 crore

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Rungta College ofEngineering amp

Technology Bhilai

GovernmentEngineering College

Bilaspur

GovernmentEngineering College

Raipur

GovernmentEngineering College

Jagdalpur Bastar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

14

Haryana (Figure 6)

Total population in lakh 2535

Literacy rate 756

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

319 (126)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

23

Gross Enrolment Ratio 276

Total number of engineering institutes 89

Institutes in sub-component 11 3

Institutes in sub-component 12 3

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 6

Total available funds Rs 575 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 278 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 23 crore

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0

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Figure 5 Gujarat

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

15

Himachal Pradesh

Total population in lakh 686

Literacy rate 828

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

74 (108)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

05

Gross Enrolment Ratio 312

Total number of engineering institutes 17

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 10 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 55 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 55 crore

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Jharkhand (Figure 7)

Total population in lakh 3299

Literacy rate 664

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

375 (114)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

27

Gross Enrolment Ratio 16

Total number of engineering institutes 14

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 2

Total available funds Rs 21 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 95 crore

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Available funds

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Estimate as per plansubmitted by theinstitute

Figure 6 Haryana

16

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 93 crore

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Karnataka (Figure 8)

Total population in lakh 611

Literacy rate 754

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

712 (117)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

5

Gross Enrolment Ratio 264

Total number of engineering institutes 166

Institutes in sub-component 11 4

Institutes in sub-component 12 15

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 19

Total available funds Rs 215 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 927 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 75 crore

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200

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1400

BIT Mesra BIT Mesra CoE Cambridge Institute ofTechnology Ranchi

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

17

Kerala (Figure 9)

Total population in lakh 334

Literacy rate 94

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

305 (91)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

22

Gross Enrolment Ratio 287

Total number of engineering institutes 98

Institutes in sub-component 11 19

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 19

Total available funds Rs 190 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1045 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 106 crore

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Figure 8 Karnataka

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

18

Madhya Pradesh (Figure 10)

Total population in lakh 7263

Literacy rate 693

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

879 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

62

Gross Enrolment Ratio 196

Total number of engineering institutes 121

Institutes in sub-component 11 3

Institutes in sub-component 12 2

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 5

Total available funds Rs 49 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 23 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 17 crore

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0

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Figure 9 Kerala

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

19

Maharashtra (Figure 11)

Total population in lakh 11237

Literacy rate 823

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

1334 (119)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

94

Gross Enrolment Ratio 279

Total number of engineering institutes 216

Institutes in sub-component 11 7

Institutes in sub-component 12 10

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 17

Total available funds Rs 254 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 119 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 102 crore

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0200400600800

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Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

20

Delhi (Figure 12)

Total population in lakh 1679

Literacy rate 862

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

224 (133)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

16

Gross Enrolment Ratio 435

Total number of engineering institutes 15

Institutes in sub-component 11 0

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 125 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 56 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 15 crore

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Figure 11 Maharashtra

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

21

Odisha (Figure 13)

Total population in lakh 4197

Literacy rate 729

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

466 (111)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

33

Gross Enrolment Ratio 177

Total number of engineering institutes 68

Institutes in sub-component 11 2

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 2

Total available funds Rs 20 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 105 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 108 crore

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125

150

560

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4

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10

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14

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Figure 12 Delhi Technological University

22

Punjab (Figure 14)

Total population in lakh 2774

Literacy rate 758

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

325 (117)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

23

Gross Enrolment Ratio 27

Total number of engineering institutes 87

Institutes in sub-component 11 7

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 8

Total available funds Rs 81 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 42 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 22 crore

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0

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Veer Surendra Sai University ofTechnology Burla Sambalpur

College of Engineering And TechnologyBhubaneshwar

Figure 13 Odisha

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

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Figure 14 Punjab

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

23

Rajasthan (Figure 15)

Total population in lakh 6855

Literacy rate 661

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

871 (127)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

62

Gross Enrolment Ratio 20

Total number of engineering institutes 82

Institutes in sub-component 11 9

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 9

Total available funds Rs 84 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 45 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 32 crore

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Tamil Nadu (Figure 16)

Total population in lakh 7215

Literacy rate 80

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

73 (101)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

52

Gross Enrolment Ratio 452

Total number of engineering institutes 326

Institutes in sub-component 11 5

Institutes in sub-component 12 4

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 9

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Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

24

Total available funds Rs 140 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 74 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 70 crore

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Telangana (Figure 17)

Total population in lakh 350

Literacy rate 664

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

406 (114)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

29

Gross Enrolment Ratio 36

Total number of engineering institutes 182

Institutes in sub-component 11 8

Institutes in sub-component 12 5

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 13

Total available funds Rs 120 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 45 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 34 crore

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Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plansubmitted by the institute

25

Tripura

Total population in lakh 367

Literacy rate 872

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

44 (119)

2015 projected share of state 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

03

Gross Enrolment Ratio 168

Total number of engineering institutes 6

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 10 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 55 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 54 crore

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UT-Chandigarh (Figure 18)

Total population in lakh 106

Literacy rate 861

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

17 (165)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

01

Gross Enrolment Ratio 56

Total number of engineering institutes 2

Institutes in sub-component 11 2

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 3

Total available funds Rs 475 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying Rs 24 crore

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Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

26

equipment and other resources

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 20 crore

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Puducherry

Total population in lakh 125

Literacy rate 859

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

15 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

01

Gross Enrolment Ratio 46

Total number of engineering institutes 10

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 15 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 8 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 6 crore

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Uttar Pradesh (Figure 19)

Total population in lakh 1998

Literacy rate 677

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Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plansubmitted by institute

28

West Bengal (Figure 21)

Total population in lakh 9128

Literacy rate 763

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

109 (12)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

77

Gross Enrolment Ratio 174

Total number of engineering institutes 72

Institutes in sub-component 11 11

Institutes in sub-component 12 3

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 14

Total available funds Rs 179 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 88 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 82 crore

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Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rscrore)

Estimate as per plansubmitted by institute

29

CFIs (Figure 22)

Institutes in sub-component 11 8

Institutes in sub-component 12 18

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 26

Total available funds Rs 415 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 200 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1625 crore

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Figure 21 West Bengal

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

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Figure 22 Centrally-funded institutions (CFIs)

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

30

Utilisation Analysis

In this section data on buying of equipment and other resources has been first analysed component-wise

and then department-wise

While data was collected from all institutes and a broad understanding was arrived at of the kind of

equipment and other resources money was spent on from the extensive lists provided by institutions it was

difficult to analyse how much money was spent on which category of item For the sake of analysis

therefore each equipment and item named by the institute was manually categorized into the following

broad categories-

1 Laboratory equipment (included all items bought for laboratories such as machines laptops

desktops and projectors)

2 Connectivity (included equipment related to creating wi-fi networks such as cables connectors

servers modems UPS racks adapters pipes and switches)

3 Books (included hard copies as well as subscriptions of e-journals for libraries)

4 Smart class (included white boards display panels podiums amplifiers cables projectors mixers

microphones webcam and wireless sensors)

5 Software

6 Office equipment (included laptops desktops printers scanners LCDs generator sets projectors

tables chairs almirahs digital signages etc bought for principalrsquos office directorrsquos office faculty

staff department rooms TEQIP office)

7 Furniture (included furniture for class rooms and departments)

8 Civil work (included flooring false ceilings repair work lighting)

Post the categorization in these eight broad heads the picture which emerged (Figure 23) for sub-

component 11 showed 58 per cent expenditure on laboratory equipment 14 per cent on software 10 per

cent on books 7 per cent each on office equipment and connectivity and 1-2 per cent each on furniture civil

work and smart classes This is in keeping with the goals of TEQIP II which had envisaged least expenditure

on civil work It was limited to 5 per cent of total expenditure on equipment for institutes under sub-

component 11 and 3 per cent for those under sub-component 12 If unspent institutes were free to use

this money for equipment and other resources So low expenditure on civil work is an achievement of TEQIP

II There should have been more expenditure on connectivity ndash campus-wide wifi networks ndash but that could

be due to the fact that several institutes already had wifi networks in place and did not need TEQIP funds to

do that

31

In sub-component 12 (Figure 24) this break-up was more or less on the same lines though the expenditure

on laboratory equipment in this sub-component was much higher at 70 per cent because of the inclusion of

centres of excellence and higher focus on post-graduate and PhD level studies This was followed by 17 per

cent on software and 5 per cent each on books and office equipment Rest was all 2 per cent and less and

negligible amount of expenditure on civil work was seen in this category

Department-wise

analysis of equipment

purchased by

institutes shows that in

sub-component 11

(Figure 25) highest

Lab equipment58

Software 14

Books 10

Office equipment

7

Connectivity 7

Smart class2

Furniture1

Civil work1

EXPENDITURE (11)

Figure 23

Office equipment

5

Software 17

Smart class1

EXPENDITURE (12)

Figure 29

32

076 164 46678

961 10631459

2169

TOTAL AMOUNT SPENT BY DEPARTMENTS (IN RS LAKH)

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

(in Rs crore)

number of equipment were bought by computer amp IT departments followed by electrical mechanical

electronics and civil departments For the purpose of categorization two or more streams of a kind were

merged into one and numbers for both streams taken together For instance computer science and

information technology were merged into one Similarly electronics amp instrumentation and electronics amp

electrical were taken together under electronics

While sub-component 11 presented a picture on expected lines with the top five departments being

generally the biggest departments in institutes in sub-component 12 this picture was slightly confusing

Here the top two departmentsndash electronics and civil ndash were ahead of other departments (Table 1) by an

inexplicable margin One of the reasons for this could be the fact that most of the equipment bought for the

centres of excellence would have had items related to electronics But that still does not explain the

unusually high number of items for civil engineering departments

Table 1 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 12

Name of the department Number of items bought

Mining 23

BioTech 137

Chemical 170

Mechanical 497

Computer amp IT 661

Electrical 969

Electronics 544915

Civil 1701948

On the other hand an expenditure-wise analysis of the same departments shows a different picture (Figure

26) with mechanical engineering department emerging top with expenditure of Rs 216 crore and electrical

department showing expenditure of Rs 145 crore Civil department is at number 3 with expenditure of Rs

106 crore The aberration in the number of items could have been because civil and electronics

departments would have bought a large number of items of small value

33

166 224 45 481 934 14772459

3138

Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

(in Rs crore)Figure 27

As per the data provided by institutes those in sub-component 11 show higher expenditure

department-wise with mechanical engineering department at top with expenditure of Rs 313

crore These should however be taken only as indicative figures as the numbers cannot be absolute

(Figure 27)

Table 7 Top 20 Lab equipment bought by institutes in 11

CNC Lathe machines

Compressor testing machine

Computer and peripherals

Computerised machines

Digital meters

Gas chromatograph

Micro-controller

Micro-processor

Oscilloscope

PCB prototyping machine

Robotic kits

Solar PV systems

Spectrum analyser

Thermal imager

Total Station

Ultrasonic probe

Universal testing machine

UV-spectrophotometer

Voltmeter

Wattmeter

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Table 2 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 11

Table 21 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 12

1 CNC Lathe machines Advanced laser kit

2 Compressor testing machine Asphalt material performance tester

3 Computer and peripherals Atomic absorption spectrophotometer

4 Computerised machines Bio-reactors

5 Digital meters BOD incubator

6 Gas chromatograph Centrifuge

7 Micro-controller CNC lathe machine

8 Micro-processor Compression testing

9 Oscilloscope Computer and peripherals

10 PCB prototyping machine Digital image processing

11 Robotic kits Digital multimeter

12 Solar PV systems Electric discharge machine

13 Spectrum analyser Hydraulic pressing

14 Thermal imager Magnetic stirrer

15 Total Station Microwave simulator

16 Ultrasonic probe Optical microscope

17 Universal testing machine PCB prototype machine

18 UV-spectrophotometer Thermal analyser

19 Voltmeter Thermal scanner

20 Wattmeter Wireless sensor network kit

Impact of Utilisation

No amount of data tracking or record keeping is worth

the effort if it does not translate into improvement in

actual output The real impact of all this expenditure by

institutes on buying of latest equipment is only useful in

so far as it is able to show growth in the number of

publications or rise in the number of post-graduate

student intake Looked at from that perspective TEQIP II

seems to have made satisfactory progress as the data

maintained by the National Project Implementation Unit

UPWARD TREND

Increase in the number of

publications in refereed

journals

Increase in the number of PG

and PhD students

Increase in revenue generated

through consultancy

35

(NPIU) shows There has been a significant improvement over the years in the number of publications in

refereed journals which till last year have been showing above target performance Only the numbers for

2016-17 are low considering that the data captured is till the month of February 2017 only From a target of

7500 publications in 2010-11 and a realization of 11722to a target of 14500 in 2015-16 and a realization of

18482 (Figure 28) the growth has been impressive though again how much of it is due to buying of

equipment alone is debatable

Another key performance indicatoras per the planners of TEQIP II was rise in the total number of masters

and PhD level students from a baseline of 30000 in 2010-11 to 41000 by 2016 Seen from that angle also the

performance of the programme has exceeded the target To a large extent this can be attributed to

availability of better laboratory infrastructure as it would have been a major factor behind the institutesrsquo

capability to attract students for MTech and PhD (Figure 29)

7032 7500 8000 8500 9000

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2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016

Fig 28 Number of publications in refereed journals in TEQIP II institutions

Target Actual

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The percentage of externally funded RampD projects and consultancies in total revenue has increased from 7

per cent in 2010-11 to 14 per cent in 2015-16 against a target of 12 per cent (Figure 30)

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

Target 7032 32000 33000 34000 34000 40000 40500

Actual 35132 37791 44171 49251 48718 45659

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Chapter 3 Case Studies

38

Government Engineering College Thrissur Kerala

(with inputs from Prof Manoj Kumar K V Coordinator TEQIP II GEC Thrissur)

The entire process of planning procurement and the complete cycle of improved input resulting in improved output can be illustrated through the case study of Government Engineering College Thrissur which is one of the model colleges in TEQIP II and received funds under sub-component 11 It is the second oldest engineering in the state of Kerala and is affiliated to the University of Calicut Its foundation stone was laid by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in April 1958 and among its famous alumni are Dr K Radhakrishnan former chairman of Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) Out of the project allocation of Rs 10 crore Rs 55 crore was utilized by the institute for procurement of equipment The fund was apportioned among the departments based on student strength and their need to modernize and strengthen their various laboratories The procurement plan was finalized from the proposals received from the departments and vetted by the State Project Facilitation Unit (SPFU) before being executed through the Procurement Management Support System (PMSS) which was a web portal created by the National Project Implementation Unit (NPIU) to manage the project

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Figure 31 10 steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan (Figure 38)

Departments were asked to draw up a

three-year procurement plan based on

their needs Department heads

coordinators and TEQIP nodal officers

had a meeting in the institute in

January 2012 to understand the plans

and procedures as available on NPIU

website

In February the Principal of the

institute TEQIP coordinator and

procurement coordinator attended a

training session conducted by NPIU at

Thiruvananthapuram Participation in

this session was facilitated by SPFU and

it entailed extensive training on how to

use the PMSS website

A training session was organized in the

institute for the benefit of Heads of

Departments (HoDs) and Department

TEQIP coordinators The programme

was attended by 24 officials and it

covered the entire set of activities

pertaining to purchase through PMSS --

from configuration management plan

creation and revision packaging and

procuring to stocking

Procurement coordinator and

department TEQIP coordinators also

attended a training program organized

by SPFUat School of Engineering

Cochin University of Science and

Technologyin February 2012

The SPFU arranged a discussion at

directorateoffice Thiruvanantha-

puramin February to fine tune the plan

and to facilitate data entry through

PMSS The finetuning included clubbing

of similar items from various

departments into one package limiting

the threshold to a maximum of 90 per

cent included in a scheme and revising

the tentative timelines based on plan

approval which was expected by mid-

April 2012 The institute was advised to

procure a particular software used for

double entry book-keeping through

PMSS and to identify 2 National

Competitive Bidding (NCB)

procurement plans to be sent to

Central authorities for approval

The rejigged procurement plan after

consultation with the concerned

coordinators was uploaded on the

website on 28thFebruary 2012

The plan was reviewed by SPFU and

some corrections were suggested

The corrected plan was uploaded again

At a meeting convened on 14thMarch

2012 at LBS College for Women

Thiruvananthapuram the first approval

of the plan was given by Director SPFU

On 31st March 2012 the Principal

convened a meeting of HoDs and

departmental TEQIP coordinators and

instructions were issued to draw up

specifications with respect to every

package so that the data was readily

available for entry to PMSS once the

plan was approved by NPIUWorld

Bank

1 2

3 4

5

6

8

7

9

10

40

Procurement activities were in full swing during the first 18 months of the project and were executed fully as

per the plan Procurement was completed in 82 packages including 68 National Shopping (NS)packages 7

National Competitive Bidding (NCB) packages 2 Direct Contract packages and 5 Civil Works packages

The institute made maximum expenditure in 2013-14 (Figure 32) across different heads Its investments on

laboratory modernization and strengthening started in 2012 and continued till 2017 (Figure 33) Overall it

spent bulk of the money (88 per cent) on modernization of laboratories and 5 per cent on ICT enabled

learning (Figure 34)

5851520

36470287

6909895

61170 1552063

0

5000000

10000000

15000000

20000000

25000000

30000000

35000000

40000000

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur (in Rs)

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Figure 32

2012-1311

2013-1473

2014-1515

2015-160

2016-171

EXPENDITURE ON MODERNISATION STRENGTHENING OF LABS AT GEC THRISSUR

Figure 33

41

Major equipment bought by the institute with TEQIP II funds includes a Rheometer which is not available in

any other institution in the state and offers potential for research and consultancy It is used for determining

the rheological behaviors of liquids and solids It has applications in polymer nano-composites which are the

emerging field of research The stress rheology measurements provide information for spread ability

emulsion stability suspension leveling flow control thermal stability extrudability and thickening etc The

fluid can be highly non-newtonian The equipment is useful for MTech students and faculty for doing

research

The institute also bought a Gas Chromatograph which is used in analyzing compositions purity and for

separating different components of a mixture based on volatility It is also used in identifying a compound

and its applications include analysis of toxicity of soil water and air identifying unknown compounds etc

The equipment is useful for faculty and students in doing research and projects in the field of environmental

engineering and provides opportunities for pollution control related consultancy work

Another important purchase is Accelerated Curing Tank With concrete construction increasing at a rapid

pace this equipment provides the possibility of accelerating the curing time Normal method of curing takes

28 days To reduce the curing time of concrete and test its strength accelerated curing is required and this

can be achieved with the use of Accelerated Curing Tank in the laboratory

88

5 4

0

0

3

Fig 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14at Government Engineering College Thrissur

Expenditure on modernisation strengthening of existinglaboratories

Expenditure on ICT enabledlearning related softwareamphardware

Expenditure on library ie books e-books

Journals e-journals course specificsoftware

Expenditure on modernisation ofclassrooms

Others (furniture)

42

Table 3 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Name of the Equipment

Cost (in rupees)

Pressure Volume Change Controller

365625

Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Suit

1365000

Solar Photovoltaic grid tied training system with MPPT

367500

Gas Chromatograph 1494692

Rheometer 2687350

Surface Roughness Tester

401205

Multimedia Projector 114162

Thermal Imager 746366

Machine Conditioning Monitor

861685

Metallurgical Image Analysis System for Welding

283500

Software Factory CAD 320000

Robot 567000

Pipe Flow Software 149234

Petrol Engine Test Setup

783090

Tribometer 609900

Vibration Analyser 539175

Slotting Machine 449243

Lathe and Shaping Machine

869001

Metal Cutting Band saw 156240

Digital Viscometer 919050

Solid Modeling Software

356590

Ultrasonic Flow Detector

235561

43

Rapid Phototyping Machine

814800

Group Video Conferencing Kit

533340

Lan Trainer 106180

The efforts of the institute over the years have led to improved student placements and intake (Figure 35)

Output in terms of publications in international journals and participation of faculty and students in

international conferences has also gone up considerably (Figure 36)

Top 10 international journals in which faculty and students have secured publications since TEQIP II are

Name of Journal

1 IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

2 International Journal on Numerical Methods in Fluids

261221

570527

357

766

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Placement offers Students placed Intake of students

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 35 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 36 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

Publication in international journals Participation in international conferences

44

3 IETE Technical Review

4 Journal of the Optical Society of America

5 International Journal of Power amp Energy Systems

6 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

7 International Journal of Remote Sensing

8 Automatica

9 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

10 ASME Journal of Heat Transfer

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering amp Technology

Aligarh Muslim University

Another institute with an impeccable history and track record is Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and

Technology (ZHCET) which is a constituent college of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and it received TEQIP

II funds under sub-component 11 AMU was set up by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as Mohammedan Anglo-

Oriental College in 1875 Against available funds of Rs 10 crore ZHCET utilized Rs 618 crore as of February

2017 Following is a glimpse into the major equipment purchased by the institute

Name of the equipment Centrifugal Pump and Pelton Turbine Module Nozzle

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3349138

Reason for buying To improve teaching and research in fluid mechanics section of mechanical engineering

department The equipment comprises centrifugal pump with flowmeter valves reservoir and

instrumentation for measurement and display of inlet outlet pressures torque speed and power and

turbine inlet pressure for Peltan turbine

Name of the equipment Universal High Voltage Test system and Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage Tester

(PE-AOBDV-MXXX)

Name of the department Electrical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 4522500

Reason for buying A new MTech programme in High Voltage Engineering was started under TEQIP II for

which enhanced laboratory infrastructure was needed PE-AOBDV-M series of Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage

Testers are highly precise instruments which can be used to conduct either a breakdown voltage test or do a proof

(withstand) test Dielectric Breakdown Voltage testing of Oil is one such means to detect the voltage at power

frequency at which it is likely to cause a flash-over

Name of the equipment Altium Nanoboard FPGA Kit

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1368863

Reason for buying Five kits were bought for under-graduate and post-graduate students

45

Name of the equipmentExata Software Emulator for Networking

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1245780

Reason for buying BTech students use it to perform experiments in EL-494 (Communication Lab -III) to

study the performance of simulated networks M Tech students use it for projects and dissertations Three

faculty members are using this software for RampD purpose

Name of the equipmentPotentiostat Galvanostat with Impedance Analyzer

Name of the department Petroleum Studies

Cost of equipment Rs 1562925

Reason for buying Potentiostate is at the heart of research on electrochemistry It is mainly used for

research in the area of fuel cell membrane cyclic voltammeter and super capacitors

Name of the equipment Imac 215 Quad Core i5 with Apple Protection Plan

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 205800

Reason for buying Two units of Imac were bought for the post-graduate and networking laboratories of

computer engineering department so that students could develop software based on iOS

Altium Nanoboard

FPGA Kit

46

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli was set up in 1947 with only the civil engineering under-graduate

programme Since 2007 the institute has been autonomous having been affiliated to Bombay University

Pune University and Shivaji University in the past The institute received TEQIP II funds under sub-

component 12 It was eligible to receive Rs 125 crore It submitted procurement plan for Rs 87 crore and

spent Rs 618 crore as of February 2017

MAJOR EQUIPMENT BOUGHT

Name of the equipment Shake Table Set-up

Name of the department Civil amp Structural Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1925776

Reason for buying To establish an earthquake engineering laboratory for conducting studies on response of

structures to earthquake induced vibrations To investigate structural response under various dynamic

loading conditions

Name of the equipment Electromagnetic Exciter with Pay Load Capacity of 100 to 150 kg

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2310824

Reason for buying To carry out research work in the field of dynamic analysis for various systems

Name of the equipment Micro Machining Centre Hyper-15w table top type integrated multi-process CNC

machine tool

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3078000

Reason for buying To develop micro machining centre for the research of micro machining PG production

laboratory

2663678

6154586

7489947

8770675

8777330

10572980

11435333

0 4000000 8000000 12000000

OFFICE

ELECTRICAL

ELECTRONICS

CIVIL (CIVIL+ CIVIL ENVIRONMENTAL+ hellip

LIBRARY

COMPUTER + IT

MECHANICAL

Fig 37 Department-wise expenditure Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Figures in rupees

47

Name of the equipment Dynamometer with Built-In Three Channel Charge Amplifiers

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1876090

Reason for buying To carry out research in the area of machining

Name of the equipment Lab View Add-ons Image Processing using Smart Camera Evaluation Kit

Name of the department Electronics Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3421650

Reason for buying Design simulation and prototyping platform for experiments on DSP communication

embedded control and measurements visual representation of experimental results

Name of the equipment Thermal Conductivity Analyzer with Material -- liquid pastes and small particles

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2100000

Reason for buying Post-graduate research and laboratory development

48

Chapter 4 Key Findings

49

1 On an average funds given to institutions for purchase of equipment and soft resources have led to

significant improvement in laboratory infrastructure of the institutes under study

2 The impact of such purchases on improvement in quality is not easily quantifiable in measurable

terms To assess the same other correlated parameters could be looked at such as improvement in

the number of research publications in refereed journals increase in the number of PhD students

number of faculty involved in research or the percentage of student placement However none of

these parameters can be directly or solely be said to be due to the improvement in physical or

digital infrastructure of institutes

3 Institutes did not have a clear-cut strategy of what best use they could put the available money to

Given that each institute on an average got Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and other resources

they could have used the money to create at least one best-in-class facility in any of the

departments which was equipped to utilize that facility in terms of augmenting the interaction of

the institute with industry or generating more resources through assignments from other agencies

While institutes in sub-component 12 had the provision to set up centres of excellence even in sub-

component 11 they could have done so if they had worked with that aim and vision

4 Instead institutes on an average divided the money equally across six departments and each

department on an average bought one-two machines which were significantly expensive and the

rest of the money was spent on buying other small routine equipment desktops laptops

networking servers software and e-journals Collaborations between departments for research

projects were however missing

5 This pattern of expenditure can be explained by the fact that our engineering institutions are still in

a phase where there is more emphasis on theory than practical Hands-on learning or project-based

approach in teaching is relatively new for institutions which is why there is not much emphasis on

understanding the practical aspects of learning such as producing patents versus papers

6 Institutes were seen to be over protective wherever even a slightly costly equipment was bought By

their own admission such equipment was most of the time kept under lock and key and was at best

displayed to students They were rarely given the opportunity to actually do something with it on

their own

7 Equal receipt of money by a number of departments has led to overall improvement in laboratory

standards of all departments which is good from an egalitarian perspective It is also good that all

departments have been able to uniformly upgrade their infrastructure and will therefore be able to

compete with each other in attracting good students faculty as well as assignments from industry in

future

8 Discussions with focus groups suggest that institutes spent large amounts of money on creating or

refurbishing physical infrastructure While non-academic experts may see this as wasteful

expenditure from an academic perspective even if this leads to improvement in the physical

facilities being offered by institutes it is well worth the investment While state funded institutes

get funds from state governments for building infrastructure for some of the centrally funded

institutes where infrastructure may have been falling apart this money would have been useful

9 Because of the fact that there is no proper system to track the usage of equipment ndash records are

maintained in physical form in the shape of log books and registers which render a macro analysis

50

impossible -- anecdotal evidence suggests that equipment bought is not being optimally utilized A

significantly higher number of research papers in refereed journals suggests that this may not be

true but the fact remains that there is no improvement in the number of technology transfers

commercialization of research or patent generation which remain weak This again brings into focus

the theory versus application part of teaching

10 Overall improvement in base infrastructure was important for institutes to advance to the next level

of development Except for some of the Centrally funded institutions none of the institutes which

received funding in TEQIP II are in the league of the six original IITs in terms of laboratory

infrastructure They do not have access to the kind of liberal funding that CFTIs get If they had not

got the present funds to buy equipment they would have taken at least five to seven years to

procure the same through the resources available to them Even for Central institutions as also for

others the availability of funds at one go meant that they could procure high costing software such

as Matlab Ansys Labview Cadence and Adobe which benefit students across departments

11 Funds for buying equipment and other soft resources enabled the institutes to take some steps

towards keeping pace with the rapidly changing advancements in technology Increased level of

automation and artificial intelligence in industry is reflected in the kind of purchases institutes have

made ndash various types of simulation software digital machines replacing analogue ones such as in

electrical engineering departments all-in-one automatic machines which combine several levels of

manual work such as in surveying in civil engineering departments robotic arms mimicking the

automated environment of modern factories attached to lathe machines in mechanical engineering

departments instruments capable of handling nano particles in specialized centres and 3D printers

capable of printing high precision devices which are being used in multiple fields

12 Most institutes have also bought subscriptions to high level international journals in various

streams both online and physical enabling access to vast repository of world class content for most

students

13 Institutes have not paid much thought to maintenance of equipment since most of the purchases

have been made in the past two-three years and warranty periods are still in force Most institutes

have also reported availability of in-house technicians to look after the machines though majority

said that they would sign annual maintenance contracts (AMC) with vendors Since AMCs usually

cost roughly 10 per cent of the cost of the equipment they felt that the resources allocated for the

same under TEQIP II would not be adequate and that they should be increased slightly

14 As per the feedback provided by almost all institutes they all agree that the equipment purchased

by them responds to faculty student needs and was done as per consultation and

recommendations of faculty They all follow well laid out norms for disposal of equipment which

keep environmental considerations in mind

6 -- Average number of departments among which each institute in Sub-component 11 divided

the total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 500 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

51

7-- Average number of departments among which each institute in sub-component 12 divided the

total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 284 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

2147403 ndash Number of items bought by institutes for office purpose in sub-component

11

101699 hours monthndash Utilisation of equipment by UG amp PG students in sub-component

11 as per available data of institutes which participated in the study

427 hours month ndash Average utilization of equipment by UG and PG students across

institutes in sub-component 11

51656 hours month -- Utilisation of equipment by PhD students in sub-component 11 as

per available data of institutes which participated in the study

37 hours month-- Average utilization of equipment by PhD students across institutes in sub-

component 11

52

Chapter 5 Way Forward

53

As data shows and case studies prove there can be no doubt that TEQIP II and the funds provided to

institutes for purchase of equipment and other soft resources have led to improvement in laboratory

infrastructure which in turn has helped in improving the output Some pointers for future stages of the

project are-

1 Even though TEQIP II had a major focus on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and institutes

were given significant amount of funds for purchase of equipment there were no guidelines or

benchmarks for them to judge themselves against and to understand what an ideal laboratory

should be like for any given department While it is good that they were given the freedom to decide

what they wanted to buy and it depended on the pro-activeness of the department heads on what

all they ended up getting funds for in an ideal scenario they should have been given a list of

essential basic equipment as well as research level equipment and they could have prioritized their

purchases on the basis of that

In all likelihood such department-wise lists do not exist anywhere In the third phase of TEQIP

therefore NPIU could commission a project which involves study of top world-class as well as top

national-level laboratories for each department Thereafter standard templates of equipment could

be prepared which could illustrate the requirement of equipment for each concept and practical for

every stream of engineering Based on standard frequency of usage and the number of students in a

class adequate numbers of any equipment could be recommended to be bought by institutes in

order to ensure that not too much time is wasted on rotating several batches of students on the

same equipment

Availability of such templates of equipment as well as soft resources which could be updated

periodically in keeping with the changes in technology and availability of resources would also help

policy makers understand how many institutes come up to a benchmark and how many need

further support

2 Institutes should start maintaining digital records of use of equipment which are bought for research

purposes These records should not be just digital copies of physical registers but should be in the

form of smart solutions which can track internal supply chains in laboratories as well as usage of

equipment The solutions should be able to provide real-time analysis of usage of equipment in

every laboratory and all laboratories could be linked to one centralized system There are various

kinds of RFID solutions available today which can handle usage patterns well The available

information could be used to devise solutions and create policy interventions to increase the actual

usage of equipment

3 Nodal institutes under TEQIP II could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of neighboring non-TEQIP institutes The

unspent money could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

4 Institutes could be encouraged to ensure that laboratories in all departments have well designed

brochures and information material such as leaflets and manuals on major equipment so that

dissemination of information about their availability is easy and their utilization could be increased

54

5 Facilities created in institutes are not being optimally utilized to increase interaction with industry

While rural location of the institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of

the reasons it is also true that in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the

commissioning of equipment Size of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for

anything on industrial scale But in most cases industry is not even aware of the existence of state-

of-the-art equipment inside institutes Regular interactions with sector-specific companies are a

must therefore to create a culture of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration

6 For decades research has happened in our country in isolation and at a distance from both industry

and academia Being largely funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) so far it

has been taking place inside the laboratories of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

The 37 laboratories of CSIR and its 39 field stations or extension centres have been working in the

areas of aerospace engineering structural engineering ocean science life science metallurgy

chemicals mining food petroleum leather and environmental science The ministry of HRD has

also started funding research in a big way in recent years through schemes such as Imprint ndash

Improving Research Innovation and Technology and the Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) It would be

fruitful for the country if research happening purely on the scientific side is able to converge with

that on the academic side Hence in order to ensure greater synergy between research and

teaching it is essential that technical institutes start working more closely with CSIR laboratories

This will bring them immediately closer to cutting edge research and provide rich exposure to

students Specially for institutions which have got improved laboratory facilities as a result of TEQIP

II funds collaboration with relevant CSIR laboratories will help them grow their research and at the

same time provide the latter with a steady flow of students to work on live projects

7 Institutions which have upgraded their laboratory infrastructure in the area of food and agriculture

will gain by collaborating with the government on its e-labs project which aims at automating the

testing procedure of soil fertiliser pesticide and equipment samples By ensuring speedy and

transparent online disbursement of information related to such tests the projectrsquos vision is to

reduce crop losses and increase the use of good quality bio-pesticides through fair and unbiased

testing Institutions and students will be able to learn a lot about quality control and the processes

involved in digital testing through collaboration with the government on e-labs

8 In order to ensure transparency in procurement processes it is advisable that institutes make use of

the governmentrsquos new e-marketplace called GEM Through the portal wwwgemnicin institutes

can buy virtually anything and everything that they may require specially consumables office

equipment furniture and software Buying through this portal will speed up procurement and

improve the efficiency of institutes Created and maintained by the Directorate General of Supplies

amp Disposals (DGSampD) it provides tools for e-bidding reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to

help users get best value for their money At the national level a system of procurement should be

put in place including committee to look into the requirement and availability of equipment taking

global scenarios into consideration

Appendices

Appendix 1

55

State-wise Number of Institutions Under Technical Education QualityImprovement Programme II (2010-2017)

S Name of State CFIs Sub‐component 11 Sub‐component 12 Total No of

Institutions 1 Andhra Pradesh 5 6 11 2 Bihar 2 ‐‐ 2 3 Chhattisgarh 4 ‐‐ 4 4 Gujarat 7 ‐‐ 7 5 Haryana 3 3 6 6 Himachal Pradesh 1 ‐‐ 1 7 Jharkhand 1 1 2 8 Karnataka 4 15 19 9 Kerala 19 ‐‐ 19

10 Madhya Pradesh 3 2 5 11 Maharashtra 7 10 17

12 NCT‐Delhi ‐‐ 1 1 13 Odisha 2 ‐‐ 2 14 Punjab 7 1 8 15 Rajasthan 9 ‐‐ 9 16 Tamil Nadu 5 4 9 17 Telangana 8 5 13 18 Tripura 1 ‐‐ 1 19 UT‐Chandigarh 2 1 3 20 UT‐Puducherry 1 ‐‐ 1 21 Uttar Pradesh 2 5 7 22 Uttarakhand 1 2 3 23 West Bengal 11 3 14 24 Centrally Funded

Institutions (CFIs) 8 18 26

Total 113 77 190

Appendix 2 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 11

S Name of the Name of the Institution

No State UT

1 JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

2 Aditya Institute of Technology amp Management Tekkali Srikakulam

Andhra

3 Madanapalle Institute of Technology amp Science Madanapalle

Pradesh

4 Shri Vishnu Engineering College for women Vishnupur Bhimavaram

5 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College Chittoor

6 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur

Bihar

7 Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur

8 Government Engineering College Bilaspur

9 Government Engineering College Jagdalpur Bastar

Chhattisgarh

10 Government Engineering College Raipur

11 Rungta College of Engineering amp Technology Bhilai

56

12 Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

13 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Vallabh Vidynagar

14 Lukhdirji Engineering College Morbi

15 Gujarat Shantilal Shah Engineering College Bhavnagar

16 Government Engineering College Gandhinagar

17 Government Engineering College Rajkot

18 Government Engineering College Patan

19 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology (UIET) Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

Haryana

20 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology MDU Rohtak

21 NC College of Engineering Panipat

22 Himachal Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar Mandi

Pradesh

23 Jharkhand Cambridge Institute of Technology Ranchi

24 BVB College of Engineering amp Technology Hubli

25 PES College of Engineering Mandya

Karnataka

26 Government Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jublee Technological Institute Bangalore

27 NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore

2

SNo Name of the

Name of the Institution

StateUT

28 Government Engineering College Thrissur

29 Government Engineering College Kozhikode

30 Government Engineering College Painavu Idukki

31 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

32 School of Engineering Cochin University of Science amp Technology Cochin

33 Government College of Engineering Kannur

34 Government Engineering College Bartonhill Thiruvananthapuram

35 LBS Institute of Technology for Women Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram

36 College of Engineering Perumon Perinad Kollam

37 Kerala College of Engineering Kidangoor Kottayam

38 Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

57

39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

58

70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

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Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

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77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

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e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

70

Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

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Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

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Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Page 4: Study on Utilization of Resources Created Under …Zakir Hussain College of Engineering & Technology, Aligarh Muslim University Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli 4. Key Findings

4

Executive Summary

Scope of the Study

The study to assess utilization of equipment and other resources purchased under TEQIP II covered all 190

institutions which were selected for disbursal of funds Data on procurement of equipment and other

resources was provided by institutes from the start of the project till October 2016 Utilisation analysis was

limited to the data provided by institutes and visits to 25 shortlisted institutes

The methodology included sending out questionnaires to institutes through email and collection of data via

the same mode Individual excel sheets were merged to create master database and findings analysed

State-wise expenditure analysis

For this section PMSS software was procured from the National Project Implementation Unit (NPIU) It

shows that most states utilized the money for which they had submitted procurement plans Among the

states which saw less than 75 per cent utilization of their own planned expenditure were Punjab at 52 per

cent utilization Uttarakhand at 56 per cent Rajasthan at 71 per cent and Madhya Pradesh at 74 per cent

Rest all states did not see much variation in what they had envisaged they would spend and what they

actually did

Utilisation analysis

In this section data has been analysed for each sub-component separately first category-wise and then

department-wise In sub-component 11 institutes spent 58 per cent expenditure on laboratory equipment

14 per cent on software 10 per cent on books 7 per cent each on office equipment and connectivity and 1-

2 per cent each on furniture civil work and smart classes Department-wise analysis shows that highest

number of equipment were bought by computer amp IT departments followed by electrical mechanical

electronics and civil departments Low expenditure on civil work is an achievement of TEQIP II There should

have been more expenditure on connectivity ndash campus-wide wifi networks ndash but that could be due to the

fact that several institutes already had wifi networks in place and did not need TEQIP funds to do that

In sub-component 12 this break-up was more or less on the same lines though the expenditure on

laboratory equipment in this sub-component was much higher at 70 per cent because of the inclusion of

centres of excellence and higher focus on post-graduate and PhD level studies This was followed by 17 per

cent on software and 5 per cent each on books and office equipment Rest was all 2 per cent and less and

negligible amount of expenditure on civil work was seen in this category Department-wise analysis for this

sub-component shows that only mechanical department was able to cross Rs 1 crore while the next three in

size were computer amp IT electronics and electrical engineering

Impact of utilisation

There has been a significant improvement over the years in the number of publications in refereed journals

which till last year have been showing above target performance Only the numbers for 2016-17 are low

considering that the data captured is till the month of February 2017 only

Total number of masters and PhD level students increased from 30000 in 2010-11 to 41000 by 2016 This

can be attributed to the availability of better laboratory infrastructure as it would have been a major factor

behind the institutesrsquo capability to attract students for MTech and PhD

5

Key findings

On an average funds given to institutions for purchase of equipment and soft resources have led to

significant improvement in laboratory infrastructure of the institutes under study

Institutes on an average divided the money equally across six departments and each department on

an average bought one-two machines which were significantly expensive and the rest of the money

was spent on buying other small routine equipment desktops laptops networking servers

software and e-journals Collaborations between departments for research projects were however

missing

If the institutes had not got the present funds to buy equipment they would have taken at least five

to seven years to procure the same through the resources available to them Even for Central

institutions as also for others the availability of funds at one go meant that they could procure high

costing software such as Matlab Ansys Labview Cadence and Adobe which benefit students across

departments

Increased level of automation and artificial intelligence in industry is reflected in the kind of

purchases institutes have made ndash various types of simulation software digital machines replacing

analogue ones such as in electrical engineering departments all-in-one automatic machines which

combine several levels of manual work such as in surveying in civil engineering departments robotic

arms mimicking the automated environment of modern factories attached to lathe machines in

mechanical engineering departments and instruments capable of handling nano particles in

specialized centres and 3D printers capable of printing high precision devices which are being used

in multiple fields

Way forward

Institutes should be given templates of equipment which are essential to provide adequate hands-on

training to all students about all concepts in every stream of engineering They should be benchmarked

on the basis of availability of adequate numbers of such equipment Further lists of higher orders of

equipment could be prepared based on what the best laboratories in the world have so that institutes

get an idea of what they should aspire for

All institutes which received funds for buying equipment should be encouraged to put in place

mechanisms to share their laboratories with neighbouring institutions which do not have the resources

to buy them Nodal institutes could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of non-TEQIP institutes The unspent money

could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

Regular interactions with industry specially sector-specific companies are essential to create a culture

of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration At present facilities created in institutes are

being under-utilized to increase interaction with industry While in some cases rural location of the

institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of the reasons it is also true that

apparently in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the commissioning of equipment Size

of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for anything on industrial scale But in most

cases industry is not even aware or has limited knowledge of the existence of state-of-the-art

equipment inside institutes

6

Chapter 1 Scope of the Study

7

Background

The second phase of Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP) was started by the Government of India in partnership with the World Bank in 2010 and it ended on 31 March 2017 The objectives of the programme were-

Strengthening institutions to produce high quality engineers for better employability

Scaling‐up post-graduate education and demand‐driven research amp development and innovation

Establishing Centers of Excellence for focused applicable research

Training of faculty for effective teaching and

Enhancing institutional and system management effectiveness

Of the two main components of this programme component 1 was meant to improve the quality of

education in selected institutions It had two sub-components viz

1048766 Sub‐Component 11 Strengthening institutions to improve learning outcomes and employability of graduates Funding provided under this sub-component was approximately Rs 10 crore per Centrally funded Government funded Government aided and Rs 4 crore per private unaided institution See Appendix for the list of institutions and selection criteria under this sub-component

1048766 Sub‐Component 12 Scaling‐up post-graduate education and demand‐driven research amp development and innovation Funding provided under this component was approximately Rs 1250 crore per Centrally funded Government funded Government aided and Rs 4 crore per private unaided institution See Appendix for the list of institutions and selection criteria under this sub-component 1048766Sub‐Component 121 Establishing centres of excellence See Appendix for the list of institutions and

selection criteria under this sub-component The programme required the project institutions to implement academic and non‐academic reforms for

their self‐conceived development programmes that focused on quality and relevance excellence resource

mobilization greater institutional autonomy with accountability research and equity

Specific funds were provided for imparting pedagogical training to faculty for making teaching effective and

covered maximum faculty members from project institutions The benefits of this aspect of the programme

were expected to extend to faculty from non‐project institutions

Since the primary objective of this programme was to improve the quality of education a major emphasis

was given on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and academic resources including subscriptions to

international e-journals membership of e-libraries modernization of classrooms strengthening of

centralized computer facilities in departments and buying of latest software as well as equipment which

would be on par with industry standards

Project monitoring through various modes was an important part of TEQIP II Institutes were required to

maintain records through management information system (MIS) created for the purpose Detailed

guidelines and formats were prescribed for purchase of equipment and procurement of other services

While the MIS tracked parameters such as number of publications number of faculty with PhD student

placements etc it did not provide a collective picture of the kind of purchases institutes had made Hence

the present study was commissioned specifically for that purpose

8

The scope of the study was limited to the data provided by institutes in reply to the survey and visits to 25

shortlisted institutions

Methodology of the Study

The study was conducted through web mail and site visits to institutions Participating institutions were

asked to provide information in following two categories-

1 Equipment purchased with TEQIP II funds costing below Rs 5 lakh per unit (only a list was to be

provided)

2 Equipment purchased with TEQIP II funds costing above Rs 5 lakh per unit (details such as name of

the equipment name of the department maintenance contract utilization in number of hours

month etc were to be provided)

3 Data was collated and analysed and ground visits were conducted to select institutions in order to

corroborate the findings

Questionnaires were sent to all 190 institutes and after several rounds of follow-up all the institutes provided the required data In keeping with the suggestion of the World Bank a shortlist of 25 institutes was prepared ndash constituting 13 per cent of the total number of institutes covered under the project ndash for physical verification of utilisation of equipment and other resources More attention was paid to government and government-aided institutions while preparing the shortlist since they had received a bigger sum for purchase of equipment compared to private institutions which had received funds only for soft resources Adequate coverage of all geographical regions was also kept in mind while preparing the shortlist

9

Chapter 2 Data Analysis

10

State-wise Expenditure Analysis

On an average institutes under sub-component 11 got 55 per cent of total available amount of Rs 10 crore

ie Rs 55 crore for purchase of Goods (equipment and soft resources etc) In sub-component 12 the

percentage of funds available for equipment etc was 45 per cent of Rs 125 crore and it totaled to Rs 565

crore Additional funding of Rs 5 crore was available for setting up centres of excellence and out of this Rs

275 crore was allocated for buying of equipment etc Additional Rs 5 crore was given to those institutes

which had performed well in upgradation of facilities

Analysis of expenditure till February 2017 as procured from the MIS of National Project Implementation

Unit (NPIU) shows that most states utilized the money that they had submitted the plans for Among the

states (Figure 1) which saw less than 75 per cent utilization of their own planned expenditure were Punjab

at 52 per cent utilization Uttarakhand which saw 56 per cent utilization Rajasthan was at 71 per cent and

Madhya Pradesh saw 74 per cent realization of the planned expenditure Rest all states did not see much

variation in what they had envisaged they would spend and what they actually did

Andhra Pradesh (Figure 2)

Total population in lakh 4958

Literacy rate 670

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

56 (113)

2015 projected share of state 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

4

Gross Enrolment Ratio 312

Total number of engineering institutes 219

Institutes in sub-component 11 5

Institutes in sub-component 12 6

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11

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 11

Total available funds Rs 105 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 39 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 34 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Bihar (Figure 3)

Total population in lakh 1041

Literacy rate 618

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

112 (108)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

79

Gross Enrolment Ratio 139

Total number of engineering institutes 21

Institutes in sub-component 11 2

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 2

Total available funds Rs 20 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 11 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Available funds

Utilised funds

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

Figure 2

Andhra Pradesh

12

Chhattisgarh (Figure 4)

Total population in lakh 2555

Literacy rate 703

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

308 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

22

Gross Enrolment Ratio 146

Total number of engineering institutes 21

Institutes in sub-component 11 4

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 4

Total available funds Rs 34 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 175 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 164 crore

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Bhagalpur College of EngineeringBhagalpur

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Figure 3 Bihar

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

13

Gujarat (Figure 5)

Total population in lakh 6044

Literacy rate 78

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

719 (119)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

51

Gross Enrolment Ratio 20

Institutes in sub-component 11 7

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 7

Total available funds Rs 70 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 385 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 375 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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1200

Rungta College ofEngineering amp

Technology Bhilai

GovernmentEngineering College

Bilaspur

GovernmentEngineering College

Raipur

GovernmentEngineering College

Jagdalpur Bastar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

14

Haryana (Figure 6)

Total population in lakh 2535

Literacy rate 756

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

319 (126)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

23

Gross Enrolment Ratio 276

Total number of engineering institutes 89

Institutes in sub-component 11 3

Institutes in sub-component 12 3

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 6

Total available funds Rs 575 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 278 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 23 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Figure 5 Gujarat

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

15

Himachal Pradesh

Total population in lakh 686

Literacy rate 828

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

74 (108)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

05

Gross Enrolment Ratio 312

Total number of engineering institutes 17

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 10 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 55 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 55 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Jharkhand (Figure 7)

Total population in lakh 3299

Literacy rate 664

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

375 (114)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

27

Gross Enrolment Ratio 16

Total number of engineering institutes 14

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 2

Total available funds Rs 21 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 95 crore

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Available funds

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Estimate as per plansubmitted by theinstitute

Figure 6 Haryana

16

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 93 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Karnataka (Figure 8)

Total population in lakh 611

Literacy rate 754

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

712 (117)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

5

Gross Enrolment Ratio 264

Total number of engineering institutes 166

Institutes in sub-component 11 4

Institutes in sub-component 12 15

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 19

Total available funds Rs 215 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 927 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 75 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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1400

BIT Mesra BIT Mesra CoE Cambridge Institute ofTechnology Ranchi

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

17

Kerala (Figure 9)

Total population in lakh 334

Literacy rate 94

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

305 (91)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

22

Gross Enrolment Ratio 287

Total number of engineering institutes 98

Institutes in sub-component 11 19

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 19

Total available funds Rs 190 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1045 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 106 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

18

Madhya Pradesh (Figure 10)

Total population in lakh 7263

Literacy rate 693

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

879 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

62

Gross Enrolment Ratio 196

Total number of engineering institutes 121

Institutes in sub-component 11 3

Institutes in sub-component 12 2

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 5

Total available funds Rs 49 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 23 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 17 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Figure 9 Kerala

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

19

Maharashtra (Figure 11)

Total population in lakh 11237

Literacy rate 823

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

1334 (119)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

94

Gross Enrolment Ratio 279

Total number of engineering institutes 216

Institutes in sub-component 11 7

Institutes in sub-component 12 10

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 17

Total available funds Rs 254 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 119 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 102 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

20

Delhi (Figure 12)

Total population in lakh 1679

Literacy rate 862

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

224 (133)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

16

Gross Enrolment Ratio 435

Total number of engineering institutes 15

Institutes in sub-component 11 0

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 125 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 56 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 15 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

21

Odisha (Figure 13)

Total population in lakh 4197

Literacy rate 729

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

466 (111)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

33

Gross Enrolment Ratio 177

Total number of engineering institutes 68

Institutes in sub-component 11 2

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 2

Total available funds Rs 20 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 105 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 108 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

125

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Figure 12 Delhi Technological University

22

Punjab (Figure 14)

Total population in lakh 2774

Literacy rate 758

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

325 (117)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

23

Gross Enrolment Ratio 27

Total number of engineering institutes 87

Institutes in sub-component 11 7

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 8

Total available funds Rs 81 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 42 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 22 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Veer Surendra Sai University ofTechnology Burla Sambalpur

College of Engineering And TechnologyBhubaneshwar

Figure 13 Odisha

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

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Figure 14 Punjab

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

23

Rajasthan (Figure 15)

Total population in lakh 6855

Literacy rate 661

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

871 (127)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

62

Gross Enrolment Ratio 20

Total number of engineering institutes 82

Institutes in sub-component 11 9

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 9

Total available funds Rs 84 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 45 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 32 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Tamil Nadu (Figure 16)

Total population in lakh 7215

Literacy rate 80

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

73 (101)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

52

Gross Enrolment Ratio 452

Total number of engineering institutes 326

Institutes in sub-component 11 5

Institutes in sub-component 12 4

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 9

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Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

24

Total available funds Rs 140 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 74 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 70 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Telangana (Figure 17)

Total population in lakh 350

Literacy rate 664

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

406 (114)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

29

Gross Enrolment Ratio 36

Total number of engineering institutes 182

Institutes in sub-component 11 8

Institutes in sub-component 12 5

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 13

Total available funds Rs 120 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 45 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 34 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0200400600800

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Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plansubmitted by the institute

25

Tripura

Total population in lakh 367

Literacy rate 872

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

44 (119)

2015 projected share of state 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

03

Gross Enrolment Ratio 168

Total number of engineering institutes 6

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 10 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 55 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 54 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

UT-Chandigarh (Figure 18)

Total population in lakh 106

Literacy rate 861

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

17 (165)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

01

Gross Enrolment Ratio 56

Total number of engineering institutes 2

Institutes in sub-component 11 2

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 3

Total available funds Rs 475 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying Rs 24 crore

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Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

26

equipment and other resources

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 20 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Puducherry

Total population in lakh 125

Literacy rate 859

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

15 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

01

Gross Enrolment Ratio 46

Total number of engineering institutes 10

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 15 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 8 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 6 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Uttar Pradesh (Figure 19)

Total population in lakh 1998

Literacy rate 677

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Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plansubmitted by institute

28

West Bengal (Figure 21)

Total population in lakh 9128

Literacy rate 763

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

109 (12)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

77

Gross Enrolment Ratio 174

Total number of engineering institutes 72

Institutes in sub-component 11 11

Institutes in sub-component 12 3

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 14

Total available funds Rs 179 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 88 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 82 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rscrore)

Estimate as per plansubmitted by institute

29

CFIs (Figure 22)

Institutes in sub-component 11 8

Institutes in sub-component 12 18

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 26

Total available funds Rs 415 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 200 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1625 crore

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Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

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Figure 22 Centrally-funded institutions (CFIs)

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

30

Utilisation Analysis

In this section data on buying of equipment and other resources has been first analysed component-wise

and then department-wise

While data was collected from all institutes and a broad understanding was arrived at of the kind of

equipment and other resources money was spent on from the extensive lists provided by institutions it was

difficult to analyse how much money was spent on which category of item For the sake of analysis

therefore each equipment and item named by the institute was manually categorized into the following

broad categories-

1 Laboratory equipment (included all items bought for laboratories such as machines laptops

desktops and projectors)

2 Connectivity (included equipment related to creating wi-fi networks such as cables connectors

servers modems UPS racks adapters pipes and switches)

3 Books (included hard copies as well as subscriptions of e-journals for libraries)

4 Smart class (included white boards display panels podiums amplifiers cables projectors mixers

microphones webcam and wireless sensors)

5 Software

6 Office equipment (included laptops desktops printers scanners LCDs generator sets projectors

tables chairs almirahs digital signages etc bought for principalrsquos office directorrsquos office faculty

staff department rooms TEQIP office)

7 Furniture (included furniture for class rooms and departments)

8 Civil work (included flooring false ceilings repair work lighting)

Post the categorization in these eight broad heads the picture which emerged (Figure 23) for sub-

component 11 showed 58 per cent expenditure on laboratory equipment 14 per cent on software 10 per

cent on books 7 per cent each on office equipment and connectivity and 1-2 per cent each on furniture civil

work and smart classes This is in keeping with the goals of TEQIP II which had envisaged least expenditure

on civil work It was limited to 5 per cent of total expenditure on equipment for institutes under sub-

component 11 and 3 per cent for those under sub-component 12 If unspent institutes were free to use

this money for equipment and other resources So low expenditure on civil work is an achievement of TEQIP

II There should have been more expenditure on connectivity ndash campus-wide wifi networks ndash but that could

be due to the fact that several institutes already had wifi networks in place and did not need TEQIP funds to

do that

31

In sub-component 12 (Figure 24) this break-up was more or less on the same lines though the expenditure

on laboratory equipment in this sub-component was much higher at 70 per cent because of the inclusion of

centres of excellence and higher focus on post-graduate and PhD level studies This was followed by 17 per

cent on software and 5 per cent each on books and office equipment Rest was all 2 per cent and less and

negligible amount of expenditure on civil work was seen in this category

Department-wise

analysis of equipment

purchased by

institutes shows that in

sub-component 11

(Figure 25) highest

Lab equipment58

Software 14

Books 10

Office equipment

7

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Smart class2

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Civil work1

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Figure 23

Office equipment

5

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32

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2169

TOTAL AMOUNT SPENT BY DEPARTMENTS (IN RS LAKH)

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

(in Rs crore)

number of equipment were bought by computer amp IT departments followed by electrical mechanical

electronics and civil departments For the purpose of categorization two or more streams of a kind were

merged into one and numbers for both streams taken together For instance computer science and

information technology were merged into one Similarly electronics amp instrumentation and electronics amp

electrical were taken together under electronics

While sub-component 11 presented a picture on expected lines with the top five departments being

generally the biggest departments in institutes in sub-component 12 this picture was slightly confusing

Here the top two departmentsndash electronics and civil ndash were ahead of other departments (Table 1) by an

inexplicable margin One of the reasons for this could be the fact that most of the equipment bought for the

centres of excellence would have had items related to electronics But that still does not explain the

unusually high number of items for civil engineering departments

Table 1 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 12

Name of the department Number of items bought

Mining 23

BioTech 137

Chemical 170

Mechanical 497

Computer amp IT 661

Electrical 969

Electronics 544915

Civil 1701948

On the other hand an expenditure-wise analysis of the same departments shows a different picture (Figure

26) with mechanical engineering department emerging top with expenditure of Rs 216 crore and electrical

department showing expenditure of Rs 145 crore Civil department is at number 3 with expenditure of Rs

106 crore The aberration in the number of items could have been because civil and electronics

departments would have bought a large number of items of small value

33

166 224 45 481 934 14772459

3138

Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

(in Rs crore)Figure 27

As per the data provided by institutes those in sub-component 11 show higher expenditure

department-wise with mechanical engineering department at top with expenditure of Rs 313

crore These should however be taken only as indicative figures as the numbers cannot be absolute

(Figure 27)

Table 7 Top 20 Lab equipment bought by institutes in 11

CNC Lathe machines

Compressor testing machine

Computer and peripherals

Computerised machines

Digital meters

Gas chromatograph

Micro-controller

Micro-processor

Oscilloscope

PCB prototyping machine

Robotic kits

Solar PV systems

Spectrum analyser

Thermal imager

Total Station

Ultrasonic probe

Universal testing machine

UV-spectrophotometer

Voltmeter

Wattmeter

34

Table 2 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 11

Table 21 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 12

1 CNC Lathe machines Advanced laser kit

2 Compressor testing machine Asphalt material performance tester

3 Computer and peripherals Atomic absorption spectrophotometer

4 Computerised machines Bio-reactors

5 Digital meters BOD incubator

6 Gas chromatograph Centrifuge

7 Micro-controller CNC lathe machine

8 Micro-processor Compression testing

9 Oscilloscope Computer and peripherals

10 PCB prototyping machine Digital image processing

11 Robotic kits Digital multimeter

12 Solar PV systems Electric discharge machine

13 Spectrum analyser Hydraulic pressing

14 Thermal imager Magnetic stirrer

15 Total Station Microwave simulator

16 Ultrasonic probe Optical microscope

17 Universal testing machine PCB prototype machine

18 UV-spectrophotometer Thermal analyser

19 Voltmeter Thermal scanner

20 Wattmeter Wireless sensor network kit

Impact of Utilisation

No amount of data tracking or record keeping is worth

the effort if it does not translate into improvement in

actual output The real impact of all this expenditure by

institutes on buying of latest equipment is only useful in

so far as it is able to show growth in the number of

publications or rise in the number of post-graduate

student intake Looked at from that perspective TEQIP II

seems to have made satisfactory progress as the data

maintained by the National Project Implementation Unit

UPWARD TREND

Increase in the number of

publications in refereed

journals

Increase in the number of PG

and PhD students

Increase in revenue generated

through consultancy

35

(NPIU) shows There has been a significant improvement over the years in the number of publications in

refereed journals which till last year have been showing above target performance Only the numbers for

2016-17 are low considering that the data captured is till the month of February 2017 only From a target of

7500 publications in 2010-11 and a realization of 11722to a target of 14500 in 2015-16 and a realization of

18482 (Figure 28) the growth has been impressive though again how much of it is due to buying of

equipment alone is debatable

Another key performance indicatoras per the planners of TEQIP II was rise in the total number of masters

and PhD level students from a baseline of 30000 in 2010-11 to 41000 by 2016 Seen from that angle also the

performance of the programme has exceeded the target To a large extent this can be attributed to

availability of better laboratory infrastructure as it would have been a major factor behind the institutesrsquo

capability to attract students for MTech and PhD (Figure 29)

7032 7500 8000 8500 9000

14000 14500

11722

1606618103

20037

22556

18482

2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016

Fig 28 Number of publications in refereed journals in TEQIP II institutions

Target Actual

36

The percentage of externally funded RampD projects and consultancies in total revenue has increased from 7

per cent in 2010-11 to 14 per cent in 2015-16 against a target of 12 per cent (Figure 30)

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

Target 7032 32000 33000 34000 34000 40000 40500

Actual 35132 37791 44171 49251 48718 45659

0

10000

20000

30000

40000

50000

60000

Fig 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP I

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

2016-2017

Target 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12

Actual 82 11 127 137 117 14 125

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

Tota

l Rev

enu

e

Fig 30 Consultancy revenue generated

37

Chapter 3 Case Studies

38

Government Engineering College Thrissur Kerala

(with inputs from Prof Manoj Kumar K V Coordinator TEQIP II GEC Thrissur)

The entire process of planning procurement and the complete cycle of improved input resulting in improved output can be illustrated through the case study of Government Engineering College Thrissur which is one of the model colleges in TEQIP II and received funds under sub-component 11 It is the second oldest engineering in the state of Kerala and is affiliated to the University of Calicut Its foundation stone was laid by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in April 1958 and among its famous alumni are Dr K Radhakrishnan former chairman of Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) Out of the project allocation of Rs 10 crore Rs 55 crore was utilized by the institute for procurement of equipment The fund was apportioned among the departments based on student strength and their need to modernize and strengthen their various laboratories The procurement plan was finalized from the proposals received from the departments and vetted by the State Project Facilitation Unit (SPFU) before being executed through the Procurement Management Support System (PMSS) which was a web portal created by the National Project Implementation Unit (NPIU) to manage the project

39

Figure 31 10 steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan (Figure 38)

Departments were asked to draw up a

three-year procurement plan based on

their needs Department heads

coordinators and TEQIP nodal officers

had a meeting in the institute in

January 2012 to understand the plans

and procedures as available on NPIU

website

In February the Principal of the

institute TEQIP coordinator and

procurement coordinator attended a

training session conducted by NPIU at

Thiruvananthapuram Participation in

this session was facilitated by SPFU and

it entailed extensive training on how to

use the PMSS website

A training session was organized in the

institute for the benefit of Heads of

Departments (HoDs) and Department

TEQIP coordinators The programme

was attended by 24 officials and it

covered the entire set of activities

pertaining to purchase through PMSS --

from configuration management plan

creation and revision packaging and

procuring to stocking

Procurement coordinator and

department TEQIP coordinators also

attended a training program organized

by SPFUat School of Engineering

Cochin University of Science and

Technologyin February 2012

The SPFU arranged a discussion at

directorateoffice Thiruvanantha-

puramin February to fine tune the plan

and to facilitate data entry through

PMSS The finetuning included clubbing

of similar items from various

departments into one package limiting

the threshold to a maximum of 90 per

cent included in a scheme and revising

the tentative timelines based on plan

approval which was expected by mid-

April 2012 The institute was advised to

procure a particular software used for

double entry book-keeping through

PMSS and to identify 2 National

Competitive Bidding (NCB)

procurement plans to be sent to

Central authorities for approval

The rejigged procurement plan after

consultation with the concerned

coordinators was uploaded on the

website on 28thFebruary 2012

The plan was reviewed by SPFU and

some corrections were suggested

The corrected plan was uploaded again

At a meeting convened on 14thMarch

2012 at LBS College for Women

Thiruvananthapuram the first approval

of the plan was given by Director SPFU

On 31st March 2012 the Principal

convened a meeting of HoDs and

departmental TEQIP coordinators and

instructions were issued to draw up

specifications with respect to every

package so that the data was readily

available for entry to PMSS once the

plan was approved by NPIUWorld

Bank

1 2

3 4

5

6

8

7

9

10

40

Procurement activities were in full swing during the first 18 months of the project and were executed fully as

per the plan Procurement was completed in 82 packages including 68 National Shopping (NS)packages 7

National Competitive Bidding (NCB) packages 2 Direct Contract packages and 5 Civil Works packages

The institute made maximum expenditure in 2013-14 (Figure 32) across different heads Its investments on

laboratory modernization and strengthening started in 2012 and continued till 2017 (Figure 33) Overall it

spent bulk of the money (88 per cent) on modernization of laboratories and 5 per cent on ICT enabled

learning (Figure 34)

5851520

36470287

6909895

61170 1552063

0

5000000

10000000

15000000

20000000

25000000

30000000

35000000

40000000

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur (in Rs)

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Figure 32

2012-1311

2013-1473

2014-1515

2015-160

2016-171

EXPENDITURE ON MODERNISATION STRENGTHENING OF LABS AT GEC THRISSUR

Figure 33

41

Major equipment bought by the institute with TEQIP II funds includes a Rheometer which is not available in

any other institution in the state and offers potential for research and consultancy It is used for determining

the rheological behaviors of liquids and solids It has applications in polymer nano-composites which are the

emerging field of research The stress rheology measurements provide information for spread ability

emulsion stability suspension leveling flow control thermal stability extrudability and thickening etc The

fluid can be highly non-newtonian The equipment is useful for MTech students and faculty for doing

research

The institute also bought a Gas Chromatograph which is used in analyzing compositions purity and for

separating different components of a mixture based on volatility It is also used in identifying a compound

and its applications include analysis of toxicity of soil water and air identifying unknown compounds etc

The equipment is useful for faculty and students in doing research and projects in the field of environmental

engineering and provides opportunities for pollution control related consultancy work

Another important purchase is Accelerated Curing Tank With concrete construction increasing at a rapid

pace this equipment provides the possibility of accelerating the curing time Normal method of curing takes

28 days To reduce the curing time of concrete and test its strength accelerated curing is required and this

can be achieved with the use of Accelerated Curing Tank in the laboratory

88

5 4

0

0

3

Fig 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14at Government Engineering College Thrissur

Expenditure on modernisation strengthening of existinglaboratories

Expenditure on ICT enabledlearning related softwareamphardware

Expenditure on library ie books e-books

Journals e-journals course specificsoftware

Expenditure on modernisation ofclassrooms

Others (furniture)

42

Table 3 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Name of the Equipment

Cost (in rupees)

Pressure Volume Change Controller

365625

Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Suit

1365000

Solar Photovoltaic grid tied training system with MPPT

367500

Gas Chromatograph 1494692

Rheometer 2687350

Surface Roughness Tester

401205

Multimedia Projector 114162

Thermal Imager 746366

Machine Conditioning Monitor

861685

Metallurgical Image Analysis System for Welding

283500

Software Factory CAD 320000

Robot 567000

Pipe Flow Software 149234

Petrol Engine Test Setup

783090

Tribometer 609900

Vibration Analyser 539175

Slotting Machine 449243

Lathe and Shaping Machine

869001

Metal Cutting Band saw 156240

Digital Viscometer 919050

Solid Modeling Software

356590

Ultrasonic Flow Detector

235561

43

Rapid Phototyping Machine

814800

Group Video Conferencing Kit

533340

Lan Trainer 106180

The efforts of the institute over the years have led to improved student placements and intake (Figure 35)

Output in terms of publications in international journals and participation of faculty and students in

international conferences has also gone up considerably (Figure 36)

Top 10 international journals in which faculty and students have secured publications since TEQIP II are

Name of Journal

1 IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

2 International Journal on Numerical Methods in Fluids

261221

570527

357

766

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Placement offers Students placed Intake of students

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 35 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 36 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

Publication in international journals Participation in international conferences

44

3 IETE Technical Review

4 Journal of the Optical Society of America

5 International Journal of Power amp Energy Systems

6 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

7 International Journal of Remote Sensing

8 Automatica

9 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

10 ASME Journal of Heat Transfer

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering amp Technology

Aligarh Muslim University

Another institute with an impeccable history and track record is Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and

Technology (ZHCET) which is a constituent college of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and it received TEQIP

II funds under sub-component 11 AMU was set up by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as Mohammedan Anglo-

Oriental College in 1875 Against available funds of Rs 10 crore ZHCET utilized Rs 618 crore as of February

2017 Following is a glimpse into the major equipment purchased by the institute

Name of the equipment Centrifugal Pump and Pelton Turbine Module Nozzle

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3349138

Reason for buying To improve teaching and research in fluid mechanics section of mechanical engineering

department The equipment comprises centrifugal pump with flowmeter valves reservoir and

instrumentation for measurement and display of inlet outlet pressures torque speed and power and

turbine inlet pressure for Peltan turbine

Name of the equipment Universal High Voltage Test system and Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage Tester

(PE-AOBDV-MXXX)

Name of the department Electrical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 4522500

Reason for buying A new MTech programme in High Voltage Engineering was started under TEQIP II for

which enhanced laboratory infrastructure was needed PE-AOBDV-M series of Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage

Testers are highly precise instruments which can be used to conduct either a breakdown voltage test or do a proof

(withstand) test Dielectric Breakdown Voltage testing of Oil is one such means to detect the voltage at power

frequency at which it is likely to cause a flash-over

Name of the equipment Altium Nanoboard FPGA Kit

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1368863

Reason for buying Five kits were bought for under-graduate and post-graduate students

45

Name of the equipmentExata Software Emulator for Networking

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1245780

Reason for buying BTech students use it to perform experiments in EL-494 (Communication Lab -III) to

study the performance of simulated networks M Tech students use it for projects and dissertations Three

faculty members are using this software for RampD purpose

Name of the equipmentPotentiostat Galvanostat with Impedance Analyzer

Name of the department Petroleum Studies

Cost of equipment Rs 1562925

Reason for buying Potentiostate is at the heart of research on electrochemistry It is mainly used for

research in the area of fuel cell membrane cyclic voltammeter and super capacitors

Name of the equipment Imac 215 Quad Core i5 with Apple Protection Plan

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 205800

Reason for buying Two units of Imac were bought for the post-graduate and networking laboratories of

computer engineering department so that students could develop software based on iOS

Altium Nanoboard

FPGA Kit

46

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli was set up in 1947 with only the civil engineering under-graduate

programme Since 2007 the institute has been autonomous having been affiliated to Bombay University

Pune University and Shivaji University in the past The institute received TEQIP II funds under sub-

component 12 It was eligible to receive Rs 125 crore It submitted procurement plan for Rs 87 crore and

spent Rs 618 crore as of February 2017

MAJOR EQUIPMENT BOUGHT

Name of the equipment Shake Table Set-up

Name of the department Civil amp Structural Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1925776

Reason for buying To establish an earthquake engineering laboratory for conducting studies on response of

structures to earthquake induced vibrations To investigate structural response under various dynamic

loading conditions

Name of the equipment Electromagnetic Exciter with Pay Load Capacity of 100 to 150 kg

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2310824

Reason for buying To carry out research work in the field of dynamic analysis for various systems

Name of the equipment Micro Machining Centre Hyper-15w table top type integrated multi-process CNC

machine tool

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3078000

Reason for buying To develop micro machining centre for the research of micro machining PG production

laboratory

2663678

6154586

7489947

8770675

8777330

10572980

11435333

0 4000000 8000000 12000000

OFFICE

ELECTRICAL

ELECTRONICS

CIVIL (CIVIL+ CIVIL ENVIRONMENTAL+ hellip

LIBRARY

COMPUTER + IT

MECHANICAL

Fig 37 Department-wise expenditure Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Figures in rupees

47

Name of the equipment Dynamometer with Built-In Three Channel Charge Amplifiers

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1876090

Reason for buying To carry out research in the area of machining

Name of the equipment Lab View Add-ons Image Processing using Smart Camera Evaluation Kit

Name of the department Electronics Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3421650

Reason for buying Design simulation and prototyping platform for experiments on DSP communication

embedded control and measurements visual representation of experimental results

Name of the equipment Thermal Conductivity Analyzer with Material -- liquid pastes and small particles

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2100000

Reason for buying Post-graduate research and laboratory development

48

Chapter 4 Key Findings

49

1 On an average funds given to institutions for purchase of equipment and soft resources have led to

significant improvement in laboratory infrastructure of the institutes under study

2 The impact of such purchases on improvement in quality is not easily quantifiable in measurable

terms To assess the same other correlated parameters could be looked at such as improvement in

the number of research publications in refereed journals increase in the number of PhD students

number of faculty involved in research or the percentage of student placement However none of

these parameters can be directly or solely be said to be due to the improvement in physical or

digital infrastructure of institutes

3 Institutes did not have a clear-cut strategy of what best use they could put the available money to

Given that each institute on an average got Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and other resources

they could have used the money to create at least one best-in-class facility in any of the

departments which was equipped to utilize that facility in terms of augmenting the interaction of

the institute with industry or generating more resources through assignments from other agencies

While institutes in sub-component 12 had the provision to set up centres of excellence even in sub-

component 11 they could have done so if they had worked with that aim and vision

4 Instead institutes on an average divided the money equally across six departments and each

department on an average bought one-two machines which were significantly expensive and the

rest of the money was spent on buying other small routine equipment desktops laptops

networking servers software and e-journals Collaborations between departments for research

projects were however missing

5 This pattern of expenditure can be explained by the fact that our engineering institutions are still in

a phase where there is more emphasis on theory than practical Hands-on learning or project-based

approach in teaching is relatively new for institutions which is why there is not much emphasis on

understanding the practical aspects of learning such as producing patents versus papers

6 Institutes were seen to be over protective wherever even a slightly costly equipment was bought By

their own admission such equipment was most of the time kept under lock and key and was at best

displayed to students They were rarely given the opportunity to actually do something with it on

their own

7 Equal receipt of money by a number of departments has led to overall improvement in laboratory

standards of all departments which is good from an egalitarian perspective It is also good that all

departments have been able to uniformly upgrade their infrastructure and will therefore be able to

compete with each other in attracting good students faculty as well as assignments from industry in

future

8 Discussions with focus groups suggest that institutes spent large amounts of money on creating or

refurbishing physical infrastructure While non-academic experts may see this as wasteful

expenditure from an academic perspective even if this leads to improvement in the physical

facilities being offered by institutes it is well worth the investment While state funded institutes

get funds from state governments for building infrastructure for some of the centrally funded

institutes where infrastructure may have been falling apart this money would have been useful

9 Because of the fact that there is no proper system to track the usage of equipment ndash records are

maintained in physical form in the shape of log books and registers which render a macro analysis

50

impossible -- anecdotal evidence suggests that equipment bought is not being optimally utilized A

significantly higher number of research papers in refereed journals suggests that this may not be

true but the fact remains that there is no improvement in the number of technology transfers

commercialization of research or patent generation which remain weak This again brings into focus

the theory versus application part of teaching

10 Overall improvement in base infrastructure was important for institutes to advance to the next level

of development Except for some of the Centrally funded institutions none of the institutes which

received funding in TEQIP II are in the league of the six original IITs in terms of laboratory

infrastructure They do not have access to the kind of liberal funding that CFTIs get If they had not

got the present funds to buy equipment they would have taken at least five to seven years to

procure the same through the resources available to them Even for Central institutions as also for

others the availability of funds at one go meant that they could procure high costing software such

as Matlab Ansys Labview Cadence and Adobe which benefit students across departments

11 Funds for buying equipment and other soft resources enabled the institutes to take some steps

towards keeping pace with the rapidly changing advancements in technology Increased level of

automation and artificial intelligence in industry is reflected in the kind of purchases institutes have

made ndash various types of simulation software digital machines replacing analogue ones such as in

electrical engineering departments all-in-one automatic machines which combine several levels of

manual work such as in surveying in civil engineering departments robotic arms mimicking the

automated environment of modern factories attached to lathe machines in mechanical engineering

departments instruments capable of handling nano particles in specialized centres and 3D printers

capable of printing high precision devices which are being used in multiple fields

12 Most institutes have also bought subscriptions to high level international journals in various

streams both online and physical enabling access to vast repository of world class content for most

students

13 Institutes have not paid much thought to maintenance of equipment since most of the purchases

have been made in the past two-three years and warranty periods are still in force Most institutes

have also reported availability of in-house technicians to look after the machines though majority

said that they would sign annual maintenance contracts (AMC) with vendors Since AMCs usually

cost roughly 10 per cent of the cost of the equipment they felt that the resources allocated for the

same under TEQIP II would not be adequate and that they should be increased slightly

14 As per the feedback provided by almost all institutes they all agree that the equipment purchased

by them responds to faculty student needs and was done as per consultation and

recommendations of faculty They all follow well laid out norms for disposal of equipment which

keep environmental considerations in mind

6 -- Average number of departments among which each institute in Sub-component 11 divided

the total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 500 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

51

7-- Average number of departments among which each institute in sub-component 12 divided the

total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 284 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

2147403 ndash Number of items bought by institutes for office purpose in sub-component

11

101699 hours monthndash Utilisation of equipment by UG amp PG students in sub-component

11 as per available data of institutes which participated in the study

427 hours month ndash Average utilization of equipment by UG and PG students across

institutes in sub-component 11

51656 hours month -- Utilisation of equipment by PhD students in sub-component 11 as

per available data of institutes which participated in the study

37 hours month-- Average utilization of equipment by PhD students across institutes in sub-

component 11

52

Chapter 5 Way Forward

53

As data shows and case studies prove there can be no doubt that TEQIP II and the funds provided to

institutes for purchase of equipment and other soft resources have led to improvement in laboratory

infrastructure which in turn has helped in improving the output Some pointers for future stages of the

project are-

1 Even though TEQIP II had a major focus on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and institutes

were given significant amount of funds for purchase of equipment there were no guidelines or

benchmarks for them to judge themselves against and to understand what an ideal laboratory

should be like for any given department While it is good that they were given the freedom to decide

what they wanted to buy and it depended on the pro-activeness of the department heads on what

all they ended up getting funds for in an ideal scenario they should have been given a list of

essential basic equipment as well as research level equipment and they could have prioritized their

purchases on the basis of that

In all likelihood such department-wise lists do not exist anywhere In the third phase of TEQIP

therefore NPIU could commission a project which involves study of top world-class as well as top

national-level laboratories for each department Thereafter standard templates of equipment could

be prepared which could illustrate the requirement of equipment for each concept and practical for

every stream of engineering Based on standard frequency of usage and the number of students in a

class adequate numbers of any equipment could be recommended to be bought by institutes in

order to ensure that not too much time is wasted on rotating several batches of students on the

same equipment

Availability of such templates of equipment as well as soft resources which could be updated

periodically in keeping with the changes in technology and availability of resources would also help

policy makers understand how many institutes come up to a benchmark and how many need

further support

2 Institutes should start maintaining digital records of use of equipment which are bought for research

purposes These records should not be just digital copies of physical registers but should be in the

form of smart solutions which can track internal supply chains in laboratories as well as usage of

equipment The solutions should be able to provide real-time analysis of usage of equipment in

every laboratory and all laboratories could be linked to one centralized system There are various

kinds of RFID solutions available today which can handle usage patterns well The available

information could be used to devise solutions and create policy interventions to increase the actual

usage of equipment

3 Nodal institutes under TEQIP II could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of neighboring non-TEQIP institutes The

unspent money could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

4 Institutes could be encouraged to ensure that laboratories in all departments have well designed

brochures and information material such as leaflets and manuals on major equipment so that

dissemination of information about their availability is easy and their utilization could be increased

54

5 Facilities created in institutes are not being optimally utilized to increase interaction with industry

While rural location of the institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of

the reasons it is also true that in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the

commissioning of equipment Size of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for

anything on industrial scale But in most cases industry is not even aware of the existence of state-

of-the-art equipment inside institutes Regular interactions with sector-specific companies are a

must therefore to create a culture of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration

6 For decades research has happened in our country in isolation and at a distance from both industry

and academia Being largely funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) so far it

has been taking place inside the laboratories of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

The 37 laboratories of CSIR and its 39 field stations or extension centres have been working in the

areas of aerospace engineering structural engineering ocean science life science metallurgy

chemicals mining food petroleum leather and environmental science The ministry of HRD has

also started funding research in a big way in recent years through schemes such as Imprint ndash

Improving Research Innovation and Technology and the Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) It would be

fruitful for the country if research happening purely on the scientific side is able to converge with

that on the academic side Hence in order to ensure greater synergy between research and

teaching it is essential that technical institutes start working more closely with CSIR laboratories

This will bring them immediately closer to cutting edge research and provide rich exposure to

students Specially for institutions which have got improved laboratory facilities as a result of TEQIP

II funds collaboration with relevant CSIR laboratories will help them grow their research and at the

same time provide the latter with a steady flow of students to work on live projects

7 Institutions which have upgraded their laboratory infrastructure in the area of food and agriculture

will gain by collaborating with the government on its e-labs project which aims at automating the

testing procedure of soil fertiliser pesticide and equipment samples By ensuring speedy and

transparent online disbursement of information related to such tests the projectrsquos vision is to

reduce crop losses and increase the use of good quality bio-pesticides through fair and unbiased

testing Institutions and students will be able to learn a lot about quality control and the processes

involved in digital testing through collaboration with the government on e-labs

8 In order to ensure transparency in procurement processes it is advisable that institutes make use of

the governmentrsquos new e-marketplace called GEM Through the portal wwwgemnicin institutes

can buy virtually anything and everything that they may require specially consumables office

equipment furniture and software Buying through this portal will speed up procurement and

improve the efficiency of institutes Created and maintained by the Directorate General of Supplies

amp Disposals (DGSampD) it provides tools for e-bidding reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to

help users get best value for their money At the national level a system of procurement should be

put in place including committee to look into the requirement and availability of equipment taking

global scenarios into consideration

Appendices

Appendix 1

55

State-wise Number of Institutions Under Technical Education QualityImprovement Programme II (2010-2017)

S Name of State CFIs Sub‐component 11 Sub‐component 12 Total No of

Institutions 1 Andhra Pradesh 5 6 11 2 Bihar 2 ‐‐ 2 3 Chhattisgarh 4 ‐‐ 4 4 Gujarat 7 ‐‐ 7 5 Haryana 3 3 6 6 Himachal Pradesh 1 ‐‐ 1 7 Jharkhand 1 1 2 8 Karnataka 4 15 19 9 Kerala 19 ‐‐ 19

10 Madhya Pradesh 3 2 5 11 Maharashtra 7 10 17

12 NCT‐Delhi ‐‐ 1 1 13 Odisha 2 ‐‐ 2 14 Punjab 7 1 8 15 Rajasthan 9 ‐‐ 9 16 Tamil Nadu 5 4 9 17 Telangana 8 5 13 18 Tripura 1 ‐‐ 1 19 UT‐Chandigarh 2 1 3 20 UT‐Puducherry 1 ‐‐ 1 21 Uttar Pradesh 2 5 7 22 Uttarakhand 1 2 3 23 West Bengal 11 3 14 24 Centrally Funded

Institutions (CFIs) 8 18 26

Total 113 77 190

Appendix 2 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 11

S Name of the Name of the Institution

No State UT

1 JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

2 Aditya Institute of Technology amp Management Tekkali Srikakulam

Andhra

3 Madanapalle Institute of Technology amp Science Madanapalle

Pradesh

4 Shri Vishnu Engineering College for women Vishnupur Bhimavaram

5 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College Chittoor

6 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur

Bihar

7 Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur

8 Government Engineering College Bilaspur

9 Government Engineering College Jagdalpur Bastar

Chhattisgarh

10 Government Engineering College Raipur

11 Rungta College of Engineering amp Technology Bhilai

56

12 Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

13 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Vallabh Vidynagar

14 Lukhdirji Engineering College Morbi

15 Gujarat Shantilal Shah Engineering College Bhavnagar

16 Government Engineering College Gandhinagar

17 Government Engineering College Rajkot

18 Government Engineering College Patan

19 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology (UIET) Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

Haryana

20 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology MDU Rohtak

21 NC College of Engineering Panipat

22 Himachal Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar Mandi

Pradesh

23 Jharkhand Cambridge Institute of Technology Ranchi

24 BVB College of Engineering amp Technology Hubli

25 PES College of Engineering Mandya

Karnataka

26 Government Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jublee Technological Institute Bangalore

27 NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore

2

SNo Name of the

Name of the Institution

StateUT

28 Government Engineering College Thrissur

29 Government Engineering College Kozhikode

30 Government Engineering College Painavu Idukki

31 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

32 School of Engineering Cochin University of Science amp Technology Cochin

33 Government College of Engineering Kannur

34 Government Engineering College Bartonhill Thiruvananthapuram

35 LBS Institute of Technology for Women Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram

36 College of Engineering Perumon Perinad Kollam

37 Kerala College of Engineering Kidangoor Kottayam

38 Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

57

39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

58

70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

60

Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

62

77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

70

Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

72

Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

73

Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Page 5: Study on Utilization of Resources Created Under …Zakir Hussain College of Engineering & Technology, Aligarh Muslim University Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli 4. Key Findings

5

Key findings

On an average funds given to institutions for purchase of equipment and soft resources have led to

significant improvement in laboratory infrastructure of the institutes under study

Institutes on an average divided the money equally across six departments and each department on

an average bought one-two machines which were significantly expensive and the rest of the money

was spent on buying other small routine equipment desktops laptops networking servers

software and e-journals Collaborations between departments for research projects were however

missing

If the institutes had not got the present funds to buy equipment they would have taken at least five

to seven years to procure the same through the resources available to them Even for Central

institutions as also for others the availability of funds at one go meant that they could procure high

costing software such as Matlab Ansys Labview Cadence and Adobe which benefit students across

departments

Increased level of automation and artificial intelligence in industry is reflected in the kind of

purchases institutes have made ndash various types of simulation software digital machines replacing

analogue ones such as in electrical engineering departments all-in-one automatic machines which

combine several levels of manual work such as in surveying in civil engineering departments robotic

arms mimicking the automated environment of modern factories attached to lathe machines in

mechanical engineering departments and instruments capable of handling nano particles in

specialized centres and 3D printers capable of printing high precision devices which are being used

in multiple fields

Way forward

Institutes should be given templates of equipment which are essential to provide adequate hands-on

training to all students about all concepts in every stream of engineering They should be benchmarked

on the basis of availability of adequate numbers of such equipment Further lists of higher orders of

equipment could be prepared based on what the best laboratories in the world have so that institutes

get an idea of what they should aspire for

All institutes which received funds for buying equipment should be encouraged to put in place

mechanisms to share their laboratories with neighbouring institutions which do not have the resources

to buy them Nodal institutes could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of non-TEQIP institutes The unspent money

could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

Regular interactions with industry specially sector-specific companies are essential to create a culture

of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration At present facilities created in institutes are

being under-utilized to increase interaction with industry While in some cases rural location of the

institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of the reasons it is also true that

apparently in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the commissioning of equipment Size

of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for anything on industrial scale But in most

cases industry is not even aware or has limited knowledge of the existence of state-of-the-art

equipment inside institutes

6

Chapter 1 Scope of the Study

7

Background

The second phase of Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP) was started by the Government of India in partnership with the World Bank in 2010 and it ended on 31 March 2017 The objectives of the programme were-

Strengthening institutions to produce high quality engineers for better employability

Scaling‐up post-graduate education and demand‐driven research amp development and innovation

Establishing Centers of Excellence for focused applicable research

Training of faculty for effective teaching and

Enhancing institutional and system management effectiveness

Of the two main components of this programme component 1 was meant to improve the quality of

education in selected institutions It had two sub-components viz

1048766 Sub‐Component 11 Strengthening institutions to improve learning outcomes and employability of graduates Funding provided under this sub-component was approximately Rs 10 crore per Centrally funded Government funded Government aided and Rs 4 crore per private unaided institution See Appendix for the list of institutions and selection criteria under this sub-component

1048766 Sub‐Component 12 Scaling‐up post-graduate education and demand‐driven research amp development and innovation Funding provided under this component was approximately Rs 1250 crore per Centrally funded Government funded Government aided and Rs 4 crore per private unaided institution See Appendix for the list of institutions and selection criteria under this sub-component 1048766Sub‐Component 121 Establishing centres of excellence See Appendix for the list of institutions and

selection criteria under this sub-component The programme required the project institutions to implement academic and non‐academic reforms for

their self‐conceived development programmes that focused on quality and relevance excellence resource

mobilization greater institutional autonomy with accountability research and equity

Specific funds were provided for imparting pedagogical training to faculty for making teaching effective and

covered maximum faculty members from project institutions The benefits of this aspect of the programme

were expected to extend to faculty from non‐project institutions

Since the primary objective of this programme was to improve the quality of education a major emphasis

was given on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and academic resources including subscriptions to

international e-journals membership of e-libraries modernization of classrooms strengthening of

centralized computer facilities in departments and buying of latest software as well as equipment which

would be on par with industry standards

Project monitoring through various modes was an important part of TEQIP II Institutes were required to

maintain records through management information system (MIS) created for the purpose Detailed

guidelines and formats were prescribed for purchase of equipment and procurement of other services

While the MIS tracked parameters such as number of publications number of faculty with PhD student

placements etc it did not provide a collective picture of the kind of purchases institutes had made Hence

the present study was commissioned specifically for that purpose

8

The scope of the study was limited to the data provided by institutes in reply to the survey and visits to 25

shortlisted institutions

Methodology of the Study

The study was conducted through web mail and site visits to institutions Participating institutions were

asked to provide information in following two categories-

1 Equipment purchased with TEQIP II funds costing below Rs 5 lakh per unit (only a list was to be

provided)

2 Equipment purchased with TEQIP II funds costing above Rs 5 lakh per unit (details such as name of

the equipment name of the department maintenance contract utilization in number of hours

month etc were to be provided)

3 Data was collated and analysed and ground visits were conducted to select institutions in order to

corroborate the findings

Questionnaires were sent to all 190 institutes and after several rounds of follow-up all the institutes provided the required data In keeping with the suggestion of the World Bank a shortlist of 25 institutes was prepared ndash constituting 13 per cent of the total number of institutes covered under the project ndash for physical verification of utilisation of equipment and other resources More attention was paid to government and government-aided institutions while preparing the shortlist since they had received a bigger sum for purchase of equipment compared to private institutions which had received funds only for soft resources Adequate coverage of all geographical regions was also kept in mind while preparing the shortlist

9

Chapter 2 Data Analysis

10

State-wise Expenditure Analysis

On an average institutes under sub-component 11 got 55 per cent of total available amount of Rs 10 crore

ie Rs 55 crore for purchase of Goods (equipment and soft resources etc) In sub-component 12 the

percentage of funds available for equipment etc was 45 per cent of Rs 125 crore and it totaled to Rs 565

crore Additional funding of Rs 5 crore was available for setting up centres of excellence and out of this Rs

275 crore was allocated for buying of equipment etc Additional Rs 5 crore was given to those institutes

which had performed well in upgradation of facilities

Analysis of expenditure till February 2017 as procured from the MIS of National Project Implementation

Unit (NPIU) shows that most states utilized the money that they had submitted the plans for Among the

states (Figure 1) which saw less than 75 per cent utilization of their own planned expenditure were Punjab

at 52 per cent utilization Uttarakhand which saw 56 per cent utilization Rajasthan was at 71 per cent and

Madhya Pradesh saw 74 per cent realization of the planned expenditure Rest all states did not see much

variation in what they had envisaged they would spend and what they actually did

Andhra Pradesh (Figure 2)

Total population in lakh 4958

Literacy rate 670

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

56 (113)

2015 projected share of state 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

4

Gross Enrolment Ratio 312

Total number of engineering institutes 219

Institutes in sub-component 11 5

Institutes in sub-component 12 6

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Total available funds Plans submitted Actual expenditure

Figure 1

11

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 11

Total available funds Rs 105 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 39 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 34 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Bihar (Figure 3)

Total population in lakh 1041

Literacy rate 618

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

112 (108)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

79

Gross Enrolment Ratio 139

Total number of engineering institutes 21

Institutes in sub-component 11 2

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 2

Total available funds Rs 20 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 11 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Available funds

Utilised funds

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

Figure 2

Andhra Pradesh

12

Chhattisgarh (Figure 4)

Total population in lakh 2555

Literacy rate 703

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

308 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

22

Gross Enrolment Ratio 146

Total number of engineering institutes 21

Institutes in sub-component 11 4

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 4

Total available funds Rs 34 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 175 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 164 crore

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Figure 3 Bihar

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

13

Gujarat (Figure 5)

Total population in lakh 6044

Literacy rate 78

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

719 (119)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

51

Gross Enrolment Ratio 20

Institutes in sub-component 11 7

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 7

Total available funds Rs 70 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 385 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 375 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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1200

Rungta College ofEngineering amp

Technology Bhilai

GovernmentEngineering College

Bilaspur

GovernmentEngineering College

Raipur

GovernmentEngineering College

Jagdalpur Bastar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

14

Haryana (Figure 6)

Total population in lakh 2535

Literacy rate 756

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

319 (126)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

23

Gross Enrolment Ratio 276

Total number of engineering institutes 89

Institutes in sub-component 11 3

Institutes in sub-component 12 3

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 6

Total available funds Rs 575 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 278 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 23 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Figure 5 Gujarat

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

15

Himachal Pradesh

Total population in lakh 686

Literacy rate 828

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

74 (108)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

05

Gross Enrolment Ratio 312

Total number of engineering institutes 17

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 10 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 55 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 55 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Jharkhand (Figure 7)

Total population in lakh 3299

Literacy rate 664

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

375 (114)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

27

Gross Enrolment Ratio 16

Total number of engineering institutes 14

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 2

Total available funds Rs 21 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 95 crore

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Available funds

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Estimate as per plansubmitted by theinstitute

Figure 6 Haryana

16

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 93 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Karnataka (Figure 8)

Total population in lakh 611

Literacy rate 754

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

712 (117)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

5

Gross Enrolment Ratio 264

Total number of engineering institutes 166

Institutes in sub-component 11 4

Institutes in sub-component 12 15

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 19

Total available funds Rs 215 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 927 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 75 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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200

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1200

1400

BIT Mesra BIT Mesra CoE Cambridge Institute ofTechnology Ranchi

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

17

Kerala (Figure 9)

Total population in lakh 334

Literacy rate 94

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

305 (91)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

22

Gross Enrolment Ratio 287

Total number of engineering institutes 98

Institutes in sub-component 11 19

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 19

Total available funds Rs 190 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1045 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 106 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

18

Madhya Pradesh (Figure 10)

Total population in lakh 7263

Literacy rate 693

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

879 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

62

Gross Enrolment Ratio 196

Total number of engineering institutes 121

Institutes in sub-component 11 3

Institutes in sub-component 12 2

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 5

Total available funds Rs 49 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 23 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 17 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0

200

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800

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1200

Figure 9 Kerala

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

19

Maharashtra (Figure 11)

Total population in lakh 11237

Literacy rate 823

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

1334 (119)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

94

Gross Enrolment Ratio 279

Total number of engineering institutes 216

Institutes in sub-component 11 7

Institutes in sub-component 12 10

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 17

Total available funds Rs 254 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 119 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 102 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0200400600800

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Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

20

Delhi (Figure 12)

Total population in lakh 1679

Literacy rate 862

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

224 (133)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

16

Gross Enrolment Ratio 435

Total number of engineering institutes 15

Institutes in sub-component 11 0

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 125 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 56 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 15 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

21

Odisha (Figure 13)

Total population in lakh 4197

Literacy rate 729

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

466 (111)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

33

Gross Enrolment Ratio 177

Total number of engineering institutes 68

Institutes in sub-component 11 2

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 2

Total available funds Rs 20 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 105 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 108 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

125

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Figure 12 Delhi Technological University

22

Punjab (Figure 14)

Total population in lakh 2774

Literacy rate 758

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

325 (117)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

23

Gross Enrolment Ratio 27

Total number of engineering institutes 87

Institutes in sub-component 11 7

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 8

Total available funds Rs 81 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 42 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 22 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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200

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800

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1200

Veer Surendra Sai University ofTechnology Burla Sambalpur

College of Engineering And TechnologyBhubaneshwar

Figure 13 Odisha

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

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Figure 14 Punjab

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

23

Rajasthan (Figure 15)

Total population in lakh 6855

Literacy rate 661

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

871 (127)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

62

Gross Enrolment Ratio 20

Total number of engineering institutes 82

Institutes in sub-component 11 9

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 9

Total available funds Rs 84 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 45 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 32 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Tamil Nadu (Figure 16)

Total population in lakh 7215

Literacy rate 80

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

73 (101)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

52

Gross Enrolment Ratio 452

Total number of engineering institutes 326

Institutes in sub-component 11 5

Institutes in sub-component 12 4

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 9

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Figure 15 Rajasthan

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

24

Total available funds Rs 140 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 74 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 70 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Telangana (Figure 17)

Total population in lakh 350

Literacy rate 664

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

406 (114)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

29

Gross Enrolment Ratio 36

Total number of engineering institutes 182

Institutes in sub-component 11 8

Institutes in sub-component 12 5

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 13

Total available funds Rs 120 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 45 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 34 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0200400600800

100012001400160018002000

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Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plansubmitted by the institute

25

Tripura

Total population in lakh 367

Literacy rate 872

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

44 (119)

2015 projected share of state 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

03

Gross Enrolment Ratio 168

Total number of engineering institutes 6

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 10 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 55 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 54 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

UT-Chandigarh (Figure 18)

Total population in lakh 106

Literacy rate 861

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

17 (165)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

01

Gross Enrolment Ratio 56

Total number of engineering institutes 2

Institutes in sub-component 11 2

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 3

Total available funds Rs 475 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying Rs 24 crore

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Figure 17 Telangana

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

26

equipment and other resources

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 20 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Puducherry

Total population in lakh 125

Literacy rate 859

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

15 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

01

Gross Enrolment Ratio 46

Total number of engineering institutes 10

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 15 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 8 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 6 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Uttar Pradesh (Figure 19)

Total population in lakh 1998

Literacy rate 677

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Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plansubmitted by institute

28

West Bengal (Figure 21)

Total population in lakh 9128

Literacy rate 763

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

109 (12)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

77

Gross Enrolment Ratio 174

Total number of engineering institutes 72

Institutes in sub-component 11 11

Institutes in sub-component 12 3

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 14

Total available funds Rs 179 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 88 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 82 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rscrore)

Estimate as per plansubmitted by institute

29

CFIs (Figure 22)

Institutes in sub-component 11 8

Institutes in sub-component 12 18

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 26

Total available funds Rs 415 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 200 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1625 crore

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Figure 21 West Bengal

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

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Figure 22 Centrally-funded institutions (CFIs)

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

30

Utilisation Analysis

In this section data on buying of equipment and other resources has been first analysed component-wise

and then department-wise

While data was collected from all institutes and a broad understanding was arrived at of the kind of

equipment and other resources money was spent on from the extensive lists provided by institutions it was

difficult to analyse how much money was spent on which category of item For the sake of analysis

therefore each equipment and item named by the institute was manually categorized into the following

broad categories-

1 Laboratory equipment (included all items bought for laboratories such as machines laptops

desktops and projectors)

2 Connectivity (included equipment related to creating wi-fi networks such as cables connectors

servers modems UPS racks adapters pipes and switches)

3 Books (included hard copies as well as subscriptions of e-journals for libraries)

4 Smart class (included white boards display panels podiums amplifiers cables projectors mixers

microphones webcam and wireless sensors)

5 Software

6 Office equipment (included laptops desktops printers scanners LCDs generator sets projectors

tables chairs almirahs digital signages etc bought for principalrsquos office directorrsquos office faculty

staff department rooms TEQIP office)

7 Furniture (included furniture for class rooms and departments)

8 Civil work (included flooring false ceilings repair work lighting)

Post the categorization in these eight broad heads the picture which emerged (Figure 23) for sub-

component 11 showed 58 per cent expenditure on laboratory equipment 14 per cent on software 10 per

cent on books 7 per cent each on office equipment and connectivity and 1-2 per cent each on furniture civil

work and smart classes This is in keeping with the goals of TEQIP II which had envisaged least expenditure

on civil work It was limited to 5 per cent of total expenditure on equipment for institutes under sub-

component 11 and 3 per cent for those under sub-component 12 If unspent institutes were free to use

this money for equipment and other resources So low expenditure on civil work is an achievement of TEQIP

II There should have been more expenditure on connectivity ndash campus-wide wifi networks ndash but that could

be due to the fact that several institutes already had wifi networks in place and did not need TEQIP funds to

do that

31

In sub-component 12 (Figure 24) this break-up was more or less on the same lines though the expenditure

on laboratory equipment in this sub-component was much higher at 70 per cent because of the inclusion of

centres of excellence and higher focus on post-graduate and PhD level studies This was followed by 17 per

cent on software and 5 per cent each on books and office equipment Rest was all 2 per cent and less and

negligible amount of expenditure on civil work was seen in this category

Department-wise

analysis of equipment

purchased by

institutes shows that in

sub-component 11

(Figure 25) highest

Lab equipment58

Software 14

Books 10

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7

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EXPENDITURE (11)

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Office equipment

5

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32

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TOTAL AMOUNT SPENT BY DEPARTMENTS (IN RS LAKH)

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

(in Rs crore)

number of equipment were bought by computer amp IT departments followed by electrical mechanical

electronics and civil departments For the purpose of categorization two or more streams of a kind were

merged into one and numbers for both streams taken together For instance computer science and

information technology were merged into one Similarly electronics amp instrumentation and electronics amp

electrical were taken together under electronics

While sub-component 11 presented a picture on expected lines with the top five departments being

generally the biggest departments in institutes in sub-component 12 this picture was slightly confusing

Here the top two departmentsndash electronics and civil ndash were ahead of other departments (Table 1) by an

inexplicable margin One of the reasons for this could be the fact that most of the equipment bought for the

centres of excellence would have had items related to electronics But that still does not explain the

unusually high number of items for civil engineering departments

Table 1 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 12

Name of the department Number of items bought

Mining 23

BioTech 137

Chemical 170

Mechanical 497

Computer amp IT 661

Electrical 969

Electronics 544915

Civil 1701948

On the other hand an expenditure-wise analysis of the same departments shows a different picture (Figure

26) with mechanical engineering department emerging top with expenditure of Rs 216 crore and electrical

department showing expenditure of Rs 145 crore Civil department is at number 3 with expenditure of Rs

106 crore The aberration in the number of items could have been because civil and electronics

departments would have bought a large number of items of small value

33

166 224 45 481 934 14772459

3138

Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

(in Rs crore)Figure 27

As per the data provided by institutes those in sub-component 11 show higher expenditure

department-wise with mechanical engineering department at top with expenditure of Rs 313

crore These should however be taken only as indicative figures as the numbers cannot be absolute

(Figure 27)

Table 7 Top 20 Lab equipment bought by institutes in 11

CNC Lathe machines

Compressor testing machine

Computer and peripherals

Computerised machines

Digital meters

Gas chromatograph

Micro-controller

Micro-processor

Oscilloscope

PCB prototyping machine

Robotic kits

Solar PV systems

Spectrum analyser

Thermal imager

Total Station

Ultrasonic probe

Universal testing machine

UV-spectrophotometer

Voltmeter

Wattmeter

34

Table 2 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 11

Table 21 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 12

1 CNC Lathe machines Advanced laser kit

2 Compressor testing machine Asphalt material performance tester

3 Computer and peripherals Atomic absorption spectrophotometer

4 Computerised machines Bio-reactors

5 Digital meters BOD incubator

6 Gas chromatograph Centrifuge

7 Micro-controller CNC lathe machine

8 Micro-processor Compression testing

9 Oscilloscope Computer and peripherals

10 PCB prototyping machine Digital image processing

11 Robotic kits Digital multimeter

12 Solar PV systems Electric discharge machine

13 Spectrum analyser Hydraulic pressing

14 Thermal imager Magnetic stirrer

15 Total Station Microwave simulator

16 Ultrasonic probe Optical microscope

17 Universal testing machine PCB prototype machine

18 UV-spectrophotometer Thermal analyser

19 Voltmeter Thermal scanner

20 Wattmeter Wireless sensor network kit

Impact of Utilisation

No amount of data tracking or record keeping is worth

the effort if it does not translate into improvement in

actual output The real impact of all this expenditure by

institutes on buying of latest equipment is only useful in

so far as it is able to show growth in the number of

publications or rise in the number of post-graduate

student intake Looked at from that perspective TEQIP II

seems to have made satisfactory progress as the data

maintained by the National Project Implementation Unit

UPWARD TREND

Increase in the number of

publications in refereed

journals

Increase in the number of PG

and PhD students

Increase in revenue generated

through consultancy

35

(NPIU) shows There has been a significant improvement over the years in the number of publications in

refereed journals which till last year have been showing above target performance Only the numbers for

2016-17 are low considering that the data captured is till the month of February 2017 only From a target of

7500 publications in 2010-11 and a realization of 11722to a target of 14500 in 2015-16 and a realization of

18482 (Figure 28) the growth has been impressive though again how much of it is due to buying of

equipment alone is debatable

Another key performance indicatoras per the planners of TEQIP II was rise in the total number of masters

and PhD level students from a baseline of 30000 in 2010-11 to 41000 by 2016 Seen from that angle also the

performance of the programme has exceeded the target To a large extent this can be attributed to

availability of better laboratory infrastructure as it would have been a major factor behind the institutesrsquo

capability to attract students for MTech and PhD (Figure 29)

7032 7500 8000 8500 9000

14000 14500

11722

1606618103

20037

22556

18482

2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016

Fig 28 Number of publications in refereed journals in TEQIP II institutions

Target Actual

36

The percentage of externally funded RampD projects and consultancies in total revenue has increased from 7

per cent in 2010-11 to 14 per cent in 2015-16 against a target of 12 per cent (Figure 30)

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

Target 7032 32000 33000 34000 34000 40000 40500

Actual 35132 37791 44171 49251 48718 45659

0

10000

20000

30000

40000

50000

60000

Fig 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP I

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

2016-2017

Target 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12

Actual 82 11 127 137 117 14 125

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

Tota

l Rev

enu

e

Fig 30 Consultancy revenue generated

37

Chapter 3 Case Studies

38

Government Engineering College Thrissur Kerala

(with inputs from Prof Manoj Kumar K V Coordinator TEQIP II GEC Thrissur)

The entire process of planning procurement and the complete cycle of improved input resulting in improved output can be illustrated through the case study of Government Engineering College Thrissur which is one of the model colleges in TEQIP II and received funds under sub-component 11 It is the second oldest engineering in the state of Kerala and is affiliated to the University of Calicut Its foundation stone was laid by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in April 1958 and among its famous alumni are Dr K Radhakrishnan former chairman of Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) Out of the project allocation of Rs 10 crore Rs 55 crore was utilized by the institute for procurement of equipment The fund was apportioned among the departments based on student strength and their need to modernize and strengthen their various laboratories The procurement plan was finalized from the proposals received from the departments and vetted by the State Project Facilitation Unit (SPFU) before being executed through the Procurement Management Support System (PMSS) which was a web portal created by the National Project Implementation Unit (NPIU) to manage the project

39

Figure 31 10 steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan (Figure 38)

Departments were asked to draw up a

three-year procurement plan based on

their needs Department heads

coordinators and TEQIP nodal officers

had a meeting in the institute in

January 2012 to understand the plans

and procedures as available on NPIU

website

In February the Principal of the

institute TEQIP coordinator and

procurement coordinator attended a

training session conducted by NPIU at

Thiruvananthapuram Participation in

this session was facilitated by SPFU and

it entailed extensive training on how to

use the PMSS website

A training session was organized in the

institute for the benefit of Heads of

Departments (HoDs) and Department

TEQIP coordinators The programme

was attended by 24 officials and it

covered the entire set of activities

pertaining to purchase through PMSS --

from configuration management plan

creation and revision packaging and

procuring to stocking

Procurement coordinator and

department TEQIP coordinators also

attended a training program organized

by SPFUat School of Engineering

Cochin University of Science and

Technologyin February 2012

The SPFU arranged a discussion at

directorateoffice Thiruvanantha-

puramin February to fine tune the plan

and to facilitate data entry through

PMSS The finetuning included clubbing

of similar items from various

departments into one package limiting

the threshold to a maximum of 90 per

cent included in a scheme and revising

the tentative timelines based on plan

approval which was expected by mid-

April 2012 The institute was advised to

procure a particular software used for

double entry book-keeping through

PMSS and to identify 2 National

Competitive Bidding (NCB)

procurement plans to be sent to

Central authorities for approval

The rejigged procurement plan after

consultation with the concerned

coordinators was uploaded on the

website on 28thFebruary 2012

The plan was reviewed by SPFU and

some corrections were suggested

The corrected plan was uploaded again

At a meeting convened on 14thMarch

2012 at LBS College for Women

Thiruvananthapuram the first approval

of the plan was given by Director SPFU

On 31st March 2012 the Principal

convened a meeting of HoDs and

departmental TEQIP coordinators and

instructions were issued to draw up

specifications with respect to every

package so that the data was readily

available for entry to PMSS once the

plan was approved by NPIUWorld

Bank

1 2

3 4

5

6

8

7

9

10

40

Procurement activities were in full swing during the first 18 months of the project and were executed fully as

per the plan Procurement was completed in 82 packages including 68 National Shopping (NS)packages 7

National Competitive Bidding (NCB) packages 2 Direct Contract packages and 5 Civil Works packages

The institute made maximum expenditure in 2013-14 (Figure 32) across different heads Its investments on

laboratory modernization and strengthening started in 2012 and continued till 2017 (Figure 33) Overall it

spent bulk of the money (88 per cent) on modernization of laboratories and 5 per cent on ICT enabled

learning (Figure 34)

5851520

36470287

6909895

61170 1552063

0

5000000

10000000

15000000

20000000

25000000

30000000

35000000

40000000

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur (in Rs)

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Figure 32

2012-1311

2013-1473

2014-1515

2015-160

2016-171

EXPENDITURE ON MODERNISATION STRENGTHENING OF LABS AT GEC THRISSUR

Figure 33

41

Major equipment bought by the institute with TEQIP II funds includes a Rheometer which is not available in

any other institution in the state and offers potential for research and consultancy It is used for determining

the rheological behaviors of liquids and solids It has applications in polymer nano-composites which are the

emerging field of research The stress rheology measurements provide information for spread ability

emulsion stability suspension leveling flow control thermal stability extrudability and thickening etc The

fluid can be highly non-newtonian The equipment is useful for MTech students and faculty for doing

research

The institute also bought a Gas Chromatograph which is used in analyzing compositions purity and for

separating different components of a mixture based on volatility It is also used in identifying a compound

and its applications include analysis of toxicity of soil water and air identifying unknown compounds etc

The equipment is useful for faculty and students in doing research and projects in the field of environmental

engineering and provides opportunities for pollution control related consultancy work

Another important purchase is Accelerated Curing Tank With concrete construction increasing at a rapid

pace this equipment provides the possibility of accelerating the curing time Normal method of curing takes

28 days To reduce the curing time of concrete and test its strength accelerated curing is required and this

can be achieved with the use of Accelerated Curing Tank in the laboratory

88

5 4

0

0

3

Fig 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14at Government Engineering College Thrissur

Expenditure on modernisation strengthening of existinglaboratories

Expenditure on ICT enabledlearning related softwareamphardware

Expenditure on library ie books e-books

Journals e-journals course specificsoftware

Expenditure on modernisation ofclassrooms

Others (furniture)

42

Table 3 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Name of the Equipment

Cost (in rupees)

Pressure Volume Change Controller

365625

Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Suit

1365000

Solar Photovoltaic grid tied training system with MPPT

367500

Gas Chromatograph 1494692

Rheometer 2687350

Surface Roughness Tester

401205

Multimedia Projector 114162

Thermal Imager 746366

Machine Conditioning Monitor

861685

Metallurgical Image Analysis System for Welding

283500

Software Factory CAD 320000

Robot 567000

Pipe Flow Software 149234

Petrol Engine Test Setup

783090

Tribometer 609900

Vibration Analyser 539175

Slotting Machine 449243

Lathe and Shaping Machine

869001

Metal Cutting Band saw 156240

Digital Viscometer 919050

Solid Modeling Software

356590

Ultrasonic Flow Detector

235561

43

Rapid Phototyping Machine

814800

Group Video Conferencing Kit

533340

Lan Trainer 106180

The efforts of the institute over the years have led to improved student placements and intake (Figure 35)

Output in terms of publications in international journals and participation of faculty and students in

international conferences has also gone up considerably (Figure 36)

Top 10 international journals in which faculty and students have secured publications since TEQIP II are

Name of Journal

1 IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

2 International Journal on Numerical Methods in Fluids

261221

570527

357

766

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Placement offers Students placed Intake of students

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 35 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 36 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

Publication in international journals Participation in international conferences

44

3 IETE Technical Review

4 Journal of the Optical Society of America

5 International Journal of Power amp Energy Systems

6 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

7 International Journal of Remote Sensing

8 Automatica

9 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

10 ASME Journal of Heat Transfer

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering amp Technology

Aligarh Muslim University

Another institute with an impeccable history and track record is Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and

Technology (ZHCET) which is a constituent college of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and it received TEQIP

II funds under sub-component 11 AMU was set up by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as Mohammedan Anglo-

Oriental College in 1875 Against available funds of Rs 10 crore ZHCET utilized Rs 618 crore as of February

2017 Following is a glimpse into the major equipment purchased by the institute

Name of the equipment Centrifugal Pump and Pelton Turbine Module Nozzle

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3349138

Reason for buying To improve teaching and research in fluid mechanics section of mechanical engineering

department The equipment comprises centrifugal pump with flowmeter valves reservoir and

instrumentation for measurement and display of inlet outlet pressures torque speed and power and

turbine inlet pressure for Peltan turbine

Name of the equipment Universal High Voltage Test system and Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage Tester

(PE-AOBDV-MXXX)

Name of the department Electrical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 4522500

Reason for buying A new MTech programme in High Voltage Engineering was started under TEQIP II for

which enhanced laboratory infrastructure was needed PE-AOBDV-M series of Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage

Testers are highly precise instruments which can be used to conduct either a breakdown voltage test or do a proof

(withstand) test Dielectric Breakdown Voltage testing of Oil is one such means to detect the voltage at power

frequency at which it is likely to cause a flash-over

Name of the equipment Altium Nanoboard FPGA Kit

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1368863

Reason for buying Five kits were bought for under-graduate and post-graduate students

45

Name of the equipmentExata Software Emulator for Networking

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1245780

Reason for buying BTech students use it to perform experiments in EL-494 (Communication Lab -III) to

study the performance of simulated networks M Tech students use it for projects and dissertations Three

faculty members are using this software for RampD purpose

Name of the equipmentPotentiostat Galvanostat with Impedance Analyzer

Name of the department Petroleum Studies

Cost of equipment Rs 1562925

Reason for buying Potentiostate is at the heart of research on electrochemistry It is mainly used for

research in the area of fuel cell membrane cyclic voltammeter and super capacitors

Name of the equipment Imac 215 Quad Core i5 with Apple Protection Plan

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 205800

Reason for buying Two units of Imac were bought for the post-graduate and networking laboratories of

computer engineering department so that students could develop software based on iOS

Altium Nanoboard

FPGA Kit

46

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli was set up in 1947 with only the civil engineering under-graduate

programme Since 2007 the institute has been autonomous having been affiliated to Bombay University

Pune University and Shivaji University in the past The institute received TEQIP II funds under sub-

component 12 It was eligible to receive Rs 125 crore It submitted procurement plan for Rs 87 crore and

spent Rs 618 crore as of February 2017

MAJOR EQUIPMENT BOUGHT

Name of the equipment Shake Table Set-up

Name of the department Civil amp Structural Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1925776

Reason for buying To establish an earthquake engineering laboratory for conducting studies on response of

structures to earthquake induced vibrations To investigate structural response under various dynamic

loading conditions

Name of the equipment Electromagnetic Exciter with Pay Load Capacity of 100 to 150 kg

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2310824

Reason for buying To carry out research work in the field of dynamic analysis for various systems

Name of the equipment Micro Machining Centre Hyper-15w table top type integrated multi-process CNC

machine tool

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3078000

Reason for buying To develop micro machining centre for the research of micro machining PG production

laboratory

2663678

6154586

7489947

8770675

8777330

10572980

11435333

0 4000000 8000000 12000000

OFFICE

ELECTRICAL

ELECTRONICS

CIVIL (CIVIL+ CIVIL ENVIRONMENTAL+ hellip

LIBRARY

COMPUTER + IT

MECHANICAL

Fig 37 Department-wise expenditure Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Figures in rupees

47

Name of the equipment Dynamometer with Built-In Three Channel Charge Amplifiers

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1876090

Reason for buying To carry out research in the area of machining

Name of the equipment Lab View Add-ons Image Processing using Smart Camera Evaluation Kit

Name of the department Electronics Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3421650

Reason for buying Design simulation and prototyping platform for experiments on DSP communication

embedded control and measurements visual representation of experimental results

Name of the equipment Thermal Conductivity Analyzer with Material -- liquid pastes and small particles

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2100000

Reason for buying Post-graduate research and laboratory development

48

Chapter 4 Key Findings

49

1 On an average funds given to institutions for purchase of equipment and soft resources have led to

significant improvement in laboratory infrastructure of the institutes under study

2 The impact of such purchases on improvement in quality is not easily quantifiable in measurable

terms To assess the same other correlated parameters could be looked at such as improvement in

the number of research publications in refereed journals increase in the number of PhD students

number of faculty involved in research or the percentage of student placement However none of

these parameters can be directly or solely be said to be due to the improvement in physical or

digital infrastructure of institutes

3 Institutes did not have a clear-cut strategy of what best use they could put the available money to

Given that each institute on an average got Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and other resources

they could have used the money to create at least one best-in-class facility in any of the

departments which was equipped to utilize that facility in terms of augmenting the interaction of

the institute with industry or generating more resources through assignments from other agencies

While institutes in sub-component 12 had the provision to set up centres of excellence even in sub-

component 11 they could have done so if they had worked with that aim and vision

4 Instead institutes on an average divided the money equally across six departments and each

department on an average bought one-two machines which were significantly expensive and the

rest of the money was spent on buying other small routine equipment desktops laptops

networking servers software and e-journals Collaborations between departments for research

projects were however missing

5 This pattern of expenditure can be explained by the fact that our engineering institutions are still in

a phase where there is more emphasis on theory than practical Hands-on learning or project-based

approach in teaching is relatively new for institutions which is why there is not much emphasis on

understanding the practical aspects of learning such as producing patents versus papers

6 Institutes were seen to be over protective wherever even a slightly costly equipment was bought By

their own admission such equipment was most of the time kept under lock and key and was at best

displayed to students They were rarely given the opportunity to actually do something with it on

their own

7 Equal receipt of money by a number of departments has led to overall improvement in laboratory

standards of all departments which is good from an egalitarian perspective It is also good that all

departments have been able to uniformly upgrade their infrastructure and will therefore be able to

compete with each other in attracting good students faculty as well as assignments from industry in

future

8 Discussions with focus groups suggest that institutes spent large amounts of money on creating or

refurbishing physical infrastructure While non-academic experts may see this as wasteful

expenditure from an academic perspective even if this leads to improvement in the physical

facilities being offered by institutes it is well worth the investment While state funded institutes

get funds from state governments for building infrastructure for some of the centrally funded

institutes where infrastructure may have been falling apart this money would have been useful

9 Because of the fact that there is no proper system to track the usage of equipment ndash records are

maintained in physical form in the shape of log books and registers which render a macro analysis

50

impossible -- anecdotal evidence suggests that equipment bought is not being optimally utilized A

significantly higher number of research papers in refereed journals suggests that this may not be

true but the fact remains that there is no improvement in the number of technology transfers

commercialization of research or patent generation which remain weak This again brings into focus

the theory versus application part of teaching

10 Overall improvement in base infrastructure was important for institutes to advance to the next level

of development Except for some of the Centrally funded institutions none of the institutes which

received funding in TEQIP II are in the league of the six original IITs in terms of laboratory

infrastructure They do not have access to the kind of liberal funding that CFTIs get If they had not

got the present funds to buy equipment they would have taken at least five to seven years to

procure the same through the resources available to them Even for Central institutions as also for

others the availability of funds at one go meant that they could procure high costing software such

as Matlab Ansys Labview Cadence and Adobe which benefit students across departments

11 Funds for buying equipment and other soft resources enabled the institutes to take some steps

towards keeping pace with the rapidly changing advancements in technology Increased level of

automation and artificial intelligence in industry is reflected in the kind of purchases institutes have

made ndash various types of simulation software digital machines replacing analogue ones such as in

electrical engineering departments all-in-one automatic machines which combine several levels of

manual work such as in surveying in civil engineering departments robotic arms mimicking the

automated environment of modern factories attached to lathe machines in mechanical engineering

departments instruments capable of handling nano particles in specialized centres and 3D printers

capable of printing high precision devices which are being used in multiple fields

12 Most institutes have also bought subscriptions to high level international journals in various

streams both online and physical enabling access to vast repository of world class content for most

students

13 Institutes have not paid much thought to maintenance of equipment since most of the purchases

have been made in the past two-three years and warranty periods are still in force Most institutes

have also reported availability of in-house technicians to look after the machines though majority

said that they would sign annual maintenance contracts (AMC) with vendors Since AMCs usually

cost roughly 10 per cent of the cost of the equipment they felt that the resources allocated for the

same under TEQIP II would not be adequate and that they should be increased slightly

14 As per the feedback provided by almost all institutes they all agree that the equipment purchased

by them responds to faculty student needs and was done as per consultation and

recommendations of faculty They all follow well laid out norms for disposal of equipment which

keep environmental considerations in mind

6 -- Average number of departments among which each institute in Sub-component 11 divided

the total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 500 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

51

7-- Average number of departments among which each institute in sub-component 12 divided the

total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 284 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

2147403 ndash Number of items bought by institutes for office purpose in sub-component

11

101699 hours monthndash Utilisation of equipment by UG amp PG students in sub-component

11 as per available data of institutes which participated in the study

427 hours month ndash Average utilization of equipment by UG and PG students across

institutes in sub-component 11

51656 hours month -- Utilisation of equipment by PhD students in sub-component 11 as

per available data of institutes which participated in the study

37 hours month-- Average utilization of equipment by PhD students across institutes in sub-

component 11

52

Chapter 5 Way Forward

53

As data shows and case studies prove there can be no doubt that TEQIP II and the funds provided to

institutes for purchase of equipment and other soft resources have led to improvement in laboratory

infrastructure which in turn has helped in improving the output Some pointers for future stages of the

project are-

1 Even though TEQIP II had a major focus on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and institutes

were given significant amount of funds for purchase of equipment there were no guidelines or

benchmarks for them to judge themselves against and to understand what an ideal laboratory

should be like for any given department While it is good that they were given the freedom to decide

what they wanted to buy and it depended on the pro-activeness of the department heads on what

all they ended up getting funds for in an ideal scenario they should have been given a list of

essential basic equipment as well as research level equipment and they could have prioritized their

purchases on the basis of that

In all likelihood such department-wise lists do not exist anywhere In the third phase of TEQIP

therefore NPIU could commission a project which involves study of top world-class as well as top

national-level laboratories for each department Thereafter standard templates of equipment could

be prepared which could illustrate the requirement of equipment for each concept and practical for

every stream of engineering Based on standard frequency of usage and the number of students in a

class adequate numbers of any equipment could be recommended to be bought by institutes in

order to ensure that not too much time is wasted on rotating several batches of students on the

same equipment

Availability of such templates of equipment as well as soft resources which could be updated

periodically in keeping with the changes in technology and availability of resources would also help

policy makers understand how many institutes come up to a benchmark and how many need

further support

2 Institutes should start maintaining digital records of use of equipment which are bought for research

purposes These records should not be just digital copies of physical registers but should be in the

form of smart solutions which can track internal supply chains in laboratories as well as usage of

equipment The solutions should be able to provide real-time analysis of usage of equipment in

every laboratory and all laboratories could be linked to one centralized system There are various

kinds of RFID solutions available today which can handle usage patterns well The available

information could be used to devise solutions and create policy interventions to increase the actual

usage of equipment

3 Nodal institutes under TEQIP II could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of neighboring non-TEQIP institutes The

unspent money could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

4 Institutes could be encouraged to ensure that laboratories in all departments have well designed

brochures and information material such as leaflets and manuals on major equipment so that

dissemination of information about their availability is easy and their utilization could be increased

54

5 Facilities created in institutes are not being optimally utilized to increase interaction with industry

While rural location of the institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of

the reasons it is also true that in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the

commissioning of equipment Size of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for

anything on industrial scale But in most cases industry is not even aware of the existence of state-

of-the-art equipment inside institutes Regular interactions with sector-specific companies are a

must therefore to create a culture of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration

6 For decades research has happened in our country in isolation and at a distance from both industry

and academia Being largely funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) so far it

has been taking place inside the laboratories of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

The 37 laboratories of CSIR and its 39 field stations or extension centres have been working in the

areas of aerospace engineering structural engineering ocean science life science metallurgy

chemicals mining food petroleum leather and environmental science The ministry of HRD has

also started funding research in a big way in recent years through schemes such as Imprint ndash

Improving Research Innovation and Technology and the Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) It would be

fruitful for the country if research happening purely on the scientific side is able to converge with

that on the academic side Hence in order to ensure greater synergy between research and

teaching it is essential that technical institutes start working more closely with CSIR laboratories

This will bring them immediately closer to cutting edge research and provide rich exposure to

students Specially for institutions which have got improved laboratory facilities as a result of TEQIP

II funds collaboration with relevant CSIR laboratories will help them grow their research and at the

same time provide the latter with a steady flow of students to work on live projects

7 Institutions which have upgraded their laboratory infrastructure in the area of food and agriculture

will gain by collaborating with the government on its e-labs project which aims at automating the

testing procedure of soil fertiliser pesticide and equipment samples By ensuring speedy and

transparent online disbursement of information related to such tests the projectrsquos vision is to

reduce crop losses and increase the use of good quality bio-pesticides through fair and unbiased

testing Institutions and students will be able to learn a lot about quality control and the processes

involved in digital testing through collaboration with the government on e-labs

8 In order to ensure transparency in procurement processes it is advisable that institutes make use of

the governmentrsquos new e-marketplace called GEM Through the portal wwwgemnicin institutes

can buy virtually anything and everything that they may require specially consumables office

equipment furniture and software Buying through this portal will speed up procurement and

improve the efficiency of institutes Created and maintained by the Directorate General of Supplies

amp Disposals (DGSampD) it provides tools for e-bidding reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to

help users get best value for their money At the national level a system of procurement should be

put in place including committee to look into the requirement and availability of equipment taking

global scenarios into consideration

Appendices

Appendix 1

55

State-wise Number of Institutions Under Technical Education QualityImprovement Programme II (2010-2017)

S Name of State CFIs Sub‐component 11 Sub‐component 12 Total No of

Institutions 1 Andhra Pradesh 5 6 11 2 Bihar 2 ‐‐ 2 3 Chhattisgarh 4 ‐‐ 4 4 Gujarat 7 ‐‐ 7 5 Haryana 3 3 6 6 Himachal Pradesh 1 ‐‐ 1 7 Jharkhand 1 1 2 8 Karnataka 4 15 19 9 Kerala 19 ‐‐ 19

10 Madhya Pradesh 3 2 5 11 Maharashtra 7 10 17

12 NCT‐Delhi ‐‐ 1 1 13 Odisha 2 ‐‐ 2 14 Punjab 7 1 8 15 Rajasthan 9 ‐‐ 9 16 Tamil Nadu 5 4 9 17 Telangana 8 5 13 18 Tripura 1 ‐‐ 1 19 UT‐Chandigarh 2 1 3 20 UT‐Puducherry 1 ‐‐ 1 21 Uttar Pradesh 2 5 7 22 Uttarakhand 1 2 3 23 West Bengal 11 3 14 24 Centrally Funded

Institutions (CFIs) 8 18 26

Total 113 77 190

Appendix 2 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 11

S Name of the Name of the Institution

No State UT

1 JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

2 Aditya Institute of Technology amp Management Tekkali Srikakulam

Andhra

3 Madanapalle Institute of Technology amp Science Madanapalle

Pradesh

4 Shri Vishnu Engineering College for women Vishnupur Bhimavaram

5 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College Chittoor

6 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur

Bihar

7 Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur

8 Government Engineering College Bilaspur

9 Government Engineering College Jagdalpur Bastar

Chhattisgarh

10 Government Engineering College Raipur

11 Rungta College of Engineering amp Technology Bhilai

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12 Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

13 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Vallabh Vidynagar

14 Lukhdirji Engineering College Morbi

15 Gujarat Shantilal Shah Engineering College Bhavnagar

16 Government Engineering College Gandhinagar

17 Government Engineering College Rajkot

18 Government Engineering College Patan

19 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology (UIET) Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

Haryana

20 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology MDU Rohtak

21 NC College of Engineering Panipat

22 Himachal Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar Mandi

Pradesh

23 Jharkhand Cambridge Institute of Technology Ranchi

24 BVB College of Engineering amp Technology Hubli

25 PES College of Engineering Mandya

Karnataka

26 Government Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jublee Technological Institute Bangalore

27 NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore

2

SNo Name of the

Name of the Institution

StateUT

28 Government Engineering College Thrissur

29 Government Engineering College Kozhikode

30 Government Engineering College Painavu Idukki

31 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

32 School of Engineering Cochin University of Science amp Technology Cochin

33 Government College of Engineering Kannur

34 Government Engineering College Bartonhill Thiruvananthapuram

35 LBS Institute of Technology for Women Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram

36 College of Engineering Perumon Perinad Kollam

37 Kerala College of Engineering Kidangoor Kottayam

38 Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

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39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

58

70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

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Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

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44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

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77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

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Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

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Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

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Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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6

Chapter 1 Scope of the Study

7

Background

The second phase of Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP) was started by the Government of India in partnership with the World Bank in 2010 and it ended on 31 March 2017 The objectives of the programme were-

Strengthening institutions to produce high quality engineers for better employability

Scaling‐up post-graduate education and demand‐driven research amp development and innovation

Establishing Centers of Excellence for focused applicable research

Training of faculty for effective teaching and

Enhancing institutional and system management effectiveness

Of the two main components of this programme component 1 was meant to improve the quality of

education in selected institutions It had two sub-components viz

1048766 Sub‐Component 11 Strengthening institutions to improve learning outcomes and employability of graduates Funding provided under this sub-component was approximately Rs 10 crore per Centrally funded Government funded Government aided and Rs 4 crore per private unaided institution See Appendix for the list of institutions and selection criteria under this sub-component

1048766 Sub‐Component 12 Scaling‐up post-graduate education and demand‐driven research amp development and innovation Funding provided under this component was approximately Rs 1250 crore per Centrally funded Government funded Government aided and Rs 4 crore per private unaided institution See Appendix for the list of institutions and selection criteria under this sub-component 1048766Sub‐Component 121 Establishing centres of excellence See Appendix for the list of institutions and

selection criteria under this sub-component The programme required the project institutions to implement academic and non‐academic reforms for

their self‐conceived development programmes that focused on quality and relevance excellence resource

mobilization greater institutional autonomy with accountability research and equity

Specific funds were provided for imparting pedagogical training to faculty for making teaching effective and

covered maximum faculty members from project institutions The benefits of this aspect of the programme

were expected to extend to faculty from non‐project institutions

Since the primary objective of this programme was to improve the quality of education a major emphasis

was given on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and academic resources including subscriptions to

international e-journals membership of e-libraries modernization of classrooms strengthening of

centralized computer facilities in departments and buying of latest software as well as equipment which

would be on par with industry standards

Project monitoring through various modes was an important part of TEQIP II Institutes were required to

maintain records through management information system (MIS) created for the purpose Detailed

guidelines and formats were prescribed for purchase of equipment and procurement of other services

While the MIS tracked parameters such as number of publications number of faculty with PhD student

placements etc it did not provide a collective picture of the kind of purchases institutes had made Hence

the present study was commissioned specifically for that purpose

8

The scope of the study was limited to the data provided by institutes in reply to the survey and visits to 25

shortlisted institutions

Methodology of the Study

The study was conducted through web mail and site visits to institutions Participating institutions were

asked to provide information in following two categories-

1 Equipment purchased with TEQIP II funds costing below Rs 5 lakh per unit (only a list was to be

provided)

2 Equipment purchased with TEQIP II funds costing above Rs 5 lakh per unit (details such as name of

the equipment name of the department maintenance contract utilization in number of hours

month etc were to be provided)

3 Data was collated and analysed and ground visits were conducted to select institutions in order to

corroborate the findings

Questionnaires were sent to all 190 institutes and after several rounds of follow-up all the institutes provided the required data In keeping with the suggestion of the World Bank a shortlist of 25 institutes was prepared ndash constituting 13 per cent of the total number of institutes covered under the project ndash for physical verification of utilisation of equipment and other resources More attention was paid to government and government-aided institutions while preparing the shortlist since they had received a bigger sum for purchase of equipment compared to private institutions which had received funds only for soft resources Adequate coverage of all geographical regions was also kept in mind while preparing the shortlist

9

Chapter 2 Data Analysis

10

State-wise Expenditure Analysis

On an average institutes under sub-component 11 got 55 per cent of total available amount of Rs 10 crore

ie Rs 55 crore for purchase of Goods (equipment and soft resources etc) In sub-component 12 the

percentage of funds available for equipment etc was 45 per cent of Rs 125 crore and it totaled to Rs 565

crore Additional funding of Rs 5 crore was available for setting up centres of excellence and out of this Rs

275 crore was allocated for buying of equipment etc Additional Rs 5 crore was given to those institutes

which had performed well in upgradation of facilities

Analysis of expenditure till February 2017 as procured from the MIS of National Project Implementation

Unit (NPIU) shows that most states utilized the money that they had submitted the plans for Among the

states (Figure 1) which saw less than 75 per cent utilization of their own planned expenditure were Punjab

at 52 per cent utilization Uttarakhand which saw 56 per cent utilization Rajasthan was at 71 per cent and

Madhya Pradesh saw 74 per cent realization of the planned expenditure Rest all states did not see much

variation in what they had envisaged they would spend and what they actually did

Andhra Pradesh (Figure 2)

Total population in lakh 4958

Literacy rate 670

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

56 (113)

2015 projected share of state 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

4

Gross Enrolment Ratio 312

Total number of engineering institutes 219

Institutes in sub-component 11 5

Institutes in sub-component 12 6

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Total available funds Plans submitted Actual expenditure

Figure 1

11

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 11

Total available funds Rs 105 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 39 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 34 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Bihar (Figure 3)

Total population in lakh 1041

Literacy rate 618

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

112 (108)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

79

Gross Enrolment Ratio 139

Total number of engineering institutes 21

Institutes in sub-component 11 2

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 2

Total available funds Rs 20 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 11 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Available funds

Utilised funds

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

Figure 2

Andhra Pradesh

12

Chhattisgarh (Figure 4)

Total population in lakh 2555

Literacy rate 703

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

308 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

22

Gross Enrolment Ratio 146

Total number of engineering institutes 21

Institutes in sub-component 11 4

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 4

Total available funds Rs 34 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 175 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 164 crore

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Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

13

Gujarat (Figure 5)

Total population in lakh 6044

Literacy rate 78

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

719 (119)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

51

Gross Enrolment Ratio 20

Institutes in sub-component 11 7

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 7

Total available funds Rs 70 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 385 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 375 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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800

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1200

Rungta College ofEngineering amp

Technology Bhilai

GovernmentEngineering College

Bilaspur

GovernmentEngineering College

Raipur

GovernmentEngineering College

Jagdalpur Bastar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

14

Haryana (Figure 6)

Total population in lakh 2535

Literacy rate 756

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

319 (126)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

23

Gross Enrolment Ratio 276

Total number of engineering institutes 89

Institutes in sub-component 11 3

Institutes in sub-component 12 3

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 6

Total available funds Rs 575 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 278 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 23 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Figure 5 Gujarat

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

15

Himachal Pradesh

Total population in lakh 686

Literacy rate 828

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

74 (108)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

05

Gross Enrolment Ratio 312

Total number of engineering institutes 17

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 10 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 55 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 55 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Jharkhand (Figure 7)

Total population in lakh 3299

Literacy rate 664

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

375 (114)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

27

Gross Enrolment Ratio 16

Total number of engineering institutes 14

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 2

Total available funds Rs 21 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 95 crore

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Available funds

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Estimate as per plansubmitted by theinstitute

Figure 6 Haryana

16

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 93 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Karnataka (Figure 8)

Total population in lakh 611

Literacy rate 754

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

712 (117)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

5

Gross Enrolment Ratio 264

Total number of engineering institutes 166

Institutes in sub-component 11 4

Institutes in sub-component 12 15

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 19

Total available funds Rs 215 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 927 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 75 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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200

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600

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1200

1400

BIT Mesra BIT Mesra CoE Cambridge Institute ofTechnology Ranchi

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

17

Kerala (Figure 9)

Total population in lakh 334

Literacy rate 94

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

305 (91)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

22

Gross Enrolment Ratio 287

Total number of engineering institutes 98

Institutes in sub-component 11 19

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 19

Total available funds Rs 190 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1045 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 106 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

18

Madhya Pradesh (Figure 10)

Total population in lakh 7263

Literacy rate 693

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

879 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

62

Gross Enrolment Ratio 196

Total number of engineering institutes 121

Institutes in sub-component 11 3

Institutes in sub-component 12 2

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 5

Total available funds Rs 49 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 23 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 17 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0

200

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Figure 9 Kerala

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

19

Maharashtra (Figure 11)

Total population in lakh 11237

Literacy rate 823

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

1334 (119)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

94

Gross Enrolment Ratio 279

Total number of engineering institutes 216

Institutes in sub-component 11 7

Institutes in sub-component 12 10

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 17

Total available funds Rs 254 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 119 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 102 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

20

Delhi (Figure 12)

Total population in lakh 1679

Literacy rate 862

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

224 (133)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

16

Gross Enrolment Ratio 435

Total number of engineering institutes 15

Institutes in sub-component 11 0

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 125 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 56 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 15 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

21

Odisha (Figure 13)

Total population in lakh 4197

Literacy rate 729

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

466 (111)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

33

Gross Enrolment Ratio 177

Total number of engineering institutes 68

Institutes in sub-component 11 2

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 2

Total available funds Rs 20 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 105 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 108 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

125

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Figure 12 Delhi Technological University

22

Punjab (Figure 14)

Total population in lakh 2774

Literacy rate 758

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

325 (117)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

23

Gross Enrolment Ratio 27

Total number of engineering institutes 87

Institutes in sub-component 11 7

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 8

Total available funds Rs 81 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 42 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 22 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0

200

400

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800

1000

1200

Veer Surendra Sai University ofTechnology Burla Sambalpur

College of Engineering And TechnologyBhubaneshwar

Figure 13 Odisha

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

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Figure 14 Punjab

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

23

Rajasthan (Figure 15)

Total population in lakh 6855

Literacy rate 661

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

871 (127)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

62

Gross Enrolment Ratio 20

Total number of engineering institutes 82

Institutes in sub-component 11 9

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 9

Total available funds Rs 84 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 45 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 32 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Tamil Nadu (Figure 16)

Total population in lakh 7215

Literacy rate 80

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

73 (101)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

52

Gross Enrolment Ratio 452

Total number of engineering institutes 326

Institutes in sub-component 11 5

Institutes in sub-component 12 4

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 9

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Figure 15 Rajasthan

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

24

Total available funds Rs 140 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 74 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 70 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Telangana (Figure 17)

Total population in lakh 350

Literacy rate 664

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

406 (114)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

29

Gross Enrolment Ratio 36

Total number of engineering institutes 182

Institutes in sub-component 11 8

Institutes in sub-component 12 5

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 13

Total available funds Rs 120 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 45 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 34 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0200400600800

100012001400160018002000

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Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plansubmitted by the institute

25

Tripura

Total population in lakh 367

Literacy rate 872

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

44 (119)

2015 projected share of state 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

03

Gross Enrolment Ratio 168

Total number of engineering institutes 6

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 10 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 55 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 54 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

UT-Chandigarh (Figure 18)

Total population in lakh 106

Literacy rate 861

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

17 (165)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

01

Gross Enrolment Ratio 56

Total number of engineering institutes 2

Institutes in sub-component 11 2

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 3

Total available funds Rs 475 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying Rs 24 crore

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Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

26

equipment and other resources

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 20 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Puducherry

Total population in lakh 125

Literacy rate 859

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

15 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

01

Gross Enrolment Ratio 46

Total number of engineering institutes 10

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 15 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 8 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 6 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Uttar Pradesh (Figure 19)

Total population in lakh 1998

Literacy rate 677

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Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plansubmitted by institute

28

West Bengal (Figure 21)

Total population in lakh 9128

Literacy rate 763

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

109 (12)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

77

Gross Enrolment Ratio 174

Total number of engineering institutes 72

Institutes in sub-component 11 11

Institutes in sub-component 12 3

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 14

Total available funds Rs 179 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 88 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 82 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rscrore)

Estimate as per plansubmitted by institute

29

CFIs (Figure 22)

Institutes in sub-component 11 8

Institutes in sub-component 12 18

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 26

Total available funds Rs 415 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 200 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1625 crore

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Figure 21 West Bengal

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

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Figure 22 Centrally-funded institutions (CFIs)

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

30

Utilisation Analysis

In this section data on buying of equipment and other resources has been first analysed component-wise

and then department-wise

While data was collected from all institutes and a broad understanding was arrived at of the kind of

equipment and other resources money was spent on from the extensive lists provided by institutions it was

difficult to analyse how much money was spent on which category of item For the sake of analysis

therefore each equipment and item named by the institute was manually categorized into the following

broad categories-

1 Laboratory equipment (included all items bought for laboratories such as machines laptops

desktops and projectors)

2 Connectivity (included equipment related to creating wi-fi networks such as cables connectors

servers modems UPS racks adapters pipes and switches)

3 Books (included hard copies as well as subscriptions of e-journals for libraries)

4 Smart class (included white boards display panels podiums amplifiers cables projectors mixers

microphones webcam and wireless sensors)

5 Software

6 Office equipment (included laptops desktops printers scanners LCDs generator sets projectors

tables chairs almirahs digital signages etc bought for principalrsquos office directorrsquos office faculty

staff department rooms TEQIP office)

7 Furniture (included furniture for class rooms and departments)

8 Civil work (included flooring false ceilings repair work lighting)

Post the categorization in these eight broad heads the picture which emerged (Figure 23) for sub-

component 11 showed 58 per cent expenditure on laboratory equipment 14 per cent on software 10 per

cent on books 7 per cent each on office equipment and connectivity and 1-2 per cent each on furniture civil

work and smart classes This is in keeping with the goals of TEQIP II which had envisaged least expenditure

on civil work It was limited to 5 per cent of total expenditure on equipment for institutes under sub-

component 11 and 3 per cent for those under sub-component 12 If unspent institutes were free to use

this money for equipment and other resources So low expenditure on civil work is an achievement of TEQIP

II There should have been more expenditure on connectivity ndash campus-wide wifi networks ndash but that could

be due to the fact that several institutes already had wifi networks in place and did not need TEQIP funds to

do that

31

In sub-component 12 (Figure 24) this break-up was more or less on the same lines though the expenditure

on laboratory equipment in this sub-component was much higher at 70 per cent because of the inclusion of

centres of excellence and higher focus on post-graduate and PhD level studies This was followed by 17 per

cent on software and 5 per cent each on books and office equipment Rest was all 2 per cent and less and

negligible amount of expenditure on civil work was seen in this category

Department-wise

analysis of equipment

purchased by

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sub-component 11

(Figure 25) highest

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Software 14

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7

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Office equipment

5

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32

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TOTAL AMOUNT SPENT BY DEPARTMENTS (IN RS LAKH)

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

(in Rs crore)

number of equipment were bought by computer amp IT departments followed by electrical mechanical

electronics and civil departments For the purpose of categorization two or more streams of a kind were

merged into one and numbers for both streams taken together For instance computer science and

information technology were merged into one Similarly electronics amp instrumentation and electronics amp

electrical were taken together under electronics

While sub-component 11 presented a picture on expected lines with the top five departments being

generally the biggest departments in institutes in sub-component 12 this picture was slightly confusing

Here the top two departmentsndash electronics and civil ndash were ahead of other departments (Table 1) by an

inexplicable margin One of the reasons for this could be the fact that most of the equipment bought for the

centres of excellence would have had items related to electronics But that still does not explain the

unusually high number of items for civil engineering departments

Table 1 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 12

Name of the department Number of items bought

Mining 23

BioTech 137

Chemical 170

Mechanical 497

Computer amp IT 661

Electrical 969

Electronics 544915

Civil 1701948

On the other hand an expenditure-wise analysis of the same departments shows a different picture (Figure

26) with mechanical engineering department emerging top with expenditure of Rs 216 crore and electrical

department showing expenditure of Rs 145 crore Civil department is at number 3 with expenditure of Rs

106 crore The aberration in the number of items could have been because civil and electronics

departments would have bought a large number of items of small value

33

166 224 45 481 934 14772459

3138

Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

(in Rs crore)Figure 27

As per the data provided by institutes those in sub-component 11 show higher expenditure

department-wise with mechanical engineering department at top with expenditure of Rs 313

crore These should however be taken only as indicative figures as the numbers cannot be absolute

(Figure 27)

Table 7 Top 20 Lab equipment bought by institutes in 11

CNC Lathe machines

Compressor testing machine

Computer and peripherals

Computerised machines

Digital meters

Gas chromatograph

Micro-controller

Micro-processor

Oscilloscope

PCB prototyping machine

Robotic kits

Solar PV systems

Spectrum analyser

Thermal imager

Total Station

Ultrasonic probe

Universal testing machine

UV-spectrophotometer

Voltmeter

Wattmeter

34

Table 2 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 11

Table 21 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 12

1 CNC Lathe machines Advanced laser kit

2 Compressor testing machine Asphalt material performance tester

3 Computer and peripherals Atomic absorption spectrophotometer

4 Computerised machines Bio-reactors

5 Digital meters BOD incubator

6 Gas chromatograph Centrifuge

7 Micro-controller CNC lathe machine

8 Micro-processor Compression testing

9 Oscilloscope Computer and peripherals

10 PCB prototyping machine Digital image processing

11 Robotic kits Digital multimeter

12 Solar PV systems Electric discharge machine

13 Spectrum analyser Hydraulic pressing

14 Thermal imager Magnetic stirrer

15 Total Station Microwave simulator

16 Ultrasonic probe Optical microscope

17 Universal testing machine PCB prototype machine

18 UV-spectrophotometer Thermal analyser

19 Voltmeter Thermal scanner

20 Wattmeter Wireless sensor network kit

Impact of Utilisation

No amount of data tracking or record keeping is worth

the effort if it does not translate into improvement in

actual output The real impact of all this expenditure by

institutes on buying of latest equipment is only useful in

so far as it is able to show growth in the number of

publications or rise in the number of post-graduate

student intake Looked at from that perspective TEQIP II

seems to have made satisfactory progress as the data

maintained by the National Project Implementation Unit

UPWARD TREND

Increase in the number of

publications in refereed

journals

Increase in the number of PG

and PhD students

Increase in revenue generated

through consultancy

35

(NPIU) shows There has been a significant improvement over the years in the number of publications in

refereed journals which till last year have been showing above target performance Only the numbers for

2016-17 are low considering that the data captured is till the month of February 2017 only From a target of

7500 publications in 2010-11 and a realization of 11722to a target of 14500 in 2015-16 and a realization of

18482 (Figure 28) the growth has been impressive though again how much of it is due to buying of

equipment alone is debatable

Another key performance indicatoras per the planners of TEQIP II was rise in the total number of masters

and PhD level students from a baseline of 30000 in 2010-11 to 41000 by 2016 Seen from that angle also the

performance of the programme has exceeded the target To a large extent this can be attributed to

availability of better laboratory infrastructure as it would have been a major factor behind the institutesrsquo

capability to attract students for MTech and PhD (Figure 29)

7032 7500 8000 8500 9000

14000 14500

11722

1606618103

20037

22556

18482

2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016

Fig 28 Number of publications in refereed journals in TEQIP II institutions

Target Actual

36

The percentage of externally funded RampD projects and consultancies in total revenue has increased from 7

per cent in 2010-11 to 14 per cent in 2015-16 against a target of 12 per cent (Figure 30)

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

Target 7032 32000 33000 34000 34000 40000 40500

Actual 35132 37791 44171 49251 48718 45659

0

10000

20000

30000

40000

50000

60000

Fig 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP I

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

2016-2017

Target 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12

Actual 82 11 127 137 117 14 125

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

Tota

l Rev

enu

e

Fig 30 Consultancy revenue generated

37

Chapter 3 Case Studies

38

Government Engineering College Thrissur Kerala

(with inputs from Prof Manoj Kumar K V Coordinator TEQIP II GEC Thrissur)

The entire process of planning procurement and the complete cycle of improved input resulting in improved output can be illustrated through the case study of Government Engineering College Thrissur which is one of the model colleges in TEQIP II and received funds under sub-component 11 It is the second oldest engineering in the state of Kerala and is affiliated to the University of Calicut Its foundation stone was laid by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in April 1958 and among its famous alumni are Dr K Radhakrishnan former chairman of Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) Out of the project allocation of Rs 10 crore Rs 55 crore was utilized by the institute for procurement of equipment The fund was apportioned among the departments based on student strength and their need to modernize and strengthen their various laboratories The procurement plan was finalized from the proposals received from the departments and vetted by the State Project Facilitation Unit (SPFU) before being executed through the Procurement Management Support System (PMSS) which was a web portal created by the National Project Implementation Unit (NPIU) to manage the project

39

Figure 31 10 steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan (Figure 38)

Departments were asked to draw up a

three-year procurement plan based on

their needs Department heads

coordinators and TEQIP nodal officers

had a meeting in the institute in

January 2012 to understand the plans

and procedures as available on NPIU

website

In February the Principal of the

institute TEQIP coordinator and

procurement coordinator attended a

training session conducted by NPIU at

Thiruvananthapuram Participation in

this session was facilitated by SPFU and

it entailed extensive training on how to

use the PMSS website

A training session was organized in the

institute for the benefit of Heads of

Departments (HoDs) and Department

TEQIP coordinators The programme

was attended by 24 officials and it

covered the entire set of activities

pertaining to purchase through PMSS --

from configuration management plan

creation and revision packaging and

procuring to stocking

Procurement coordinator and

department TEQIP coordinators also

attended a training program organized

by SPFUat School of Engineering

Cochin University of Science and

Technologyin February 2012

The SPFU arranged a discussion at

directorateoffice Thiruvanantha-

puramin February to fine tune the plan

and to facilitate data entry through

PMSS The finetuning included clubbing

of similar items from various

departments into one package limiting

the threshold to a maximum of 90 per

cent included in a scheme and revising

the tentative timelines based on plan

approval which was expected by mid-

April 2012 The institute was advised to

procure a particular software used for

double entry book-keeping through

PMSS and to identify 2 National

Competitive Bidding (NCB)

procurement plans to be sent to

Central authorities for approval

The rejigged procurement plan after

consultation with the concerned

coordinators was uploaded on the

website on 28thFebruary 2012

The plan was reviewed by SPFU and

some corrections were suggested

The corrected plan was uploaded again

At a meeting convened on 14thMarch

2012 at LBS College for Women

Thiruvananthapuram the first approval

of the plan was given by Director SPFU

On 31st March 2012 the Principal

convened a meeting of HoDs and

departmental TEQIP coordinators and

instructions were issued to draw up

specifications with respect to every

package so that the data was readily

available for entry to PMSS once the

plan was approved by NPIUWorld

Bank

1 2

3 4

5

6

8

7

9

10

40

Procurement activities were in full swing during the first 18 months of the project and were executed fully as

per the plan Procurement was completed in 82 packages including 68 National Shopping (NS)packages 7

National Competitive Bidding (NCB) packages 2 Direct Contract packages and 5 Civil Works packages

The institute made maximum expenditure in 2013-14 (Figure 32) across different heads Its investments on

laboratory modernization and strengthening started in 2012 and continued till 2017 (Figure 33) Overall it

spent bulk of the money (88 per cent) on modernization of laboratories and 5 per cent on ICT enabled

learning (Figure 34)

5851520

36470287

6909895

61170 1552063

0

5000000

10000000

15000000

20000000

25000000

30000000

35000000

40000000

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur (in Rs)

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Figure 32

2012-1311

2013-1473

2014-1515

2015-160

2016-171

EXPENDITURE ON MODERNISATION STRENGTHENING OF LABS AT GEC THRISSUR

Figure 33

41

Major equipment bought by the institute with TEQIP II funds includes a Rheometer which is not available in

any other institution in the state and offers potential for research and consultancy It is used for determining

the rheological behaviors of liquids and solids It has applications in polymer nano-composites which are the

emerging field of research The stress rheology measurements provide information for spread ability

emulsion stability suspension leveling flow control thermal stability extrudability and thickening etc The

fluid can be highly non-newtonian The equipment is useful for MTech students and faculty for doing

research

The institute also bought a Gas Chromatograph which is used in analyzing compositions purity and for

separating different components of a mixture based on volatility It is also used in identifying a compound

and its applications include analysis of toxicity of soil water and air identifying unknown compounds etc

The equipment is useful for faculty and students in doing research and projects in the field of environmental

engineering and provides opportunities for pollution control related consultancy work

Another important purchase is Accelerated Curing Tank With concrete construction increasing at a rapid

pace this equipment provides the possibility of accelerating the curing time Normal method of curing takes

28 days To reduce the curing time of concrete and test its strength accelerated curing is required and this

can be achieved with the use of Accelerated Curing Tank in the laboratory

88

5 4

0

0

3

Fig 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14at Government Engineering College Thrissur

Expenditure on modernisation strengthening of existinglaboratories

Expenditure on ICT enabledlearning related softwareamphardware

Expenditure on library ie books e-books

Journals e-journals course specificsoftware

Expenditure on modernisation ofclassrooms

Others (furniture)

42

Table 3 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Name of the Equipment

Cost (in rupees)

Pressure Volume Change Controller

365625

Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Suit

1365000

Solar Photovoltaic grid tied training system with MPPT

367500

Gas Chromatograph 1494692

Rheometer 2687350

Surface Roughness Tester

401205

Multimedia Projector 114162

Thermal Imager 746366

Machine Conditioning Monitor

861685

Metallurgical Image Analysis System for Welding

283500

Software Factory CAD 320000

Robot 567000

Pipe Flow Software 149234

Petrol Engine Test Setup

783090

Tribometer 609900

Vibration Analyser 539175

Slotting Machine 449243

Lathe and Shaping Machine

869001

Metal Cutting Band saw 156240

Digital Viscometer 919050

Solid Modeling Software

356590

Ultrasonic Flow Detector

235561

43

Rapid Phototyping Machine

814800

Group Video Conferencing Kit

533340

Lan Trainer 106180

The efforts of the institute over the years have led to improved student placements and intake (Figure 35)

Output in terms of publications in international journals and participation of faculty and students in

international conferences has also gone up considerably (Figure 36)

Top 10 international journals in which faculty and students have secured publications since TEQIP II are

Name of Journal

1 IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

2 International Journal on Numerical Methods in Fluids

261221

570527

357

766

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Placement offers Students placed Intake of students

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 35 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 36 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

Publication in international journals Participation in international conferences

44

3 IETE Technical Review

4 Journal of the Optical Society of America

5 International Journal of Power amp Energy Systems

6 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

7 International Journal of Remote Sensing

8 Automatica

9 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

10 ASME Journal of Heat Transfer

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering amp Technology

Aligarh Muslim University

Another institute with an impeccable history and track record is Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and

Technology (ZHCET) which is a constituent college of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and it received TEQIP

II funds under sub-component 11 AMU was set up by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as Mohammedan Anglo-

Oriental College in 1875 Against available funds of Rs 10 crore ZHCET utilized Rs 618 crore as of February

2017 Following is a glimpse into the major equipment purchased by the institute

Name of the equipment Centrifugal Pump and Pelton Turbine Module Nozzle

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3349138

Reason for buying To improve teaching and research in fluid mechanics section of mechanical engineering

department The equipment comprises centrifugal pump with flowmeter valves reservoir and

instrumentation for measurement and display of inlet outlet pressures torque speed and power and

turbine inlet pressure for Peltan turbine

Name of the equipment Universal High Voltage Test system and Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage Tester

(PE-AOBDV-MXXX)

Name of the department Electrical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 4522500

Reason for buying A new MTech programme in High Voltage Engineering was started under TEQIP II for

which enhanced laboratory infrastructure was needed PE-AOBDV-M series of Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage

Testers are highly precise instruments which can be used to conduct either a breakdown voltage test or do a proof

(withstand) test Dielectric Breakdown Voltage testing of Oil is one such means to detect the voltage at power

frequency at which it is likely to cause a flash-over

Name of the equipment Altium Nanoboard FPGA Kit

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1368863

Reason for buying Five kits were bought for under-graduate and post-graduate students

45

Name of the equipmentExata Software Emulator for Networking

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1245780

Reason for buying BTech students use it to perform experiments in EL-494 (Communication Lab -III) to

study the performance of simulated networks M Tech students use it for projects and dissertations Three

faculty members are using this software for RampD purpose

Name of the equipmentPotentiostat Galvanostat with Impedance Analyzer

Name of the department Petroleum Studies

Cost of equipment Rs 1562925

Reason for buying Potentiostate is at the heart of research on electrochemistry It is mainly used for

research in the area of fuel cell membrane cyclic voltammeter and super capacitors

Name of the equipment Imac 215 Quad Core i5 with Apple Protection Plan

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 205800

Reason for buying Two units of Imac were bought for the post-graduate and networking laboratories of

computer engineering department so that students could develop software based on iOS

Altium Nanoboard

FPGA Kit

46

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli was set up in 1947 with only the civil engineering under-graduate

programme Since 2007 the institute has been autonomous having been affiliated to Bombay University

Pune University and Shivaji University in the past The institute received TEQIP II funds under sub-

component 12 It was eligible to receive Rs 125 crore It submitted procurement plan for Rs 87 crore and

spent Rs 618 crore as of February 2017

MAJOR EQUIPMENT BOUGHT

Name of the equipment Shake Table Set-up

Name of the department Civil amp Structural Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1925776

Reason for buying To establish an earthquake engineering laboratory for conducting studies on response of

structures to earthquake induced vibrations To investigate structural response under various dynamic

loading conditions

Name of the equipment Electromagnetic Exciter with Pay Load Capacity of 100 to 150 kg

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2310824

Reason for buying To carry out research work in the field of dynamic analysis for various systems

Name of the equipment Micro Machining Centre Hyper-15w table top type integrated multi-process CNC

machine tool

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3078000

Reason for buying To develop micro machining centre for the research of micro machining PG production

laboratory

2663678

6154586

7489947

8770675

8777330

10572980

11435333

0 4000000 8000000 12000000

OFFICE

ELECTRICAL

ELECTRONICS

CIVIL (CIVIL+ CIVIL ENVIRONMENTAL+ hellip

LIBRARY

COMPUTER + IT

MECHANICAL

Fig 37 Department-wise expenditure Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Figures in rupees

47

Name of the equipment Dynamometer with Built-In Three Channel Charge Amplifiers

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1876090

Reason for buying To carry out research in the area of machining

Name of the equipment Lab View Add-ons Image Processing using Smart Camera Evaluation Kit

Name of the department Electronics Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3421650

Reason for buying Design simulation and prototyping platform for experiments on DSP communication

embedded control and measurements visual representation of experimental results

Name of the equipment Thermal Conductivity Analyzer with Material -- liquid pastes and small particles

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2100000

Reason for buying Post-graduate research and laboratory development

48

Chapter 4 Key Findings

49

1 On an average funds given to institutions for purchase of equipment and soft resources have led to

significant improvement in laboratory infrastructure of the institutes under study

2 The impact of such purchases on improvement in quality is not easily quantifiable in measurable

terms To assess the same other correlated parameters could be looked at such as improvement in

the number of research publications in refereed journals increase in the number of PhD students

number of faculty involved in research or the percentage of student placement However none of

these parameters can be directly or solely be said to be due to the improvement in physical or

digital infrastructure of institutes

3 Institutes did not have a clear-cut strategy of what best use they could put the available money to

Given that each institute on an average got Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and other resources

they could have used the money to create at least one best-in-class facility in any of the

departments which was equipped to utilize that facility in terms of augmenting the interaction of

the institute with industry or generating more resources through assignments from other agencies

While institutes in sub-component 12 had the provision to set up centres of excellence even in sub-

component 11 they could have done so if they had worked with that aim and vision

4 Instead institutes on an average divided the money equally across six departments and each

department on an average bought one-two machines which were significantly expensive and the

rest of the money was spent on buying other small routine equipment desktops laptops

networking servers software and e-journals Collaborations between departments for research

projects were however missing

5 This pattern of expenditure can be explained by the fact that our engineering institutions are still in

a phase where there is more emphasis on theory than practical Hands-on learning or project-based

approach in teaching is relatively new for institutions which is why there is not much emphasis on

understanding the practical aspects of learning such as producing patents versus papers

6 Institutes were seen to be over protective wherever even a slightly costly equipment was bought By

their own admission such equipment was most of the time kept under lock and key and was at best

displayed to students They were rarely given the opportunity to actually do something with it on

their own

7 Equal receipt of money by a number of departments has led to overall improvement in laboratory

standards of all departments which is good from an egalitarian perspective It is also good that all

departments have been able to uniformly upgrade their infrastructure and will therefore be able to

compete with each other in attracting good students faculty as well as assignments from industry in

future

8 Discussions with focus groups suggest that institutes spent large amounts of money on creating or

refurbishing physical infrastructure While non-academic experts may see this as wasteful

expenditure from an academic perspective even if this leads to improvement in the physical

facilities being offered by institutes it is well worth the investment While state funded institutes

get funds from state governments for building infrastructure for some of the centrally funded

institutes where infrastructure may have been falling apart this money would have been useful

9 Because of the fact that there is no proper system to track the usage of equipment ndash records are

maintained in physical form in the shape of log books and registers which render a macro analysis

50

impossible -- anecdotal evidence suggests that equipment bought is not being optimally utilized A

significantly higher number of research papers in refereed journals suggests that this may not be

true but the fact remains that there is no improvement in the number of technology transfers

commercialization of research or patent generation which remain weak This again brings into focus

the theory versus application part of teaching

10 Overall improvement in base infrastructure was important for institutes to advance to the next level

of development Except for some of the Centrally funded institutions none of the institutes which

received funding in TEQIP II are in the league of the six original IITs in terms of laboratory

infrastructure They do not have access to the kind of liberal funding that CFTIs get If they had not

got the present funds to buy equipment they would have taken at least five to seven years to

procure the same through the resources available to them Even for Central institutions as also for

others the availability of funds at one go meant that they could procure high costing software such

as Matlab Ansys Labview Cadence and Adobe which benefit students across departments

11 Funds for buying equipment and other soft resources enabled the institutes to take some steps

towards keeping pace with the rapidly changing advancements in technology Increased level of

automation and artificial intelligence in industry is reflected in the kind of purchases institutes have

made ndash various types of simulation software digital machines replacing analogue ones such as in

electrical engineering departments all-in-one automatic machines which combine several levels of

manual work such as in surveying in civil engineering departments robotic arms mimicking the

automated environment of modern factories attached to lathe machines in mechanical engineering

departments instruments capable of handling nano particles in specialized centres and 3D printers

capable of printing high precision devices which are being used in multiple fields

12 Most institutes have also bought subscriptions to high level international journals in various

streams both online and physical enabling access to vast repository of world class content for most

students

13 Institutes have not paid much thought to maintenance of equipment since most of the purchases

have been made in the past two-three years and warranty periods are still in force Most institutes

have also reported availability of in-house technicians to look after the machines though majority

said that they would sign annual maintenance contracts (AMC) with vendors Since AMCs usually

cost roughly 10 per cent of the cost of the equipment they felt that the resources allocated for the

same under TEQIP II would not be adequate and that they should be increased slightly

14 As per the feedback provided by almost all institutes they all agree that the equipment purchased

by them responds to faculty student needs and was done as per consultation and

recommendations of faculty They all follow well laid out norms for disposal of equipment which

keep environmental considerations in mind

6 -- Average number of departments among which each institute in Sub-component 11 divided

the total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 500 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

51

7-- Average number of departments among which each institute in sub-component 12 divided the

total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 284 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

2147403 ndash Number of items bought by institutes for office purpose in sub-component

11

101699 hours monthndash Utilisation of equipment by UG amp PG students in sub-component

11 as per available data of institutes which participated in the study

427 hours month ndash Average utilization of equipment by UG and PG students across

institutes in sub-component 11

51656 hours month -- Utilisation of equipment by PhD students in sub-component 11 as

per available data of institutes which participated in the study

37 hours month-- Average utilization of equipment by PhD students across institutes in sub-

component 11

52

Chapter 5 Way Forward

53

As data shows and case studies prove there can be no doubt that TEQIP II and the funds provided to

institutes for purchase of equipment and other soft resources have led to improvement in laboratory

infrastructure which in turn has helped in improving the output Some pointers for future stages of the

project are-

1 Even though TEQIP II had a major focus on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and institutes

were given significant amount of funds for purchase of equipment there were no guidelines or

benchmarks for them to judge themselves against and to understand what an ideal laboratory

should be like for any given department While it is good that they were given the freedom to decide

what they wanted to buy and it depended on the pro-activeness of the department heads on what

all they ended up getting funds for in an ideal scenario they should have been given a list of

essential basic equipment as well as research level equipment and they could have prioritized their

purchases on the basis of that

In all likelihood such department-wise lists do not exist anywhere In the third phase of TEQIP

therefore NPIU could commission a project which involves study of top world-class as well as top

national-level laboratories for each department Thereafter standard templates of equipment could

be prepared which could illustrate the requirement of equipment for each concept and practical for

every stream of engineering Based on standard frequency of usage and the number of students in a

class adequate numbers of any equipment could be recommended to be bought by institutes in

order to ensure that not too much time is wasted on rotating several batches of students on the

same equipment

Availability of such templates of equipment as well as soft resources which could be updated

periodically in keeping with the changes in technology and availability of resources would also help

policy makers understand how many institutes come up to a benchmark and how many need

further support

2 Institutes should start maintaining digital records of use of equipment which are bought for research

purposes These records should not be just digital copies of physical registers but should be in the

form of smart solutions which can track internal supply chains in laboratories as well as usage of

equipment The solutions should be able to provide real-time analysis of usage of equipment in

every laboratory and all laboratories could be linked to one centralized system There are various

kinds of RFID solutions available today which can handle usage patterns well The available

information could be used to devise solutions and create policy interventions to increase the actual

usage of equipment

3 Nodal institutes under TEQIP II could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of neighboring non-TEQIP institutes The

unspent money could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

4 Institutes could be encouraged to ensure that laboratories in all departments have well designed

brochures and information material such as leaflets and manuals on major equipment so that

dissemination of information about their availability is easy and their utilization could be increased

54

5 Facilities created in institutes are not being optimally utilized to increase interaction with industry

While rural location of the institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of

the reasons it is also true that in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the

commissioning of equipment Size of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for

anything on industrial scale But in most cases industry is not even aware of the existence of state-

of-the-art equipment inside institutes Regular interactions with sector-specific companies are a

must therefore to create a culture of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration

6 For decades research has happened in our country in isolation and at a distance from both industry

and academia Being largely funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) so far it

has been taking place inside the laboratories of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

The 37 laboratories of CSIR and its 39 field stations or extension centres have been working in the

areas of aerospace engineering structural engineering ocean science life science metallurgy

chemicals mining food petroleum leather and environmental science The ministry of HRD has

also started funding research in a big way in recent years through schemes such as Imprint ndash

Improving Research Innovation and Technology and the Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) It would be

fruitful for the country if research happening purely on the scientific side is able to converge with

that on the academic side Hence in order to ensure greater synergy between research and

teaching it is essential that technical institutes start working more closely with CSIR laboratories

This will bring them immediately closer to cutting edge research and provide rich exposure to

students Specially for institutions which have got improved laboratory facilities as a result of TEQIP

II funds collaboration with relevant CSIR laboratories will help them grow their research and at the

same time provide the latter with a steady flow of students to work on live projects

7 Institutions which have upgraded their laboratory infrastructure in the area of food and agriculture

will gain by collaborating with the government on its e-labs project which aims at automating the

testing procedure of soil fertiliser pesticide and equipment samples By ensuring speedy and

transparent online disbursement of information related to such tests the projectrsquos vision is to

reduce crop losses and increase the use of good quality bio-pesticides through fair and unbiased

testing Institutions and students will be able to learn a lot about quality control and the processes

involved in digital testing through collaboration with the government on e-labs

8 In order to ensure transparency in procurement processes it is advisable that institutes make use of

the governmentrsquos new e-marketplace called GEM Through the portal wwwgemnicin institutes

can buy virtually anything and everything that they may require specially consumables office

equipment furniture and software Buying through this portal will speed up procurement and

improve the efficiency of institutes Created and maintained by the Directorate General of Supplies

amp Disposals (DGSampD) it provides tools for e-bidding reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to

help users get best value for their money At the national level a system of procurement should be

put in place including committee to look into the requirement and availability of equipment taking

global scenarios into consideration

Appendices

Appendix 1

55

State-wise Number of Institutions Under Technical Education QualityImprovement Programme II (2010-2017)

S Name of State CFIs Sub‐component 11 Sub‐component 12 Total No of

Institutions 1 Andhra Pradesh 5 6 11 2 Bihar 2 ‐‐ 2 3 Chhattisgarh 4 ‐‐ 4 4 Gujarat 7 ‐‐ 7 5 Haryana 3 3 6 6 Himachal Pradesh 1 ‐‐ 1 7 Jharkhand 1 1 2 8 Karnataka 4 15 19 9 Kerala 19 ‐‐ 19

10 Madhya Pradesh 3 2 5 11 Maharashtra 7 10 17

12 NCT‐Delhi ‐‐ 1 1 13 Odisha 2 ‐‐ 2 14 Punjab 7 1 8 15 Rajasthan 9 ‐‐ 9 16 Tamil Nadu 5 4 9 17 Telangana 8 5 13 18 Tripura 1 ‐‐ 1 19 UT‐Chandigarh 2 1 3 20 UT‐Puducherry 1 ‐‐ 1 21 Uttar Pradesh 2 5 7 22 Uttarakhand 1 2 3 23 West Bengal 11 3 14 24 Centrally Funded

Institutions (CFIs) 8 18 26

Total 113 77 190

Appendix 2 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 11

S Name of the Name of the Institution

No State UT

1 JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

2 Aditya Institute of Technology amp Management Tekkali Srikakulam

Andhra

3 Madanapalle Institute of Technology amp Science Madanapalle

Pradesh

4 Shri Vishnu Engineering College for women Vishnupur Bhimavaram

5 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College Chittoor

6 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur

Bihar

7 Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur

8 Government Engineering College Bilaspur

9 Government Engineering College Jagdalpur Bastar

Chhattisgarh

10 Government Engineering College Raipur

11 Rungta College of Engineering amp Technology Bhilai

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12 Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

13 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Vallabh Vidynagar

14 Lukhdirji Engineering College Morbi

15 Gujarat Shantilal Shah Engineering College Bhavnagar

16 Government Engineering College Gandhinagar

17 Government Engineering College Rajkot

18 Government Engineering College Patan

19 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology (UIET) Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

Haryana

20 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology MDU Rohtak

21 NC College of Engineering Panipat

22 Himachal Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar Mandi

Pradesh

23 Jharkhand Cambridge Institute of Technology Ranchi

24 BVB College of Engineering amp Technology Hubli

25 PES College of Engineering Mandya

Karnataka

26 Government Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jublee Technological Institute Bangalore

27 NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore

2

SNo Name of the

Name of the Institution

StateUT

28 Government Engineering College Thrissur

29 Government Engineering College Kozhikode

30 Government Engineering College Painavu Idukki

31 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

32 School of Engineering Cochin University of Science amp Technology Cochin

33 Government College of Engineering Kannur

34 Government Engineering College Bartonhill Thiruvananthapuram

35 LBS Institute of Technology for Women Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram

36 College of Engineering Perumon Perinad Kollam

37 Kerala College of Engineering Kidangoor Kottayam

38 Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

57

39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

58

70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

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Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

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77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

70

Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

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Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

73

Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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7

Background

The second phase of Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP) was started by the Government of India in partnership with the World Bank in 2010 and it ended on 31 March 2017 The objectives of the programme were-

Strengthening institutions to produce high quality engineers for better employability

Scaling‐up post-graduate education and demand‐driven research amp development and innovation

Establishing Centers of Excellence for focused applicable research

Training of faculty for effective teaching and

Enhancing institutional and system management effectiveness

Of the two main components of this programme component 1 was meant to improve the quality of

education in selected institutions It had two sub-components viz

1048766 Sub‐Component 11 Strengthening institutions to improve learning outcomes and employability of graduates Funding provided under this sub-component was approximately Rs 10 crore per Centrally funded Government funded Government aided and Rs 4 crore per private unaided institution See Appendix for the list of institutions and selection criteria under this sub-component

1048766 Sub‐Component 12 Scaling‐up post-graduate education and demand‐driven research amp development and innovation Funding provided under this component was approximately Rs 1250 crore per Centrally funded Government funded Government aided and Rs 4 crore per private unaided institution See Appendix for the list of institutions and selection criteria under this sub-component 1048766Sub‐Component 121 Establishing centres of excellence See Appendix for the list of institutions and

selection criteria under this sub-component The programme required the project institutions to implement academic and non‐academic reforms for

their self‐conceived development programmes that focused on quality and relevance excellence resource

mobilization greater institutional autonomy with accountability research and equity

Specific funds were provided for imparting pedagogical training to faculty for making teaching effective and

covered maximum faculty members from project institutions The benefits of this aspect of the programme

were expected to extend to faculty from non‐project institutions

Since the primary objective of this programme was to improve the quality of education a major emphasis

was given on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and academic resources including subscriptions to

international e-journals membership of e-libraries modernization of classrooms strengthening of

centralized computer facilities in departments and buying of latest software as well as equipment which

would be on par with industry standards

Project monitoring through various modes was an important part of TEQIP II Institutes were required to

maintain records through management information system (MIS) created for the purpose Detailed

guidelines and formats were prescribed for purchase of equipment and procurement of other services

While the MIS tracked parameters such as number of publications number of faculty with PhD student

placements etc it did not provide a collective picture of the kind of purchases institutes had made Hence

the present study was commissioned specifically for that purpose

8

The scope of the study was limited to the data provided by institutes in reply to the survey and visits to 25

shortlisted institutions

Methodology of the Study

The study was conducted through web mail and site visits to institutions Participating institutions were

asked to provide information in following two categories-

1 Equipment purchased with TEQIP II funds costing below Rs 5 lakh per unit (only a list was to be

provided)

2 Equipment purchased with TEQIP II funds costing above Rs 5 lakh per unit (details such as name of

the equipment name of the department maintenance contract utilization in number of hours

month etc were to be provided)

3 Data was collated and analysed and ground visits were conducted to select institutions in order to

corroborate the findings

Questionnaires were sent to all 190 institutes and after several rounds of follow-up all the institutes provided the required data In keeping with the suggestion of the World Bank a shortlist of 25 institutes was prepared ndash constituting 13 per cent of the total number of institutes covered under the project ndash for physical verification of utilisation of equipment and other resources More attention was paid to government and government-aided institutions while preparing the shortlist since they had received a bigger sum for purchase of equipment compared to private institutions which had received funds only for soft resources Adequate coverage of all geographical regions was also kept in mind while preparing the shortlist

9

Chapter 2 Data Analysis

10

State-wise Expenditure Analysis

On an average institutes under sub-component 11 got 55 per cent of total available amount of Rs 10 crore

ie Rs 55 crore for purchase of Goods (equipment and soft resources etc) In sub-component 12 the

percentage of funds available for equipment etc was 45 per cent of Rs 125 crore and it totaled to Rs 565

crore Additional funding of Rs 5 crore was available for setting up centres of excellence and out of this Rs

275 crore was allocated for buying of equipment etc Additional Rs 5 crore was given to those institutes

which had performed well in upgradation of facilities

Analysis of expenditure till February 2017 as procured from the MIS of National Project Implementation

Unit (NPIU) shows that most states utilized the money that they had submitted the plans for Among the

states (Figure 1) which saw less than 75 per cent utilization of their own planned expenditure were Punjab

at 52 per cent utilization Uttarakhand which saw 56 per cent utilization Rajasthan was at 71 per cent and

Madhya Pradesh saw 74 per cent realization of the planned expenditure Rest all states did not see much

variation in what they had envisaged they would spend and what they actually did

Andhra Pradesh (Figure 2)

Total population in lakh 4958

Literacy rate 670

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

56 (113)

2015 projected share of state 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

4

Gross Enrolment Ratio 312

Total number of engineering institutes 219

Institutes in sub-component 11 5

Institutes in sub-component 12 6

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Total available funds Plans submitted Actual expenditure

Figure 1

11

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 11

Total available funds Rs 105 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 39 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 34 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Bihar (Figure 3)

Total population in lakh 1041

Literacy rate 618

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

112 (108)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

79

Gross Enrolment Ratio 139

Total number of engineering institutes 21

Institutes in sub-component 11 2

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 2

Total available funds Rs 20 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 11 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Available funds

Utilised funds

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

Figure 2

Andhra Pradesh

12

Chhattisgarh (Figure 4)

Total population in lakh 2555

Literacy rate 703

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

308 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

22

Gross Enrolment Ratio 146

Total number of engineering institutes 21

Institutes in sub-component 11 4

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 4

Total available funds Rs 34 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 175 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 164 crore

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Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

13

Gujarat (Figure 5)

Total population in lakh 6044

Literacy rate 78

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

719 (119)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

51

Gross Enrolment Ratio 20

Institutes in sub-component 11 7

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 7

Total available funds Rs 70 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 385 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 375 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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1200

Rungta College ofEngineering amp

Technology Bhilai

GovernmentEngineering College

Bilaspur

GovernmentEngineering College

Raipur

GovernmentEngineering College

Jagdalpur Bastar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

14

Haryana (Figure 6)

Total population in lakh 2535

Literacy rate 756

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

319 (126)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

23

Gross Enrolment Ratio 276

Total number of engineering institutes 89

Institutes in sub-component 11 3

Institutes in sub-component 12 3

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 6

Total available funds Rs 575 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 278 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 23 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Figure 5 Gujarat

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

15

Himachal Pradesh

Total population in lakh 686

Literacy rate 828

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

74 (108)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

05

Gross Enrolment Ratio 312

Total number of engineering institutes 17

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 10 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 55 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 55 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Jharkhand (Figure 7)

Total population in lakh 3299

Literacy rate 664

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

375 (114)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

27

Gross Enrolment Ratio 16

Total number of engineering institutes 14

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 2

Total available funds Rs 21 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 95 crore

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Available funds

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Estimate as per plansubmitted by theinstitute

Figure 6 Haryana

16

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 93 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Karnataka (Figure 8)

Total population in lakh 611

Literacy rate 754

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

712 (117)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

5

Gross Enrolment Ratio 264

Total number of engineering institutes 166

Institutes in sub-component 11 4

Institutes in sub-component 12 15

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 19

Total available funds Rs 215 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 927 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 75 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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200

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600

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1200

1400

BIT Mesra BIT Mesra CoE Cambridge Institute ofTechnology Ranchi

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

17

Kerala (Figure 9)

Total population in lakh 334

Literacy rate 94

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

305 (91)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

22

Gross Enrolment Ratio 287

Total number of engineering institutes 98

Institutes in sub-component 11 19

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 19

Total available funds Rs 190 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1045 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 106 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

18

Madhya Pradesh (Figure 10)

Total population in lakh 7263

Literacy rate 693

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

879 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

62

Gross Enrolment Ratio 196

Total number of engineering institutes 121

Institutes in sub-component 11 3

Institutes in sub-component 12 2

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 5

Total available funds Rs 49 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 23 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 17 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0

200

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1200

Figure 9 Kerala

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

19

Maharashtra (Figure 11)

Total population in lakh 11237

Literacy rate 823

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

1334 (119)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

94

Gross Enrolment Ratio 279

Total number of engineering institutes 216

Institutes in sub-component 11 7

Institutes in sub-component 12 10

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 17

Total available funds Rs 254 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 119 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 102 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

20

Delhi (Figure 12)

Total population in lakh 1679

Literacy rate 862

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

224 (133)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

16

Gross Enrolment Ratio 435

Total number of engineering institutes 15

Institutes in sub-component 11 0

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 125 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 56 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 15 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

21

Odisha (Figure 13)

Total population in lakh 4197

Literacy rate 729

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

466 (111)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

33

Gross Enrolment Ratio 177

Total number of engineering institutes 68

Institutes in sub-component 11 2

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 2

Total available funds Rs 20 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 105 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 108 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

125

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Figure 12 Delhi Technological University

22

Punjab (Figure 14)

Total population in lakh 2774

Literacy rate 758

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

325 (117)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

23

Gross Enrolment Ratio 27

Total number of engineering institutes 87

Institutes in sub-component 11 7

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 8

Total available funds Rs 81 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 42 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 22 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0

200

400

600

800

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1200

Veer Surendra Sai University ofTechnology Burla Sambalpur

College of Engineering And TechnologyBhubaneshwar

Figure 13 Odisha

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

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Figure 14 Punjab

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

23

Rajasthan (Figure 15)

Total population in lakh 6855

Literacy rate 661

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

871 (127)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

62

Gross Enrolment Ratio 20

Total number of engineering institutes 82

Institutes in sub-component 11 9

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 9

Total available funds Rs 84 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 45 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 32 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Tamil Nadu (Figure 16)

Total population in lakh 7215

Literacy rate 80

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

73 (101)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

52

Gross Enrolment Ratio 452

Total number of engineering institutes 326

Institutes in sub-component 11 5

Institutes in sub-component 12 4

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 9

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Figure 15 Rajasthan

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

24

Total available funds Rs 140 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 74 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 70 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Telangana (Figure 17)

Total population in lakh 350

Literacy rate 664

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

406 (114)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

29

Gross Enrolment Ratio 36

Total number of engineering institutes 182

Institutes in sub-component 11 8

Institutes in sub-component 12 5

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 13

Total available funds Rs 120 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 45 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 34 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0200400600800

100012001400160018002000

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Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plansubmitted by the institute

25

Tripura

Total population in lakh 367

Literacy rate 872

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

44 (119)

2015 projected share of state 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

03

Gross Enrolment Ratio 168

Total number of engineering institutes 6

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 10 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 55 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 54 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

UT-Chandigarh (Figure 18)

Total population in lakh 106

Literacy rate 861

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

17 (165)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

01

Gross Enrolment Ratio 56

Total number of engineering institutes 2

Institutes in sub-component 11 2

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 3

Total available funds Rs 475 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying Rs 24 crore

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Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

26

equipment and other resources

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 20 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Puducherry

Total population in lakh 125

Literacy rate 859

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

15 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

01

Gross Enrolment Ratio 46

Total number of engineering institutes 10

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 15 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 8 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 6 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Uttar Pradesh (Figure 19)

Total population in lakh 1998

Literacy rate 677

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Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plansubmitted by institute

28

West Bengal (Figure 21)

Total population in lakh 9128

Literacy rate 763

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

109 (12)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

77

Gross Enrolment Ratio 174

Total number of engineering institutes 72

Institutes in sub-component 11 11

Institutes in sub-component 12 3

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 14

Total available funds Rs 179 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 88 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 82 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rscrore)

Estimate as per plansubmitted by institute

29

CFIs (Figure 22)

Institutes in sub-component 11 8

Institutes in sub-component 12 18

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 26

Total available funds Rs 415 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 200 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1625 crore

0200400600800

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Figure 21 West Bengal

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

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Figure 22 Centrally-funded institutions (CFIs)

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

30

Utilisation Analysis

In this section data on buying of equipment and other resources has been first analysed component-wise

and then department-wise

While data was collected from all institutes and a broad understanding was arrived at of the kind of

equipment and other resources money was spent on from the extensive lists provided by institutions it was

difficult to analyse how much money was spent on which category of item For the sake of analysis

therefore each equipment and item named by the institute was manually categorized into the following

broad categories-

1 Laboratory equipment (included all items bought for laboratories such as machines laptops

desktops and projectors)

2 Connectivity (included equipment related to creating wi-fi networks such as cables connectors

servers modems UPS racks adapters pipes and switches)

3 Books (included hard copies as well as subscriptions of e-journals for libraries)

4 Smart class (included white boards display panels podiums amplifiers cables projectors mixers

microphones webcam and wireless sensors)

5 Software

6 Office equipment (included laptops desktops printers scanners LCDs generator sets projectors

tables chairs almirahs digital signages etc bought for principalrsquos office directorrsquos office faculty

staff department rooms TEQIP office)

7 Furniture (included furniture for class rooms and departments)

8 Civil work (included flooring false ceilings repair work lighting)

Post the categorization in these eight broad heads the picture which emerged (Figure 23) for sub-

component 11 showed 58 per cent expenditure on laboratory equipment 14 per cent on software 10 per

cent on books 7 per cent each on office equipment and connectivity and 1-2 per cent each on furniture civil

work and smart classes This is in keeping with the goals of TEQIP II which had envisaged least expenditure

on civil work It was limited to 5 per cent of total expenditure on equipment for institutes under sub-

component 11 and 3 per cent for those under sub-component 12 If unspent institutes were free to use

this money for equipment and other resources So low expenditure on civil work is an achievement of TEQIP

II There should have been more expenditure on connectivity ndash campus-wide wifi networks ndash but that could

be due to the fact that several institutes already had wifi networks in place and did not need TEQIP funds to

do that

31

In sub-component 12 (Figure 24) this break-up was more or less on the same lines though the expenditure

on laboratory equipment in this sub-component was much higher at 70 per cent because of the inclusion of

centres of excellence and higher focus on post-graduate and PhD level studies This was followed by 17 per

cent on software and 5 per cent each on books and office equipment Rest was all 2 per cent and less and

negligible amount of expenditure on civil work was seen in this category

Department-wise

analysis of equipment

purchased by

institutes shows that in

sub-component 11

(Figure 25) highest

Lab equipment58

Software 14

Books 10

Office equipment

7

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Smart class2

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Civil work1

EXPENDITURE (11)

Figure 23

Office equipment

5

Software 17

Smart class1

EXPENDITURE (12)

Figure 29

32

076 164 46678

961 10631459

2169

TOTAL AMOUNT SPENT BY DEPARTMENTS (IN RS LAKH)

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

(in Rs crore)

number of equipment were bought by computer amp IT departments followed by electrical mechanical

electronics and civil departments For the purpose of categorization two or more streams of a kind were

merged into one and numbers for both streams taken together For instance computer science and

information technology were merged into one Similarly electronics amp instrumentation and electronics amp

electrical were taken together under electronics

While sub-component 11 presented a picture on expected lines with the top five departments being

generally the biggest departments in institutes in sub-component 12 this picture was slightly confusing

Here the top two departmentsndash electronics and civil ndash were ahead of other departments (Table 1) by an

inexplicable margin One of the reasons for this could be the fact that most of the equipment bought for the

centres of excellence would have had items related to electronics But that still does not explain the

unusually high number of items for civil engineering departments

Table 1 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 12

Name of the department Number of items bought

Mining 23

BioTech 137

Chemical 170

Mechanical 497

Computer amp IT 661

Electrical 969

Electronics 544915

Civil 1701948

On the other hand an expenditure-wise analysis of the same departments shows a different picture (Figure

26) with mechanical engineering department emerging top with expenditure of Rs 216 crore and electrical

department showing expenditure of Rs 145 crore Civil department is at number 3 with expenditure of Rs

106 crore The aberration in the number of items could have been because civil and electronics

departments would have bought a large number of items of small value

33

166 224 45 481 934 14772459

3138

Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

(in Rs crore)Figure 27

As per the data provided by institutes those in sub-component 11 show higher expenditure

department-wise with mechanical engineering department at top with expenditure of Rs 313

crore These should however be taken only as indicative figures as the numbers cannot be absolute

(Figure 27)

Table 7 Top 20 Lab equipment bought by institutes in 11

CNC Lathe machines

Compressor testing machine

Computer and peripherals

Computerised machines

Digital meters

Gas chromatograph

Micro-controller

Micro-processor

Oscilloscope

PCB prototyping machine

Robotic kits

Solar PV systems

Spectrum analyser

Thermal imager

Total Station

Ultrasonic probe

Universal testing machine

UV-spectrophotometer

Voltmeter

Wattmeter

34

Table 2 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 11

Table 21 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 12

1 CNC Lathe machines Advanced laser kit

2 Compressor testing machine Asphalt material performance tester

3 Computer and peripherals Atomic absorption spectrophotometer

4 Computerised machines Bio-reactors

5 Digital meters BOD incubator

6 Gas chromatograph Centrifuge

7 Micro-controller CNC lathe machine

8 Micro-processor Compression testing

9 Oscilloscope Computer and peripherals

10 PCB prototyping machine Digital image processing

11 Robotic kits Digital multimeter

12 Solar PV systems Electric discharge machine

13 Spectrum analyser Hydraulic pressing

14 Thermal imager Magnetic stirrer

15 Total Station Microwave simulator

16 Ultrasonic probe Optical microscope

17 Universal testing machine PCB prototype machine

18 UV-spectrophotometer Thermal analyser

19 Voltmeter Thermal scanner

20 Wattmeter Wireless sensor network kit

Impact of Utilisation

No amount of data tracking or record keeping is worth

the effort if it does not translate into improvement in

actual output The real impact of all this expenditure by

institutes on buying of latest equipment is only useful in

so far as it is able to show growth in the number of

publications or rise in the number of post-graduate

student intake Looked at from that perspective TEQIP II

seems to have made satisfactory progress as the data

maintained by the National Project Implementation Unit

UPWARD TREND

Increase in the number of

publications in refereed

journals

Increase in the number of PG

and PhD students

Increase in revenue generated

through consultancy

35

(NPIU) shows There has been a significant improvement over the years in the number of publications in

refereed journals which till last year have been showing above target performance Only the numbers for

2016-17 are low considering that the data captured is till the month of February 2017 only From a target of

7500 publications in 2010-11 and a realization of 11722to a target of 14500 in 2015-16 and a realization of

18482 (Figure 28) the growth has been impressive though again how much of it is due to buying of

equipment alone is debatable

Another key performance indicatoras per the planners of TEQIP II was rise in the total number of masters

and PhD level students from a baseline of 30000 in 2010-11 to 41000 by 2016 Seen from that angle also the

performance of the programme has exceeded the target To a large extent this can be attributed to

availability of better laboratory infrastructure as it would have been a major factor behind the institutesrsquo

capability to attract students for MTech and PhD (Figure 29)

7032 7500 8000 8500 9000

14000 14500

11722

1606618103

20037

22556

18482

2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016

Fig 28 Number of publications in refereed journals in TEQIP II institutions

Target Actual

36

The percentage of externally funded RampD projects and consultancies in total revenue has increased from 7

per cent in 2010-11 to 14 per cent in 2015-16 against a target of 12 per cent (Figure 30)

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

Target 7032 32000 33000 34000 34000 40000 40500

Actual 35132 37791 44171 49251 48718 45659

0

10000

20000

30000

40000

50000

60000

Fig 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP I

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

2016-2017

Target 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12

Actual 82 11 127 137 117 14 125

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

Tota

l Rev

enu

e

Fig 30 Consultancy revenue generated

37

Chapter 3 Case Studies

38

Government Engineering College Thrissur Kerala

(with inputs from Prof Manoj Kumar K V Coordinator TEQIP II GEC Thrissur)

The entire process of planning procurement and the complete cycle of improved input resulting in improved output can be illustrated through the case study of Government Engineering College Thrissur which is one of the model colleges in TEQIP II and received funds under sub-component 11 It is the second oldest engineering in the state of Kerala and is affiliated to the University of Calicut Its foundation stone was laid by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in April 1958 and among its famous alumni are Dr K Radhakrishnan former chairman of Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) Out of the project allocation of Rs 10 crore Rs 55 crore was utilized by the institute for procurement of equipment The fund was apportioned among the departments based on student strength and their need to modernize and strengthen their various laboratories The procurement plan was finalized from the proposals received from the departments and vetted by the State Project Facilitation Unit (SPFU) before being executed through the Procurement Management Support System (PMSS) which was a web portal created by the National Project Implementation Unit (NPIU) to manage the project

39

Figure 31 10 steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan (Figure 38)

Departments were asked to draw up a

three-year procurement plan based on

their needs Department heads

coordinators and TEQIP nodal officers

had a meeting in the institute in

January 2012 to understand the plans

and procedures as available on NPIU

website

In February the Principal of the

institute TEQIP coordinator and

procurement coordinator attended a

training session conducted by NPIU at

Thiruvananthapuram Participation in

this session was facilitated by SPFU and

it entailed extensive training on how to

use the PMSS website

A training session was organized in the

institute for the benefit of Heads of

Departments (HoDs) and Department

TEQIP coordinators The programme

was attended by 24 officials and it

covered the entire set of activities

pertaining to purchase through PMSS --

from configuration management plan

creation and revision packaging and

procuring to stocking

Procurement coordinator and

department TEQIP coordinators also

attended a training program organized

by SPFUat School of Engineering

Cochin University of Science and

Technologyin February 2012

The SPFU arranged a discussion at

directorateoffice Thiruvanantha-

puramin February to fine tune the plan

and to facilitate data entry through

PMSS The finetuning included clubbing

of similar items from various

departments into one package limiting

the threshold to a maximum of 90 per

cent included in a scheme and revising

the tentative timelines based on plan

approval which was expected by mid-

April 2012 The institute was advised to

procure a particular software used for

double entry book-keeping through

PMSS and to identify 2 National

Competitive Bidding (NCB)

procurement plans to be sent to

Central authorities for approval

The rejigged procurement plan after

consultation with the concerned

coordinators was uploaded on the

website on 28thFebruary 2012

The plan was reviewed by SPFU and

some corrections were suggested

The corrected plan was uploaded again

At a meeting convened on 14thMarch

2012 at LBS College for Women

Thiruvananthapuram the first approval

of the plan was given by Director SPFU

On 31st March 2012 the Principal

convened a meeting of HoDs and

departmental TEQIP coordinators and

instructions were issued to draw up

specifications with respect to every

package so that the data was readily

available for entry to PMSS once the

plan was approved by NPIUWorld

Bank

1 2

3 4

5

6

8

7

9

10

40

Procurement activities were in full swing during the first 18 months of the project and were executed fully as

per the plan Procurement was completed in 82 packages including 68 National Shopping (NS)packages 7

National Competitive Bidding (NCB) packages 2 Direct Contract packages and 5 Civil Works packages

The institute made maximum expenditure in 2013-14 (Figure 32) across different heads Its investments on

laboratory modernization and strengthening started in 2012 and continued till 2017 (Figure 33) Overall it

spent bulk of the money (88 per cent) on modernization of laboratories and 5 per cent on ICT enabled

learning (Figure 34)

5851520

36470287

6909895

61170 1552063

0

5000000

10000000

15000000

20000000

25000000

30000000

35000000

40000000

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur (in Rs)

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Figure 32

2012-1311

2013-1473

2014-1515

2015-160

2016-171

EXPENDITURE ON MODERNISATION STRENGTHENING OF LABS AT GEC THRISSUR

Figure 33

41

Major equipment bought by the institute with TEQIP II funds includes a Rheometer which is not available in

any other institution in the state and offers potential for research and consultancy It is used for determining

the rheological behaviors of liquids and solids It has applications in polymer nano-composites which are the

emerging field of research The stress rheology measurements provide information for spread ability

emulsion stability suspension leveling flow control thermal stability extrudability and thickening etc The

fluid can be highly non-newtonian The equipment is useful for MTech students and faculty for doing

research

The institute also bought a Gas Chromatograph which is used in analyzing compositions purity and for

separating different components of a mixture based on volatility It is also used in identifying a compound

and its applications include analysis of toxicity of soil water and air identifying unknown compounds etc

The equipment is useful for faculty and students in doing research and projects in the field of environmental

engineering and provides opportunities for pollution control related consultancy work

Another important purchase is Accelerated Curing Tank With concrete construction increasing at a rapid

pace this equipment provides the possibility of accelerating the curing time Normal method of curing takes

28 days To reduce the curing time of concrete and test its strength accelerated curing is required and this

can be achieved with the use of Accelerated Curing Tank in the laboratory

88

5 4

0

0

3

Fig 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14at Government Engineering College Thrissur

Expenditure on modernisation strengthening of existinglaboratories

Expenditure on ICT enabledlearning related softwareamphardware

Expenditure on library ie books e-books

Journals e-journals course specificsoftware

Expenditure on modernisation ofclassrooms

Others (furniture)

42

Table 3 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Name of the Equipment

Cost (in rupees)

Pressure Volume Change Controller

365625

Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Suit

1365000

Solar Photovoltaic grid tied training system with MPPT

367500

Gas Chromatograph 1494692

Rheometer 2687350

Surface Roughness Tester

401205

Multimedia Projector 114162

Thermal Imager 746366

Machine Conditioning Monitor

861685

Metallurgical Image Analysis System for Welding

283500

Software Factory CAD 320000

Robot 567000

Pipe Flow Software 149234

Petrol Engine Test Setup

783090

Tribometer 609900

Vibration Analyser 539175

Slotting Machine 449243

Lathe and Shaping Machine

869001

Metal Cutting Band saw 156240

Digital Viscometer 919050

Solid Modeling Software

356590

Ultrasonic Flow Detector

235561

43

Rapid Phototyping Machine

814800

Group Video Conferencing Kit

533340

Lan Trainer 106180

The efforts of the institute over the years have led to improved student placements and intake (Figure 35)

Output in terms of publications in international journals and participation of faculty and students in

international conferences has also gone up considerably (Figure 36)

Top 10 international journals in which faculty and students have secured publications since TEQIP II are

Name of Journal

1 IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

2 International Journal on Numerical Methods in Fluids

261221

570527

357

766

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Placement offers Students placed Intake of students

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 35 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 36 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

Publication in international journals Participation in international conferences

44

3 IETE Technical Review

4 Journal of the Optical Society of America

5 International Journal of Power amp Energy Systems

6 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

7 International Journal of Remote Sensing

8 Automatica

9 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

10 ASME Journal of Heat Transfer

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering amp Technology

Aligarh Muslim University

Another institute with an impeccable history and track record is Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and

Technology (ZHCET) which is a constituent college of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and it received TEQIP

II funds under sub-component 11 AMU was set up by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as Mohammedan Anglo-

Oriental College in 1875 Against available funds of Rs 10 crore ZHCET utilized Rs 618 crore as of February

2017 Following is a glimpse into the major equipment purchased by the institute

Name of the equipment Centrifugal Pump and Pelton Turbine Module Nozzle

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3349138

Reason for buying To improve teaching and research in fluid mechanics section of mechanical engineering

department The equipment comprises centrifugal pump with flowmeter valves reservoir and

instrumentation for measurement and display of inlet outlet pressures torque speed and power and

turbine inlet pressure for Peltan turbine

Name of the equipment Universal High Voltage Test system and Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage Tester

(PE-AOBDV-MXXX)

Name of the department Electrical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 4522500

Reason for buying A new MTech programme in High Voltage Engineering was started under TEQIP II for

which enhanced laboratory infrastructure was needed PE-AOBDV-M series of Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage

Testers are highly precise instruments which can be used to conduct either a breakdown voltage test or do a proof

(withstand) test Dielectric Breakdown Voltage testing of Oil is one such means to detect the voltage at power

frequency at which it is likely to cause a flash-over

Name of the equipment Altium Nanoboard FPGA Kit

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1368863

Reason for buying Five kits were bought for under-graduate and post-graduate students

45

Name of the equipmentExata Software Emulator for Networking

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1245780

Reason for buying BTech students use it to perform experiments in EL-494 (Communication Lab -III) to

study the performance of simulated networks M Tech students use it for projects and dissertations Three

faculty members are using this software for RampD purpose

Name of the equipmentPotentiostat Galvanostat with Impedance Analyzer

Name of the department Petroleum Studies

Cost of equipment Rs 1562925

Reason for buying Potentiostate is at the heart of research on electrochemistry It is mainly used for

research in the area of fuel cell membrane cyclic voltammeter and super capacitors

Name of the equipment Imac 215 Quad Core i5 with Apple Protection Plan

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 205800

Reason for buying Two units of Imac were bought for the post-graduate and networking laboratories of

computer engineering department so that students could develop software based on iOS

Altium Nanoboard

FPGA Kit

46

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli was set up in 1947 with only the civil engineering under-graduate

programme Since 2007 the institute has been autonomous having been affiliated to Bombay University

Pune University and Shivaji University in the past The institute received TEQIP II funds under sub-

component 12 It was eligible to receive Rs 125 crore It submitted procurement plan for Rs 87 crore and

spent Rs 618 crore as of February 2017

MAJOR EQUIPMENT BOUGHT

Name of the equipment Shake Table Set-up

Name of the department Civil amp Structural Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1925776

Reason for buying To establish an earthquake engineering laboratory for conducting studies on response of

structures to earthquake induced vibrations To investigate structural response under various dynamic

loading conditions

Name of the equipment Electromagnetic Exciter with Pay Load Capacity of 100 to 150 kg

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2310824

Reason for buying To carry out research work in the field of dynamic analysis for various systems

Name of the equipment Micro Machining Centre Hyper-15w table top type integrated multi-process CNC

machine tool

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3078000

Reason for buying To develop micro machining centre for the research of micro machining PG production

laboratory

2663678

6154586

7489947

8770675

8777330

10572980

11435333

0 4000000 8000000 12000000

OFFICE

ELECTRICAL

ELECTRONICS

CIVIL (CIVIL+ CIVIL ENVIRONMENTAL+ hellip

LIBRARY

COMPUTER + IT

MECHANICAL

Fig 37 Department-wise expenditure Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Figures in rupees

47

Name of the equipment Dynamometer with Built-In Three Channel Charge Amplifiers

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1876090

Reason for buying To carry out research in the area of machining

Name of the equipment Lab View Add-ons Image Processing using Smart Camera Evaluation Kit

Name of the department Electronics Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3421650

Reason for buying Design simulation and prototyping platform for experiments on DSP communication

embedded control and measurements visual representation of experimental results

Name of the equipment Thermal Conductivity Analyzer with Material -- liquid pastes and small particles

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2100000

Reason for buying Post-graduate research and laboratory development

48

Chapter 4 Key Findings

49

1 On an average funds given to institutions for purchase of equipment and soft resources have led to

significant improvement in laboratory infrastructure of the institutes under study

2 The impact of such purchases on improvement in quality is not easily quantifiable in measurable

terms To assess the same other correlated parameters could be looked at such as improvement in

the number of research publications in refereed journals increase in the number of PhD students

number of faculty involved in research or the percentage of student placement However none of

these parameters can be directly or solely be said to be due to the improvement in physical or

digital infrastructure of institutes

3 Institutes did not have a clear-cut strategy of what best use they could put the available money to

Given that each institute on an average got Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and other resources

they could have used the money to create at least one best-in-class facility in any of the

departments which was equipped to utilize that facility in terms of augmenting the interaction of

the institute with industry or generating more resources through assignments from other agencies

While institutes in sub-component 12 had the provision to set up centres of excellence even in sub-

component 11 they could have done so if they had worked with that aim and vision

4 Instead institutes on an average divided the money equally across six departments and each

department on an average bought one-two machines which were significantly expensive and the

rest of the money was spent on buying other small routine equipment desktops laptops

networking servers software and e-journals Collaborations between departments for research

projects were however missing

5 This pattern of expenditure can be explained by the fact that our engineering institutions are still in

a phase where there is more emphasis on theory than practical Hands-on learning or project-based

approach in teaching is relatively new for institutions which is why there is not much emphasis on

understanding the practical aspects of learning such as producing patents versus papers

6 Institutes were seen to be over protective wherever even a slightly costly equipment was bought By

their own admission such equipment was most of the time kept under lock and key and was at best

displayed to students They were rarely given the opportunity to actually do something with it on

their own

7 Equal receipt of money by a number of departments has led to overall improvement in laboratory

standards of all departments which is good from an egalitarian perspective It is also good that all

departments have been able to uniformly upgrade their infrastructure and will therefore be able to

compete with each other in attracting good students faculty as well as assignments from industry in

future

8 Discussions with focus groups suggest that institutes spent large amounts of money on creating or

refurbishing physical infrastructure While non-academic experts may see this as wasteful

expenditure from an academic perspective even if this leads to improvement in the physical

facilities being offered by institutes it is well worth the investment While state funded institutes

get funds from state governments for building infrastructure for some of the centrally funded

institutes where infrastructure may have been falling apart this money would have been useful

9 Because of the fact that there is no proper system to track the usage of equipment ndash records are

maintained in physical form in the shape of log books and registers which render a macro analysis

50

impossible -- anecdotal evidence suggests that equipment bought is not being optimally utilized A

significantly higher number of research papers in refereed journals suggests that this may not be

true but the fact remains that there is no improvement in the number of technology transfers

commercialization of research or patent generation which remain weak This again brings into focus

the theory versus application part of teaching

10 Overall improvement in base infrastructure was important for institutes to advance to the next level

of development Except for some of the Centrally funded institutions none of the institutes which

received funding in TEQIP II are in the league of the six original IITs in terms of laboratory

infrastructure They do not have access to the kind of liberal funding that CFTIs get If they had not

got the present funds to buy equipment they would have taken at least five to seven years to

procure the same through the resources available to them Even for Central institutions as also for

others the availability of funds at one go meant that they could procure high costing software such

as Matlab Ansys Labview Cadence and Adobe which benefit students across departments

11 Funds for buying equipment and other soft resources enabled the institutes to take some steps

towards keeping pace with the rapidly changing advancements in technology Increased level of

automation and artificial intelligence in industry is reflected in the kind of purchases institutes have

made ndash various types of simulation software digital machines replacing analogue ones such as in

electrical engineering departments all-in-one automatic machines which combine several levels of

manual work such as in surveying in civil engineering departments robotic arms mimicking the

automated environment of modern factories attached to lathe machines in mechanical engineering

departments instruments capable of handling nano particles in specialized centres and 3D printers

capable of printing high precision devices which are being used in multiple fields

12 Most institutes have also bought subscriptions to high level international journals in various

streams both online and physical enabling access to vast repository of world class content for most

students

13 Institutes have not paid much thought to maintenance of equipment since most of the purchases

have been made in the past two-three years and warranty periods are still in force Most institutes

have also reported availability of in-house technicians to look after the machines though majority

said that they would sign annual maintenance contracts (AMC) with vendors Since AMCs usually

cost roughly 10 per cent of the cost of the equipment they felt that the resources allocated for the

same under TEQIP II would not be adequate and that they should be increased slightly

14 As per the feedback provided by almost all institutes they all agree that the equipment purchased

by them responds to faculty student needs and was done as per consultation and

recommendations of faculty They all follow well laid out norms for disposal of equipment which

keep environmental considerations in mind

6 -- Average number of departments among which each institute in Sub-component 11 divided

the total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 500 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

51

7-- Average number of departments among which each institute in sub-component 12 divided the

total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 284 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

2147403 ndash Number of items bought by institutes for office purpose in sub-component

11

101699 hours monthndash Utilisation of equipment by UG amp PG students in sub-component

11 as per available data of institutes which participated in the study

427 hours month ndash Average utilization of equipment by UG and PG students across

institutes in sub-component 11

51656 hours month -- Utilisation of equipment by PhD students in sub-component 11 as

per available data of institutes which participated in the study

37 hours month-- Average utilization of equipment by PhD students across institutes in sub-

component 11

52

Chapter 5 Way Forward

53

As data shows and case studies prove there can be no doubt that TEQIP II and the funds provided to

institutes for purchase of equipment and other soft resources have led to improvement in laboratory

infrastructure which in turn has helped in improving the output Some pointers for future stages of the

project are-

1 Even though TEQIP II had a major focus on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and institutes

were given significant amount of funds for purchase of equipment there were no guidelines or

benchmarks for them to judge themselves against and to understand what an ideal laboratory

should be like for any given department While it is good that they were given the freedom to decide

what they wanted to buy and it depended on the pro-activeness of the department heads on what

all they ended up getting funds for in an ideal scenario they should have been given a list of

essential basic equipment as well as research level equipment and they could have prioritized their

purchases on the basis of that

In all likelihood such department-wise lists do not exist anywhere In the third phase of TEQIP

therefore NPIU could commission a project which involves study of top world-class as well as top

national-level laboratories for each department Thereafter standard templates of equipment could

be prepared which could illustrate the requirement of equipment for each concept and practical for

every stream of engineering Based on standard frequency of usage and the number of students in a

class adequate numbers of any equipment could be recommended to be bought by institutes in

order to ensure that not too much time is wasted on rotating several batches of students on the

same equipment

Availability of such templates of equipment as well as soft resources which could be updated

periodically in keeping with the changes in technology and availability of resources would also help

policy makers understand how many institutes come up to a benchmark and how many need

further support

2 Institutes should start maintaining digital records of use of equipment which are bought for research

purposes These records should not be just digital copies of physical registers but should be in the

form of smart solutions which can track internal supply chains in laboratories as well as usage of

equipment The solutions should be able to provide real-time analysis of usage of equipment in

every laboratory and all laboratories could be linked to one centralized system There are various

kinds of RFID solutions available today which can handle usage patterns well The available

information could be used to devise solutions and create policy interventions to increase the actual

usage of equipment

3 Nodal institutes under TEQIP II could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of neighboring non-TEQIP institutes The

unspent money could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

4 Institutes could be encouraged to ensure that laboratories in all departments have well designed

brochures and information material such as leaflets and manuals on major equipment so that

dissemination of information about their availability is easy and their utilization could be increased

54

5 Facilities created in institutes are not being optimally utilized to increase interaction with industry

While rural location of the institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of

the reasons it is also true that in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the

commissioning of equipment Size of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for

anything on industrial scale But in most cases industry is not even aware of the existence of state-

of-the-art equipment inside institutes Regular interactions with sector-specific companies are a

must therefore to create a culture of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration

6 For decades research has happened in our country in isolation and at a distance from both industry

and academia Being largely funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) so far it

has been taking place inside the laboratories of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

The 37 laboratories of CSIR and its 39 field stations or extension centres have been working in the

areas of aerospace engineering structural engineering ocean science life science metallurgy

chemicals mining food petroleum leather and environmental science The ministry of HRD has

also started funding research in a big way in recent years through schemes such as Imprint ndash

Improving Research Innovation and Technology and the Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) It would be

fruitful for the country if research happening purely on the scientific side is able to converge with

that on the academic side Hence in order to ensure greater synergy between research and

teaching it is essential that technical institutes start working more closely with CSIR laboratories

This will bring them immediately closer to cutting edge research and provide rich exposure to

students Specially for institutions which have got improved laboratory facilities as a result of TEQIP

II funds collaboration with relevant CSIR laboratories will help them grow their research and at the

same time provide the latter with a steady flow of students to work on live projects

7 Institutions which have upgraded their laboratory infrastructure in the area of food and agriculture

will gain by collaborating with the government on its e-labs project which aims at automating the

testing procedure of soil fertiliser pesticide and equipment samples By ensuring speedy and

transparent online disbursement of information related to such tests the projectrsquos vision is to

reduce crop losses and increase the use of good quality bio-pesticides through fair and unbiased

testing Institutions and students will be able to learn a lot about quality control and the processes

involved in digital testing through collaboration with the government on e-labs

8 In order to ensure transparency in procurement processes it is advisable that institutes make use of

the governmentrsquos new e-marketplace called GEM Through the portal wwwgemnicin institutes

can buy virtually anything and everything that they may require specially consumables office

equipment furniture and software Buying through this portal will speed up procurement and

improve the efficiency of institutes Created and maintained by the Directorate General of Supplies

amp Disposals (DGSampD) it provides tools for e-bidding reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to

help users get best value for their money At the national level a system of procurement should be

put in place including committee to look into the requirement and availability of equipment taking

global scenarios into consideration

Appendices

Appendix 1

55

State-wise Number of Institutions Under Technical Education QualityImprovement Programme II (2010-2017)

S Name of State CFIs Sub‐component 11 Sub‐component 12 Total No of

Institutions 1 Andhra Pradesh 5 6 11 2 Bihar 2 ‐‐ 2 3 Chhattisgarh 4 ‐‐ 4 4 Gujarat 7 ‐‐ 7 5 Haryana 3 3 6 6 Himachal Pradesh 1 ‐‐ 1 7 Jharkhand 1 1 2 8 Karnataka 4 15 19 9 Kerala 19 ‐‐ 19

10 Madhya Pradesh 3 2 5 11 Maharashtra 7 10 17

12 NCT‐Delhi ‐‐ 1 1 13 Odisha 2 ‐‐ 2 14 Punjab 7 1 8 15 Rajasthan 9 ‐‐ 9 16 Tamil Nadu 5 4 9 17 Telangana 8 5 13 18 Tripura 1 ‐‐ 1 19 UT‐Chandigarh 2 1 3 20 UT‐Puducherry 1 ‐‐ 1 21 Uttar Pradesh 2 5 7 22 Uttarakhand 1 2 3 23 West Bengal 11 3 14 24 Centrally Funded

Institutions (CFIs) 8 18 26

Total 113 77 190

Appendix 2 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 11

S Name of the Name of the Institution

No State UT

1 JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

2 Aditya Institute of Technology amp Management Tekkali Srikakulam

Andhra

3 Madanapalle Institute of Technology amp Science Madanapalle

Pradesh

4 Shri Vishnu Engineering College for women Vishnupur Bhimavaram

5 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College Chittoor

6 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur

Bihar

7 Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur

8 Government Engineering College Bilaspur

9 Government Engineering College Jagdalpur Bastar

Chhattisgarh

10 Government Engineering College Raipur

11 Rungta College of Engineering amp Technology Bhilai

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12 Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

13 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Vallabh Vidynagar

14 Lukhdirji Engineering College Morbi

15 Gujarat Shantilal Shah Engineering College Bhavnagar

16 Government Engineering College Gandhinagar

17 Government Engineering College Rajkot

18 Government Engineering College Patan

19 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology (UIET) Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

Haryana

20 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology MDU Rohtak

21 NC College of Engineering Panipat

22 Himachal Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar Mandi

Pradesh

23 Jharkhand Cambridge Institute of Technology Ranchi

24 BVB College of Engineering amp Technology Hubli

25 PES College of Engineering Mandya

Karnataka

26 Government Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jublee Technological Institute Bangalore

27 NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore

2

SNo Name of the

Name of the Institution

StateUT

28 Government Engineering College Thrissur

29 Government Engineering College Kozhikode

30 Government Engineering College Painavu Idukki

31 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

32 School of Engineering Cochin University of Science amp Technology Cochin

33 Government College of Engineering Kannur

34 Government Engineering College Bartonhill Thiruvananthapuram

35 LBS Institute of Technology for Women Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram

36 College of Engineering Perumon Perinad Kollam

37 Kerala College of Engineering Kidangoor Kottayam

38 Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

57

39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

58

70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

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Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

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77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

70

Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

72

Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

73

Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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8

The scope of the study was limited to the data provided by institutes in reply to the survey and visits to 25

shortlisted institutions

Methodology of the Study

The study was conducted through web mail and site visits to institutions Participating institutions were

asked to provide information in following two categories-

1 Equipment purchased with TEQIP II funds costing below Rs 5 lakh per unit (only a list was to be

provided)

2 Equipment purchased with TEQIP II funds costing above Rs 5 lakh per unit (details such as name of

the equipment name of the department maintenance contract utilization in number of hours

month etc were to be provided)

3 Data was collated and analysed and ground visits were conducted to select institutions in order to

corroborate the findings

Questionnaires were sent to all 190 institutes and after several rounds of follow-up all the institutes provided the required data In keeping with the suggestion of the World Bank a shortlist of 25 institutes was prepared ndash constituting 13 per cent of the total number of institutes covered under the project ndash for physical verification of utilisation of equipment and other resources More attention was paid to government and government-aided institutions while preparing the shortlist since they had received a bigger sum for purchase of equipment compared to private institutions which had received funds only for soft resources Adequate coverage of all geographical regions was also kept in mind while preparing the shortlist

9

Chapter 2 Data Analysis

10

State-wise Expenditure Analysis

On an average institutes under sub-component 11 got 55 per cent of total available amount of Rs 10 crore

ie Rs 55 crore for purchase of Goods (equipment and soft resources etc) In sub-component 12 the

percentage of funds available for equipment etc was 45 per cent of Rs 125 crore and it totaled to Rs 565

crore Additional funding of Rs 5 crore was available for setting up centres of excellence and out of this Rs

275 crore was allocated for buying of equipment etc Additional Rs 5 crore was given to those institutes

which had performed well in upgradation of facilities

Analysis of expenditure till February 2017 as procured from the MIS of National Project Implementation

Unit (NPIU) shows that most states utilized the money that they had submitted the plans for Among the

states (Figure 1) which saw less than 75 per cent utilization of their own planned expenditure were Punjab

at 52 per cent utilization Uttarakhand which saw 56 per cent utilization Rajasthan was at 71 per cent and

Madhya Pradesh saw 74 per cent realization of the planned expenditure Rest all states did not see much

variation in what they had envisaged they would spend and what they actually did

Andhra Pradesh (Figure 2)

Total population in lakh 4958

Literacy rate 670

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

56 (113)

2015 projected share of state 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

4

Gross Enrolment Ratio 312

Total number of engineering institutes 219

Institutes in sub-component 11 5

Institutes in sub-component 12 6

0

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Total available funds Plans submitted Actual expenditure

Figure 1

11

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 11

Total available funds Rs 105 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 39 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 34 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Bihar (Figure 3)

Total population in lakh 1041

Literacy rate 618

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

112 (108)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

79

Gross Enrolment Ratio 139

Total number of engineering institutes 21

Institutes in sub-component 11 2

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 2

Total available funds Rs 20 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 11 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Available funds

Utilised funds

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

Figure 2

Andhra Pradesh

12

Chhattisgarh (Figure 4)

Total population in lakh 2555

Literacy rate 703

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

308 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

22

Gross Enrolment Ratio 146

Total number of engineering institutes 21

Institutes in sub-component 11 4

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 4

Total available funds Rs 34 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 175 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 164 crore

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Figure 3 Bihar

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

13

Gujarat (Figure 5)

Total population in lakh 6044

Literacy rate 78

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

719 (119)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

51

Gross Enrolment Ratio 20

Institutes in sub-component 11 7

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 7

Total available funds Rs 70 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 385 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 375 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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800

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1200

Rungta College ofEngineering amp

Technology Bhilai

GovernmentEngineering College

Bilaspur

GovernmentEngineering College

Raipur

GovernmentEngineering College

Jagdalpur Bastar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

14

Haryana (Figure 6)

Total population in lakh 2535

Literacy rate 756

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

319 (126)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

23

Gross Enrolment Ratio 276

Total number of engineering institutes 89

Institutes in sub-component 11 3

Institutes in sub-component 12 3

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 6

Total available funds Rs 575 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 278 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 23 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Figure 5 Gujarat

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

15

Himachal Pradesh

Total population in lakh 686

Literacy rate 828

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

74 (108)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

05

Gross Enrolment Ratio 312

Total number of engineering institutes 17

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 10 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 55 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 55 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Jharkhand (Figure 7)

Total population in lakh 3299

Literacy rate 664

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

375 (114)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

27

Gross Enrolment Ratio 16

Total number of engineering institutes 14

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 2

Total available funds Rs 21 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 95 crore

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Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plansubmitted by theinstitute

Figure 6 Haryana

16

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 93 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Karnataka (Figure 8)

Total population in lakh 611

Literacy rate 754

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

712 (117)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

5

Gross Enrolment Ratio 264

Total number of engineering institutes 166

Institutes in sub-component 11 4

Institutes in sub-component 12 15

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 19

Total available funds Rs 215 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 927 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 75 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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200

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1200

1400

BIT Mesra BIT Mesra CoE Cambridge Institute ofTechnology Ranchi

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

17

Kerala (Figure 9)

Total population in lakh 334

Literacy rate 94

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

305 (91)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

22

Gross Enrolment Ratio 287

Total number of engineering institutes 98

Institutes in sub-component 11 19

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 19

Total available funds Rs 190 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1045 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 106 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

18

Madhya Pradesh (Figure 10)

Total population in lakh 7263

Literacy rate 693

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

879 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

62

Gross Enrolment Ratio 196

Total number of engineering institutes 121

Institutes in sub-component 11 3

Institutes in sub-component 12 2

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 5

Total available funds Rs 49 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 23 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 17 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0

200

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Figure 9 Kerala

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

19

Maharashtra (Figure 11)

Total population in lakh 11237

Literacy rate 823

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

1334 (119)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

94

Gross Enrolment Ratio 279

Total number of engineering institutes 216

Institutes in sub-component 11 7

Institutes in sub-component 12 10

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 17

Total available funds Rs 254 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 119 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 102 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0200400600800

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Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

20

Delhi (Figure 12)

Total population in lakh 1679

Literacy rate 862

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

224 (133)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

16

Gross Enrolment Ratio 435

Total number of engineering institutes 15

Institutes in sub-component 11 0

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 125 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 56 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 15 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

21

Odisha (Figure 13)

Total population in lakh 4197

Literacy rate 729

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

466 (111)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

33

Gross Enrolment Ratio 177

Total number of engineering institutes 68

Institutes in sub-component 11 2

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 2

Total available funds Rs 20 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 105 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 108 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

125

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560

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14

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Figure 12 Delhi Technological University

22

Punjab (Figure 14)

Total population in lakh 2774

Literacy rate 758

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

325 (117)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

23

Gross Enrolment Ratio 27

Total number of engineering institutes 87

Institutes in sub-component 11 7

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 8

Total available funds Rs 81 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 42 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 22 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0

200

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800

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1200

Veer Surendra Sai University ofTechnology Burla Sambalpur

College of Engineering And TechnologyBhubaneshwar

Figure 13 Odisha

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

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Figure 14 Punjab

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

23

Rajasthan (Figure 15)

Total population in lakh 6855

Literacy rate 661

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

871 (127)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

62

Gross Enrolment Ratio 20

Total number of engineering institutes 82

Institutes in sub-component 11 9

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 9

Total available funds Rs 84 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 45 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 32 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Tamil Nadu (Figure 16)

Total population in lakh 7215

Literacy rate 80

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

73 (101)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

52

Gross Enrolment Ratio 452

Total number of engineering institutes 326

Institutes in sub-component 11 5

Institutes in sub-component 12 4

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 9

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Figure 15 Rajasthan

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

24

Total available funds Rs 140 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 74 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 70 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Telangana (Figure 17)

Total population in lakh 350

Literacy rate 664

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

406 (114)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

29

Gross Enrolment Ratio 36

Total number of engineering institutes 182

Institutes in sub-component 11 8

Institutes in sub-component 12 5

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 13

Total available funds Rs 120 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 45 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 34 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0200400600800

100012001400160018002000

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Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plansubmitted by the institute

25

Tripura

Total population in lakh 367

Literacy rate 872

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

44 (119)

2015 projected share of state 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

03

Gross Enrolment Ratio 168

Total number of engineering institutes 6

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 10 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 55 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 54 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

UT-Chandigarh (Figure 18)

Total population in lakh 106

Literacy rate 861

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

17 (165)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

01

Gross Enrolment Ratio 56

Total number of engineering institutes 2

Institutes in sub-component 11 2

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 3

Total available funds Rs 475 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying Rs 24 crore

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Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

26

equipment and other resources

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 20 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Puducherry

Total population in lakh 125

Literacy rate 859

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

15 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

01

Gross Enrolment Ratio 46

Total number of engineering institutes 10

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 15 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 8 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 6 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Uttar Pradesh (Figure 19)

Total population in lakh 1998

Literacy rate 677

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Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plansubmitted by institute

28

West Bengal (Figure 21)

Total population in lakh 9128

Literacy rate 763

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

109 (12)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

77

Gross Enrolment Ratio 174

Total number of engineering institutes 72

Institutes in sub-component 11 11

Institutes in sub-component 12 3

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 14

Total available funds Rs 179 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 88 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 82 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rscrore)

Estimate as per plansubmitted by institute

29

CFIs (Figure 22)

Institutes in sub-component 11 8

Institutes in sub-component 12 18

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 26

Total available funds Rs 415 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 200 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1625 crore

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Figure 21 West Bengal

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

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Figure 22 Centrally-funded institutions (CFIs)

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

30

Utilisation Analysis

In this section data on buying of equipment and other resources has been first analysed component-wise

and then department-wise

While data was collected from all institutes and a broad understanding was arrived at of the kind of

equipment and other resources money was spent on from the extensive lists provided by institutions it was

difficult to analyse how much money was spent on which category of item For the sake of analysis

therefore each equipment and item named by the institute was manually categorized into the following

broad categories-

1 Laboratory equipment (included all items bought for laboratories such as machines laptops

desktops and projectors)

2 Connectivity (included equipment related to creating wi-fi networks such as cables connectors

servers modems UPS racks adapters pipes and switches)

3 Books (included hard copies as well as subscriptions of e-journals for libraries)

4 Smart class (included white boards display panels podiums amplifiers cables projectors mixers

microphones webcam and wireless sensors)

5 Software

6 Office equipment (included laptops desktops printers scanners LCDs generator sets projectors

tables chairs almirahs digital signages etc bought for principalrsquos office directorrsquos office faculty

staff department rooms TEQIP office)

7 Furniture (included furniture for class rooms and departments)

8 Civil work (included flooring false ceilings repair work lighting)

Post the categorization in these eight broad heads the picture which emerged (Figure 23) for sub-

component 11 showed 58 per cent expenditure on laboratory equipment 14 per cent on software 10 per

cent on books 7 per cent each on office equipment and connectivity and 1-2 per cent each on furniture civil

work and smart classes This is in keeping with the goals of TEQIP II which had envisaged least expenditure

on civil work It was limited to 5 per cent of total expenditure on equipment for institutes under sub-

component 11 and 3 per cent for those under sub-component 12 If unspent institutes were free to use

this money for equipment and other resources So low expenditure on civil work is an achievement of TEQIP

II There should have been more expenditure on connectivity ndash campus-wide wifi networks ndash but that could

be due to the fact that several institutes already had wifi networks in place and did not need TEQIP funds to

do that

31

In sub-component 12 (Figure 24) this break-up was more or less on the same lines though the expenditure

on laboratory equipment in this sub-component was much higher at 70 per cent because of the inclusion of

centres of excellence and higher focus on post-graduate and PhD level studies This was followed by 17 per

cent on software and 5 per cent each on books and office equipment Rest was all 2 per cent and less and

negligible amount of expenditure on civil work was seen in this category

Department-wise

analysis of equipment

purchased by

institutes shows that in

sub-component 11

(Figure 25) highest

Lab equipment58

Software 14

Books 10

Office equipment

7

Connectivity 7

Smart class2

Furniture1

Civil work1

EXPENDITURE (11)

Figure 23

Office equipment

5

Software 17

Smart class1

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Figure 29

32

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2169

TOTAL AMOUNT SPENT BY DEPARTMENTS (IN RS LAKH)

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

(in Rs crore)

number of equipment were bought by computer amp IT departments followed by electrical mechanical

electronics and civil departments For the purpose of categorization two or more streams of a kind were

merged into one and numbers for both streams taken together For instance computer science and

information technology were merged into one Similarly electronics amp instrumentation and electronics amp

electrical were taken together under electronics

While sub-component 11 presented a picture on expected lines with the top five departments being

generally the biggest departments in institutes in sub-component 12 this picture was slightly confusing

Here the top two departmentsndash electronics and civil ndash were ahead of other departments (Table 1) by an

inexplicable margin One of the reasons for this could be the fact that most of the equipment bought for the

centres of excellence would have had items related to electronics But that still does not explain the

unusually high number of items for civil engineering departments

Table 1 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 12

Name of the department Number of items bought

Mining 23

BioTech 137

Chemical 170

Mechanical 497

Computer amp IT 661

Electrical 969

Electronics 544915

Civil 1701948

On the other hand an expenditure-wise analysis of the same departments shows a different picture (Figure

26) with mechanical engineering department emerging top with expenditure of Rs 216 crore and electrical

department showing expenditure of Rs 145 crore Civil department is at number 3 with expenditure of Rs

106 crore The aberration in the number of items could have been because civil and electronics

departments would have bought a large number of items of small value

33

166 224 45 481 934 14772459

3138

Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

(in Rs crore)Figure 27

As per the data provided by institutes those in sub-component 11 show higher expenditure

department-wise with mechanical engineering department at top with expenditure of Rs 313

crore These should however be taken only as indicative figures as the numbers cannot be absolute

(Figure 27)

Table 7 Top 20 Lab equipment bought by institutes in 11

CNC Lathe machines

Compressor testing machine

Computer and peripherals

Computerised machines

Digital meters

Gas chromatograph

Micro-controller

Micro-processor

Oscilloscope

PCB prototyping machine

Robotic kits

Solar PV systems

Spectrum analyser

Thermal imager

Total Station

Ultrasonic probe

Universal testing machine

UV-spectrophotometer

Voltmeter

Wattmeter

34

Table 2 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 11

Table 21 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 12

1 CNC Lathe machines Advanced laser kit

2 Compressor testing machine Asphalt material performance tester

3 Computer and peripherals Atomic absorption spectrophotometer

4 Computerised machines Bio-reactors

5 Digital meters BOD incubator

6 Gas chromatograph Centrifuge

7 Micro-controller CNC lathe machine

8 Micro-processor Compression testing

9 Oscilloscope Computer and peripherals

10 PCB prototyping machine Digital image processing

11 Robotic kits Digital multimeter

12 Solar PV systems Electric discharge machine

13 Spectrum analyser Hydraulic pressing

14 Thermal imager Magnetic stirrer

15 Total Station Microwave simulator

16 Ultrasonic probe Optical microscope

17 Universal testing machine PCB prototype machine

18 UV-spectrophotometer Thermal analyser

19 Voltmeter Thermal scanner

20 Wattmeter Wireless sensor network kit

Impact of Utilisation

No amount of data tracking or record keeping is worth

the effort if it does not translate into improvement in

actual output The real impact of all this expenditure by

institutes on buying of latest equipment is only useful in

so far as it is able to show growth in the number of

publications or rise in the number of post-graduate

student intake Looked at from that perspective TEQIP II

seems to have made satisfactory progress as the data

maintained by the National Project Implementation Unit

UPWARD TREND

Increase in the number of

publications in refereed

journals

Increase in the number of PG

and PhD students

Increase in revenue generated

through consultancy

35

(NPIU) shows There has been a significant improvement over the years in the number of publications in

refereed journals which till last year have been showing above target performance Only the numbers for

2016-17 are low considering that the data captured is till the month of February 2017 only From a target of

7500 publications in 2010-11 and a realization of 11722to a target of 14500 in 2015-16 and a realization of

18482 (Figure 28) the growth has been impressive though again how much of it is due to buying of

equipment alone is debatable

Another key performance indicatoras per the planners of TEQIP II was rise in the total number of masters

and PhD level students from a baseline of 30000 in 2010-11 to 41000 by 2016 Seen from that angle also the

performance of the programme has exceeded the target To a large extent this can be attributed to

availability of better laboratory infrastructure as it would have been a major factor behind the institutesrsquo

capability to attract students for MTech and PhD (Figure 29)

7032 7500 8000 8500 9000

14000 14500

11722

1606618103

20037

22556

18482

2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016

Fig 28 Number of publications in refereed journals in TEQIP II institutions

Target Actual

36

The percentage of externally funded RampD projects and consultancies in total revenue has increased from 7

per cent in 2010-11 to 14 per cent in 2015-16 against a target of 12 per cent (Figure 30)

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

Target 7032 32000 33000 34000 34000 40000 40500

Actual 35132 37791 44171 49251 48718 45659

0

10000

20000

30000

40000

50000

60000

Fig 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP I

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

2016-2017

Target 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12

Actual 82 11 127 137 117 14 125

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

Tota

l Rev

enu

e

Fig 30 Consultancy revenue generated

37

Chapter 3 Case Studies

38

Government Engineering College Thrissur Kerala

(with inputs from Prof Manoj Kumar K V Coordinator TEQIP II GEC Thrissur)

The entire process of planning procurement and the complete cycle of improved input resulting in improved output can be illustrated through the case study of Government Engineering College Thrissur which is one of the model colleges in TEQIP II and received funds under sub-component 11 It is the second oldest engineering in the state of Kerala and is affiliated to the University of Calicut Its foundation stone was laid by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in April 1958 and among its famous alumni are Dr K Radhakrishnan former chairman of Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) Out of the project allocation of Rs 10 crore Rs 55 crore was utilized by the institute for procurement of equipment The fund was apportioned among the departments based on student strength and their need to modernize and strengthen their various laboratories The procurement plan was finalized from the proposals received from the departments and vetted by the State Project Facilitation Unit (SPFU) before being executed through the Procurement Management Support System (PMSS) which was a web portal created by the National Project Implementation Unit (NPIU) to manage the project

39

Figure 31 10 steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan (Figure 38)

Departments were asked to draw up a

three-year procurement plan based on

their needs Department heads

coordinators and TEQIP nodal officers

had a meeting in the institute in

January 2012 to understand the plans

and procedures as available on NPIU

website

In February the Principal of the

institute TEQIP coordinator and

procurement coordinator attended a

training session conducted by NPIU at

Thiruvananthapuram Participation in

this session was facilitated by SPFU and

it entailed extensive training on how to

use the PMSS website

A training session was organized in the

institute for the benefit of Heads of

Departments (HoDs) and Department

TEQIP coordinators The programme

was attended by 24 officials and it

covered the entire set of activities

pertaining to purchase through PMSS --

from configuration management plan

creation and revision packaging and

procuring to stocking

Procurement coordinator and

department TEQIP coordinators also

attended a training program organized

by SPFUat School of Engineering

Cochin University of Science and

Technologyin February 2012

The SPFU arranged a discussion at

directorateoffice Thiruvanantha-

puramin February to fine tune the plan

and to facilitate data entry through

PMSS The finetuning included clubbing

of similar items from various

departments into one package limiting

the threshold to a maximum of 90 per

cent included in a scheme and revising

the tentative timelines based on plan

approval which was expected by mid-

April 2012 The institute was advised to

procure a particular software used for

double entry book-keeping through

PMSS and to identify 2 National

Competitive Bidding (NCB)

procurement plans to be sent to

Central authorities for approval

The rejigged procurement plan after

consultation with the concerned

coordinators was uploaded on the

website on 28thFebruary 2012

The plan was reviewed by SPFU and

some corrections were suggested

The corrected plan was uploaded again

At a meeting convened on 14thMarch

2012 at LBS College for Women

Thiruvananthapuram the first approval

of the plan was given by Director SPFU

On 31st March 2012 the Principal

convened a meeting of HoDs and

departmental TEQIP coordinators and

instructions were issued to draw up

specifications with respect to every

package so that the data was readily

available for entry to PMSS once the

plan was approved by NPIUWorld

Bank

1 2

3 4

5

6

8

7

9

10

40

Procurement activities were in full swing during the first 18 months of the project and were executed fully as

per the plan Procurement was completed in 82 packages including 68 National Shopping (NS)packages 7

National Competitive Bidding (NCB) packages 2 Direct Contract packages and 5 Civil Works packages

The institute made maximum expenditure in 2013-14 (Figure 32) across different heads Its investments on

laboratory modernization and strengthening started in 2012 and continued till 2017 (Figure 33) Overall it

spent bulk of the money (88 per cent) on modernization of laboratories and 5 per cent on ICT enabled

learning (Figure 34)

5851520

36470287

6909895

61170 1552063

0

5000000

10000000

15000000

20000000

25000000

30000000

35000000

40000000

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur (in Rs)

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Figure 32

2012-1311

2013-1473

2014-1515

2015-160

2016-171

EXPENDITURE ON MODERNISATION STRENGTHENING OF LABS AT GEC THRISSUR

Figure 33

41

Major equipment bought by the institute with TEQIP II funds includes a Rheometer which is not available in

any other institution in the state and offers potential for research and consultancy It is used for determining

the rheological behaviors of liquids and solids It has applications in polymer nano-composites which are the

emerging field of research The stress rheology measurements provide information for spread ability

emulsion stability suspension leveling flow control thermal stability extrudability and thickening etc The

fluid can be highly non-newtonian The equipment is useful for MTech students and faculty for doing

research

The institute also bought a Gas Chromatograph which is used in analyzing compositions purity and for

separating different components of a mixture based on volatility It is also used in identifying a compound

and its applications include analysis of toxicity of soil water and air identifying unknown compounds etc

The equipment is useful for faculty and students in doing research and projects in the field of environmental

engineering and provides opportunities for pollution control related consultancy work

Another important purchase is Accelerated Curing Tank With concrete construction increasing at a rapid

pace this equipment provides the possibility of accelerating the curing time Normal method of curing takes

28 days To reduce the curing time of concrete and test its strength accelerated curing is required and this

can be achieved with the use of Accelerated Curing Tank in the laboratory

88

5 4

0

0

3

Fig 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14at Government Engineering College Thrissur

Expenditure on modernisation strengthening of existinglaboratories

Expenditure on ICT enabledlearning related softwareamphardware

Expenditure on library ie books e-books

Journals e-journals course specificsoftware

Expenditure on modernisation ofclassrooms

Others (furniture)

42

Table 3 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Name of the Equipment

Cost (in rupees)

Pressure Volume Change Controller

365625

Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Suit

1365000

Solar Photovoltaic grid tied training system with MPPT

367500

Gas Chromatograph 1494692

Rheometer 2687350

Surface Roughness Tester

401205

Multimedia Projector 114162

Thermal Imager 746366

Machine Conditioning Monitor

861685

Metallurgical Image Analysis System for Welding

283500

Software Factory CAD 320000

Robot 567000

Pipe Flow Software 149234

Petrol Engine Test Setup

783090

Tribometer 609900

Vibration Analyser 539175

Slotting Machine 449243

Lathe and Shaping Machine

869001

Metal Cutting Band saw 156240

Digital Viscometer 919050

Solid Modeling Software

356590

Ultrasonic Flow Detector

235561

43

Rapid Phototyping Machine

814800

Group Video Conferencing Kit

533340

Lan Trainer 106180

The efforts of the institute over the years have led to improved student placements and intake (Figure 35)

Output in terms of publications in international journals and participation of faculty and students in

international conferences has also gone up considerably (Figure 36)

Top 10 international journals in which faculty and students have secured publications since TEQIP II are

Name of Journal

1 IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

2 International Journal on Numerical Methods in Fluids

261221

570527

357

766

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Placement offers Students placed Intake of students

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 35 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 36 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

Publication in international journals Participation in international conferences

44

3 IETE Technical Review

4 Journal of the Optical Society of America

5 International Journal of Power amp Energy Systems

6 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

7 International Journal of Remote Sensing

8 Automatica

9 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

10 ASME Journal of Heat Transfer

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering amp Technology

Aligarh Muslim University

Another institute with an impeccable history and track record is Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and

Technology (ZHCET) which is a constituent college of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and it received TEQIP

II funds under sub-component 11 AMU was set up by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as Mohammedan Anglo-

Oriental College in 1875 Against available funds of Rs 10 crore ZHCET utilized Rs 618 crore as of February

2017 Following is a glimpse into the major equipment purchased by the institute

Name of the equipment Centrifugal Pump and Pelton Turbine Module Nozzle

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3349138

Reason for buying To improve teaching and research in fluid mechanics section of mechanical engineering

department The equipment comprises centrifugal pump with flowmeter valves reservoir and

instrumentation for measurement and display of inlet outlet pressures torque speed and power and

turbine inlet pressure for Peltan turbine

Name of the equipment Universal High Voltage Test system and Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage Tester

(PE-AOBDV-MXXX)

Name of the department Electrical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 4522500

Reason for buying A new MTech programme in High Voltage Engineering was started under TEQIP II for

which enhanced laboratory infrastructure was needed PE-AOBDV-M series of Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage

Testers are highly precise instruments which can be used to conduct either a breakdown voltage test or do a proof

(withstand) test Dielectric Breakdown Voltage testing of Oil is one such means to detect the voltage at power

frequency at which it is likely to cause a flash-over

Name of the equipment Altium Nanoboard FPGA Kit

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1368863

Reason for buying Five kits were bought for under-graduate and post-graduate students

45

Name of the equipmentExata Software Emulator for Networking

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1245780

Reason for buying BTech students use it to perform experiments in EL-494 (Communication Lab -III) to

study the performance of simulated networks M Tech students use it for projects and dissertations Three

faculty members are using this software for RampD purpose

Name of the equipmentPotentiostat Galvanostat with Impedance Analyzer

Name of the department Petroleum Studies

Cost of equipment Rs 1562925

Reason for buying Potentiostate is at the heart of research on electrochemistry It is mainly used for

research in the area of fuel cell membrane cyclic voltammeter and super capacitors

Name of the equipment Imac 215 Quad Core i5 with Apple Protection Plan

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 205800

Reason for buying Two units of Imac were bought for the post-graduate and networking laboratories of

computer engineering department so that students could develop software based on iOS

Altium Nanoboard

FPGA Kit

46

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli was set up in 1947 with only the civil engineering under-graduate

programme Since 2007 the institute has been autonomous having been affiliated to Bombay University

Pune University and Shivaji University in the past The institute received TEQIP II funds under sub-

component 12 It was eligible to receive Rs 125 crore It submitted procurement plan for Rs 87 crore and

spent Rs 618 crore as of February 2017

MAJOR EQUIPMENT BOUGHT

Name of the equipment Shake Table Set-up

Name of the department Civil amp Structural Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1925776

Reason for buying To establish an earthquake engineering laboratory for conducting studies on response of

structures to earthquake induced vibrations To investigate structural response under various dynamic

loading conditions

Name of the equipment Electromagnetic Exciter with Pay Load Capacity of 100 to 150 kg

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2310824

Reason for buying To carry out research work in the field of dynamic analysis for various systems

Name of the equipment Micro Machining Centre Hyper-15w table top type integrated multi-process CNC

machine tool

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3078000

Reason for buying To develop micro machining centre for the research of micro machining PG production

laboratory

2663678

6154586

7489947

8770675

8777330

10572980

11435333

0 4000000 8000000 12000000

OFFICE

ELECTRICAL

ELECTRONICS

CIVIL (CIVIL+ CIVIL ENVIRONMENTAL+ hellip

LIBRARY

COMPUTER + IT

MECHANICAL

Fig 37 Department-wise expenditure Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Figures in rupees

47

Name of the equipment Dynamometer with Built-In Three Channel Charge Amplifiers

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1876090

Reason for buying To carry out research in the area of machining

Name of the equipment Lab View Add-ons Image Processing using Smart Camera Evaluation Kit

Name of the department Electronics Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3421650

Reason for buying Design simulation and prototyping platform for experiments on DSP communication

embedded control and measurements visual representation of experimental results

Name of the equipment Thermal Conductivity Analyzer with Material -- liquid pastes and small particles

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2100000

Reason for buying Post-graduate research and laboratory development

48

Chapter 4 Key Findings

49

1 On an average funds given to institutions for purchase of equipment and soft resources have led to

significant improvement in laboratory infrastructure of the institutes under study

2 The impact of such purchases on improvement in quality is not easily quantifiable in measurable

terms To assess the same other correlated parameters could be looked at such as improvement in

the number of research publications in refereed journals increase in the number of PhD students

number of faculty involved in research or the percentage of student placement However none of

these parameters can be directly or solely be said to be due to the improvement in physical or

digital infrastructure of institutes

3 Institutes did not have a clear-cut strategy of what best use they could put the available money to

Given that each institute on an average got Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and other resources

they could have used the money to create at least one best-in-class facility in any of the

departments which was equipped to utilize that facility in terms of augmenting the interaction of

the institute with industry or generating more resources through assignments from other agencies

While institutes in sub-component 12 had the provision to set up centres of excellence even in sub-

component 11 they could have done so if they had worked with that aim and vision

4 Instead institutes on an average divided the money equally across six departments and each

department on an average bought one-two machines which were significantly expensive and the

rest of the money was spent on buying other small routine equipment desktops laptops

networking servers software and e-journals Collaborations between departments for research

projects were however missing

5 This pattern of expenditure can be explained by the fact that our engineering institutions are still in

a phase where there is more emphasis on theory than practical Hands-on learning or project-based

approach in teaching is relatively new for institutions which is why there is not much emphasis on

understanding the practical aspects of learning such as producing patents versus papers

6 Institutes were seen to be over protective wherever even a slightly costly equipment was bought By

their own admission such equipment was most of the time kept under lock and key and was at best

displayed to students They were rarely given the opportunity to actually do something with it on

their own

7 Equal receipt of money by a number of departments has led to overall improvement in laboratory

standards of all departments which is good from an egalitarian perspective It is also good that all

departments have been able to uniformly upgrade their infrastructure and will therefore be able to

compete with each other in attracting good students faculty as well as assignments from industry in

future

8 Discussions with focus groups suggest that institutes spent large amounts of money on creating or

refurbishing physical infrastructure While non-academic experts may see this as wasteful

expenditure from an academic perspective even if this leads to improvement in the physical

facilities being offered by institutes it is well worth the investment While state funded institutes

get funds from state governments for building infrastructure for some of the centrally funded

institutes where infrastructure may have been falling apart this money would have been useful

9 Because of the fact that there is no proper system to track the usage of equipment ndash records are

maintained in physical form in the shape of log books and registers which render a macro analysis

50

impossible -- anecdotal evidence suggests that equipment bought is not being optimally utilized A

significantly higher number of research papers in refereed journals suggests that this may not be

true but the fact remains that there is no improvement in the number of technology transfers

commercialization of research or patent generation which remain weak This again brings into focus

the theory versus application part of teaching

10 Overall improvement in base infrastructure was important for institutes to advance to the next level

of development Except for some of the Centrally funded institutions none of the institutes which

received funding in TEQIP II are in the league of the six original IITs in terms of laboratory

infrastructure They do not have access to the kind of liberal funding that CFTIs get If they had not

got the present funds to buy equipment they would have taken at least five to seven years to

procure the same through the resources available to them Even for Central institutions as also for

others the availability of funds at one go meant that they could procure high costing software such

as Matlab Ansys Labview Cadence and Adobe which benefit students across departments

11 Funds for buying equipment and other soft resources enabled the institutes to take some steps

towards keeping pace with the rapidly changing advancements in technology Increased level of

automation and artificial intelligence in industry is reflected in the kind of purchases institutes have

made ndash various types of simulation software digital machines replacing analogue ones such as in

electrical engineering departments all-in-one automatic machines which combine several levels of

manual work such as in surveying in civil engineering departments robotic arms mimicking the

automated environment of modern factories attached to lathe machines in mechanical engineering

departments instruments capable of handling nano particles in specialized centres and 3D printers

capable of printing high precision devices which are being used in multiple fields

12 Most institutes have also bought subscriptions to high level international journals in various

streams both online and physical enabling access to vast repository of world class content for most

students

13 Institutes have not paid much thought to maintenance of equipment since most of the purchases

have been made in the past two-three years and warranty periods are still in force Most institutes

have also reported availability of in-house technicians to look after the machines though majority

said that they would sign annual maintenance contracts (AMC) with vendors Since AMCs usually

cost roughly 10 per cent of the cost of the equipment they felt that the resources allocated for the

same under TEQIP II would not be adequate and that they should be increased slightly

14 As per the feedback provided by almost all institutes they all agree that the equipment purchased

by them responds to faculty student needs and was done as per consultation and

recommendations of faculty They all follow well laid out norms for disposal of equipment which

keep environmental considerations in mind

6 -- Average number of departments among which each institute in Sub-component 11 divided

the total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 500 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

51

7-- Average number of departments among which each institute in sub-component 12 divided the

total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 284 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

2147403 ndash Number of items bought by institutes for office purpose in sub-component

11

101699 hours monthndash Utilisation of equipment by UG amp PG students in sub-component

11 as per available data of institutes which participated in the study

427 hours month ndash Average utilization of equipment by UG and PG students across

institutes in sub-component 11

51656 hours month -- Utilisation of equipment by PhD students in sub-component 11 as

per available data of institutes which participated in the study

37 hours month-- Average utilization of equipment by PhD students across institutes in sub-

component 11

52

Chapter 5 Way Forward

53

As data shows and case studies prove there can be no doubt that TEQIP II and the funds provided to

institutes for purchase of equipment and other soft resources have led to improvement in laboratory

infrastructure which in turn has helped in improving the output Some pointers for future stages of the

project are-

1 Even though TEQIP II had a major focus on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and institutes

were given significant amount of funds for purchase of equipment there were no guidelines or

benchmarks for them to judge themselves against and to understand what an ideal laboratory

should be like for any given department While it is good that they were given the freedom to decide

what they wanted to buy and it depended on the pro-activeness of the department heads on what

all they ended up getting funds for in an ideal scenario they should have been given a list of

essential basic equipment as well as research level equipment and they could have prioritized their

purchases on the basis of that

In all likelihood such department-wise lists do not exist anywhere In the third phase of TEQIP

therefore NPIU could commission a project which involves study of top world-class as well as top

national-level laboratories for each department Thereafter standard templates of equipment could

be prepared which could illustrate the requirement of equipment for each concept and practical for

every stream of engineering Based on standard frequency of usage and the number of students in a

class adequate numbers of any equipment could be recommended to be bought by institutes in

order to ensure that not too much time is wasted on rotating several batches of students on the

same equipment

Availability of such templates of equipment as well as soft resources which could be updated

periodically in keeping with the changes in technology and availability of resources would also help

policy makers understand how many institutes come up to a benchmark and how many need

further support

2 Institutes should start maintaining digital records of use of equipment which are bought for research

purposes These records should not be just digital copies of physical registers but should be in the

form of smart solutions which can track internal supply chains in laboratories as well as usage of

equipment The solutions should be able to provide real-time analysis of usage of equipment in

every laboratory and all laboratories could be linked to one centralized system There are various

kinds of RFID solutions available today which can handle usage patterns well The available

information could be used to devise solutions and create policy interventions to increase the actual

usage of equipment

3 Nodal institutes under TEQIP II could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of neighboring non-TEQIP institutes The

unspent money could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

4 Institutes could be encouraged to ensure that laboratories in all departments have well designed

brochures and information material such as leaflets and manuals on major equipment so that

dissemination of information about their availability is easy and their utilization could be increased

54

5 Facilities created in institutes are not being optimally utilized to increase interaction with industry

While rural location of the institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of

the reasons it is also true that in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the

commissioning of equipment Size of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for

anything on industrial scale But in most cases industry is not even aware of the existence of state-

of-the-art equipment inside institutes Regular interactions with sector-specific companies are a

must therefore to create a culture of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration

6 For decades research has happened in our country in isolation and at a distance from both industry

and academia Being largely funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) so far it

has been taking place inside the laboratories of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

The 37 laboratories of CSIR and its 39 field stations or extension centres have been working in the

areas of aerospace engineering structural engineering ocean science life science metallurgy

chemicals mining food petroleum leather and environmental science The ministry of HRD has

also started funding research in a big way in recent years through schemes such as Imprint ndash

Improving Research Innovation and Technology and the Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) It would be

fruitful for the country if research happening purely on the scientific side is able to converge with

that on the academic side Hence in order to ensure greater synergy between research and

teaching it is essential that technical institutes start working more closely with CSIR laboratories

This will bring them immediately closer to cutting edge research and provide rich exposure to

students Specially for institutions which have got improved laboratory facilities as a result of TEQIP

II funds collaboration with relevant CSIR laboratories will help them grow their research and at the

same time provide the latter with a steady flow of students to work on live projects

7 Institutions which have upgraded their laboratory infrastructure in the area of food and agriculture

will gain by collaborating with the government on its e-labs project which aims at automating the

testing procedure of soil fertiliser pesticide and equipment samples By ensuring speedy and

transparent online disbursement of information related to such tests the projectrsquos vision is to

reduce crop losses and increase the use of good quality bio-pesticides through fair and unbiased

testing Institutions and students will be able to learn a lot about quality control and the processes

involved in digital testing through collaboration with the government on e-labs

8 In order to ensure transparency in procurement processes it is advisable that institutes make use of

the governmentrsquos new e-marketplace called GEM Through the portal wwwgemnicin institutes

can buy virtually anything and everything that they may require specially consumables office

equipment furniture and software Buying through this portal will speed up procurement and

improve the efficiency of institutes Created and maintained by the Directorate General of Supplies

amp Disposals (DGSampD) it provides tools for e-bidding reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to

help users get best value for their money At the national level a system of procurement should be

put in place including committee to look into the requirement and availability of equipment taking

global scenarios into consideration

Appendices

Appendix 1

55

State-wise Number of Institutions Under Technical Education QualityImprovement Programme II (2010-2017)

S Name of State CFIs Sub‐component 11 Sub‐component 12 Total No of

Institutions 1 Andhra Pradesh 5 6 11 2 Bihar 2 ‐‐ 2 3 Chhattisgarh 4 ‐‐ 4 4 Gujarat 7 ‐‐ 7 5 Haryana 3 3 6 6 Himachal Pradesh 1 ‐‐ 1 7 Jharkhand 1 1 2 8 Karnataka 4 15 19 9 Kerala 19 ‐‐ 19

10 Madhya Pradesh 3 2 5 11 Maharashtra 7 10 17

12 NCT‐Delhi ‐‐ 1 1 13 Odisha 2 ‐‐ 2 14 Punjab 7 1 8 15 Rajasthan 9 ‐‐ 9 16 Tamil Nadu 5 4 9 17 Telangana 8 5 13 18 Tripura 1 ‐‐ 1 19 UT‐Chandigarh 2 1 3 20 UT‐Puducherry 1 ‐‐ 1 21 Uttar Pradesh 2 5 7 22 Uttarakhand 1 2 3 23 West Bengal 11 3 14 24 Centrally Funded

Institutions (CFIs) 8 18 26

Total 113 77 190

Appendix 2 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 11

S Name of the Name of the Institution

No State UT

1 JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

2 Aditya Institute of Technology amp Management Tekkali Srikakulam

Andhra

3 Madanapalle Institute of Technology amp Science Madanapalle

Pradesh

4 Shri Vishnu Engineering College for women Vishnupur Bhimavaram

5 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College Chittoor

6 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur

Bihar

7 Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur

8 Government Engineering College Bilaspur

9 Government Engineering College Jagdalpur Bastar

Chhattisgarh

10 Government Engineering College Raipur

11 Rungta College of Engineering amp Technology Bhilai

56

12 Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

13 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Vallabh Vidynagar

14 Lukhdirji Engineering College Morbi

15 Gujarat Shantilal Shah Engineering College Bhavnagar

16 Government Engineering College Gandhinagar

17 Government Engineering College Rajkot

18 Government Engineering College Patan

19 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology (UIET) Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

Haryana

20 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology MDU Rohtak

21 NC College of Engineering Panipat

22 Himachal Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar Mandi

Pradesh

23 Jharkhand Cambridge Institute of Technology Ranchi

24 BVB College of Engineering amp Technology Hubli

25 PES College of Engineering Mandya

Karnataka

26 Government Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jublee Technological Institute Bangalore

27 NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore

2

SNo Name of the

Name of the Institution

StateUT

28 Government Engineering College Thrissur

29 Government Engineering College Kozhikode

30 Government Engineering College Painavu Idukki

31 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

32 School of Engineering Cochin University of Science amp Technology Cochin

33 Government College of Engineering Kannur

34 Government Engineering College Bartonhill Thiruvananthapuram

35 LBS Institute of Technology for Women Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram

36 College of Engineering Perumon Perinad Kollam

37 Kerala College of Engineering Kidangoor Kottayam

38 Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

57

39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

58

70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

60

Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

62

77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

70

Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

72

Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

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Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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9

Chapter 2 Data Analysis

10

State-wise Expenditure Analysis

On an average institutes under sub-component 11 got 55 per cent of total available amount of Rs 10 crore

ie Rs 55 crore for purchase of Goods (equipment and soft resources etc) In sub-component 12 the

percentage of funds available for equipment etc was 45 per cent of Rs 125 crore and it totaled to Rs 565

crore Additional funding of Rs 5 crore was available for setting up centres of excellence and out of this Rs

275 crore was allocated for buying of equipment etc Additional Rs 5 crore was given to those institutes

which had performed well in upgradation of facilities

Analysis of expenditure till February 2017 as procured from the MIS of National Project Implementation

Unit (NPIU) shows that most states utilized the money that they had submitted the plans for Among the

states (Figure 1) which saw less than 75 per cent utilization of their own planned expenditure were Punjab

at 52 per cent utilization Uttarakhand which saw 56 per cent utilization Rajasthan was at 71 per cent and

Madhya Pradesh saw 74 per cent realization of the planned expenditure Rest all states did not see much

variation in what they had envisaged they would spend and what they actually did

Andhra Pradesh (Figure 2)

Total population in lakh 4958

Literacy rate 670

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

56 (113)

2015 projected share of state 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

4

Gross Enrolment Ratio 312

Total number of engineering institutes 219

Institutes in sub-component 11 5

Institutes in sub-component 12 6

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Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 11

Total available funds Rs 105 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 39 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 34 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Bihar (Figure 3)

Total population in lakh 1041

Literacy rate 618

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

112 (108)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

79

Gross Enrolment Ratio 139

Total number of engineering institutes 21

Institutes in sub-component 11 2

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 2

Total available funds Rs 20 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 11 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0200400600800

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Available funds

Utilised funds

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

Figure 2

Andhra Pradesh

12

Chhattisgarh (Figure 4)

Total population in lakh 2555

Literacy rate 703

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

308 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

22

Gross Enrolment Ratio 146

Total number of engineering institutes 21

Institutes in sub-component 11 4

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 4

Total available funds Rs 34 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 175 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 164 crore

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Figure 3 Bihar

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

13

Gujarat (Figure 5)

Total population in lakh 6044

Literacy rate 78

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

719 (119)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

51

Gross Enrolment Ratio 20

Institutes in sub-component 11 7

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 7

Total available funds Rs 70 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 385 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 375 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Rungta College ofEngineering amp

Technology Bhilai

GovernmentEngineering College

Bilaspur

GovernmentEngineering College

Raipur

GovernmentEngineering College

Jagdalpur Bastar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

14

Haryana (Figure 6)

Total population in lakh 2535

Literacy rate 756

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

319 (126)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

23

Gross Enrolment Ratio 276

Total number of engineering institutes 89

Institutes in sub-component 11 3

Institutes in sub-component 12 3

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 6

Total available funds Rs 575 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 278 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 23 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Figure 5 Gujarat

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

15

Himachal Pradesh

Total population in lakh 686

Literacy rate 828

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

74 (108)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

05

Gross Enrolment Ratio 312

Total number of engineering institutes 17

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 10 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 55 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 55 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Jharkhand (Figure 7)

Total population in lakh 3299

Literacy rate 664

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

375 (114)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

27

Gross Enrolment Ratio 16

Total number of engineering institutes 14

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 2

Total available funds Rs 21 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 95 crore

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Available funds

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Estimate as per plansubmitted by theinstitute

Figure 6 Haryana

16

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 93 crore

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Karnataka (Figure 8)

Total population in lakh 611

Literacy rate 754

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

712 (117)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

5

Gross Enrolment Ratio 264

Total number of engineering institutes 166

Institutes in sub-component 11 4

Institutes in sub-component 12 15

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 19

Total available funds Rs 215 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 927 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 75 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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1400

BIT Mesra BIT Mesra CoE Cambridge Institute ofTechnology Ranchi

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

17

Kerala (Figure 9)

Total population in lakh 334

Literacy rate 94

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

305 (91)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

22

Gross Enrolment Ratio 287

Total number of engineering institutes 98

Institutes in sub-component 11 19

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 19

Total available funds Rs 190 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1045 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 106 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

18

Madhya Pradesh (Figure 10)

Total population in lakh 7263

Literacy rate 693

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

879 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

62

Gross Enrolment Ratio 196

Total number of engineering institutes 121

Institutes in sub-component 11 3

Institutes in sub-component 12 2

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 5

Total available funds Rs 49 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 23 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 17 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Figure 9 Kerala

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

19

Maharashtra (Figure 11)

Total population in lakh 11237

Literacy rate 823

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

1334 (119)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

94

Gross Enrolment Ratio 279

Total number of engineering institutes 216

Institutes in sub-component 11 7

Institutes in sub-component 12 10

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 17

Total available funds Rs 254 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 119 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 102 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

20

Delhi (Figure 12)

Total population in lakh 1679

Literacy rate 862

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

224 (133)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

16

Gross Enrolment Ratio 435

Total number of engineering institutes 15

Institutes in sub-component 11 0

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 125 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 56 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 15 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

21

Odisha (Figure 13)

Total population in lakh 4197

Literacy rate 729

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

466 (111)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

33

Gross Enrolment Ratio 177

Total number of engineering institutes 68

Institutes in sub-component 11 2

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 2

Total available funds Rs 20 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 105 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 108 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Figure 12 Delhi Technological University

22

Punjab (Figure 14)

Total population in lakh 2774

Literacy rate 758

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

325 (117)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

23

Gross Enrolment Ratio 27

Total number of engineering institutes 87

Institutes in sub-component 11 7

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 8

Total available funds Rs 81 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 42 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 22 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Veer Surendra Sai University ofTechnology Burla Sambalpur

College of Engineering And TechnologyBhubaneshwar

Figure 13 Odisha

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

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Figure 14 Punjab

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

23

Rajasthan (Figure 15)

Total population in lakh 6855

Literacy rate 661

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

871 (127)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

62

Gross Enrolment Ratio 20

Total number of engineering institutes 82

Institutes in sub-component 11 9

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 9

Total available funds Rs 84 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 45 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 32 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Tamil Nadu (Figure 16)

Total population in lakh 7215

Literacy rate 80

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

73 (101)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

52

Gross Enrolment Ratio 452

Total number of engineering institutes 326

Institutes in sub-component 11 5

Institutes in sub-component 12 4

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 9

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Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

24

Total available funds Rs 140 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 74 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 70 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Telangana (Figure 17)

Total population in lakh 350

Literacy rate 664

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

406 (114)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

29

Gross Enrolment Ratio 36

Total number of engineering institutes 182

Institutes in sub-component 11 8

Institutes in sub-component 12 5

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 13

Total available funds Rs 120 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 45 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 34 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0200400600800

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Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plansubmitted by the institute

25

Tripura

Total population in lakh 367

Literacy rate 872

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

44 (119)

2015 projected share of state 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

03

Gross Enrolment Ratio 168

Total number of engineering institutes 6

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 10 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 55 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 54 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

UT-Chandigarh (Figure 18)

Total population in lakh 106

Literacy rate 861

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

17 (165)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

01

Gross Enrolment Ratio 56

Total number of engineering institutes 2

Institutes in sub-component 11 2

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 3

Total available funds Rs 475 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying Rs 24 crore

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Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

26

equipment and other resources

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 20 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Puducherry

Total population in lakh 125

Literacy rate 859

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

15 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

01

Gross Enrolment Ratio 46

Total number of engineering institutes 10

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 15 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 8 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 6 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Uttar Pradesh (Figure 19)

Total population in lakh 1998

Literacy rate 677

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Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plansubmitted by institute

28

West Bengal (Figure 21)

Total population in lakh 9128

Literacy rate 763

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

109 (12)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

77

Gross Enrolment Ratio 174

Total number of engineering institutes 72

Institutes in sub-component 11 11

Institutes in sub-component 12 3

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 14

Total available funds Rs 179 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 88 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 82 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rscrore)

Estimate as per plansubmitted by institute

29

CFIs (Figure 22)

Institutes in sub-component 11 8

Institutes in sub-component 12 18

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 26

Total available funds Rs 415 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 200 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1625 crore

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Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

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Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

30

Utilisation Analysis

In this section data on buying of equipment and other resources has been first analysed component-wise

and then department-wise

While data was collected from all institutes and a broad understanding was arrived at of the kind of

equipment and other resources money was spent on from the extensive lists provided by institutions it was

difficult to analyse how much money was spent on which category of item For the sake of analysis

therefore each equipment and item named by the institute was manually categorized into the following

broad categories-

1 Laboratory equipment (included all items bought for laboratories such as machines laptops

desktops and projectors)

2 Connectivity (included equipment related to creating wi-fi networks such as cables connectors

servers modems UPS racks adapters pipes and switches)

3 Books (included hard copies as well as subscriptions of e-journals for libraries)

4 Smart class (included white boards display panels podiums amplifiers cables projectors mixers

microphones webcam and wireless sensors)

5 Software

6 Office equipment (included laptops desktops printers scanners LCDs generator sets projectors

tables chairs almirahs digital signages etc bought for principalrsquos office directorrsquos office faculty

staff department rooms TEQIP office)

7 Furniture (included furniture for class rooms and departments)

8 Civil work (included flooring false ceilings repair work lighting)

Post the categorization in these eight broad heads the picture which emerged (Figure 23) for sub-

component 11 showed 58 per cent expenditure on laboratory equipment 14 per cent on software 10 per

cent on books 7 per cent each on office equipment and connectivity and 1-2 per cent each on furniture civil

work and smart classes This is in keeping with the goals of TEQIP II which had envisaged least expenditure

on civil work It was limited to 5 per cent of total expenditure on equipment for institutes under sub-

component 11 and 3 per cent for those under sub-component 12 If unspent institutes were free to use

this money for equipment and other resources So low expenditure on civil work is an achievement of TEQIP

II There should have been more expenditure on connectivity ndash campus-wide wifi networks ndash but that could

be due to the fact that several institutes already had wifi networks in place and did not need TEQIP funds to

do that

31

In sub-component 12 (Figure 24) this break-up was more or less on the same lines though the expenditure

on laboratory equipment in this sub-component was much higher at 70 per cent because of the inclusion of

centres of excellence and higher focus on post-graduate and PhD level studies This was followed by 17 per

cent on software and 5 per cent each on books and office equipment Rest was all 2 per cent and less and

negligible amount of expenditure on civil work was seen in this category

Department-wise

analysis of equipment

purchased by

institutes shows that in

sub-component 11

(Figure 25) highest

Lab equipment58

Software 14

Books 10

Office equipment

7

Connectivity 7

Smart class2

Furniture1

Civil work1

EXPENDITURE (11)

Figure 23

Office equipment

5

Software 17

Smart class1

EXPENDITURE (12)

Figure 29

32

076 164 46678

961 10631459

2169

TOTAL AMOUNT SPENT BY DEPARTMENTS (IN RS LAKH)

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

(in Rs crore)

number of equipment were bought by computer amp IT departments followed by electrical mechanical

electronics and civil departments For the purpose of categorization two or more streams of a kind were

merged into one and numbers for both streams taken together For instance computer science and

information technology were merged into one Similarly electronics amp instrumentation and electronics amp

electrical were taken together under electronics

While sub-component 11 presented a picture on expected lines with the top five departments being

generally the biggest departments in institutes in sub-component 12 this picture was slightly confusing

Here the top two departmentsndash electronics and civil ndash were ahead of other departments (Table 1) by an

inexplicable margin One of the reasons for this could be the fact that most of the equipment bought for the

centres of excellence would have had items related to electronics But that still does not explain the

unusually high number of items for civil engineering departments

Table 1 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 12

Name of the department Number of items bought

Mining 23

BioTech 137

Chemical 170

Mechanical 497

Computer amp IT 661

Electrical 969

Electronics 544915

Civil 1701948

On the other hand an expenditure-wise analysis of the same departments shows a different picture (Figure

26) with mechanical engineering department emerging top with expenditure of Rs 216 crore and electrical

department showing expenditure of Rs 145 crore Civil department is at number 3 with expenditure of Rs

106 crore The aberration in the number of items could have been because civil and electronics

departments would have bought a large number of items of small value

33

166 224 45 481 934 14772459

3138

Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

(in Rs crore)Figure 27

As per the data provided by institutes those in sub-component 11 show higher expenditure

department-wise with mechanical engineering department at top with expenditure of Rs 313

crore These should however be taken only as indicative figures as the numbers cannot be absolute

(Figure 27)

Table 7 Top 20 Lab equipment bought by institutes in 11

CNC Lathe machines

Compressor testing machine

Computer and peripherals

Computerised machines

Digital meters

Gas chromatograph

Micro-controller

Micro-processor

Oscilloscope

PCB prototyping machine

Robotic kits

Solar PV systems

Spectrum analyser

Thermal imager

Total Station

Ultrasonic probe

Universal testing machine

UV-spectrophotometer

Voltmeter

Wattmeter

34

Table 2 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 11

Table 21 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 12

1 CNC Lathe machines Advanced laser kit

2 Compressor testing machine Asphalt material performance tester

3 Computer and peripherals Atomic absorption spectrophotometer

4 Computerised machines Bio-reactors

5 Digital meters BOD incubator

6 Gas chromatograph Centrifuge

7 Micro-controller CNC lathe machine

8 Micro-processor Compression testing

9 Oscilloscope Computer and peripherals

10 PCB prototyping machine Digital image processing

11 Robotic kits Digital multimeter

12 Solar PV systems Electric discharge machine

13 Spectrum analyser Hydraulic pressing

14 Thermal imager Magnetic stirrer

15 Total Station Microwave simulator

16 Ultrasonic probe Optical microscope

17 Universal testing machine PCB prototype machine

18 UV-spectrophotometer Thermal analyser

19 Voltmeter Thermal scanner

20 Wattmeter Wireless sensor network kit

Impact of Utilisation

No amount of data tracking or record keeping is worth

the effort if it does not translate into improvement in

actual output The real impact of all this expenditure by

institutes on buying of latest equipment is only useful in

so far as it is able to show growth in the number of

publications or rise in the number of post-graduate

student intake Looked at from that perspective TEQIP II

seems to have made satisfactory progress as the data

maintained by the National Project Implementation Unit

UPWARD TREND

Increase in the number of

publications in refereed

journals

Increase in the number of PG

and PhD students

Increase in revenue generated

through consultancy

35

(NPIU) shows There has been a significant improvement over the years in the number of publications in

refereed journals which till last year have been showing above target performance Only the numbers for

2016-17 are low considering that the data captured is till the month of February 2017 only From a target of

7500 publications in 2010-11 and a realization of 11722to a target of 14500 in 2015-16 and a realization of

18482 (Figure 28) the growth has been impressive though again how much of it is due to buying of

equipment alone is debatable

Another key performance indicatoras per the planners of TEQIP II was rise in the total number of masters

and PhD level students from a baseline of 30000 in 2010-11 to 41000 by 2016 Seen from that angle also the

performance of the programme has exceeded the target To a large extent this can be attributed to

availability of better laboratory infrastructure as it would have been a major factor behind the institutesrsquo

capability to attract students for MTech and PhD (Figure 29)

7032 7500 8000 8500 9000

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2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016

Fig 28 Number of publications in refereed journals in TEQIP II institutions

Target Actual

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The percentage of externally funded RampD projects and consultancies in total revenue has increased from 7

per cent in 2010-11 to 14 per cent in 2015-16 against a target of 12 per cent (Figure 30)

2009-2010

2010-2011

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2014-2015

2015-2016

Target 7032 32000 33000 34000 34000 40000 40500

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50000

60000

Fig 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP I

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

2016-2017

Target 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12

Actual 82 11 127 137 117 14 125

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

Tota

l Rev

enu

e

Fig 30 Consultancy revenue generated

37

Chapter 3 Case Studies

38

Government Engineering College Thrissur Kerala

(with inputs from Prof Manoj Kumar K V Coordinator TEQIP II GEC Thrissur)

The entire process of planning procurement and the complete cycle of improved input resulting in improved output can be illustrated through the case study of Government Engineering College Thrissur which is one of the model colleges in TEQIP II and received funds under sub-component 11 It is the second oldest engineering in the state of Kerala and is affiliated to the University of Calicut Its foundation stone was laid by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in April 1958 and among its famous alumni are Dr K Radhakrishnan former chairman of Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) Out of the project allocation of Rs 10 crore Rs 55 crore was utilized by the institute for procurement of equipment The fund was apportioned among the departments based on student strength and their need to modernize and strengthen their various laboratories The procurement plan was finalized from the proposals received from the departments and vetted by the State Project Facilitation Unit (SPFU) before being executed through the Procurement Management Support System (PMSS) which was a web portal created by the National Project Implementation Unit (NPIU) to manage the project

39

Figure 31 10 steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan (Figure 38)

Departments were asked to draw up a

three-year procurement plan based on

their needs Department heads

coordinators and TEQIP nodal officers

had a meeting in the institute in

January 2012 to understand the plans

and procedures as available on NPIU

website

In February the Principal of the

institute TEQIP coordinator and

procurement coordinator attended a

training session conducted by NPIU at

Thiruvananthapuram Participation in

this session was facilitated by SPFU and

it entailed extensive training on how to

use the PMSS website

A training session was organized in the

institute for the benefit of Heads of

Departments (HoDs) and Department

TEQIP coordinators The programme

was attended by 24 officials and it

covered the entire set of activities

pertaining to purchase through PMSS --

from configuration management plan

creation and revision packaging and

procuring to stocking

Procurement coordinator and

department TEQIP coordinators also

attended a training program organized

by SPFUat School of Engineering

Cochin University of Science and

Technologyin February 2012

The SPFU arranged a discussion at

directorateoffice Thiruvanantha-

puramin February to fine tune the plan

and to facilitate data entry through

PMSS The finetuning included clubbing

of similar items from various

departments into one package limiting

the threshold to a maximum of 90 per

cent included in a scheme and revising

the tentative timelines based on plan

approval which was expected by mid-

April 2012 The institute was advised to

procure a particular software used for

double entry book-keeping through

PMSS and to identify 2 National

Competitive Bidding (NCB)

procurement plans to be sent to

Central authorities for approval

The rejigged procurement plan after

consultation with the concerned

coordinators was uploaded on the

website on 28thFebruary 2012

The plan was reviewed by SPFU and

some corrections were suggested

The corrected plan was uploaded again

At a meeting convened on 14thMarch

2012 at LBS College for Women

Thiruvananthapuram the first approval

of the plan was given by Director SPFU

On 31st March 2012 the Principal

convened a meeting of HoDs and

departmental TEQIP coordinators and

instructions were issued to draw up

specifications with respect to every

package so that the data was readily

available for entry to PMSS once the

plan was approved by NPIUWorld

Bank

1 2

3 4

5

6

8

7

9

10

40

Procurement activities were in full swing during the first 18 months of the project and were executed fully as

per the plan Procurement was completed in 82 packages including 68 National Shopping (NS)packages 7

National Competitive Bidding (NCB) packages 2 Direct Contract packages and 5 Civil Works packages

The institute made maximum expenditure in 2013-14 (Figure 32) across different heads Its investments on

laboratory modernization and strengthening started in 2012 and continued till 2017 (Figure 33) Overall it

spent bulk of the money (88 per cent) on modernization of laboratories and 5 per cent on ICT enabled

learning (Figure 34)

5851520

36470287

6909895

61170 1552063

0

5000000

10000000

15000000

20000000

25000000

30000000

35000000

40000000

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur (in Rs)

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Figure 32

2012-1311

2013-1473

2014-1515

2015-160

2016-171

EXPENDITURE ON MODERNISATION STRENGTHENING OF LABS AT GEC THRISSUR

Figure 33

41

Major equipment bought by the institute with TEQIP II funds includes a Rheometer which is not available in

any other institution in the state and offers potential for research and consultancy It is used for determining

the rheological behaviors of liquids and solids It has applications in polymer nano-composites which are the

emerging field of research The stress rheology measurements provide information for spread ability

emulsion stability suspension leveling flow control thermal stability extrudability and thickening etc The

fluid can be highly non-newtonian The equipment is useful for MTech students and faculty for doing

research

The institute also bought a Gas Chromatograph which is used in analyzing compositions purity and for

separating different components of a mixture based on volatility It is also used in identifying a compound

and its applications include analysis of toxicity of soil water and air identifying unknown compounds etc

The equipment is useful for faculty and students in doing research and projects in the field of environmental

engineering and provides opportunities for pollution control related consultancy work

Another important purchase is Accelerated Curing Tank With concrete construction increasing at a rapid

pace this equipment provides the possibility of accelerating the curing time Normal method of curing takes

28 days To reduce the curing time of concrete and test its strength accelerated curing is required and this

can be achieved with the use of Accelerated Curing Tank in the laboratory

88

5 4

0

0

3

Fig 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14at Government Engineering College Thrissur

Expenditure on modernisation strengthening of existinglaboratories

Expenditure on ICT enabledlearning related softwareamphardware

Expenditure on library ie books e-books

Journals e-journals course specificsoftware

Expenditure on modernisation ofclassrooms

Others (furniture)

42

Table 3 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Name of the Equipment

Cost (in rupees)

Pressure Volume Change Controller

365625

Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Suit

1365000

Solar Photovoltaic grid tied training system with MPPT

367500

Gas Chromatograph 1494692

Rheometer 2687350

Surface Roughness Tester

401205

Multimedia Projector 114162

Thermal Imager 746366

Machine Conditioning Monitor

861685

Metallurgical Image Analysis System for Welding

283500

Software Factory CAD 320000

Robot 567000

Pipe Flow Software 149234

Petrol Engine Test Setup

783090

Tribometer 609900

Vibration Analyser 539175

Slotting Machine 449243

Lathe and Shaping Machine

869001

Metal Cutting Band saw 156240

Digital Viscometer 919050

Solid Modeling Software

356590

Ultrasonic Flow Detector

235561

43

Rapid Phototyping Machine

814800

Group Video Conferencing Kit

533340

Lan Trainer 106180

The efforts of the institute over the years have led to improved student placements and intake (Figure 35)

Output in terms of publications in international journals and participation of faculty and students in

international conferences has also gone up considerably (Figure 36)

Top 10 international journals in which faculty and students have secured publications since TEQIP II are

Name of Journal

1 IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

2 International Journal on Numerical Methods in Fluids

261221

570527

357

766

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Placement offers Students placed Intake of students

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 35 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 36 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

Publication in international journals Participation in international conferences

44

3 IETE Technical Review

4 Journal of the Optical Society of America

5 International Journal of Power amp Energy Systems

6 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

7 International Journal of Remote Sensing

8 Automatica

9 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

10 ASME Journal of Heat Transfer

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering amp Technology

Aligarh Muslim University

Another institute with an impeccable history and track record is Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and

Technology (ZHCET) which is a constituent college of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and it received TEQIP

II funds under sub-component 11 AMU was set up by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as Mohammedan Anglo-

Oriental College in 1875 Against available funds of Rs 10 crore ZHCET utilized Rs 618 crore as of February

2017 Following is a glimpse into the major equipment purchased by the institute

Name of the equipment Centrifugal Pump and Pelton Turbine Module Nozzle

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3349138

Reason for buying To improve teaching and research in fluid mechanics section of mechanical engineering

department The equipment comprises centrifugal pump with flowmeter valves reservoir and

instrumentation for measurement and display of inlet outlet pressures torque speed and power and

turbine inlet pressure for Peltan turbine

Name of the equipment Universal High Voltage Test system and Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage Tester

(PE-AOBDV-MXXX)

Name of the department Electrical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 4522500

Reason for buying A new MTech programme in High Voltage Engineering was started under TEQIP II for

which enhanced laboratory infrastructure was needed PE-AOBDV-M series of Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage

Testers are highly precise instruments which can be used to conduct either a breakdown voltage test or do a proof

(withstand) test Dielectric Breakdown Voltage testing of Oil is one such means to detect the voltage at power

frequency at which it is likely to cause a flash-over

Name of the equipment Altium Nanoboard FPGA Kit

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1368863

Reason for buying Five kits were bought for under-graduate and post-graduate students

45

Name of the equipmentExata Software Emulator for Networking

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1245780

Reason for buying BTech students use it to perform experiments in EL-494 (Communication Lab -III) to

study the performance of simulated networks M Tech students use it for projects and dissertations Three

faculty members are using this software for RampD purpose

Name of the equipmentPotentiostat Galvanostat with Impedance Analyzer

Name of the department Petroleum Studies

Cost of equipment Rs 1562925

Reason for buying Potentiostate is at the heart of research on electrochemistry It is mainly used for

research in the area of fuel cell membrane cyclic voltammeter and super capacitors

Name of the equipment Imac 215 Quad Core i5 with Apple Protection Plan

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 205800

Reason for buying Two units of Imac were bought for the post-graduate and networking laboratories of

computer engineering department so that students could develop software based on iOS

Altium Nanoboard

FPGA Kit

46

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli was set up in 1947 with only the civil engineering under-graduate

programme Since 2007 the institute has been autonomous having been affiliated to Bombay University

Pune University and Shivaji University in the past The institute received TEQIP II funds under sub-

component 12 It was eligible to receive Rs 125 crore It submitted procurement plan for Rs 87 crore and

spent Rs 618 crore as of February 2017

MAJOR EQUIPMENT BOUGHT

Name of the equipment Shake Table Set-up

Name of the department Civil amp Structural Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1925776

Reason for buying To establish an earthquake engineering laboratory for conducting studies on response of

structures to earthquake induced vibrations To investigate structural response under various dynamic

loading conditions

Name of the equipment Electromagnetic Exciter with Pay Load Capacity of 100 to 150 kg

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2310824

Reason for buying To carry out research work in the field of dynamic analysis for various systems

Name of the equipment Micro Machining Centre Hyper-15w table top type integrated multi-process CNC

machine tool

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3078000

Reason for buying To develop micro machining centre for the research of micro machining PG production

laboratory

2663678

6154586

7489947

8770675

8777330

10572980

11435333

0 4000000 8000000 12000000

OFFICE

ELECTRICAL

ELECTRONICS

CIVIL (CIVIL+ CIVIL ENVIRONMENTAL+ hellip

LIBRARY

COMPUTER + IT

MECHANICAL

Fig 37 Department-wise expenditure Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Figures in rupees

47

Name of the equipment Dynamometer with Built-In Three Channel Charge Amplifiers

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1876090

Reason for buying To carry out research in the area of machining

Name of the equipment Lab View Add-ons Image Processing using Smart Camera Evaluation Kit

Name of the department Electronics Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3421650

Reason for buying Design simulation and prototyping platform for experiments on DSP communication

embedded control and measurements visual representation of experimental results

Name of the equipment Thermal Conductivity Analyzer with Material -- liquid pastes and small particles

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2100000

Reason for buying Post-graduate research and laboratory development

48

Chapter 4 Key Findings

49

1 On an average funds given to institutions for purchase of equipment and soft resources have led to

significant improvement in laboratory infrastructure of the institutes under study

2 The impact of such purchases on improvement in quality is not easily quantifiable in measurable

terms To assess the same other correlated parameters could be looked at such as improvement in

the number of research publications in refereed journals increase in the number of PhD students

number of faculty involved in research or the percentage of student placement However none of

these parameters can be directly or solely be said to be due to the improvement in physical or

digital infrastructure of institutes

3 Institutes did not have a clear-cut strategy of what best use they could put the available money to

Given that each institute on an average got Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and other resources

they could have used the money to create at least one best-in-class facility in any of the

departments which was equipped to utilize that facility in terms of augmenting the interaction of

the institute with industry or generating more resources through assignments from other agencies

While institutes in sub-component 12 had the provision to set up centres of excellence even in sub-

component 11 they could have done so if they had worked with that aim and vision

4 Instead institutes on an average divided the money equally across six departments and each

department on an average bought one-two machines which were significantly expensive and the

rest of the money was spent on buying other small routine equipment desktops laptops

networking servers software and e-journals Collaborations between departments for research

projects were however missing

5 This pattern of expenditure can be explained by the fact that our engineering institutions are still in

a phase where there is more emphasis on theory than practical Hands-on learning or project-based

approach in teaching is relatively new for institutions which is why there is not much emphasis on

understanding the practical aspects of learning such as producing patents versus papers

6 Institutes were seen to be over protective wherever even a slightly costly equipment was bought By

their own admission such equipment was most of the time kept under lock and key and was at best

displayed to students They were rarely given the opportunity to actually do something with it on

their own

7 Equal receipt of money by a number of departments has led to overall improvement in laboratory

standards of all departments which is good from an egalitarian perspective It is also good that all

departments have been able to uniformly upgrade their infrastructure and will therefore be able to

compete with each other in attracting good students faculty as well as assignments from industry in

future

8 Discussions with focus groups suggest that institutes spent large amounts of money on creating or

refurbishing physical infrastructure While non-academic experts may see this as wasteful

expenditure from an academic perspective even if this leads to improvement in the physical

facilities being offered by institutes it is well worth the investment While state funded institutes

get funds from state governments for building infrastructure for some of the centrally funded

institutes where infrastructure may have been falling apart this money would have been useful

9 Because of the fact that there is no proper system to track the usage of equipment ndash records are

maintained in physical form in the shape of log books and registers which render a macro analysis

50

impossible -- anecdotal evidence suggests that equipment bought is not being optimally utilized A

significantly higher number of research papers in refereed journals suggests that this may not be

true but the fact remains that there is no improvement in the number of technology transfers

commercialization of research or patent generation which remain weak This again brings into focus

the theory versus application part of teaching

10 Overall improvement in base infrastructure was important for institutes to advance to the next level

of development Except for some of the Centrally funded institutions none of the institutes which

received funding in TEQIP II are in the league of the six original IITs in terms of laboratory

infrastructure They do not have access to the kind of liberal funding that CFTIs get If they had not

got the present funds to buy equipment they would have taken at least five to seven years to

procure the same through the resources available to them Even for Central institutions as also for

others the availability of funds at one go meant that they could procure high costing software such

as Matlab Ansys Labview Cadence and Adobe which benefit students across departments

11 Funds for buying equipment and other soft resources enabled the institutes to take some steps

towards keeping pace with the rapidly changing advancements in technology Increased level of

automation and artificial intelligence in industry is reflected in the kind of purchases institutes have

made ndash various types of simulation software digital machines replacing analogue ones such as in

electrical engineering departments all-in-one automatic machines which combine several levels of

manual work such as in surveying in civil engineering departments robotic arms mimicking the

automated environment of modern factories attached to lathe machines in mechanical engineering

departments instruments capable of handling nano particles in specialized centres and 3D printers

capable of printing high precision devices which are being used in multiple fields

12 Most institutes have also bought subscriptions to high level international journals in various

streams both online and physical enabling access to vast repository of world class content for most

students

13 Institutes have not paid much thought to maintenance of equipment since most of the purchases

have been made in the past two-three years and warranty periods are still in force Most institutes

have also reported availability of in-house technicians to look after the machines though majority

said that they would sign annual maintenance contracts (AMC) with vendors Since AMCs usually

cost roughly 10 per cent of the cost of the equipment they felt that the resources allocated for the

same under TEQIP II would not be adequate and that they should be increased slightly

14 As per the feedback provided by almost all institutes they all agree that the equipment purchased

by them responds to faculty student needs and was done as per consultation and

recommendations of faculty They all follow well laid out norms for disposal of equipment which

keep environmental considerations in mind

6 -- Average number of departments among which each institute in Sub-component 11 divided

the total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 500 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

51

7-- Average number of departments among which each institute in sub-component 12 divided the

total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 284 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

2147403 ndash Number of items bought by institutes for office purpose in sub-component

11

101699 hours monthndash Utilisation of equipment by UG amp PG students in sub-component

11 as per available data of institutes which participated in the study

427 hours month ndash Average utilization of equipment by UG and PG students across

institutes in sub-component 11

51656 hours month -- Utilisation of equipment by PhD students in sub-component 11 as

per available data of institutes which participated in the study

37 hours month-- Average utilization of equipment by PhD students across institutes in sub-

component 11

52

Chapter 5 Way Forward

53

As data shows and case studies prove there can be no doubt that TEQIP II and the funds provided to

institutes for purchase of equipment and other soft resources have led to improvement in laboratory

infrastructure which in turn has helped in improving the output Some pointers for future stages of the

project are-

1 Even though TEQIP II had a major focus on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and institutes

were given significant amount of funds for purchase of equipment there were no guidelines or

benchmarks for them to judge themselves against and to understand what an ideal laboratory

should be like for any given department While it is good that they were given the freedom to decide

what they wanted to buy and it depended on the pro-activeness of the department heads on what

all they ended up getting funds for in an ideal scenario they should have been given a list of

essential basic equipment as well as research level equipment and they could have prioritized their

purchases on the basis of that

In all likelihood such department-wise lists do not exist anywhere In the third phase of TEQIP

therefore NPIU could commission a project which involves study of top world-class as well as top

national-level laboratories for each department Thereafter standard templates of equipment could

be prepared which could illustrate the requirement of equipment for each concept and practical for

every stream of engineering Based on standard frequency of usage and the number of students in a

class adequate numbers of any equipment could be recommended to be bought by institutes in

order to ensure that not too much time is wasted on rotating several batches of students on the

same equipment

Availability of such templates of equipment as well as soft resources which could be updated

periodically in keeping with the changes in technology and availability of resources would also help

policy makers understand how many institutes come up to a benchmark and how many need

further support

2 Institutes should start maintaining digital records of use of equipment which are bought for research

purposes These records should not be just digital copies of physical registers but should be in the

form of smart solutions which can track internal supply chains in laboratories as well as usage of

equipment The solutions should be able to provide real-time analysis of usage of equipment in

every laboratory and all laboratories could be linked to one centralized system There are various

kinds of RFID solutions available today which can handle usage patterns well The available

information could be used to devise solutions and create policy interventions to increase the actual

usage of equipment

3 Nodal institutes under TEQIP II could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of neighboring non-TEQIP institutes The

unspent money could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

4 Institutes could be encouraged to ensure that laboratories in all departments have well designed

brochures and information material such as leaflets and manuals on major equipment so that

dissemination of information about their availability is easy and their utilization could be increased

54

5 Facilities created in institutes are not being optimally utilized to increase interaction with industry

While rural location of the institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of

the reasons it is also true that in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the

commissioning of equipment Size of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for

anything on industrial scale But in most cases industry is not even aware of the existence of state-

of-the-art equipment inside institutes Regular interactions with sector-specific companies are a

must therefore to create a culture of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration

6 For decades research has happened in our country in isolation and at a distance from both industry

and academia Being largely funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) so far it

has been taking place inside the laboratories of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

The 37 laboratories of CSIR and its 39 field stations or extension centres have been working in the

areas of aerospace engineering structural engineering ocean science life science metallurgy

chemicals mining food petroleum leather and environmental science The ministry of HRD has

also started funding research in a big way in recent years through schemes such as Imprint ndash

Improving Research Innovation and Technology and the Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) It would be

fruitful for the country if research happening purely on the scientific side is able to converge with

that on the academic side Hence in order to ensure greater synergy between research and

teaching it is essential that technical institutes start working more closely with CSIR laboratories

This will bring them immediately closer to cutting edge research and provide rich exposure to

students Specially for institutions which have got improved laboratory facilities as a result of TEQIP

II funds collaboration with relevant CSIR laboratories will help them grow their research and at the

same time provide the latter with a steady flow of students to work on live projects

7 Institutions which have upgraded their laboratory infrastructure in the area of food and agriculture

will gain by collaborating with the government on its e-labs project which aims at automating the

testing procedure of soil fertiliser pesticide and equipment samples By ensuring speedy and

transparent online disbursement of information related to such tests the projectrsquos vision is to

reduce crop losses and increase the use of good quality bio-pesticides through fair and unbiased

testing Institutions and students will be able to learn a lot about quality control and the processes

involved in digital testing through collaboration with the government on e-labs

8 In order to ensure transparency in procurement processes it is advisable that institutes make use of

the governmentrsquos new e-marketplace called GEM Through the portal wwwgemnicin institutes

can buy virtually anything and everything that they may require specially consumables office

equipment furniture and software Buying through this portal will speed up procurement and

improve the efficiency of institutes Created and maintained by the Directorate General of Supplies

amp Disposals (DGSampD) it provides tools for e-bidding reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to

help users get best value for their money At the national level a system of procurement should be

put in place including committee to look into the requirement and availability of equipment taking

global scenarios into consideration

Appendices

Appendix 1

55

State-wise Number of Institutions Under Technical Education QualityImprovement Programme II (2010-2017)

S Name of State CFIs Sub‐component 11 Sub‐component 12 Total No of

Institutions 1 Andhra Pradesh 5 6 11 2 Bihar 2 ‐‐ 2 3 Chhattisgarh 4 ‐‐ 4 4 Gujarat 7 ‐‐ 7 5 Haryana 3 3 6 6 Himachal Pradesh 1 ‐‐ 1 7 Jharkhand 1 1 2 8 Karnataka 4 15 19 9 Kerala 19 ‐‐ 19

10 Madhya Pradesh 3 2 5 11 Maharashtra 7 10 17

12 NCT‐Delhi ‐‐ 1 1 13 Odisha 2 ‐‐ 2 14 Punjab 7 1 8 15 Rajasthan 9 ‐‐ 9 16 Tamil Nadu 5 4 9 17 Telangana 8 5 13 18 Tripura 1 ‐‐ 1 19 UT‐Chandigarh 2 1 3 20 UT‐Puducherry 1 ‐‐ 1 21 Uttar Pradesh 2 5 7 22 Uttarakhand 1 2 3 23 West Bengal 11 3 14 24 Centrally Funded

Institutions (CFIs) 8 18 26

Total 113 77 190

Appendix 2 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 11

S Name of the Name of the Institution

No State UT

1 JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

2 Aditya Institute of Technology amp Management Tekkali Srikakulam

Andhra

3 Madanapalle Institute of Technology amp Science Madanapalle

Pradesh

4 Shri Vishnu Engineering College for women Vishnupur Bhimavaram

5 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College Chittoor

6 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur

Bihar

7 Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur

8 Government Engineering College Bilaspur

9 Government Engineering College Jagdalpur Bastar

Chhattisgarh

10 Government Engineering College Raipur

11 Rungta College of Engineering amp Technology Bhilai

56

12 Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

13 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Vallabh Vidynagar

14 Lukhdirji Engineering College Morbi

15 Gujarat Shantilal Shah Engineering College Bhavnagar

16 Government Engineering College Gandhinagar

17 Government Engineering College Rajkot

18 Government Engineering College Patan

19 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology (UIET) Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

Haryana

20 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology MDU Rohtak

21 NC College of Engineering Panipat

22 Himachal Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar Mandi

Pradesh

23 Jharkhand Cambridge Institute of Technology Ranchi

24 BVB College of Engineering amp Technology Hubli

25 PES College of Engineering Mandya

Karnataka

26 Government Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jublee Technological Institute Bangalore

27 NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore

2

SNo Name of the

Name of the Institution

StateUT

28 Government Engineering College Thrissur

29 Government Engineering College Kozhikode

30 Government Engineering College Painavu Idukki

31 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

32 School of Engineering Cochin University of Science amp Technology Cochin

33 Government College of Engineering Kannur

34 Government Engineering College Bartonhill Thiruvananthapuram

35 LBS Institute of Technology for Women Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram

36 College of Engineering Perumon Perinad Kollam

37 Kerala College of Engineering Kidangoor Kottayam

38 Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

57

39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

58

70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

60

Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

62

77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

70

Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

72

Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

73

Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Page 10: Study on Utilization of Resources Created Under …Zakir Hussain College of Engineering & Technology, Aligarh Muslim University Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli 4. Key Findings

10

State-wise Expenditure Analysis

On an average institutes under sub-component 11 got 55 per cent of total available amount of Rs 10 crore

ie Rs 55 crore for purchase of Goods (equipment and soft resources etc) In sub-component 12 the

percentage of funds available for equipment etc was 45 per cent of Rs 125 crore and it totaled to Rs 565

crore Additional funding of Rs 5 crore was available for setting up centres of excellence and out of this Rs

275 crore was allocated for buying of equipment etc Additional Rs 5 crore was given to those institutes

which had performed well in upgradation of facilities

Analysis of expenditure till February 2017 as procured from the MIS of National Project Implementation

Unit (NPIU) shows that most states utilized the money that they had submitted the plans for Among the

states (Figure 1) which saw less than 75 per cent utilization of their own planned expenditure were Punjab

at 52 per cent utilization Uttarakhand which saw 56 per cent utilization Rajasthan was at 71 per cent and

Madhya Pradesh saw 74 per cent realization of the planned expenditure Rest all states did not see much

variation in what they had envisaged they would spend and what they actually did

Andhra Pradesh (Figure 2)

Total population in lakh 4958

Literacy rate 670

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

56 (113)

2015 projected share of state 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

4

Gross Enrolment Ratio 312

Total number of engineering institutes 219

Institutes in sub-component 11 5

Institutes in sub-component 12 6

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

Expenditure analysis across states

Total available funds Plans submitted Actual expenditure

Figure 1

11

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 11

Total available funds Rs 105 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 39 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 34 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Bihar (Figure 3)

Total population in lakh 1041

Literacy rate 618

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

112 (108)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

79

Gross Enrolment Ratio 139

Total number of engineering institutes 21

Institutes in sub-component 11 2

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 2

Total available funds Rs 20 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 11 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0200400600800

100012001400160018002000

Available funds

Utilised funds

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

Figure 2

Andhra Pradesh

12

Chhattisgarh (Figure 4)

Total population in lakh 2555

Literacy rate 703

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

308 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

22

Gross Enrolment Ratio 146

Total number of engineering institutes 21

Institutes in sub-component 11 4

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 4

Total available funds Rs 34 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 175 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 164 crore

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

Muzzaffarpur Institute of TechnologyMuzzaffarpur

Bhagalpur College of EngineeringBhagalpur

FUN

DS

IN R

UP

EES

LAK

H

Figure 3 Bihar

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

13

Gujarat (Figure 5)

Total population in lakh 6044

Literacy rate 78

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

719 (119)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

51

Gross Enrolment Ratio 20

Institutes in sub-component 11 7

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 7

Total available funds Rs 70 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 385 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 375 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

Rungta College ofEngineering amp

Technology Bhilai

GovernmentEngineering College

Bilaspur

GovernmentEngineering College

Raipur

GovernmentEngineering College

Jagdalpur Bastar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

14

Haryana (Figure 6)

Total population in lakh 2535

Literacy rate 756

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

319 (126)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

23

Gross Enrolment Ratio 276

Total number of engineering institutes 89

Institutes in sub-component 11 3

Institutes in sub-component 12 3

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 6

Total available funds Rs 575 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 278 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 23 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Figure 5 Gujarat

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

15

Himachal Pradesh

Total population in lakh 686

Literacy rate 828

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

74 (108)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

05

Gross Enrolment Ratio 312

Total number of engineering institutes 17

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 10 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 55 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 55 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Jharkhand (Figure 7)

Total population in lakh 3299

Literacy rate 664

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

375 (114)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

27

Gross Enrolment Ratio 16

Total number of engineering institutes 14

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 2

Total available funds Rs 21 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 95 crore

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Figure 6 Haryana

16

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 93 crore

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Karnataka (Figure 8)

Total population in lakh 611

Literacy rate 754

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

712 (117)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

5

Gross Enrolment Ratio 264

Total number of engineering institutes 166

Institutes in sub-component 11 4

Institutes in sub-component 12 15

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 19

Total available funds Rs 215 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 927 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 75 crore

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1400

BIT Mesra BIT Mesra CoE Cambridge Institute ofTechnology Ranchi

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

17

Kerala (Figure 9)

Total population in lakh 334

Literacy rate 94

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

305 (91)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

22

Gross Enrolment Ratio 287

Total number of engineering institutes 98

Institutes in sub-component 11 19

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 19

Total available funds Rs 190 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1045 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 106 crore

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Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

18

Madhya Pradesh (Figure 10)

Total population in lakh 7263

Literacy rate 693

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

879 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

62

Gross Enrolment Ratio 196

Total number of engineering institutes 121

Institutes in sub-component 11 3

Institutes in sub-component 12 2

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 5

Total available funds Rs 49 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 23 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 17 crore

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Figure 9 Kerala

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

19

Maharashtra (Figure 11)

Total population in lakh 11237

Literacy rate 823

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

1334 (119)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

94

Gross Enrolment Ratio 279

Total number of engineering institutes 216

Institutes in sub-component 11 7

Institutes in sub-component 12 10

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 17

Total available funds Rs 254 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 119 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 102 crore

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Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

20

Delhi (Figure 12)

Total population in lakh 1679

Literacy rate 862

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

224 (133)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

16

Gross Enrolment Ratio 435

Total number of engineering institutes 15

Institutes in sub-component 11 0

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 125 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 56 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 15 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

21

Odisha (Figure 13)

Total population in lakh 4197

Literacy rate 729

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

466 (111)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

33

Gross Enrolment Ratio 177

Total number of engineering institutes 68

Institutes in sub-component 11 2

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 2

Total available funds Rs 20 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 105 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 108 crore

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125

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Figure 12 Delhi Technological University

22

Punjab (Figure 14)

Total population in lakh 2774

Literacy rate 758

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

325 (117)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

23

Gross Enrolment Ratio 27

Total number of engineering institutes 87

Institutes in sub-component 11 7

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 8

Total available funds Rs 81 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 42 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 22 crore

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Veer Surendra Sai University ofTechnology Burla Sambalpur

College of Engineering And TechnologyBhubaneshwar

Figure 13 Odisha

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

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Figure 14 Punjab

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

23

Rajasthan (Figure 15)

Total population in lakh 6855

Literacy rate 661

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

871 (127)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

62

Gross Enrolment Ratio 20

Total number of engineering institutes 82

Institutes in sub-component 11 9

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 9

Total available funds Rs 84 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 45 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 32 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Tamil Nadu (Figure 16)

Total population in lakh 7215

Literacy rate 80

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

73 (101)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

52

Gross Enrolment Ratio 452

Total number of engineering institutes 326

Institutes in sub-component 11 5

Institutes in sub-component 12 4

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 9

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Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

24

Total available funds Rs 140 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 74 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 70 crore

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Telangana (Figure 17)

Total population in lakh 350

Literacy rate 664

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

406 (114)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

29

Gross Enrolment Ratio 36

Total number of engineering institutes 182

Institutes in sub-component 11 8

Institutes in sub-component 12 5

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 13

Total available funds Rs 120 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 45 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 34 crore

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Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plansubmitted by the institute

25

Tripura

Total population in lakh 367

Literacy rate 872

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

44 (119)

2015 projected share of state 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

03

Gross Enrolment Ratio 168

Total number of engineering institutes 6

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 10 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 55 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 54 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

UT-Chandigarh (Figure 18)

Total population in lakh 106

Literacy rate 861

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

17 (165)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

01

Gross Enrolment Ratio 56

Total number of engineering institutes 2

Institutes in sub-component 11 2

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 3

Total available funds Rs 475 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying Rs 24 crore

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Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

26

equipment and other resources

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 20 crore

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Puducherry

Total population in lakh 125

Literacy rate 859

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

15 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

01

Gross Enrolment Ratio 46

Total number of engineering institutes 10

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 15 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 8 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 6 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Uttar Pradesh (Figure 19)

Total population in lakh 1998

Literacy rate 677

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Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plansubmitted by institute

28

West Bengal (Figure 21)

Total population in lakh 9128

Literacy rate 763

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

109 (12)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

77

Gross Enrolment Ratio 174

Total number of engineering institutes 72

Institutes in sub-component 11 11

Institutes in sub-component 12 3

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 14

Total available funds Rs 179 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 88 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 82 crore

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Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rscrore)

Estimate as per plansubmitted by institute

29

CFIs (Figure 22)

Institutes in sub-component 11 8

Institutes in sub-component 12 18

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 26

Total available funds Rs 415 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 200 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1625 crore

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Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

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Figure 22 Centrally-funded institutions (CFIs)

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

30

Utilisation Analysis

In this section data on buying of equipment and other resources has been first analysed component-wise

and then department-wise

While data was collected from all institutes and a broad understanding was arrived at of the kind of

equipment and other resources money was spent on from the extensive lists provided by institutions it was

difficult to analyse how much money was spent on which category of item For the sake of analysis

therefore each equipment and item named by the institute was manually categorized into the following

broad categories-

1 Laboratory equipment (included all items bought for laboratories such as machines laptops

desktops and projectors)

2 Connectivity (included equipment related to creating wi-fi networks such as cables connectors

servers modems UPS racks adapters pipes and switches)

3 Books (included hard copies as well as subscriptions of e-journals for libraries)

4 Smart class (included white boards display panels podiums amplifiers cables projectors mixers

microphones webcam and wireless sensors)

5 Software

6 Office equipment (included laptops desktops printers scanners LCDs generator sets projectors

tables chairs almirahs digital signages etc bought for principalrsquos office directorrsquos office faculty

staff department rooms TEQIP office)

7 Furniture (included furniture for class rooms and departments)

8 Civil work (included flooring false ceilings repair work lighting)

Post the categorization in these eight broad heads the picture which emerged (Figure 23) for sub-

component 11 showed 58 per cent expenditure on laboratory equipment 14 per cent on software 10 per

cent on books 7 per cent each on office equipment and connectivity and 1-2 per cent each on furniture civil

work and smart classes This is in keeping with the goals of TEQIP II which had envisaged least expenditure

on civil work It was limited to 5 per cent of total expenditure on equipment for institutes under sub-

component 11 and 3 per cent for those under sub-component 12 If unspent institutes were free to use

this money for equipment and other resources So low expenditure on civil work is an achievement of TEQIP

II There should have been more expenditure on connectivity ndash campus-wide wifi networks ndash but that could

be due to the fact that several institutes already had wifi networks in place and did not need TEQIP funds to

do that

31

In sub-component 12 (Figure 24) this break-up was more or less on the same lines though the expenditure

on laboratory equipment in this sub-component was much higher at 70 per cent because of the inclusion of

centres of excellence and higher focus on post-graduate and PhD level studies This was followed by 17 per

cent on software and 5 per cent each on books and office equipment Rest was all 2 per cent and less and

negligible amount of expenditure on civil work was seen in this category

Department-wise

analysis of equipment

purchased by

institutes shows that in

sub-component 11

(Figure 25) highest

Lab equipment58

Software 14

Books 10

Office equipment

7

Connectivity 7

Smart class2

Furniture1

Civil work1

EXPENDITURE (11)

Figure 23

Office equipment

5

Software 17

Smart class1

EXPENDITURE (12)

Figure 29

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076 164 46678

961 10631459

2169

TOTAL AMOUNT SPENT BY DEPARTMENTS (IN RS LAKH)

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

(in Rs crore)

number of equipment were bought by computer amp IT departments followed by electrical mechanical

electronics and civil departments For the purpose of categorization two or more streams of a kind were

merged into one and numbers for both streams taken together For instance computer science and

information technology were merged into one Similarly electronics amp instrumentation and electronics amp

electrical were taken together under electronics

While sub-component 11 presented a picture on expected lines with the top five departments being

generally the biggest departments in institutes in sub-component 12 this picture was slightly confusing

Here the top two departmentsndash electronics and civil ndash were ahead of other departments (Table 1) by an

inexplicable margin One of the reasons for this could be the fact that most of the equipment bought for the

centres of excellence would have had items related to electronics But that still does not explain the

unusually high number of items for civil engineering departments

Table 1 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 12

Name of the department Number of items bought

Mining 23

BioTech 137

Chemical 170

Mechanical 497

Computer amp IT 661

Electrical 969

Electronics 544915

Civil 1701948

On the other hand an expenditure-wise analysis of the same departments shows a different picture (Figure

26) with mechanical engineering department emerging top with expenditure of Rs 216 crore and electrical

department showing expenditure of Rs 145 crore Civil department is at number 3 with expenditure of Rs

106 crore The aberration in the number of items could have been because civil and electronics

departments would have bought a large number of items of small value

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166 224 45 481 934 14772459

3138

Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

(in Rs crore)Figure 27

As per the data provided by institutes those in sub-component 11 show higher expenditure

department-wise with mechanical engineering department at top with expenditure of Rs 313

crore These should however be taken only as indicative figures as the numbers cannot be absolute

(Figure 27)

Table 7 Top 20 Lab equipment bought by institutes in 11

CNC Lathe machines

Compressor testing machine

Computer and peripherals

Computerised machines

Digital meters

Gas chromatograph

Micro-controller

Micro-processor

Oscilloscope

PCB prototyping machine

Robotic kits

Solar PV systems

Spectrum analyser

Thermal imager

Total Station

Ultrasonic probe

Universal testing machine

UV-spectrophotometer

Voltmeter

Wattmeter

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Table 2 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 11

Table 21 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 12

1 CNC Lathe machines Advanced laser kit

2 Compressor testing machine Asphalt material performance tester

3 Computer and peripherals Atomic absorption spectrophotometer

4 Computerised machines Bio-reactors

5 Digital meters BOD incubator

6 Gas chromatograph Centrifuge

7 Micro-controller CNC lathe machine

8 Micro-processor Compression testing

9 Oscilloscope Computer and peripherals

10 PCB prototyping machine Digital image processing

11 Robotic kits Digital multimeter

12 Solar PV systems Electric discharge machine

13 Spectrum analyser Hydraulic pressing

14 Thermal imager Magnetic stirrer

15 Total Station Microwave simulator

16 Ultrasonic probe Optical microscope

17 Universal testing machine PCB prototype machine

18 UV-spectrophotometer Thermal analyser

19 Voltmeter Thermal scanner

20 Wattmeter Wireless sensor network kit

Impact of Utilisation

No amount of data tracking or record keeping is worth

the effort if it does not translate into improvement in

actual output The real impact of all this expenditure by

institutes on buying of latest equipment is only useful in

so far as it is able to show growth in the number of

publications or rise in the number of post-graduate

student intake Looked at from that perspective TEQIP II

seems to have made satisfactory progress as the data

maintained by the National Project Implementation Unit

UPWARD TREND

Increase in the number of

publications in refereed

journals

Increase in the number of PG

and PhD students

Increase in revenue generated

through consultancy

35

(NPIU) shows There has been a significant improvement over the years in the number of publications in

refereed journals which till last year have been showing above target performance Only the numbers for

2016-17 are low considering that the data captured is till the month of February 2017 only From a target of

7500 publications in 2010-11 and a realization of 11722to a target of 14500 in 2015-16 and a realization of

18482 (Figure 28) the growth has been impressive though again how much of it is due to buying of

equipment alone is debatable

Another key performance indicatoras per the planners of TEQIP II was rise in the total number of masters

and PhD level students from a baseline of 30000 in 2010-11 to 41000 by 2016 Seen from that angle also the

performance of the programme has exceeded the target To a large extent this can be attributed to

availability of better laboratory infrastructure as it would have been a major factor behind the institutesrsquo

capability to attract students for MTech and PhD (Figure 29)

7032 7500 8000 8500 9000

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2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016

Fig 28 Number of publications in refereed journals in TEQIP II institutions

Target Actual

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The percentage of externally funded RampD projects and consultancies in total revenue has increased from 7

per cent in 2010-11 to 14 per cent in 2015-16 against a target of 12 per cent (Figure 30)

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

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2014-2015

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Target 7032 32000 33000 34000 34000 40000 40500

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Chapter 3 Case Studies

38

Government Engineering College Thrissur Kerala

(with inputs from Prof Manoj Kumar K V Coordinator TEQIP II GEC Thrissur)

The entire process of planning procurement and the complete cycle of improved input resulting in improved output can be illustrated through the case study of Government Engineering College Thrissur which is one of the model colleges in TEQIP II and received funds under sub-component 11 It is the second oldest engineering in the state of Kerala and is affiliated to the University of Calicut Its foundation stone was laid by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in April 1958 and among its famous alumni are Dr K Radhakrishnan former chairman of Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) Out of the project allocation of Rs 10 crore Rs 55 crore was utilized by the institute for procurement of equipment The fund was apportioned among the departments based on student strength and their need to modernize and strengthen their various laboratories The procurement plan was finalized from the proposals received from the departments and vetted by the State Project Facilitation Unit (SPFU) before being executed through the Procurement Management Support System (PMSS) which was a web portal created by the National Project Implementation Unit (NPIU) to manage the project

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Figure 31 10 steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan (Figure 38)

Departments were asked to draw up a

three-year procurement plan based on

their needs Department heads

coordinators and TEQIP nodal officers

had a meeting in the institute in

January 2012 to understand the plans

and procedures as available on NPIU

website

In February the Principal of the

institute TEQIP coordinator and

procurement coordinator attended a

training session conducted by NPIU at

Thiruvananthapuram Participation in

this session was facilitated by SPFU and

it entailed extensive training on how to

use the PMSS website

A training session was organized in the

institute for the benefit of Heads of

Departments (HoDs) and Department

TEQIP coordinators The programme

was attended by 24 officials and it

covered the entire set of activities

pertaining to purchase through PMSS --

from configuration management plan

creation and revision packaging and

procuring to stocking

Procurement coordinator and

department TEQIP coordinators also

attended a training program organized

by SPFUat School of Engineering

Cochin University of Science and

Technologyin February 2012

The SPFU arranged a discussion at

directorateoffice Thiruvanantha-

puramin February to fine tune the plan

and to facilitate data entry through

PMSS The finetuning included clubbing

of similar items from various

departments into one package limiting

the threshold to a maximum of 90 per

cent included in a scheme and revising

the tentative timelines based on plan

approval which was expected by mid-

April 2012 The institute was advised to

procure a particular software used for

double entry book-keeping through

PMSS and to identify 2 National

Competitive Bidding (NCB)

procurement plans to be sent to

Central authorities for approval

The rejigged procurement plan after

consultation with the concerned

coordinators was uploaded on the

website on 28thFebruary 2012

The plan was reviewed by SPFU and

some corrections were suggested

The corrected plan was uploaded again

At a meeting convened on 14thMarch

2012 at LBS College for Women

Thiruvananthapuram the first approval

of the plan was given by Director SPFU

On 31st March 2012 the Principal

convened a meeting of HoDs and

departmental TEQIP coordinators and

instructions were issued to draw up

specifications with respect to every

package so that the data was readily

available for entry to PMSS once the

plan was approved by NPIUWorld

Bank

1 2

3 4

5

6

8

7

9

10

40

Procurement activities were in full swing during the first 18 months of the project and were executed fully as

per the plan Procurement was completed in 82 packages including 68 National Shopping (NS)packages 7

National Competitive Bidding (NCB) packages 2 Direct Contract packages and 5 Civil Works packages

The institute made maximum expenditure in 2013-14 (Figure 32) across different heads Its investments on

laboratory modernization and strengthening started in 2012 and continued till 2017 (Figure 33) Overall it

spent bulk of the money (88 per cent) on modernization of laboratories and 5 per cent on ICT enabled

learning (Figure 34)

5851520

36470287

6909895

61170 1552063

0

5000000

10000000

15000000

20000000

25000000

30000000

35000000

40000000

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur (in Rs)

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Figure 32

2012-1311

2013-1473

2014-1515

2015-160

2016-171

EXPENDITURE ON MODERNISATION STRENGTHENING OF LABS AT GEC THRISSUR

Figure 33

41

Major equipment bought by the institute with TEQIP II funds includes a Rheometer which is not available in

any other institution in the state and offers potential for research and consultancy It is used for determining

the rheological behaviors of liquids and solids It has applications in polymer nano-composites which are the

emerging field of research The stress rheology measurements provide information for spread ability

emulsion stability suspension leveling flow control thermal stability extrudability and thickening etc The

fluid can be highly non-newtonian The equipment is useful for MTech students and faculty for doing

research

The institute also bought a Gas Chromatograph which is used in analyzing compositions purity and for

separating different components of a mixture based on volatility It is also used in identifying a compound

and its applications include analysis of toxicity of soil water and air identifying unknown compounds etc

The equipment is useful for faculty and students in doing research and projects in the field of environmental

engineering and provides opportunities for pollution control related consultancy work

Another important purchase is Accelerated Curing Tank With concrete construction increasing at a rapid

pace this equipment provides the possibility of accelerating the curing time Normal method of curing takes

28 days To reduce the curing time of concrete and test its strength accelerated curing is required and this

can be achieved with the use of Accelerated Curing Tank in the laboratory

88

5 4

0

0

3

Fig 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14at Government Engineering College Thrissur

Expenditure on modernisation strengthening of existinglaboratories

Expenditure on ICT enabledlearning related softwareamphardware

Expenditure on library ie books e-books

Journals e-journals course specificsoftware

Expenditure on modernisation ofclassrooms

Others (furniture)

42

Table 3 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Name of the Equipment

Cost (in rupees)

Pressure Volume Change Controller

365625

Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Suit

1365000

Solar Photovoltaic grid tied training system with MPPT

367500

Gas Chromatograph 1494692

Rheometer 2687350

Surface Roughness Tester

401205

Multimedia Projector 114162

Thermal Imager 746366

Machine Conditioning Monitor

861685

Metallurgical Image Analysis System for Welding

283500

Software Factory CAD 320000

Robot 567000

Pipe Flow Software 149234

Petrol Engine Test Setup

783090

Tribometer 609900

Vibration Analyser 539175

Slotting Machine 449243

Lathe and Shaping Machine

869001

Metal Cutting Band saw 156240

Digital Viscometer 919050

Solid Modeling Software

356590

Ultrasonic Flow Detector

235561

43

Rapid Phototyping Machine

814800

Group Video Conferencing Kit

533340

Lan Trainer 106180

The efforts of the institute over the years have led to improved student placements and intake (Figure 35)

Output in terms of publications in international journals and participation of faculty and students in

international conferences has also gone up considerably (Figure 36)

Top 10 international journals in which faculty and students have secured publications since TEQIP II are

Name of Journal

1 IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

2 International Journal on Numerical Methods in Fluids

261221

570527

357

766

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Placement offers Students placed Intake of students

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 35 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 36 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

Publication in international journals Participation in international conferences

44

3 IETE Technical Review

4 Journal of the Optical Society of America

5 International Journal of Power amp Energy Systems

6 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

7 International Journal of Remote Sensing

8 Automatica

9 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

10 ASME Journal of Heat Transfer

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering amp Technology

Aligarh Muslim University

Another institute with an impeccable history and track record is Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and

Technology (ZHCET) which is a constituent college of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and it received TEQIP

II funds under sub-component 11 AMU was set up by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as Mohammedan Anglo-

Oriental College in 1875 Against available funds of Rs 10 crore ZHCET utilized Rs 618 crore as of February

2017 Following is a glimpse into the major equipment purchased by the institute

Name of the equipment Centrifugal Pump and Pelton Turbine Module Nozzle

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3349138

Reason for buying To improve teaching and research in fluid mechanics section of mechanical engineering

department The equipment comprises centrifugal pump with flowmeter valves reservoir and

instrumentation for measurement and display of inlet outlet pressures torque speed and power and

turbine inlet pressure for Peltan turbine

Name of the equipment Universal High Voltage Test system and Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage Tester

(PE-AOBDV-MXXX)

Name of the department Electrical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 4522500

Reason for buying A new MTech programme in High Voltage Engineering was started under TEQIP II for

which enhanced laboratory infrastructure was needed PE-AOBDV-M series of Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage

Testers are highly precise instruments which can be used to conduct either a breakdown voltage test or do a proof

(withstand) test Dielectric Breakdown Voltage testing of Oil is one such means to detect the voltage at power

frequency at which it is likely to cause a flash-over

Name of the equipment Altium Nanoboard FPGA Kit

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1368863

Reason for buying Five kits were bought for under-graduate and post-graduate students

45

Name of the equipmentExata Software Emulator for Networking

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1245780

Reason for buying BTech students use it to perform experiments in EL-494 (Communication Lab -III) to

study the performance of simulated networks M Tech students use it for projects and dissertations Three

faculty members are using this software for RampD purpose

Name of the equipmentPotentiostat Galvanostat with Impedance Analyzer

Name of the department Petroleum Studies

Cost of equipment Rs 1562925

Reason for buying Potentiostate is at the heart of research on electrochemistry It is mainly used for

research in the area of fuel cell membrane cyclic voltammeter and super capacitors

Name of the equipment Imac 215 Quad Core i5 with Apple Protection Plan

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 205800

Reason for buying Two units of Imac were bought for the post-graduate and networking laboratories of

computer engineering department so that students could develop software based on iOS

Altium Nanoboard

FPGA Kit

46

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli was set up in 1947 with only the civil engineering under-graduate

programme Since 2007 the institute has been autonomous having been affiliated to Bombay University

Pune University and Shivaji University in the past The institute received TEQIP II funds under sub-

component 12 It was eligible to receive Rs 125 crore It submitted procurement plan for Rs 87 crore and

spent Rs 618 crore as of February 2017

MAJOR EQUIPMENT BOUGHT

Name of the equipment Shake Table Set-up

Name of the department Civil amp Structural Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1925776

Reason for buying To establish an earthquake engineering laboratory for conducting studies on response of

structures to earthquake induced vibrations To investigate structural response under various dynamic

loading conditions

Name of the equipment Electromagnetic Exciter with Pay Load Capacity of 100 to 150 kg

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2310824

Reason for buying To carry out research work in the field of dynamic analysis for various systems

Name of the equipment Micro Machining Centre Hyper-15w table top type integrated multi-process CNC

machine tool

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3078000

Reason for buying To develop micro machining centre for the research of micro machining PG production

laboratory

2663678

6154586

7489947

8770675

8777330

10572980

11435333

0 4000000 8000000 12000000

OFFICE

ELECTRICAL

ELECTRONICS

CIVIL (CIVIL+ CIVIL ENVIRONMENTAL+ hellip

LIBRARY

COMPUTER + IT

MECHANICAL

Fig 37 Department-wise expenditure Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Figures in rupees

47

Name of the equipment Dynamometer with Built-In Three Channel Charge Amplifiers

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1876090

Reason for buying To carry out research in the area of machining

Name of the equipment Lab View Add-ons Image Processing using Smart Camera Evaluation Kit

Name of the department Electronics Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3421650

Reason for buying Design simulation and prototyping platform for experiments on DSP communication

embedded control and measurements visual representation of experimental results

Name of the equipment Thermal Conductivity Analyzer with Material -- liquid pastes and small particles

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2100000

Reason for buying Post-graduate research and laboratory development

48

Chapter 4 Key Findings

49

1 On an average funds given to institutions for purchase of equipment and soft resources have led to

significant improvement in laboratory infrastructure of the institutes under study

2 The impact of such purchases on improvement in quality is not easily quantifiable in measurable

terms To assess the same other correlated parameters could be looked at such as improvement in

the number of research publications in refereed journals increase in the number of PhD students

number of faculty involved in research or the percentage of student placement However none of

these parameters can be directly or solely be said to be due to the improvement in physical or

digital infrastructure of institutes

3 Institutes did not have a clear-cut strategy of what best use they could put the available money to

Given that each institute on an average got Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and other resources

they could have used the money to create at least one best-in-class facility in any of the

departments which was equipped to utilize that facility in terms of augmenting the interaction of

the institute with industry or generating more resources through assignments from other agencies

While institutes in sub-component 12 had the provision to set up centres of excellence even in sub-

component 11 they could have done so if they had worked with that aim and vision

4 Instead institutes on an average divided the money equally across six departments and each

department on an average bought one-two machines which were significantly expensive and the

rest of the money was spent on buying other small routine equipment desktops laptops

networking servers software and e-journals Collaborations between departments for research

projects were however missing

5 This pattern of expenditure can be explained by the fact that our engineering institutions are still in

a phase where there is more emphasis on theory than practical Hands-on learning or project-based

approach in teaching is relatively new for institutions which is why there is not much emphasis on

understanding the practical aspects of learning such as producing patents versus papers

6 Institutes were seen to be over protective wherever even a slightly costly equipment was bought By

their own admission such equipment was most of the time kept under lock and key and was at best

displayed to students They were rarely given the opportunity to actually do something with it on

their own

7 Equal receipt of money by a number of departments has led to overall improvement in laboratory

standards of all departments which is good from an egalitarian perspective It is also good that all

departments have been able to uniformly upgrade their infrastructure and will therefore be able to

compete with each other in attracting good students faculty as well as assignments from industry in

future

8 Discussions with focus groups suggest that institutes spent large amounts of money on creating or

refurbishing physical infrastructure While non-academic experts may see this as wasteful

expenditure from an academic perspective even if this leads to improvement in the physical

facilities being offered by institutes it is well worth the investment While state funded institutes

get funds from state governments for building infrastructure for some of the centrally funded

institutes where infrastructure may have been falling apart this money would have been useful

9 Because of the fact that there is no proper system to track the usage of equipment ndash records are

maintained in physical form in the shape of log books and registers which render a macro analysis

50

impossible -- anecdotal evidence suggests that equipment bought is not being optimally utilized A

significantly higher number of research papers in refereed journals suggests that this may not be

true but the fact remains that there is no improvement in the number of technology transfers

commercialization of research or patent generation which remain weak This again brings into focus

the theory versus application part of teaching

10 Overall improvement in base infrastructure was important for institutes to advance to the next level

of development Except for some of the Centrally funded institutions none of the institutes which

received funding in TEQIP II are in the league of the six original IITs in terms of laboratory

infrastructure They do not have access to the kind of liberal funding that CFTIs get If they had not

got the present funds to buy equipment they would have taken at least five to seven years to

procure the same through the resources available to them Even for Central institutions as also for

others the availability of funds at one go meant that they could procure high costing software such

as Matlab Ansys Labview Cadence and Adobe which benefit students across departments

11 Funds for buying equipment and other soft resources enabled the institutes to take some steps

towards keeping pace with the rapidly changing advancements in technology Increased level of

automation and artificial intelligence in industry is reflected in the kind of purchases institutes have

made ndash various types of simulation software digital machines replacing analogue ones such as in

electrical engineering departments all-in-one automatic machines which combine several levels of

manual work such as in surveying in civil engineering departments robotic arms mimicking the

automated environment of modern factories attached to lathe machines in mechanical engineering

departments instruments capable of handling nano particles in specialized centres and 3D printers

capable of printing high precision devices which are being used in multiple fields

12 Most institutes have also bought subscriptions to high level international journals in various

streams both online and physical enabling access to vast repository of world class content for most

students

13 Institutes have not paid much thought to maintenance of equipment since most of the purchases

have been made in the past two-three years and warranty periods are still in force Most institutes

have also reported availability of in-house technicians to look after the machines though majority

said that they would sign annual maintenance contracts (AMC) with vendors Since AMCs usually

cost roughly 10 per cent of the cost of the equipment they felt that the resources allocated for the

same under TEQIP II would not be adequate and that they should be increased slightly

14 As per the feedback provided by almost all institutes they all agree that the equipment purchased

by them responds to faculty student needs and was done as per consultation and

recommendations of faculty They all follow well laid out norms for disposal of equipment which

keep environmental considerations in mind

6 -- Average number of departments among which each institute in Sub-component 11 divided

the total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 500 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

51

7-- Average number of departments among which each institute in sub-component 12 divided the

total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 284 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

2147403 ndash Number of items bought by institutes for office purpose in sub-component

11

101699 hours monthndash Utilisation of equipment by UG amp PG students in sub-component

11 as per available data of institutes which participated in the study

427 hours month ndash Average utilization of equipment by UG and PG students across

institutes in sub-component 11

51656 hours month -- Utilisation of equipment by PhD students in sub-component 11 as

per available data of institutes which participated in the study

37 hours month-- Average utilization of equipment by PhD students across institutes in sub-

component 11

52

Chapter 5 Way Forward

53

As data shows and case studies prove there can be no doubt that TEQIP II and the funds provided to

institutes for purchase of equipment and other soft resources have led to improvement in laboratory

infrastructure which in turn has helped in improving the output Some pointers for future stages of the

project are-

1 Even though TEQIP II had a major focus on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and institutes

were given significant amount of funds for purchase of equipment there were no guidelines or

benchmarks for them to judge themselves against and to understand what an ideal laboratory

should be like for any given department While it is good that they were given the freedom to decide

what they wanted to buy and it depended on the pro-activeness of the department heads on what

all they ended up getting funds for in an ideal scenario they should have been given a list of

essential basic equipment as well as research level equipment and they could have prioritized their

purchases on the basis of that

In all likelihood such department-wise lists do not exist anywhere In the third phase of TEQIP

therefore NPIU could commission a project which involves study of top world-class as well as top

national-level laboratories for each department Thereafter standard templates of equipment could

be prepared which could illustrate the requirement of equipment for each concept and practical for

every stream of engineering Based on standard frequency of usage and the number of students in a

class adequate numbers of any equipment could be recommended to be bought by institutes in

order to ensure that not too much time is wasted on rotating several batches of students on the

same equipment

Availability of such templates of equipment as well as soft resources which could be updated

periodically in keeping with the changes in technology and availability of resources would also help

policy makers understand how many institutes come up to a benchmark and how many need

further support

2 Institutes should start maintaining digital records of use of equipment which are bought for research

purposes These records should not be just digital copies of physical registers but should be in the

form of smart solutions which can track internal supply chains in laboratories as well as usage of

equipment The solutions should be able to provide real-time analysis of usage of equipment in

every laboratory and all laboratories could be linked to one centralized system There are various

kinds of RFID solutions available today which can handle usage patterns well The available

information could be used to devise solutions and create policy interventions to increase the actual

usage of equipment

3 Nodal institutes under TEQIP II could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of neighboring non-TEQIP institutes The

unspent money could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

4 Institutes could be encouraged to ensure that laboratories in all departments have well designed

brochures and information material such as leaflets and manuals on major equipment so that

dissemination of information about their availability is easy and their utilization could be increased

54

5 Facilities created in institutes are not being optimally utilized to increase interaction with industry

While rural location of the institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of

the reasons it is also true that in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the

commissioning of equipment Size of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for

anything on industrial scale But in most cases industry is not even aware of the existence of state-

of-the-art equipment inside institutes Regular interactions with sector-specific companies are a

must therefore to create a culture of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration

6 For decades research has happened in our country in isolation and at a distance from both industry

and academia Being largely funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) so far it

has been taking place inside the laboratories of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

The 37 laboratories of CSIR and its 39 field stations or extension centres have been working in the

areas of aerospace engineering structural engineering ocean science life science metallurgy

chemicals mining food petroleum leather and environmental science The ministry of HRD has

also started funding research in a big way in recent years through schemes such as Imprint ndash

Improving Research Innovation and Technology and the Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) It would be

fruitful for the country if research happening purely on the scientific side is able to converge with

that on the academic side Hence in order to ensure greater synergy between research and

teaching it is essential that technical institutes start working more closely with CSIR laboratories

This will bring them immediately closer to cutting edge research and provide rich exposure to

students Specially for institutions which have got improved laboratory facilities as a result of TEQIP

II funds collaboration with relevant CSIR laboratories will help them grow their research and at the

same time provide the latter with a steady flow of students to work on live projects

7 Institutions which have upgraded their laboratory infrastructure in the area of food and agriculture

will gain by collaborating with the government on its e-labs project which aims at automating the

testing procedure of soil fertiliser pesticide and equipment samples By ensuring speedy and

transparent online disbursement of information related to such tests the projectrsquos vision is to

reduce crop losses and increase the use of good quality bio-pesticides through fair and unbiased

testing Institutions and students will be able to learn a lot about quality control and the processes

involved in digital testing through collaboration with the government on e-labs

8 In order to ensure transparency in procurement processes it is advisable that institutes make use of

the governmentrsquos new e-marketplace called GEM Through the portal wwwgemnicin institutes

can buy virtually anything and everything that they may require specially consumables office

equipment furniture and software Buying through this portal will speed up procurement and

improve the efficiency of institutes Created and maintained by the Directorate General of Supplies

amp Disposals (DGSampD) it provides tools for e-bidding reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to

help users get best value for their money At the national level a system of procurement should be

put in place including committee to look into the requirement and availability of equipment taking

global scenarios into consideration

Appendices

Appendix 1

55

State-wise Number of Institutions Under Technical Education QualityImprovement Programme II (2010-2017)

S Name of State CFIs Sub‐component 11 Sub‐component 12 Total No of

Institutions 1 Andhra Pradesh 5 6 11 2 Bihar 2 ‐‐ 2 3 Chhattisgarh 4 ‐‐ 4 4 Gujarat 7 ‐‐ 7 5 Haryana 3 3 6 6 Himachal Pradesh 1 ‐‐ 1 7 Jharkhand 1 1 2 8 Karnataka 4 15 19 9 Kerala 19 ‐‐ 19

10 Madhya Pradesh 3 2 5 11 Maharashtra 7 10 17

12 NCT‐Delhi ‐‐ 1 1 13 Odisha 2 ‐‐ 2 14 Punjab 7 1 8 15 Rajasthan 9 ‐‐ 9 16 Tamil Nadu 5 4 9 17 Telangana 8 5 13 18 Tripura 1 ‐‐ 1 19 UT‐Chandigarh 2 1 3 20 UT‐Puducherry 1 ‐‐ 1 21 Uttar Pradesh 2 5 7 22 Uttarakhand 1 2 3 23 West Bengal 11 3 14 24 Centrally Funded

Institutions (CFIs) 8 18 26

Total 113 77 190

Appendix 2 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 11

S Name of the Name of the Institution

No State UT

1 JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

2 Aditya Institute of Technology amp Management Tekkali Srikakulam

Andhra

3 Madanapalle Institute of Technology amp Science Madanapalle

Pradesh

4 Shri Vishnu Engineering College for women Vishnupur Bhimavaram

5 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College Chittoor

6 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur

Bihar

7 Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur

8 Government Engineering College Bilaspur

9 Government Engineering College Jagdalpur Bastar

Chhattisgarh

10 Government Engineering College Raipur

11 Rungta College of Engineering amp Technology Bhilai

56

12 Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

13 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Vallabh Vidynagar

14 Lukhdirji Engineering College Morbi

15 Gujarat Shantilal Shah Engineering College Bhavnagar

16 Government Engineering College Gandhinagar

17 Government Engineering College Rajkot

18 Government Engineering College Patan

19 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology (UIET) Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

Haryana

20 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology MDU Rohtak

21 NC College of Engineering Panipat

22 Himachal Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar Mandi

Pradesh

23 Jharkhand Cambridge Institute of Technology Ranchi

24 BVB College of Engineering amp Technology Hubli

25 PES College of Engineering Mandya

Karnataka

26 Government Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jublee Technological Institute Bangalore

27 NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore

2

SNo Name of the

Name of the Institution

StateUT

28 Government Engineering College Thrissur

29 Government Engineering College Kozhikode

30 Government Engineering College Painavu Idukki

31 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

32 School of Engineering Cochin University of Science amp Technology Cochin

33 Government College of Engineering Kannur

34 Government Engineering College Bartonhill Thiruvananthapuram

35 LBS Institute of Technology for Women Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram

36 College of Engineering Perumon Perinad Kollam

37 Kerala College of Engineering Kidangoor Kottayam

38 Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

57

39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

58

70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

60

Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

62

77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

70

Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

72

Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

73

Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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11

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 11

Total available funds Rs 105 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 39 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 34 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Bihar (Figure 3)

Total population in lakh 1041

Literacy rate 618

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

112 (108)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

79

Gross Enrolment Ratio 139

Total number of engineering institutes 21

Institutes in sub-component 11 2

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 2

Total available funds Rs 20 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 11 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0200400600800

100012001400160018002000

Available funds

Utilised funds

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

Figure 2

Andhra Pradesh

12

Chhattisgarh (Figure 4)

Total population in lakh 2555

Literacy rate 703

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

308 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

22

Gross Enrolment Ratio 146

Total number of engineering institutes 21

Institutes in sub-component 11 4

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 4

Total available funds Rs 34 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 175 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 164 crore

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

Muzzaffarpur Institute of TechnologyMuzzaffarpur

Bhagalpur College of EngineeringBhagalpur

FUN

DS

IN R

UP

EES

LAK

H

Figure 3 Bihar

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

13

Gujarat (Figure 5)

Total population in lakh 6044

Literacy rate 78

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

719 (119)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

51

Gross Enrolment Ratio 20

Institutes in sub-component 11 7

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 7

Total available funds Rs 70 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 385 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 375 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

Rungta College ofEngineering amp

Technology Bhilai

GovernmentEngineering College

Bilaspur

GovernmentEngineering College

Raipur

GovernmentEngineering College

Jagdalpur Bastar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

14

Haryana (Figure 6)

Total population in lakh 2535

Literacy rate 756

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

319 (126)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

23

Gross Enrolment Ratio 276

Total number of engineering institutes 89

Institutes in sub-component 11 3

Institutes in sub-component 12 3

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 6

Total available funds Rs 575 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 278 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 23 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

Figure 5 Gujarat

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

15

Himachal Pradesh

Total population in lakh 686

Literacy rate 828

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

74 (108)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

05

Gross Enrolment Ratio 312

Total number of engineering institutes 17

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 10 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 55 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 55 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Jharkhand (Figure 7)

Total population in lakh 3299

Literacy rate 664

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

375 (114)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

27

Gross Enrolment Ratio 16

Total number of engineering institutes 14

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 2

Total available funds Rs 21 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 95 crore

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

Fun

ds

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up

ees

lakh

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plansubmitted by theinstitute

Figure 6 Haryana

16

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 93 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Karnataka (Figure 8)

Total population in lakh 611

Literacy rate 754

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

712 (117)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

5

Gross Enrolment Ratio 264

Total number of engineering institutes 166

Institutes in sub-component 11 4

Institutes in sub-component 12 15

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 19

Total available funds Rs 215 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 927 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 75 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

BIT Mesra BIT Mesra CoE Cambridge Institute ofTechnology Ranchi

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

17

Kerala (Figure 9)

Total population in lakh 334

Literacy rate 94

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

305 (91)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

22

Gross Enrolment Ratio 287

Total number of engineering institutes 98

Institutes in sub-component 11 19

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 19

Total available funds Rs 190 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1045 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 106 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

18

Madhya Pradesh (Figure 10)

Total population in lakh 7263

Literacy rate 693

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

879 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

62

Gross Enrolment Ratio 196

Total number of engineering institutes 121

Institutes in sub-component 11 3

Institutes in sub-component 12 2

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 5

Total available funds Rs 49 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 23 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 17 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0

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600

800

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Figure 9 Kerala

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

19

Maharashtra (Figure 11)

Total population in lakh 11237

Literacy rate 823

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

1334 (119)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

94

Gross Enrolment Ratio 279

Total number of engineering institutes 216

Institutes in sub-component 11 7

Institutes in sub-component 12 10

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 17

Total available funds Rs 254 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 119 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 102 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

20

Delhi (Figure 12)

Total population in lakh 1679

Literacy rate 862

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

224 (133)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

16

Gross Enrolment Ratio 435

Total number of engineering institutes 15

Institutes in sub-component 11 0

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 125 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 56 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 15 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Figure 11 Maharashtra

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

21

Odisha (Figure 13)

Total population in lakh 4197

Literacy rate 729

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

466 (111)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

33

Gross Enrolment Ratio 177

Total number of engineering institutes 68

Institutes in sub-component 11 2

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 2

Total available funds Rs 20 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 105 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 108 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

125

150

560

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

Available funds Actual expenditure Estimate as per plansubmitted by the institute

Figure 12 Delhi Technological University

22

Punjab (Figure 14)

Total population in lakh 2774

Literacy rate 758

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

325 (117)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

23

Gross Enrolment Ratio 27

Total number of engineering institutes 87

Institutes in sub-component 11 7

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 8

Total available funds Rs 81 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 42 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 22 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0

200

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800

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1200

Veer Surendra Sai University ofTechnology Burla Sambalpur

College of Engineering And TechnologyBhubaneshwar

Figure 13 Odisha

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

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Figure 14 Punjab

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

23

Rajasthan (Figure 15)

Total population in lakh 6855

Literacy rate 661

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

871 (127)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

62

Gross Enrolment Ratio 20

Total number of engineering institutes 82

Institutes in sub-component 11 9

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 9

Total available funds Rs 84 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 45 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 32 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Tamil Nadu (Figure 16)

Total population in lakh 7215

Literacy rate 80

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

73 (101)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

52

Gross Enrolment Ratio 452

Total number of engineering institutes 326

Institutes in sub-component 11 5

Institutes in sub-component 12 4

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 9

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Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

24

Total available funds Rs 140 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 74 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 70 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Telangana (Figure 17)

Total population in lakh 350

Literacy rate 664

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

406 (114)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

29

Gross Enrolment Ratio 36

Total number of engineering institutes 182

Institutes in sub-component 11 8

Institutes in sub-component 12 5

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 13

Total available funds Rs 120 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 45 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 34 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plansubmitted by the institute

25

Tripura

Total population in lakh 367

Literacy rate 872

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

44 (119)

2015 projected share of state 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

03

Gross Enrolment Ratio 168

Total number of engineering institutes 6

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 10 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 55 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 54 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

UT-Chandigarh (Figure 18)

Total population in lakh 106

Literacy rate 861

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

17 (165)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

01

Gross Enrolment Ratio 56

Total number of engineering institutes 2

Institutes in sub-component 11 2

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 3

Total available funds Rs 475 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying Rs 24 crore

0

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Figure 17 Telangana

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

26

equipment and other resources

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 20 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Puducherry

Total population in lakh 125

Literacy rate 859

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

15 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

01

Gross Enrolment Ratio 46

Total number of engineering institutes 10

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 15 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 8 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 6 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Uttar Pradesh (Figure 19)

Total population in lakh 1998

Literacy rate 677

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Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plansubmitted by institute

28

West Bengal (Figure 21)

Total population in lakh 9128

Literacy rate 763

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

109 (12)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

77

Gross Enrolment Ratio 174

Total number of engineering institutes 72

Institutes in sub-component 11 11

Institutes in sub-component 12 3

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 14

Total available funds Rs 179 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 88 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 82 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rscrore)

Estimate as per plansubmitted by institute

29

CFIs (Figure 22)

Institutes in sub-component 11 8

Institutes in sub-component 12 18

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 26

Total available funds Rs 415 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 200 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1625 crore

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Figure 21 West Bengal

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

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100012001400160018002000

Figure 22 Centrally-funded institutions (CFIs)

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

30

Utilisation Analysis

In this section data on buying of equipment and other resources has been first analysed component-wise

and then department-wise

While data was collected from all institutes and a broad understanding was arrived at of the kind of

equipment and other resources money was spent on from the extensive lists provided by institutions it was

difficult to analyse how much money was spent on which category of item For the sake of analysis

therefore each equipment and item named by the institute was manually categorized into the following

broad categories-

1 Laboratory equipment (included all items bought for laboratories such as machines laptops

desktops and projectors)

2 Connectivity (included equipment related to creating wi-fi networks such as cables connectors

servers modems UPS racks adapters pipes and switches)

3 Books (included hard copies as well as subscriptions of e-journals for libraries)

4 Smart class (included white boards display panels podiums amplifiers cables projectors mixers

microphones webcam and wireless sensors)

5 Software

6 Office equipment (included laptops desktops printers scanners LCDs generator sets projectors

tables chairs almirahs digital signages etc bought for principalrsquos office directorrsquos office faculty

staff department rooms TEQIP office)

7 Furniture (included furniture for class rooms and departments)

8 Civil work (included flooring false ceilings repair work lighting)

Post the categorization in these eight broad heads the picture which emerged (Figure 23) for sub-

component 11 showed 58 per cent expenditure on laboratory equipment 14 per cent on software 10 per

cent on books 7 per cent each on office equipment and connectivity and 1-2 per cent each on furniture civil

work and smart classes This is in keeping with the goals of TEQIP II which had envisaged least expenditure

on civil work It was limited to 5 per cent of total expenditure on equipment for institutes under sub-

component 11 and 3 per cent for those under sub-component 12 If unspent institutes were free to use

this money for equipment and other resources So low expenditure on civil work is an achievement of TEQIP

II There should have been more expenditure on connectivity ndash campus-wide wifi networks ndash but that could

be due to the fact that several institutes already had wifi networks in place and did not need TEQIP funds to

do that

31

In sub-component 12 (Figure 24) this break-up was more or less on the same lines though the expenditure

on laboratory equipment in this sub-component was much higher at 70 per cent because of the inclusion of

centres of excellence and higher focus on post-graduate and PhD level studies This was followed by 17 per

cent on software and 5 per cent each on books and office equipment Rest was all 2 per cent and less and

negligible amount of expenditure on civil work was seen in this category

Department-wise

analysis of equipment

purchased by

institutes shows that in

sub-component 11

(Figure 25) highest

Lab equipment58

Software 14

Books 10

Office equipment

7

Connectivity 7

Smart class2

Furniture1

Civil work1

EXPENDITURE (11)

Figure 23

Office equipment

5

Software 17

Smart class1

EXPENDITURE (12)

Figure 29

32

076 164 46678

961 10631459

2169

TOTAL AMOUNT SPENT BY DEPARTMENTS (IN RS LAKH)

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

(in Rs crore)

number of equipment were bought by computer amp IT departments followed by electrical mechanical

electronics and civil departments For the purpose of categorization two or more streams of a kind were

merged into one and numbers for both streams taken together For instance computer science and

information technology were merged into one Similarly electronics amp instrumentation and electronics amp

electrical were taken together under electronics

While sub-component 11 presented a picture on expected lines with the top five departments being

generally the biggest departments in institutes in sub-component 12 this picture was slightly confusing

Here the top two departmentsndash electronics and civil ndash were ahead of other departments (Table 1) by an

inexplicable margin One of the reasons for this could be the fact that most of the equipment bought for the

centres of excellence would have had items related to electronics But that still does not explain the

unusually high number of items for civil engineering departments

Table 1 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 12

Name of the department Number of items bought

Mining 23

BioTech 137

Chemical 170

Mechanical 497

Computer amp IT 661

Electrical 969

Electronics 544915

Civil 1701948

On the other hand an expenditure-wise analysis of the same departments shows a different picture (Figure

26) with mechanical engineering department emerging top with expenditure of Rs 216 crore and electrical

department showing expenditure of Rs 145 crore Civil department is at number 3 with expenditure of Rs

106 crore The aberration in the number of items could have been because civil and electronics

departments would have bought a large number of items of small value

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166 224 45 481 934 14772459

3138

Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

(in Rs crore)Figure 27

As per the data provided by institutes those in sub-component 11 show higher expenditure

department-wise with mechanical engineering department at top with expenditure of Rs 313

crore These should however be taken only as indicative figures as the numbers cannot be absolute

(Figure 27)

Table 7 Top 20 Lab equipment bought by institutes in 11

CNC Lathe machines

Compressor testing machine

Computer and peripherals

Computerised machines

Digital meters

Gas chromatograph

Micro-controller

Micro-processor

Oscilloscope

PCB prototyping machine

Robotic kits

Solar PV systems

Spectrum analyser

Thermal imager

Total Station

Ultrasonic probe

Universal testing machine

UV-spectrophotometer

Voltmeter

Wattmeter

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Table 2 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 11

Table 21 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 12

1 CNC Lathe machines Advanced laser kit

2 Compressor testing machine Asphalt material performance tester

3 Computer and peripherals Atomic absorption spectrophotometer

4 Computerised machines Bio-reactors

5 Digital meters BOD incubator

6 Gas chromatograph Centrifuge

7 Micro-controller CNC lathe machine

8 Micro-processor Compression testing

9 Oscilloscope Computer and peripherals

10 PCB prototyping machine Digital image processing

11 Robotic kits Digital multimeter

12 Solar PV systems Electric discharge machine

13 Spectrum analyser Hydraulic pressing

14 Thermal imager Magnetic stirrer

15 Total Station Microwave simulator

16 Ultrasonic probe Optical microscope

17 Universal testing machine PCB prototype machine

18 UV-spectrophotometer Thermal analyser

19 Voltmeter Thermal scanner

20 Wattmeter Wireless sensor network kit

Impact of Utilisation

No amount of data tracking or record keeping is worth

the effort if it does not translate into improvement in

actual output The real impact of all this expenditure by

institutes on buying of latest equipment is only useful in

so far as it is able to show growth in the number of

publications or rise in the number of post-graduate

student intake Looked at from that perspective TEQIP II

seems to have made satisfactory progress as the data

maintained by the National Project Implementation Unit

UPWARD TREND

Increase in the number of

publications in refereed

journals

Increase in the number of PG

and PhD students

Increase in revenue generated

through consultancy

35

(NPIU) shows There has been a significant improvement over the years in the number of publications in

refereed journals which till last year have been showing above target performance Only the numbers for

2016-17 are low considering that the data captured is till the month of February 2017 only From a target of

7500 publications in 2010-11 and a realization of 11722to a target of 14500 in 2015-16 and a realization of

18482 (Figure 28) the growth has been impressive though again how much of it is due to buying of

equipment alone is debatable

Another key performance indicatoras per the planners of TEQIP II was rise in the total number of masters

and PhD level students from a baseline of 30000 in 2010-11 to 41000 by 2016 Seen from that angle also the

performance of the programme has exceeded the target To a large extent this can be attributed to

availability of better laboratory infrastructure as it would have been a major factor behind the institutesrsquo

capability to attract students for MTech and PhD (Figure 29)

7032 7500 8000 8500 9000

14000 14500

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20037

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18482

2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016

Fig 28 Number of publications in refereed journals in TEQIP II institutions

Target Actual

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The percentage of externally funded RampD projects and consultancies in total revenue has increased from 7

per cent in 2010-11 to 14 per cent in 2015-16 against a target of 12 per cent (Figure 30)

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

Target 7032 32000 33000 34000 34000 40000 40500

Actual 35132 37791 44171 49251 48718 45659

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Fig 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP I

2009-2010

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37

Chapter 3 Case Studies

38

Government Engineering College Thrissur Kerala

(with inputs from Prof Manoj Kumar K V Coordinator TEQIP II GEC Thrissur)

The entire process of planning procurement and the complete cycle of improved input resulting in improved output can be illustrated through the case study of Government Engineering College Thrissur which is one of the model colleges in TEQIP II and received funds under sub-component 11 It is the second oldest engineering in the state of Kerala and is affiliated to the University of Calicut Its foundation stone was laid by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in April 1958 and among its famous alumni are Dr K Radhakrishnan former chairman of Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) Out of the project allocation of Rs 10 crore Rs 55 crore was utilized by the institute for procurement of equipment The fund was apportioned among the departments based on student strength and their need to modernize and strengthen their various laboratories The procurement plan was finalized from the proposals received from the departments and vetted by the State Project Facilitation Unit (SPFU) before being executed through the Procurement Management Support System (PMSS) which was a web portal created by the National Project Implementation Unit (NPIU) to manage the project

39

Figure 31 10 steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan (Figure 38)

Departments were asked to draw up a

three-year procurement plan based on

their needs Department heads

coordinators and TEQIP nodal officers

had a meeting in the institute in

January 2012 to understand the plans

and procedures as available on NPIU

website

In February the Principal of the

institute TEQIP coordinator and

procurement coordinator attended a

training session conducted by NPIU at

Thiruvananthapuram Participation in

this session was facilitated by SPFU and

it entailed extensive training on how to

use the PMSS website

A training session was organized in the

institute for the benefit of Heads of

Departments (HoDs) and Department

TEQIP coordinators The programme

was attended by 24 officials and it

covered the entire set of activities

pertaining to purchase through PMSS --

from configuration management plan

creation and revision packaging and

procuring to stocking

Procurement coordinator and

department TEQIP coordinators also

attended a training program organized

by SPFUat School of Engineering

Cochin University of Science and

Technologyin February 2012

The SPFU arranged a discussion at

directorateoffice Thiruvanantha-

puramin February to fine tune the plan

and to facilitate data entry through

PMSS The finetuning included clubbing

of similar items from various

departments into one package limiting

the threshold to a maximum of 90 per

cent included in a scheme and revising

the tentative timelines based on plan

approval which was expected by mid-

April 2012 The institute was advised to

procure a particular software used for

double entry book-keeping through

PMSS and to identify 2 National

Competitive Bidding (NCB)

procurement plans to be sent to

Central authorities for approval

The rejigged procurement plan after

consultation with the concerned

coordinators was uploaded on the

website on 28thFebruary 2012

The plan was reviewed by SPFU and

some corrections were suggested

The corrected plan was uploaded again

At a meeting convened on 14thMarch

2012 at LBS College for Women

Thiruvananthapuram the first approval

of the plan was given by Director SPFU

On 31st March 2012 the Principal

convened a meeting of HoDs and

departmental TEQIP coordinators and

instructions were issued to draw up

specifications with respect to every

package so that the data was readily

available for entry to PMSS once the

plan was approved by NPIUWorld

Bank

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Procurement activities were in full swing during the first 18 months of the project and were executed fully as

per the plan Procurement was completed in 82 packages including 68 National Shopping (NS)packages 7

National Competitive Bidding (NCB) packages 2 Direct Contract packages and 5 Civil Works packages

The institute made maximum expenditure in 2013-14 (Figure 32) across different heads Its investments on

laboratory modernization and strengthening started in 2012 and continued till 2017 (Figure 33) Overall it

spent bulk of the money (88 per cent) on modernization of laboratories and 5 per cent on ICT enabled

learning (Figure 34)

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Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur (in Rs)

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Figure 32

2012-1311

2013-1473

2014-1515

2015-160

2016-171

EXPENDITURE ON MODERNISATION STRENGTHENING OF LABS AT GEC THRISSUR

Figure 33

41

Major equipment bought by the institute with TEQIP II funds includes a Rheometer which is not available in

any other institution in the state and offers potential for research and consultancy It is used for determining

the rheological behaviors of liquids and solids It has applications in polymer nano-composites which are the

emerging field of research The stress rheology measurements provide information for spread ability

emulsion stability suspension leveling flow control thermal stability extrudability and thickening etc The

fluid can be highly non-newtonian The equipment is useful for MTech students and faculty for doing

research

The institute also bought a Gas Chromatograph which is used in analyzing compositions purity and for

separating different components of a mixture based on volatility It is also used in identifying a compound

and its applications include analysis of toxicity of soil water and air identifying unknown compounds etc

The equipment is useful for faculty and students in doing research and projects in the field of environmental

engineering and provides opportunities for pollution control related consultancy work

Another important purchase is Accelerated Curing Tank With concrete construction increasing at a rapid

pace this equipment provides the possibility of accelerating the curing time Normal method of curing takes

28 days To reduce the curing time of concrete and test its strength accelerated curing is required and this

can be achieved with the use of Accelerated Curing Tank in the laboratory

88

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0

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Fig 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14at Government Engineering College Thrissur

Expenditure on modernisation strengthening of existinglaboratories

Expenditure on ICT enabledlearning related softwareamphardware

Expenditure on library ie books e-books

Journals e-journals course specificsoftware

Expenditure on modernisation ofclassrooms

Others (furniture)

42

Table 3 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Name of the Equipment

Cost (in rupees)

Pressure Volume Change Controller

365625

Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Suit

1365000

Solar Photovoltaic grid tied training system with MPPT

367500

Gas Chromatograph 1494692

Rheometer 2687350

Surface Roughness Tester

401205

Multimedia Projector 114162

Thermal Imager 746366

Machine Conditioning Monitor

861685

Metallurgical Image Analysis System for Welding

283500

Software Factory CAD 320000

Robot 567000

Pipe Flow Software 149234

Petrol Engine Test Setup

783090

Tribometer 609900

Vibration Analyser 539175

Slotting Machine 449243

Lathe and Shaping Machine

869001

Metal Cutting Band saw 156240

Digital Viscometer 919050

Solid Modeling Software

356590

Ultrasonic Flow Detector

235561

43

Rapid Phototyping Machine

814800

Group Video Conferencing Kit

533340

Lan Trainer 106180

The efforts of the institute over the years have led to improved student placements and intake (Figure 35)

Output in terms of publications in international journals and participation of faculty and students in

international conferences has also gone up considerably (Figure 36)

Top 10 international journals in which faculty and students have secured publications since TEQIP II are

Name of Journal

1 IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

2 International Journal on Numerical Methods in Fluids

261221

570527

357

766

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400

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600

700

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900

Placement offers Students placed Intake of students

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 35 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 36 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

Publication in international journals Participation in international conferences

44

3 IETE Technical Review

4 Journal of the Optical Society of America

5 International Journal of Power amp Energy Systems

6 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

7 International Journal of Remote Sensing

8 Automatica

9 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

10 ASME Journal of Heat Transfer

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering amp Technology

Aligarh Muslim University

Another institute with an impeccable history and track record is Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and

Technology (ZHCET) which is a constituent college of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and it received TEQIP

II funds under sub-component 11 AMU was set up by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as Mohammedan Anglo-

Oriental College in 1875 Against available funds of Rs 10 crore ZHCET utilized Rs 618 crore as of February

2017 Following is a glimpse into the major equipment purchased by the institute

Name of the equipment Centrifugal Pump and Pelton Turbine Module Nozzle

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3349138

Reason for buying To improve teaching and research in fluid mechanics section of mechanical engineering

department The equipment comprises centrifugal pump with flowmeter valves reservoir and

instrumentation for measurement and display of inlet outlet pressures torque speed and power and

turbine inlet pressure for Peltan turbine

Name of the equipment Universal High Voltage Test system and Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage Tester

(PE-AOBDV-MXXX)

Name of the department Electrical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 4522500

Reason for buying A new MTech programme in High Voltage Engineering was started under TEQIP II for

which enhanced laboratory infrastructure was needed PE-AOBDV-M series of Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage

Testers are highly precise instruments which can be used to conduct either a breakdown voltage test or do a proof

(withstand) test Dielectric Breakdown Voltage testing of Oil is one such means to detect the voltage at power

frequency at which it is likely to cause a flash-over

Name of the equipment Altium Nanoboard FPGA Kit

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1368863

Reason for buying Five kits were bought for under-graduate and post-graduate students

45

Name of the equipmentExata Software Emulator for Networking

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1245780

Reason for buying BTech students use it to perform experiments in EL-494 (Communication Lab -III) to

study the performance of simulated networks M Tech students use it for projects and dissertations Three

faculty members are using this software for RampD purpose

Name of the equipmentPotentiostat Galvanostat with Impedance Analyzer

Name of the department Petroleum Studies

Cost of equipment Rs 1562925

Reason for buying Potentiostate is at the heart of research on electrochemistry It is mainly used for

research in the area of fuel cell membrane cyclic voltammeter and super capacitors

Name of the equipment Imac 215 Quad Core i5 with Apple Protection Plan

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 205800

Reason for buying Two units of Imac were bought for the post-graduate and networking laboratories of

computer engineering department so that students could develop software based on iOS

Altium Nanoboard

FPGA Kit

46

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli was set up in 1947 with only the civil engineering under-graduate

programme Since 2007 the institute has been autonomous having been affiliated to Bombay University

Pune University and Shivaji University in the past The institute received TEQIP II funds under sub-

component 12 It was eligible to receive Rs 125 crore It submitted procurement plan for Rs 87 crore and

spent Rs 618 crore as of February 2017

MAJOR EQUIPMENT BOUGHT

Name of the equipment Shake Table Set-up

Name of the department Civil amp Structural Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1925776

Reason for buying To establish an earthquake engineering laboratory for conducting studies on response of

structures to earthquake induced vibrations To investigate structural response under various dynamic

loading conditions

Name of the equipment Electromagnetic Exciter with Pay Load Capacity of 100 to 150 kg

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2310824

Reason for buying To carry out research work in the field of dynamic analysis for various systems

Name of the equipment Micro Machining Centre Hyper-15w table top type integrated multi-process CNC

machine tool

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3078000

Reason for buying To develop micro machining centre for the research of micro machining PG production

laboratory

2663678

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COMPUTER + IT

MECHANICAL

Fig 37 Department-wise expenditure Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Figures in rupees

47

Name of the equipment Dynamometer with Built-In Three Channel Charge Amplifiers

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1876090

Reason for buying To carry out research in the area of machining

Name of the equipment Lab View Add-ons Image Processing using Smart Camera Evaluation Kit

Name of the department Electronics Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3421650

Reason for buying Design simulation and prototyping platform for experiments on DSP communication

embedded control and measurements visual representation of experimental results

Name of the equipment Thermal Conductivity Analyzer with Material -- liquid pastes and small particles

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2100000

Reason for buying Post-graduate research and laboratory development

48

Chapter 4 Key Findings

49

1 On an average funds given to institutions for purchase of equipment and soft resources have led to

significant improvement in laboratory infrastructure of the institutes under study

2 The impact of such purchases on improvement in quality is not easily quantifiable in measurable

terms To assess the same other correlated parameters could be looked at such as improvement in

the number of research publications in refereed journals increase in the number of PhD students

number of faculty involved in research or the percentage of student placement However none of

these parameters can be directly or solely be said to be due to the improvement in physical or

digital infrastructure of institutes

3 Institutes did not have a clear-cut strategy of what best use they could put the available money to

Given that each institute on an average got Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and other resources

they could have used the money to create at least one best-in-class facility in any of the

departments which was equipped to utilize that facility in terms of augmenting the interaction of

the institute with industry or generating more resources through assignments from other agencies

While institutes in sub-component 12 had the provision to set up centres of excellence even in sub-

component 11 they could have done so if they had worked with that aim and vision

4 Instead institutes on an average divided the money equally across six departments and each

department on an average bought one-two machines which were significantly expensive and the

rest of the money was spent on buying other small routine equipment desktops laptops

networking servers software and e-journals Collaborations between departments for research

projects were however missing

5 This pattern of expenditure can be explained by the fact that our engineering institutions are still in

a phase where there is more emphasis on theory than practical Hands-on learning or project-based

approach in teaching is relatively new for institutions which is why there is not much emphasis on

understanding the practical aspects of learning such as producing patents versus papers

6 Institutes were seen to be over protective wherever even a slightly costly equipment was bought By

their own admission such equipment was most of the time kept under lock and key and was at best

displayed to students They were rarely given the opportunity to actually do something with it on

their own

7 Equal receipt of money by a number of departments has led to overall improvement in laboratory

standards of all departments which is good from an egalitarian perspective It is also good that all

departments have been able to uniformly upgrade their infrastructure and will therefore be able to

compete with each other in attracting good students faculty as well as assignments from industry in

future

8 Discussions with focus groups suggest that institutes spent large amounts of money on creating or

refurbishing physical infrastructure While non-academic experts may see this as wasteful

expenditure from an academic perspective even if this leads to improvement in the physical

facilities being offered by institutes it is well worth the investment While state funded institutes

get funds from state governments for building infrastructure for some of the centrally funded

institutes where infrastructure may have been falling apart this money would have been useful

9 Because of the fact that there is no proper system to track the usage of equipment ndash records are

maintained in physical form in the shape of log books and registers which render a macro analysis

50

impossible -- anecdotal evidence suggests that equipment bought is not being optimally utilized A

significantly higher number of research papers in refereed journals suggests that this may not be

true but the fact remains that there is no improvement in the number of technology transfers

commercialization of research or patent generation which remain weak This again brings into focus

the theory versus application part of teaching

10 Overall improvement in base infrastructure was important for institutes to advance to the next level

of development Except for some of the Centrally funded institutions none of the institutes which

received funding in TEQIP II are in the league of the six original IITs in terms of laboratory

infrastructure They do not have access to the kind of liberal funding that CFTIs get If they had not

got the present funds to buy equipment they would have taken at least five to seven years to

procure the same through the resources available to them Even for Central institutions as also for

others the availability of funds at one go meant that they could procure high costing software such

as Matlab Ansys Labview Cadence and Adobe which benefit students across departments

11 Funds for buying equipment and other soft resources enabled the institutes to take some steps

towards keeping pace with the rapidly changing advancements in technology Increased level of

automation and artificial intelligence in industry is reflected in the kind of purchases institutes have

made ndash various types of simulation software digital machines replacing analogue ones such as in

electrical engineering departments all-in-one automatic machines which combine several levels of

manual work such as in surveying in civil engineering departments robotic arms mimicking the

automated environment of modern factories attached to lathe machines in mechanical engineering

departments instruments capable of handling nano particles in specialized centres and 3D printers

capable of printing high precision devices which are being used in multiple fields

12 Most institutes have also bought subscriptions to high level international journals in various

streams both online and physical enabling access to vast repository of world class content for most

students

13 Institutes have not paid much thought to maintenance of equipment since most of the purchases

have been made in the past two-three years and warranty periods are still in force Most institutes

have also reported availability of in-house technicians to look after the machines though majority

said that they would sign annual maintenance contracts (AMC) with vendors Since AMCs usually

cost roughly 10 per cent of the cost of the equipment they felt that the resources allocated for the

same under TEQIP II would not be adequate and that they should be increased slightly

14 As per the feedback provided by almost all institutes they all agree that the equipment purchased

by them responds to faculty student needs and was done as per consultation and

recommendations of faculty They all follow well laid out norms for disposal of equipment which

keep environmental considerations in mind

6 -- Average number of departments among which each institute in Sub-component 11 divided

the total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 500 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

51

7-- Average number of departments among which each institute in sub-component 12 divided the

total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 284 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

2147403 ndash Number of items bought by institutes for office purpose in sub-component

11

101699 hours monthndash Utilisation of equipment by UG amp PG students in sub-component

11 as per available data of institutes which participated in the study

427 hours month ndash Average utilization of equipment by UG and PG students across

institutes in sub-component 11

51656 hours month -- Utilisation of equipment by PhD students in sub-component 11 as

per available data of institutes which participated in the study

37 hours month-- Average utilization of equipment by PhD students across institutes in sub-

component 11

52

Chapter 5 Way Forward

53

As data shows and case studies prove there can be no doubt that TEQIP II and the funds provided to

institutes for purchase of equipment and other soft resources have led to improvement in laboratory

infrastructure which in turn has helped in improving the output Some pointers for future stages of the

project are-

1 Even though TEQIP II had a major focus on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and institutes

were given significant amount of funds for purchase of equipment there were no guidelines or

benchmarks for them to judge themselves against and to understand what an ideal laboratory

should be like for any given department While it is good that they were given the freedom to decide

what they wanted to buy and it depended on the pro-activeness of the department heads on what

all they ended up getting funds for in an ideal scenario they should have been given a list of

essential basic equipment as well as research level equipment and they could have prioritized their

purchases on the basis of that

In all likelihood such department-wise lists do not exist anywhere In the third phase of TEQIP

therefore NPIU could commission a project which involves study of top world-class as well as top

national-level laboratories for each department Thereafter standard templates of equipment could

be prepared which could illustrate the requirement of equipment for each concept and practical for

every stream of engineering Based on standard frequency of usage and the number of students in a

class adequate numbers of any equipment could be recommended to be bought by institutes in

order to ensure that not too much time is wasted on rotating several batches of students on the

same equipment

Availability of such templates of equipment as well as soft resources which could be updated

periodically in keeping with the changes in technology and availability of resources would also help

policy makers understand how many institutes come up to a benchmark and how many need

further support

2 Institutes should start maintaining digital records of use of equipment which are bought for research

purposes These records should not be just digital copies of physical registers but should be in the

form of smart solutions which can track internal supply chains in laboratories as well as usage of

equipment The solutions should be able to provide real-time analysis of usage of equipment in

every laboratory and all laboratories could be linked to one centralized system There are various

kinds of RFID solutions available today which can handle usage patterns well The available

information could be used to devise solutions and create policy interventions to increase the actual

usage of equipment

3 Nodal institutes under TEQIP II could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of neighboring non-TEQIP institutes The

unspent money could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

4 Institutes could be encouraged to ensure that laboratories in all departments have well designed

brochures and information material such as leaflets and manuals on major equipment so that

dissemination of information about their availability is easy and their utilization could be increased

54

5 Facilities created in institutes are not being optimally utilized to increase interaction with industry

While rural location of the institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of

the reasons it is also true that in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the

commissioning of equipment Size of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for

anything on industrial scale But in most cases industry is not even aware of the existence of state-

of-the-art equipment inside institutes Regular interactions with sector-specific companies are a

must therefore to create a culture of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration

6 For decades research has happened in our country in isolation and at a distance from both industry

and academia Being largely funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) so far it

has been taking place inside the laboratories of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

The 37 laboratories of CSIR and its 39 field stations or extension centres have been working in the

areas of aerospace engineering structural engineering ocean science life science metallurgy

chemicals mining food petroleum leather and environmental science The ministry of HRD has

also started funding research in a big way in recent years through schemes such as Imprint ndash

Improving Research Innovation and Technology and the Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) It would be

fruitful for the country if research happening purely on the scientific side is able to converge with

that on the academic side Hence in order to ensure greater synergy between research and

teaching it is essential that technical institutes start working more closely with CSIR laboratories

This will bring them immediately closer to cutting edge research and provide rich exposure to

students Specially for institutions which have got improved laboratory facilities as a result of TEQIP

II funds collaboration with relevant CSIR laboratories will help them grow their research and at the

same time provide the latter with a steady flow of students to work on live projects

7 Institutions which have upgraded their laboratory infrastructure in the area of food and agriculture

will gain by collaborating with the government on its e-labs project which aims at automating the

testing procedure of soil fertiliser pesticide and equipment samples By ensuring speedy and

transparent online disbursement of information related to such tests the projectrsquos vision is to

reduce crop losses and increase the use of good quality bio-pesticides through fair and unbiased

testing Institutions and students will be able to learn a lot about quality control and the processes

involved in digital testing through collaboration with the government on e-labs

8 In order to ensure transparency in procurement processes it is advisable that institutes make use of

the governmentrsquos new e-marketplace called GEM Through the portal wwwgemnicin institutes

can buy virtually anything and everything that they may require specially consumables office

equipment furniture and software Buying through this portal will speed up procurement and

improve the efficiency of institutes Created and maintained by the Directorate General of Supplies

amp Disposals (DGSampD) it provides tools for e-bidding reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to

help users get best value for their money At the national level a system of procurement should be

put in place including committee to look into the requirement and availability of equipment taking

global scenarios into consideration

Appendices

Appendix 1

55

State-wise Number of Institutions Under Technical Education QualityImprovement Programme II (2010-2017)

S Name of State CFIs Sub‐component 11 Sub‐component 12 Total No of

Institutions 1 Andhra Pradesh 5 6 11 2 Bihar 2 ‐‐ 2 3 Chhattisgarh 4 ‐‐ 4 4 Gujarat 7 ‐‐ 7 5 Haryana 3 3 6 6 Himachal Pradesh 1 ‐‐ 1 7 Jharkhand 1 1 2 8 Karnataka 4 15 19 9 Kerala 19 ‐‐ 19

10 Madhya Pradesh 3 2 5 11 Maharashtra 7 10 17

12 NCT‐Delhi ‐‐ 1 1 13 Odisha 2 ‐‐ 2 14 Punjab 7 1 8 15 Rajasthan 9 ‐‐ 9 16 Tamil Nadu 5 4 9 17 Telangana 8 5 13 18 Tripura 1 ‐‐ 1 19 UT‐Chandigarh 2 1 3 20 UT‐Puducherry 1 ‐‐ 1 21 Uttar Pradesh 2 5 7 22 Uttarakhand 1 2 3 23 West Bengal 11 3 14 24 Centrally Funded

Institutions (CFIs) 8 18 26

Total 113 77 190

Appendix 2 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 11

S Name of the Name of the Institution

No State UT

1 JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

2 Aditya Institute of Technology amp Management Tekkali Srikakulam

Andhra

3 Madanapalle Institute of Technology amp Science Madanapalle

Pradesh

4 Shri Vishnu Engineering College for women Vishnupur Bhimavaram

5 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College Chittoor

6 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur

Bihar

7 Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur

8 Government Engineering College Bilaspur

9 Government Engineering College Jagdalpur Bastar

Chhattisgarh

10 Government Engineering College Raipur

11 Rungta College of Engineering amp Technology Bhilai

56

12 Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

13 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Vallabh Vidynagar

14 Lukhdirji Engineering College Morbi

15 Gujarat Shantilal Shah Engineering College Bhavnagar

16 Government Engineering College Gandhinagar

17 Government Engineering College Rajkot

18 Government Engineering College Patan

19 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology (UIET) Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

Haryana

20 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology MDU Rohtak

21 NC College of Engineering Panipat

22 Himachal Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar Mandi

Pradesh

23 Jharkhand Cambridge Institute of Technology Ranchi

24 BVB College of Engineering amp Technology Hubli

25 PES College of Engineering Mandya

Karnataka

26 Government Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jublee Technological Institute Bangalore

27 NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore

2

SNo Name of the

Name of the Institution

StateUT

28 Government Engineering College Thrissur

29 Government Engineering College Kozhikode

30 Government Engineering College Painavu Idukki

31 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

32 School of Engineering Cochin University of Science amp Technology Cochin

33 Government College of Engineering Kannur

34 Government Engineering College Bartonhill Thiruvananthapuram

35 LBS Institute of Technology for Women Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram

36 College of Engineering Perumon Perinad Kollam

37 Kerala College of Engineering Kidangoor Kottayam

38 Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

57

39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

58

70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

60

Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

62

77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

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e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

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2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

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Appendix 8

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Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

70

Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

72

Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

73

Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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12

Chhattisgarh (Figure 4)

Total population in lakh 2555

Literacy rate 703

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

308 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

22

Gross Enrolment Ratio 146

Total number of engineering institutes 21

Institutes in sub-component 11 4

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 4

Total available funds Rs 34 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 175 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 164 crore

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Available funds

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Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

13

Gujarat (Figure 5)

Total population in lakh 6044

Literacy rate 78

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

719 (119)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

51

Gross Enrolment Ratio 20

Institutes in sub-component 11 7

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 7

Total available funds Rs 70 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 385 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 375 crore

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GovernmentEngineering College

Raipur

GovernmentEngineering College

Jagdalpur Bastar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

14

Haryana (Figure 6)

Total population in lakh 2535

Literacy rate 756

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

319 (126)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

23

Gross Enrolment Ratio 276

Total number of engineering institutes 89

Institutes in sub-component 11 3

Institutes in sub-component 12 3

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 6

Total available funds Rs 575 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 278 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 23 crore

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Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

15

Himachal Pradesh

Total population in lakh 686

Literacy rate 828

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

74 (108)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

05

Gross Enrolment Ratio 312

Total number of engineering institutes 17

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 10 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 55 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 55 crore

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Jharkhand (Figure 7)

Total population in lakh 3299

Literacy rate 664

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

375 (114)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

27

Gross Enrolment Ratio 16

Total number of engineering institutes 14

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 2

Total available funds Rs 21 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 95 crore

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16

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 93 crore

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Karnataka (Figure 8)

Total population in lakh 611

Literacy rate 754

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

712 (117)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

5

Gross Enrolment Ratio 264

Total number of engineering institutes 166

Institutes in sub-component 11 4

Institutes in sub-component 12 15

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 19

Total available funds Rs 215 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 927 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 75 crore

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BIT Mesra BIT Mesra CoE Cambridge Institute ofTechnology Ranchi

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

17

Kerala (Figure 9)

Total population in lakh 334

Literacy rate 94

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

305 (91)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

22

Gross Enrolment Ratio 287

Total number of engineering institutes 98

Institutes in sub-component 11 19

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 19

Total available funds Rs 190 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1045 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 106 crore

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Available funds

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18

Madhya Pradesh (Figure 10)

Total population in lakh 7263

Literacy rate 693

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

879 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

62

Gross Enrolment Ratio 196

Total number of engineering institutes 121

Institutes in sub-component 11 3

Institutes in sub-component 12 2

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 5

Total available funds Rs 49 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 23 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 17 crore

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Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

19

Maharashtra (Figure 11)

Total population in lakh 11237

Literacy rate 823

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

1334 (119)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

94

Gross Enrolment Ratio 279

Total number of engineering institutes 216

Institutes in sub-component 11 7

Institutes in sub-component 12 10

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 17

Total available funds Rs 254 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 119 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 102 crore

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Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

20

Delhi (Figure 12)

Total population in lakh 1679

Literacy rate 862

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

224 (133)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

16

Gross Enrolment Ratio 435

Total number of engineering institutes 15

Institutes in sub-component 11 0

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 125 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 56 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 15 crore

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Available funds

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Odisha (Figure 13)

Total population in lakh 4197

Literacy rate 729

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

466 (111)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

33

Gross Enrolment Ratio 177

Total number of engineering institutes 68

Institutes in sub-component 11 2

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 2

Total available funds Rs 20 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 105 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 108 crore

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Punjab (Figure 14)

Total population in lakh 2774

Literacy rate 758

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

325 (117)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

23

Gross Enrolment Ratio 27

Total number of engineering institutes 87

Institutes in sub-component 11 7

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 8

Total available funds Rs 81 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 42 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 22 crore

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1200

Veer Surendra Sai University ofTechnology Burla Sambalpur

College of Engineering And TechnologyBhubaneshwar

Figure 13 Odisha

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

0200400600800

100012001400

Figure 14 Punjab

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

23

Rajasthan (Figure 15)

Total population in lakh 6855

Literacy rate 661

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

871 (127)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

62

Gross Enrolment Ratio 20

Total number of engineering institutes 82

Institutes in sub-component 11 9

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 9

Total available funds Rs 84 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 45 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 32 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Tamil Nadu (Figure 16)

Total population in lakh 7215

Literacy rate 80

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

73 (101)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

52

Gross Enrolment Ratio 452

Total number of engineering institutes 326

Institutes in sub-component 11 5

Institutes in sub-component 12 4

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 9

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

24

Total available funds Rs 140 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 74 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 70 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Telangana (Figure 17)

Total population in lakh 350

Literacy rate 664

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

406 (114)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

29

Gross Enrolment Ratio 36

Total number of engineering institutes 182

Institutes in sub-component 11 8

Institutes in sub-component 12 5

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 13

Total available funds Rs 120 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 45 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 34 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0200400600800

100012001400160018002000

FUN

DS

IN R

UP

EES

LAK

H

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plansubmitted by the institute

25

Tripura

Total population in lakh 367

Literacy rate 872

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

44 (119)

2015 projected share of state 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

03

Gross Enrolment Ratio 168

Total number of engineering institutes 6

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 10 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 55 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 54 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

UT-Chandigarh (Figure 18)

Total population in lakh 106

Literacy rate 861

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

17 (165)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

01

Gross Enrolment Ratio 56

Total number of engineering institutes 2

Institutes in sub-component 11 2

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 3

Total available funds Rs 475 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying Rs 24 crore

0

500

1000

1500

2000

Figure 17 Telangana

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

26

equipment and other resources

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 20 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Puducherry

Total population in lakh 125

Literacy rate 859

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

15 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

01

Gross Enrolment Ratio 46

Total number of engineering institutes 10

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 15 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 8 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 6 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Uttar Pradesh (Figure 19)

Total population in lakh 1998

Literacy rate 677

0200400600800

100012001400160018002000

Fun

ds

in r

up

ees

lakh

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plansubmitted by institute

28

West Bengal (Figure 21)

Total population in lakh 9128

Literacy rate 763

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

109 (12)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

77

Gross Enrolment Ratio 174

Total number of engineering institutes 72

Institutes in sub-component 11 11

Institutes in sub-component 12 3

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 14

Total available funds Rs 179 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 88 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 82 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400FU

ND

S IN

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PEE

S LA

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Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rscrore)

Estimate as per plansubmitted by institute

29

CFIs (Figure 22)

Institutes in sub-component 11 8

Institutes in sub-component 12 18

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 26

Total available funds Rs 415 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 200 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1625 crore

0200400600800

100012001400160018002000

Figure 21 West Bengal

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

0200400600800

100012001400160018002000

Figure 22 Centrally-funded institutions (CFIs)

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

30

Utilisation Analysis

In this section data on buying of equipment and other resources has been first analysed component-wise

and then department-wise

While data was collected from all institutes and a broad understanding was arrived at of the kind of

equipment and other resources money was spent on from the extensive lists provided by institutions it was

difficult to analyse how much money was spent on which category of item For the sake of analysis

therefore each equipment and item named by the institute was manually categorized into the following

broad categories-

1 Laboratory equipment (included all items bought for laboratories such as machines laptops

desktops and projectors)

2 Connectivity (included equipment related to creating wi-fi networks such as cables connectors

servers modems UPS racks adapters pipes and switches)

3 Books (included hard copies as well as subscriptions of e-journals for libraries)

4 Smart class (included white boards display panels podiums amplifiers cables projectors mixers

microphones webcam and wireless sensors)

5 Software

6 Office equipment (included laptops desktops printers scanners LCDs generator sets projectors

tables chairs almirahs digital signages etc bought for principalrsquos office directorrsquos office faculty

staff department rooms TEQIP office)

7 Furniture (included furniture for class rooms and departments)

8 Civil work (included flooring false ceilings repair work lighting)

Post the categorization in these eight broad heads the picture which emerged (Figure 23) for sub-

component 11 showed 58 per cent expenditure on laboratory equipment 14 per cent on software 10 per

cent on books 7 per cent each on office equipment and connectivity and 1-2 per cent each on furniture civil

work and smart classes This is in keeping with the goals of TEQIP II which had envisaged least expenditure

on civil work It was limited to 5 per cent of total expenditure on equipment for institutes under sub-

component 11 and 3 per cent for those under sub-component 12 If unspent institutes were free to use

this money for equipment and other resources So low expenditure on civil work is an achievement of TEQIP

II There should have been more expenditure on connectivity ndash campus-wide wifi networks ndash but that could

be due to the fact that several institutes already had wifi networks in place and did not need TEQIP funds to

do that

31

In sub-component 12 (Figure 24) this break-up was more or less on the same lines though the expenditure

on laboratory equipment in this sub-component was much higher at 70 per cent because of the inclusion of

centres of excellence and higher focus on post-graduate and PhD level studies This was followed by 17 per

cent on software and 5 per cent each on books and office equipment Rest was all 2 per cent and less and

negligible amount of expenditure on civil work was seen in this category

Department-wise

analysis of equipment

purchased by

institutes shows that in

sub-component 11

(Figure 25) highest

Lab equipment58

Software 14

Books 10

Office equipment

7

Connectivity 7

Smart class2

Furniture1

Civil work1

EXPENDITURE (11)

Figure 23

Office equipment

5

Software 17

Smart class1

EXPENDITURE (12)

Figure 29

32

076 164 46678

961 10631459

2169

TOTAL AMOUNT SPENT BY DEPARTMENTS (IN RS LAKH)

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

(in Rs crore)

number of equipment were bought by computer amp IT departments followed by electrical mechanical

electronics and civil departments For the purpose of categorization two or more streams of a kind were

merged into one and numbers for both streams taken together For instance computer science and

information technology were merged into one Similarly electronics amp instrumentation and electronics amp

electrical were taken together under electronics

While sub-component 11 presented a picture on expected lines with the top five departments being

generally the biggest departments in institutes in sub-component 12 this picture was slightly confusing

Here the top two departmentsndash electronics and civil ndash were ahead of other departments (Table 1) by an

inexplicable margin One of the reasons for this could be the fact that most of the equipment bought for the

centres of excellence would have had items related to electronics But that still does not explain the

unusually high number of items for civil engineering departments

Table 1 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 12

Name of the department Number of items bought

Mining 23

BioTech 137

Chemical 170

Mechanical 497

Computer amp IT 661

Electrical 969

Electronics 544915

Civil 1701948

On the other hand an expenditure-wise analysis of the same departments shows a different picture (Figure

26) with mechanical engineering department emerging top with expenditure of Rs 216 crore and electrical

department showing expenditure of Rs 145 crore Civil department is at number 3 with expenditure of Rs

106 crore The aberration in the number of items could have been because civil and electronics

departments would have bought a large number of items of small value

33

166 224 45 481 934 14772459

3138

Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

(in Rs crore)Figure 27

As per the data provided by institutes those in sub-component 11 show higher expenditure

department-wise with mechanical engineering department at top with expenditure of Rs 313

crore These should however be taken only as indicative figures as the numbers cannot be absolute

(Figure 27)

Table 7 Top 20 Lab equipment bought by institutes in 11

CNC Lathe machines

Compressor testing machine

Computer and peripherals

Computerised machines

Digital meters

Gas chromatograph

Micro-controller

Micro-processor

Oscilloscope

PCB prototyping machine

Robotic kits

Solar PV systems

Spectrum analyser

Thermal imager

Total Station

Ultrasonic probe

Universal testing machine

UV-spectrophotometer

Voltmeter

Wattmeter

34

Table 2 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 11

Table 21 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 12

1 CNC Lathe machines Advanced laser kit

2 Compressor testing machine Asphalt material performance tester

3 Computer and peripherals Atomic absorption spectrophotometer

4 Computerised machines Bio-reactors

5 Digital meters BOD incubator

6 Gas chromatograph Centrifuge

7 Micro-controller CNC lathe machine

8 Micro-processor Compression testing

9 Oscilloscope Computer and peripherals

10 PCB prototyping machine Digital image processing

11 Robotic kits Digital multimeter

12 Solar PV systems Electric discharge machine

13 Spectrum analyser Hydraulic pressing

14 Thermal imager Magnetic stirrer

15 Total Station Microwave simulator

16 Ultrasonic probe Optical microscope

17 Universal testing machine PCB prototype machine

18 UV-spectrophotometer Thermal analyser

19 Voltmeter Thermal scanner

20 Wattmeter Wireless sensor network kit

Impact of Utilisation

No amount of data tracking or record keeping is worth

the effort if it does not translate into improvement in

actual output The real impact of all this expenditure by

institutes on buying of latest equipment is only useful in

so far as it is able to show growth in the number of

publications or rise in the number of post-graduate

student intake Looked at from that perspective TEQIP II

seems to have made satisfactory progress as the data

maintained by the National Project Implementation Unit

UPWARD TREND

Increase in the number of

publications in refereed

journals

Increase in the number of PG

and PhD students

Increase in revenue generated

through consultancy

35

(NPIU) shows There has been a significant improvement over the years in the number of publications in

refereed journals which till last year have been showing above target performance Only the numbers for

2016-17 are low considering that the data captured is till the month of February 2017 only From a target of

7500 publications in 2010-11 and a realization of 11722to a target of 14500 in 2015-16 and a realization of

18482 (Figure 28) the growth has been impressive though again how much of it is due to buying of

equipment alone is debatable

Another key performance indicatoras per the planners of TEQIP II was rise in the total number of masters

and PhD level students from a baseline of 30000 in 2010-11 to 41000 by 2016 Seen from that angle also the

performance of the programme has exceeded the target To a large extent this can be attributed to

availability of better laboratory infrastructure as it would have been a major factor behind the institutesrsquo

capability to attract students for MTech and PhD (Figure 29)

7032 7500 8000 8500 9000

14000 14500

11722

1606618103

20037

22556

18482

2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016

Fig 28 Number of publications in refereed journals in TEQIP II institutions

Target Actual

36

The percentage of externally funded RampD projects and consultancies in total revenue has increased from 7

per cent in 2010-11 to 14 per cent in 2015-16 against a target of 12 per cent (Figure 30)

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

Target 7032 32000 33000 34000 34000 40000 40500

Actual 35132 37791 44171 49251 48718 45659

0

10000

20000

30000

40000

50000

60000

Fig 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP I

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

2016-2017

Target 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12

Actual 82 11 127 137 117 14 125

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

Tota

l Rev

enu

e

Fig 30 Consultancy revenue generated

37

Chapter 3 Case Studies

38

Government Engineering College Thrissur Kerala

(with inputs from Prof Manoj Kumar K V Coordinator TEQIP II GEC Thrissur)

The entire process of planning procurement and the complete cycle of improved input resulting in improved output can be illustrated through the case study of Government Engineering College Thrissur which is one of the model colleges in TEQIP II and received funds under sub-component 11 It is the second oldest engineering in the state of Kerala and is affiliated to the University of Calicut Its foundation stone was laid by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in April 1958 and among its famous alumni are Dr K Radhakrishnan former chairman of Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) Out of the project allocation of Rs 10 crore Rs 55 crore was utilized by the institute for procurement of equipment The fund was apportioned among the departments based on student strength and their need to modernize and strengthen their various laboratories The procurement plan was finalized from the proposals received from the departments and vetted by the State Project Facilitation Unit (SPFU) before being executed through the Procurement Management Support System (PMSS) which was a web portal created by the National Project Implementation Unit (NPIU) to manage the project

39

Figure 31 10 steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan (Figure 38)

Departments were asked to draw up a

three-year procurement plan based on

their needs Department heads

coordinators and TEQIP nodal officers

had a meeting in the institute in

January 2012 to understand the plans

and procedures as available on NPIU

website

In February the Principal of the

institute TEQIP coordinator and

procurement coordinator attended a

training session conducted by NPIU at

Thiruvananthapuram Participation in

this session was facilitated by SPFU and

it entailed extensive training on how to

use the PMSS website

A training session was organized in the

institute for the benefit of Heads of

Departments (HoDs) and Department

TEQIP coordinators The programme

was attended by 24 officials and it

covered the entire set of activities

pertaining to purchase through PMSS --

from configuration management plan

creation and revision packaging and

procuring to stocking

Procurement coordinator and

department TEQIP coordinators also

attended a training program organized

by SPFUat School of Engineering

Cochin University of Science and

Technologyin February 2012

The SPFU arranged a discussion at

directorateoffice Thiruvanantha-

puramin February to fine tune the plan

and to facilitate data entry through

PMSS The finetuning included clubbing

of similar items from various

departments into one package limiting

the threshold to a maximum of 90 per

cent included in a scheme and revising

the tentative timelines based on plan

approval which was expected by mid-

April 2012 The institute was advised to

procure a particular software used for

double entry book-keeping through

PMSS and to identify 2 National

Competitive Bidding (NCB)

procurement plans to be sent to

Central authorities for approval

The rejigged procurement plan after

consultation with the concerned

coordinators was uploaded on the

website on 28thFebruary 2012

The plan was reviewed by SPFU and

some corrections were suggested

The corrected plan was uploaded again

At a meeting convened on 14thMarch

2012 at LBS College for Women

Thiruvananthapuram the first approval

of the plan was given by Director SPFU

On 31st March 2012 the Principal

convened a meeting of HoDs and

departmental TEQIP coordinators and

instructions were issued to draw up

specifications with respect to every

package so that the data was readily

available for entry to PMSS once the

plan was approved by NPIUWorld

Bank

1 2

3 4

5

6

8

7

9

10

40

Procurement activities were in full swing during the first 18 months of the project and were executed fully as

per the plan Procurement was completed in 82 packages including 68 National Shopping (NS)packages 7

National Competitive Bidding (NCB) packages 2 Direct Contract packages and 5 Civil Works packages

The institute made maximum expenditure in 2013-14 (Figure 32) across different heads Its investments on

laboratory modernization and strengthening started in 2012 and continued till 2017 (Figure 33) Overall it

spent bulk of the money (88 per cent) on modernization of laboratories and 5 per cent on ICT enabled

learning (Figure 34)

5851520

36470287

6909895

61170 1552063

0

5000000

10000000

15000000

20000000

25000000

30000000

35000000

40000000

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur (in Rs)

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Figure 32

2012-1311

2013-1473

2014-1515

2015-160

2016-171

EXPENDITURE ON MODERNISATION STRENGTHENING OF LABS AT GEC THRISSUR

Figure 33

41

Major equipment bought by the institute with TEQIP II funds includes a Rheometer which is not available in

any other institution in the state and offers potential for research and consultancy It is used for determining

the rheological behaviors of liquids and solids It has applications in polymer nano-composites which are the

emerging field of research The stress rheology measurements provide information for spread ability

emulsion stability suspension leveling flow control thermal stability extrudability and thickening etc The

fluid can be highly non-newtonian The equipment is useful for MTech students and faculty for doing

research

The institute also bought a Gas Chromatograph which is used in analyzing compositions purity and for

separating different components of a mixture based on volatility It is also used in identifying a compound

and its applications include analysis of toxicity of soil water and air identifying unknown compounds etc

The equipment is useful for faculty and students in doing research and projects in the field of environmental

engineering and provides opportunities for pollution control related consultancy work

Another important purchase is Accelerated Curing Tank With concrete construction increasing at a rapid

pace this equipment provides the possibility of accelerating the curing time Normal method of curing takes

28 days To reduce the curing time of concrete and test its strength accelerated curing is required and this

can be achieved with the use of Accelerated Curing Tank in the laboratory

88

5 4

0

0

3

Fig 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14at Government Engineering College Thrissur

Expenditure on modernisation strengthening of existinglaboratories

Expenditure on ICT enabledlearning related softwareamphardware

Expenditure on library ie books e-books

Journals e-journals course specificsoftware

Expenditure on modernisation ofclassrooms

Others (furniture)

42

Table 3 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Name of the Equipment

Cost (in rupees)

Pressure Volume Change Controller

365625

Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Suit

1365000

Solar Photovoltaic grid tied training system with MPPT

367500

Gas Chromatograph 1494692

Rheometer 2687350

Surface Roughness Tester

401205

Multimedia Projector 114162

Thermal Imager 746366

Machine Conditioning Monitor

861685

Metallurgical Image Analysis System for Welding

283500

Software Factory CAD 320000

Robot 567000

Pipe Flow Software 149234

Petrol Engine Test Setup

783090

Tribometer 609900

Vibration Analyser 539175

Slotting Machine 449243

Lathe and Shaping Machine

869001

Metal Cutting Band saw 156240

Digital Viscometer 919050

Solid Modeling Software

356590

Ultrasonic Flow Detector

235561

43

Rapid Phototyping Machine

814800

Group Video Conferencing Kit

533340

Lan Trainer 106180

The efforts of the institute over the years have led to improved student placements and intake (Figure 35)

Output in terms of publications in international journals and participation of faculty and students in

international conferences has also gone up considerably (Figure 36)

Top 10 international journals in which faculty and students have secured publications since TEQIP II are

Name of Journal

1 IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

2 International Journal on Numerical Methods in Fluids

261221

570527

357

766

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Placement offers Students placed Intake of students

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 35 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 36 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

Publication in international journals Participation in international conferences

44

3 IETE Technical Review

4 Journal of the Optical Society of America

5 International Journal of Power amp Energy Systems

6 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

7 International Journal of Remote Sensing

8 Automatica

9 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

10 ASME Journal of Heat Transfer

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering amp Technology

Aligarh Muslim University

Another institute with an impeccable history and track record is Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and

Technology (ZHCET) which is a constituent college of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and it received TEQIP

II funds under sub-component 11 AMU was set up by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as Mohammedan Anglo-

Oriental College in 1875 Against available funds of Rs 10 crore ZHCET utilized Rs 618 crore as of February

2017 Following is a glimpse into the major equipment purchased by the institute

Name of the equipment Centrifugal Pump and Pelton Turbine Module Nozzle

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3349138

Reason for buying To improve teaching and research in fluid mechanics section of mechanical engineering

department The equipment comprises centrifugal pump with flowmeter valves reservoir and

instrumentation for measurement and display of inlet outlet pressures torque speed and power and

turbine inlet pressure for Peltan turbine

Name of the equipment Universal High Voltage Test system and Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage Tester

(PE-AOBDV-MXXX)

Name of the department Electrical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 4522500

Reason for buying A new MTech programme in High Voltage Engineering was started under TEQIP II for

which enhanced laboratory infrastructure was needed PE-AOBDV-M series of Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage

Testers are highly precise instruments which can be used to conduct either a breakdown voltage test or do a proof

(withstand) test Dielectric Breakdown Voltage testing of Oil is one such means to detect the voltage at power

frequency at which it is likely to cause a flash-over

Name of the equipment Altium Nanoboard FPGA Kit

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1368863

Reason for buying Five kits were bought for under-graduate and post-graduate students

45

Name of the equipmentExata Software Emulator for Networking

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1245780

Reason for buying BTech students use it to perform experiments in EL-494 (Communication Lab -III) to

study the performance of simulated networks M Tech students use it for projects and dissertations Three

faculty members are using this software for RampD purpose

Name of the equipmentPotentiostat Galvanostat with Impedance Analyzer

Name of the department Petroleum Studies

Cost of equipment Rs 1562925

Reason for buying Potentiostate is at the heart of research on electrochemistry It is mainly used for

research in the area of fuel cell membrane cyclic voltammeter and super capacitors

Name of the equipment Imac 215 Quad Core i5 with Apple Protection Plan

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 205800

Reason for buying Two units of Imac were bought for the post-graduate and networking laboratories of

computer engineering department so that students could develop software based on iOS

Altium Nanoboard

FPGA Kit

46

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli was set up in 1947 with only the civil engineering under-graduate

programme Since 2007 the institute has been autonomous having been affiliated to Bombay University

Pune University and Shivaji University in the past The institute received TEQIP II funds under sub-

component 12 It was eligible to receive Rs 125 crore It submitted procurement plan for Rs 87 crore and

spent Rs 618 crore as of February 2017

MAJOR EQUIPMENT BOUGHT

Name of the equipment Shake Table Set-up

Name of the department Civil amp Structural Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1925776

Reason for buying To establish an earthquake engineering laboratory for conducting studies on response of

structures to earthquake induced vibrations To investigate structural response under various dynamic

loading conditions

Name of the equipment Electromagnetic Exciter with Pay Load Capacity of 100 to 150 kg

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2310824

Reason for buying To carry out research work in the field of dynamic analysis for various systems

Name of the equipment Micro Machining Centre Hyper-15w table top type integrated multi-process CNC

machine tool

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3078000

Reason for buying To develop micro machining centre for the research of micro machining PG production

laboratory

2663678

6154586

7489947

8770675

8777330

10572980

11435333

0 4000000 8000000 12000000

OFFICE

ELECTRICAL

ELECTRONICS

CIVIL (CIVIL+ CIVIL ENVIRONMENTAL+ hellip

LIBRARY

COMPUTER + IT

MECHANICAL

Fig 37 Department-wise expenditure Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Figures in rupees

47

Name of the equipment Dynamometer with Built-In Three Channel Charge Amplifiers

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1876090

Reason for buying To carry out research in the area of machining

Name of the equipment Lab View Add-ons Image Processing using Smart Camera Evaluation Kit

Name of the department Electronics Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3421650

Reason for buying Design simulation and prototyping platform for experiments on DSP communication

embedded control and measurements visual representation of experimental results

Name of the equipment Thermal Conductivity Analyzer with Material -- liquid pastes and small particles

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2100000

Reason for buying Post-graduate research and laboratory development

48

Chapter 4 Key Findings

49

1 On an average funds given to institutions for purchase of equipment and soft resources have led to

significant improvement in laboratory infrastructure of the institutes under study

2 The impact of such purchases on improvement in quality is not easily quantifiable in measurable

terms To assess the same other correlated parameters could be looked at such as improvement in

the number of research publications in refereed journals increase in the number of PhD students

number of faculty involved in research or the percentage of student placement However none of

these parameters can be directly or solely be said to be due to the improvement in physical or

digital infrastructure of institutes

3 Institutes did not have a clear-cut strategy of what best use they could put the available money to

Given that each institute on an average got Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and other resources

they could have used the money to create at least one best-in-class facility in any of the

departments which was equipped to utilize that facility in terms of augmenting the interaction of

the institute with industry or generating more resources through assignments from other agencies

While institutes in sub-component 12 had the provision to set up centres of excellence even in sub-

component 11 they could have done so if they had worked with that aim and vision

4 Instead institutes on an average divided the money equally across six departments and each

department on an average bought one-two machines which were significantly expensive and the

rest of the money was spent on buying other small routine equipment desktops laptops

networking servers software and e-journals Collaborations between departments for research

projects were however missing

5 This pattern of expenditure can be explained by the fact that our engineering institutions are still in

a phase where there is more emphasis on theory than practical Hands-on learning or project-based

approach in teaching is relatively new for institutions which is why there is not much emphasis on

understanding the practical aspects of learning such as producing patents versus papers

6 Institutes were seen to be over protective wherever even a slightly costly equipment was bought By

their own admission such equipment was most of the time kept under lock and key and was at best

displayed to students They were rarely given the opportunity to actually do something with it on

their own

7 Equal receipt of money by a number of departments has led to overall improvement in laboratory

standards of all departments which is good from an egalitarian perspective It is also good that all

departments have been able to uniformly upgrade their infrastructure and will therefore be able to

compete with each other in attracting good students faculty as well as assignments from industry in

future

8 Discussions with focus groups suggest that institutes spent large amounts of money on creating or

refurbishing physical infrastructure While non-academic experts may see this as wasteful

expenditure from an academic perspective even if this leads to improvement in the physical

facilities being offered by institutes it is well worth the investment While state funded institutes

get funds from state governments for building infrastructure for some of the centrally funded

institutes where infrastructure may have been falling apart this money would have been useful

9 Because of the fact that there is no proper system to track the usage of equipment ndash records are

maintained in physical form in the shape of log books and registers which render a macro analysis

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impossible -- anecdotal evidence suggests that equipment bought is not being optimally utilized A

significantly higher number of research papers in refereed journals suggests that this may not be

true but the fact remains that there is no improvement in the number of technology transfers

commercialization of research or patent generation which remain weak This again brings into focus

the theory versus application part of teaching

10 Overall improvement in base infrastructure was important for institutes to advance to the next level

of development Except for some of the Centrally funded institutions none of the institutes which

received funding in TEQIP II are in the league of the six original IITs in terms of laboratory

infrastructure They do not have access to the kind of liberal funding that CFTIs get If they had not

got the present funds to buy equipment they would have taken at least five to seven years to

procure the same through the resources available to them Even for Central institutions as also for

others the availability of funds at one go meant that they could procure high costing software such

as Matlab Ansys Labview Cadence and Adobe which benefit students across departments

11 Funds for buying equipment and other soft resources enabled the institutes to take some steps

towards keeping pace with the rapidly changing advancements in technology Increased level of

automation and artificial intelligence in industry is reflected in the kind of purchases institutes have

made ndash various types of simulation software digital machines replacing analogue ones such as in

electrical engineering departments all-in-one automatic machines which combine several levels of

manual work such as in surveying in civil engineering departments robotic arms mimicking the

automated environment of modern factories attached to lathe machines in mechanical engineering

departments instruments capable of handling nano particles in specialized centres and 3D printers

capable of printing high precision devices which are being used in multiple fields

12 Most institutes have also bought subscriptions to high level international journals in various

streams both online and physical enabling access to vast repository of world class content for most

students

13 Institutes have not paid much thought to maintenance of equipment since most of the purchases

have been made in the past two-three years and warranty periods are still in force Most institutes

have also reported availability of in-house technicians to look after the machines though majority

said that they would sign annual maintenance contracts (AMC) with vendors Since AMCs usually

cost roughly 10 per cent of the cost of the equipment they felt that the resources allocated for the

same under TEQIP II would not be adequate and that they should be increased slightly

14 As per the feedback provided by almost all institutes they all agree that the equipment purchased

by them responds to faculty student needs and was done as per consultation and

recommendations of faculty They all follow well laid out norms for disposal of equipment which

keep environmental considerations in mind

6 -- Average number of departments among which each institute in Sub-component 11 divided

the total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 500 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

51

7-- Average number of departments among which each institute in sub-component 12 divided the

total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 284 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

2147403 ndash Number of items bought by institutes for office purpose in sub-component

11

101699 hours monthndash Utilisation of equipment by UG amp PG students in sub-component

11 as per available data of institutes which participated in the study

427 hours month ndash Average utilization of equipment by UG and PG students across

institutes in sub-component 11

51656 hours month -- Utilisation of equipment by PhD students in sub-component 11 as

per available data of institutes which participated in the study

37 hours month-- Average utilization of equipment by PhD students across institutes in sub-

component 11

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Chapter 5 Way Forward

53

As data shows and case studies prove there can be no doubt that TEQIP II and the funds provided to

institutes for purchase of equipment and other soft resources have led to improvement in laboratory

infrastructure which in turn has helped in improving the output Some pointers for future stages of the

project are-

1 Even though TEQIP II had a major focus on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and institutes

were given significant amount of funds for purchase of equipment there were no guidelines or

benchmarks for them to judge themselves against and to understand what an ideal laboratory

should be like for any given department While it is good that they were given the freedom to decide

what they wanted to buy and it depended on the pro-activeness of the department heads on what

all they ended up getting funds for in an ideal scenario they should have been given a list of

essential basic equipment as well as research level equipment and they could have prioritized their

purchases on the basis of that

In all likelihood such department-wise lists do not exist anywhere In the third phase of TEQIP

therefore NPIU could commission a project which involves study of top world-class as well as top

national-level laboratories for each department Thereafter standard templates of equipment could

be prepared which could illustrate the requirement of equipment for each concept and practical for

every stream of engineering Based on standard frequency of usage and the number of students in a

class adequate numbers of any equipment could be recommended to be bought by institutes in

order to ensure that not too much time is wasted on rotating several batches of students on the

same equipment

Availability of such templates of equipment as well as soft resources which could be updated

periodically in keeping with the changes in technology and availability of resources would also help

policy makers understand how many institutes come up to a benchmark and how many need

further support

2 Institutes should start maintaining digital records of use of equipment which are bought for research

purposes These records should not be just digital copies of physical registers but should be in the

form of smart solutions which can track internal supply chains in laboratories as well as usage of

equipment The solutions should be able to provide real-time analysis of usage of equipment in

every laboratory and all laboratories could be linked to one centralized system There are various

kinds of RFID solutions available today which can handle usage patterns well The available

information could be used to devise solutions and create policy interventions to increase the actual

usage of equipment

3 Nodal institutes under TEQIP II could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of neighboring non-TEQIP institutes The

unspent money could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

4 Institutes could be encouraged to ensure that laboratories in all departments have well designed

brochures and information material such as leaflets and manuals on major equipment so that

dissemination of information about their availability is easy and their utilization could be increased

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5 Facilities created in institutes are not being optimally utilized to increase interaction with industry

While rural location of the institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of

the reasons it is also true that in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the

commissioning of equipment Size of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for

anything on industrial scale But in most cases industry is not even aware of the existence of state-

of-the-art equipment inside institutes Regular interactions with sector-specific companies are a

must therefore to create a culture of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration

6 For decades research has happened in our country in isolation and at a distance from both industry

and academia Being largely funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) so far it

has been taking place inside the laboratories of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

The 37 laboratories of CSIR and its 39 field stations or extension centres have been working in the

areas of aerospace engineering structural engineering ocean science life science metallurgy

chemicals mining food petroleum leather and environmental science The ministry of HRD has

also started funding research in a big way in recent years through schemes such as Imprint ndash

Improving Research Innovation and Technology and the Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) It would be

fruitful for the country if research happening purely on the scientific side is able to converge with

that on the academic side Hence in order to ensure greater synergy between research and

teaching it is essential that technical institutes start working more closely with CSIR laboratories

This will bring them immediately closer to cutting edge research and provide rich exposure to

students Specially for institutions which have got improved laboratory facilities as a result of TEQIP

II funds collaboration with relevant CSIR laboratories will help them grow their research and at the

same time provide the latter with a steady flow of students to work on live projects

7 Institutions which have upgraded their laboratory infrastructure in the area of food and agriculture

will gain by collaborating with the government on its e-labs project which aims at automating the

testing procedure of soil fertiliser pesticide and equipment samples By ensuring speedy and

transparent online disbursement of information related to such tests the projectrsquos vision is to

reduce crop losses and increase the use of good quality bio-pesticides through fair and unbiased

testing Institutions and students will be able to learn a lot about quality control and the processes

involved in digital testing through collaboration with the government on e-labs

8 In order to ensure transparency in procurement processes it is advisable that institutes make use of

the governmentrsquos new e-marketplace called GEM Through the portal wwwgemnicin institutes

can buy virtually anything and everything that they may require specially consumables office

equipment furniture and software Buying through this portal will speed up procurement and

improve the efficiency of institutes Created and maintained by the Directorate General of Supplies

amp Disposals (DGSampD) it provides tools for e-bidding reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to

help users get best value for their money At the national level a system of procurement should be

put in place including committee to look into the requirement and availability of equipment taking

global scenarios into consideration

Appendices

Appendix 1

55

State-wise Number of Institutions Under Technical Education QualityImprovement Programme II (2010-2017)

S Name of State CFIs Sub‐component 11 Sub‐component 12 Total No of

Institutions 1 Andhra Pradesh 5 6 11 2 Bihar 2 ‐‐ 2 3 Chhattisgarh 4 ‐‐ 4 4 Gujarat 7 ‐‐ 7 5 Haryana 3 3 6 6 Himachal Pradesh 1 ‐‐ 1 7 Jharkhand 1 1 2 8 Karnataka 4 15 19 9 Kerala 19 ‐‐ 19

10 Madhya Pradesh 3 2 5 11 Maharashtra 7 10 17

12 NCT‐Delhi ‐‐ 1 1 13 Odisha 2 ‐‐ 2 14 Punjab 7 1 8 15 Rajasthan 9 ‐‐ 9 16 Tamil Nadu 5 4 9 17 Telangana 8 5 13 18 Tripura 1 ‐‐ 1 19 UT‐Chandigarh 2 1 3 20 UT‐Puducherry 1 ‐‐ 1 21 Uttar Pradesh 2 5 7 22 Uttarakhand 1 2 3 23 West Bengal 11 3 14 24 Centrally Funded

Institutions (CFIs) 8 18 26

Total 113 77 190

Appendix 2 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 11

S Name of the Name of the Institution

No State UT

1 JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

2 Aditya Institute of Technology amp Management Tekkali Srikakulam

Andhra

3 Madanapalle Institute of Technology amp Science Madanapalle

Pradesh

4 Shri Vishnu Engineering College for women Vishnupur Bhimavaram

5 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College Chittoor

6 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur

Bihar

7 Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur

8 Government Engineering College Bilaspur

9 Government Engineering College Jagdalpur Bastar

Chhattisgarh

10 Government Engineering College Raipur

11 Rungta College of Engineering amp Technology Bhilai

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12 Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

13 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Vallabh Vidynagar

14 Lukhdirji Engineering College Morbi

15 Gujarat Shantilal Shah Engineering College Bhavnagar

16 Government Engineering College Gandhinagar

17 Government Engineering College Rajkot

18 Government Engineering College Patan

19 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology (UIET) Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

Haryana

20 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology MDU Rohtak

21 NC College of Engineering Panipat

22 Himachal Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar Mandi

Pradesh

23 Jharkhand Cambridge Institute of Technology Ranchi

24 BVB College of Engineering amp Technology Hubli

25 PES College of Engineering Mandya

Karnataka

26 Government Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jublee Technological Institute Bangalore

27 NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore

2

SNo Name of the

Name of the Institution

StateUT

28 Government Engineering College Thrissur

29 Government Engineering College Kozhikode

30 Government Engineering College Painavu Idukki

31 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

32 School of Engineering Cochin University of Science amp Technology Cochin

33 Government College of Engineering Kannur

34 Government Engineering College Bartonhill Thiruvananthapuram

35 LBS Institute of Technology for Women Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram

36 College of Engineering Perumon Perinad Kollam

37 Kerala College of Engineering Kidangoor Kottayam

38 Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

57

39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

58

70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

60

Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

62

77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

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by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

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include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

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communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

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Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

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22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

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Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

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Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

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Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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Gujarat (Figure 5)

Total population in lakh 6044

Literacy rate 78

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

719 (119)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

51

Gross Enrolment Ratio 20

Institutes in sub-component 11 7

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 7

Total available funds Rs 70 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 385 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 375 crore

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Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

14

Haryana (Figure 6)

Total population in lakh 2535

Literacy rate 756

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

319 (126)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

23

Gross Enrolment Ratio 276

Total number of engineering institutes 89

Institutes in sub-component 11 3

Institutes in sub-component 12 3

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 6

Total available funds Rs 575 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 278 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 23 crore

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Available funds

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15

Himachal Pradesh

Total population in lakh 686

Literacy rate 828

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

74 (108)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

05

Gross Enrolment Ratio 312

Total number of engineering institutes 17

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 10 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 55 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 55 crore

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Jharkhand (Figure 7)

Total population in lakh 3299

Literacy rate 664

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

375 (114)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

27

Gross Enrolment Ratio 16

Total number of engineering institutes 14

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 2

Total available funds Rs 21 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 95 crore

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16

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 93 crore

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Karnataka (Figure 8)

Total population in lakh 611

Literacy rate 754

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

712 (117)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

5

Gross Enrolment Ratio 264

Total number of engineering institutes 166

Institutes in sub-component 11 4

Institutes in sub-component 12 15

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 19

Total available funds Rs 215 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 927 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 75 crore

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Figure 7 Jharkhand

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

17

Kerala (Figure 9)

Total population in lakh 334

Literacy rate 94

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

305 (91)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

22

Gross Enrolment Ratio 287

Total number of engineering institutes 98

Institutes in sub-component 11 19

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 19

Total available funds Rs 190 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1045 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 106 crore

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Available funds

Actual expenditure

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18

Madhya Pradesh (Figure 10)

Total population in lakh 7263

Literacy rate 693

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

879 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

62

Gross Enrolment Ratio 196

Total number of engineering institutes 121

Institutes in sub-component 11 3

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Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 5

Total available funds Rs 49 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 23 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 17 crore

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Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

19

Maharashtra (Figure 11)

Total population in lakh 11237

Literacy rate 823

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

1334 (119)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

94

Gross Enrolment Ratio 279

Total number of engineering institutes 216

Institutes in sub-component 11 7

Institutes in sub-component 12 10

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 17

Total available funds Rs 254 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 119 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 102 crore

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Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

20

Delhi (Figure 12)

Total population in lakh 1679

Literacy rate 862

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

224 (133)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

16

Gross Enrolment Ratio 435

Total number of engineering institutes 15

Institutes in sub-component 11 0

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 125 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 56 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 15 crore

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Actual expenditure

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21

Odisha (Figure 13)

Total population in lakh 4197

Literacy rate 729

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

466 (111)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

33

Gross Enrolment Ratio 177

Total number of engineering institutes 68

Institutes in sub-component 11 2

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 2

Total available funds Rs 20 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 105 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 108 crore

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Punjab (Figure 14)

Total population in lakh 2774

Literacy rate 758

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

325 (117)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

23

Gross Enrolment Ratio 27

Total number of engineering institutes 87

Institutes in sub-component 11 7

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 8

Total available funds Rs 81 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 42 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 22 crore

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Veer Surendra Sai University ofTechnology Burla Sambalpur

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Figure 13 Odisha

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

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Available funds

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23

Rajasthan (Figure 15)

Total population in lakh 6855

Literacy rate 661

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

871 (127)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

62

Gross Enrolment Ratio 20

Total number of engineering institutes 82

Institutes in sub-component 11 9

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 9

Total available funds Rs 84 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 45 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 32 crore

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Tamil Nadu (Figure 16)

Total population in lakh 7215

Literacy rate 80

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

73 (101)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

52

Gross Enrolment Ratio 452

Total number of engineering institutes 326

Institutes in sub-component 11 5

Institutes in sub-component 12 4

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 9

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Available funds

Actual expenditure

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24

Total available funds Rs 140 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 74 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 70 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Telangana (Figure 17)

Total population in lakh 350

Literacy rate 664

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

406 (114)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

29

Gross Enrolment Ratio 36

Total number of engineering institutes 182

Institutes in sub-component 11 8

Institutes in sub-component 12 5

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 13

Total available funds Rs 120 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 45 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 34 crore

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Available funds

Actual expenditure

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25

Tripura

Total population in lakh 367

Literacy rate 872

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

44 (119)

2015 projected share of state 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

03

Gross Enrolment Ratio 168

Total number of engineering institutes 6

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 10 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 55 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 54 crore

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UT-Chandigarh (Figure 18)

Total population in lakh 106

Literacy rate 861

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

17 (165)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

01

Gross Enrolment Ratio 56

Total number of engineering institutes 2

Institutes in sub-component 11 2

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 3

Total available funds Rs 475 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying Rs 24 crore

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26

equipment and other resources

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 20 crore

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Puducherry

Total population in lakh 125

Literacy rate 859

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

15 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

01

Gross Enrolment Ratio 46

Total number of engineering institutes 10

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 15 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 8 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 6 crore

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Uttar Pradesh (Figure 19)

Total population in lakh 1998

Literacy rate 677

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28

West Bengal (Figure 21)

Total population in lakh 9128

Literacy rate 763

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

109 (12)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

77

Gross Enrolment Ratio 174

Total number of engineering institutes 72

Institutes in sub-component 11 11

Institutes in sub-component 12 3

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 14

Total available funds Rs 179 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 88 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 82 crore

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29

CFIs (Figure 22)

Institutes in sub-component 11 8

Institutes in sub-component 12 18

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 26

Total available funds Rs 415 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 200 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1625 crore

0200400600800

100012001400160018002000

Figure 21 West Bengal

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

0200400600800

100012001400160018002000

Figure 22 Centrally-funded institutions (CFIs)

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

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Utilisation Analysis

In this section data on buying of equipment and other resources has been first analysed component-wise

and then department-wise

While data was collected from all institutes and a broad understanding was arrived at of the kind of

equipment and other resources money was spent on from the extensive lists provided by institutions it was

difficult to analyse how much money was spent on which category of item For the sake of analysis

therefore each equipment and item named by the institute was manually categorized into the following

broad categories-

1 Laboratory equipment (included all items bought for laboratories such as machines laptops

desktops and projectors)

2 Connectivity (included equipment related to creating wi-fi networks such as cables connectors

servers modems UPS racks adapters pipes and switches)

3 Books (included hard copies as well as subscriptions of e-journals for libraries)

4 Smart class (included white boards display panels podiums amplifiers cables projectors mixers

microphones webcam and wireless sensors)

5 Software

6 Office equipment (included laptops desktops printers scanners LCDs generator sets projectors

tables chairs almirahs digital signages etc bought for principalrsquos office directorrsquos office faculty

staff department rooms TEQIP office)

7 Furniture (included furniture for class rooms and departments)

8 Civil work (included flooring false ceilings repair work lighting)

Post the categorization in these eight broad heads the picture which emerged (Figure 23) for sub-

component 11 showed 58 per cent expenditure on laboratory equipment 14 per cent on software 10 per

cent on books 7 per cent each on office equipment and connectivity and 1-2 per cent each on furniture civil

work and smart classes This is in keeping with the goals of TEQIP II which had envisaged least expenditure

on civil work It was limited to 5 per cent of total expenditure on equipment for institutes under sub-

component 11 and 3 per cent for those under sub-component 12 If unspent institutes were free to use

this money for equipment and other resources So low expenditure on civil work is an achievement of TEQIP

II There should have been more expenditure on connectivity ndash campus-wide wifi networks ndash but that could

be due to the fact that several institutes already had wifi networks in place and did not need TEQIP funds to

do that

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In sub-component 12 (Figure 24) this break-up was more or less on the same lines though the expenditure

on laboratory equipment in this sub-component was much higher at 70 per cent because of the inclusion of

centres of excellence and higher focus on post-graduate and PhD level studies This was followed by 17 per

cent on software and 5 per cent each on books and office equipment Rest was all 2 per cent and less and

negligible amount of expenditure on civil work was seen in this category

Department-wise

analysis of equipment

purchased by

institutes shows that in

sub-component 11

(Figure 25) highest

Lab equipment58

Software 14

Books 10

Office equipment

7

Connectivity 7

Smart class2

Furniture1

Civil work1

EXPENDITURE (11)

Figure 23

Office equipment

5

Software 17

Smart class1

EXPENDITURE (12)

Figure 29

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076 164 46678

961 10631459

2169

TOTAL AMOUNT SPENT BY DEPARTMENTS (IN RS LAKH)

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

(in Rs crore)

number of equipment were bought by computer amp IT departments followed by electrical mechanical

electronics and civil departments For the purpose of categorization two or more streams of a kind were

merged into one and numbers for both streams taken together For instance computer science and

information technology were merged into one Similarly electronics amp instrumentation and electronics amp

electrical were taken together under electronics

While sub-component 11 presented a picture on expected lines with the top five departments being

generally the biggest departments in institutes in sub-component 12 this picture was slightly confusing

Here the top two departmentsndash electronics and civil ndash were ahead of other departments (Table 1) by an

inexplicable margin One of the reasons for this could be the fact that most of the equipment bought for the

centres of excellence would have had items related to electronics But that still does not explain the

unusually high number of items for civil engineering departments

Table 1 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 12

Name of the department Number of items bought

Mining 23

BioTech 137

Chemical 170

Mechanical 497

Computer amp IT 661

Electrical 969

Electronics 544915

Civil 1701948

On the other hand an expenditure-wise analysis of the same departments shows a different picture (Figure

26) with mechanical engineering department emerging top with expenditure of Rs 216 crore and electrical

department showing expenditure of Rs 145 crore Civil department is at number 3 with expenditure of Rs

106 crore The aberration in the number of items could have been because civil and electronics

departments would have bought a large number of items of small value

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166 224 45 481 934 14772459

3138

Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

(in Rs crore)Figure 27

As per the data provided by institutes those in sub-component 11 show higher expenditure

department-wise with mechanical engineering department at top with expenditure of Rs 313

crore These should however be taken only as indicative figures as the numbers cannot be absolute

(Figure 27)

Table 7 Top 20 Lab equipment bought by institutes in 11

CNC Lathe machines

Compressor testing machine

Computer and peripherals

Computerised machines

Digital meters

Gas chromatograph

Micro-controller

Micro-processor

Oscilloscope

PCB prototyping machine

Robotic kits

Solar PV systems

Spectrum analyser

Thermal imager

Total Station

Ultrasonic probe

Universal testing machine

UV-spectrophotometer

Voltmeter

Wattmeter

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Table 2 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 11

Table 21 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 12

1 CNC Lathe machines Advanced laser kit

2 Compressor testing machine Asphalt material performance tester

3 Computer and peripherals Atomic absorption spectrophotometer

4 Computerised machines Bio-reactors

5 Digital meters BOD incubator

6 Gas chromatograph Centrifuge

7 Micro-controller CNC lathe machine

8 Micro-processor Compression testing

9 Oscilloscope Computer and peripherals

10 PCB prototyping machine Digital image processing

11 Robotic kits Digital multimeter

12 Solar PV systems Electric discharge machine

13 Spectrum analyser Hydraulic pressing

14 Thermal imager Magnetic stirrer

15 Total Station Microwave simulator

16 Ultrasonic probe Optical microscope

17 Universal testing machine PCB prototype machine

18 UV-spectrophotometer Thermal analyser

19 Voltmeter Thermal scanner

20 Wattmeter Wireless sensor network kit

Impact of Utilisation

No amount of data tracking or record keeping is worth

the effort if it does not translate into improvement in

actual output The real impact of all this expenditure by

institutes on buying of latest equipment is only useful in

so far as it is able to show growth in the number of

publications or rise in the number of post-graduate

student intake Looked at from that perspective TEQIP II

seems to have made satisfactory progress as the data

maintained by the National Project Implementation Unit

UPWARD TREND

Increase in the number of

publications in refereed

journals

Increase in the number of PG

and PhD students

Increase in revenue generated

through consultancy

35

(NPIU) shows There has been a significant improvement over the years in the number of publications in

refereed journals which till last year have been showing above target performance Only the numbers for

2016-17 are low considering that the data captured is till the month of February 2017 only From a target of

7500 publications in 2010-11 and a realization of 11722to a target of 14500 in 2015-16 and a realization of

18482 (Figure 28) the growth has been impressive though again how much of it is due to buying of

equipment alone is debatable

Another key performance indicatoras per the planners of TEQIP II was rise in the total number of masters

and PhD level students from a baseline of 30000 in 2010-11 to 41000 by 2016 Seen from that angle also the

performance of the programme has exceeded the target To a large extent this can be attributed to

availability of better laboratory infrastructure as it would have been a major factor behind the institutesrsquo

capability to attract students for MTech and PhD (Figure 29)

7032 7500 8000 8500 9000

14000 14500

11722

1606618103

20037

22556

18482

2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016

Fig 28 Number of publications in refereed journals in TEQIP II institutions

Target Actual

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The percentage of externally funded RampD projects and consultancies in total revenue has increased from 7

per cent in 2010-11 to 14 per cent in 2015-16 against a target of 12 per cent (Figure 30)

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

Target 7032 32000 33000 34000 34000 40000 40500

Actual 35132 37791 44171 49251 48718 45659

0

10000

20000

30000

40000

50000

60000

Fig 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP I

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

2016-2017

Target 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12

Actual 82 11 127 137 117 14 125

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

Tota

l Rev

enu

e

Fig 30 Consultancy revenue generated

37

Chapter 3 Case Studies

38

Government Engineering College Thrissur Kerala

(with inputs from Prof Manoj Kumar K V Coordinator TEQIP II GEC Thrissur)

The entire process of planning procurement and the complete cycle of improved input resulting in improved output can be illustrated through the case study of Government Engineering College Thrissur which is one of the model colleges in TEQIP II and received funds under sub-component 11 It is the second oldest engineering in the state of Kerala and is affiliated to the University of Calicut Its foundation stone was laid by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in April 1958 and among its famous alumni are Dr K Radhakrishnan former chairman of Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) Out of the project allocation of Rs 10 crore Rs 55 crore was utilized by the institute for procurement of equipment The fund was apportioned among the departments based on student strength and their need to modernize and strengthen their various laboratories The procurement plan was finalized from the proposals received from the departments and vetted by the State Project Facilitation Unit (SPFU) before being executed through the Procurement Management Support System (PMSS) which was a web portal created by the National Project Implementation Unit (NPIU) to manage the project

39

Figure 31 10 steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan (Figure 38)

Departments were asked to draw up a

three-year procurement plan based on

their needs Department heads

coordinators and TEQIP nodal officers

had a meeting in the institute in

January 2012 to understand the plans

and procedures as available on NPIU

website

In February the Principal of the

institute TEQIP coordinator and

procurement coordinator attended a

training session conducted by NPIU at

Thiruvananthapuram Participation in

this session was facilitated by SPFU and

it entailed extensive training on how to

use the PMSS website

A training session was organized in the

institute for the benefit of Heads of

Departments (HoDs) and Department

TEQIP coordinators The programme

was attended by 24 officials and it

covered the entire set of activities

pertaining to purchase through PMSS --

from configuration management plan

creation and revision packaging and

procuring to stocking

Procurement coordinator and

department TEQIP coordinators also

attended a training program organized

by SPFUat School of Engineering

Cochin University of Science and

Technologyin February 2012

The SPFU arranged a discussion at

directorateoffice Thiruvanantha-

puramin February to fine tune the plan

and to facilitate data entry through

PMSS The finetuning included clubbing

of similar items from various

departments into one package limiting

the threshold to a maximum of 90 per

cent included in a scheme and revising

the tentative timelines based on plan

approval which was expected by mid-

April 2012 The institute was advised to

procure a particular software used for

double entry book-keeping through

PMSS and to identify 2 National

Competitive Bidding (NCB)

procurement plans to be sent to

Central authorities for approval

The rejigged procurement plan after

consultation with the concerned

coordinators was uploaded on the

website on 28thFebruary 2012

The plan was reviewed by SPFU and

some corrections were suggested

The corrected plan was uploaded again

At a meeting convened on 14thMarch

2012 at LBS College for Women

Thiruvananthapuram the first approval

of the plan was given by Director SPFU

On 31st March 2012 the Principal

convened a meeting of HoDs and

departmental TEQIP coordinators and

instructions were issued to draw up

specifications with respect to every

package so that the data was readily

available for entry to PMSS once the

plan was approved by NPIUWorld

Bank

1 2

3 4

5

6

8

7

9

10

40

Procurement activities were in full swing during the first 18 months of the project and were executed fully as

per the plan Procurement was completed in 82 packages including 68 National Shopping (NS)packages 7

National Competitive Bidding (NCB) packages 2 Direct Contract packages and 5 Civil Works packages

The institute made maximum expenditure in 2013-14 (Figure 32) across different heads Its investments on

laboratory modernization and strengthening started in 2012 and continued till 2017 (Figure 33) Overall it

spent bulk of the money (88 per cent) on modernization of laboratories and 5 per cent on ICT enabled

learning (Figure 34)

5851520

36470287

6909895

61170 1552063

0

5000000

10000000

15000000

20000000

25000000

30000000

35000000

40000000

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur (in Rs)

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Figure 32

2012-1311

2013-1473

2014-1515

2015-160

2016-171

EXPENDITURE ON MODERNISATION STRENGTHENING OF LABS AT GEC THRISSUR

Figure 33

41

Major equipment bought by the institute with TEQIP II funds includes a Rheometer which is not available in

any other institution in the state and offers potential for research and consultancy It is used for determining

the rheological behaviors of liquids and solids It has applications in polymer nano-composites which are the

emerging field of research The stress rheology measurements provide information for spread ability

emulsion stability suspension leveling flow control thermal stability extrudability and thickening etc The

fluid can be highly non-newtonian The equipment is useful for MTech students and faculty for doing

research

The institute also bought a Gas Chromatograph which is used in analyzing compositions purity and for

separating different components of a mixture based on volatility It is also used in identifying a compound

and its applications include analysis of toxicity of soil water and air identifying unknown compounds etc

The equipment is useful for faculty and students in doing research and projects in the field of environmental

engineering and provides opportunities for pollution control related consultancy work

Another important purchase is Accelerated Curing Tank With concrete construction increasing at a rapid

pace this equipment provides the possibility of accelerating the curing time Normal method of curing takes

28 days To reduce the curing time of concrete and test its strength accelerated curing is required and this

can be achieved with the use of Accelerated Curing Tank in the laboratory

88

5 4

0

0

3

Fig 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14at Government Engineering College Thrissur

Expenditure on modernisation strengthening of existinglaboratories

Expenditure on ICT enabledlearning related softwareamphardware

Expenditure on library ie books e-books

Journals e-journals course specificsoftware

Expenditure on modernisation ofclassrooms

Others (furniture)

42

Table 3 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Name of the Equipment

Cost (in rupees)

Pressure Volume Change Controller

365625

Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Suit

1365000

Solar Photovoltaic grid tied training system with MPPT

367500

Gas Chromatograph 1494692

Rheometer 2687350

Surface Roughness Tester

401205

Multimedia Projector 114162

Thermal Imager 746366

Machine Conditioning Monitor

861685

Metallurgical Image Analysis System for Welding

283500

Software Factory CAD 320000

Robot 567000

Pipe Flow Software 149234

Petrol Engine Test Setup

783090

Tribometer 609900

Vibration Analyser 539175

Slotting Machine 449243

Lathe and Shaping Machine

869001

Metal Cutting Band saw 156240

Digital Viscometer 919050

Solid Modeling Software

356590

Ultrasonic Flow Detector

235561

43

Rapid Phototyping Machine

814800

Group Video Conferencing Kit

533340

Lan Trainer 106180

The efforts of the institute over the years have led to improved student placements and intake (Figure 35)

Output in terms of publications in international journals and participation of faculty and students in

international conferences has also gone up considerably (Figure 36)

Top 10 international journals in which faculty and students have secured publications since TEQIP II are

Name of Journal

1 IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

2 International Journal on Numerical Methods in Fluids

261221

570527

357

766

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Placement offers Students placed Intake of students

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 35 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 36 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

Publication in international journals Participation in international conferences

44

3 IETE Technical Review

4 Journal of the Optical Society of America

5 International Journal of Power amp Energy Systems

6 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

7 International Journal of Remote Sensing

8 Automatica

9 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

10 ASME Journal of Heat Transfer

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering amp Technology

Aligarh Muslim University

Another institute with an impeccable history and track record is Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and

Technology (ZHCET) which is a constituent college of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and it received TEQIP

II funds under sub-component 11 AMU was set up by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as Mohammedan Anglo-

Oriental College in 1875 Against available funds of Rs 10 crore ZHCET utilized Rs 618 crore as of February

2017 Following is a glimpse into the major equipment purchased by the institute

Name of the equipment Centrifugal Pump and Pelton Turbine Module Nozzle

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3349138

Reason for buying To improve teaching and research in fluid mechanics section of mechanical engineering

department The equipment comprises centrifugal pump with flowmeter valves reservoir and

instrumentation for measurement and display of inlet outlet pressures torque speed and power and

turbine inlet pressure for Peltan turbine

Name of the equipment Universal High Voltage Test system and Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage Tester

(PE-AOBDV-MXXX)

Name of the department Electrical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 4522500

Reason for buying A new MTech programme in High Voltage Engineering was started under TEQIP II for

which enhanced laboratory infrastructure was needed PE-AOBDV-M series of Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage

Testers are highly precise instruments which can be used to conduct either a breakdown voltage test or do a proof

(withstand) test Dielectric Breakdown Voltage testing of Oil is one such means to detect the voltage at power

frequency at which it is likely to cause a flash-over

Name of the equipment Altium Nanoboard FPGA Kit

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1368863

Reason for buying Five kits were bought for under-graduate and post-graduate students

45

Name of the equipmentExata Software Emulator for Networking

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1245780

Reason for buying BTech students use it to perform experiments in EL-494 (Communication Lab -III) to

study the performance of simulated networks M Tech students use it for projects and dissertations Three

faculty members are using this software for RampD purpose

Name of the equipmentPotentiostat Galvanostat with Impedance Analyzer

Name of the department Petroleum Studies

Cost of equipment Rs 1562925

Reason for buying Potentiostate is at the heart of research on electrochemistry It is mainly used for

research in the area of fuel cell membrane cyclic voltammeter and super capacitors

Name of the equipment Imac 215 Quad Core i5 with Apple Protection Plan

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 205800

Reason for buying Two units of Imac were bought for the post-graduate and networking laboratories of

computer engineering department so that students could develop software based on iOS

Altium Nanoboard

FPGA Kit

46

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli was set up in 1947 with only the civil engineering under-graduate

programme Since 2007 the institute has been autonomous having been affiliated to Bombay University

Pune University and Shivaji University in the past The institute received TEQIP II funds under sub-

component 12 It was eligible to receive Rs 125 crore It submitted procurement plan for Rs 87 crore and

spent Rs 618 crore as of February 2017

MAJOR EQUIPMENT BOUGHT

Name of the equipment Shake Table Set-up

Name of the department Civil amp Structural Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1925776

Reason for buying To establish an earthquake engineering laboratory for conducting studies on response of

structures to earthquake induced vibrations To investigate structural response under various dynamic

loading conditions

Name of the equipment Electromagnetic Exciter with Pay Load Capacity of 100 to 150 kg

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2310824

Reason for buying To carry out research work in the field of dynamic analysis for various systems

Name of the equipment Micro Machining Centre Hyper-15w table top type integrated multi-process CNC

machine tool

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3078000

Reason for buying To develop micro machining centre for the research of micro machining PG production

laboratory

2663678

6154586

7489947

8770675

8777330

10572980

11435333

0 4000000 8000000 12000000

OFFICE

ELECTRICAL

ELECTRONICS

CIVIL (CIVIL+ CIVIL ENVIRONMENTAL+ hellip

LIBRARY

COMPUTER + IT

MECHANICAL

Fig 37 Department-wise expenditure Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Figures in rupees

47

Name of the equipment Dynamometer with Built-In Three Channel Charge Amplifiers

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1876090

Reason for buying To carry out research in the area of machining

Name of the equipment Lab View Add-ons Image Processing using Smart Camera Evaluation Kit

Name of the department Electronics Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3421650

Reason for buying Design simulation and prototyping platform for experiments on DSP communication

embedded control and measurements visual representation of experimental results

Name of the equipment Thermal Conductivity Analyzer with Material -- liquid pastes and small particles

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2100000

Reason for buying Post-graduate research and laboratory development

48

Chapter 4 Key Findings

49

1 On an average funds given to institutions for purchase of equipment and soft resources have led to

significant improvement in laboratory infrastructure of the institutes under study

2 The impact of such purchases on improvement in quality is not easily quantifiable in measurable

terms To assess the same other correlated parameters could be looked at such as improvement in

the number of research publications in refereed journals increase in the number of PhD students

number of faculty involved in research or the percentage of student placement However none of

these parameters can be directly or solely be said to be due to the improvement in physical or

digital infrastructure of institutes

3 Institutes did not have a clear-cut strategy of what best use they could put the available money to

Given that each institute on an average got Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and other resources

they could have used the money to create at least one best-in-class facility in any of the

departments which was equipped to utilize that facility in terms of augmenting the interaction of

the institute with industry or generating more resources through assignments from other agencies

While institutes in sub-component 12 had the provision to set up centres of excellence even in sub-

component 11 they could have done so if they had worked with that aim and vision

4 Instead institutes on an average divided the money equally across six departments and each

department on an average bought one-two machines which were significantly expensive and the

rest of the money was spent on buying other small routine equipment desktops laptops

networking servers software and e-journals Collaborations between departments for research

projects were however missing

5 This pattern of expenditure can be explained by the fact that our engineering institutions are still in

a phase where there is more emphasis on theory than practical Hands-on learning or project-based

approach in teaching is relatively new for institutions which is why there is not much emphasis on

understanding the practical aspects of learning such as producing patents versus papers

6 Institutes were seen to be over protective wherever even a slightly costly equipment was bought By

their own admission such equipment was most of the time kept under lock and key and was at best

displayed to students They were rarely given the opportunity to actually do something with it on

their own

7 Equal receipt of money by a number of departments has led to overall improvement in laboratory

standards of all departments which is good from an egalitarian perspective It is also good that all

departments have been able to uniformly upgrade their infrastructure and will therefore be able to

compete with each other in attracting good students faculty as well as assignments from industry in

future

8 Discussions with focus groups suggest that institutes spent large amounts of money on creating or

refurbishing physical infrastructure While non-academic experts may see this as wasteful

expenditure from an academic perspective even if this leads to improvement in the physical

facilities being offered by institutes it is well worth the investment While state funded institutes

get funds from state governments for building infrastructure for some of the centrally funded

institutes where infrastructure may have been falling apart this money would have been useful

9 Because of the fact that there is no proper system to track the usage of equipment ndash records are

maintained in physical form in the shape of log books and registers which render a macro analysis

50

impossible -- anecdotal evidence suggests that equipment bought is not being optimally utilized A

significantly higher number of research papers in refereed journals suggests that this may not be

true but the fact remains that there is no improvement in the number of technology transfers

commercialization of research or patent generation which remain weak This again brings into focus

the theory versus application part of teaching

10 Overall improvement in base infrastructure was important for institutes to advance to the next level

of development Except for some of the Centrally funded institutions none of the institutes which

received funding in TEQIP II are in the league of the six original IITs in terms of laboratory

infrastructure They do not have access to the kind of liberal funding that CFTIs get If they had not

got the present funds to buy equipment they would have taken at least five to seven years to

procure the same through the resources available to them Even for Central institutions as also for

others the availability of funds at one go meant that they could procure high costing software such

as Matlab Ansys Labview Cadence and Adobe which benefit students across departments

11 Funds for buying equipment and other soft resources enabled the institutes to take some steps

towards keeping pace with the rapidly changing advancements in technology Increased level of

automation and artificial intelligence in industry is reflected in the kind of purchases institutes have

made ndash various types of simulation software digital machines replacing analogue ones such as in

electrical engineering departments all-in-one automatic machines which combine several levels of

manual work such as in surveying in civil engineering departments robotic arms mimicking the

automated environment of modern factories attached to lathe machines in mechanical engineering

departments instruments capable of handling nano particles in specialized centres and 3D printers

capable of printing high precision devices which are being used in multiple fields

12 Most institutes have also bought subscriptions to high level international journals in various

streams both online and physical enabling access to vast repository of world class content for most

students

13 Institutes have not paid much thought to maintenance of equipment since most of the purchases

have been made in the past two-three years and warranty periods are still in force Most institutes

have also reported availability of in-house technicians to look after the machines though majority

said that they would sign annual maintenance contracts (AMC) with vendors Since AMCs usually

cost roughly 10 per cent of the cost of the equipment they felt that the resources allocated for the

same under TEQIP II would not be adequate and that they should be increased slightly

14 As per the feedback provided by almost all institutes they all agree that the equipment purchased

by them responds to faculty student needs and was done as per consultation and

recommendations of faculty They all follow well laid out norms for disposal of equipment which

keep environmental considerations in mind

6 -- Average number of departments among which each institute in Sub-component 11 divided

the total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 500 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

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7-- Average number of departments among which each institute in sub-component 12 divided the

total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 284 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

2147403 ndash Number of items bought by institutes for office purpose in sub-component

11

101699 hours monthndash Utilisation of equipment by UG amp PG students in sub-component

11 as per available data of institutes which participated in the study

427 hours month ndash Average utilization of equipment by UG and PG students across

institutes in sub-component 11

51656 hours month -- Utilisation of equipment by PhD students in sub-component 11 as

per available data of institutes which participated in the study

37 hours month-- Average utilization of equipment by PhD students across institutes in sub-

component 11

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Chapter 5 Way Forward

53

As data shows and case studies prove there can be no doubt that TEQIP II and the funds provided to

institutes for purchase of equipment and other soft resources have led to improvement in laboratory

infrastructure which in turn has helped in improving the output Some pointers for future stages of the

project are-

1 Even though TEQIP II had a major focus on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and institutes

were given significant amount of funds for purchase of equipment there were no guidelines or

benchmarks for them to judge themselves against and to understand what an ideal laboratory

should be like for any given department While it is good that they were given the freedom to decide

what they wanted to buy and it depended on the pro-activeness of the department heads on what

all they ended up getting funds for in an ideal scenario they should have been given a list of

essential basic equipment as well as research level equipment and they could have prioritized their

purchases on the basis of that

In all likelihood such department-wise lists do not exist anywhere In the third phase of TEQIP

therefore NPIU could commission a project which involves study of top world-class as well as top

national-level laboratories for each department Thereafter standard templates of equipment could

be prepared which could illustrate the requirement of equipment for each concept and practical for

every stream of engineering Based on standard frequency of usage and the number of students in a

class adequate numbers of any equipment could be recommended to be bought by institutes in

order to ensure that not too much time is wasted on rotating several batches of students on the

same equipment

Availability of such templates of equipment as well as soft resources which could be updated

periodically in keeping with the changes in technology and availability of resources would also help

policy makers understand how many institutes come up to a benchmark and how many need

further support

2 Institutes should start maintaining digital records of use of equipment which are bought for research

purposes These records should not be just digital copies of physical registers but should be in the

form of smart solutions which can track internal supply chains in laboratories as well as usage of

equipment The solutions should be able to provide real-time analysis of usage of equipment in

every laboratory and all laboratories could be linked to one centralized system There are various

kinds of RFID solutions available today which can handle usage patterns well The available

information could be used to devise solutions and create policy interventions to increase the actual

usage of equipment

3 Nodal institutes under TEQIP II could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of neighboring non-TEQIP institutes The

unspent money could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

4 Institutes could be encouraged to ensure that laboratories in all departments have well designed

brochures and information material such as leaflets and manuals on major equipment so that

dissemination of information about their availability is easy and their utilization could be increased

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5 Facilities created in institutes are not being optimally utilized to increase interaction with industry

While rural location of the institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of

the reasons it is also true that in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the

commissioning of equipment Size of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for

anything on industrial scale But in most cases industry is not even aware of the existence of state-

of-the-art equipment inside institutes Regular interactions with sector-specific companies are a

must therefore to create a culture of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration

6 For decades research has happened in our country in isolation and at a distance from both industry

and academia Being largely funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) so far it

has been taking place inside the laboratories of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

The 37 laboratories of CSIR and its 39 field stations or extension centres have been working in the

areas of aerospace engineering structural engineering ocean science life science metallurgy

chemicals mining food petroleum leather and environmental science The ministry of HRD has

also started funding research in a big way in recent years through schemes such as Imprint ndash

Improving Research Innovation and Technology and the Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) It would be

fruitful for the country if research happening purely on the scientific side is able to converge with

that on the academic side Hence in order to ensure greater synergy between research and

teaching it is essential that technical institutes start working more closely with CSIR laboratories

This will bring them immediately closer to cutting edge research and provide rich exposure to

students Specially for institutions which have got improved laboratory facilities as a result of TEQIP

II funds collaboration with relevant CSIR laboratories will help them grow their research and at the

same time provide the latter with a steady flow of students to work on live projects

7 Institutions which have upgraded their laboratory infrastructure in the area of food and agriculture

will gain by collaborating with the government on its e-labs project which aims at automating the

testing procedure of soil fertiliser pesticide and equipment samples By ensuring speedy and

transparent online disbursement of information related to such tests the projectrsquos vision is to

reduce crop losses and increase the use of good quality bio-pesticides through fair and unbiased

testing Institutions and students will be able to learn a lot about quality control and the processes

involved in digital testing through collaboration with the government on e-labs

8 In order to ensure transparency in procurement processes it is advisable that institutes make use of

the governmentrsquos new e-marketplace called GEM Through the portal wwwgemnicin institutes

can buy virtually anything and everything that they may require specially consumables office

equipment furniture and software Buying through this portal will speed up procurement and

improve the efficiency of institutes Created and maintained by the Directorate General of Supplies

amp Disposals (DGSampD) it provides tools for e-bidding reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to

help users get best value for their money At the national level a system of procurement should be

put in place including committee to look into the requirement and availability of equipment taking

global scenarios into consideration

Appendices

Appendix 1

55

State-wise Number of Institutions Under Technical Education QualityImprovement Programme II (2010-2017)

S Name of State CFIs Sub‐component 11 Sub‐component 12 Total No of

Institutions 1 Andhra Pradesh 5 6 11 2 Bihar 2 ‐‐ 2 3 Chhattisgarh 4 ‐‐ 4 4 Gujarat 7 ‐‐ 7 5 Haryana 3 3 6 6 Himachal Pradesh 1 ‐‐ 1 7 Jharkhand 1 1 2 8 Karnataka 4 15 19 9 Kerala 19 ‐‐ 19

10 Madhya Pradesh 3 2 5 11 Maharashtra 7 10 17

12 NCT‐Delhi ‐‐ 1 1 13 Odisha 2 ‐‐ 2 14 Punjab 7 1 8 15 Rajasthan 9 ‐‐ 9 16 Tamil Nadu 5 4 9 17 Telangana 8 5 13 18 Tripura 1 ‐‐ 1 19 UT‐Chandigarh 2 1 3 20 UT‐Puducherry 1 ‐‐ 1 21 Uttar Pradesh 2 5 7 22 Uttarakhand 1 2 3 23 West Bengal 11 3 14 24 Centrally Funded

Institutions (CFIs) 8 18 26

Total 113 77 190

Appendix 2 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 11

S Name of the Name of the Institution

No State UT

1 JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

2 Aditya Institute of Technology amp Management Tekkali Srikakulam

Andhra

3 Madanapalle Institute of Technology amp Science Madanapalle

Pradesh

4 Shri Vishnu Engineering College for women Vishnupur Bhimavaram

5 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College Chittoor

6 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur

Bihar

7 Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur

8 Government Engineering College Bilaspur

9 Government Engineering College Jagdalpur Bastar

Chhattisgarh

10 Government Engineering College Raipur

11 Rungta College of Engineering amp Technology Bhilai

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12 Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

13 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Vallabh Vidynagar

14 Lukhdirji Engineering College Morbi

15 Gujarat Shantilal Shah Engineering College Bhavnagar

16 Government Engineering College Gandhinagar

17 Government Engineering College Rajkot

18 Government Engineering College Patan

19 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology (UIET) Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

Haryana

20 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology MDU Rohtak

21 NC College of Engineering Panipat

22 Himachal Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar Mandi

Pradesh

23 Jharkhand Cambridge Institute of Technology Ranchi

24 BVB College of Engineering amp Technology Hubli

25 PES College of Engineering Mandya

Karnataka

26 Government Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jublee Technological Institute Bangalore

27 NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore

2

SNo Name of the

Name of the Institution

StateUT

28 Government Engineering College Thrissur

29 Government Engineering College Kozhikode

30 Government Engineering College Painavu Idukki

31 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

32 School of Engineering Cochin University of Science amp Technology Cochin

33 Government College of Engineering Kannur

34 Government Engineering College Bartonhill Thiruvananthapuram

35 LBS Institute of Technology for Women Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram

36 College of Engineering Perumon Perinad Kollam

37 Kerala College of Engineering Kidangoor Kottayam

38 Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

57

39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

58

70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

60

Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

62

77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

70

Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

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Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

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Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

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Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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Haryana (Figure 6)

Total population in lakh 2535

Literacy rate 756

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

319 (126)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

23

Gross Enrolment Ratio 276

Total number of engineering institutes 89

Institutes in sub-component 11 3

Institutes in sub-component 12 3

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 6

Total available funds Rs 575 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 278 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 23 crore

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Figure 5 Gujarat

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

15

Himachal Pradesh

Total population in lakh 686

Literacy rate 828

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

74 (108)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

05

Gross Enrolment Ratio 312

Total number of engineering institutes 17

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 10 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 55 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 55 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Jharkhand (Figure 7)

Total population in lakh 3299

Literacy rate 664

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

375 (114)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

27

Gross Enrolment Ratio 16

Total number of engineering institutes 14

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 2

Total available funds Rs 21 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 95 crore

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16

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 93 crore

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Karnataka (Figure 8)

Total population in lakh 611

Literacy rate 754

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

712 (117)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

5

Gross Enrolment Ratio 264

Total number of engineering institutes 166

Institutes in sub-component 11 4

Institutes in sub-component 12 15

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 19

Total available funds Rs 215 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 927 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 75 crore

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BIT Mesra BIT Mesra CoE Cambridge Institute ofTechnology Ranchi

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

17

Kerala (Figure 9)

Total population in lakh 334

Literacy rate 94

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

305 (91)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

22

Gross Enrolment Ratio 287

Total number of engineering institutes 98

Institutes in sub-component 11 19

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 19

Total available funds Rs 190 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1045 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 106 crore

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Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

18

Madhya Pradesh (Figure 10)

Total population in lakh 7263

Literacy rate 693

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

879 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

62

Gross Enrolment Ratio 196

Total number of engineering institutes 121

Institutes in sub-component 11 3

Institutes in sub-component 12 2

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 5

Total available funds Rs 49 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 23 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 17 crore

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Figure 9 Kerala

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

19

Maharashtra (Figure 11)

Total population in lakh 11237

Literacy rate 823

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

1334 (119)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

94

Gross Enrolment Ratio 279

Total number of engineering institutes 216

Institutes in sub-component 11 7

Institutes in sub-component 12 10

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 17

Total available funds Rs 254 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 119 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 102 crore

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Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

20

Delhi (Figure 12)

Total population in lakh 1679

Literacy rate 862

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

224 (133)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

16

Gross Enrolment Ratio 435

Total number of engineering institutes 15

Institutes in sub-component 11 0

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 125 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 56 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 15 crore

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Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

21

Odisha (Figure 13)

Total population in lakh 4197

Literacy rate 729

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

466 (111)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

33

Gross Enrolment Ratio 177

Total number of engineering institutes 68

Institutes in sub-component 11 2

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 2

Total available funds Rs 20 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 105 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 108 crore

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Figure 12 Delhi Technological University

22

Punjab (Figure 14)

Total population in lakh 2774

Literacy rate 758

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

325 (117)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

23

Gross Enrolment Ratio 27

Total number of engineering institutes 87

Institutes in sub-component 11 7

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 8

Total available funds Rs 81 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 42 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 22 crore

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Veer Surendra Sai University ofTechnology Burla Sambalpur

College of Engineering And TechnologyBhubaneshwar

Figure 13 Odisha

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

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Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

23

Rajasthan (Figure 15)

Total population in lakh 6855

Literacy rate 661

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

871 (127)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

62

Gross Enrolment Ratio 20

Total number of engineering institutes 82

Institutes in sub-component 11 9

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 9

Total available funds Rs 84 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 45 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 32 crore

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Tamil Nadu (Figure 16)

Total population in lakh 7215

Literacy rate 80

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

73 (101)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

52

Gross Enrolment Ratio 452

Total number of engineering institutes 326

Institutes in sub-component 11 5

Institutes in sub-component 12 4

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 9

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Available funds

Actual expenditure

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24

Total available funds Rs 140 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 74 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 70 crore

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Telangana (Figure 17)

Total population in lakh 350

Literacy rate 664

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

406 (114)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

29

Gross Enrolment Ratio 36

Total number of engineering institutes 182

Institutes in sub-component 11 8

Institutes in sub-component 12 5

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 13

Total available funds Rs 120 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 45 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 34 crore

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Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plansubmitted by the institute

25

Tripura

Total population in lakh 367

Literacy rate 872

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

44 (119)

2015 projected share of state 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

03

Gross Enrolment Ratio 168

Total number of engineering institutes 6

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 10 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 55 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 54 crore

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UT-Chandigarh (Figure 18)

Total population in lakh 106

Literacy rate 861

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

17 (165)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

01

Gross Enrolment Ratio 56

Total number of engineering institutes 2

Institutes in sub-component 11 2

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 3

Total available funds Rs 475 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying Rs 24 crore

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Available funds

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26

equipment and other resources

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 20 crore

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Puducherry

Total population in lakh 125

Literacy rate 859

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

15 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

01

Gross Enrolment Ratio 46

Total number of engineering institutes 10

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 15 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 8 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 6 crore

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Uttar Pradesh (Figure 19)

Total population in lakh 1998

Literacy rate 677

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Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plansubmitted by institute

28

West Bengal (Figure 21)

Total population in lakh 9128

Literacy rate 763

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

109 (12)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

77

Gross Enrolment Ratio 174

Total number of engineering institutes 72

Institutes in sub-component 11 11

Institutes in sub-component 12 3

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 14

Total available funds Rs 179 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 88 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 82 crore

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Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rscrore)

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29

CFIs (Figure 22)

Institutes in sub-component 11 8

Institutes in sub-component 12 18

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 26

Total available funds Rs 415 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 200 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1625 crore

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Figure 22 Centrally-funded institutions (CFIs)

Available funds

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30

Utilisation Analysis

In this section data on buying of equipment and other resources has been first analysed component-wise

and then department-wise

While data was collected from all institutes and a broad understanding was arrived at of the kind of

equipment and other resources money was spent on from the extensive lists provided by institutions it was

difficult to analyse how much money was spent on which category of item For the sake of analysis

therefore each equipment and item named by the institute was manually categorized into the following

broad categories-

1 Laboratory equipment (included all items bought for laboratories such as machines laptops

desktops and projectors)

2 Connectivity (included equipment related to creating wi-fi networks such as cables connectors

servers modems UPS racks adapters pipes and switches)

3 Books (included hard copies as well as subscriptions of e-journals for libraries)

4 Smart class (included white boards display panels podiums amplifiers cables projectors mixers

microphones webcam and wireless sensors)

5 Software

6 Office equipment (included laptops desktops printers scanners LCDs generator sets projectors

tables chairs almirahs digital signages etc bought for principalrsquos office directorrsquos office faculty

staff department rooms TEQIP office)

7 Furniture (included furniture for class rooms and departments)

8 Civil work (included flooring false ceilings repair work lighting)

Post the categorization in these eight broad heads the picture which emerged (Figure 23) for sub-

component 11 showed 58 per cent expenditure on laboratory equipment 14 per cent on software 10 per

cent on books 7 per cent each on office equipment and connectivity and 1-2 per cent each on furniture civil

work and smart classes This is in keeping with the goals of TEQIP II which had envisaged least expenditure

on civil work It was limited to 5 per cent of total expenditure on equipment for institutes under sub-

component 11 and 3 per cent for those under sub-component 12 If unspent institutes were free to use

this money for equipment and other resources So low expenditure on civil work is an achievement of TEQIP

II There should have been more expenditure on connectivity ndash campus-wide wifi networks ndash but that could

be due to the fact that several institutes already had wifi networks in place and did not need TEQIP funds to

do that

31

In sub-component 12 (Figure 24) this break-up was more or less on the same lines though the expenditure

on laboratory equipment in this sub-component was much higher at 70 per cent because of the inclusion of

centres of excellence and higher focus on post-graduate and PhD level studies This was followed by 17 per

cent on software and 5 per cent each on books and office equipment Rest was all 2 per cent and less and

negligible amount of expenditure on civil work was seen in this category

Department-wise

analysis of equipment

purchased by

institutes shows that in

sub-component 11

(Figure 25) highest

Lab equipment58

Software 14

Books 10

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7

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EXPENDITURE (11)

Figure 23

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076 164 46678

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TOTAL AMOUNT SPENT BY DEPARTMENTS (IN RS LAKH)

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

(in Rs crore)

number of equipment were bought by computer amp IT departments followed by electrical mechanical

electronics and civil departments For the purpose of categorization two or more streams of a kind were

merged into one and numbers for both streams taken together For instance computer science and

information technology were merged into one Similarly electronics amp instrumentation and electronics amp

electrical were taken together under electronics

While sub-component 11 presented a picture on expected lines with the top five departments being

generally the biggest departments in institutes in sub-component 12 this picture was slightly confusing

Here the top two departmentsndash electronics and civil ndash were ahead of other departments (Table 1) by an

inexplicable margin One of the reasons for this could be the fact that most of the equipment bought for the

centres of excellence would have had items related to electronics But that still does not explain the

unusually high number of items for civil engineering departments

Table 1 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 12

Name of the department Number of items bought

Mining 23

BioTech 137

Chemical 170

Mechanical 497

Computer amp IT 661

Electrical 969

Electronics 544915

Civil 1701948

On the other hand an expenditure-wise analysis of the same departments shows a different picture (Figure

26) with mechanical engineering department emerging top with expenditure of Rs 216 crore and electrical

department showing expenditure of Rs 145 crore Civil department is at number 3 with expenditure of Rs

106 crore The aberration in the number of items could have been because civil and electronics

departments would have bought a large number of items of small value

33

166 224 45 481 934 14772459

3138

Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

(in Rs crore)Figure 27

As per the data provided by institutes those in sub-component 11 show higher expenditure

department-wise with mechanical engineering department at top with expenditure of Rs 313

crore These should however be taken only as indicative figures as the numbers cannot be absolute

(Figure 27)

Table 7 Top 20 Lab equipment bought by institutes in 11

CNC Lathe machines

Compressor testing machine

Computer and peripherals

Computerised machines

Digital meters

Gas chromatograph

Micro-controller

Micro-processor

Oscilloscope

PCB prototyping machine

Robotic kits

Solar PV systems

Spectrum analyser

Thermal imager

Total Station

Ultrasonic probe

Universal testing machine

UV-spectrophotometer

Voltmeter

Wattmeter

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Table 2 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 11

Table 21 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 12

1 CNC Lathe machines Advanced laser kit

2 Compressor testing machine Asphalt material performance tester

3 Computer and peripherals Atomic absorption spectrophotometer

4 Computerised machines Bio-reactors

5 Digital meters BOD incubator

6 Gas chromatograph Centrifuge

7 Micro-controller CNC lathe machine

8 Micro-processor Compression testing

9 Oscilloscope Computer and peripherals

10 PCB prototyping machine Digital image processing

11 Robotic kits Digital multimeter

12 Solar PV systems Electric discharge machine

13 Spectrum analyser Hydraulic pressing

14 Thermal imager Magnetic stirrer

15 Total Station Microwave simulator

16 Ultrasonic probe Optical microscope

17 Universal testing machine PCB prototype machine

18 UV-spectrophotometer Thermal analyser

19 Voltmeter Thermal scanner

20 Wattmeter Wireless sensor network kit

Impact of Utilisation

No amount of data tracking or record keeping is worth

the effort if it does not translate into improvement in

actual output The real impact of all this expenditure by

institutes on buying of latest equipment is only useful in

so far as it is able to show growth in the number of

publications or rise in the number of post-graduate

student intake Looked at from that perspective TEQIP II

seems to have made satisfactory progress as the data

maintained by the National Project Implementation Unit

UPWARD TREND

Increase in the number of

publications in refereed

journals

Increase in the number of PG

and PhD students

Increase in revenue generated

through consultancy

35

(NPIU) shows There has been a significant improvement over the years in the number of publications in

refereed journals which till last year have been showing above target performance Only the numbers for

2016-17 are low considering that the data captured is till the month of February 2017 only From a target of

7500 publications in 2010-11 and a realization of 11722to a target of 14500 in 2015-16 and a realization of

18482 (Figure 28) the growth has been impressive though again how much of it is due to buying of

equipment alone is debatable

Another key performance indicatoras per the planners of TEQIP II was rise in the total number of masters

and PhD level students from a baseline of 30000 in 2010-11 to 41000 by 2016 Seen from that angle also the

performance of the programme has exceeded the target To a large extent this can be attributed to

availability of better laboratory infrastructure as it would have been a major factor behind the institutesrsquo

capability to attract students for MTech and PhD (Figure 29)

7032 7500 8000 8500 9000

14000 14500

11722

1606618103

20037

22556

18482

2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016

Fig 28 Number of publications in refereed journals in TEQIP II institutions

Target Actual

36

The percentage of externally funded RampD projects and consultancies in total revenue has increased from 7

per cent in 2010-11 to 14 per cent in 2015-16 against a target of 12 per cent (Figure 30)

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

Target 7032 32000 33000 34000 34000 40000 40500

Actual 35132 37791 44171 49251 48718 45659

0

10000

20000

30000

40000

50000

60000

Fig 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP I

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

2016-2017

Target 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12

Actual 82 11 127 137 117 14 125

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

Tota

l Rev

enu

e

Fig 30 Consultancy revenue generated

37

Chapter 3 Case Studies

38

Government Engineering College Thrissur Kerala

(with inputs from Prof Manoj Kumar K V Coordinator TEQIP II GEC Thrissur)

The entire process of planning procurement and the complete cycle of improved input resulting in improved output can be illustrated through the case study of Government Engineering College Thrissur which is one of the model colleges in TEQIP II and received funds under sub-component 11 It is the second oldest engineering in the state of Kerala and is affiliated to the University of Calicut Its foundation stone was laid by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in April 1958 and among its famous alumni are Dr K Radhakrishnan former chairman of Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) Out of the project allocation of Rs 10 crore Rs 55 crore was utilized by the institute for procurement of equipment The fund was apportioned among the departments based on student strength and their need to modernize and strengthen their various laboratories The procurement plan was finalized from the proposals received from the departments and vetted by the State Project Facilitation Unit (SPFU) before being executed through the Procurement Management Support System (PMSS) which was a web portal created by the National Project Implementation Unit (NPIU) to manage the project

39

Figure 31 10 steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan (Figure 38)

Departments were asked to draw up a

three-year procurement plan based on

their needs Department heads

coordinators and TEQIP nodal officers

had a meeting in the institute in

January 2012 to understand the plans

and procedures as available on NPIU

website

In February the Principal of the

institute TEQIP coordinator and

procurement coordinator attended a

training session conducted by NPIU at

Thiruvananthapuram Participation in

this session was facilitated by SPFU and

it entailed extensive training on how to

use the PMSS website

A training session was organized in the

institute for the benefit of Heads of

Departments (HoDs) and Department

TEQIP coordinators The programme

was attended by 24 officials and it

covered the entire set of activities

pertaining to purchase through PMSS --

from configuration management plan

creation and revision packaging and

procuring to stocking

Procurement coordinator and

department TEQIP coordinators also

attended a training program organized

by SPFUat School of Engineering

Cochin University of Science and

Technologyin February 2012

The SPFU arranged a discussion at

directorateoffice Thiruvanantha-

puramin February to fine tune the plan

and to facilitate data entry through

PMSS The finetuning included clubbing

of similar items from various

departments into one package limiting

the threshold to a maximum of 90 per

cent included in a scheme and revising

the tentative timelines based on plan

approval which was expected by mid-

April 2012 The institute was advised to

procure a particular software used for

double entry book-keeping through

PMSS and to identify 2 National

Competitive Bidding (NCB)

procurement plans to be sent to

Central authorities for approval

The rejigged procurement plan after

consultation with the concerned

coordinators was uploaded on the

website on 28thFebruary 2012

The plan was reviewed by SPFU and

some corrections were suggested

The corrected plan was uploaded again

At a meeting convened on 14thMarch

2012 at LBS College for Women

Thiruvananthapuram the first approval

of the plan was given by Director SPFU

On 31st March 2012 the Principal

convened a meeting of HoDs and

departmental TEQIP coordinators and

instructions were issued to draw up

specifications with respect to every

package so that the data was readily

available for entry to PMSS once the

plan was approved by NPIUWorld

Bank

1 2

3 4

5

6

8

7

9

10

40

Procurement activities were in full swing during the first 18 months of the project and were executed fully as

per the plan Procurement was completed in 82 packages including 68 National Shopping (NS)packages 7

National Competitive Bidding (NCB) packages 2 Direct Contract packages and 5 Civil Works packages

The institute made maximum expenditure in 2013-14 (Figure 32) across different heads Its investments on

laboratory modernization and strengthening started in 2012 and continued till 2017 (Figure 33) Overall it

spent bulk of the money (88 per cent) on modernization of laboratories and 5 per cent on ICT enabled

learning (Figure 34)

5851520

36470287

6909895

61170 1552063

0

5000000

10000000

15000000

20000000

25000000

30000000

35000000

40000000

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur (in Rs)

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Figure 32

2012-1311

2013-1473

2014-1515

2015-160

2016-171

EXPENDITURE ON MODERNISATION STRENGTHENING OF LABS AT GEC THRISSUR

Figure 33

41

Major equipment bought by the institute with TEQIP II funds includes a Rheometer which is not available in

any other institution in the state and offers potential for research and consultancy It is used for determining

the rheological behaviors of liquids and solids It has applications in polymer nano-composites which are the

emerging field of research The stress rheology measurements provide information for spread ability

emulsion stability suspension leveling flow control thermal stability extrudability and thickening etc The

fluid can be highly non-newtonian The equipment is useful for MTech students and faculty for doing

research

The institute also bought a Gas Chromatograph which is used in analyzing compositions purity and for

separating different components of a mixture based on volatility It is also used in identifying a compound

and its applications include analysis of toxicity of soil water and air identifying unknown compounds etc

The equipment is useful for faculty and students in doing research and projects in the field of environmental

engineering and provides opportunities for pollution control related consultancy work

Another important purchase is Accelerated Curing Tank With concrete construction increasing at a rapid

pace this equipment provides the possibility of accelerating the curing time Normal method of curing takes

28 days To reduce the curing time of concrete and test its strength accelerated curing is required and this

can be achieved with the use of Accelerated Curing Tank in the laboratory

88

5 4

0

0

3

Fig 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14at Government Engineering College Thrissur

Expenditure on modernisation strengthening of existinglaboratories

Expenditure on ICT enabledlearning related softwareamphardware

Expenditure on library ie books e-books

Journals e-journals course specificsoftware

Expenditure on modernisation ofclassrooms

Others (furniture)

42

Table 3 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Name of the Equipment

Cost (in rupees)

Pressure Volume Change Controller

365625

Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Suit

1365000

Solar Photovoltaic grid tied training system with MPPT

367500

Gas Chromatograph 1494692

Rheometer 2687350

Surface Roughness Tester

401205

Multimedia Projector 114162

Thermal Imager 746366

Machine Conditioning Monitor

861685

Metallurgical Image Analysis System for Welding

283500

Software Factory CAD 320000

Robot 567000

Pipe Flow Software 149234

Petrol Engine Test Setup

783090

Tribometer 609900

Vibration Analyser 539175

Slotting Machine 449243

Lathe and Shaping Machine

869001

Metal Cutting Band saw 156240

Digital Viscometer 919050

Solid Modeling Software

356590

Ultrasonic Flow Detector

235561

43

Rapid Phototyping Machine

814800

Group Video Conferencing Kit

533340

Lan Trainer 106180

The efforts of the institute over the years have led to improved student placements and intake (Figure 35)

Output in terms of publications in international journals and participation of faculty and students in

international conferences has also gone up considerably (Figure 36)

Top 10 international journals in which faculty and students have secured publications since TEQIP II are

Name of Journal

1 IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

2 International Journal on Numerical Methods in Fluids

261221

570527

357

766

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Placement offers Students placed Intake of students

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 35 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 36 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

Publication in international journals Participation in international conferences

44

3 IETE Technical Review

4 Journal of the Optical Society of America

5 International Journal of Power amp Energy Systems

6 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

7 International Journal of Remote Sensing

8 Automatica

9 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

10 ASME Journal of Heat Transfer

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering amp Technology

Aligarh Muslim University

Another institute with an impeccable history and track record is Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and

Technology (ZHCET) which is a constituent college of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and it received TEQIP

II funds under sub-component 11 AMU was set up by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as Mohammedan Anglo-

Oriental College in 1875 Against available funds of Rs 10 crore ZHCET utilized Rs 618 crore as of February

2017 Following is a glimpse into the major equipment purchased by the institute

Name of the equipment Centrifugal Pump and Pelton Turbine Module Nozzle

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3349138

Reason for buying To improve teaching and research in fluid mechanics section of mechanical engineering

department The equipment comprises centrifugal pump with flowmeter valves reservoir and

instrumentation for measurement and display of inlet outlet pressures torque speed and power and

turbine inlet pressure for Peltan turbine

Name of the equipment Universal High Voltage Test system and Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage Tester

(PE-AOBDV-MXXX)

Name of the department Electrical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 4522500

Reason for buying A new MTech programme in High Voltage Engineering was started under TEQIP II for

which enhanced laboratory infrastructure was needed PE-AOBDV-M series of Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage

Testers are highly precise instruments which can be used to conduct either a breakdown voltage test or do a proof

(withstand) test Dielectric Breakdown Voltage testing of Oil is one such means to detect the voltage at power

frequency at which it is likely to cause a flash-over

Name of the equipment Altium Nanoboard FPGA Kit

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1368863

Reason for buying Five kits were bought for under-graduate and post-graduate students

45

Name of the equipmentExata Software Emulator for Networking

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1245780

Reason for buying BTech students use it to perform experiments in EL-494 (Communication Lab -III) to

study the performance of simulated networks M Tech students use it for projects and dissertations Three

faculty members are using this software for RampD purpose

Name of the equipmentPotentiostat Galvanostat with Impedance Analyzer

Name of the department Petroleum Studies

Cost of equipment Rs 1562925

Reason for buying Potentiostate is at the heart of research on electrochemistry It is mainly used for

research in the area of fuel cell membrane cyclic voltammeter and super capacitors

Name of the equipment Imac 215 Quad Core i5 with Apple Protection Plan

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 205800

Reason for buying Two units of Imac were bought for the post-graduate and networking laboratories of

computer engineering department so that students could develop software based on iOS

Altium Nanoboard

FPGA Kit

46

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli was set up in 1947 with only the civil engineering under-graduate

programme Since 2007 the institute has been autonomous having been affiliated to Bombay University

Pune University and Shivaji University in the past The institute received TEQIP II funds under sub-

component 12 It was eligible to receive Rs 125 crore It submitted procurement plan for Rs 87 crore and

spent Rs 618 crore as of February 2017

MAJOR EQUIPMENT BOUGHT

Name of the equipment Shake Table Set-up

Name of the department Civil amp Structural Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1925776

Reason for buying To establish an earthquake engineering laboratory for conducting studies on response of

structures to earthquake induced vibrations To investigate structural response under various dynamic

loading conditions

Name of the equipment Electromagnetic Exciter with Pay Load Capacity of 100 to 150 kg

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2310824

Reason for buying To carry out research work in the field of dynamic analysis for various systems

Name of the equipment Micro Machining Centre Hyper-15w table top type integrated multi-process CNC

machine tool

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3078000

Reason for buying To develop micro machining centre for the research of micro machining PG production

laboratory

2663678

6154586

7489947

8770675

8777330

10572980

11435333

0 4000000 8000000 12000000

OFFICE

ELECTRICAL

ELECTRONICS

CIVIL (CIVIL+ CIVIL ENVIRONMENTAL+ hellip

LIBRARY

COMPUTER + IT

MECHANICAL

Fig 37 Department-wise expenditure Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Figures in rupees

47

Name of the equipment Dynamometer with Built-In Three Channel Charge Amplifiers

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1876090

Reason for buying To carry out research in the area of machining

Name of the equipment Lab View Add-ons Image Processing using Smart Camera Evaluation Kit

Name of the department Electronics Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3421650

Reason for buying Design simulation and prototyping platform for experiments on DSP communication

embedded control and measurements visual representation of experimental results

Name of the equipment Thermal Conductivity Analyzer with Material -- liquid pastes and small particles

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2100000

Reason for buying Post-graduate research and laboratory development

48

Chapter 4 Key Findings

49

1 On an average funds given to institutions for purchase of equipment and soft resources have led to

significant improvement in laboratory infrastructure of the institutes under study

2 The impact of such purchases on improvement in quality is not easily quantifiable in measurable

terms To assess the same other correlated parameters could be looked at such as improvement in

the number of research publications in refereed journals increase in the number of PhD students

number of faculty involved in research or the percentage of student placement However none of

these parameters can be directly or solely be said to be due to the improvement in physical or

digital infrastructure of institutes

3 Institutes did not have a clear-cut strategy of what best use they could put the available money to

Given that each institute on an average got Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and other resources

they could have used the money to create at least one best-in-class facility in any of the

departments which was equipped to utilize that facility in terms of augmenting the interaction of

the institute with industry or generating more resources through assignments from other agencies

While institutes in sub-component 12 had the provision to set up centres of excellence even in sub-

component 11 they could have done so if they had worked with that aim and vision

4 Instead institutes on an average divided the money equally across six departments and each

department on an average bought one-two machines which were significantly expensive and the

rest of the money was spent on buying other small routine equipment desktops laptops

networking servers software and e-journals Collaborations between departments for research

projects were however missing

5 This pattern of expenditure can be explained by the fact that our engineering institutions are still in

a phase where there is more emphasis on theory than practical Hands-on learning or project-based

approach in teaching is relatively new for institutions which is why there is not much emphasis on

understanding the practical aspects of learning such as producing patents versus papers

6 Institutes were seen to be over protective wherever even a slightly costly equipment was bought By

their own admission such equipment was most of the time kept under lock and key and was at best

displayed to students They were rarely given the opportunity to actually do something with it on

their own

7 Equal receipt of money by a number of departments has led to overall improvement in laboratory

standards of all departments which is good from an egalitarian perspective It is also good that all

departments have been able to uniformly upgrade their infrastructure and will therefore be able to

compete with each other in attracting good students faculty as well as assignments from industry in

future

8 Discussions with focus groups suggest that institutes spent large amounts of money on creating or

refurbishing physical infrastructure While non-academic experts may see this as wasteful

expenditure from an academic perspective even if this leads to improvement in the physical

facilities being offered by institutes it is well worth the investment While state funded institutes

get funds from state governments for building infrastructure for some of the centrally funded

institutes where infrastructure may have been falling apart this money would have been useful

9 Because of the fact that there is no proper system to track the usage of equipment ndash records are

maintained in physical form in the shape of log books and registers which render a macro analysis

50

impossible -- anecdotal evidence suggests that equipment bought is not being optimally utilized A

significantly higher number of research papers in refereed journals suggests that this may not be

true but the fact remains that there is no improvement in the number of technology transfers

commercialization of research or patent generation which remain weak This again brings into focus

the theory versus application part of teaching

10 Overall improvement in base infrastructure was important for institutes to advance to the next level

of development Except for some of the Centrally funded institutions none of the institutes which

received funding in TEQIP II are in the league of the six original IITs in terms of laboratory

infrastructure They do not have access to the kind of liberal funding that CFTIs get If they had not

got the present funds to buy equipment they would have taken at least five to seven years to

procure the same through the resources available to them Even for Central institutions as also for

others the availability of funds at one go meant that they could procure high costing software such

as Matlab Ansys Labview Cadence and Adobe which benefit students across departments

11 Funds for buying equipment and other soft resources enabled the institutes to take some steps

towards keeping pace with the rapidly changing advancements in technology Increased level of

automation and artificial intelligence in industry is reflected in the kind of purchases institutes have

made ndash various types of simulation software digital machines replacing analogue ones such as in

electrical engineering departments all-in-one automatic machines which combine several levels of

manual work such as in surveying in civil engineering departments robotic arms mimicking the

automated environment of modern factories attached to lathe machines in mechanical engineering

departments instruments capable of handling nano particles in specialized centres and 3D printers

capable of printing high precision devices which are being used in multiple fields

12 Most institutes have also bought subscriptions to high level international journals in various

streams both online and physical enabling access to vast repository of world class content for most

students

13 Institutes have not paid much thought to maintenance of equipment since most of the purchases

have been made in the past two-three years and warranty periods are still in force Most institutes

have also reported availability of in-house technicians to look after the machines though majority

said that they would sign annual maintenance contracts (AMC) with vendors Since AMCs usually

cost roughly 10 per cent of the cost of the equipment they felt that the resources allocated for the

same under TEQIP II would not be adequate and that they should be increased slightly

14 As per the feedback provided by almost all institutes they all agree that the equipment purchased

by them responds to faculty student needs and was done as per consultation and

recommendations of faculty They all follow well laid out norms for disposal of equipment which

keep environmental considerations in mind

6 -- Average number of departments among which each institute in Sub-component 11 divided

the total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 500 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

51

7-- Average number of departments among which each institute in sub-component 12 divided the

total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 284 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

2147403 ndash Number of items bought by institutes for office purpose in sub-component

11

101699 hours monthndash Utilisation of equipment by UG amp PG students in sub-component

11 as per available data of institutes which participated in the study

427 hours month ndash Average utilization of equipment by UG and PG students across

institutes in sub-component 11

51656 hours month -- Utilisation of equipment by PhD students in sub-component 11 as

per available data of institutes which participated in the study

37 hours month-- Average utilization of equipment by PhD students across institutes in sub-

component 11

52

Chapter 5 Way Forward

53

As data shows and case studies prove there can be no doubt that TEQIP II and the funds provided to

institutes for purchase of equipment and other soft resources have led to improvement in laboratory

infrastructure which in turn has helped in improving the output Some pointers for future stages of the

project are-

1 Even though TEQIP II had a major focus on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and institutes

were given significant amount of funds for purchase of equipment there were no guidelines or

benchmarks for them to judge themselves against and to understand what an ideal laboratory

should be like for any given department While it is good that they were given the freedom to decide

what they wanted to buy and it depended on the pro-activeness of the department heads on what

all they ended up getting funds for in an ideal scenario they should have been given a list of

essential basic equipment as well as research level equipment and they could have prioritized their

purchases on the basis of that

In all likelihood such department-wise lists do not exist anywhere In the third phase of TEQIP

therefore NPIU could commission a project which involves study of top world-class as well as top

national-level laboratories for each department Thereafter standard templates of equipment could

be prepared which could illustrate the requirement of equipment for each concept and practical for

every stream of engineering Based on standard frequency of usage and the number of students in a

class adequate numbers of any equipment could be recommended to be bought by institutes in

order to ensure that not too much time is wasted on rotating several batches of students on the

same equipment

Availability of such templates of equipment as well as soft resources which could be updated

periodically in keeping with the changes in technology and availability of resources would also help

policy makers understand how many institutes come up to a benchmark and how many need

further support

2 Institutes should start maintaining digital records of use of equipment which are bought for research

purposes These records should not be just digital copies of physical registers but should be in the

form of smart solutions which can track internal supply chains in laboratories as well as usage of

equipment The solutions should be able to provide real-time analysis of usage of equipment in

every laboratory and all laboratories could be linked to one centralized system There are various

kinds of RFID solutions available today which can handle usage patterns well The available

information could be used to devise solutions and create policy interventions to increase the actual

usage of equipment

3 Nodal institutes under TEQIP II could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of neighboring non-TEQIP institutes The

unspent money could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

4 Institutes could be encouraged to ensure that laboratories in all departments have well designed

brochures and information material such as leaflets and manuals on major equipment so that

dissemination of information about their availability is easy and their utilization could be increased

54

5 Facilities created in institutes are not being optimally utilized to increase interaction with industry

While rural location of the institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of

the reasons it is also true that in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the

commissioning of equipment Size of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for

anything on industrial scale But in most cases industry is not even aware of the existence of state-

of-the-art equipment inside institutes Regular interactions with sector-specific companies are a

must therefore to create a culture of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration

6 For decades research has happened in our country in isolation and at a distance from both industry

and academia Being largely funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) so far it

has been taking place inside the laboratories of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

The 37 laboratories of CSIR and its 39 field stations or extension centres have been working in the

areas of aerospace engineering structural engineering ocean science life science metallurgy

chemicals mining food petroleum leather and environmental science The ministry of HRD has

also started funding research in a big way in recent years through schemes such as Imprint ndash

Improving Research Innovation and Technology and the Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) It would be

fruitful for the country if research happening purely on the scientific side is able to converge with

that on the academic side Hence in order to ensure greater synergy between research and

teaching it is essential that technical institutes start working more closely with CSIR laboratories

This will bring them immediately closer to cutting edge research and provide rich exposure to

students Specially for institutions which have got improved laboratory facilities as a result of TEQIP

II funds collaboration with relevant CSIR laboratories will help them grow their research and at the

same time provide the latter with a steady flow of students to work on live projects

7 Institutions which have upgraded their laboratory infrastructure in the area of food and agriculture

will gain by collaborating with the government on its e-labs project which aims at automating the

testing procedure of soil fertiliser pesticide and equipment samples By ensuring speedy and

transparent online disbursement of information related to such tests the projectrsquos vision is to

reduce crop losses and increase the use of good quality bio-pesticides through fair and unbiased

testing Institutions and students will be able to learn a lot about quality control and the processes

involved in digital testing through collaboration with the government on e-labs

8 In order to ensure transparency in procurement processes it is advisable that institutes make use of

the governmentrsquos new e-marketplace called GEM Through the portal wwwgemnicin institutes

can buy virtually anything and everything that they may require specially consumables office

equipment furniture and software Buying through this portal will speed up procurement and

improve the efficiency of institutes Created and maintained by the Directorate General of Supplies

amp Disposals (DGSampD) it provides tools for e-bidding reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to

help users get best value for their money At the national level a system of procurement should be

put in place including committee to look into the requirement and availability of equipment taking

global scenarios into consideration

Appendices

Appendix 1

55

State-wise Number of Institutions Under Technical Education QualityImprovement Programme II (2010-2017)

S Name of State CFIs Sub‐component 11 Sub‐component 12 Total No of

Institutions 1 Andhra Pradesh 5 6 11 2 Bihar 2 ‐‐ 2 3 Chhattisgarh 4 ‐‐ 4 4 Gujarat 7 ‐‐ 7 5 Haryana 3 3 6 6 Himachal Pradesh 1 ‐‐ 1 7 Jharkhand 1 1 2 8 Karnataka 4 15 19 9 Kerala 19 ‐‐ 19

10 Madhya Pradesh 3 2 5 11 Maharashtra 7 10 17

12 NCT‐Delhi ‐‐ 1 1 13 Odisha 2 ‐‐ 2 14 Punjab 7 1 8 15 Rajasthan 9 ‐‐ 9 16 Tamil Nadu 5 4 9 17 Telangana 8 5 13 18 Tripura 1 ‐‐ 1 19 UT‐Chandigarh 2 1 3 20 UT‐Puducherry 1 ‐‐ 1 21 Uttar Pradesh 2 5 7 22 Uttarakhand 1 2 3 23 West Bengal 11 3 14 24 Centrally Funded

Institutions (CFIs) 8 18 26

Total 113 77 190

Appendix 2 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 11

S Name of the Name of the Institution

No State UT

1 JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

2 Aditya Institute of Technology amp Management Tekkali Srikakulam

Andhra

3 Madanapalle Institute of Technology amp Science Madanapalle

Pradesh

4 Shri Vishnu Engineering College for women Vishnupur Bhimavaram

5 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College Chittoor

6 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur

Bihar

7 Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur

8 Government Engineering College Bilaspur

9 Government Engineering College Jagdalpur Bastar

Chhattisgarh

10 Government Engineering College Raipur

11 Rungta College of Engineering amp Technology Bhilai

56

12 Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

13 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Vallabh Vidynagar

14 Lukhdirji Engineering College Morbi

15 Gujarat Shantilal Shah Engineering College Bhavnagar

16 Government Engineering College Gandhinagar

17 Government Engineering College Rajkot

18 Government Engineering College Patan

19 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology (UIET) Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

Haryana

20 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology MDU Rohtak

21 NC College of Engineering Panipat

22 Himachal Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar Mandi

Pradesh

23 Jharkhand Cambridge Institute of Technology Ranchi

24 BVB College of Engineering amp Technology Hubli

25 PES College of Engineering Mandya

Karnataka

26 Government Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jublee Technological Institute Bangalore

27 NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore

2

SNo Name of the

Name of the Institution

StateUT

28 Government Engineering College Thrissur

29 Government Engineering College Kozhikode

30 Government Engineering College Painavu Idukki

31 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

32 School of Engineering Cochin University of Science amp Technology Cochin

33 Government College of Engineering Kannur

34 Government Engineering College Bartonhill Thiruvananthapuram

35 LBS Institute of Technology for Women Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram

36 College of Engineering Perumon Perinad Kollam

37 Kerala College of Engineering Kidangoor Kottayam

38 Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

57

39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

58

70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

60

Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

62

77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

70

Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

72

Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

73

Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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15

Himachal Pradesh

Total population in lakh 686

Literacy rate 828

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

74 (108)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

05

Gross Enrolment Ratio 312

Total number of engineering institutes 17

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 10 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 55 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 55 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Jharkhand (Figure 7)

Total population in lakh 3299

Literacy rate 664

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

375 (114)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

27

Gross Enrolment Ratio 16

Total number of engineering institutes 14

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 2

Total available funds Rs 21 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 95 crore

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

Fun

ds

in r

up

ees

lakh

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plansubmitted by theinstitute

Figure 6 Haryana

16

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 93 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Karnataka (Figure 8)

Total population in lakh 611

Literacy rate 754

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

712 (117)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

5

Gross Enrolment Ratio 264

Total number of engineering institutes 166

Institutes in sub-component 11 4

Institutes in sub-component 12 15

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 19

Total available funds Rs 215 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 927 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 75 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

BIT Mesra BIT Mesra CoE Cambridge Institute ofTechnology Ranchi

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

17

Kerala (Figure 9)

Total population in lakh 334

Literacy rate 94

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

305 (91)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

22

Gross Enrolment Ratio 287

Total number of engineering institutes 98

Institutes in sub-component 11 19

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 19

Total available funds Rs 190 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1045 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 106 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

18

Madhya Pradesh (Figure 10)

Total population in lakh 7263

Literacy rate 693

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

879 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

62

Gross Enrolment Ratio 196

Total number of engineering institutes 121

Institutes in sub-component 11 3

Institutes in sub-component 12 2

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 5

Total available funds Rs 49 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 23 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 17 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0

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600

800

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Figure 9 Kerala

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

19

Maharashtra (Figure 11)

Total population in lakh 11237

Literacy rate 823

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

1334 (119)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

94

Gross Enrolment Ratio 279

Total number of engineering institutes 216

Institutes in sub-component 11 7

Institutes in sub-component 12 10

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 17

Total available funds Rs 254 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 119 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 102 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0200400600800

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Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

20

Delhi (Figure 12)

Total population in lakh 1679

Literacy rate 862

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

224 (133)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

16

Gross Enrolment Ratio 435

Total number of engineering institutes 15

Institutes in sub-component 11 0

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 125 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 56 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 15 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

21

Odisha (Figure 13)

Total population in lakh 4197

Literacy rate 729

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

466 (111)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

33

Gross Enrolment Ratio 177

Total number of engineering institutes 68

Institutes in sub-component 11 2

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 2

Total available funds Rs 20 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 105 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 108 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

125

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4

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Available funds Actual expenditure Estimate as per plansubmitted by the institute

Figure 12 Delhi Technological University

22

Punjab (Figure 14)

Total population in lakh 2774

Literacy rate 758

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

325 (117)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

23

Gross Enrolment Ratio 27

Total number of engineering institutes 87

Institutes in sub-component 11 7

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 8

Total available funds Rs 81 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 42 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 22 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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200

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800

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1200

Veer Surendra Sai University ofTechnology Burla Sambalpur

College of Engineering And TechnologyBhubaneshwar

Figure 13 Odisha

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

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Figure 14 Punjab

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

23

Rajasthan (Figure 15)

Total population in lakh 6855

Literacy rate 661

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

871 (127)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

62

Gross Enrolment Ratio 20

Total number of engineering institutes 82

Institutes in sub-component 11 9

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 9

Total available funds Rs 84 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 45 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 32 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Tamil Nadu (Figure 16)

Total population in lakh 7215

Literacy rate 80

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

73 (101)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

52

Gross Enrolment Ratio 452

Total number of engineering institutes 326

Institutes in sub-component 11 5

Institutes in sub-component 12 4

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 9

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Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

24

Total available funds Rs 140 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 74 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 70 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Telangana (Figure 17)

Total population in lakh 350

Literacy rate 664

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

406 (114)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

29

Gross Enrolment Ratio 36

Total number of engineering institutes 182

Institutes in sub-component 11 8

Institutes in sub-component 12 5

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 13

Total available funds Rs 120 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 45 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 34 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plansubmitted by the institute

25

Tripura

Total population in lakh 367

Literacy rate 872

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

44 (119)

2015 projected share of state 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

03

Gross Enrolment Ratio 168

Total number of engineering institutes 6

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 10 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 55 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 54 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

UT-Chandigarh (Figure 18)

Total population in lakh 106

Literacy rate 861

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

17 (165)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

01

Gross Enrolment Ratio 56

Total number of engineering institutes 2

Institutes in sub-component 11 2

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 3

Total available funds Rs 475 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying Rs 24 crore

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Figure 17 Telangana

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

26

equipment and other resources

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 20 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Puducherry

Total population in lakh 125

Literacy rate 859

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

15 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

01

Gross Enrolment Ratio 46

Total number of engineering institutes 10

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 15 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 8 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 6 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Uttar Pradesh (Figure 19)

Total population in lakh 1998

Literacy rate 677

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Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plansubmitted by institute

28

West Bengal (Figure 21)

Total population in lakh 9128

Literacy rate 763

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

109 (12)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

77

Gross Enrolment Ratio 174

Total number of engineering institutes 72

Institutes in sub-component 11 11

Institutes in sub-component 12 3

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 14

Total available funds Rs 179 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 88 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 82 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rscrore)

Estimate as per plansubmitted by institute

29

CFIs (Figure 22)

Institutes in sub-component 11 8

Institutes in sub-component 12 18

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 26

Total available funds Rs 415 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 200 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1625 crore

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Figure 21 West Bengal

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

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100012001400160018002000

Figure 22 Centrally-funded institutions (CFIs)

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

30

Utilisation Analysis

In this section data on buying of equipment and other resources has been first analysed component-wise

and then department-wise

While data was collected from all institutes and a broad understanding was arrived at of the kind of

equipment and other resources money was spent on from the extensive lists provided by institutions it was

difficult to analyse how much money was spent on which category of item For the sake of analysis

therefore each equipment and item named by the institute was manually categorized into the following

broad categories-

1 Laboratory equipment (included all items bought for laboratories such as machines laptops

desktops and projectors)

2 Connectivity (included equipment related to creating wi-fi networks such as cables connectors

servers modems UPS racks adapters pipes and switches)

3 Books (included hard copies as well as subscriptions of e-journals for libraries)

4 Smart class (included white boards display panels podiums amplifiers cables projectors mixers

microphones webcam and wireless sensors)

5 Software

6 Office equipment (included laptops desktops printers scanners LCDs generator sets projectors

tables chairs almirahs digital signages etc bought for principalrsquos office directorrsquos office faculty

staff department rooms TEQIP office)

7 Furniture (included furniture for class rooms and departments)

8 Civil work (included flooring false ceilings repair work lighting)

Post the categorization in these eight broad heads the picture which emerged (Figure 23) for sub-

component 11 showed 58 per cent expenditure on laboratory equipment 14 per cent on software 10 per

cent on books 7 per cent each on office equipment and connectivity and 1-2 per cent each on furniture civil

work and smart classes This is in keeping with the goals of TEQIP II which had envisaged least expenditure

on civil work It was limited to 5 per cent of total expenditure on equipment for institutes under sub-

component 11 and 3 per cent for those under sub-component 12 If unspent institutes were free to use

this money for equipment and other resources So low expenditure on civil work is an achievement of TEQIP

II There should have been more expenditure on connectivity ndash campus-wide wifi networks ndash but that could

be due to the fact that several institutes already had wifi networks in place and did not need TEQIP funds to

do that

31

In sub-component 12 (Figure 24) this break-up was more or less on the same lines though the expenditure

on laboratory equipment in this sub-component was much higher at 70 per cent because of the inclusion of

centres of excellence and higher focus on post-graduate and PhD level studies This was followed by 17 per

cent on software and 5 per cent each on books and office equipment Rest was all 2 per cent and less and

negligible amount of expenditure on civil work was seen in this category

Department-wise

analysis of equipment

purchased by

institutes shows that in

sub-component 11

(Figure 25) highest

Lab equipment58

Software 14

Books 10

Office equipment

7

Connectivity 7

Smart class2

Furniture1

Civil work1

EXPENDITURE (11)

Figure 23

Office equipment

5

Software 17

Smart class1

EXPENDITURE (12)

Figure 29

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076 164 46678

961 10631459

2169

TOTAL AMOUNT SPENT BY DEPARTMENTS (IN RS LAKH)

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

(in Rs crore)

number of equipment were bought by computer amp IT departments followed by electrical mechanical

electronics and civil departments For the purpose of categorization two or more streams of a kind were

merged into one and numbers for both streams taken together For instance computer science and

information technology were merged into one Similarly electronics amp instrumentation and electronics amp

electrical were taken together under electronics

While sub-component 11 presented a picture on expected lines with the top five departments being

generally the biggest departments in institutes in sub-component 12 this picture was slightly confusing

Here the top two departmentsndash electronics and civil ndash were ahead of other departments (Table 1) by an

inexplicable margin One of the reasons for this could be the fact that most of the equipment bought for the

centres of excellence would have had items related to electronics But that still does not explain the

unusually high number of items for civil engineering departments

Table 1 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 12

Name of the department Number of items bought

Mining 23

BioTech 137

Chemical 170

Mechanical 497

Computer amp IT 661

Electrical 969

Electronics 544915

Civil 1701948

On the other hand an expenditure-wise analysis of the same departments shows a different picture (Figure

26) with mechanical engineering department emerging top with expenditure of Rs 216 crore and electrical

department showing expenditure of Rs 145 crore Civil department is at number 3 with expenditure of Rs

106 crore The aberration in the number of items could have been because civil and electronics

departments would have bought a large number of items of small value

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166 224 45 481 934 14772459

3138

Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

(in Rs crore)Figure 27

As per the data provided by institutes those in sub-component 11 show higher expenditure

department-wise with mechanical engineering department at top with expenditure of Rs 313

crore These should however be taken only as indicative figures as the numbers cannot be absolute

(Figure 27)

Table 7 Top 20 Lab equipment bought by institutes in 11

CNC Lathe machines

Compressor testing machine

Computer and peripherals

Computerised machines

Digital meters

Gas chromatograph

Micro-controller

Micro-processor

Oscilloscope

PCB prototyping machine

Robotic kits

Solar PV systems

Spectrum analyser

Thermal imager

Total Station

Ultrasonic probe

Universal testing machine

UV-spectrophotometer

Voltmeter

Wattmeter

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Table 2 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 11

Table 21 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 12

1 CNC Lathe machines Advanced laser kit

2 Compressor testing machine Asphalt material performance tester

3 Computer and peripherals Atomic absorption spectrophotometer

4 Computerised machines Bio-reactors

5 Digital meters BOD incubator

6 Gas chromatograph Centrifuge

7 Micro-controller CNC lathe machine

8 Micro-processor Compression testing

9 Oscilloscope Computer and peripherals

10 PCB prototyping machine Digital image processing

11 Robotic kits Digital multimeter

12 Solar PV systems Electric discharge machine

13 Spectrum analyser Hydraulic pressing

14 Thermal imager Magnetic stirrer

15 Total Station Microwave simulator

16 Ultrasonic probe Optical microscope

17 Universal testing machine PCB prototype machine

18 UV-spectrophotometer Thermal analyser

19 Voltmeter Thermal scanner

20 Wattmeter Wireless sensor network kit

Impact of Utilisation

No amount of data tracking or record keeping is worth

the effort if it does not translate into improvement in

actual output The real impact of all this expenditure by

institutes on buying of latest equipment is only useful in

so far as it is able to show growth in the number of

publications or rise in the number of post-graduate

student intake Looked at from that perspective TEQIP II

seems to have made satisfactory progress as the data

maintained by the National Project Implementation Unit

UPWARD TREND

Increase in the number of

publications in refereed

journals

Increase in the number of PG

and PhD students

Increase in revenue generated

through consultancy

35

(NPIU) shows There has been a significant improvement over the years in the number of publications in

refereed journals which till last year have been showing above target performance Only the numbers for

2016-17 are low considering that the data captured is till the month of February 2017 only From a target of

7500 publications in 2010-11 and a realization of 11722to a target of 14500 in 2015-16 and a realization of

18482 (Figure 28) the growth has been impressive though again how much of it is due to buying of

equipment alone is debatable

Another key performance indicatoras per the planners of TEQIP II was rise in the total number of masters

and PhD level students from a baseline of 30000 in 2010-11 to 41000 by 2016 Seen from that angle also the

performance of the programme has exceeded the target To a large extent this can be attributed to

availability of better laboratory infrastructure as it would have been a major factor behind the institutesrsquo

capability to attract students for MTech and PhD (Figure 29)

7032 7500 8000 8500 9000

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20037

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2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016

Fig 28 Number of publications in refereed journals in TEQIP II institutions

Target Actual

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The percentage of externally funded RampD projects and consultancies in total revenue has increased from 7

per cent in 2010-11 to 14 per cent in 2015-16 against a target of 12 per cent (Figure 30)

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

Target 7032 32000 33000 34000 34000 40000 40500

Actual 35132 37791 44171 49251 48718 45659

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Fig 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP I

2009-2010

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Chapter 3 Case Studies

38

Government Engineering College Thrissur Kerala

(with inputs from Prof Manoj Kumar K V Coordinator TEQIP II GEC Thrissur)

The entire process of planning procurement and the complete cycle of improved input resulting in improved output can be illustrated through the case study of Government Engineering College Thrissur which is one of the model colleges in TEQIP II and received funds under sub-component 11 It is the second oldest engineering in the state of Kerala and is affiliated to the University of Calicut Its foundation stone was laid by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in April 1958 and among its famous alumni are Dr K Radhakrishnan former chairman of Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) Out of the project allocation of Rs 10 crore Rs 55 crore was utilized by the institute for procurement of equipment The fund was apportioned among the departments based on student strength and their need to modernize and strengthen their various laboratories The procurement plan was finalized from the proposals received from the departments and vetted by the State Project Facilitation Unit (SPFU) before being executed through the Procurement Management Support System (PMSS) which was a web portal created by the National Project Implementation Unit (NPIU) to manage the project

39

Figure 31 10 steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan (Figure 38)

Departments were asked to draw up a

three-year procurement plan based on

their needs Department heads

coordinators and TEQIP nodal officers

had a meeting in the institute in

January 2012 to understand the plans

and procedures as available on NPIU

website

In February the Principal of the

institute TEQIP coordinator and

procurement coordinator attended a

training session conducted by NPIU at

Thiruvananthapuram Participation in

this session was facilitated by SPFU and

it entailed extensive training on how to

use the PMSS website

A training session was organized in the

institute for the benefit of Heads of

Departments (HoDs) and Department

TEQIP coordinators The programme

was attended by 24 officials and it

covered the entire set of activities

pertaining to purchase through PMSS --

from configuration management plan

creation and revision packaging and

procuring to stocking

Procurement coordinator and

department TEQIP coordinators also

attended a training program organized

by SPFUat School of Engineering

Cochin University of Science and

Technologyin February 2012

The SPFU arranged a discussion at

directorateoffice Thiruvanantha-

puramin February to fine tune the plan

and to facilitate data entry through

PMSS The finetuning included clubbing

of similar items from various

departments into one package limiting

the threshold to a maximum of 90 per

cent included in a scheme and revising

the tentative timelines based on plan

approval which was expected by mid-

April 2012 The institute was advised to

procure a particular software used for

double entry book-keeping through

PMSS and to identify 2 National

Competitive Bidding (NCB)

procurement plans to be sent to

Central authorities for approval

The rejigged procurement plan after

consultation with the concerned

coordinators was uploaded on the

website on 28thFebruary 2012

The plan was reviewed by SPFU and

some corrections were suggested

The corrected plan was uploaded again

At a meeting convened on 14thMarch

2012 at LBS College for Women

Thiruvananthapuram the first approval

of the plan was given by Director SPFU

On 31st March 2012 the Principal

convened a meeting of HoDs and

departmental TEQIP coordinators and

instructions were issued to draw up

specifications with respect to every

package so that the data was readily

available for entry to PMSS once the

plan was approved by NPIUWorld

Bank

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10

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Procurement activities were in full swing during the first 18 months of the project and were executed fully as

per the plan Procurement was completed in 82 packages including 68 National Shopping (NS)packages 7

National Competitive Bidding (NCB) packages 2 Direct Contract packages and 5 Civil Works packages

The institute made maximum expenditure in 2013-14 (Figure 32) across different heads Its investments on

laboratory modernization and strengthening started in 2012 and continued till 2017 (Figure 33) Overall it

spent bulk of the money (88 per cent) on modernization of laboratories and 5 per cent on ICT enabled

learning (Figure 34)

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Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur (in Rs)

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Figure 32

2012-1311

2013-1473

2014-1515

2015-160

2016-171

EXPENDITURE ON MODERNISATION STRENGTHENING OF LABS AT GEC THRISSUR

Figure 33

41

Major equipment bought by the institute with TEQIP II funds includes a Rheometer which is not available in

any other institution in the state and offers potential for research and consultancy It is used for determining

the rheological behaviors of liquids and solids It has applications in polymer nano-composites which are the

emerging field of research The stress rheology measurements provide information for spread ability

emulsion stability suspension leveling flow control thermal stability extrudability and thickening etc The

fluid can be highly non-newtonian The equipment is useful for MTech students and faculty for doing

research

The institute also bought a Gas Chromatograph which is used in analyzing compositions purity and for

separating different components of a mixture based on volatility It is also used in identifying a compound

and its applications include analysis of toxicity of soil water and air identifying unknown compounds etc

The equipment is useful for faculty and students in doing research and projects in the field of environmental

engineering and provides opportunities for pollution control related consultancy work

Another important purchase is Accelerated Curing Tank With concrete construction increasing at a rapid

pace this equipment provides the possibility of accelerating the curing time Normal method of curing takes

28 days To reduce the curing time of concrete and test its strength accelerated curing is required and this

can be achieved with the use of Accelerated Curing Tank in the laboratory

88

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0

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Fig 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14at Government Engineering College Thrissur

Expenditure on modernisation strengthening of existinglaboratories

Expenditure on ICT enabledlearning related softwareamphardware

Expenditure on library ie books e-books

Journals e-journals course specificsoftware

Expenditure on modernisation ofclassrooms

Others (furniture)

42

Table 3 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Name of the Equipment

Cost (in rupees)

Pressure Volume Change Controller

365625

Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Suit

1365000

Solar Photovoltaic grid tied training system with MPPT

367500

Gas Chromatograph 1494692

Rheometer 2687350

Surface Roughness Tester

401205

Multimedia Projector 114162

Thermal Imager 746366

Machine Conditioning Monitor

861685

Metallurgical Image Analysis System for Welding

283500

Software Factory CAD 320000

Robot 567000

Pipe Flow Software 149234

Petrol Engine Test Setup

783090

Tribometer 609900

Vibration Analyser 539175

Slotting Machine 449243

Lathe and Shaping Machine

869001

Metal Cutting Band saw 156240

Digital Viscometer 919050

Solid Modeling Software

356590

Ultrasonic Flow Detector

235561

43

Rapid Phototyping Machine

814800

Group Video Conferencing Kit

533340

Lan Trainer 106180

The efforts of the institute over the years have led to improved student placements and intake (Figure 35)

Output in terms of publications in international journals and participation of faculty and students in

international conferences has also gone up considerably (Figure 36)

Top 10 international journals in which faculty and students have secured publications since TEQIP II are

Name of Journal

1 IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

2 International Journal on Numerical Methods in Fluids

261221

570527

357

766

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Placement offers Students placed Intake of students

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 35 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 36 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

Publication in international journals Participation in international conferences

44

3 IETE Technical Review

4 Journal of the Optical Society of America

5 International Journal of Power amp Energy Systems

6 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

7 International Journal of Remote Sensing

8 Automatica

9 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

10 ASME Journal of Heat Transfer

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering amp Technology

Aligarh Muslim University

Another institute with an impeccable history and track record is Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and

Technology (ZHCET) which is a constituent college of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and it received TEQIP

II funds under sub-component 11 AMU was set up by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as Mohammedan Anglo-

Oriental College in 1875 Against available funds of Rs 10 crore ZHCET utilized Rs 618 crore as of February

2017 Following is a glimpse into the major equipment purchased by the institute

Name of the equipment Centrifugal Pump and Pelton Turbine Module Nozzle

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3349138

Reason for buying To improve teaching and research in fluid mechanics section of mechanical engineering

department The equipment comprises centrifugal pump with flowmeter valves reservoir and

instrumentation for measurement and display of inlet outlet pressures torque speed and power and

turbine inlet pressure for Peltan turbine

Name of the equipment Universal High Voltage Test system and Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage Tester

(PE-AOBDV-MXXX)

Name of the department Electrical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 4522500

Reason for buying A new MTech programme in High Voltage Engineering was started under TEQIP II for

which enhanced laboratory infrastructure was needed PE-AOBDV-M series of Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage

Testers are highly precise instruments which can be used to conduct either a breakdown voltage test or do a proof

(withstand) test Dielectric Breakdown Voltage testing of Oil is one such means to detect the voltage at power

frequency at which it is likely to cause a flash-over

Name of the equipment Altium Nanoboard FPGA Kit

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1368863

Reason for buying Five kits were bought for under-graduate and post-graduate students

45

Name of the equipmentExata Software Emulator for Networking

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1245780

Reason for buying BTech students use it to perform experiments in EL-494 (Communication Lab -III) to

study the performance of simulated networks M Tech students use it for projects and dissertations Three

faculty members are using this software for RampD purpose

Name of the equipmentPotentiostat Galvanostat with Impedance Analyzer

Name of the department Petroleum Studies

Cost of equipment Rs 1562925

Reason for buying Potentiostate is at the heart of research on electrochemistry It is mainly used for

research in the area of fuel cell membrane cyclic voltammeter and super capacitors

Name of the equipment Imac 215 Quad Core i5 with Apple Protection Plan

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 205800

Reason for buying Two units of Imac were bought for the post-graduate and networking laboratories of

computer engineering department so that students could develop software based on iOS

Altium Nanoboard

FPGA Kit

46

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli was set up in 1947 with only the civil engineering under-graduate

programme Since 2007 the institute has been autonomous having been affiliated to Bombay University

Pune University and Shivaji University in the past The institute received TEQIP II funds under sub-

component 12 It was eligible to receive Rs 125 crore It submitted procurement plan for Rs 87 crore and

spent Rs 618 crore as of February 2017

MAJOR EQUIPMENT BOUGHT

Name of the equipment Shake Table Set-up

Name of the department Civil amp Structural Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1925776

Reason for buying To establish an earthquake engineering laboratory for conducting studies on response of

structures to earthquake induced vibrations To investigate structural response under various dynamic

loading conditions

Name of the equipment Electromagnetic Exciter with Pay Load Capacity of 100 to 150 kg

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2310824

Reason for buying To carry out research work in the field of dynamic analysis for various systems

Name of the equipment Micro Machining Centre Hyper-15w table top type integrated multi-process CNC

machine tool

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3078000

Reason for buying To develop micro machining centre for the research of micro machining PG production

laboratory

2663678

6154586

7489947

8770675

8777330

10572980

11435333

0 4000000 8000000 12000000

OFFICE

ELECTRICAL

ELECTRONICS

CIVIL (CIVIL+ CIVIL ENVIRONMENTAL+ hellip

LIBRARY

COMPUTER + IT

MECHANICAL

Fig 37 Department-wise expenditure Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Figures in rupees

47

Name of the equipment Dynamometer with Built-In Three Channel Charge Amplifiers

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1876090

Reason for buying To carry out research in the area of machining

Name of the equipment Lab View Add-ons Image Processing using Smart Camera Evaluation Kit

Name of the department Electronics Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3421650

Reason for buying Design simulation and prototyping platform for experiments on DSP communication

embedded control and measurements visual representation of experimental results

Name of the equipment Thermal Conductivity Analyzer with Material -- liquid pastes and small particles

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2100000

Reason for buying Post-graduate research and laboratory development

48

Chapter 4 Key Findings

49

1 On an average funds given to institutions for purchase of equipment and soft resources have led to

significant improvement in laboratory infrastructure of the institutes under study

2 The impact of such purchases on improvement in quality is not easily quantifiable in measurable

terms To assess the same other correlated parameters could be looked at such as improvement in

the number of research publications in refereed journals increase in the number of PhD students

number of faculty involved in research or the percentage of student placement However none of

these parameters can be directly or solely be said to be due to the improvement in physical or

digital infrastructure of institutes

3 Institutes did not have a clear-cut strategy of what best use they could put the available money to

Given that each institute on an average got Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and other resources

they could have used the money to create at least one best-in-class facility in any of the

departments which was equipped to utilize that facility in terms of augmenting the interaction of

the institute with industry or generating more resources through assignments from other agencies

While institutes in sub-component 12 had the provision to set up centres of excellence even in sub-

component 11 they could have done so if they had worked with that aim and vision

4 Instead institutes on an average divided the money equally across six departments and each

department on an average bought one-two machines which were significantly expensive and the

rest of the money was spent on buying other small routine equipment desktops laptops

networking servers software and e-journals Collaborations between departments for research

projects were however missing

5 This pattern of expenditure can be explained by the fact that our engineering institutions are still in

a phase where there is more emphasis on theory than practical Hands-on learning or project-based

approach in teaching is relatively new for institutions which is why there is not much emphasis on

understanding the practical aspects of learning such as producing patents versus papers

6 Institutes were seen to be over protective wherever even a slightly costly equipment was bought By

their own admission such equipment was most of the time kept under lock and key and was at best

displayed to students They were rarely given the opportunity to actually do something with it on

their own

7 Equal receipt of money by a number of departments has led to overall improvement in laboratory

standards of all departments which is good from an egalitarian perspective It is also good that all

departments have been able to uniformly upgrade their infrastructure and will therefore be able to

compete with each other in attracting good students faculty as well as assignments from industry in

future

8 Discussions with focus groups suggest that institutes spent large amounts of money on creating or

refurbishing physical infrastructure While non-academic experts may see this as wasteful

expenditure from an academic perspective even if this leads to improvement in the physical

facilities being offered by institutes it is well worth the investment While state funded institutes

get funds from state governments for building infrastructure for some of the centrally funded

institutes where infrastructure may have been falling apart this money would have been useful

9 Because of the fact that there is no proper system to track the usage of equipment ndash records are

maintained in physical form in the shape of log books and registers which render a macro analysis

50

impossible -- anecdotal evidence suggests that equipment bought is not being optimally utilized A

significantly higher number of research papers in refereed journals suggests that this may not be

true but the fact remains that there is no improvement in the number of technology transfers

commercialization of research or patent generation which remain weak This again brings into focus

the theory versus application part of teaching

10 Overall improvement in base infrastructure was important for institutes to advance to the next level

of development Except for some of the Centrally funded institutions none of the institutes which

received funding in TEQIP II are in the league of the six original IITs in terms of laboratory

infrastructure They do not have access to the kind of liberal funding that CFTIs get If they had not

got the present funds to buy equipment they would have taken at least five to seven years to

procure the same through the resources available to them Even for Central institutions as also for

others the availability of funds at one go meant that they could procure high costing software such

as Matlab Ansys Labview Cadence and Adobe which benefit students across departments

11 Funds for buying equipment and other soft resources enabled the institutes to take some steps

towards keeping pace with the rapidly changing advancements in technology Increased level of

automation and artificial intelligence in industry is reflected in the kind of purchases institutes have

made ndash various types of simulation software digital machines replacing analogue ones such as in

electrical engineering departments all-in-one automatic machines which combine several levels of

manual work such as in surveying in civil engineering departments robotic arms mimicking the

automated environment of modern factories attached to lathe machines in mechanical engineering

departments instruments capable of handling nano particles in specialized centres and 3D printers

capable of printing high precision devices which are being used in multiple fields

12 Most institutes have also bought subscriptions to high level international journals in various

streams both online and physical enabling access to vast repository of world class content for most

students

13 Institutes have not paid much thought to maintenance of equipment since most of the purchases

have been made in the past two-three years and warranty periods are still in force Most institutes

have also reported availability of in-house technicians to look after the machines though majority

said that they would sign annual maintenance contracts (AMC) with vendors Since AMCs usually

cost roughly 10 per cent of the cost of the equipment they felt that the resources allocated for the

same under TEQIP II would not be adequate and that they should be increased slightly

14 As per the feedback provided by almost all institutes they all agree that the equipment purchased

by them responds to faculty student needs and was done as per consultation and

recommendations of faculty They all follow well laid out norms for disposal of equipment which

keep environmental considerations in mind

6 -- Average number of departments among which each institute in Sub-component 11 divided

the total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 500 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

51

7-- Average number of departments among which each institute in sub-component 12 divided the

total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 284 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

2147403 ndash Number of items bought by institutes for office purpose in sub-component

11

101699 hours monthndash Utilisation of equipment by UG amp PG students in sub-component

11 as per available data of institutes which participated in the study

427 hours month ndash Average utilization of equipment by UG and PG students across

institutes in sub-component 11

51656 hours month -- Utilisation of equipment by PhD students in sub-component 11 as

per available data of institutes which participated in the study

37 hours month-- Average utilization of equipment by PhD students across institutes in sub-

component 11

52

Chapter 5 Way Forward

53

As data shows and case studies prove there can be no doubt that TEQIP II and the funds provided to

institutes for purchase of equipment and other soft resources have led to improvement in laboratory

infrastructure which in turn has helped in improving the output Some pointers for future stages of the

project are-

1 Even though TEQIP II had a major focus on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and institutes

were given significant amount of funds for purchase of equipment there were no guidelines or

benchmarks for them to judge themselves against and to understand what an ideal laboratory

should be like for any given department While it is good that they were given the freedom to decide

what they wanted to buy and it depended on the pro-activeness of the department heads on what

all they ended up getting funds for in an ideal scenario they should have been given a list of

essential basic equipment as well as research level equipment and they could have prioritized their

purchases on the basis of that

In all likelihood such department-wise lists do not exist anywhere In the third phase of TEQIP

therefore NPIU could commission a project which involves study of top world-class as well as top

national-level laboratories for each department Thereafter standard templates of equipment could

be prepared which could illustrate the requirement of equipment for each concept and practical for

every stream of engineering Based on standard frequency of usage and the number of students in a

class adequate numbers of any equipment could be recommended to be bought by institutes in

order to ensure that not too much time is wasted on rotating several batches of students on the

same equipment

Availability of such templates of equipment as well as soft resources which could be updated

periodically in keeping with the changes in technology and availability of resources would also help

policy makers understand how many institutes come up to a benchmark and how many need

further support

2 Institutes should start maintaining digital records of use of equipment which are bought for research

purposes These records should not be just digital copies of physical registers but should be in the

form of smart solutions which can track internal supply chains in laboratories as well as usage of

equipment The solutions should be able to provide real-time analysis of usage of equipment in

every laboratory and all laboratories could be linked to one centralized system There are various

kinds of RFID solutions available today which can handle usage patterns well The available

information could be used to devise solutions and create policy interventions to increase the actual

usage of equipment

3 Nodal institutes under TEQIP II could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of neighboring non-TEQIP institutes The

unspent money could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

4 Institutes could be encouraged to ensure that laboratories in all departments have well designed

brochures and information material such as leaflets and manuals on major equipment so that

dissemination of information about their availability is easy and their utilization could be increased

54

5 Facilities created in institutes are not being optimally utilized to increase interaction with industry

While rural location of the institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of

the reasons it is also true that in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the

commissioning of equipment Size of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for

anything on industrial scale But in most cases industry is not even aware of the existence of state-

of-the-art equipment inside institutes Regular interactions with sector-specific companies are a

must therefore to create a culture of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration

6 For decades research has happened in our country in isolation and at a distance from both industry

and academia Being largely funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) so far it

has been taking place inside the laboratories of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

The 37 laboratories of CSIR and its 39 field stations or extension centres have been working in the

areas of aerospace engineering structural engineering ocean science life science metallurgy

chemicals mining food petroleum leather and environmental science The ministry of HRD has

also started funding research in a big way in recent years through schemes such as Imprint ndash

Improving Research Innovation and Technology and the Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) It would be

fruitful for the country if research happening purely on the scientific side is able to converge with

that on the academic side Hence in order to ensure greater synergy between research and

teaching it is essential that technical institutes start working more closely with CSIR laboratories

This will bring them immediately closer to cutting edge research and provide rich exposure to

students Specially for institutions which have got improved laboratory facilities as a result of TEQIP

II funds collaboration with relevant CSIR laboratories will help them grow their research and at the

same time provide the latter with a steady flow of students to work on live projects

7 Institutions which have upgraded their laboratory infrastructure in the area of food and agriculture

will gain by collaborating with the government on its e-labs project which aims at automating the

testing procedure of soil fertiliser pesticide and equipment samples By ensuring speedy and

transparent online disbursement of information related to such tests the projectrsquos vision is to

reduce crop losses and increase the use of good quality bio-pesticides through fair and unbiased

testing Institutions and students will be able to learn a lot about quality control and the processes

involved in digital testing through collaboration with the government on e-labs

8 In order to ensure transparency in procurement processes it is advisable that institutes make use of

the governmentrsquos new e-marketplace called GEM Through the portal wwwgemnicin institutes

can buy virtually anything and everything that they may require specially consumables office

equipment furniture and software Buying through this portal will speed up procurement and

improve the efficiency of institutes Created and maintained by the Directorate General of Supplies

amp Disposals (DGSampD) it provides tools for e-bidding reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to

help users get best value for their money At the national level a system of procurement should be

put in place including committee to look into the requirement and availability of equipment taking

global scenarios into consideration

Appendices

Appendix 1

55

State-wise Number of Institutions Under Technical Education QualityImprovement Programme II (2010-2017)

S Name of State CFIs Sub‐component 11 Sub‐component 12 Total No of

Institutions 1 Andhra Pradesh 5 6 11 2 Bihar 2 ‐‐ 2 3 Chhattisgarh 4 ‐‐ 4 4 Gujarat 7 ‐‐ 7 5 Haryana 3 3 6 6 Himachal Pradesh 1 ‐‐ 1 7 Jharkhand 1 1 2 8 Karnataka 4 15 19 9 Kerala 19 ‐‐ 19

10 Madhya Pradesh 3 2 5 11 Maharashtra 7 10 17

12 NCT‐Delhi ‐‐ 1 1 13 Odisha 2 ‐‐ 2 14 Punjab 7 1 8 15 Rajasthan 9 ‐‐ 9 16 Tamil Nadu 5 4 9 17 Telangana 8 5 13 18 Tripura 1 ‐‐ 1 19 UT‐Chandigarh 2 1 3 20 UT‐Puducherry 1 ‐‐ 1 21 Uttar Pradesh 2 5 7 22 Uttarakhand 1 2 3 23 West Bengal 11 3 14 24 Centrally Funded

Institutions (CFIs) 8 18 26

Total 113 77 190

Appendix 2 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 11

S Name of the Name of the Institution

No State UT

1 JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

2 Aditya Institute of Technology amp Management Tekkali Srikakulam

Andhra

3 Madanapalle Institute of Technology amp Science Madanapalle

Pradesh

4 Shri Vishnu Engineering College for women Vishnupur Bhimavaram

5 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College Chittoor

6 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur

Bihar

7 Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur

8 Government Engineering College Bilaspur

9 Government Engineering College Jagdalpur Bastar

Chhattisgarh

10 Government Engineering College Raipur

11 Rungta College of Engineering amp Technology Bhilai

56

12 Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

13 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Vallabh Vidynagar

14 Lukhdirji Engineering College Morbi

15 Gujarat Shantilal Shah Engineering College Bhavnagar

16 Government Engineering College Gandhinagar

17 Government Engineering College Rajkot

18 Government Engineering College Patan

19 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology (UIET) Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

Haryana

20 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology MDU Rohtak

21 NC College of Engineering Panipat

22 Himachal Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar Mandi

Pradesh

23 Jharkhand Cambridge Institute of Technology Ranchi

24 BVB College of Engineering amp Technology Hubli

25 PES College of Engineering Mandya

Karnataka

26 Government Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jublee Technological Institute Bangalore

27 NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore

2

SNo Name of the

Name of the Institution

StateUT

28 Government Engineering College Thrissur

29 Government Engineering College Kozhikode

30 Government Engineering College Painavu Idukki

31 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

32 School of Engineering Cochin University of Science amp Technology Cochin

33 Government College of Engineering Kannur

34 Government Engineering College Bartonhill Thiruvananthapuram

35 LBS Institute of Technology for Women Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram

36 College of Engineering Perumon Perinad Kollam

37 Kerala College of Engineering Kidangoor Kottayam

38 Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

57

39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

58

70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

60

Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

62

77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

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17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

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e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

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2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

70

Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

72

Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

73

Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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16

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 93 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Karnataka (Figure 8)

Total population in lakh 611

Literacy rate 754

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

712 (117)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

5

Gross Enrolment Ratio 264

Total number of engineering institutes 166

Institutes in sub-component 11 4

Institutes in sub-component 12 15

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 19

Total available funds Rs 215 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 927 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 75 crore

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Figure 7 Jharkhand

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

17

Kerala (Figure 9)

Total population in lakh 334

Literacy rate 94

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

305 (91)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

22

Gross Enrolment Ratio 287

Total number of engineering institutes 98

Institutes in sub-component 11 19

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 19

Total available funds Rs 190 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1045 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 106 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

18

Madhya Pradesh (Figure 10)

Total population in lakh 7263

Literacy rate 693

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

879 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

62

Gross Enrolment Ratio 196

Total number of engineering institutes 121

Institutes in sub-component 11 3

Institutes in sub-component 12 2

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 5

Total available funds Rs 49 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 23 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 17 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

19

Maharashtra (Figure 11)

Total population in lakh 11237

Literacy rate 823

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

1334 (119)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

94

Gross Enrolment Ratio 279

Total number of engineering institutes 216

Institutes in sub-component 11 7

Institutes in sub-component 12 10

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 17

Total available funds Rs 254 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 119 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 102 crore

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Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

20

Delhi (Figure 12)

Total population in lakh 1679

Literacy rate 862

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

224 (133)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

16

Gross Enrolment Ratio 435

Total number of engineering institutes 15

Institutes in sub-component 11 0

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 125 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 56 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 15 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Available funds

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21

Odisha (Figure 13)

Total population in lakh 4197

Literacy rate 729

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

466 (111)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

33

Gross Enrolment Ratio 177

Total number of engineering institutes 68

Institutes in sub-component 11 2

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 2

Total available funds Rs 20 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 105 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 108 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

125

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22

Punjab (Figure 14)

Total population in lakh 2774

Literacy rate 758

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

325 (117)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

23

Gross Enrolment Ratio 27

Total number of engineering institutes 87

Institutes in sub-component 11 7

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 8

Total available funds Rs 81 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 42 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 22 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Figure 13 Odisha

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

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Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

23

Rajasthan (Figure 15)

Total population in lakh 6855

Literacy rate 661

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

871 (127)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

62

Gross Enrolment Ratio 20

Total number of engineering institutes 82

Institutes in sub-component 11 9

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 9

Total available funds Rs 84 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 45 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 32 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Tamil Nadu (Figure 16)

Total population in lakh 7215

Literacy rate 80

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

73 (101)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

52

Gross Enrolment Ratio 452

Total number of engineering institutes 326

Institutes in sub-component 11 5

Institutes in sub-component 12 4

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 9

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Available funds

Actual expenditure

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24

Total available funds Rs 140 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 74 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 70 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Telangana (Figure 17)

Total population in lakh 350

Literacy rate 664

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

406 (114)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

29

Gross Enrolment Ratio 36

Total number of engineering institutes 182

Institutes in sub-component 11 8

Institutes in sub-component 12 5

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 13

Total available funds Rs 120 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 45 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 34 crore

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Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plansubmitted by the institute

25

Tripura

Total population in lakh 367

Literacy rate 872

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

44 (119)

2015 projected share of state 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

03

Gross Enrolment Ratio 168

Total number of engineering institutes 6

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 10 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 55 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 54 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

UT-Chandigarh (Figure 18)

Total population in lakh 106

Literacy rate 861

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

17 (165)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

01

Gross Enrolment Ratio 56

Total number of engineering institutes 2

Institutes in sub-component 11 2

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 3

Total available funds Rs 475 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying Rs 24 crore

0

500

1000

1500

2000

Figure 17 Telangana

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

26

equipment and other resources

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 20 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Puducherry

Total population in lakh 125

Literacy rate 859

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

15 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

01

Gross Enrolment Ratio 46

Total number of engineering institutes 10

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 15 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 8 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 6 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Uttar Pradesh (Figure 19)

Total population in lakh 1998

Literacy rate 677

0200400600800

100012001400160018002000

Fun

ds

in r

up

ees

lakh

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plansubmitted by institute

28

West Bengal (Figure 21)

Total population in lakh 9128

Literacy rate 763

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

109 (12)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

77

Gross Enrolment Ratio 174

Total number of engineering institutes 72

Institutes in sub-component 11 11

Institutes in sub-component 12 3

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 14

Total available funds Rs 179 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 88 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 82 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0

200

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600

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1200

1400FU

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Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rscrore)

Estimate as per plansubmitted by institute

29

CFIs (Figure 22)

Institutes in sub-component 11 8

Institutes in sub-component 12 18

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 26

Total available funds Rs 415 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 200 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1625 crore

0200400600800

100012001400160018002000

Figure 21 West Bengal

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

0200400600800

100012001400160018002000

Figure 22 Centrally-funded institutions (CFIs)

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

30

Utilisation Analysis

In this section data on buying of equipment and other resources has been first analysed component-wise

and then department-wise

While data was collected from all institutes and a broad understanding was arrived at of the kind of

equipment and other resources money was spent on from the extensive lists provided by institutions it was

difficult to analyse how much money was spent on which category of item For the sake of analysis

therefore each equipment and item named by the institute was manually categorized into the following

broad categories-

1 Laboratory equipment (included all items bought for laboratories such as machines laptops

desktops and projectors)

2 Connectivity (included equipment related to creating wi-fi networks such as cables connectors

servers modems UPS racks adapters pipes and switches)

3 Books (included hard copies as well as subscriptions of e-journals for libraries)

4 Smart class (included white boards display panels podiums amplifiers cables projectors mixers

microphones webcam and wireless sensors)

5 Software

6 Office equipment (included laptops desktops printers scanners LCDs generator sets projectors

tables chairs almirahs digital signages etc bought for principalrsquos office directorrsquos office faculty

staff department rooms TEQIP office)

7 Furniture (included furniture for class rooms and departments)

8 Civil work (included flooring false ceilings repair work lighting)

Post the categorization in these eight broad heads the picture which emerged (Figure 23) for sub-

component 11 showed 58 per cent expenditure on laboratory equipment 14 per cent on software 10 per

cent on books 7 per cent each on office equipment and connectivity and 1-2 per cent each on furniture civil

work and smart classes This is in keeping with the goals of TEQIP II which had envisaged least expenditure

on civil work It was limited to 5 per cent of total expenditure on equipment for institutes under sub-

component 11 and 3 per cent for those under sub-component 12 If unspent institutes were free to use

this money for equipment and other resources So low expenditure on civil work is an achievement of TEQIP

II There should have been more expenditure on connectivity ndash campus-wide wifi networks ndash but that could

be due to the fact that several institutes already had wifi networks in place and did not need TEQIP funds to

do that

31

In sub-component 12 (Figure 24) this break-up was more or less on the same lines though the expenditure

on laboratory equipment in this sub-component was much higher at 70 per cent because of the inclusion of

centres of excellence and higher focus on post-graduate and PhD level studies This was followed by 17 per

cent on software and 5 per cent each on books and office equipment Rest was all 2 per cent and less and

negligible amount of expenditure on civil work was seen in this category

Department-wise

analysis of equipment

purchased by

institutes shows that in

sub-component 11

(Figure 25) highest

Lab equipment58

Software 14

Books 10

Office equipment

7

Connectivity 7

Smart class2

Furniture1

Civil work1

EXPENDITURE (11)

Figure 23

Office equipment

5

Software 17

Smart class1

EXPENDITURE (12)

Figure 29

32

076 164 46678

961 10631459

2169

TOTAL AMOUNT SPENT BY DEPARTMENTS (IN RS LAKH)

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

(in Rs crore)

number of equipment were bought by computer amp IT departments followed by electrical mechanical

electronics and civil departments For the purpose of categorization two or more streams of a kind were

merged into one and numbers for both streams taken together For instance computer science and

information technology were merged into one Similarly electronics amp instrumentation and electronics amp

electrical were taken together under electronics

While sub-component 11 presented a picture on expected lines with the top five departments being

generally the biggest departments in institutes in sub-component 12 this picture was slightly confusing

Here the top two departmentsndash electronics and civil ndash were ahead of other departments (Table 1) by an

inexplicable margin One of the reasons for this could be the fact that most of the equipment bought for the

centres of excellence would have had items related to electronics But that still does not explain the

unusually high number of items for civil engineering departments

Table 1 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 12

Name of the department Number of items bought

Mining 23

BioTech 137

Chemical 170

Mechanical 497

Computer amp IT 661

Electrical 969

Electronics 544915

Civil 1701948

On the other hand an expenditure-wise analysis of the same departments shows a different picture (Figure

26) with mechanical engineering department emerging top with expenditure of Rs 216 crore and electrical

department showing expenditure of Rs 145 crore Civil department is at number 3 with expenditure of Rs

106 crore The aberration in the number of items could have been because civil and electronics

departments would have bought a large number of items of small value

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166 224 45 481 934 14772459

3138

Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

(in Rs crore)Figure 27

As per the data provided by institutes those in sub-component 11 show higher expenditure

department-wise with mechanical engineering department at top with expenditure of Rs 313

crore These should however be taken only as indicative figures as the numbers cannot be absolute

(Figure 27)

Table 7 Top 20 Lab equipment bought by institutes in 11

CNC Lathe machines

Compressor testing machine

Computer and peripherals

Computerised machines

Digital meters

Gas chromatograph

Micro-controller

Micro-processor

Oscilloscope

PCB prototyping machine

Robotic kits

Solar PV systems

Spectrum analyser

Thermal imager

Total Station

Ultrasonic probe

Universal testing machine

UV-spectrophotometer

Voltmeter

Wattmeter

34

Table 2 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 11

Table 21 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 12

1 CNC Lathe machines Advanced laser kit

2 Compressor testing machine Asphalt material performance tester

3 Computer and peripherals Atomic absorption spectrophotometer

4 Computerised machines Bio-reactors

5 Digital meters BOD incubator

6 Gas chromatograph Centrifuge

7 Micro-controller CNC lathe machine

8 Micro-processor Compression testing

9 Oscilloscope Computer and peripherals

10 PCB prototyping machine Digital image processing

11 Robotic kits Digital multimeter

12 Solar PV systems Electric discharge machine

13 Spectrum analyser Hydraulic pressing

14 Thermal imager Magnetic stirrer

15 Total Station Microwave simulator

16 Ultrasonic probe Optical microscope

17 Universal testing machine PCB prototype machine

18 UV-spectrophotometer Thermal analyser

19 Voltmeter Thermal scanner

20 Wattmeter Wireless sensor network kit

Impact of Utilisation

No amount of data tracking or record keeping is worth

the effort if it does not translate into improvement in

actual output The real impact of all this expenditure by

institutes on buying of latest equipment is only useful in

so far as it is able to show growth in the number of

publications or rise in the number of post-graduate

student intake Looked at from that perspective TEQIP II

seems to have made satisfactory progress as the data

maintained by the National Project Implementation Unit

UPWARD TREND

Increase in the number of

publications in refereed

journals

Increase in the number of PG

and PhD students

Increase in revenue generated

through consultancy

35

(NPIU) shows There has been a significant improvement over the years in the number of publications in

refereed journals which till last year have been showing above target performance Only the numbers for

2016-17 are low considering that the data captured is till the month of February 2017 only From a target of

7500 publications in 2010-11 and a realization of 11722to a target of 14500 in 2015-16 and a realization of

18482 (Figure 28) the growth has been impressive though again how much of it is due to buying of

equipment alone is debatable

Another key performance indicatoras per the planners of TEQIP II was rise in the total number of masters

and PhD level students from a baseline of 30000 in 2010-11 to 41000 by 2016 Seen from that angle also the

performance of the programme has exceeded the target To a large extent this can be attributed to

availability of better laboratory infrastructure as it would have been a major factor behind the institutesrsquo

capability to attract students for MTech and PhD (Figure 29)

7032 7500 8000 8500 9000

14000 14500

11722

1606618103

20037

22556

18482

2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016

Fig 28 Number of publications in refereed journals in TEQIP II institutions

Target Actual

36

The percentage of externally funded RampD projects and consultancies in total revenue has increased from 7

per cent in 2010-11 to 14 per cent in 2015-16 against a target of 12 per cent (Figure 30)

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

Target 7032 32000 33000 34000 34000 40000 40500

Actual 35132 37791 44171 49251 48718 45659

0

10000

20000

30000

40000

50000

60000

Fig 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP I

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

2016-2017

Target 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12

Actual 82 11 127 137 117 14 125

0

2

4

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8

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12

14

16

Tota

l Rev

enu

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Fig 30 Consultancy revenue generated

37

Chapter 3 Case Studies

38

Government Engineering College Thrissur Kerala

(with inputs from Prof Manoj Kumar K V Coordinator TEQIP II GEC Thrissur)

The entire process of planning procurement and the complete cycle of improved input resulting in improved output can be illustrated through the case study of Government Engineering College Thrissur which is one of the model colleges in TEQIP II and received funds under sub-component 11 It is the second oldest engineering in the state of Kerala and is affiliated to the University of Calicut Its foundation stone was laid by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in April 1958 and among its famous alumni are Dr K Radhakrishnan former chairman of Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) Out of the project allocation of Rs 10 crore Rs 55 crore was utilized by the institute for procurement of equipment The fund was apportioned among the departments based on student strength and their need to modernize and strengthen their various laboratories The procurement plan was finalized from the proposals received from the departments and vetted by the State Project Facilitation Unit (SPFU) before being executed through the Procurement Management Support System (PMSS) which was a web portal created by the National Project Implementation Unit (NPIU) to manage the project

39

Figure 31 10 steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan (Figure 38)

Departments were asked to draw up a

three-year procurement plan based on

their needs Department heads

coordinators and TEQIP nodal officers

had a meeting in the institute in

January 2012 to understand the plans

and procedures as available on NPIU

website

In February the Principal of the

institute TEQIP coordinator and

procurement coordinator attended a

training session conducted by NPIU at

Thiruvananthapuram Participation in

this session was facilitated by SPFU and

it entailed extensive training on how to

use the PMSS website

A training session was organized in the

institute for the benefit of Heads of

Departments (HoDs) and Department

TEQIP coordinators The programme

was attended by 24 officials and it

covered the entire set of activities

pertaining to purchase through PMSS --

from configuration management plan

creation and revision packaging and

procuring to stocking

Procurement coordinator and

department TEQIP coordinators also

attended a training program organized

by SPFUat School of Engineering

Cochin University of Science and

Technologyin February 2012

The SPFU arranged a discussion at

directorateoffice Thiruvanantha-

puramin February to fine tune the plan

and to facilitate data entry through

PMSS The finetuning included clubbing

of similar items from various

departments into one package limiting

the threshold to a maximum of 90 per

cent included in a scheme and revising

the tentative timelines based on plan

approval which was expected by mid-

April 2012 The institute was advised to

procure a particular software used for

double entry book-keeping through

PMSS and to identify 2 National

Competitive Bidding (NCB)

procurement plans to be sent to

Central authorities for approval

The rejigged procurement plan after

consultation with the concerned

coordinators was uploaded on the

website on 28thFebruary 2012

The plan was reviewed by SPFU and

some corrections were suggested

The corrected plan was uploaded again

At a meeting convened on 14thMarch

2012 at LBS College for Women

Thiruvananthapuram the first approval

of the plan was given by Director SPFU

On 31st March 2012 the Principal

convened a meeting of HoDs and

departmental TEQIP coordinators and

instructions were issued to draw up

specifications with respect to every

package so that the data was readily

available for entry to PMSS once the

plan was approved by NPIUWorld

Bank

1 2

3 4

5

6

8

7

9

10

40

Procurement activities were in full swing during the first 18 months of the project and were executed fully as

per the plan Procurement was completed in 82 packages including 68 National Shopping (NS)packages 7

National Competitive Bidding (NCB) packages 2 Direct Contract packages and 5 Civil Works packages

The institute made maximum expenditure in 2013-14 (Figure 32) across different heads Its investments on

laboratory modernization and strengthening started in 2012 and continued till 2017 (Figure 33) Overall it

spent bulk of the money (88 per cent) on modernization of laboratories and 5 per cent on ICT enabled

learning (Figure 34)

5851520

36470287

6909895

61170 1552063

0

5000000

10000000

15000000

20000000

25000000

30000000

35000000

40000000

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur (in Rs)

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Figure 32

2012-1311

2013-1473

2014-1515

2015-160

2016-171

EXPENDITURE ON MODERNISATION STRENGTHENING OF LABS AT GEC THRISSUR

Figure 33

41

Major equipment bought by the institute with TEQIP II funds includes a Rheometer which is not available in

any other institution in the state and offers potential for research and consultancy It is used for determining

the rheological behaviors of liquids and solids It has applications in polymer nano-composites which are the

emerging field of research The stress rheology measurements provide information for spread ability

emulsion stability suspension leveling flow control thermal stability extrudability and thickening etc The

fluid can be highly non-newtonian The equipment is useful for MTech students and faculty for doing

research

The institute also bought a Gas Chromatograph which is used in analyzing compositions purity and for

separating different components of a mixture based on volatility It is also used in identifying a compound

and its applications include analysis of toxicity of soil water and air identifying unknown compounds etc

The equipment is useful for faculty and students in doing research and projects in the field of environmental

engineering and provides opportunities for pollution control related consultancy work

Another important purchase is Accelerated Curing Tank With concrete construction increasing at a rapid

pace this equipment provides the possibility of accelerating the curing time Normal method of curing takes

28 days To reduce the curing time of concrete and test its strength accelerated curing is required and this

can be achieved with the use of Accelerated Curing Tank in the laboratory

88

5 4

0

0

3

Fig 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14at Government Engineering College Thrissur

Expenditure on modernisation strengthening of existinglaboratories

Expenditure on ICT enabledlearning related softwareamphardware

Expenditure on library ie books e-books

Journals e-journals course specificsoftware

Expenditure on modernisation ofclassrooms

Others (furniture)

42

Table 3 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Name of the Equipment

Cost (in rupees)

Pressure Volume Change Controller

365625

Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Suit

1365000

Solar Photovoltaic grid tied training system with MPPT

367500

Gas Chromatograph 1494692

Rheometer 2687350

Surface Roughness Tester

401205

Multimedia Projector 114162

Thermal Imager 746366

Machine Conditioning Monitor

861685

Metallurgical Image Analysis System for Welding

283500

Software Factory CAD 320000

Robot 567000

Pipe Flow Software 149234

Petrol Engine Test Setup

783090

Tribometer 609900

Vibration Analyser 539175

Slotting Machine 449243

Lathe and Shaping Machine

869001

Metal Cutting Band saw 156240

Digital Viscometer 919050

Solid Modeling Software

356590

Ultrasonic Flow Detector

235561

43

Rapid Phototyping Machine

814800

Group Video Conferencing Kit

533340

Lan Trainer 106180

The efforts of the institute over the years have led to improved student placements and intake (Figure 35)

Output in terms of publications in international journals and participation of faculty and students in

international conferences has also gone up considerably (Figure 36)

Top 10 international journals in which faculty and students have secured publications since TEQIP II are

Name of Journal

1 IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

2 International Journal on Numerical Methods in Fluids

261221

570527

357

766

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Placement offers Students placed Intake of students

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 35 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 36 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

Publication in international journals Participation in international conferences

44

3 IETE Technical Review

4 Journal of the Optical Society of America

5 International Journal of Power amp Energy Systems

6 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

7 International Journal of Remote Sensing

8 Automatica

9 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

10 ASME Journal of Heat Transfer

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering amp Technology

Aligarh Muslim University

Another institute with an impeccable history and track record is Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and

Technology (ZHCET) which is a constituent college of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and it received TEQIP

II funds under sub-component 11 AMU was set up by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as Mohammedan Anglo-

Oriental College in 1875 Against available funds of Rs 10 crore ZHCET utilized Rs 618 crore as of February

2017 Following is a glimpse into the major equipment purchased by the institute

Name of the equipment Centrifugal Pump and Pelton Turbine Module Nozzle

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3349138

Reason for buying To improve teaching and research in fluid mechanics section of mechanical engineering

department The equipment comprises centrifugal pump with flowmeter valves reservoir and

instrumentation for measurement and display of inlet outlet pressures torque speed and power and

turbine inlet pressure for Peltan turbine

Name of the equipment Universal High Voltage Test system and Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage Tester

(PE-AOBDV-MXXX)

Name of the department Electrical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 4522500

Reason for buying A new MTech programme in High Voltage Engineering was started under TEQIP II for

which enhanced laboratory infrastructure was needed PE-AOBDV-M series of Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage

Testers are highly precise instruments which can be used to conduct either a breakdown voltage test or do a proof

(withstand) test Dielectric Breakdown Voltage testing of Oil is one such means to detect the voltage at power

frequency at which it is likely to cause a flash-over

Name of the equipment Altium Nanoboard FPGA Kit

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1368863

Reason for buying Five kits were bought for under-graduate and post-graduate students

45

Name of the equipmentExata Software Emulator for Networking

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1245780

Reason for buying BTech students use it to perform experiments in EL-494 (Communication Lab -III) to

study the performance of simulated networks M Tech students use it for projects and dissertations Three

faculty members are using this software for RampD purpose

Name of the equipmentPotentiostat Galvanostat with Impedance Analyzer

Name of the department Petroleum Studies

Cost of equipment Rs 1562925

Reason for buying Potentiostate is at the heart of research on electrochemistry It is mainly used for

research in the area of fuel cell membrane cyclic voltammeter and super capacitors

Name of the equipment Imac 215 Quad Core i5 with Apple Protection Plan

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 205800

Reason for buying Two units of Imac were bought for the post-graduate and networking laboratories of

computer engineering department so that students could develop software based on iOS

Altium Nanoboard

FPGA Kit

46

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli was set up in 1947 with only the civil engineering under-graduate

programme Since 2007 the institute has been autonomous having been affiliated to Bombay University

Pune University and Shivaji University in the past The institute received TEQIP II funds under sub-

component 12 It was eligible to receive Rs 125 crore It submitted procurement plan for Rs 87 crore and

spent Rs 618 crore as of February 2017

MAJOR EQUIPMENT BOUGHT

Name of the equipment Shake Table Set-up

Name of the department Civil amp Structural Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1925776

Reason for buying To establish an earthquake engineering laboratory for conducting studies on response of

structures to earthquake induced vibrations To investigate structural response under various dynamic

loading conditions

Name of the equipment Electromagnetic Exciter with Pay Load Capacity of 100 to 150 kg

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2310824

Reason for buying To carry out research work in the field of dynamic analysis for various systems

Name of the equipment Micro Machining Centre Hyper-15w table top type integrated multi-process CNC

machine tool

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3078000

Reason for buying To develop micro machining centre for the research of micro machining PG production

laboratory

2663678

6154586

7489947

8770675

8777330

10572980

11435333

0 4000000 8000000 12000000

OFFICE

ELECTRICAL

ELECTRONICS

CIVIL (CIVIL+ CIVIL ENVIRONMENTAL+ hellip

LIBRARY

COMPUTER + IT

MECHANICAL

Fig 37 Department-wise expenditure Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Figures in rupees

47

Name of the equipment Dynamometer with Built-In Three Channel Charge Amplifiers

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1876090

Reason for buying To carry out research in the area of machining

Name of the equipment Lab View Add-ons Image Processing using Smart Camera Evaluation Kit

Name of the department Electronics Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3421650

Reason for buying Design simulation and prototyping platform for experiments on DSP communication

embedded control and measurements visual representation of experimental results

Name of the equipment Thermal Conductivity Analyzer with Material -- liquid pastes and small particles

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2100000

Reason for buying Post-graduate research and laboratory development

48

Chapter 4 Key Findings

49

1 On an average funds given to institutions for purchase of equipment and soft resources have led to

significant improvement in laboratory infrastructure of the institutes under study

2 The impact of such purchases on improvement in quality is not easily quantifiable in measurable

terms To assess the same other correlated parameters could be looked at such as improvement in

the number of research publications in refereed journals increase in the number of PhD students

number of faculty involved in research or the percentage of student placement However none of

these parameters can be directly or solely be said to be due to the improvement in physical or

digital infrastructure of institutes

3 Institutes did not have a clear-cut strategy of what best use they could put the available money to

Given that each institute on an average got Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and other resources

they could have used the money to create at least one best-in-class facility in any of the

departments which was equipped to utilize that facility in terms of augmenting the interaction of

the institute with industry or generating more resources through assignments from other agencies

While institutes in sub-component 12 had the provision to set up centres of excellence even in sub-

component 11 they could have done so if they had worked with that aim and vision

4 Instead institutes on an average divided the money equally across six departments and each

department on an average bought one-two machines which were significantly expensive and the

rest of the money was spent on buying other small routine equipment desktops laptops

networking servers software and e-journals Collaborations between departments for research

projects were however missing

5 This pattern of expenditure can be explained by the fact that our engineering institutions are still in

a phase where there is more emphasis on theory than practical Hands-on learning or project-based

approach in teaching is relatively new for institutions which is why there is not much emphasis on

understanding the practical aspects of learning such as producing patents versus papers

6 Institutes were seen to be over protective wherever even a slightly costly equipment was bought By

their own admission such equipment was most of the time kept under lock and key and was at best

displayed to students They were rarely given the opportunity to actually do something with it on

their own

7 Equal receipt of money by a number of departments has led to overall improvement in laboratory

standards of all departments which is good from an egalitarian perspective It is also good that all

departments have been able to uniformly upgrade their infrastructure and will therefore be able to

compete with each other in attracting good students faculty as well as assignments from industry in

future

8 Discussions with focus groups suggest that institutes spent large amounts of money on creating or

refurbishing physical infrastructure While non-academic experts may see this as wasteful

expenditure from an academic perspective even if this leads to improvement in the physical

facilities being offered by institutes it is well worth the investment While state funded institutes

get funds from state governments for building infrastructure for some of the centrally funded

institutes where infrastructure may have been falling apart this money would have been useful

9 Because of the fact that there is no proper system to track the usage of equipment ndash records are

maintained in physical form in the shape of log books and registers which render a macro analysis

50

impossible -- anecdotal evidence suggests that equipment bought is not being optimally utilized A

significantly higher number of research papers in refereed journals suggests that this may not be

true but the fact remains that there is no improvement in the number of technology transfers

commercialization of research or patent generation which remain weak This again brings into focus

the theory versus application part of teaching

10 Overall improvement in base infrastructure was important for institutes to advance to the next level

of development Except for some of the Centrally funded institutions none of the institutes which

received funding in TEQIP II are in the league of the six original IITs in terms of laboratory

infrastructure They do not have access to the kind of liberal funding that CFTIs get If they had not

got the present funds to buy equipment they would have taken at least five to seven years to

procure the same through the resources available to them Even for Central institutions as also for

others the availability of funds at one go meant that they could procure high costing software such

as Matlab Ansys Labview Cadence and Adobe which benefit students across departments

11 Funds for buying equipment and other soft resources enabled the institutes to take some steps

towards keeping pace with the rapidly changing advancements in technology Increased level of

automation and artificial intelligence in industry is reflected in the kind of purchases institutes have

made ndash various types of simulation software digital machines replacing analogue ones such as in

electrical engineering departments all-in-one automatic machines which combine several levels of

manual work such as in surveying in civil engineering departments robotic arms mimicking the

automated environment of modern factories attached to lathe machines in mechanical engineering

departments instruments capable of handling nano particles in specialized centres and 3D printers

capable of printing high precision devices which are being used in multiple fields

12 Most institutes have also bought subscriptions to high level international journals in various

streams both online and physical enabling access to vast repository of world class content for most

students

13 Institutes have not paid much thought to maintenance of equipment since most of the purchases

have been made in the past two-three years and warranty periods are still in force Most institutes

have also reported availability of in-house technicians to look after the machines though majority

said that they would sign annual maintenance contracts (AMC) with vendors Since AMCs usually

cost roughly 10 per cent of the cost of the equipment they felt that the resources allocated for the

same under TEQIP II would not be adequate and that they should be increased slightly

14 As per the feedback provided by almost all institutes they all agree that the equipment purchased

by them responds to faculty student needs and was done as per consultation and

recommendations of faculty They all follow well laid out norms for disposal of equipment which

keep environmental considerations in mind

6 -- Average number of departments among which each institute in Sub-component 11 divided

the total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 500 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

51

7-- Average number of departments among which each institute in sub-component 12 divided the

total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 284 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

2147403 ndash Number of items bought by institutes for office purpose in sub-component

11

101699 hours monthndash Utilisation of equipment by UG amp PG students in sub-component

11 as per available data of institutes which participated in the study

427 hours month ndash Average utilization of equipment by UG and PG students across

institutes in sub-component 11

51656 hours month -- Utilisation of equipment by PhD students in sub-component 11 as

per available data of institutes which participated in the study

37 hours month-- Average utilization of equipment by PhD students across institutes in sub-

component 11

52

Chapter 5 Way Forward

53

As data shows and case studies prove there can be no doubt that TEQIP II and the funds provided to

institutes for purchase of equipment and other soft resources have led to improvement in laboratory

infrastructure which in turn has helped in improving the output Some pointers for future stages of the

project are-

1 Even though TEQIP II had a major focus on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and institutes

were given significant amount of funds for purchase of equipment there were no guidelines or

benchmarks for them to judge themselves against and to understand what an ideal laboratory

should be like for any given department While it is good that they were given the freedom to decide

what they wanted to buy and it depended on the pro-activeness of the department heads on what

all they ended up getting funds for in an ideal scenario they should have been given a list of

essential basic equipment as well as research level equipment and they could have prioritized their

purchases on the basis of that

In all likelihood such department-wise lists do not exist anywhere In the third phase of TEQIP

therefore NPIU could commission a project which involves study of top world-class as well as top

national-level laboratories for each department Thereafter standard templates of equipment could

be prepared which could illustrate the requirement of equipment for each concept and practical for

every stream of engineering Based on standard frequency of usage and the number of students in a

class adequate numbers of any equipment could be recommended to be bought by institutes in

order to ensure that not too much time is wasted on rotating several batches of students on the

same equipment

Availability of such templates of equipment as well as soft resources which could be updated

periodically in keeping with the changes in technology and availability of resources would also help

policy makers understand how many institutes come up to a benchmark and how many need

further support

2 Institutes should start maintaining digital records of use of equipment which are bought for research

purposes These records should not be just digital copies of physical registers but should be in the

form of smart solutions which can track internal supply chains in laboratories as well as usage of

equipment The solutions should be able to provide real-time analysis of usage of equipment in

every laboratory and all laboratories could be linked to one centralized system There are various

kinds of RFID solutions available today which can handle usage patterns well The available

information could be used to devise solutions and create policy interventions to increase the actual

usage of equipment

3 Nodal institutes under TEQIP II could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of neighboring non-TEQIP institutes The

unspent money could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

4 Institutes could be encouraged to ensure that laboratories in all departments have well designed

brochures and information material such as leaflets and manuals on major equipment so that

dissemination of information about their availability is easy and their utilization could be increased

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5 Facilities created in institutes are not being optimally utilized to increase interaction with industry

While rural location of the institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of

the reasons it is also true that in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the

commissioning of equipment Size of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for

anything on industrial scale But in most cases industry is not even aware of the existence of state-

of-the-art equipment inside institutes Regular interactions with sector-specific companies are a

must therefore to create a culture of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration

6 For decades research has happened in our country in isolation and at a distance from both industry

and academia Being largely funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) so far it

has been taking place inside the laboratories of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

The 37 laboratories of CSIR and its 39 field stations or extension centres have been working in the

areas of aerospace engineering structural engineering ocean science life science metallurgy

chemicals mining food petroleum leather and environmental science The ministry of HRD has

also started funding research in a big way in recent years through schemes such as Imprint ndash

Improving Research Innovation and Technology and the Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) It would be

fruitful for the country if research happening purely on the scientific side is able to converge with

that on the academic side Hence in order to ensure greater synergy between research and

teaching it is essential that technical institutes start working more closely with CSIR laboratories

This will bring them immediately closer to cutting edge research and provide rich exposure to

students Specially for institutions which have got improved laboratory facilities as a result of TEQIP

II funds collaboration with relevant CSIR laboratories will help them grow their research and at the

same time provide the latter with a steady flow of students to work on live projects

7 Institutions which have upgraded their laboratory infrastructure in the area of food and agriculture

will gain by collaborating with the government on its e-labs project which aims at automating the

testing procedure of soil fertiliser pesticide and equipment samples By ensuring speedy and

transparent online disbursement of information related to such tests the projectrsquos vision is to

reduce crop losses and increase the use of good quality bio-pesticides through fair and unbiased

testing Institutions and students will be able to learn a lot about quality control and the processes

involved in digital testing through collaboration with the government on e-labs

8 In order to ensure transparency in procurement processes it is advisable that institutes make use of

the governmentrsquos new e-marketplace called GEM Through the portal wwwgemnicin institutes

can buy virtually anything and everything that they may require specially consumables office

equipment furniture and software Buying through this portal will speed up procurement and

improve the efficiency of institutes Created and maintained by the Directorate General of Supplies

amp Disposals (DGSampD) it provides tools for e-bidding reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to

help users get best value for their money At the national level a system of procurement should be

put in place including committee to look into the requirement and availability of equipment taking

global scenarios into consideration

Appendices

Appendix 1

55

State-wise Number of Institutions Under Technical Education QualityImprovement Programme II (2010-2017)

S Name of State CFIs Sub‐component 11 Sub‐component 12 Total No of

Institutions 1 Andhra Pradesh 5 6 11 2 Bihar 2 ‐‐ 2 3 Chhattisgarh 4 ‐‐ 4 4 Gujarat 7 ‐‐ 7 5 Haryana 3 3 6 6 Himachal Pradesh 1 ‐‐ 1 7 Jharkhand 1 1 2 8 Karnataka 4 15 19 9 Kerala 19 ‐‐ 19

10 Madhya Pradesh 3 2 5 11 Maharashtra 7 10 17

12 NCT‐Delhi ‐‐ 1 1 13 Odisha 2 ‐‐ 2 14 Punjab 7 1 8 15 Rajasthan 9 ‐‐ 9 16 Tamil Nadu 5 4 9 17 Telangana 8 5 13 18 Tripura 1 ‐‐ 1 19 UT‐Chandigarh 2 1 3 20 UT‐Puducherry 1 ‐‐ 1 21 Uttar Pradesh 2 5 7 22 Uttarakhand 1 2 3 23 West Bengal 11 3 14 24 Centrally Funded

Institutions (CFIs) 8 18 26

Total 113 77 190

Appendix 2 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 11

S Name of the Name of the Institution

No State UT

1 JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

2 Aditya Institute of Technology amp Management Tekkali Srikakulam

Andhra

3 Madanapalle Institute of Technology amp Science Madanapalle

Pradesh

4 Shri Vishnu Engineering College for women Vishnupur Bhimavaram

5 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College Chittoor

6 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur

Bihar

7 Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur

8 Government Engineering College Bilaspur

9 Government Engineering College Jagdalpur Bastar

Chhattisgarh

10 Government Engineering College Raipur

11 Rungta College of Engineering amp Technology Bhilai

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12 Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

13 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Vallabh Vidynagar

14 Lukhdirji Engineering College Morbi

15 Gujarat Shantilal Shah Engineering College Bhavnagar

16 Government Engineering College Gandhinagar

17 Government Engineering College Rajkot

18 Government Engineering College Patan

19 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology (UIET) Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

Haryana

20 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology MDU Rohtak

21 NC College of Engineering Panipat

22 Himachal Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar Mandi

Pradesh

23 Jharkhand Cambridge Institute of Technology Ranchi

24 BVB College of Engineering amp Technology Hubli

25 PES College of Engineering Mandya

Karnataka

26 Government Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jublee Technological Institute Bangalore

27 NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore

2

SNo Name of the

Name of the Institution

StateUT

28 Government Engineering College Thrissur

29 Government Engineering College Kozhikode

30 Government Engineering College Painavu Idukki

31 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

32 School of Engineering Cochin University of Science amp Technology Cochin

33 Government College of Engineering Kannur

34 Government Engineering College Bartonhill Thiruvananthapuram

35 LBS Institute of Technology for Women Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram

36 College of Engineering Perumon Perinad Kollam

37 Kerala College of Engineering Kidangoor Kottayam

38 Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

57

39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

58

70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

60

Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

62

77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

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communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

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Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

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Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

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Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

73

Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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17

Kerala (Figure 9)

Total population in lakh 334

Literacy rate 94

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

305 (91)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

22

Gross Enrolment Ratio 287

Total number of engineering institutes 98

Institutes in sub-component 11 19

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 19

Total available funds Rs 190 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1045 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 106 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

18

Madhya Pradesh (Figure 10)

Total population in lakh 7263

Literacy rate 693

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

879 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

62

Gross Enrolment Ratio 196

Total number of engineering institutes 121

Institutes in sub-component 11 3

Institutes in sub-component 12 2

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 5

Total available funds Rs 49 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 23 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 17 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0

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Figure 9 Kerala

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

19

Maharashtra (Figure 11)

Total population in lakh 11237

Literacy rate 823

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

1334 (119)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

94

Gross Enrolment Ratio 279

Total number of engineering institutes 216

Institutes in sub-component 11 7

Institutes in sub-component 12 10

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 17

Total available funds Rs 254 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 119 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 102 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0200400600800

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Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

20

Delhi (Figure 12)

Total population in lakh 1679

Literacy rate 862

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

224 (133)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

16

Gross Enrolment Ratio 435

Total number of engineering institutes 15

Institutes in sub-component 11 0

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 125 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 56 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 15 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

21

Odisha (Figure 13)

Total population in lakh 4197

Literacy rate 729

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

466 (111)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

33

Gross Enrolment Ratio 177

Total number of engineering institutes 68

Institutes in sub-component 11 2

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 2

Total available funds Rs 20 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 105 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 108 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

125

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Figure 12 Delhi Technological University

22

Punjab (Figure 14)

Total population in lakh 2774

Literacy rate 758

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

325 (117)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

23

Gross Enrolment Ratio 27

Total number of engineering institutes 87

Institutes in sub-component 11 7

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 8

Total available funds Rs 81 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 42 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 22 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Veer Surendra Sai University ofTechnology Burla Sambalpur

College of Engineering And TechnologyBhubaneshwar

Figure 13 Odisha

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

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Figure 14 Punjab

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

23

Rajasthan (Figure 15)

Total population in lakh 6855

Literacy rate 661

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

871 (127)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

62

Gross Enrolment Ratio 20

Total number of engineering institutes 82

Institutes in sub-component 11 9

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 9

Total available funds Rs 84 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 45 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 32 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Tamil Nadu (Figure 16)

Total population in lakh 7215

Literacy rate 80

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

73 (101)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

52

Gross Enrolment Ratio 452

Total number of engineering institutes 326

Institutes in sub-component 11 5

Institutes in sub-component 12 4

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 9

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Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

24

Total available funds Rs 140 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 74 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 70 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Telangana (Figure 17)

Total population in lakh 350

Literacy rate 664

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

406 (114)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

29

Gross Enrolment Ratio 36

Total number of engineering institutes 182

Institutes in sub-component 11 8

Institutes in sub-component 12 5

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 13

Total available funds Rs 120 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 45 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 34 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plansubmitted by the institute

25

Tripura

Total population in lakh 367

Literacy rate 872

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

44 (119)

2015 projected share of state 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

03

Gross Enrolment Ratio 168

Total number of engineering institutes 6

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 10 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 55 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 54 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

UT-Chandigarh (Figure 18)

Total population in lakh 106

Literacy rate 861

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

17 (165)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

01

Gross Enrolment Ratio 56

Total number of engineering institutes 2

Institutes in sub-component 11 2

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 3

Total available funds Rs 475 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying Rs 24 crore

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Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

26

equipment and other resources

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 20 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Puducherry

Total population in lakh 125

Literacy rate 859

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

15 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

01

Gross Enrolment Ratio 46

Total number of engineering institutes 10

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 15 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 8 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 6 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Uttar Pradesh (Figure 19)

Total population in lakh 1998

Literacy rate 677

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Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plansubmitted by institute

28

West Bengal (Figure 21)

Total population in lakh 9128

Literacy rate 763

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

109 (12)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

77

Gross Enrolment Ratio 174

Total number of engineering institutes 72

Institutes in sub-component 11 11

Institutes in sub-component 12 3

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 14

Total available funds Rs 179 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 88 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 82 crore

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Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rscrore)

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29

CFIs (Figure 22)

Institutes in sub-component 11 8

Institutes in sub-component 12 18

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 26

Total available funds Rs 415 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 200 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1625 crore

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Available funds

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Figure 22 Centrally-funded institutions (CFIs)

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

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30

Utilisation Analysis

In this section data on buying of equipment and other resources has been first analysed component-wise

and then department-wise

While data was collected from all institutes and a broad understanding was arrived at of the kind of

equipment and other resources money was spent on from the extensive lists provided by institutions it was

difficult to analyse how much money was spent on which category of item For the sake of analysis

therefore each equipment and item named by the institute was manually categorized into the following

broad categories-

1 Laboratory equipment (included all items bought for laboratories such as machines laptops

desktops and projectors)

2 Connectivity (included equipment related to creating wi-fi networks such as cables connectors

servers modems UPS racks adapters pipes and switches)

3 Books (included hard copies as well as subscriptions of e-journals for libraries)

4 Smart class (included white boards display panels podiums amplifiers cables projectors mixers

microphones webcam and wireless sensors)

5 Software

6 Office equipment (included laptops desktops printers scanners LCDs generator sets projectors

tables chairs almirahs digital signages etc bought for principalrsquos office directorrsquos office faculty

staff department rooms TEQIP office)

7 Furniture (included furniture for class rooms and departments)

8 Civil work (included flooring false ceilings repair work lighting)

Post the categorization in these eight broad heads the picture which emerged (Figure 23) for sub-

component 11 showed 58 per cent expenditure on laboratory equipment 14 per cent on software 10 per

cent on books 7 per cent each on office equipment and connectivity and 1-2 per cent each on furniture civil

work and smart classes This is in keeping with the goals of TEQIP II which had envisaged least expenditure

on civil work It was limited to 5 per cent of total expenditure on equipment for institutes under sub-

component 11 and 3 per cent for those under sub-component 12 If unspent institutes were free to use

this money for equipment and other resources So low expenditure on civil work is an achievement of TEQIP

II There should have been more expenditure on connectivity ndash campus-wide wifi networks ndash but that could

be due to the fact that several institutes already had wifi networks in place and did not need TEQIP funds to

do that

31

In sub-component 12 (Figure 24) this break-up was more or less on the same lines though the expenditure

on laboratory equipment in this sub-component was much higher at 70 per cent because of the inclusion of

centres of excellence and higher focus on post-graduate and PhD level studies This was followed by 17 per

cent on software and 5 per cent each on books and office equipment Rest was all 2 per cent and less and

negligible amount of expenditure on civil work was seen in this category

Department-wise

analysis of equipment

purchased by

institutes shows that in

sub-component 11

(Figure 25) highest

Lab equipment58

Software 14

Books 10

Office equipment

7

Connectivity 7

Smart class2

Furniture1

Civil work1

EXPENDITURE (11)

Figure 23

Office equipment

5

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Figure 29

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076 164 46678

961 10631459

2169

TOTAL AMOUNT SPENT BY DEPARTMENTS (IN RS LAKH)

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

(in Rs crore)

number of equipment were bought by computer amp IT departments followed by electrical mechanical

electronics and civil departments For the purpose of categorization two or more streams of a kind were

merged into one and numbers for both streams taken together For instance computer science and

information technology were merged into one Similarly electronics amp instrumentation and electronics amp

electrical were taken together under electronics

While sub-component 11 presented a picture on expected lines with the top five departments being

generally the biggest departments in institutes in sub-component 12 this picture was slightly confusing

Here the top two departmentsndash electronics and civil ndash were ahead of other departments (Table 1) by an

inexplicable margin One of the reasons for this could be the fact that most of the equipment bought for the

centres of excellence would have had items related to electronics But that still does not explain the

unusually high number of items for civil engineering departments

Table 1 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 12

Name of the department Number of items bought

Mining 23

BioTech 137

Chemical 170

Mechanical 497

Computer amp IT 661

Electrical 969

Electronics 544915

Civil 1701948

On the other hand an expenditure-wise analysis of the same departments shows a different picture (Figure

26) with mechanical engineering department emerging top with expenditure of Rs 216 crore and electrical

department showing expenditure of Rs 145 crore Civil department is at number 3 with expenditure of Rs

106 crore The aberration in the number of items could have been because civil and electronics

departments would have bought a large number of items of small value

33

166 224 45 481 934 14772459

3138

Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

(in Rs crore)Figure 27

As per the data provided by institutes those in sub-component 11 show higher expenditure

department-wise with mechanical engineering department at top with expenditure of Rs 313

crore These should however be taken only as indicative figures as the numbers cannot be absolute

(Figure 27)

Table 7 Top 20 Lab equipment bought by institutes in 11

CNC Lathe machines

Compressor testing machine

Computer and peripherals

Computerised machines

Digital meters

Gas chromatograph

Micro-controller

Micro-processor

Oscilloscope

PCB prototyping machine

Robotic kits

Solar PV systems

Spectrum analyser

Thermal imager

Total Station

Ultrasonic probe

Universal testing machine

UV-spectrophotometer

Voltmeter

Wattmeter

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Table 2 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 11

Table 21 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 12

1 CNC Lathe machines Advanced laser kit

2 Compressor testing machine Asphalt material performance tester

3 Computer and peripherals Atomic absorption spectrophotometer

4 Computerised machines Bio-reactors

5 Digital meters BOD incubator

6 Gas chromatograph Centrifuge

7 Micro-controller CNC lathe machine

8 Micro-processor Compression testing

9 Oscilloscope Computer and peripherals

10 PCB prototyping machine Digital image processing

11 Robotic kits Digital multimeter

12 Solar PV systems Electric discharge machine

13 Spectrum analyser Hydraulic pressing

14 Thermal imager Magnetic stirrer

15 Total Station Microwave simulator

16 Ultrasonic probe Optical microscope

17 Universal testing machine PCB prototype machine

18 UV-spectrophotometer Thermal analyser

19 Voltmeter Thermal scanner

20 Wattmeter Wireless sensor network kit

Impact of Utilisation

No amount of data tracking or record keeping is worth

the effort if it does not translate into improvement in

actual output The real impact of all this expenditure by

institutes on buying of latest equipment is only useful in

so far as it is able to show growth in the number of

publications or rise in the number of post-graduate

student intake Looked at from that perspective TEQIP II

seems to have made satisfactory progress as the data

maintained by the National Project Implementation Unit

UPWARD TREND

Increase in the number of

publications in refereed

journals

Increase in the number of PG

and PhD students

Increase in revenue generated

through consultancy

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(NPIU) shows There has been a significant improvement over the years in the number of publications in

refereed journals which till last year have been showing above target performance Only the numbers for

2016-17 are low considering that the data captured is till the month of February 2017 only From a target of

7500 publications in 2010-11 and a realization of 11722to a target of 14500 in 2015-16 and a realization of

18482 (Figure 28) the growth has been impressive though again how much of it is due to buying of

equipment alone is debatable

Another key performance indicatoras per the planners of TEQIP II was rise in the total number of masters

and PhD level students from a baseline of 30000 in 2010-11 to 41000 by 2016 Seen from that angle also the

performance of the programme has exceeded the target To a large extent this can be attributed to

availability of better laboratory infrastructure as it would have been a major factor behind the institutesrsquo

capability to attract students for MTech and PhD (Figure 29)

7032 7500 8000 8500 9000

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2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016

Fig 28 Number of publications in refereed journals in TEQIP II institutions

Target Actual

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The percentage of externally funded RampD projects and consultancies in total revenue has increased from 7

per cent in 2010-11 to 14 per cent in 2015-16 against a target of 12 per cent (Figure 30)

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

Target 7032 32000 33000 34000 34000 40000 40500

Actual 35132 37791 44171 49251 48718 45659

0

10000

20000

30000

40000

50000

60000

Fig 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP I

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

2016-2017

Target 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12

Actual 82 11 127 137 117 14 125

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

Tota

l Rev

enu

e

Fig 30 Consultancy revenue generated

37

Chapter 3 Case Studies

38

Government Engineering College Thrissur Kerala

(with inputs from Prof Manoj Kumar K V Coordinator TEQIP II GEC Thrissur)

The entire process of planning procurement and the complete cycle of improved input resulting in improved output can be illustrated through the case study of Government Engineering College Thrissur which is one of the model colleges in TEQIP II and received funds under sub-component 11 It is the second oldest engineering in the state of Kerala and is affiliated to the University of Calicut Its foundation stone was laid by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in April 1958 and among its famous alumni are Dr K Radhakrishnan former chairman of Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) Out of the project allocation of Rs 10 crore Rs 55 crore was utilized by the institute for procurement of equipment The fund was apportioned among the departments based on student strength and their need to modernize and strengthen their various laboratories The procurement plan was finalized from the proposals received from the departments and vetted by the State Project Facilitation Unit (SPFU) before being executed through the Procurement Management Support System (PMSS) which was a web portal created by the National Project Implementation Unit (NPIU) to manage the project

39

Figure 31 10 steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan (Figure 38)

Departments were asked to draw up a

three-year procurement plan based on

their needs Department heads

coordinators and TEQIP nodal officers

had a meeting in the institute in

January 2012 to understand the plans

and procedures as available on NPIU

website

In February the Principal of the

institute TEQIP coordinator and

procurement coordinator attended a

training session conducted by NPIU at

Thiruvananthapuram Participation in

this session was facilitated by SPFU and

it entailed extensive training on how to

use the PMSS website

A training session was organized in the

institute for the benefit of Heads of

Departments (HoDs) and Department

TEQIP coordinators The programme

was attended by 24 officials and it

covered the entire set of activities

pertaining to purchase through PMSS --

from configuration management plan

creation and revision packaging and

procuring to stocking

Procurement coordinator and

department TEQIP coordinators also

attended a training program organized

by SPFUat School of Engineering

Cochin University of Science and

Technologyin February 2012

The SPFU arranged a discussion at

directorateoffice Thiruvanantha-

puramin February to fine tune the plan

and to facilitate data entry through

PMSS The finetuning included clubbing

of similar items from various

departments into one package limiting

the threshold to a maximum of 90 per

cent included in a scheme and revising

the tentative timelines based on plan

approval which was expected by mid-

April 2012 The institute was advised to

procure a particular software used for

double entry book-keeping through

PMSS and to identify 2 National

Competitive Bidding (NCB)

procurement plans to be sent to

Central authorities for approval

The rejigged procurement plan after

consultation with the concerned

coordinators was uploaded on the

website on 28thFebruary 2012

The plan was reviewed by SPFU and

some corrections were suggested

The corrected plan was uploaded again

At a meeting convened on 14thMarch

2012 at LBS College for Women

Thiruvananthapuram the first approval

of the plan was given by Director SPFU

On 31st March 2012 the Principal

convened a meeting of HoDs and

departmental TEQIP coordinators and

instructions were issued to draw up

specifications with respect to every

package so that the data was readily

available for entry to PMSS once the

plan was approved by NPIUWorld

Bank

1 2

3 4

5

6

8

7

9

10

40

Procurement activities were in full swing during the first 18 months of the project and were executed fully as

per the plan Procurement was completed in 82 packages including 68 National Shopping (NS)packages 7

National Competitive Bidding (NCB) packages 2 Direct Contract packages and 5 Civil Works packages

The institute made maximum expenditure in 2013-14 (Figure 32) across different heads Its investments on

laboratory modernization and strengthening started in 2012 and continued till 2017 (Figure 33) Overall it

spent bulk of the money (88 per cent) on modernization of laboratories and 5 per cent on ICT enabled

learning (Figure 34)

5851520

36470287

6909895

61170 1552063

0

5000000

10000000

15000000

20000000

25000000

30000000

35000000

40000000

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur (in Rs)

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Figure 32

2012-1311

2013-1473

2014-1515

2015-160

2016-171

EXPENDITURE ON MODERNISATION STRENGTHENING OF LABS AT GEC THRISSUR

Figure 33

41

Major equipment bought by the institute with TEQIP II funds includes a Rheometer which is not available in

any other institution in the state and offers potential for research and consultancy It is used for determining

the rheological behaviors of liquids and solids It has applications in polymer nano-composites which are the

emerging field of research The stress rheology measurements provide information for spread ability

emulsion stability suspension leveling flow control thermal stability extrudability and thickening etc The

fluid can be highly non-newtonian The equipment is useful for MTech students and faculty for doing

research

The institute also bought a Gas Chromatograph which is used in analyzing compositions purity and for

separating different components of a mixture based on volatility It is also used in identifying a compound

and its applications include analysis of toxicity of soil water and air identifying unknown compounds etc

The equipment is useful for faculty and students in doing research and projects in the field of environmental

engineering and provides opportunities for pollution control related consultancy work

Another important purchase is Accelerated Curing Tank With concrete construction increasing at a rapid

pace this equipment provides the possibility of accelerating the curing time Normal method of curing takes

28 days To reduce the curing time of concrete and test its strength accelerated curing is required and this

can be achieved with the use of Accelerated Curing Tank in the laboratory

88

5 4

0

0

3

Fig 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14at Government Engineering College Thrissur

Expenditure on modernisation strengthening of existinglaboratories

Expenditure on ICT enabledlearning related softwareamphardware

Expenditure on library ie books e-books

Journals e-journals course specificsoftware

Expenditure on modernisation ofclassrooms

Others (furniture)

42

Table 3 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Name of the Equipment

Cost (in rupees)

Pressure Volume Change Controller

365625

Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Suit

1365000

Solar Photovoltaic grid tied training system with MPPT

367500

Gas Chromatograph 1494692

Rheometer 2687350

Surface Roughness Tester

401205

Multimedia Projector 114162

Thermal Imager 746366

Machine Conditioning Monitor

861685

Metallurgical Image Analysis System for Welding

283500

Software Factory CAD 320000

Robot 567000

Pipe Flow Software 149234

Petrol Engine Test Setup

783090

Tribometer 609900

Vibration Analyser 539175

Slotting Machine 449243

Lathe and Shaping Machine

869001

Metal Cutting Band saw 156240

Digital Viscometer 919050

Solid Modeling Software

356590

Ultrasonic Flow Detector

235561

43

Rapid Phototyping Machine

814800

Group Video Conferencing Kit

533340

Lan Trainer 106180

The efforts of the institute over the years have led to improved student placements and intake (Figure 35)

Output in terms of publications in international journals and participation of faculty and students in

international conferences has also gone up considerably (Figure 36)

Top 10 international journals in which faculty and students have secured publications since TEQIP II are

Name of Journal

1 IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

2 International Journal on Numerical Methods in Fluids

261221

570527

357

766

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Placement offers Students placed Intake of students

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 35 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 36 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

Publication in international journals Participation in international conferences

44

3 IETE Technical Review

4 Journal of the Optical Society of America

5 International Journal of Power amp Energy Systems

6 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

7 International Journal of Remote Sensing

8 Automatica

9 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

10 ASME Journal of Heat Transfer

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering amp Technology

Aligarh Muslim University

Another institute with an impeccable history and track record is Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and

Technology (ZHCET) which is a constituent college of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and it received TEQIP

II funds under sub-component 11 AMU was set up by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as Mohammedan Anglo-

Oriental College in 1875 Against available funds of Rs 10 crore ZHCET utilized Rs 618 crore as of February

2017 Following is a glimpse into the major equipment purchased by the institute

Name of the equipment Centrifugal Pump and Pelton Turbine Module Nozzle

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3349138

Reason for buying To improve teaching and research in fluid mechanics section of mechanical engineering

department The equipment comprises centrifugal pump with flowmeter valves reservoir and

instrumentation for measurement and display of inlet outlet pressures torque speed and power and

turbine inlet pressure for Peltan turbine

Name of the equipment Universal High Voltage Test system and Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage Tester

(PE-AOBDV-MXXX)

Name of the department Electrical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 4522500

Reason for buying A new MTech programme in High Voltage Engineering was started under TEQIP II for

which enhanced laboratory infrastructure was needed PE-AOBDV-M series of Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage

Testers are highly precise instruments which can be used to conduct either a breakdown voltage test or do a proof

(withstand) test Dielectric Breakdown Voltage testing of Oil is one such means to detect the voltage at power

frequency at which it is likely to cause a flash-over

Name of the equipment Altium Nanoboard FPGA Kit

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1368863

Reason for buying Five kits were bought for under-graduate and post-graduate students

45

Name of the equipmentExata Software Emulator for Networking

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1245780

Reason for buying BTech students use it to perform experiments in EL-494 (Communication Lab -III) to

study the performance of simulated networks M Tech students use it for projects and dissertations Three

faculty members are using this software for RampD purpose

Name of the equipmentPotentiostat Galvanostat with Impedance Analyzer

Name of the department Petroleum Studies

Cost of equipment Rs 1562925

Reason for buying Potentiostate is at the heart of research on electrochemistry It is mainly used for

research in the area of fuel cell membrane cyclic voltammeter and super capacitors

Name of the equipment Imac 215 Quad Core i5 with Apple Protection Plan

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 205800

Reason for buying Two units of Imac were bought for the post-graduate and networking laboratories of

computer engineering department so that students could develop software based on iOS

Altium Nanoboard

FPGA Kit

46

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli was set up in 1947 with only the civil engineering under-graduate

programme Since 2007 the institute has been autonomous having been affiliated to Bombay University

Pune University and Shivaji University in the past The institute received TEQIP II funds under sub-

component 12 It was eligible to receive Rs 125 crore It submitted procurement plan for Rs 87 crore and

spent Rs 618 crore as of February 2017

MAJOR EQUIPMENT BOUGHT

Name of the equipment Shake Table Set-up

Name of the department Civil amp Structural Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1925776

Reason for buying To establish an earthquake engineering laboratory for conducting studies on response of

structures to earthquake induced vibrations To investigate structural response under various dynamic

loading conditions

Name of the equipment Electromagnetic Exciter with Pay Load Capacity of 100 to 150 kg

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2310824

Reason for buying To carry out research work in the field of dynamic analysis for various systems

Name of the equipment Micro Machining Centre Hyper-15w table top type integrated multi-process CNC

machine tool

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3078000

Reason for buying To develop micro machining centre for the research of micro machining PG production

laboratory

2663678

6154586

7489947

8770675

8777330

10572980

11435333

0 4000000 8000000 12000000

OFFICE

ELECTRICAL

ELECTRONICS

CIVIL (CIVIL+ CIVIL ENVIRONMENTAL+ hellip

LIBRARY

COMPUTER + IT

MECHANICAL

Fig 37 Department-wise expenditure Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Figures in rupees

47

Name of the equipment Dynamometer with Built-In Three Channel Charge Amplifiers

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1876090

Reason for buying To carry out research in the area of machining

Name of the equipment Lab View Add-ons Image Processing using Smart Camera Evaluation Kit

Name of the department Electronics Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3421650

Reason for buying Design simulation and prototyping platform for experiments on DSP communication

embedded control and measurements visual representation of experimental results

Name of the equipment Thermal Conductivity Analyzer with Material -- liquid pastes and small particles

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2100000

Reason for buying Post-graduate research and laboratory development

48

Chapter 4 Key Findings

49

1 On an average funds given to institutions for purchase of equipment and soft resources have led to

significant improvement in laboratory infrastructure of the institutes under study

2 The impact of such purchases on improvement in quality is not easily quantifiable in measurable

terms To assess the same other correlated parameters could be looked at such as improvement in

the number of research publications in refereed journals increase in the number of PhD students

number of faculty involved in research or the percentage of student placement However none of

these parameters can be directly or solely be said to be due to the improvement in physical or

digital infrastructure of institutes

3 Institutes did not have a clear-cut strategy of what best use they could put the available money to

Given that each institute on an average got Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and other resources

they could have used the money to create at least one best-in-class facility in any of the

departments which was equipped to utilize that facility in terms of augmenting the interaction of

the institute with industry or generating more resources through assignments from other agencies

While institutes in sub-component 12 had the provision to set up centres of excellence even in sub-

component 11 they could have done so if they had worked with that aim and vision

4 Instead institutes on an average divided the money equally across six departments and each

department on an average bought one-two machines which were significantly expensive and the

rest of the money was spent on buying other small routine equipment desktops laptops

networking servers software and e-journals Collaborations between departments for research

projects were however missing

5 This pattern of expenditure can be explained by the fact that our engineering institutions are still in

a phase where there is more emphasis on theory than practical Hands-on learning or project-based

approach in teaching is relatively new for institutions which is why there is not much emphasis on

understanding the practical aspects of learning such as producing patents versus papers

6 Institutes were seen to be over protective wherever even a slightly costly equipment was bought By

their own admission such equipment was most of the time kept under lock and key and was at best

displayed to students They were rarely given the opportunity to actually do something with it on

their own

7 Equal receipt of money by a number of departments has led to overall improvement in laboratory

standards of all departments which is good from an egalitarian perspective It is also good that all

departments have been able to uniformly upgrade their infrastructure and will therefore be able to

compete with each other in attracting good students faculty as well as assignments from industry in

future

8 Discussions with focus groups suggest that institutes spent large amounts of money on creating or

refurbishing physical infrastructure While non-academic experts may see this as wasteful

expenditure from an academic perspective even if this leads to improvement in the physical

facilities being offered by institutes it is well worth the investment While state funded institutes

get funds from state governments for building infrastructure for some of the centrally funded

institutes where infrastructure may have been falling apart this money would have been useful

9 Because of the fact that there is no proper system to track the usage of equipment ndash records are

maintained in physical form in the shape of log books and registers which render a macro analysis

50

impossible -- anecdotal evidence suggests that equipment bought is not being optimally utilized A

significantly higher number of research papers in refereed journals suggests that this may not be

true but the fact remains that there is no improvement in the number of technology transfers

commercialization of research or patent generation which remain weak This again brings into focus

the theory versus application part of teaching

10 Overall improvement in base infrastructure was important for institutes to advance to the next level

of development Except for some of the Centrally funded institutions none of the institutes which

received funding in TEQIP II are in the league of the six original IITs in terms of laboratory

infrastructure They do not have access to the kind of liberal funding that CFTIs get If they had not

got the present funds to buy equipment they would have taken at least five to seven years to

procure the same through the resources available to them Even for Central institutions as also for

others the availability of funds at one go meant that they could procure high costing software such

as Matlab Ansys Labview Cadence and Adobe which benefit students across departments

11 Funds for buying equipment and other soft resources enabled the institutes to take some steps

towards keeping pace with the rapidly changing advancements in technology Increased level of

automation and artificial intelligence in industry is reflected in the kind of purchases institutes have

made ndash various types of simulation software digital machines replacing analogue ones such as in

electrical engineering departments all-in-one automatic machines which combine several levels of

manual work such as in surveying in civil engineering departments robotic arms mimicking the

automated environment of modern factories attached to lathe machines in mechanical engineering

departments instruments capable of handling nano particles in specialized centres and 3D printers

capable of printing high precision devices which are being used in multiple fields

12 Most institutes have also bought subscriptions to high level international journals in various

streams both online and physical enabling access to vast repository of world class content for most

students

13 Institutes have not paid much thought to maintenance of equipment since most of the purchases

have been made in the past two-three years and warranty periods are still in force Most institutes

have also reported availability of in-house technicians to look after the machines though majority

said that they would sign annual maintenance contracts (AMC) with vendors Since AMCs usually

cost roughly 10 per cent of the cost of the equipment they felt that the resources allocated for the

same under TEQIP II would not be adequate and that they should be increased slightly

14 As per the feedback provided by almost all institutes they all agree that the equipment purchased

by them responds to faculty student needs and was done as per consultation and

recommendations of faculty They all follow well laid out norms for disposal of equipment which

keep environmental considerations in mind

6 -- Average number of departments among which each institute in Sub-component 11 divided

the total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 500 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

51

7-- Average number of departments among which each institute in sub-component 12 divided the

total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 284 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

2147403 ndash Number of items bought by institutes for office purpose in sub-component

11

101699 hours monthndash Utilisation of equipment by UG amp PG students in sub-component

11 as per available data of institutes which participated in the study

427 hours month ndash Average utilization of equipment by UG and PG students across

institutes in sub-component 11

51656 hours month -- Utilisation of equipment by PhD students in sub-component 11 as

per available data of institutes which participated in the study

37 hours month-- Average utilization of equipment by PhD students across institutes in sub-

component 11

52

Chapter 5 Way Forward

53

As data shows and case studies prove there can be no doubt that TEQIP II and the funds provided to

institutes for purchase of equipment and other soft resources have led to improvement in laboratory

infrastructure which in turn has helped in improving the output Some pointers for future stages of the

project are-

1 Even though TEQIP II had a major focus on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and institutes

were given significant amount of funds for purchase of equipment there were no guidelines or

benchmarks for them to judge themselves against and to understand what an ideal laboratory

should be like for any given department While it is good that they were given the freedom to decide

what they wanted to buy and it depended on the pro-activeness of the department heads on what

all they ended up getting funds for in an ideal scenario they should have been given a list of

essential basic equipment as well as research level equipment and they could have prioritized their

purchases on the basis of that

In all likelihood such department-wise lists do not exist anywhere In the third phase of TEQIP

therefore NPIU could commission a project which involves study of top world-class as well as top

national-level laboratories for each department Thereafter standard templates of equipment could

be prepared which could illustrate the requirement of equipment for each concept and practical for

every stream of engineering Based on standard frequency of usage and the number of students in a

class adequate numbers of any equipment could be recommended to be bought by institutes in

order to ensure that not too much time is wasted on rotating several batches of students on the

same equipment

Availability of such templates of equipment as well as soft resources which could be updated

periodically in keeping with the changes in technology and availability of resources would also help

policy makers understand how many institutes come up to a benchmark and how many need

further support

2 Institutes should start maintaining digital records of use of equipment which are bought for research

purposes These records should not be just digital copies of physical registers but should be in the

form of smart solutions which can track internal supply chains in laboratories as well as usage of

equipment The solutions should be able to provide real-time analysis of usage of equipment in

every laboratory and all laboratories could be linked to one centralized system There are various

kinds of RFID solutions available today which can handle usage patterns well The available

information could be used to devise solutions and create policy interventions to increase the actual

usage of equipment

3 Nodal institutes under TEQIP II could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of neighboring non-TEQIP institutes The

unspent money could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

4 Institutes could be encouraged to ensure that laboratories in all departments have well designed

brochures and information material such as leaflets and manuals on major equipment so that

dissemination of information about their availability is easy and their utilization could be increased

54

5 Facilities created in institutes are not being optimally utilized to increase interaction with industry

While rural location of the institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of

the reasons it is also true that in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the

commissioning of equipment Size of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for

anything on industrial scale But in most cases industry is not even aware of the existence of state-

of-the-art equipment inside institutes Regular interactions with sector-specific companies are a

must therefore to create a culture of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration

6 For decades research has happened in our country in isolation and at a distance from both industry

and academia Being largely funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) so far it

has been taking place inside the laboratories of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

The 37 laboratories of CSIR and its 39 field stations or extension centres have been working in the

areas of aerospace engineering structural engineering ocean science life science metallurgy

chemicals mining food petroleum leather and environmental science The ministry of HRD has

also started funding research in a big way in recent years through schemes such as Imprint ndash

Improving Research Innovation and Technology and the Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) It would be

fruitful for the country if research happening purely on the scientific side is able to converge with

that on the academic side Hence in order to ensure greater synergy between research and

teaching it is essential that technical institutes start working more closely with CSIR laboratories

This will bring them immediately closer to cutting edge research and provide rich exposure to

students Specially for institutions which have got improved laboratory facilities as a result of TEQIP

II funds collaboration with relevant CSIR laboratories will help them grow their research and at the

same time provide the latter with a steady flow of students to work on live projects

7 Institutions which have upgraded their laboratory infrastructure in the area of food and agriculture

will gain by collaborating with the government on its e-labs project which aims at automating the

testing procedure of soil fertiliser pesticide and equipment samples By ensuring speedy and

transparent online disbursement of information related to such tests the projectrsquos vision is to

reduce crop losses and increase the use of good quality bio-pesticides through fair and unbiased

testing Institutions and students will be able to learn a lot about quality control and the processes

involved in digital testing through collaboration with the government on e-labs

8 In order to ensure transparency in procurement processes it is advisable that institutes make use of

the governmentrsquos new e-marketplace called GEM Through the portal wwwgemnicin institutes

can buy virtually anything and everything that they may require specially consumables office

equipment furniture and software Buying through this portal will speed up procurement and

improve the efficiency of institutes Created and maintained by the Directorate General of Supplies

amp Disposals (DGSampD) it provides tools for e-bidding reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to

help users get best value for their money At the national level a system of procurement should be

put in place including committee to look into the requirement and availability of equipment taking

global scenarios into consideration

Appendices

Appendix 1

55

State-wise Number of Institutions Under Technical Education QualityImprovement Programme II (2010-2017)

S Name of State CFIs Sub‐component 11 Sub‐component 12 Total No of

Institutions 1 Andhra Pradesh 5 6 11 2 Bihar 2 ‐‐ 2 3 Chhattisgarh 4 ‐‐ 4 4 Gujarat 7 ‐‐ 7 5 Haryana 3 3 6 6 Himachal Pradesh 1 ‐‐ 1 7 Jharkhand 1 1 2 8 Karnataka 4 15 19 9 Kerala 19 ‐‐ 19

10 Madhya Pradesh 3 2 5 11 Maharashtra 7 10 17

12 NCT‐Delhi ‐‐ 1 1 13 Odisha 2 ‐‐ 2 14 Punjab 7 1 8 15 Rajasthan 9 ‐‐ 9 16 Tamil Nadu 5 4 9 17 Telangana 8 5 13 18 Tripura 1 ‐‐ 1 19 UT‐Chandigarh 2 1 3 20 UT‐Puducherry 1 ‐‐ 1 21 Uttar Pradesh 2 5 7 22 Uttarakhand 1 2 3 23 West Bengal 11 3 14 24 Centrally Funded

Institutions (CFIs) 8 18 26

Total 113 77 190

Appendix 2 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 11

S Name of the Name of the Institution

No State UT

1 JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

2 Aditya Institute of Technology amp Management Tekkali Srikakulam

Andhra

3 Madanapalle Institute of Technology amp Science Madanapalle

Pradesh

4 Shri Vishnu Engineering College for women Vishnupur Bhimavaram

5 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College Chittoor

6 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur

Bihar

7 Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur

8 Government Engineering College Bilaspur

9 Government Engineering College Jagdalpur Bastar

Chhattisgarh

10 Government Engineering College Raipur

11 Rungta College of Engineering amp Technology Bhilai

56

12 Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

13 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Vallabh Vidynagar

14 Lukhdirji Engineering College Morbi

15 Gujarat Shantilal Shah Engineering College Bhavnagar

16 Government Engineering College Gandhinagar

17 Government Engineering College Rajkot

18 Government Engineering College Patan

19 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology (UIET) Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

Haryana

20 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology MDU Rohtak

21 NC College of Engineering Panipat

22 Himachal Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar Mandi

Pradesh

23 Jharkhand Cambridge Institute of Technology Ranchi

24 BVB College of Engineering amp Technology Hubli

25 PES College of Engineering Mandya

Karnataka

26 Government Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jublee Technological Institute Bangalore

27 NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore

2

SNo Name of the

Name of the Institution

StateUT

28 Government Engineering College Thrissur

29 Government Engineering College Kozhikode

30 Government Engineering College Painavu Idukki

31 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

32 School of Engineering Cochin University of Science amp Technology Cochin

33 Government College of Engineering Kannur

34 Government Engineering College Bartonhill Thiruvananthapuram

35 LBS Institute of Technology for Women Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram

36 College of Engineering Perumon Perinad Kollam

37 Kerala College of Engineering Kidangoor Kottayam

38 Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

57

39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

58

70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

60

Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

62

77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

70

Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

72

Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

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Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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18

Madhya Pradesh (Figure 10)

Total population in lakh 7263

Literacy rate 693

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

879 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

62

Gross Enrolment Ratio 196

Total number of engineering institutes 121

Institutes in sub-component 11 3

Institutes in sub-component 12 2

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 5

Total available funds Rs 49 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 23 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 17 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

Figure 9 Kerala

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

19

Maharashtra (Figure 11)

Total population in lakh 11237

Literacy rate 823

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

1334 (119)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

94

Gross Enrolment Ratio 279

Total number of engineering institutes 216

Institutes in sub-component 11 7

Institutes in sub-component 12 10

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 17

Total available funds Rs 254 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 119 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 102 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0200400600800

100012001400

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

20

Delhi (Figure 12)

Total population in lakh 1679

Literacy rate 862

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

224 (133)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

16

Gross Enrolment Ratio 435

Total number of engineering institutes 15

Institutes in sub-component 11 0

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 125 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 56 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 15 crore

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21

Odisha (Figure 13)

Total population in lakh 4197

Literacy rate 729

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

466 (111)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

33

Gross Enrolment Ratio 177

Total number of engineering institutes 68

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Rs 108 crore

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12

14

Available funds Actual expenditure Estimate as per plansubmitted by the institute

Figure 12 Delhi Technological University

22

Punjab (Figure 14)

Total population in lakh 2774

Literacy rate 758

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

325 (117)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

23

Gross Enrolment Ratio 27

Total number of engineering institutes 87

Institutes in sub-component 11 7

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 8

Total available funds Rs 81 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 42 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 22 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

Veer Surendra Sai University ofTechnology Burla Sambalpur

College of Engineering And TechnologyBhubaneshwar

Figure 13 Odisha

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

0200400600800

100012001400

Figure 14 Punjab

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

23

Rajasthan (Figure 15)

Total population in lakh 6855

Literacy rate 661

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

871 (127)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

62

Gross Enrolment Ratio 20

Total number of engineering institutes 82

Institutes in sub-component 11 9

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 9

Total available funds Rs 84 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 45 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 32 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Tamil Nadu (Figure 16)

Total population in lakh 7215

Literacy rate 80

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

73 (101)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

52

Gross Enrolment Ratio 452

Total number of engineering institutes 326

Institutes in sub-component 11 5

Institutes in sub-component 12 4

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 9

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

24

Total available funds Rs 140 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 74 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 70 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Telangana (Figure 17)

Total population in lakh 350

Literacy rate 664

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

406 (114)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

29

Gross Enrolment Ratio 36

Total number of engineering institutes 182

Institutes in sub-component 11 8

Institutes in sub-component 12 5

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 13

Total available funds Rs 120 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 45 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 34 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0200400600800

100012001400160018002000

FUN

DS

IN R

UP

EES

LAK

H

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plansubmitted by the institute

25

Tripura

Total population in lakh 367

Literacy rate 872

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

44 (119)

2015 projected share of state 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

03

Gross Enrolment Ratio 168

Total number of engineering institutes 6

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 10 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 55 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 54 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

UT-Chandigarh (Figure 18)

Total population in lakh 106

Literacy rate 861

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

17 (165)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

01

Gross Enrolment Ratio 56

Total number of engineering institutes 2

Institutes in sub-component 11 2

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 3

Total available funds Rs 475 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying Rs 24 crore

0

500

1000

1500

2000

Figure 17 Telangana

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

26

equipment and other resources

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 20 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Puducherry

Total population in lakh 125

Literacy rate 859

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

15 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

01

Gross Enrolment Ratio 46

Total number of engineering institutes 10

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 15 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 8 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 6 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Uttar Pradesh (Figure 19)

Total population in lakh 1998

Literacy rate 677

0200400600800

100012001400160018002000

Fun

ds

in r

up

ees

lakh

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plansubmitted by institute

28

West Bengal (Figure 21)

Total population in lakh 9128

Literacy rate 763

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

109 (12)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

77

Gross Enrolment Ratio 174

Total number of engineering institutes 72

Institutes in sub-component 11 11

Institutes in sub-component 12 3

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 14

Total available funds Rs 179 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 88 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 82 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rscrore)

Estimate as per plansubmitted by institute

29

CFIs (Figure 22)

Institutes in sub-component 11 8

Institutes in sub-component 12 18

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 26

Total available funds Rs 415 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 200 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1625 crore

0200400600800

100012001400160018002000

Figure 21 West Bengal

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

0200400600800

100012001400160018002000

Figure 22 Centrally-funded institutions (CFIs)

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

30

Utilisation Analysis

In this section data on buying of equipment and other resources has been first analysed component-wise

and then department-wise

While data was collected from all institutes and a broad understanding was arrived at of the kind of

equipment and other resources money was spent on from the extensive lists provided by institutions it was

difficult to analyse how much money was spent on which category of item For the sake of analysis

therefore each equipment and item named by the institute was manually categorized into the following

broad categories-

1 Laboratory equipment (included all items bought for laboratories such as machines laptops

desktops and projectors)

2 Connectivity (included equipment related to creating wi-fi networks such as cables connectors

servers modems UPS racks adapters pipes and switches)

3 Books (included hard copies as well as subscriptions of e-journals for libraries)

4 Smart class (included white boards display panels podiums amplifiers cables projectors mixers

microphones webcam and wireless sensors)

5 Software

6 Office equipment (included laptops desktops printers scanners LCDs generator sets projectors

tables chairs almirahs digital signages etc bought for principalrsquos office directorrsquos office faculty

staff department rooms TEQIP office)

7 Furniture (included furniture for class rooms and departments)

8 Civil work (included flooring false ceilings repair work lighting)

Post the categorization in these eight broad heads the picture which emerged (Figure 23) for sub-

component 11 showed 58 per cent expenditure on laboratory equipment 14 per cent on software 10 per

cent on books 7 per cent each on office equipment and connectivity and 1-2 per cent each on furniture civil

work and smart classes This is in keeping with the goals of TEQIP II which had envisaged least expenditure

on civil work It was limited to 5 per cent of total expenditure on equipment for institutes under sub-

component 11 and 3 per cent for those under sub-component 12 If unspent institutes were free to use

this money for equipment and other resources So low expenditure on civil work is an achievement of TEQIP

II There should have been more expenditure on connectivity ndash campus-wide wifi networks ndash but that could

be due to the fact that several institutes already had wifi networks in place and did not need TEQIP funds to

do that

31

In sub-component 12 (Figure 24) this break-up was more or less on the same lines though the expenditure

on laboratory equipment in this sub-component was much higher at 70 per cent because of the inclusion of

centres of excellence and higher focus on post-graduate and PhD level studies This was followed by 17 per

cent on software and 5 per cent each on books and office equipment Rest was all 2 per cent and less and

negligible amount of expenditure on civil work was seen in this category

Department-wise

analysis of equipment

purchased by

institutes shows that in

sub-component 11

(Figure 25) highest

Lab equipment58

Software 14

Books 10

Office equipment

7

Connectivity 7

Smart class2

Furniture1

Civil work1

EXPENDITURE (11)

Figure 23

Office equipment

5

Software 17

Smart class1

EXPENDITURE (12)

Figure 29

32

076 164 46678

961 10631459

2169

TOTAL AMOUNT SPENT BY DEPARTMENTS (IN RS LAKH)

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

(in Rs crore)

number of equipment were bought by computer amp IT departments followed by electrical mechanical

electronics and civil departments For the purpose of categorization two or more streams of a kind were

merged into one and numbers for both streams taken together For instance computer science and

information technology were merged into one Similarly electronics amp instrumentation and electronics amp

electrical were taken together under electronics

While sub-component 11 presented a picture on expected lines with the top five departments being

generally the biggest departments in institutes in sub-component 12 this picture was slightly confusing

Here the top two departmentsndash electronics and civil ndash were ahead of other departments (Table 1) by an

inexplicable margin One of the reasons for this could be the fact that most of the equipment bought for the

centres of excellence would have had items related to electronics But that still does not explain the

unusually high number of items for civil engineering departments

Table 1 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 12

Name of the department Number of items bought

Mining 23

BioTech 137

Chemical 170

Mechanical 497

Computer amp IT 661

Electrical 969

Electronics 544915

Civil 1701948

On the other hand an expenditure-wise analysis of the same departments shows a different picture (Figure

26) with mechanical engineering department emerging top with expenditure of Rs 216 crore and electrical

department showing expenditure of Rs 145 crore Civil department is at number 3 with expenditure of Rs

106 crore The aberration in the number of items could have been because civil and electronics

departments would have bought a large number of items of small value

33

166 224 45 481 934 14772459

3138

Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

(in Rs crore)Figure 27

As per the data provided by institutes those in sub-component 11 show higher expenditure

department-wise with mechanical engineering department at top with expenditure of Rs 313

crore These should however be taken only as indicative figures as the numbers cannot be absolute

(Figure 27)

Table 7 Top 20 Lab equipment bought by institutes in 11

CNC Lathe machines

Compressor testing machine

Computer and peripherals

Computerised machines

Digital meters

Gas chromatograph

Micro-controller

Micro-processor

Oscilloscope

PCB prototyping machine

Robotic kits

Solar PV systems

Spectrum analyser

Thermal imager

Total Station

Ultrasonic probe

Universal testing machine

UV-spectrophotometer

Voltmeter

Wattmeter

34

Table 2 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 11

Table 21 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 12

1 CNC Lathe machines Advanced laser kit

2 Compressor testing machine Asphalt material performance tester

3 Computer and peripherals Atomic absorption spectrophotometer

4 Computerised machines Bio-reactors

5 Digital meters BOD incubator

6 Gas chromatograph Centrifuge

7 Micro-controller CNC lathe machine

8 Micro-processor Compression testing

9 Oscilloscope Computer and peripherals

10 PCB prototyping machine Digital image processing

11 Robotic kits Digital multimeter

12 Solar PV systems Electric discharge machine

13 Spectrum analyser Hydraulic pressing

14 Thermal imager Magnetic stirrer

15 Total Station Microwave simulator

16 Ultrasonic probe Optical microscope

17 Universal testing machine PCB prototype machine

18 UV-spectrophotometer Thermal analyser

19 Voltmeter Thermal scanner

20 Wattmeter Wireless sensor network kit

Impact of Utilisation

No amount of data tracking or record keeping is worth

the effort if it does not translate into improvement in

actual output The real impact of all this expenditure by

institutes on buying of latest equipment is only useful in

so far as it is able to show growth in the number of

publications or rise in the number of post-graduate

student intake Looked at from that perspective TEQIP II

seems to have made satisfactory progress as the data

maintained by the National Project Implementation Unit

UPWARD TREND

Increase in the number of

publications in refereed

journals

Increase in the number of PG

and PhD students

Increase in revenue generated

through consultancy

35

(NPIU) shows There has been a significant improvement over the years in the number of publications in

refereed journals which till last year have been showing above target performance Only the numbers for

2016-17 are low considering that the data captured is till the month of February 2017 only From a target of

7500 publications in 2010-11 and a realization of 11722to a target of 14500 in 2015-16 and a realization of

18482 (Figure 28) the growth has been impressive though again how much of it is due to buying of

equipment alone is debatable

Another key performance indicatoras per the planners of TEQIP II was rise in the total number of masters

and PhD level students from a baseline of 30000 in 2010-11 to 41000 by 2016 Seen from that angle also the

performance of the programme has exceeded the target To a large extent this can be attributed to

availability of better laboratory infrastructure as it would have been a major factor behind the institutesrsquo

capability to attract students for MTech and PhD (Figure 29)

7032 7500 8000 8500 9000

14000 14500

11722

1606618103

20037

22556

18482

2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016

Fig 28 Number of publications in refereed journals in TEQIP II institutions

Target Actual

36

The percentage of externally funded RampD projects and consultancies in total revenue has increased from 7

per cent in 2010-11 to 14 per cent in 2015-16 against a target of 12 per cent (Figure 30)

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

Target 7032 32000 33000 34000 34000 40000 40500

Actual 35132 37791 44171 49251 48718 45659

0

10000

20000

30000

40000

50000

60000

Fig 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP I

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

2016-2017

Target 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12

Actual 82 11 127 137 117 14 125

0

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Fig 30 Consultancy revenue generated

37

Chapter 3 Case Studies

38

Government Engineering College Thrissur Kerala

(with inputs from Prof Manoj Kumar K V Coordinator TEQIP II GEC Thrissur)

The entire process of planning procurement and the complete cycle of improved input resulting in improved output can be illustrated through the case study of Government Engineering College Thrissur which is one of the model colleges in TEQIP II and received funds under sub-component 11 It is the second oldest engineering in the state of Kerala and is affiliated to the University of Calicut Its foundation stone was laid by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in April 1958 and among its famous alumni are Dr K Radhakrishnan former chairman of Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) Out of the project allocation of Rs 10 crore Rs 55 crore was utilized by the institute for procurement of equipment The fund was apportioned among the departments based on student strength and their need to modernize and strengthen their various laboratories The procurement plan was finalized from the proposals received from the departments and vetted by the State Project Facilitation Unit (SPFU) before being executed through the Procurement Management Support System (PMSS) which was a web portal created by the National Project Implementation Unit (NPIU) to manage the project

39

Figure 31 10 steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan (Figure 38)

Departments were asked to draw up a

three-year procurement plan based on

their needs Department heads

coordinators and TEQIP nodal officers

had a meeting in the institute in

January 2012 to understand the plans

and procedures as available on NPIU

website

In February the Principal of the

institute TEQIP coordinator and

procurement coordinator attended a

training session conducted by NPIU at

Thiruvananthapuram Participation in

this session was facilitated by SPFU and

it entailed extensive training on how to

use the PMSS website

A training session was organized in the

institute for the benefit of Heads of

Departments (HoDs) and Department

TEQIP coordinators The programme

was attended by 24 officials and it

covered the entire set of activities

pertaining to purchase through PMSS --

from configuration management plan

creation and revision packaging and

procuring to stocking

Procurement coordinator and

department TEQIP coordinators also

attended a training program organized

by SPFUat School of Engineering

Cochin University of Science and

Technologyin February 2012

The SPFU arranged a discussion at

directorateoffice Thiruvanantha-

puramin February to fine tune the plan

and to facilitate data entry through

PMSS The finetuning included clubbing

of similar items from various

departments into one package limiting

the threshold to a maximum of 90 per

cent included in a scheme and revising

the tentative timelines based on plan

approval which was expected by mid-

April 2012 The institute was advised to

procure a particular software used for

double entry book-keeping through

PMSS and to identify 2 National

Competitive Bidding (NCB)

procurement plans to be sent to

Central authorities for approval

The rejigged procurement plan after

consultation with the concerned

coordinators was uploaded on the

website on 28thFebruary 2012

The plan was reviewed by SPFU and

some corrections were suggested

The corrected plan was uploaded again

At a meeting convened on 14thMarch

2012 at LBS College for Women

Thiruvananthapuram the first approval

of the plan was given by Director SPFU

On 31st March 2012 the Principal

convened a meeting of HoDs and

departmental TEQIP coordinators and

instructions were issued to draw up

specifications with respect to every

package so that the data was readily

available for entry to PMSS once the

plan was approved by NPIUWorld

Bank

1 2

3 4

5

6

8

7

9

10

40

Procurement activities were in full swing during the first 18 months of the project and were executed fully as

per the plan Procurement was completed in 82 packages including 68 National Shopping (NS)packages 7

National Competitive Bidding (NCB) packages 2 Direct Contract packages and 5 Civil Works packages

The institute made maximum expenditure in 2013-14 (Figure 32) across different heads Its investments on

laboratory modernization and strengthening started in 2012 and continued till 2017 (Figure 33) Overall it

spent bulk of the money (88 per cent) on modernization of laboratories and 5 per cent on ICT enabled

learning (Figure 34)

5851520

36470287

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61170 1552063

0

5000000

10000000

15000000

20000000

25000000

30000000

35000000

40000000

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur (in Rs)

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Figure 32

2012-1311

2013-1473

2014-1515

2015-160

2016-171

EXPENDITURE ON MODERNISATION STRENGTHENING OF LABS AT GEC THRISSUR

Figure 33

41

Major equipment bought by the institute with TEQIP II funds includes a Rheometer which is not available in

any other institution in the state and offers potential for research and consultancy It is used for determining

the rheological behaviors of liquids and solids It has applications in polymer nano-composites which are the

emerging field of research The stress rheology measurements provide information for spread ability

emulsion stability suspension leveling flow control thermal stability extrudability and thickening etc The

fluid can be highly non-newtonian The equipment is useful for MTech students and faculty for doing

research

The institute also bought a Gas Chromatograph which is used in analyzing compositions purity and for

separating different components of a mixture based on volatility It is also used in identifying a compound

and its applications include analysis of toxicity of soil water and air identifying unknown compounds etc

The equipment is useful for faculty and students in doing research and projects in the field of environmental

engineering and provides opportunities for pollution control related consultancy work

Another important purchase is Accelerated Curing Tank With concrete construction increasing at a rapid

pace this equipment provides the possibility of accelerating the curing time Normal method of curing takes

28 days To reduce the curing time of concrete and test its strength accelerated curing is required and this

can be achieved with the use of Accelerated Curing Tank in the laboratory

88

5 4

0

0

3

Fig 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14at Government Engineering College Thrissur

Expenditure on modernisation strengthening of existinglaboratories

Expenditure on ICT enabledlearning related softwareamphardware

Expenditure on library ie books e-books

Journals e-journals course specificsoftware

Expenditure on modernisation ofclassrooms

Others (furniture)

42

Table 3 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Name of the Equipment

Cost (in rupees)

Pressure Volume Change Controller

365625

Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Suit

1365000

Solar Photovoltaic grid tied training system with MPPT

367500

Gas Chromatograph 1494692

Rheometer 2687350

Surface Roughness Tester

401205

Multimedia Projector 114162

Thermal Imager 746366

Machine Conditioning Monitor

861685

Metallurgical Image Analysis System for Welding

283500

Software Factory CAD 320000

Robot 567000

Pipe Flow Software 149234

Petrol Engine Test Setup

783090

Tribometer 609900

Vibration Analyser 539175

Slotting Machine 449243

Lathe and Shaping Machine

869001

Metal Cutting Band saw 156240

Digital Viscometer 919050

Solid Modeling Software

356590

Ultrasonic Flow Detector

235561

43

Rapid Phototyping Machine

814800

Group Video Conferencing Kit

533340

Lan Trainer 106180

The efforts of the institute over the years have led to improved student placements and intake (Figure 35)

Output in terms of publications in international journals and participation of faculty and students in

international conferences has also gone up considerably (Figure 36)

Top 10 international journals in which faculty and students have secured publications since TEQIP II are

Name of Journal

1 IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

2 International Journal on Numerical Methods in Fluids

261221

570527

357

766

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Placement offers Students placed Intake of students

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 35 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 36 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

Publication in international journals Participation in international conferences

44

3 IETE Technical Review

4 Journal of the Optical Society of America

5 International Journal of Power amp Energy Systems

6 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

7 International Journal of Remote Sensing

8 Automatica

9 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

10 ASME Journal of Heat Transfer

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering amp Technology

Aligarh Muslim University

Another institute with an impeccable history and track record is Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and

Technology (ZHCET) which is a constituent college of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and it received TEQIP

II funds under sub-component 11 AMU was set up by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as Mohammedan Anglo-

Oriental College in 1875 Against available funds of Rs 10 crore ZHCET utilized Rs 618 crore as of February

2017 Following is a glimpse into the major equipment purchased by the institute

Name of the equipment Centrifugal Pump and Pelton Turbine Module Nozzle

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3349138

Reason for buying To improve teaching and research in fluid mechanics section of mechanical engineering

department The equipment comprises centrifugal pump with flowmeter valves reservoir and

instrumentation for measurement and display of inlet outlet pressures torque speed and power and

turbine inlet pressure for Peltan turbine

Name of the equipment Universal High Voltage Test system and Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage Tester

(PE-AOBDV-MXXX)

Name of the department Electrical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 4522500

Reason for buying A new MTech programme in High Voltage Engineering was started under TEQIP II for

which enhanced laboratory infrastructure was needed PE-AOBDV-M series of Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage

Testers are highly precise instruments which can be used to conduct either a breakdown voltage test or do a proof

(withstand) test Dielectric Breakdown Voltage testing of Oil is one such means to detect the voltage at power

frequency at which it is likely to cause a flash-over

Name of the equipment Altium Nanoboard FPGA Kit

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1368863

Reason for buying Five kits were bought for under-graduate and post-graduate students

45

Name of the equipmentExata Software Emulator for Networking

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1245780

Reason for buying BTech students use it to perform experiments in EL-494 (Communication Lab -III) to

study the performance of simulated networks M Tech students use it for projects and dissertations Three

faculty members are using this software for RampD purpose

Name of the equipmentPotentiostat Galvanostat with Impedance Analyzer

Name of the department Petroleum Studies

Cost of equipment Rs 1562925

Reason for buying Potentiostate is at the heart of research on electrochemistry It is mainly used for

research in the area of fuel cell membrane cyclic voltammeter and super capacitors

Name of the equipment Imac 215 Quad Core i5 with Apple Protection Plan

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 205800

Reason for buying Two units of Imac were bought for the post-graduate and networking laboratories of

computer engineering department so that students could develop software based on iOS

Altium Nanoboard

FPGA Kit

46

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli was set up in 1947 with only the civil engineering under-graduate

programme Since 2007 the institute has been autonomous having been affiliated to Bombay University

Pune University and Shivaji University in the past The institute received TEQIP II funds under sub-

component 12 It was eligible to receive Rs 125 crore It submitted procurement plan for Rs 87 crore and

spent Rs 618 crore as of February 2017

MAJOR EQUIPMENT BOUGHT

Name of the equipment Shake Table Set-up

Name of the department Civil amp Structural Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1925776

Reason for buying To establish an earthquake engineering laboratory for conducting studies on response of

structures to earthquake induced vibrations To investigate structural response under various dynamic

loading conditions

Name of the equipment Electromagnetic Exciter with Pay Load Capacity of 100 to 150 kg

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2310824

Reason for buying To carry out research work in the field of dynamic analysis for various systems

Name of the equipment Micro Machining Centre Hyper-15w table top type integrated multi-process CNC

machine tool

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3078000

Reason for buying To develop micro machining centre for the research of micro machining PG production

laboratory

2663678

6154586

7489947

8770675

8777330

10572980

11435333

0 4000000 8000000 12000000

OFFICE

ELECTRICAL

ELECTRONICS

CIVIL (CIVIL+ CIVIL ENVIRONMENTAL+ hellip

LIBRARY

COMPUTER + IT

MECHANICAL

Fig 37 Department-wise expenditure Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Figures in rupees

47

Name of the equipment Dynamometer with Built-In Three Channel Charge Amplifiers

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1876090

Reason for buying To carry out research in the area of machining

Name of the equipment Lab View Add-ons Image Processing using Smart Camera Evaluation Kit

Name of the department Electronics Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3421650

Reason for buying Design simulation and prototyping platform for experiments on DSP communication

embedded control and measurements visual representation of experimental results

Name of the equipment Thermal Conductivity Analyzer with Material -- liquid pastes and small particles

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2100000

Reason for buying Post-graduate research and laboratory development

48

Chapter 4 Key Findings

49

1 On an average funds given to institutions for purchase of equipment and soft resources have led to

significant improvement in laboratory infrastructure of the institutes under study

2 The impact of such purchases on improvement in quality is not easily quantifiable in measurable

terms To assess the same other correlated parameters could be looked at such as improvement in

the number of research publications in refereed journals increase in the number of PhD students

number of faculty involved in research or the percentage of student placement However none of

these parameters can be directly or solely be said to be due to the improvement in physical or

digital infrastructure of institutes

3 Institutes did not have a clear-cut strategy of what best use they could put the available money to

Given that each institute on an average got Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and other resources

they could have used the money to create at least one best-in-class facility in any of the

departments which was equipped to utilize that facility in terms of augmenting the interaction of

the institute with industry or generating more resources through assignments from other agencies

While institutes in sub-component 12 had the provision to set up centres of excellence even in sub-

component 11 they could have done so if they had worked with that aim and vision

4 Instead institutes on an average divided the money equally across six departments and each

department on an average bought one-two machines which were significantly expensive and the

rest of the money was spent on buying other small routine equipment desktops laptops

networking servers software and e-journals Collaborations between departments for research

projects were however missing

5 This pattern of expenditure can be explained by the fact that our engineering institutions are still in

a phase where there is more emphasis on theory than practical Hands-on learning or project-based

approach in teaching is relatively new for institutions which is why there is not much emphasis on

understanding the practical aspects of learning such as producing patents versus papers

6 Institutes were seen to be over protective wherever even a slightly costly equipment was bought By

their own admission such equipment was most of the time kept under lock and key and was at best

displayed to students They were rarely given the opportunity to actually do something with it on

their own

7 Equal receipt of money by a number of departments has led to overall improvement in laboratory

standards of all departments which is good from an egalitarian perspective It is also good that all

departments have been able to uniformly upgrade their infrastructure and will therefore be able to

compete with each other in attracting good students faculty as well as assignments from industry in

future

8 Discussions with focus groups suggest that institutes spent large amounts of money on creating or

refurbishing physical infrastructure While non-academic experts may see this as wasteful

expenditure from an academic perspective even if this leads to improvement in the physical

facilities being offered by institutes it is well worth the investment While state funded institutes

get funds from state governments for building infrastructure for some of the centrally funded

institutes where infrastructure may have been falling apart this money would have been useful

9 Because of the fact that there is no proper system to track the usage of equipment ndash records are

maintained in physical form in the shape of log books and registers which render a macro analysis

50

impossible -- anecdotal evidence suggests that equipment bought is not being optimally utilized A

significantly higher number of research papers in refereed journals suggests that this may not be

true but the fact remains that there is no improvement in the number of technology transfers

commercialization of research or patent generation which remain weak This again brings into focus

the theory versus application part of teaching

10 Overall improvement in base infrastructure was important for institutes to advance to the next level

of development Except for some of the Centrally funded institutions none of the institutes which

received funding in TEQIP II are in the league of the six original IITs in terms of laboratory

infrastructure They do not have access to the kind of liberal funding that CFTIs get If they had not

got the present funds to buy equipment they would have taken at least five to seven years to

procure the same through the resources available to them Even for Central institutions as also for

others the availability of funds at one go meant that they could procure high costing software such

as Matlab Ansys Labview Cadence and Adobe which benefit students across departments

11 Funds for buying equipment and other soft resources enabled the institutes to take some steps

towards keeping pace with the rapidly changing advancements in technology Increased level of

automation and artificial intelligence in industry is reflected in the kind of purchases institutes have

made ndash various types of simulation software digital machines replacing analogue ones such as in

electrical engineering departments all-in-one automatic machines which combine several levels of

manual work such as in surveying in civil engineering departments robotic arms mimicking the

automated environment of modern factories attached to lathe machines in mechanical engineering

departments instruments capable of handling nano particles in specialized centres and 3D printers

capable of printing high precision devices which are being used in multiple fields

12 Most institutes have also bought subscriptions to high level international journals in various

streams both online and physical enabling access to vast repository of world class content for most

students

13 Institutes have not paid much thought to maintenance of equipment since most of the purchases

have been made in the past two-three years and warranty periods are still in force Most institutes

have also reported availability of in-house technicians to look after the machines though majority

said that they would sign annual maintenance contracts (AMC) with vendors Since AMCs usually

cost roughly 10 per cent of the cost of the equipment they felt that the resources allocated for the

same under TEQIP II would not be adequate and that they should be increased slightly

14 As per the feedback provided by almost all institutes they all agree that the equipment purchased

by them responds to faculty student needs and was done as per consultation and

recommendations of faculty They all follow well laid out norms for disposal of equipment which

keep environmental considerations in mind

6 -- Average number of departments among which each institute in Sub-component 11 divided

the total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 500 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

51

7-- Average number of departments among which each institute in sub-component 12 divided the

total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 284 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

2147403 ndash Number of items bought by institutes for office purpose in sub-component

11

101699 hours monthndash Utilisation of equipment by UG amp PG students in sub-component

11 as per available data of institutes which participated in the study

427 hours month ndash Average utilization of equipment by UG and PG students across

institutes in sub-component 11

51656 hours month -- Utilisation of equipment by PhD students in sub-component 11 as

per available data of institutes which participated in the study

37 hours month-- Average utilization of equipment by PhD students across institutes in sub-

component 11

52

Chapter 5 Way Forward

53

As data shows and case studies prove there can be no doubt that TEQIP II and the funds provided to

institutes for purchase of equipment and other soft resources have led to improvement in laboratory

infrastructure which in turn has helped in improving the output Some pointers for future stages of the

project are-

1 Even though TEQIP II had a major focus on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and institutes

were given significant amount of funds for purchase of equipment there were no guidelines or

benchmarks for them to judge themselves against and to understand what an ideal laboratory

should be like for any given department While it is good that they were given the freedom to decide

what they wanted to buy and it depended on the pro-activeness of the department heads on what

all they ended up getting funds for in an ideal scenario they should have been given a list of

essential basic equipment as well as research level equipment and they could have prioritized their

purchases on the basis of that

In all likelihood such department-wise lists do not exist anywhere In the third phase of TEQIP

therefore NPIU could commission a project which involves study of top world-class as well as top

national-level laboratories for each department Thereafter standard templates of equipment could

be prepared which could illustrate the requirement of equipment for each concept and practical for

every stream of engineering Based on standard frequency of usage and the number of students in a

class adequate numbers of any equipment could be recommended to be bought by institutes in

order to ensure that not too much time is wasted on rotating several batches of students on the

same equipment

Availability of such templates of equipment as well as soft resources which could be updated

periodically in keeping with the changes in technology and availability of resources would also help

policy makers understand how many institutes come up to a benchmark and how many need

further support

2 Institutes should start maintaining digital records of use of equipment which are bought for research

purposes These records should not be just digital copies of physical registers but should be in the

form of smart solutions which can track internal supply chains in laboratories as well as usage of

equipment The solutions should be able to provide real-time analysis of usage of equipment in

every laboratory and all laboratories could be linked to one centralized system There are various

kinds of RFID solutions available today which can handle usage patterns well The available

information could be used to devise solutions and create policy interventions to increase the actual

usage of equipment

3 Nodal institutes under TEQIP II could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of neighboring non-TEQIP institutes The

unspent money could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

4 Institutes could be encouraged to ensure that laboratories in all departments have well designed

brochures and information material such as leaflets and manuals on major equipment so that

dissemination of information about their availability is easy and their utilization could be increased

54

5 Facilities created in institutes are not being optimally utilized to increase interaction with industry

While rural location of the institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of

the reasons it is also true that in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the

commissioning of equipment Size of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for

anything on industrial scale But in most cases industry is not even aware of the existence of state-

of-the-art equipment inside institutes Regular interactions with sector-specific companies are a

must therefore to create a culture of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration

6 For decades research has happened in our country in isolation and at a distance from both industry

and academia Being largely funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) so far it

has been taking place inside the laboratories of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

The 37 laboratories of CSIR and its 39 field stations or extension centres have been working in the

areas of aerospace engineering structural engineering ocean science life science metallurgy

chemicals mining food petroleum leather and environmental science The ministry of HRD has

also started funding research in a big way in recent years through schemes such as Imprint ndash

Improving Research Innovation and Technology and the Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) It would be

fruitful for the country if research happening purely on the scientific side is able to converge with

that on the academic side Hence in order to ensure greater synergy between research and

teaching it is essential that technical institutes start working more closely with CSIR laboratories

This will bring them immediately closer to cutting edge research and provide rich exposure to

students Specially for institutions which have got improved laboratory facilities as a result of TEQIP

II funds collaboration with relevant CSIR laboratories will help them grow their research and at the

same time provide the latter with a steady flow of students to work on live projects

7 Institutions which have upgraded their laboratory infrastructure in the area of food and agriculture

will gain by collaborating with the government on its e-labs project which aims at automating the

testing procedure of soil fertiliser pesticide and equipment samples By ensuring speedy and

transparent online disbursement of information related to such tests the projectrsquos vision is to

reduce crop losses and increase the use of good quality bio-pesticides through fair and unbiased

testing Institutions and students will be able to learn a lot about quality control and the processes

involved in digital testing through collaboration with the government on e-labs

8 In order to ensure transparency in procurement processes it is advisable that institutes make use of

the governmentrsquos new e-marketplace called GEM Through the portal wwwgemnicin institutes

can buy virtually anything and everything that they may require specially consumables office

equipment furniture and software Buying through this portal will speed up procurement and

improve the efficiency of institutes Created and maintained by the Directorate General of Supplies

amp Disposals (DGSampD) it provides tools for e-bidding reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to

help users get best value for their money At the national level a system of procurement should be

put in place including committee to look into the requirement and availability of equipment taking

global scenarios into consideration

Appendices

Appendix 1

55

State-wise Number of Institutions Under Technical Education QualityImprovement Programme II (2010-2017)

S Name of State CFIs Sub‐component 11 Sub‐component 12 Total No of

Institutions 1 Andhra Pradesh 5 6 11 2 Bihar 2 ‐‐ 2 3 Chhattisgarh 4 ‐‐ 4 4 Gujarat 7 ‐‐ 7 5 Haryana 3 3 6 6 Himachal Pradesh 1 ‐‐ 1 7 Jharkhand 1 1 2 8 Karnataka 4 15 19 9 Kerala 19 ‐‐ 19

10 Madhya Pradesh 3 2 5 11 Maharashtra 7 10 17

12 NCT‐Delhi ‐‐ 1 1 13 Odisha 2 ‐‐ 2 14 Punjab 7 1 8 15 Rajasthan 9 ‐‐ 9 16 Tamil Nadu 5 4 9 17 Telangana 8 5 13 18 Tripura 1 ‐‐ 1 19 UT‐Chandigarh 2 1 3 20 UT‐Puducherry 1 ‐‐ 1 21 Uttar Pradesh 2 5 7 22 Uttarakhand 1 2 3 23 West Bengal 11 3 14 24 Centrally Funded

Institutions (CFIs) 8 18 26

Total 113 77 190

Appendix 2 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 11

S Name of the Name of the Institution

No State UT

1 JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

2 Aditya Institute of Technology amp Management Tekkali Srikakulam

Andhra

3 Madanapalle Institute of Technology amp Science Madanapalle

Pradesh

4 Shri Vishnu Engineering College for women Vishnupur Bhimavaram

5 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College Chittoor

6 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur

Bihar

7 Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur

8 Government Engineering College Bilaspur

9 Government Engineering College Jagdalpur Bastar

Chhattisgarh

10 Government Engineering College Raipur

11 Rungta College of Engineering amp Technology Bhilai

56

12 Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

13 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Vallabh Vidynagar

14 Lukhdirji Engineering College Morbi

15 Gujarat Shantilal Shah Engineering College Bhavnagar

16 Government Engineering College Gandhinagar

17 Government Engineering College Rajkot

18 Government Engineering College Patan

19 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology (UIET) Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

Haryana

20 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology MDU Rohtak

21 NC College of Engineering Panipat

22 Himachal Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar Mandi

Pradesh

23 Jharkhand Cambridge Institute of Technology Ranchi

24 BVB College of Engineering amp Technology Hubli

25 PES College of Engineering Mandya

Karnataka

26 Government Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jublee Technological Institute Bangalore

27 NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore

2

SNo Name of the

Name of the Institution

StateUT

28 Government Engineering College Thrissur

29 Government Engineering College Kozhikode

30 Government Engineering College Painavu Idukki

31 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

32 School of Engineering Cochin University of Science amp Technology Cochin

33 Government College of Engineering Kannur

34 Government Engineering College Bartonhill Thiruvananthapuram

35 LBS Institute of Technology for Women Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram

36 College of Engineering Perumon Perinad Kollam

37 Kerala College of Engineering Kidangoor Kottayam

38 Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

57

39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

58

70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

60

Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

62

77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

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by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

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include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

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communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

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Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

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Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

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Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

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Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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19

Maharashtra (Figure 11)

Total population in lakh 11237

Literacy rate 823

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

1334 (119)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

94

Gross Enrolment Ratio 279

Total number of engineering institutes 216

Institutes in sub-component 11 7

Institutes in sub-component 12 10

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 17

Total available funds Rs 254 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 119 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 102 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

20

Delhi (Figure 12)

Total population in lakh 1679

Literacy rate 862

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

224 (133)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

16

Gross Enrolment Ratio 435

Total number of engineering institutes 15

Institutes in sub-component 11 0

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 125 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 56 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 15 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Available funds

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Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

21

Odisha (Figure 13)

Total population in lakh 4197

Literacy rate 729

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

466 (111)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

33

Gross Enrolment Ratio 177

Total number of engineering institutes 68

Institutes in sub-component 11 2

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 2

Total available funds Rs 20 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 105 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 108 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Figure 12 Delhi Technological University

22

Punjab (Figure 14)

Total population in lakh 2774

Literacy rate 758

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

325 (117)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

23

Gross Enrolment Ratio 27

Total number of engineering institutes 87

Institutes in sub-component 11 7

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 8

Total available funds Rs 81 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 42 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 22 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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College of Engineering And TechnologyBhubaneshwar

Figure 13 Odisha

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

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Figure 14 Punjab

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

23

Rajasthan (Figure 15)

Total population in lakh 6855

Literacy rate 661

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

871 (127)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

62

Gross Enrolment Ratio 20

Total number of engineering institutes 82

Institutes in sub-component 11 9

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 9

Total available funds Rs 84 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 45 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 32 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Tamil Nadu (Figure 16)

Total population in lakh 7215

Literacy rate 80

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

73 (101)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

52

Gross Enrolment Ratio 452

Total number of engineering institutes 326

Institutes in sub-component 11 5

Institutes in sub-component 12 4

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 9

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Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

24

Total available funds Rs 140 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 74 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 70 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Telangana (Figure 17)

Total population in lakh 350

Literacy rate 664

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

406 (114)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

29

Gross Enrolment Ratio 36

Total number of engineering institutes 182

Institutes in sub-component 11 8

Institutes in sub-component 12 5

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 13

Total available funds Rs 120 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 45 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 34 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plansubmitted by the institute

25

Tripura

Total population in lakh 367

Literacy rate 872

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

44 (119)

2015 projected share of state 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

03

Gross Enrolment Ratio 168

Total number of engineering institutes 6

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 10 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 55 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 54 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

UT-Chandigarh (Figure 18)

Total population in lakh 106

Literacy rate 861

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

17 (165)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

01

Gross Enrolment Ratio 56

Total number of engineering institutes 2

Institutes in sub-component 11 2

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 3

Total available funds Rs 475 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying Rs 24 crore

0

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Figure 17 Telangana

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

26

equipment and other resources

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 20 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Puducherry

Total population in lakh 125

Literacy rate 859

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

15 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

01

Gross Enrolment Ratio 46

Total number of engineering institutes 10

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 15 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 8 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 6 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Uttar Pradesh (Figure 19)

Total population in lakh 1998

Literacy rate 677

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Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plansubmitted by institute

28

West Bengal (Figure 21)

Total population in lakh 9128

Literacy rate 763

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

109 (12)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

77

Gross Enrolment Ratio 174

Total number of engineering institutes 72

Institutes in sub-component 11 11

Institutes in sub-component 12 3

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 14

Total available funds Rs 179 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 88 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 82 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rscrore)

Estimate as per plansubmitted by institute

29

CFIs (Figure 22)

Institutes in sub-component 11 8

Institutes in sub-component 12 18

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 26

Total available funds Rs 415 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 200 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1625 crore

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Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

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Figure 22 Centrally-funded institutions (CFIs)

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

30

Utilisation Analysis

In this section data on buying of equipment and other resources has been first analysed component-wise

and then department-wise

While data was collected from all institutes and a broad understanding was arrived at of the kind of

equipment and other resources money was spent on from the extensive lists provided by institutions it was

difficult to analyse how much money was spent on which category of item For the sake of analysis

therefore each equipment and item named by the institute was manually categorized into the following

broad categories-

1 Laboratory equipment (included all items bought for laboratories such as machines laptops

desktops and projectors)

2 Connectivity (included equipment related to creating wi-fi networks such as cables connectors

servers modems UPS racks adapters pipes and switches)

3 Books (included hard copies as well as subscriptions of e-journals for libraries)

4 Smart class (included white boards display panels podiums amplifiers cables projectors mixers

microphones webcam and wireless sensors)

5 Software

6 Office equipment (included laptops desktops printers scanners LCDs generator sets projectors

tables chairs almirahs digital signages etc bought for principalrsquos office directorrsquos office faculty

staff department rooms TEQIP office)

7 Furniture (included furniture for class rooms and departments)

8 Civil work (included flooring false ceilings repair work lighting)

Post the categorization in these eight broad heads the picture which emerged (Figure 23) for sub-

component 11 showed 58 per cent expenditure on laboratory equipment 14 per cent on software 10 per

cent on books 7 per cent each on office equipment and connectivity and 1-2 per cent each on furniture civil

work and smart classes This is in keeping with the goals of TEQIP II which had envisaged least expenditure

on civil work It was limited to 5 per cent of total expenditure on equipment for institutes under sub-

component 11 and 3 per cent for those under sub-component 12 If unspent institutes were free to use

this money for equipment and other resources So low expenditure on civil work is an achievement of TEQIP

II There should have been more expenditure on connectivity ndash campus-wide wifi networks ndash but that could

be due to the fact that several institutes already had wifi networks in place and did not need TEQIP funds to

do that

31

In sub-component 12 (Figure 24) this break-up was more or less on the same lines though the expenditure

on laboratory equipment in this sub-component was much higher at 70 per cent because of the inclusion of

centres of excellence and higher focus on post-graduate and PhD level studies This was followed by 17 per

cent on software and 5 per cent each on books and office equipment Rest was all 2 per cent and less and

negligible amount of expenditure on civil work was seen in this category

Department-wise

analysis of equipment

purchased by

institutes shows that in

sub-component 11

(Figure 25) highest

Lab equipment58

Software 14

Books 10

Office equipment

7

Connectivity 7

Smart class2

Furniture1

Civil work1

EXPENDITURE (11)

Figure 23

Office equipment

5

Software 17

Smart class1

EXPENDITURE (12)

Figure 29

32

076 164 46678

961 10631459

2169

TOTAL AMOUNT SPENT BY DEPARTMENTS (IN RS LAKH)

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

(in Rs crore)

number of equipment were bought by computer amp IT departments followed by electrical mechanical

electronics and civil departments For the purpose of categorization two or more streams of a kind were

merged into one and numbers for both streams taken together For instance computer science and

information technology were merged into one Similarly electronics amp instrumentation and electronics amp

electrical were taken together under electronics

While sub-component 11 presented a picture on expected lines with the top five departments being

generally the biggest departments in institutes in sub-component 12 this picture was slightly confusing

Here the top two departmentsndash electronics and civil ndash were ahead of other departments (Table 1) by an

inexplicable margin One of the reasons for this could be the fact that most of the equipment bought for the

centres of excellence would have had items related to electronics But that still does not explain the

unusually high number of items for civil engineering departments

Table 1 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 12

Name of the department Number of items bought

Mining 23

BioTech 137

Chemical 170

Mechanical 497

Computer amp IT 661

Electrical 969

Electronics 544915

Civil 1701948

On the other hand an expenditure-wise analysis of the same departments shows a different picture (Figure

26) with mechanical engineering department emerging top with expenditure of Rs 216 crore and electrical

department showing expenditure of Rs 145 crore Civil department is at number 3 with expenditure of Rs

106 crore The aberration in the number of items could have been because civil and electronics

departments would have bought a large number of items of small value

33

166 224 45 481 934 14772459

3138

Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

(in Rs crore)Figure 27

As per the data provided by institutes those in sub-component 11 show higher expenditure

department-wise with mechanical engineering department at top with expenditure of Rs 313

crore These should however be taken only as indicative figures as the numbers cannot be absolute

(Figure 27)

Table 7 Top 20 Lab equipment bought by institutes in 11

CNC Lathe machines

Compressor testing machine

Computer and peripherals

Computerised machines

Digital meters

Gas chromatograph

Micro-controller

Micro-processor

Oscilloscope

PCB prototyping machine

Robotic kits

Solar PV systems

Spectrum analyser

Thermal imager

Total Station

Ultrasonic probe

Universal testing machine

UV-spectrophotometer

Voltmeter

Wattmeter

34

Table 2 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 11

Table 21 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 12

1 CNC Lathe machines Advanced laser kit

2 Compressor testing machine Asphalt material performance tester

3 Computer and peripherals Atomic absorption spectrophotometer

4 Computerised machines Bio-reactors

5 Digital meters BOD incubator

6 Gas chromatograph Centrifuge

7 Micro-controller CNC lathe machine

8 Micro-processor Compression testing

9 Oscilloscope Computer and peripherals

10 PCB prototyping machine Digital image processing

11 Robotic kits Digital multimeter

12 Solar PV systems Electric discharge machine

13 Spectrum analyser Hydraulic pressing

14 Thermal imager Magnetic stirrer

15 Total Station Microwave simulator

16 Ultrasonic probe Optical microscope

17 Universal testing machine PCB prototype machine

18 UV-spectrophotometer Thermal analyser

19 Voltmeter Thermal scanner

20 Wattmeter Wireless sensor network kit

Impact of Utilisation

No amount of data tracking or record keeping is worth

the effort if it does not translate into improvement in

actual output The real impact of all this expenditure by

institutes on buying of latest equipment is only useful in

so far as it is able to show growth in the number of

publications or rise in the number of post-graduate

student intake Looked at from that perspective TEQIP II

seems to have made satisfactory progress as the data

maintained by the National Project Implementation Unit

UPWARD TREND

Increase in the number of

publications in refereed

journals

Increase in the number of PG

and PhD students

Increase in revenue generated

through consultancy

35

(NPIU) shows There has been a significant improvement over the years in the number of publications in

refereed journals which till last year have been showing above target performance Only the numbers for

2016-17 are low considering that the data captured is till the month of February 2017 only From a target of

7500 publications in 2010-11 and a realization of 11722to a target of 14500 in 2015-16 and a realization of

18482 (Figure 28) the growth has been impressive though again how much of it is due to buying of

equipment alone is debatable

Another key performance indicatoras per the planners of TEQIP II was rise in the total number of masters

and PhD level students from a baseline of 30000 in 2010-11 to 41000 by 2016 Seen from that angle also the

performance of the programme has exceeded the target To a large extent this can be attributed to

availability of better laboratory infrastructure as it would have been a major factor behind the institutesrsquo

capability to attract students for MTech and PhD (Figure 29)

7032 7500 8000 8500 9000

14000 14500

11722

1606618103

20037

22556

18482

2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016

Fig 28 Number of publications in refereed journals in TEQIP II institutions

Target Actual

36

The percentage of externally funded RampD projects and consultancies in total revenue has increased from 7

per cent in 2010-11 to 14 per cent in 2015-16 against a target of 12 per cent (Figure 30)

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

Target 7032 32000 33000 34000 34000 40000 40500

Actual 35132 37791 44171 49251 48718 45659

0

10000

20000

30000

40000

50000

60000

Fig 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP I

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

2016-2017

Target 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12

Actual 82 11 127 137 117 14 125

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

Tota

l Rev

enu

e

Fig 30 Consultancy revenue generated

37

Chapter 3 Case Studies

38

Government Engineering College Thrissur Kerala

(with inputs from Prof Manoj Kumar K V Coordinator TEQIP II GEC Thrissur)

The entire process of planning procurement and the complete cycle of improved input resulting in improved output can be illustrated through the case study of Government Engineering College Thrissur which is one of the model colleges in TEQIP II and received funds under sub-component 11 It is the second oldest engineering in the state of Kerala and is affiliated to the University of Calicut Its foundation stone was laid by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in April 1958 and among its famous alumni are Dr K Radhakrishnan former chairman of Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) Out of the project allocation of Rs 10 crore Rs 55 crore was utilized by the institute for procurement of equipment The fund was apportioned among the departments based on student strength and their need to modernize and strengthen their various laboratories The procurement plan was finalized from the proposals received from the departments and vetted by the State Project Facilitation Unit (SPFU) before being executed through the Procurement Management Support System (PMSS) which was a web portal created by the National Project Implementation Unit (NPIU) to manage the project

39

Figure 31 10 steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan (Figure 38)

Departments were asked to draw up a

three-year procurement plan based on

their needs Department heads

coordinators and TEQIP nodal officers

had a meeting in the institute in

January 2012 to understand the plans

and procedures as available on NPIU

website

In February the Principal of the

institute TEQIP coordinator and

procurement coordinator attended a

training session conducted by NPIU at

Thiruvananthapuram Participation in

this session was facilitated by SPFU and

it entailed extensive training on how to

use the PMSS website

A training session was organized in the

institute for the benefit of Heads of

Departments (HoDs) and Department

TEQIP coordinators The programme

was attended by 24 officials and it

covered the entire set of activities

pertaining to purchase through PMSS --

from configuration management plan

creation and revision packaging and

procuring to stocking

Procurement coordinator and

department TEQIP coordinators also

attended a training program organized

by SPFUat School of Engineering

Cochin University of Science and

Technologyin February 2012

The SPFU arranged a discussion at

directorateoffice Thiruvanantha-

puramin February to fine tune the plan

and to facilitate data entry through

PMSS The finetuning included clubbing

of similar items from various

departments into one package limiting

the threshold to a maximum of 90 per

cent included in a scheme and revising

the tentative timelines based on plan

approval which was expected by mid-

April 2012 The institute was advised to

procure a particular software used for

double entry book-keeping through

PMSS and to identify 2 National

Competitive Bidding (NCB)

procurement plans to be sent to

Central authorities for approval

The rejigged procurement plan after

consultation with the concerned

coordinators was uploaded on the

website on 28thFebruary 2012

The plan was reviewed by SPFU and

some corrections were suggested

The corrected plan was uploaded again

At a meeting convened on 14thMarch

2012 at LBS College for Women

Thiruvananthapuram the first approval

of the plan was given by Director SPFU

On 31st March 2012 the Principal

convened a meeting of HoDs and

departmental TEQIP coordinators and

instructions were issued to draw up

specifications with respect to every

package so that the data was readily

available for entry to PMSS once the

plan was approved by NPIUWorld

Bank

1 2

3 4

5

6

8

7

9

10

40

Procurement activities were in full swing during the first 18 months of the project and were executed fully as

per the plan Procurement was completed in 82 packages including 68 National Shopping (NS)packages 7

National Competitive Bidding (NCB) packages 2 Direct Contract packages and 5 Civil Works packages

The institute made maximum expenditure in 2013-14 (Figure 32) across different heads Its investments on

laboratory modernization and strengthening started in 2012 and continued till 2017 (Figure 33) Overall it

spent bulk of the money (88 per cent) on modernization of laboratories and 5 per cent on ICT enabled

learning (Figure 34)

5851520

36470287

6909895

61170 1552063

0

5000000

10000000

15000000

20000000

25000000

30000000

35000000

40000000

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur (in Rs)

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Figure 32

2012-1311

2013-1473

2014-1515

2015-160

2016-171

EXPENDITURE ON MODERNISATION STRENGTHENING OF LABS AT GEC THRISSUR

Figure 33

41

Major equipment bought by the institute with TEQIP II funds includes a Rheometer which is not available in

any other institution in the state and offers potential for research and consultancy It is used for determining

the rheological behaviors of liquids and solids It has applications in polymer nano-composites which are the

emerging field of research The stress rheology measurements provide information for spread ability

emulsion stability suspension leveling flow control thermal stability extrudability and thickening etc The

fluid can be highly non-newtonian The equipment is useful for MTech students and faculty for doing

research

The institute also bought a Gas Chromatograph which is used in analyzing compositions purity and for

separating different components of a mixture based on volatility It is also used in identifying a compound

and its applications include analysis of toxicity of soil water and air identifying unknown compounds etc

The equipment is useful for faculty and students in doing research and projects in the field of environmental

engineering and provides opportunities for pollution control related consultancy work

Another important purchase is Accelerated Curing Tank With concrete construction increasing at a rapid

pace this equipment provides the possibility of accelerating the curing time Normal method of curing takes

28 days To reduce the curing time of concrete and test its strength accelerated curing is required and this

can be achieved with the use of Accelerated Curing Tank in the laboratory

88

5 4

0

0

3

Fig 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14at Government Engineering College Thrissur

Expenditure on modernisation strengthening of existinglaboratories

Expenditure on ICT enabledlearning related softwareamphardware

Expenditure on library ie books e-books

Journals e-journals course specificsoftware

Expenditure on modernisation ofclassrooms

Others (furniture)

42

Table 3 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Name of the Equipment

Cost (in rupees)

Pressure Volume Change Controller

365625

Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Suit

1365000

Solar Photovoltaic grid tied training system with MPPT

367500

Gas Chromatograph 1494692

Rheometer 2687350

Surface Roughness Tester

401205

Multimedia Projector 114162

Thermal Imager 746366

Machine Conditioning Monitor

861685

Metallurgical Image Analysis System for Welding

283500

Software Factory CAD 320000

Robot 567000

Pipe Flow Software 149234

Petrol Engine Test Setup

783090

Tribometer 609900

Vibration Analyser 539175

Slotting Machine 449243

Lathe and Shaping Machine

869001

Metal Cutting Band saw 156240

Digital Viscometer 919050

Solid Modeling Software

356590

Ultrasonic Flow Detector

235561

43

Rapid Phototyping Machine

814800

Group Video Conferencing Kit

533340

Lan Trainer 106180

The efforts of the institute over the years have led to improved student placements and intake (Figure 35)

Output in terms of publications in international journals and participation of faculty and students in

international conferences has also gone up considerably (Figure 36)

Top 10 international journals in which faculty and students have secured publications since TEQIP II are

Name of Journal

1 IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

2 International Journal on Numerical Methods in Fluids

261221

570527

357

766

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Placement offers Students placed Intake of students

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 35 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 36 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

Publication in international journals Participation in international conferences

44

3 IETE Technical Review

4 Journal of the Optical Society of America

5 International Journal of Power amp Energy Systems

6 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

7 International Journal of Remote Sensing

8 Automatica

9 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

10 ASME Journal of Heat Transfer

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering amp Technology

Aligarh Muslim University

Another institute with an impeccable history and track record is Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and

Technology (ZHCET) which is a constituent college of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and it received TEQIP

II funds under sub-component 11 AMU was set up by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as Mohammedan Anglo-

Oriental College in 1875 Against available funds of Rs 10 crore ZHCET utilized Rs 618 crore as of February

2017 Following is a glimpse into the major equipment purchased by the institute

Name of the equipment Centrifugal Pump and Pelton Turbine Module Nozzle

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3349138

Reason for buying To improve teaching and research in fluid mechanics section of mechanical engineering

department The equipment comprises centrifugal pump with flowmeter valves reservoir and

instrumentation for measurement and display of inlet outlet pressures torque speed and power and

turbine inlet pressure for Peltan turbine

Name of the equipment Universal High Voltage Test system and Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage Tester

(PE-AOBDV-MXXX)

Name of the department Electrical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 4522500

Reason for buying A new MTech programme in High Voltage Engineering was started under TEQIP II for

which enhanced laboratory infrastructure was needed PE-AOBDV-M series of Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage

Testers are highly precise instruments which can be used to conduct either a breakdown voltage test or do a proof

(withstand) test Dielectric Breakdown Voltage testing of Oil is one such means to detect the voltage at power

frequency at which it is likely to cause a flash-over

Name of the equipment Altium Nanoboard FPGA Kit

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1368863

Reason for buying Five kits were bought for under-graduate and post-graduate students

45

Name of the equipmentExata Software Emulator for Networking

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1245780

Reason for buying BTech students use it to perform experiments in EL-494 (Communication Lab -III) to

study the performance of simulated networks M Tech students use it for projects and dissertations Three

faculty members are using this software for RampD purpose

Name of the equipmentPotentiostat Galvanostat with Impedance Analyzer

Name of the department Petroleum Studies

Cost of equipment Rs 1562925

Reason for buying Potentiostate is at the heart of research on electrochemistry It is mainly used for

research in the area of fuel cell membrane cyclic voltammeter and super capacitors

Name of the equipment Imac 215 Quad Core i5 with Apple Protection Plan

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 205800

Reason for buying Two units of Imac were bought for the post-graduate and networking laboratories of

computer engineering department so that students could develop software based on iOS

Altium Nanoboard

FPGA Kit

46

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli was set up in 1947 with only the civil engineering under-graduate

programme Since 2007 the institute has been autonomous having been affiliated to Bombay University

Pune University and Shivaji University in the past The institute received TEQIP II funds under sub-

component 12 It was eligible to receive Rs 125 crore It submitted procurement plan for Rs 87 crore and

spent Rs 618 crore as of February 2017

MAJOR EQUIPMENT BOUGHT

Name of the equipment Shake Table Set-up

Name of the department Civil amp Structural Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1925776

Reason for buying To establish an earthquake engineering laboratory for conducting studies on response of

structures to earthquake induced vibrations To investigate structural response under various dynamic

loading conditions

Name of the equipment Electromagnetic Exciter with Pay Load Capacity of 100 to 150 kg

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2310824

Reason for buying To carry out research work in the field of dynamic analysis for various systems

Name of the equipment Micro Machining Centre Hyper-15w table top type integrated multi-process CNC

machine tool

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3078000

Reason for buying To develop micro machining centre for the research of micro machining PG production

laboratory

2663678

6154586

7489947

8770675

8777330

10572980

11435333

0 4000000 8000000 12000000

OFFICE

ELECTRICAL

ELECTRONICS

CIVIL (CIVIL+ CIVIL ENVIRONMENTAL+ hellip

LIBRARY

COMPUTER + IT

MECHANICAL

Fig 37 Department-wise expenditure Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Figures in rupees

47

Name of the equipment Dynamometer with Built-In Three Channel Charge Amplifiers

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1876090

Reason for buying To carry out research in the area of machining

Name of the equipment Lab View Add-ons Image Processing using Smart Camera Evaluation Kit

Name of the department Electronics Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3421650

Reason for buying Design simulation and prototyping platform for experiments on DSP communication

embedded control and measurements visual representation of experimental results

Name of the equipment Thermal Conductivity Analyzer with Material -- liquid pastes and small particles

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2100000

Reason for buying Post-graduate research and laboratory development

48

Chapter 4 Key Findings

49

1 On an average funds given to institutions for purchase of equipment and soft resources have led to

significant improvement in laboratory infrastructure of the institutes under study

2 The impact of such purchases on improvement in quality is not easily quantifiable in measurable

terms To assess the same other correlated parameters could be looked at such as improvement in

the number of research publications in refereed journals increase in the number of PhD students

number of faculty involved in research or the percentage of student placement However none of

these parameters can be directly or solely be said to be due to the improvement in physical or

digital infrastructure of institutes

3 Institutes did not have a clear-cut strategy of what best use they could put the available money to

Given that each institute on an average got Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and other resources

they could have used the money to create at least one best-in-class facility in any of the

departments which was equipped to utilize that facility in terms of augmenting the interaction of

the institute with industry or generating more resources through assignments from other agencies

While institutes in sub-component 12 had the provision to set up centres of excellence even in sub-

component 11 they could have done so if they had worked with that aim and vision

4 Instead institutes on an average divided the money equally across six departments and each

department on an average bought one-two machines which were significantly expensive and the

rest of the money was spent on buying other small routine equipment desktops laptops

networking servers software and e-journals Collaborations between departments for research

projects were however missing

5 This pattern of expenditure can be explained by the fact that our engineering institutions are still in

a phase where there is more emphasis on theory than practical Hands-on learning or project-based

approach in teaching is relatively new for institutions which is why there is not much emphasis on

understanding the practical aspects of learning such as producing patents versus papers

6 Institutes were seen to be over protective wherever even a slightly costly equipment was bought By

their own admission such equipment was most of the time kept under lock and key and was at best

displayed to students They were rarely given the opportunity to actually do something with it on

their own

7 Equal receipt of money by a number of departments has led to overall improvement in laboratory

standards of all departments which is good from an egalitarian perspective It is also good that all

departments have been able to uniformly upgrade their infrastructure and will therefore be able to

compete with each other in attracting good students faculty as well as assignments from industry in

future

8 Discussions with focus groups suggest that institutes spent large amounts of money on creating or

refurbishing physical infrastructure While non-academic experts may see this as wasteful

expenditure from an academic perspective even if this leads to improvement in the physical

facilities being offered by institutes it is well worth the investment While state funded institutes

get funds from state governments for building infrastructure for some of the centrally funded

institutes where infrastructure may have been falling apart this money would have been useful

9 Because of the fact that there is no proper system to track the usage of equipment ndash records are

maintained in physical form in the shape of log books and registers which render a macro analysis

50

impossible -- anecdotal evidence suggests that equipment bought is not being optimally utilized A

significantly higher number of research papers in refereed journals suggests that this may not be

true but the fact remains that there is no improvement in the number of technology transfers

commercialization of research or patent generation which remain weak This again brings into focus

the theory versus application part of teaching

10 Overall improvement in base infrastructure was important for institutes to advance to the next level

of development Except for some of the Centrally funded institutions none of the institutes which

received funding in TEQIP II are in the league of the six original IITs in terms of laboratory

infrastructure They do not have access to the kind of liberal funding that CFTIs get If they had not

got the present funds to buy equipment they would have taken at least five to seven years to

procure the same through the resources available to them Even for Central institutions as also for

others the availability of funds at one go meant that they could procure high costing software such

as Matlab Ansys Labview Cadence and Adobe which benefit students across departments

11 Funds for buying equipment and other soft resources enabled the institutes to take some steps

towards keeping pace with the rapidly changing advancements in technology Increased level of

automation and artificial intelligence in industry is reflected in the kind of purchases institutes have

made ndash various types of simulation software digital machines replacing analogue ones such as in

electrical engineering departments all-in-one automatic machines which combine several levels of

manual work such as in surveying in civil engineering departments robotic arms mimicking the

automated environment of modern factories attached to lathe machines in mechanical engineering

departments instruments capable of handling nano particles in specialized centres and 3D printers

capable of printing high precision devices which are being used in multiple fields

12 Most institutes have also bought subscriptions to high level international journals in various

streams both online and physical enabling access to vast repository of world class content for most

students

13 Institutes have not paid much thought to maintenance of equipment since most of the purchases

have been made in the past two-three years and warranty periods are still in force Most institutes

have also reported availability of in-house technicians to look after the machines though majority

said that they would sign annual maintenance contracts (AMC) with vendors Since AMCs usually

cost roughly 10 per cent of the cost of the equipment they felt that the resources allocated for the

same under TEQIP II would not be adequate and that they should be increased slightly

14 As per the feedback provided by almost all institutes they all agree that the equipment purchased

by them responds to faculty student needs and was done as per consultation and

recommendations of faculty They all follow well laid out norms for disposal of equipment which

keep environmental considerations in mind

6 -- Average number of departments among which each institute in Sub-component 11 divided

the total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 500 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

51

7-- Average number of departments among which each institute in sub-component 12 divided the

total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 284 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

2147403 ndash Number of items bought by institutes for office purpose in sub-component

11

101699 hours monthndash Utilisation of equipment by UG amp PG students in sub-component

11 as per available data of institutes which participated in the study

427 hours month ndash Average utilization of equipment by UG and PG students across

institutes in sub-component 11

51656 hours month -- Utilisation of equipment by PhD students in sub-component 11 as

per available data of institutes which participated in the study

37 hours month-- Average utilization of equipment by PhD students across institutes in sub-

component 11

52

Chapter 5 Way Forward

53

As data shows and case studies prove there can be no doubt that TEQIP II and the funds provided to

institutes for purchase of equipment and other soft resources have led to improvement in laboratory

infrastructure which in turn has helped in improving the output Some pointers for future stages of the

project are-

1 Even though TEQIP II had a major focus on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and institutes

were given significant amount of funds for purchase of equipment there were no guidelines or

benchmarks for them to judge themselves against and to understand what an ideal laboratory

should be like for any given department While it is good that they were given the freedom to decide

what they wanted to buy and it depended on the pro-activeness of the department heads on what

all they ended up getting funds for in an ideal scenario they should have been given a list of

essential basic equipment as well as research level equipment and they could have prioritized their

purchases on the basis of that

In all likelihood such department-wise lists do not exist anywhere In the third phase of TEQIP

therefore NPIU could commission a project which involves study of top world-class as well as top

national-level laboratories for each department Thereafter standard templates of equipment could

be prepared which could illustrate the requirement of equipment for each concept and practical for

every stream of engineering Based on standard frequency of usage and the number of students in a

class adequate numbers of any equipment could be recommended to be bought by institutes in

order to ensure that not too much time is wasted on rotating several batches of students on the

same equipment

Availability of such templates of equipment as well as soft resources which could be updated

periodically in keeping with the changes in technology and availability of resources would also help

policy makers understand how many institutes come up to a benchmark and how many need

further support

2 Institutes should start maintaining digital records of use of equipment which are bought for research

purposes These records should not be just digital copies of physical registers but should be in the

form of smart solutions which can track internal supply chains in laboratories as well as usage of

equipment The solutions should be able to provide real-time analysis of usage of equipment in

every laboratory and all laboratories could be linked to one centralized system There are various

kinds of RFID solutions available today which can handle usage patterns well The available

information could be used to devise solutions and create policy interventions to increase the actual

usage of equipment

3 Nodal institutes under TEQIP II could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of neighboring non-TEQIP institutes The

unspent money could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

4 Institutes could be encouraged to ensure that laboratories in all departments have well designed

brochures and information material such as leaflets and manuals on major equipment so that

dissemination of information about their availability is easy and their utilization could be increased

54

5 Facilities created in institutes are not being optimally utilized to increase interaction with industry

While rural location of the institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of

the reasons it is also true that in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the

commissioning of equipment Size of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for

anything on industrial scale But in most cases industry is not even aware of the existence of state-

of-the-art equipment inside institutes Regular interactions with sector-specific companies are a

must therefore to create a culture of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration

6 For decades research has happened in our country in isolation and at a distance from both industry

and academia Being largely funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) so far it

has been taking place inside the laboratories of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

The 37 laboratories of CSIR and its 39 field stations or extension centres have been working in the

areas of aerospace engineering structural engineering ocean science life science metallurgy

chemicals mining food petroleum leather and environmental science The ministry of HRD has

also started funding research in a big way in recent years through schemes such as Imprint ndash

Improving Research Innovation and Technology and the Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) It would be

fruitful for the country if research happening purely on the scientific side is able to converge with

that on the academic side Hence in order to ensure greater synergy between research and

teaching it is essential that technical institutes start working more closely with CSIR laboratories

This will bring them immediately closer to cutting edge research and provide rich exposure to

students Specially for institutions which have got improved laboratory facilities as a result of TEQIP

II funds collaboration with relevant CSIR laboratories will help them grow their research and at the

same time provide the latter with a steady flow of students to work on live projects

7 Institutions which have upgraded their laboratory infrastructure in the area of food and agriculture

will gain by collaborating with the government on its e-labs project which aims at automating the

testing procedure of soil fertiliser pesticide and equipment samples By ensuring speedy and

transparent online disbursement of information related to such tests the projectrsquos vision is to

reduce crop losses and increase the use of good quality bio-pesticides through fair and unbiased

testing Institutions and students will be able to learn a lot about quality control and the processes

involved in digital testing through collaboration with the government on e-labs

8 In order to ensure transparency in procurement processes it is advisable that institutes make use of

the governmentrsquos new e-marketplace called GEM Through the portal wwwgemnicin institutes

can buy virtually anything and everything that they may require specially consumables office

equipment furniture and software Buying through this portal will speed up procurement and

improve the efficiency of institutes Created and maintained by the Directorate General of Supplies

amp Disposals (DGSampD) it provides tools for e-bidding reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to

help users get best value for their money At the national level a system of procurement should be

put in place including committee to look into the requirement and availability of equipment taking

global scenarios into consideration

Appendices

Appendix 1

55

State-wise Number of Institutions Under Technical Education QualityImprovement Programme II (2010-2017)

S Name of State CFIs Sub‐component 11 Sub‐component 12 Total No of

Institutions 1 Andhra Pradesh 5 6 11 2 Bihar 2 ‐‐ 2 3 Chhattisgarh 4 ‐‐ 4 4 Gujarat 7 ‐‐ 7 5 Haryana 3 3 6 6 Himachal Pradesh 1 ‐‐ 1 7 Jharkhand 1 1 2 8 Karnataka 4 15 19 9 Kerala 19 ‐‐ 19

10 Madhya Pradesh 3 2 5 11 Maharashtra 7 10 17

12 NCT‐Delhi ‐‐ 1 1 13 Odisha 2 ‐‐ 2 14 Punjab 7 1 8 15 Rajasthan 9 ‐‐ 9 16 Tamil Nadu 5 4 9 17 Telangana 8 5 13 18 Tripura 1 ‐‐ 1 19 UT‐Chandigarh 2 1 3 20 UT‐Puducherry 1 ‐‐ 1 21 Uttar Pradesh 2 5 7 22 Uttarakhand 1 2 3 23 West Bengal 11 3 14 24 Centrally Funded

Institutions (CFIs) 8 18 26

Total 113 77 190

Appendix 2 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 11

S Name of the Name of the Institution

No State UT

1 JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

2 Aditya Institute of Technology amp Management Tekkali Srikakulam

Andhra

3 Madanapalle Institute of Technology amp Science Madanapalle

Pradesh

4 Shri Vishnu Engineering College for women Vishnupur Bhimavaram

5 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College Chittoor

6 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur

Bihar

7 Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur

8 Government Engineering College Bilaspur

9 Government Engineering College Jagdalpur Bastar

Chhattisgarh

10 Government Engineering College Raipur

11 Rungta College of Engineering amp Technology Bhilai

56

12 Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

13 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Vallabh Vidynagar

14 Lukhdirji Engineering College Morbi

15 Gujarat Shantilal Shah Engineering College Bhavnagar

16 Government Engineering College Gandhinagar

17 Government Engineering College Rajkot

18 Government Engineering College Patan

19 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology (UIET) Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

Haryana

20 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology MDU Rohtak

21 NC College of Engineering Panipat

22 Himachal Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar Mandi

Pradesh

23 Jharkhand Cambridge Institute of Technology Ranchi

24 BVB College of Engineering amp Technology Hubli

25 PES College of Engineering Mandya

Karnataka

26 Government Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jublee Technological Institute Bangalore

27 NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore

2

SNo Name of the

Name of the Institution

StateUT

28 Government Engineering College Thrissur

29 Government Engineering College Kozhikode

30 Government Engineering College Painavu Idukki

31 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

32 School of Engineering Cochin University of Science amp Technology Cochin

33 Government College of Engineering Kannur

34 Government Engineering College Bartonhill Thiruvananthapuram

35 LBS Institute of Technology for Women Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram

36 College of Engineering Perumon Perinad Kollam

37 Kerala College of Engineering Kidangoor Kottayam

38 Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

57

39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

58

70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

60

Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

62

77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

70

Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

72

Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

73

Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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20

Delhi (Figure 12)

Total population in lakh 1679

Literacy rate 862

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

224 (133)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

16

Gross Enrolment Ratio 435

Total number of engineering institutes 15

Institutes in sub-component 11 0

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 125 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 56 crore

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Rs 15 crore

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21

Odisha (Figure 13)

Total population in lakh 4197

Literacy rate 729

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

466 (111)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

33

Gross Enrolment Ratio 177

Total number of engineering institutes 68

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560

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

Available funds Actual expenditure Estimate as per plansubmitted by the institute

Figure 12 Delhi Technological University

22

Punjab (Figure 14)

Total population in lakh 2774

Literacy rate 758

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

325 (117)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

23

Gross Enrolment Ratio 27

Total number of engineering institutes 87

Institutes in sub-component 11 7

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 8

Total available funds Rs 81 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 42 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 22 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

Veer Surendra Sai University ofTechnology Burla Sambalpur

College of Engineering And TechnologyBhubaneshwar

Figure 13 Odisha

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

0200400600800

100012001400

Figure 14 Punjab

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

23

Rajasthan (Figure 15)

Total population in lakh 6855

Literacy rate 661

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

871 (127)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

62

Gross Enrolment Ratio 20

Total number of engineering institutes 82

Institutes in sub-component 11 9

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 9

Total available funds Rs 84 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 45 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 32 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Tamil Nadu (Figure 16)

Total population in lakh 7215

Literacy rate 80

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

73 (101)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

52

Gross Enrolment Ratio 452

Total number of engineering institutes 326

Institutes in sub-component 11 5

Institutes in sub-component 12 4

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 9

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

24

Total available funds Rs 140 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 74 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 70 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Telangana (Figure 17)

Total population in lakh 350

Literacy rate 664

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

406 (114)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

29

Gross Enrolment Ratio 36

Total number of engineering institutes 182

Institutes in sub-component 11 8

Institutes in sub-component 12 5

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 13

Total available funds Rs 120 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 45 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 34 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0200400600800

100012001400160018002000

FUN

DS

IN R

UP

EES

LAK

H

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plansubmitted by the institute

25

Tripura

Total population in lakh 367

Literacy rate 872

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

44 (119)

2015 projected share of state 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

03

Gross Enrolment Ratio 168

Total number of engineering institutes 6

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 10 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 55 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 54 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

UT-Chandigarh (Figure 18)

Total population in lakh 106

Literacy rate 861

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

17 (165)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

01

Gross Enrolment Ratio 56

Total number of engineering institutes 2

Institutes in sub-component 11 2

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 3

Total available funds Rs 475 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying Rs 24 crore

0

500

1000

1500

2000

Figure 17 Telangana

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

26

equipment and other resources

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 20 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Puducherry

Total population in lakh 125

Literacy rate 859

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

15 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

01

Gross Enrolment Ratio 46

Total number of engineering institutes 10

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 15 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 8 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 6 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Uttar Pradesh (Figure 19)

Total population in lakh 1998

Literacy rate 677

0200400600800

100012001400160018002000

Fun

ds

in r

up

ees

lakh

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plansubmitted by institute

28

West Bengal (Figure 21)

Total population in lakh 9128

Literacy rate 763

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

109 (12)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

77

Gross Enrolment Ratio 174

Total number of engineering institutes 72

Institutes in sub-component 11 11

Institutes in sub-component 12 3

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 14

Total available funds Rs 179 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 88 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 82 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

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1200

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Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rscrore)

Estimate as per plansubmitted by institute

29

CFIs (Figure 22)

Institutes in sub-component 11 8

Institutes in sub-component 12 18

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 26

Total available funds Rs 415 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 200 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1625 crore

0200400600800

100012001400160018002000

Figure 21 West Bengal

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

0200400600800

100012001400160018002000

Figure 22 Centrally-funded institutions (CFIs)

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

30

Utilisation Analysis

In this section data on buying of equipment and other resources has been first analysed component-wise

and then department-wise

While data was collected from all institutes and a broad understanding was arrived at of the kind of

equipment and other resources money was spent on from the extensive lists provided by institutions it was

difficult to analyse how much money was spent on which category of item For the sake of analysis

therefore each equipment and item named by the institute was manually categorized into the following

broad categories-

1 Laboratory equipment (included all items bought for laboratories such as machines laptops

desktops and projectors)

2 Connectivity (included equipment related to creating wi-fi networks such as cables connectors

servers modems UPS racks adapters pipes and switches)

3 Books (included hard copies as well as subscriptions of e-journals for libraries)

4 Smart class (included white boards display panels podiums amplifiers cables projectors mixers

microphones webcam and wireless sensors)

5 Software

6 Office equipment (included laptops desktops printers scanners LCDs generator sets projectors

tables chairs almirahs digital signages etc bought for principalrsquos office directorrsquos office faculty

staff department rooms TEQIP office)

7 Furniture (included furniture for class rooms and departments)

8 Civil work (included flooring false ceilings repair work lighting)

Post the categorization in these eight broad heads the picture which emerged (Figure 23) for sub-

component 11 showed 58 per cent expenditure on laboratory equipment 14 per cent on software 10 per

cent on books 7 per cent each on office equipment and connectivity and 1-2 per cent each on furniture civil

work and smart classes This is in keeping with the goals of TEQIP II which had envisaged least expenditure

on civil work It was limited to 5 per cent of total expenditure on equipment for institutes under sub-

component 11 and 3 per cent for those under sub-component 12 If unspent institutes were free to use

this money for equipment and other resources So low expenditure on civil work is an achievement of TEQIP

II There should have been more expenditure on connectivity ndash campus-wide wifi networks ndash but that could

be due to the fact that several institutes already had wifi networks in place and did not need TEQIP funds to

do that

31

In sub-component 12 (Figure 24) this break-up was more or less on the same lines though the expenditure

on laboratory equipment in this sub-component was much higher at 70 per cent because of the inclusion of

centres of excellence and higher focus on post-graduate and PhD level studies This was followed by 17 per

cent on software and 5 per cent each on books and office equipment Rest was all 2 per cent and less and

negligible amount of expenditure on civil work was seen in this category

Department-wise

analysis of equipment

purchased by

institutes shows that in

sub-component 11

(Figure 25) highest

Lab equipment58

Software 14

Books 10

Office equipment

7

Connectivity 7

Smart class2

Furniture1

Civil work1

EXPENDITURE (11)

Figure 23

Office equipment

5

Software 17

Smart class1

EXPENDITURE (12)

Figure 29

32

076 164 46678

961 10631459

2169

TOTAL AMOUNT SPENT BY DEPARTMENTS (IN RS LAKH)

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

(in Rs crore)

number of equipment were bought by computer amp IT departments followed by electrical mechanical

electronics and civil departments For the purpose of categorization two or more streams of a kind were

merged into one and numbers for both streams taken together For instance computer science and

information technology were merged into one Similarly electronics amp instrumentation and electronics amp

electrical were taken together under electronics

While sub-component 11 presented a picture on expected lines with the top five departments being

generally the biggest departments in institutes in sub-component 12 this picture was slightly confusing

Here the top two departmentsndash electronics and civil ndash were ahead of other departments (Table 1) by an

inexplicable margin One of the reasons for this could be the fact that most of the equipment bought for the

centres of excellence would have had items related to electronics But that still does not explain the

unusually high number of items for civil engineering departments

Table 1 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 12

Name of the department Number of items bought

Mining 23

BioTech 137

Chemical 170

Mechanical 497

Computer amp IT 661

Electrical 969

Electronics 544915

Civil 1701948

On the other hand an expenditure-wise analysis of the same departments shows a different picture (Figure

26) with mechanical engineering department emerging top with expenditure of Rs 216 crore and electrical

department showing expenditure of Rs 145 crore Civil department is at number 3 with expenditure of Rs

106 crore The aberration in the number of items could have been because civil and electronics

departments would have bought a large number of items of small value

33

166 224 45 481 934 14772459

3138

Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

(in Rs crore)Figure 27

As per the data provided by institutes those in sub-component 11 show higher expenditure

department-wise with mechanical engineering department at top with expenditure of Rs 313

crore These should however be taken only as indicative figures as the numbers cannot be absolute

(Figure 27)

Table 7 Top 20 Lab equipment bought by institutes in 11

CNC Lathe machines

Compressor testing machine

Computer and peripherals

Computerised machines

Digital meters

Gas chromatograph

Micro-controller

Micro-processor

Oscilloscope

PCB prototyping machine

Robotic kits

Solar PV systems

Spectrum analyser

Thermal imager

Total Station

Ultrasonic probe

Universal testing machine

UV-spectrophotometer

Voltmeter

Wattmeter

34

Table 2 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 11

Table 21 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 12

1 CNC Lathe machines Advanced laser kit

2 Compressor testing machine Asphalt material performance tester

3 Computer and peripherals Atomic absorption spectrophotometer

4 Computerised machines Bio-reactors

5 Digital meters BOD incubator

6 Gas chromatograph Centrifuge

7 Micro-controller CNC lathe machine

8 Micro-processor Compression testing

9 Oscilloscope Computer and peripherals

10 PCB prototyping machine Digital image processing

11 Robotic kits Digital multimeter

12 Solar PV systems Electric discharge machine

13 Spectrum analyser Hydraulic pressing

14 Thermal imager Magnetic stirrer

15 Total Station Microwave simulator

16 Ultrasonic probe Optical microscope

17 Universal testing machine PCB prototype machine

18 UV-spectrophotometer Thermal analyser

19 Voltmeter Thermal scanner

20 Wattmeter Wireless sensor network kit

Impact of Utilisation

No amount of data tracking or record keeping is worth

the effort if it does not translate into improvement in

actual output The real impact of all this expenditure by

institutes on buying of latest equipment is only useful in

so far as it is able to show growth in the number of

publications or rise in the number of post-graduate

student intake Looked at from that perspective TEQIP II

seems to have made satisfactory progress as the data

maintained by the National Project Implementation Unit

UPWARD TREND

Increase in the number of

publications in refereed

journals

Increase in the number of PG

and PhD students

Increase in revenue generated

through consultancy

35

(NPIU) shows There has been a significant improvement over the years in the number of publications in

refereed journals which till last year have been showing above target performance Only the numbers for

2016-17 are low considering that the data captured is till the month of February 2017 only From a target of

7500 publications in 2010-11 and a realization of 11722to a target of 14500 in 2015-16 and a realization of

18482 (Figure 28) the growth has been impressive though again how much of it is due to buying of

equipment alone is debatable

Another key performance indicatoras per the planners of TEQIP II was rise in the total number of masters

and PhD level students from a baseline of 30000 in 2010-11 to 41000 by 2016 Seen from that angle also the

performance of the programme has exceeded the target To a large extent this can be attributed to

availability of better laboratory infrastructure as it would have been a major factor behind the institutesrsquo

capability to attract students for MTech and PhD (Figure 29)

7032 7500 8000 8500 9000

14000 14500

11722

1606618103

20037

22556

18482

2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016

Fig 28 Number of publications in refereed journals in TEQIP II institutions

Target Actual

36

The percentage of externally funded RampD projects and consultancies in total revenue has increased from 7

per cent in 2010-11 to 14 per cent in 2015-16 against a target of 12 per cent (Figure 30)

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

Target 7032 32000 33000 34000 34000 40000 40500

Actual 35132 37791 44171 49251 48718 45659

0

10000

20000

30000

40000

50000

60000

Fig 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP I

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

2016-2017

Target 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12

Actual 82 11 127 137 117 14 125

0

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Fig 30 Consultancy revenue generated

37

Chapter 3 Case Studies

38

Government Engineering College Thrissur Kerala

(with inputs from Prof Manoj Kumar K V Coordinator TEQIP II GEC Thrissur)

The entire process of planning procurement and the complete cycle of improved input resulting in improved output can be illustrated through the case study of Government Engineering College Thrissur which is one of the model colleges in TEQIP II and received funds under sub-component 11 It is the second oldest engineering in the state of Kerala and is affiliated to the University of Calicut Its foundation stone was laid by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in April 1958 and among its famous alumni are Dr K Radhakrishnan former chairman of Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) Out of the project allocation of Rs 10 crore Rs 55 crore was utilized by the institute for procurement of equipment The fund was apportioned among the departments based on student strength and their need to modernize and strengthen their various laboratories The procurement plan was finalized from the proposals received from the departments and vetted by the State Project Facilitation Unit (SPFU) before being executed through the Procurement Management Support System (PMSS) which was a web portal created by the National Project Implementation Unit (NPIU) to manage the project

39

Figure 31 10 steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan (Figure 38)

Departments were asked to draw up a

three-year procurement plan based on

their needs Department heads

coordinators and TEQIP nodal officers

had a meeting in the institute in

January 2012 to understand the plans

and procedures as available on NPIU

website

In February the Principal of the

institute TEQIP coordinator and

procurement coordinator attended a

training session conducted by NPIU at

Thiruvananthapuram Participation in

this session was facilitated by SPFU and

it entailed extensive training on how to

use the PMSS website

A training session was organized in the

institute for the benefit of Heads of

Departments (HoDs) and Department

TEQIP coordinators The programme

was attended by 24 officials and it

covered the entire set of activities

pertaining to purchase through PMSS --

from configuration management plan

creation and revision packaging and

procuring to stocking

Procurement coordinator and

department TEQIP coordinators also

attended a training program organized

by SPFUat School of Engineering

Cochin University of Science and

Technologyin February 2012

The SPFU arranged a discussion at

directorateoffice Thiruvanantha-

puramin February to fine tune the plan

and to facilitate data entry through

PMSS The finetuning included clubbing

of similar items from various

departments into one package limiting

the threshold to a maximum of 90 per

cent included in a scheme and revising

the tentative timelines based on plan

approval which was expected by mid-

April 2012 The institute was advised to

procure a particular software used for

double entry book-keeping through

PMSS and to identify 2 National

Competitive Bidding (NCB)

procurement plans to be sent to

Central authorities for approval

The rejigged procurement plan after

consultation with the concerned

coordinators was uploaded on the

website on 28thFebruary 2012

The plan was reviewed by SPFU and

some corrections were suggested

The corrected plan was uploaded again

At a meeting convened on 14thMarch

2012 at LBS College for Women

Thiruvananthapuram the first approval

of the plan was given by Director SPFU

On 31st March 2012 the Principal

convened a meeting of HoDs and

departmental TEQIP coordinators and

instructions were issued to draw up

specifications with respect to every

package so that the data was readily

available for entry to PMSS once the

plan was approved by NPIUWorld

Bank

1 2

3 4

5

6

8

7

9

10

40

Procurement activities were in full swing during the first 18 months of the project and were executed fully as

per the plan Procurement was completed in 82 packages including 68 National Shopping (NS)packages 7

National Competitive Bidding (NCB) packages 2 Direct Contract packages and 5 Civil Works packages

The institute made maximum expenditure in 2013-14 (Figure 32) across different heads Its investments on

laboratory modernization and strengthening started in 2012 and continued till 2017 (Figure 33) Overall it

spent bulk of the money (88 per cent) on modernization of laboratories and 5 per cent on ICT enabled

learning (Figure 34)

5851520

36470287

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61170 1552063

0

5000000

10000000

15000000

20000000

25000000

30000000

35000000

40000000

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur (in Rs)

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Figure 32

2012-1311

2013-1473

2014-1515

2015-160

2016-171

EXPENDITURE ON MODERNISATION STRENGTHENING OF LABS AT GEC THRISSUR

Figure 33

41

Major equipment bought by the institute with TEQIP II funds includes a Rheometer which is not available in

any other institution in the state and offers potential for research and consultancy It is used for determining

the rheological behaviors of liquids and solids It has applications in polymer nano-composites which are the

emerging field of research The stress rheology measurements provide information for spread ability

emulsion stability suspension leveling flow control thermal stability extrudability and thickening etc The

fluid can be highly non-newtonian The equipment is useful for MTech students and faculty for doing

research

The institute also bought a Gas Chromatograph which is used in analyzing compositions purity and for

separating different components of a mixture based on volatility It is also used in identifying a compound

and its applications include analysis of toxicity of soil water and air identifying unknown compounds etc

The equipment is useful for faculty and students in doing research and projects in the field of environmental

engineering and provides opportunities for pollution control related consultancy work

Another important purchase is Accelerated Curing Tank With concrete construction increasing at a rapid

pace this equipment provides the possibility of accelerating the curing time Normal method of curing takes

28 days To reduce the curing time of concrete and test its strength accelerated curing is required and this

can be achieved with the use of Accelerated Curing Tank in the laboratory

88

5 4

0

0

3

Fig 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14at Government Engineering College Thrissur

Expenditure on modernisation strengthening of existinglaboratories

Expenditure on ICT enabledlearning related softwareamphardware

Expenditure on library ie books e-books

Journals e-journals course specificsoftware

Expenditure on modernisation ofclassrooms

Others (furniture)

42

Table 3 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Name of the Equipment

Cost (in rupees)

Pressure Volume Change Controller

365625

Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Suit

1365000

Solar Photovoltaic grid tied training system with MPPT

367500

Gas Chromatograph 1494692

Rheometer 2687350

Surface Roughness Tester

401205

Multimedia Projector 114162

Thermal Imager 746366

Machine Conditioning Monitor

861685

Metallurgical Image Analysis System for Welding

283500

Software Factory CAD 320000

Robot 567000

Pipe Flow Software 149234

Petrol Engine Test Setup

783090

Tribometer 609900

Vibration Analyser 539175

Slotting Machine 449243

Lathe and Shaping Machine

869001

Metal Cutting Band saw 156240

Digital Viscometer 919050

Solid Modeling Software

356590

Ultrasonic Flow Detector

235561

43

Rapid Phototyping Machine

814800

Group Video Conferencing Kit

533340

Lan Trainer 106180

The efforts of the institute over the years have led to improved student placements and intake (Figure 35)

Output in terms of publications in international journals and participation of faculty and students in

international conferences has also gone up considerably (Figure 36)

Top 10 international journals in which faculty and students have secured publications since TEQIP II are

Name of Journal

1 IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

2 International Journal on Numerical Methods in Fluids

261221

570527

357

766

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Placement offers Students placed Intake of students

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 35 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 36 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

Publication in international journals Participation in international conferences

44

3 IETE Technical Review

4 Journal of the Optical Society of America

5 International Journal of Power amp Energy Systems

6 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

7 International Journal of Remote Sensing

8 Automatica

9 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

10 ASME Journal of Heat Transfer

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering amp Technology

Aligarh Muslim University

Another institute with an impeccable history and track record is Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and

Technology (ZHCET) which is a constituent college of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and it received TEQIP

II funds under sub-component 11 AMU was set up by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as Mohammedan Anglo-

Oriental College in 1875 Against available funds of Rs 10 crore ZHCET utilized Rs 618 crore as of February

2017 Following is a glimpse into the major equipment purchased by the institute

Name of the equipment Centrifugal Pump and Pelton Turbine Module Nozzle

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3349138

Reason for buying To improve teaching and research in fluid mechanics section of mechanical engineering

department The equipment comprises centrifugal pump with flowmeter valves reservoir and

instrumentation for measurement and display of inlet outlet pressures torque speed and power and

turbine inlet pressure for Peltan turbine

Name of the equipment Universal High Voltage Test system and Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage Tester

(PE-AOBDV-MXXX)

Name of the department Electrical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 4522500

Reason for buying A new MTech programme in High Voltage Engineering was started under TEQIP II for

which enhanced laboratory infrastructure was needed PE-AOBDV-M series of Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage

Testers are highly precise instruments which can be used to conduct either a breakdown voltage test or do a proof

(withstand) test Dielectric Breakdown Voltage testing of Oil is one such means to detect the voltage at power

frequency at which it is likely to cause a flash-over

Name of the equipment Altium Nanoboard FPGA Kit

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1368863

Reason for buying Five kits were bought for under-graduate and post-graduate students

45

Name of the equipmentExata Software Emulator for Networking

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1245780

Reason for buying BTech students use it to perform experiments in EL-494 (Communication Lab -III) to

study the performance of simulated networks M Tech students use it for projects and dissertations Three

faculty members are using this software for RampD purpose

Name of the equipmentPotentiostat Galvanostat with Impedance Analyzer

Name of the department Petroleum Studies

Cost of equipment Rs 1562925

Reason for buying Potentiostate is at the heart of research on electrochemistry It is mainly used for

research in the area of fuel cell membrane cyclic voltammeter and super capacitors

Name of the equipment Imac 215 Quad Core i5 with Apple Protection Plan

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 205800

Reason for buying Two units of Imac were bought for the post-graduate and networking laboratories of

computer engineering department so that students could develop software based on iOS

Altium Nanoboard

FPGA Kit

46

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli was set up in 1947 with only the civil engineering under-graduate

programme Since 2007 the institute has been autonomous having been affiliated to Bombay University

Pune University and Shivaji University in the past The institute received TEQIP II funds under sub-

component 12 It was eligible to receive Rs 125 crore It submitted procurement plan for Rs 87 crore and

spent Rs 618 crore as of February 2017

MAJOR EQUIPMENT BOUGHT

Name of the equipment Shake Table Set-up

Name of the department Civil amp Structural Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1925776

Reason for buying To establish an earthquake engineering laboratory for conducting studies on response of

structures to earthquake induced vibrations To investigate structural response under various dynamic

loading conditions

Name of the equipment Electromagnetic Exciter with Pay Load Capacity of 100 to 150 kg

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2310824

Reason for buying To carry out research work in the field of dynamic analysis for various systems

Name of the equipment Micro Machining Centre Hyper-15w table top type integrated multi-process CNC

machine tool

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3078000

Reason for buying To develop micro machining centre for the research of micro machining PG production

laboratory

2663678

6154586

7489947

8770675

8777330

10572980

11435333

0 4000000 8000000 12000000

OFFICE

ELECTRICAL

ELECTRONICS

CIVIL (CIVIL+ CIVIL ENVIRONMENTAL+ hellip

LIBRARY

COMPUTER + IT

MECHANICAL

Fig 37 Department-wise expenditure Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Figures in rupees

47

Name of the equipment Dynamometer with Built-In Three Channel Charge Amplifiers

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1876090

Reason for buying To carry out research in the area of machining

Name of the equipment Lab View Add-ons Image Processing using Smart Camera Evaluation Kit

Name of the department Electronics Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3421650

Reason for buying Design simulation and prototyping platform for experiments on DSP communication

embedded control and measurements visual representation of experimental results

Name of the equipment Thermal Conductivity Analyzer with Material -- liquid pastes and small particles

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2100000

Reason for buying Post-graduate research and laboratory development

48

Chapter 4 Key Findings

49

1 On an average funds given to institutions for purchase of equipment and soft resources have led to

significant improvement in laboratory infrastructure of the institutes under study

2 The impact of such purchases on improvement in quality is not easily quantifiable in measurable

terms To assess the same other correlated parameters could be looked at such as improvement in

the number of research publications in refereed journals increase in the number of PhD students

number of faculty involved in research or the percentage of student placement However none of

these parameters can be directly or solely be said to be due to the improvement in physical or

digital infrastructure of institutes

3 Institutes did not have a clear-cut strategy of what best use they could put the available money to

Given that each institute on an average got Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and other resources

they could have used the money to create at least one best-in-class facility in any of the

departments which was equipped to utilize that facility in terms of augmenting the interaction of

the institute with industry or generating more resources through assignments from other agencies

While institutes in sub-component 12 had the provision to set up centres of excellence even in sub-

component 11 they could have done so if they had worked with that aim and vision

4 Instead institutes on an average divided the money equally across six departments and each

department on an average bought one-two machines which were significantly expensive and the

rest of the money was spent on buying other small routine equipment desktops laptops

networking servers software and e-journals Collaborations between departments for research

projects were however missing

5 This pattern of expenditure can be explained by the fact that our engineering institutions are still in

a phase where there is more emphasis on theory than practical Hands-on learning or project-based

approach in teaching is relatively new for institutions which is why there is not much emphasis on

understanding the practical aspects of learning such as producing patents versus papers

6 Institutes were seen to be over protective wherever even a slightly costly equipment was bought By

their own admission such equipment was most of the time kept under lock and key and was at best

displayed to students They were rarely given the opportunity to actually do something with it on

their own

7 Equal receipt of money by a number of departments has led to overall improvement in laboratory

standards of all departments which is good from an egalitarian perspective It is also good that all

departments have been able to uniformly upgrade their infrastructure and will therefore be able to

compete with each other in attracting good students faculty as well as assignments from industry in

future

8 Discussions with focus groups suggest that institutes spent large amounts of money on creating or

refurbishing physical infrastructure While non-academic experts may see this as wasteful

expenditure from an academic perspective even if this leads to improvement in the physical

facilities being offered by institutes it is well worth the investment While state funded institutes

get funds from state governments for building infrastructure for some of the centrally funded

institutes where infrastructure may have been falling apart this money would have been useful

9 Because of the fact that there is no proper system to track the usage of equipment ndash records are

maintained in physical form in the shape of log books and registers which render a macro analysis

50

impossible -- anecdotal evidence suggests that equipment bought is not being optimally utilized A

significantly higher number of research papers in refereed journals suggests that this may not be

true but the fact remains that there is no improvement in the number of technology transfers

commercialization of research or patent generation which remain weak This again brings into focus

the theory versus application part of teaching

10 Overall improvement in base infrastructure was important for institutes to advance to the next level

of development Except for some of the Centrally funded institutions none of the institutes which

received funding in TEQIP II are in the league of the six original IITs in terms of laboratory

infrastructure They do not have access to the kind of liberal funding that CFTIs get If they had not

got the present funds to buy equipment they would have taken at least five to seven years to

procure the same through the resources available to them Even for Central institutions as also for

others the availability of funds at one go meant that they could procure high costing software such

as Matlab Ansys Labview Cadence and Adobe which benefit students across departments

11 Funds for buying equipment and other soft resources enabled the institutes to take some steps

towards keeping pace with the rapidly changing advancements in technology Increased level of

automation and artificial intelligence in industry is reflected in the kind of purchases institutes have

made ndash various types of simulation software digital machines replacing analogue ones such as in

electrical engineering departments all-in-one automatic machines which combine several levels of

manual work such as in surveying in civil engineering departments robotic arms mimicking the

automated environment of modern factories attached to lathe machines in mechanical engineering

departments instruments capable of handling nano particles in specialized centres and 3D printers

capable of printing high precision devices which are being used in multiple fields

12 Most institutes have also bought subscriptions to high level international journals in various

streams both online and physical enabling access to vast repository of world class content for most

students

13 Institutes have not paid much thought to maintenance of equipment since most of the purchases

have been made in the past two-three years and warranty periods are still in force Most institutes

have also reported availability of in-house technicians to look after the machines though majority

said that they would sign annual maintenance contracts (AMC) with vendors Since AMCs usually

cost roughly 10 per cent of the cost of the equipment they felt that the resources allocated for the

same under TEQIP II would not be adequate and that they should be increased slightly

14 As per the feedback provided by almost all institutes they all agree that the equipment purchased

by them responds to faculty student needs and was done as per consultation and

recommendations of faculty They all follow well laid out norms for disposal of equipment which

keep environmental considerations in mind

6 -- Average number of departments among which each institute in Sub-component 11 divided

the total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 500 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

51

7-- Average number of departments among which each institute in sub-component 12 divided the

total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 284 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

2147403 ndash Number of items bought by institutes for office purpose in sub-component

11

101699 hours monthndash Utilisation of equipment by UG amp PG students in sub-component

11 as per available data of institutes which participated in the study

427 hours month ndash Average utilization of equipment by UG and PG students across

institutes in sub-component 11

51656 hours month -- Utilisation of equipment by PhD students in sub-component 11 as

per available data of institutes which participated in the study

37 hours month-- Average utilization of equipment by PhD students across institutes in sub-

component 11

52

Chapter 5 Way Forward

53

As data shows and case studies prove there can be no doubt that TEQIP II and the funds provided to

institutes for purchase of equipment and other soft resources have led to improvement in laboratory

infrastructure which in turn has helped in improving the output Some pointers for future stages of the

project are-

1 Even though TEQIP II had a major focus on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and institutes

were given significant amount of funds for purchase of equipment there were no guidelines or

benchmarks for them to judge themselves against and to understand what an ideal laboratory

should be like for any given department While it is good that they were given the freedom to decide

what they wanted to buy and it depended on the pro-activeness of the department heads on what

all they ended up getting funds for in an ideal scenario they should have been given a list of

essential basic equipment as well as research level equipment and they could have prioritized their

purchases on the basis of that

In all likelihood such department-wise lists do not exist anywhere In the third phase of TEQIP

therefore NPIU could commission a project which involves study of top world-class as well as top

national-level laboratories for each department Thereafter standard templates of equipment could

be prepared which could illustrate the requirement of equipment for each concept and practical for

every stream of engineering Based on standard frequency of usage and the number of students in a

class adequate numbers of any equipment could be recommended to be bought by institutes in

order to ensure that not too much time is wasted on rotating several batches of students on the

same equipment

Availability of such templates of equipment as well as soft resources which could be updated

periodically in keeping with the changes in technology and availability of resources would also help

policy makers understand how many institutes come up to a benchmark and how many need

further support

2 Institutes should start maintaining digital records of use of equipment which are bought for research

purposes These records should not be just digital copies of physical registers but should be in the

form of smart solutions which can track internal supply chains in laboratories as well as usage of

equipment The solutions should be able to provide real-time analysis of usage of equipment in

every laboratory and all laboratories could be linked to one centralized system There are various

kinds of RFID solutions available today which can handle usage patterns well The available

information could be used to devise solutions and create policy interventions to increase the actual

usage of equipment

3 Nodal institutes under TEQIP II could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of neighboring non-TEQIP institutes The

unspent money could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

4 Institutes could be encouraged to ensure that laboratories in all departments have well designed

brochures and information material such as leaflets and manuals on major equipment so that

dissemination of information about their availability is easy and their utilization could be increased

54

5 Facilities created in institutes are not being optimally utilized to increase interaction with industry

While rural location of the institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of

the reasons it is also true that in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the

commissioning of equipment Size of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for

anything on industrial scale But in most cases industry is not even aware of the existence of state-

of-the-art equipment inside institutes Regular interactions with sector-specific companies are a

must therefore to create a culture of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration

6 For decades research has happened in our country in isolation and at a distance from both industry

and academia Being largely funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) so far it

has been taking place inside the laboratories of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

The 37 laboratories of CSIR and its 39 field stations or extension centres have been working in the

areas of aerospace engineering structural engineering ocean science life science metallurgy

chemicals mining food petroleum leather and environmental science The ministry of HRD has

also started funding research in a big way in recent years through schemes such as Imprint ndash

Improving Research Innovation and Technology and the Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) It would be

fruitful for the country if research happening purely on the scientific side is able to converge with

that on the academic side Hence in order to ensure greater synergy between research and

teaching it is essential that technical institutes start working more closely with CSIR laboratories

This will bring them immediately closer to cutting edge research and provide rich exposure to

students Specially for institutions which have got improved laboratory facilities as a result of TEQIP

II funds collaboration with relevant CSIR laboratories will help them grow their research and at the

same time provide the latter with a steady flow of students to work on live projects

7 Institutions which have upgraded their laboratory infrastructure in the area of food and agriculture

will gain by collaborating with the government on its e-labs project which aims at automating the

testing procedure of soil fertiliser pesticide and equipment samples By ensuring speedy and

transparent online disbursement of information related to such tests the projectrsquos vision is to

reduce crop losses and increase the use of good quality bio-pesticides through fair and unbiased

testing Institutions and students will be able to learn a lot about quality control and the processes

involved in digital testing through collaboration with the government on e-labs

8 In order to ensure transparency in procurement processes it is advisable that institutes make use of

the governmentrsquos new e-marketplace called GEM Through the portal wwwgemnicin institutes

can buy virtually anything and everything that they may require specially consumables office

equipment furniture and software Buying through this portal will speed up procurement and

improve the efficiency of institutes Created and maintained by the Directorate General of Supplies

amp Disposals (DGSampD) it provides tools for e-bidding reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to

help users get best value for their money At the national level a system of procurement should be

put in place including committee to look into the requirement and availability of equipment taking

global scenarios into consideration

Appendices

Appendix 1

55

State-wise Number of Institutions Under Technical Education QualityImprovement Programme II (2010-2017)

S Name of State CFIs Sub‐component 11 Sub‐component 12 Total No of

Institutions 1 Andhra Pradesh 5 6 11 2 Bihar 2 ‐‐ 2 3 Chhattisgarh 4 ‐‐ 4 4 Gujarat 7 ‐‐ 7 5 Haryana 3 3 6 6 Himachal Pradesh 1 ‐‐ 1 7 Jharkhand 1 1 2 8 Karnataka 4 15 19 9 Kerala 19 ‐‐ 19

10 Madhya Pradesh 3 2 5 11 Maharashtra 7 10 17

12 NCT‐Delhi ‐‐ 1 1 13 Odisha 2 ‐‐ 2 14 Punjab 7 1 8 15 Rajasthan 9 ‐‐ 9 16 Tamil Nadu 5 4 9 17 Telangana 8 5 13 18 Tripura 1 ‐‐ 1 19 UT‐Chandigarh 2 1 3 20 UT‐Puducherry 1 ‐‐ 1 21 Uttar Pradesh 2 5 7 22 Uttarakhand 1 2 3 23 West Bengal 11 3 14 24 Centrally Funded

Institutions (CFIs) 8 18 26

Total 113 77 190

Appendix 2 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 11

S Name of the Name of the Institution

No State UT

1 JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

2 Aditya Institute of Technology amp Management Tekkali Srikakulam

Andhra

3 Madanapalle Institute of Technology amp Science Madanapalle

Pradesh

4 Shri Vishnu Engineering College for women Vishnupur Bhimavaram

5 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College Chittoor

6 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur

Bihar

7 Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur

8 Government Engineering College Bilaspur

9 Government Engineering College Jagdalpur Bastar

Chhattisgarh

10 Government Engineering College Raipur

11 Rungta College of Engineering amp Technology Bhilai

56

12 Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

13 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Vallabh Vidynagar

14 Lukhdirji Engineering College Morbi

15 Gujarat Shantilal Shah Engineering College Bhavnagar

16 Government Engineering College Gandhinagar

17 Government Engineering College Rajkot

18 Government Engineering College Patan

19 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology (UIET) Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

Haryana

20 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology MDU Rohtak

21 NC College of Engineering Panipat

22 Himachal Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar Mandi

Pradesh

23 Jharkhand Cambridge Institute of Technology Ranchi

24 BVB College of Engineering amp Technology Hubli

25 PES College of Engineering Mandya

Karnataka

26 Government Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jublee Technological Institute Bangalore

27 NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore

2

SNo Name of the

Name of the Institution

StateUT

28 Government Engineering College Thrissur

29 Government Engineering College Kozhikode

30 Government Engineering College Painavu Idukki

31 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

32 School of Engineering Cochin University of Science amp Technology Cochin

33 Government College of Engineering Kannur

34 Government Engineering College Bartonhill Thiruvananthapuram

35 LBS Institute of Technology for Women Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram

36 College of Engineering Perumon Perinad Kollam

37 Kerala College of Engineering Kidangoor Kottayam

38 Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

57

39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

58

70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

60

Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

62

77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

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by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

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include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

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communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

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Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

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Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

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Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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21

Odisha (Figure 13)

Total population in lakh 4197

Literacy rate 729

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

466 (111)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

33

Gross Enrolment Ratio 177

Total number of engineering institutes 68

Institutes in sub-component 11 2

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 2

Total available funds Rs 20 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 105 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 108 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

125

150

560

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

Available funds Actual expenditure Estimate as per plansubmitted by the institute

Figure 12 Delhi Technological University

22

Punjab (Figure 14)

Total population in lakh 2774

Literacy rate 758

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

325 (117)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

23

Gross Enrolment Ratio 27

Total number of engineering institutes 87

Institutes in sub-component 11 7

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 8

Total available funds Rs 81 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 42 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 22 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

Veer Surendra Sai University ofTechnology Burla Sambalpur

College of Engineering And TechnologyBhubaneshwar

Figure 13 Odisha

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

0200400600800

100012001400

Figure 14 Punjab

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

23

Rajasthan (Figure 15)

Total population in lakh 6855

Literacy rate 661

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

871 (127)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

62

Gross Enrolment Ratio 20

Total number of engineering institutes 82

Institutes in sub-component 11 9

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 9

Total available funds Rs 84 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 45 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 32 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Tamil Nadu (Figure 16)

Total population in lakh 7215

Literacy rate 80

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

73 (101)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

52

Gross Enrolment Ratio 452

Total number of engineering institutes 326

Institutes in sub-component 11 5

Institutes in sub-component 12 4

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 9

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

24

Total available funds Rs 140 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 74 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 70 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Telangana (Figure 17)

Total population in lakh 350

Literacy rate 664

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

406 (114)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

29

Gross Enrolment Ratio 36

Total number of engineering institutes 182

Institutes in sub-component 11 8

Institutes in sub-component 12 5

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 13

Total available funds Rs 120 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 45 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 34 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0200400600800

100012001400160018002000

FUN

DS

IN R

UP

EES

LAK

H

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plansubmitted by the institute

25

Tripura

Total population in lakh 367

Literacy rate 872

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

44 (119)

2015 projected share of state 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

03

Gross Enrolment Ratio 168

Total number of engineering institutes 6

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 10 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 55 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 54 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

UT-Chandigarh (Figure 18)

Total population in lakh 106

Literacy rate 861

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

17 (165)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

01

Gross Enrolment Ratio 56

Total number of engineering institutes 2

Institutes in sub-component 11 2

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 3

Total available funds Rs 475 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying Rs 24 crore

0

500

1000

1500

2000

Figure 17 Telangana

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

26

equipment and other resources

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 20 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Puducherry

Total population in lakh 125

Literacy rate 859

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

15 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

01

Gross Enrolment Ratio 46

Total number of engineering institutes 10

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 15 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 8 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 6 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Uttar Pradesh (Figure 19)

Total population in lakh 1998

Literacy rate 677

0200400600800

100012001400160018002000

Fun

ds

in r

up

ees

lakh

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plansubmitted by institute

28

West Bengal (Figure 21)

Total population in lakh 9128

Literacy rate 763

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

109 (12)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

77

Gross Enrolment Ratio 174

Total number of engineering institutes 72

Institutes in sub-component 11 11

Institutes in sub-component 12 3

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 14

Total available funds Rs 179 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 88 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 82 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400FU

ND

S IN

RU

PEE

S LA

KH

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rscrore)

Estimate as per plansubmitted by institute

29

CFIs (Figure 22)

Institutes in sub-component 11 8

Institutes in sub-component 12 18

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 26

Total available funds Rs 415 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 200 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1625 crore

0200400600800

100012001400160018002000

Figure 21 West Bengal

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

0200400600800

100012001400160018002000

Figure 22 Centrally-funded institutions (CFIs)

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

30

Utilisation Analysis

In this section data on buying of equipment and other resources has been first analysed component-wise

and then department-wise

While data was collected from all institutes and a broad understanding was arrived at of the kind of

equipment and other resources money was spent on from the extensive lists provided by institutions it was

difficult to analyse how much money was spent on which category of item For the sake of analysis

therefore each equipment and item named by the institute was manually categorized into the following

broad categories-

1 Laboratory equipment (included all items bought for laboratories such as machines laptops

desktops and projectors)

2 Connectivity (included equipment related to creating wi-fi networks such as cables connectors

servers modems UPS racks adapters pipes and switches)

3 Books (included hard copies as well as subscriptions of e-journals for libraries)

4 Smart class (included white boards display panels podiums amplifiers cables projectors mixers

microphones webcam and wireless sensors)

5 Software

6 Office equipment (included laptops desktops printers scanners LCDs generator sets projectors

tables chairs almirahs digital signages etc bought for principalrsquos office directorrsquos office faculty

staff department rooms TEQIP office)

7 Furniture (included furniture for class rooms and departments)

8 Civil work (included flooring false ceilings repair work lighting)

Post the categorization in these eight broad heads the picture which emerged (Figure 23) for sub-

component 11 showed 58 per cent expenditure on laboratory equipment 14 per cent on software 10 per

cent on books 7 per cent each on office equipment and connectivity and 1-2 per cent each on furniture civil

work and smart classes This is in keeping with the goals of TEQIP II which had envisaged least expenditure

on civil work It was limited to 5 per cent of total expenditure on equipment for institutes under sub-

component 11 and 3 per cent for those under sub-component 12 If unspent institutes were free to use

this money for equipment and other resources So low expenditure on civil work is an achievement of TEQIP

II There should have been more expenditure on connectivity ndash campus-wide wifi networks ndash but that could

be due to the fact that several institutes already had wifi networks in place and did not need TEQIP funds to

do that

31

In sub-component 12 (Figure 24) this break-up was more or less on the same lines though the expenditure

on laboratory equipment in this sub-component was much higher at 70 per cent because of the inclusion of

centres of excellence and higher focus on post-graduate and PhD level studies This was followed by 17 per

cent on software and 5 per cent each on books and office equipment Rest was all 2 per cent and less and

negligible amount of expenditure on civil work was seen in this category

Department-wise

analysis of equipment

purchased by

institutes shows that in

sub-component 11

(Figure 25) highest

Lab equipment58

Software 14

Books 10

Office equipment

7

Connectivity 7

Smart class2

Furniture1

Civil work1

EXPENDITURE (11)

Figure 23

Office equipment

5

Software 17

Smart class1

EXPENDITURE (12)

Figure 29

32

076 164 46678

961 10631459

2169

TOTAL AMOUNT SPENT BY DEPARTMENTS (IN RS LAKH)

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

(in Rs crore)

number of equipment were bought by computer amp IT departments followed by electrical mechanical

electronics and civil departments For the purpose of categorization two or more streams of a kind were

merged into one and numbers for both streams taken together For instance computer science and

information technology were merged into one Similarly electronics amp instrumentation and electronics amp

electrical were taken together under electronics

While sub-component 11 presented a picture on expected lines with the top five departments being

generally the biggest departments in institutes in sub-component 12 this picture was slightly confusing

Here the top two departmentsndash electronics and civil ndash were ahead of other departments (Table 1) by an

inexplicable margin One of the reasons for this could be the fact that most of the equipment bought for the

centres of excellence would have had items related to electronics But that still does not explain the

unusually high number of items for civil engineering departments

Table 1 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 12

Name of the department Number of items bought

Mining 23

BioTech 137

Chemical 170

Mechanical 497

Computer amp IT 661

Electrical 969

Electronics 544915

Civil 1701948

On the other hand an expenditure-wise analysis of the same departments shows a different picture (Figure

26) with mechanical engineering department emerging top with expenditure of Rs 216 crore and electrical

department showing expenditure of Rs 145 crore Civil department is at number 3 with expenditure of Rs

106 crore The aberration in the number of items could have been because civil and electronics

departments would have bought a large number of items of small value

33

166 224 45 481 934 14772459

3138

Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

(in Rs crore)Figure 27

As per the data provided by institutes those in sub-component 11 show higher expenditure

department-wise with mechanical engineering department at top with expenditure of Rs 313

crore These should however be taken only as indicative figures as the numbers cannot be absolute

(Figure 27)

Table 7 Top 20 Lab equipment bought by institutes in 11

CNC Lathe machines

Compressor testing machine

Computer and peripherals

Computerised machines

Digital meters

Gas chromatograph

Micro-controller

Micro-processor

Oscilloscope

PCB prototyping machine

Robotic kits

Solar PV systems

Spectrum analyser

Thermal imager

Total Station

Ultrasonic probe

Universal testing machine

UV-spectrophotometer

Voltmeter

Wattmeter

34

Table 2 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 11

Table 21 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 12

1 CNC Lathe machines Advanced laser kit

2 Compressor testing machine Asphalt material performance tester

3 Computer and peripherals Atomic absorption spectrophotometer

4 Computerised machines Bio-reactors

5 Digital meters BOD incubator

6 Gas chromatograph Centrifuge

7 Micro-controller CNC lathe machine

8 Micro-processor Compression testing

9 Oscilloscope Computer and peripherals

10 PCB prototyping machine Digital image processing

11 Robotic kits Digital multimeter

12 Solar PV systems Electric discharge machine

13 Spectrum analyser Hydraulic pressing

14 Thermal imager Magnetic stirrer

15 Total Station Microwave simulator

16 Ultrasonic probe Optical microscope

17 Universal testing machine PCB prototype machine

18 UV-spectrophotometer Thermal analyser

19 Voltmeter Thermal scanner

20 Wattmeter Wireless sensor network kit

Impact of Utilisation

No amount of data tracking or record keeping is worth

the effort if it does not translate into improvement in

actual output The real impact of all this expenditure by

institutes on buying of latest equipment is only useful in

so far as it is able to show growth in the number of

publications or rise in the number of post-graduate

student intake Looked at from that perspective TEQIP II

seems to have made satisfactory progress as the data

maintained by the National Project Implementation Unit

UPWARD TREND

Increase in the number of

publications in refereed

journals

Increase in the number of PG

and PhD students

Increase in revenue generated

through consultancy

35

(NPIU) shows There has been a significant improvement over the years in the number of publications in

refereed journals which till last year have been showing above target performance Only the numbers for

2016-17 are low considering that the data captured is till the month of February 2017 only From a target of

7500 publications in 2010-11 and a realization of 11722to a target of 14500 in 2015-16 and a realization of

18482 (Figure 28) the growth has been impressive though again how much of it is due to buying of

equipment alone is debatable

Another key performance indicatoras per the planners of TEQIP II was rise in the total number of masters

and PhD level students from a baseline of 30000 in 2010-11 to 41000 by 2016 Seen from that angle also the

performance of the programme has exceeded the target To a large extent this can be attributed to

availability of better laboratory infrastructure as it would have been a major factor behind the institutesrsquo

capability to attract students for MTech and PhD (Figure 29)

7032 7500 8000 8500 9000

14000 14500

11722

1606618103

20037

22556

18482

2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016

Fig 28 Number of publications in refereed journals in TEQIP II institutions

Target Actual

36

The percentage of externally funded RampD projects and consultancies in total revenue has increased from 7

per cent in 2010-11 to 14 per cent in 2015-16 against a target of 12 per cent (Figure 30)

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

Target 7032 32000 33000 34000 34000 40000 40500

Actual 35132 37791 44171 49251 48718 45659

0

10000

20000

30000

40000

50000

60000

Fig 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP I

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

2016-2017

Target 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12

Actual 82 11 127 137 117 14 125

0

2

4

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8

10

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16

Tota

l Rev

enu

e

Fig 30 Consultancy revenue generated

37

Chapter 3 Case Studies

38

Government Engineering College Thrissur Kerala

(with inputs from Prof Manoj Kumar K V Coordinator TEQIP II GEC Thrissur)

The entire process of planning procurement and the complete cycle of improved input resulting in improved output can be illustrated through the case study of Government Engineering College Thrissur which is one of the model colleges in TEQIP II and received funds under sub-component 11 It is the second oldest engineering in the state of Kerala and is affiliated to the University of Calicut Its foundation stone was laid by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in April 1958 and among its famous alumni are Dr K Radhakrishnan former chairman of Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) Out of the project allocation of Rs 10 crore Rs 55 crore was utilized by the institute for procurement of equipment The fund was apportioned among the departments based on student strength and their need to modernize and strengthen their various laboratories The procurement plan was finalized from the proposals received from the departments and vetted by the State Project Facilitation Unit (SPFU) before being executed through the Procurement Management Support System (PMSS) which was a web portal created by the National Project Implementation Unit (NPIU) to manage the project

39

Figure 31 10 steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan (Figure 38)

Departments were asked to draw up a

three-year procurement plan based on

their needs Department heads

coordinators and TEQIP nodal officers

had a meeting in the institute in

January 2012 to understand the plans

and procedures as available on NPIU

website

In February the Principal of the

institute TEQIP coordinator and

procurement coordinator attended a

training session conducted by NPIU at

Thiruvananthapuram Participation in

this session was facilitated by SPFU and

it entailed extensive training on how to

use the PMSS website

A training session was organized in the

institute for the benefit of Heads of

Departments (HoDs) and Department

TEQIP coordinators The programme

was attended by 24 officials and it

covered the entire set of activities

pertaining to purchase through PMSS --

from configuration management plan

creation and revision packaging and

procuring to stocking

Procurement coordinator and

department TEQIP coordinators also

attended a training program organized

by SPFUat School of Engineering

Cochin University of Science and

Technologyin February 2012

The SPFU arranged a discussion at

directorateoffice Thiruvanantha-

puramin February to fine tune the plan

and to facilitate data entry through

PMSS The finetuning included clubbing

of similar items from various

departments into one package limiting

the threshold to a maximum of 90 per

cent included in a scheme and revising

the tentative timelines based on plan

approval which was expected by mid-

April 2012 The institute was advised to

procure a particular software used for

double entry book-keeping through

PMSS and to identify 2 National

Competitive Bidding (NCB)

procurement plans to be sent to

Central authorities for approval

The rejigged procurement plan after

consultation with the concerned

coordinators was uploaded on the

website on 28thFebruary 2012

The plan was reviewed by SPFU and

some corrections were suggested

The corrected plan was uploaded again

At a meeting convened on 14thMarch

2012 at LBS College for Women

Thiruvananthapuram the first approval

of the plan was given by Director SPFU

On 31st March 2012 the Principal

convened a meeting of HoDs and

departmental TEQIP coordinators and

instructions were issued to draw up

specifications with respect to every

package so that the data was readily

available for entry to PMSS once the

plan was approved by NPIUWorld

Bank

1 2

3 4

5

6

8

7

9

10

40

Procurement activities were in full swing during the first 18 months of the project and were executed fully as

per the plan Procurement was completed in 82 packages including 68 National Shopping (NS)packages 7

National Competitive Bidding (NCB) packages 2 Direct Contract packages and 5 Civil Works packages

The institute made maximum expenditure in 2013-14 (Figure 32) across different heads Its investments on

laboratory modernization and strengthening started in 2012 and continued till 2017 (Figure 33) Overall it

spent bulk of the money (88 per cent) on modernization of laboratories and 5 per cent on ICT enabled

learning (Figure 34)

5851520

36470287

6909895

61170 1552063

0

5000000

10000000

15000000

20000000

25000000

30000000

35000000

40000000

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur (in Rs)

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Figure 32

2012-1311

2013-1473

2014-1515

2015-160

2016-171

EXPENDITURE ON MODERNISATION STRENGTHENING OF LABS AT GEC THRISSUR

Figure 33

41

Major equipment bought by the institute with TEQIP II funds includes a Rheometer which is not available in

any other institution in the state and offers potential for research and consultancy It is used for determining

the rheological behaviors of liquids and solids It has applications in polymer nano-composites which are the

emerging field of research The stress rheology measurements provide information for spread ability

emulsion stability suspension leveling flow control thermal stability extrudability and thickening etc The

fluid can be highly non-newtonian The equipment is useful for MTech students and faculty for doing

research

The institute also bought a Gas Chromatograph which is used in analyzing compositions purity and for

separating different components of a mixture based on volatility It is also used in identifying a compound

and its applications include analysis of toxicity of soil water and air identifying unknown compounds etc

The equipment is useful for faculty and students in doing research and projects in the field of environmental

engineering and provides opportunities for pollution control related consultancy work

Another important purchase is Accelerated Curing Tank With concrete construction increasing at a rapid

pace this equipment provides the possibility of accelerating the curing time Normal method of curing takes

28 days To reduce the curing time of concrete and test its strength accelerated curing is required and this

can be achieved with the use of Accelerated Curing Tank in the laboratory

88

5 4

0

0

3

Fig 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14at Government Engineering College Thrissur

Expenditure on modernisation strengthening of existinglaboratories

Expenditure on ICT enabledlearning related softwareamphardware

Expenditure on library ie books e-books

Journals e-journals course specificsoftware

Expenditure on modernisation ofclassrooms

Others (furniture)

42

Table 3 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Name of the Equipment

Cost (in rupees)

Pressure Volume Change Controller

365625

Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Suit

1365000

Solar Photovoltaic grid tied training system with MPPT

367500

Gas Chromatograph 1494692

Rheometer 2687350

Surface Roughness Tester

401205

Multimedia Projector 114162

Thermal Imager 746366

Machine Conditioning Monitor

861685

Metallurgical Image Analysis System for Welding

283500

Software Factory CAD 320000

Robot 567000

Pipe Flow Software 149234

Petrol Engine Test Setup

783090

Tribometer 609900

Vibration Analyser 539175

Slotting Machine 449243

Lathe and Shaping Machine

869001

Metal Cutting Band saw 156240

Digital Viscometer 919050

Solid Modeling Software

356590

Ultrasonic Flow Detector

235561

43

Rapid Phototyping Machine

814800

Group Video Conferencing Kit

533340

Lan Trainer 106180

The efforts of the institute over the years have led to improved student placements and intake (Figure 35)

Output in terms of publications in international journals and participation of faculty and students in

international conferences has also gone up considerably (Figure 36)

Top 10 international journals in which faculty and students have secured publications since TEQIP II are

Name of Journal

1 IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

2 International Journal on Numerical Methods in Fluids

261221

570527

357

766

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Placement offers Students placed Intake of students

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 35 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 36 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

Publication in international journals Participation in international conferences

44

3 IETE Technical Review

4 Journal of the Optical Society of America

5 International Journal of Power amp Energy Systems

6 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

7 International Journal of Remote Sensing

8 Automatica

9 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

10 ASME Journal of Heat Transfer

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering amp Technology

Aligarh Muslim University

Another institute with an impeccable history and track record is Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and

Technology (ZHCET) which is a constituent college of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and it received TEQIP

II funds under sub-component 11 AMU was set up by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as Mohammedan Anglo-

Oriental College in 1875 Against available funds of Rs 10 crore ZHCET utilized Rs 618 crore as of February

2017 Following is a glimpse into the major equipment purchased by the institute

Name of the equipment Centrifugal Pump and Pelton Turbine Module Nozzle

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3349138

Reason for buying To improve teaching and research in fluid mechanics section of mechanical engineering

department The equipment comprises centrifugal pump with flowmeter valves reservoir and

instrumentation for measurement and display of inlet outlet pressures torque speed and power and

turbine inlet pressure for Peltan turbine

Name of the equipment Universal High Voltage Test system and Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage Tester

(PE-AOBDV-MXXX)

Name of the department Electrical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 4522500

Reason for buying A new MTech programme in High Voltage Engineering was started under TEQIP II for

which enhanced laboratory infrastructure was needed PE-AOBDV-M series of Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage

Testers are highly precise instruments which can be used to conduct either a breakdown voltage test or do a proof

(withstand) test Dielectric Breakdown Voltage testing of Oil is one such means to detect the voltage at power

frequency at which it is likely to cause a flash-over

Name of the equipment Altium Nanoboard FPGA Kit

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1368863

Reason for buying Five kits were bought for under-graduate and post-graduate students

45

Name of the equipmentExata Software Emulator for Networking

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1245780

Reason for buying BTech students use it to perform experiments in EL-494 (Communication Lab -III) to

study the performance of simulated networks M Tech students use it for projects and dissertations Three

faculty members are using this software for RampD purpose

Name of the equipmentPotentiostat Galvanostat with Impedance Analyzer

Name of the department Petroleum Studies

Cost of equipment Rs 1562925

Reason for buying Potentiostate is at the heart of research on electrochemistry It is mainly used for

research in the area of fuel cell membrane cyclic voltammeter and super capacitors

Name of the equipment Imac 215 Quad Core i5 with Apple Protection Plan

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 205800

Reason for buying Two units of Imac were bought for the post-graduate and networking laboratories of

computer engineering department so that students could develop software based on iOS

Altium Nanoboard

FPGA Kit

46

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli was set up in 1947 with only the civil engineering under-graduate

programme Since 2007 the institute has been autonomous having been affiliated to Bombay University

Pune University and Shivaji University in the past The institute received TEQIP II funds under sub-

component 12 It was eligible to receive Rs 125 crore It submitted procurement plan for Rs 87 crore and

spent Rs 618 crore as of February 2017

MAJOR EQUIPMENT BOUGHT

Name of the equipment Shake Table Set-up

Name of the department Civil amp Structural Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1925776

Reason for buying To establish an earthquake engineering laboratory for conducting studies on response of

structures to earthquake induced vibrations To investigate structural response under various dynamic

loading conditions

Name of the equipment Electromagnetic Exciter with Pay Load Capacity of 100 to 150 kg

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2310824

Reason for buying To carry out research work in the field of dynamic analysis for various systems

Name of the equipment Micro Machining Centre Hyper-15w table top type integrated multi-process CNC

machine tool

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3078000

Reason for buying To develop micro machining centre for the research of micro machining PG production

laboratory

2663678

6154586

7489947

8770675

8777330

10572980

11435333

0 4000000 8000000 12000000

OFFICE

ELECTRICAL

ELECTRONICS

CIVIL (CIVIL+ CIVIL ENVIRONMENTAL+ hellip

LIBRARY

COMPUTER + IT

MECHANICAL

Fig 37 Department-wise expenditure Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Figures in rupees

47

Name of the equipment Dynamometer with Built-In Three Channel Charge Amplifiers

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1876090

Reason for buying To carry out research in the area of machining

Name of the equipment Lab View Add-ons Image Processing using Smart Camera Evaluation Kit

Name of the department Electronics Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3421650

Reason for buying Design simulation and prototyping platform for experiments on DSP communication

embedded control and measurements visual representation of experimental results

Name of the equipment Thermal Conductivity Analyzer with Material -- liquid pastes and small particles

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2100000

Reason for buying Post-graduate research and laboratory development

48

Chapter 4 Key Findings

49

1 On an average funds given to institutions for purchase of equipment and soft resources have led to

significant improvement in laboratory infrastructure of the institutes under study

2 The impact of such purchases on improvement in quality is not easily quantifiable in measurable

terms To assess the same other correlated parameters could be looked at such as improvement in

the number of research publications in refereed journals increase in the number of PhD students

number of faculty involved in research or the percentage of student placement However none of

these parameters can be directly or solely be said to be due to the improvement in physical or

digital infrastructure of institutes

3 Institutes did not have a clear-cut strategy of what best use they could put the available money to

Given that each institute on an average got Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and other resources

they could have used the money to create at least one best-in-class facility in any of the

departments which was equipped to utilize that facility in terms of augmenting the interaction of

the institute with industry or generating more resources through assignments from other agencies

While institutes in sub-component 12 had the provision to set up centres of excellence even in sub-

component 11 they could have done so if they had worked with that aim and vision

4 Instead institutes on an average divided the money equally across six departments and each

department on an average bought one-two machines which were significantly expensive and the

rest of the money was spent on buying other small routine equipment desktops laptops

networking servers software and e-journals Collaborations between departments for research

projects were however missing

5 This pattern of expenditure can be explained by the fact that our engineering institutions are still in

a phase where there is more emphasis on theory than practical Hands-on learning or project-based

approach in teaching is relatively new for institutions which is why there is not much emphasis on

understanding the practical aspects of learning such as producing patents versus papers

6 Institutes were seen to be over protective wherever even a slightly costly equipment was bought By

their own admission such equipment was most of the time kept under lock and key and was at best

displayed to students They were rarely given the opportunity to actually do something with it on

their own

7 Equal receipt of money by a number of departments has led to overall improvement in laboratory

standards of all departments which is good from an egalitarian perspective It is also good that all

departments have been able to uniformly upgrade their infrastructure and will therefore be able to

compete with each other in attracting good students faculty as well as assignments from industry in

future

8 Discussions with focus groups suggest that institutes spent large amounts of money on creating or

refurbishing physical infrastructure While non-academic experts may see this as wasteful

expenditure from an academic perspective even if this leads to improvement in the physical

facilities being offered by institutes it is well worth the investment While state funded institutes

get funds from state governments for building infrastructure for some of the centrally funded

institutes where infrastructure may have been falling apart this money would have been useful

9 Because of the fact that there is no proper system to track the usage of equipment ndash records are

maintained in physical form in the shape of log books and registers which render a macro analysis

50

impossible -- anecdotal evidence suggests that equipment bought is not being optimally utilized A

significantly higher number of research papers in refereed journals suggests that this may not be

true but the fact remains that there is no improvement in the number of technology transfers

commercialization of research or patent generation which remain weak This again brings into focus

the theory versus application part of teaching

10 Overall improvement in base infrastructure was important for institutes to advance to the next level

of development Except for some of the Centrally funded institutions none of the institutes which

received funding in TEQIP II are in the league of the six original IITs in terms of laboratory

infrastructure They do not have access to the kind of liberal funding that CFTIs get If they had not

got the present funds to buy equipment they would have taken at least five to seven years to

procure the same through the resources available to them Even for Central institutions as also for

others the availability of funds at one go meant that they could procure high costing software such

as Matlab Ansys Labview Cadence and Adobe which benefit students across departments

11 Funds for buying equipment and other soft resources enabled the institutes to take some steps

towards keeping pace with the rapidly changing advancements in technology Increased level of

automation and artificial intelligence in industry is reflected in the kind of purchases institutes have

made ndash various types of simulation software digital machines replacing analogue ones such as in

electrical engineering departments all-in-one automatic machines which combine several levels of

manual work such as in surveying in civil engineering departments robotic arms mimicking the

automated environment of modern factories attached to lathe machines in mechanical engineering

departments instruments capable of handling nano particles in specialized centres and 3D printers

capable of printing high precision devices which are being used in multiple fields

12 Most institutes have also bought subscriptions to high level international journals in various

streams both online and physical enabling access to vast repository of world class content for most

students

13 Institutes have not paid much thought to maintenance of equipment since most of the purchases

have been made in the past two-three years and warranty periods are still in force Most institutes

have also reported availability of in-house technicians to look after the machines though majority

said that they would sign annual maintenance contracts (AMC) with vendors Since AMCs usually

cost roughly 10 per cent of the cost of the equipment they felt that the resources allocated for the

same under TEQIP II would not be adequate and that they should be increased slightly

14 As per the feedback provided by almost all institutes they all agree that the equipment purchased

by them responds to faculty student needs and was done as per consultation and

recommendations of faculty They all follow well laid out norms for disposal of equipment which

keep environmental considerations in mind

6 -- Average number of departments among which each institute in Sub-component 11 divided

the total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 500 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

51

7-- Average number of departments among which each institute in sub-component 12 divided the

total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 284 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

2147403 ndash Number of items bought by institutes for office purpose in sub-component

11

101699 hours monthndash Utilisation of equipment by UG amp PG students in sub-component

11 as per available data of institutes which participated in the study

427 hours month ndash Average utilization of equipment by UG and PG students across

institutes in sub-component 11

51656 hours month -- Utilisation of equipment by PhD students in sub-component 11 as

per available data of institutes which participated in the study

37 hours month-- Average utilization of equipment by PhD students across institutes in sub-

component 11

52

Chapter 5 Way Forward

53

As data shows and case studies prove there can be no doubt that TEQIP II and the funds provided to

institutes for purchase of equipment and other soft resources have led to improvement in laboratory

infrastructure which in turn has helped in improving the output Some pointers for future stages of the

project are-

1 Even though TEQIP II had a major focus on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and institutes

were given significant amount of funds for purchase of equipment there were no guidelines or

benchmarks for them to judge themselves against and to understand what an ideal laboratory

should be like for any given department While it is good that they were given the freedom to decide

what they wanted to buy and it depended on the pro-activeness of the department heads on what

all they ended up getting funds for in an ideal scenario they should have been given a list of

essential basic equipment as well as research level equipment and they could have prioritized their

purchases on the basis of that

In all likelihood such department-wise lists do not exist anywhere In the third phase of TEQIP

therefore NPIU could commission a project which involves study of top world-class as well as top

national-level laboratories for each department Thereafter standard templates of equipment could

be prepared which could illustrate the requirement of equipment for each concept and practical for

every stream of engineering Based on standard frequency of usage and the number of students in a

class adequate numbers of any equipment could be recommended to be bought by institutes in

order to ensure that not too much time is wasted on rotating several batches of students on the

same equipment

Availability of such templates of equipment as well as soft resources which could be updated

periodically in keeping with the changes in technology and availability of resources would also help

policy makers understand how many institutes come up to a benchmark and how many need

further support

2 Institutes should start maintaining digital records of use of equipment which are bought for research

purposes These records should not be just digital copies of physical registers but should be in the

form of smart solutions which can track internal supply chains in laboratories as well as usage of

equipment The solutions should be able to provide real-time analysis of usage of equipment in

every laboratory and all laboratories could be linked to one centralized system There are various

kinds of RFID solutions available today which can handle usage patterns well The available

information could be used to devise solutions and create policy interventions to increase the actual

usage of equipment

3 Nodal institutes under TEQIP II could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of neighboring non-TEQIP institutes The

unspent money could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

4 Institutes could be encouraged to ensure that laboratories in all departments have well designed

brochures and information material such as leaflets and manuals on major equipment so that

dissemination of information about their availability is easy and their utilization could be increased

54

5 Facilities created in institutes are not being optimally utilized to increase interaction with industry

While rural location of the institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of

the reasons it is also true that in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the

commissioning of equipment Size of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for

anything on industrial scale But in most cases industry is not even aware of the existence of state-

of-the-art equipment inside institutes Regular interactions with sector-specific companies are a

must therefore to create a culture of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration

6 For decades research has happened in our country in isolation and at a distance from both industry

and academia Being largely funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) so far it

has been taking place inside the laboratories of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

The 37 laboratories of CSIR and its 39 field stations or extension centres have been working in the

areas of aerospace engineering structural engineering ocean science life science metallurgy

chemicals mining food petroleum leather and environmental science The ministry of HRD has

also started funding research in a big way in recent years through schemes such as Imprint ndash

Improving Research Innovation and Technology and the Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) It would be

fruitful for the country if research happening purely on the scientific side is able to converge with

that on the academic side Hence in order to ensure greater synergy between research and

teaching it is essential that technical institutes start working more closely with CSIR laboratories

This will bring them immediately closer to cutting edge research and provide rich exposure to

students Specially for institutions which have got improved laboratory facilities as a result of TEQIP

II funds collaboration with relevant CSIR laboratories will help them grow their research and at the

same time provide the latter with a steady flow of students to work on live projects

7 Institutions which have upgraded their laboratory infrastructure in the area of food and agriculture

will gain by collaborating with the government on its e-labs project which aims at automating the

testing procedure of soil fertiliser pesticide and equipment samples By ensuring speedy and

transparent online disbursement of information related to such tests the projectrsquos vision is to

reduce crop losses and increase the use of good quality bio-pesticides through fair and unbiased

testing Institutions and students will be able to learn a lot about quality control and the processes

involved in digital testing through collaboration with the government on e-labs

8 In order to ensure transparency in procurement processes it is advisable that institutes make use of

the governmentrsquos new e-marketplace called GEM Through the portal wwwgemnicin institutes

can buy virtually anything and everything that they may require specially consumables office

equipment furniture and software Buying through this portal will speed up procurement and

improve the efficiency of institutes Created and maintained by the Directorate General of Supplies

amp Disposals (DGSampD) it provides tools for e-bidding reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to

help users get best value for their money At the national level a system of procurement should be

put in place including committee to look into the requirement and availability of equipment taking

global scenarios into consideration

Appendices

Appendix 1

55

State-wise Number of Institutions Under Technical Education QualityImprovement Programme II (2010-2017)

S Name of State CFIs Sub‐component 11 Sub‐component 12 Total No of

Institutions 1 Andhra Pradesh 5 6 11 2 Bihar 2 ‐‐ 2 3 Chhattisgarh 4 ‐‐ 4 4 Gujarat 7 ‐‐ 7 5 Haryana 3 3 6 6 Himachal Pradesh 1 ‐‐ 1 7 Jharkhand 1 1 2 8 Karnataka 4 15 19 9 Kerala 19 ‐‐ 19

10 Madhya Pradesh 3 2 5 11 Maharashtra 7 10 17

12 NCT‐Delhi ‐‐ 1 1 13 Odisha 2 ‐‐ 2 14 Punjab 7 1 8 15 Rajasthan 9 ‐‐ 9 16 Tamil Nadu 5 4 9 17 Telangana 8 5 13 18 Tripura 1 ‐‐ 1 19 UT‐Chandigarh 2 1 3 20 UT‐Puducherry 1 ‐‐ 1 21 Uttar Pradesh 2 5 7 22 Uttarakhand 1 2 3 23 West Bengal 11 3 14 24 Centrally Funded

Institutions (CFIs) 8 18 26

Total 113 77 190

Appendix 2 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 11

S Name of the Name of the Institution

No State UT

1 JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

2 Aditya Institute of Technology amp Management Tekkali Srikakulam

Andhra

3 Madanapalle Institute of Technology amp Science Madanapalle

Pradesh

4 Shri Vishnu Engineering College for women Vishnupur Bhimavaram

5 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College Chittoor

6 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur

Bihar

7 Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur

8 Government Engineering College Bilaspur

9 Government Engineering College Jagdalpur Bastar

Chhattisgarh

10 Government Engineering College Raipur

11 Rungta College of Engineering amp Technology Bhilai

56

12 Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

13 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Vallabh Vidynagar

14 Lukhdirji Engineering College Morbi

15 Gujarat Shantilal Shah Engineering College Bhavnagar

16 Government Engineering College Gandhinagar

17 Government Engineering College Rajkot

18 Government Engineering College Patan

19 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology (UIET) Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

Haryana

20 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology MDU Rohtak

21 NC College of Engineering Panipat

22 Himachal Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar Mandi

Pradesh

23 Jharkhand Cambridge Institute of Technology Ranchi

24 BVB College of Engineering amp Technology Hubli

25 PES College of Engineering Mandya

Karnataka

26 Government Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jublee Technological Institute Bangalore

27 NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore

2

SNo Name of the

Name of the Institution

StateUT

28 Government Engineering College Thrissur

29 Government Engineering College Kozhikode

30 Government Engineering College Painavu Idukki

31 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

32 School of Engineering Cochin University of Science amp Technology Cochin

33 Government College of Engineering Kannur

34 Government Engineering College Bartonhill Thiruvananthapuram

35 LBS Institute of Technology for Women Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram

36 College of Engineering Perumon Perinad Kollam

37 Kerala College of Engineering Kidangoor Kottayam

38 Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

57

39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

58

70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

60

Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

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77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

70

Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

72

Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

73

Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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22

Punjab (Figure 14)

Total population in lakh 2774

Literacy rate 758

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

325 (117)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

23

Gross Enrolment Ratio 27

Total number of engineering institutes 87

Institutes in sub-component 11 7

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 8

Total available funds Rs 81 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 42 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 22 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

Veer Surendra Sai University ofTechnology Burla Sambalpur

College of Engineering And TechnologyBhubaneshwar

Figure 13 Odisha

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

0200400600800

100012001400

Figure 14 Punjab

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

23

Rajasthan (Figure 15)

Total population in lakh 6855

Literacy rate 661

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

871 (127)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

62

Gross Enrolment Ratio 20

Total number of engineering institutes 82

Institutes in sub-component 11 9

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 9

Total available funds Rs 84 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 45 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 32 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Tamil Nadu (Figure 16)

Total population in lakh 7215

Literacy rate 80

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

73 (101)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

52

Gross Enrolment Ratio 452

Total number of engineering institutes 326

Institutes in sub-component 11 5

Institutes in sub-component 12 4

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 9

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

24

Total available funds Rs 140 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 74 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 70 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Telangana (Figure 17)

Total population in lakh 350

Literacy rate 664

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

406 (114)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

29

Gross Enrolment Ratio 36

Total number of engineering institutes 182

Institutes in sub-component 11 8

Institutes in sub-component 12 5

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 13

Total available funds Rs 120 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 45 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 34 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0200400600800

100012001400160018002000

FUN

DS

IN R

UP

EES

LAK

H

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plansubmitted by the institute

25

Tripura

Total population in lakh 367

Literacy rate 872

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

44 (119)

2015 projected share of state 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

03

Gross Enrolment Ratio 168

Total number of engineering institutes 6

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 10 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 55 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 54 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

UT-Chandigarh (Figure 18)

Total population in lakh 106

Literacy rate 861

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

17 (165)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

01

Gross Enrolment Ratio 56

Total number of engineering institutes 2

Institutes in sub-component 11 2

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 3

Total available funds Rs 475 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying Rs 24 crore

0

500

1000

1500

2000

Figure 17 Telangana

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

26

equipment and other resources

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 20 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Puducherry

Total population in lakh 125

Literacy rate 859

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

15 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

01

Gross Enrolment Ratio 46

Total number of engineering institutes 10

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 15 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 8 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 6 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Uttar Pradesh (Figure 19)

Total population in lakh 1998

Literacy rate 677

0200400600800

100012001400160018002000

Fun

ds

in r

up

ees

lakh

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plansubmitted by institute

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West Bengal (Figure 21)

Total population in lakh 9128

Literacy rate 763

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

109 (12)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

77

Gross Enrolment Ratio 174

Total number of engineering institutes 72

Institutes in sub-component 11 11

Institutes in sub-component 12 3

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 14

Total available funds Rs 179 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 88 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 82 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0

200

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600

800

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1200

1400FU

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Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rscrore)

Estimate as per plansubmitted by institute

29

CFIs (Figure 22)

Institutes in sub-component 11 8

Institutes in sub-component 12 18

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 26

Total available funds Rs 415 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 200 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1625 crore

0200400600800

100012001400160018002000

Figure 21 West Bengal

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

0200400600800

100012001400160018002000

Figure 22 Centrally-funded institutions (CFIs)

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

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Utilisation Analysis

In this section data on buying of equipment and other resources has been first analysed component-wise

and then department-wise

While data was collected from all institutes and a broad understanding was arrived at of the kind of

equipment and other resources money was spent on from the extensive lists provided by institutions it was

difficult to analyse how much money was spent on which category of item For the sake of analysis

therefore each equipment and item named by the institute was manually categorized into the following

broad categories-

1 Laboratory equipment (included all items bought for laboratories such as machines laptops

desktops and projectors)

2 Connectivity (included equipment related to creating wi-fi networks such as cables connectors

servers modems UPS racks adapters pipes and switches)

3 Books (included hard copies as well as subscriptions of e-journals for libraries)

4 Smart class (included white boards display panels podiums amplifiers cables projectors mixers

microphones webcam and wireless sensors)

5 Software

6 Office equipment (included laptops desktops printers scanners LCDs generator sets projectors

tables chairs almirahs digital signages etc bought for principalrsquos office directorrsquos office faculty

staff department rooms TEQIP office)

7 Furniture (included furniture for class rooms and departments)

8 Civil work (included flooring false ceilings repair work lighting)

Post the categorization in these eight broad heads the picture which emerged (Figure 23) for sub-

component 11 showed 58 per cent expenditure on laboratory equipment 14 per cent on software 10 per

cent on books 7 per cent each on office equipment and connectivity and 1-2 per cent each on furniture civil

work and smart classes This is in keeping with the goals of TEQIP II which had envisaged least expenditure

on civil work It was limited to 5 per cent of total expenditure on equipment for institutes under sub-

component 11 and 3 per cent for those under sub-component 12 If unspent institutes were free to use

this money for equipment and other resources So low expenditure on civil work is an achievement of TEQIP

II There should have been more expenditure on connectivity ndash campus-wide wifi networks ndash but that could

be due to the fact that several institutes already had wifi networks in place and did not need TEQIP funds to

do that

31

In sub-component 12 (Figure 24) this break-up was more or less on the same lines though the expenditure

on laboratory equipment in this sub-component was much higher at 70 per cent because of the inclusion of

centres of excellence and higher focus on post-graduate and PhD level studies This was followed by 17 per

cent on software and 5 per cent each on books and office equipment Rest was all 2 per cent and less and

negligible amount of expenditure on civil work was seen in this category

Department-wise

analysis of equipment

purchased by

institutes shows that in

sub-component 11

(Figure 25) highest

Lab equipment58

Software 14

Books 10

Office equipment

7

Connectivity 7

Smart class2

Furniture1

Civil work1

EXPENDITURE (11)

Figure 23

Office equipment

5

Software 17

Smart class1

EXPENDITURE (12)

Figure 29

32

076 164 46678

961 10631459

2169

TOTAL AMOUNT SPENT BY DEPARTMENTS (IN RS LAKH)

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

(in Rs crore)

number of equipment were bought by computer amp IT departments followed by electrical mechanical

electronics and civil departments For the purpose of categorization two or more streams of a kind were

merged into one and numbers for both streams taken together For instance computer science and

information technology were merged into one Similarly electronics amp instrumentation and electronics amp

electrical were taken together under electronics

While sub-component 11 presented a picture on expected lines with the top five departments being

generally the biggest departments in institutes in sub-component 12 this picture was slightly confusing

Here the top two departmentsndash electronics and civil ndash were ahead of other departments (Table 1) by an

inexplicable margin One of the reasons for this could be the fact that most of the equipment bought for the

centres of excellence would have had items related to electronics But that still does not explain the

unusually high number of items for civil engineering departments

Table 1 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 12

Name of the department Number of items bought

Mining 23

BioTech 137

Chemical 170

Mechanical 497

Computer amp IT 661

Electrical 969

Electronics 544915

Civil 1701948

On the other hand an expenditure-wise analysis of the same departments shows a different picture (Figure

26) with mechanical engineering department emerging top with expenditure of Rs 216 crore and electrical

department showing expenditure of Rs 145 crore Civil department is at number 3 with expenditure of Rs

106 crore The aberration in the number of items could have been because civil and electronics

departments would have bought a large number of items of small value

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166 224 45 481 934 14772459

3138

Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

(in Rs crore)Figure 27

As per the data provided by institutes those in sub-component 11 show higher expenditure

department-wise with mechanical engineering department at top with expenditure of Rs 313

crore These should however be taken only as indicative figures as the numbers cannot be absolute

(Figure 27)

Table 7 Top 20 Lab equipment bought by institutes in 11

CNC Lathe machines

Compressor testing machine

Computer and peripherals

Computerised machines

Digital meters

Gas chromatograph

Micro-controller

Micro-processor

Oscilloscope

PCB prototyping machine

Robotic kits

Solar PV systems

Spectrum analyser

Thermal imager

Total Station

Ultrasonic probe

Universal testing machine

UV-spectrophotometer

Voltmeter

Wattmeter

34

Table 2 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 11

Table 21 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 12

1 CNC Lathe machines Advanced laser kit

2 Compressor testing machine Asphalt material performance tester

3 Computer and peripherals Atomic absorption spectrophotometer

4 Computerised machines Bio-reactors

5 Digital meters BOD incubator

6 Gas chromatograph Centrifuge

7 Micro-controller CNC lathe machine

8 Micro-processor Compression testing

9 Oscilloscope Computer and peripherals

10 PCB prototyping machine Digital image processing

11 Robotic kits Digital multimeter

12 Solar PV systems Electric discharge machine

13 Spectrum analyser Hydraulic pressing

14 Thermal imager Magnetic stirrer

15 Total Station Microwave simulator

16 Ultrasonic probe Optical microscope

17 Universal testing machine PCB prototype machine

18 UV-spectrophotometer Thermal analyser

19 Voltmeter Thermal scanner

20 Wattmeter Wireless sensor network kit

Impact of Utilisation

No amount of data tracking or record keeping is worth

the effort if it does not translate into improvement in

actual output The real impact of all this expenditure by

institutes on buying of latest equipment is only useful in

so far as it is able to show growth in the number of

publications or rise in the number of post-graduate

student intake Looked at from that perspective TEQIP II

seems to have made satisfactory progress as the data

maintained by the National Project Implementation Unit

UPWARD TREND

Increase in the number of

publications in refereed

journals

Increase in the number of PG

and PhD students

Increase in revenue generated

through consultancy

35

(NPIU) shows There has been a significant improvement over the years in the number of publications in

refereed journals which till last year have been showing above target performance Only the numbers for

2016-17 are low considering that the data captured is till the month of February 2017 only From a target of

7500 publications in 2010-11 and a realization of 11722to a target of 14500 in 2015-16 and a realization of

18482 (Figure 28) the growth has been impressive though again how much of it is due to buying of

equipment alone is debatable

Another key performance indicatoras per the planners of TEQIP II was rise in the total number of masters

and PhD level students from a baseline of 30000 in 2010-11 to 41000 by 2016 Seen from that angle also the

performance of the programme has exceeded the target To a large extent this can be attributed to

availability of better laboratory infrastructure as it would have been a major factor behind the institutesrsquo

capability to attract students for MTech and PhD (Figure 29)

7032 7500 8000 8500 9000

14000 14500

11722

1606618103

20037

22556

18482

2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016

Fig 28 Number of publications in refereed journals in TEQIP II institutions

Target Actual

36

The percentage of externally funded RampD projects and consultancies in total revenue has increased from 7

per cent in 2010-11 to 14 per cent in 2015-16 against a target of 12 per cent (Figure 30)

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

Target 7032 32000 33000 34000 34000 40000 40500

Actual 35132 37791 44171 49251 48718 45659

0

10000

20000

30000

40000

50000

60000

Fig 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP I

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

2016-2017

Target 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12

Actual 82 11 127 137 117 14 125

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

Tota

l Rev

enu

e

Fig 30 Consultancy revenue generated

37

Chapter 3 Case Studies

38

Government Engineering College Thrissur Kerala

(with inputs from Prof Manoj Kumar K V Coordinator TEQIP II GEC Thrissur)

The entire process of planning procurement and the complete cycle of improved input resulting in improved output can be illustrated through the case study of Government Engineering College Thrissur which is one of the model colleges in TEQIP II and received funds under sub-component 11 It is the second oldest engineering in the state of Kerala and is affiliated to the University of Calicut Its foundation stone was laid by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in April 1958 and among its famous alumni are Dr K Radhakrishnan former chairman of Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) Out of the project allocation of Rs 10 crore Rs 55 crore was utilized by the institute for procurement of equipment The fund was apportioned among the departments based on student strength and their need to modernize and strengthen their various laboratories The procurement plan was finalized from the proposals received from the departments and vetted by the State Project Facilitation Unit (SPFU) before being executed through the Procurement Management Support System (PMSS) which was a web portal created by the National Project Implementation Unit (NPIU) to manage the project

39

Figure 31 10 steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan (Figure 38)

Departments were asked to draw up a

three-year procurement plan based on

their needs Department heads

coordinators and TEQIP nodal officers

had a meeting in the institute in

January 2012 to understand the plans

and procedures as available on NPIU

website

In February the Principal of the

institute TEQIP coordinator and

procurement coordinator attended a

training session conducted by NPIU at

Thiruvananthapuram Participation in

this session was facilitated by SPFU and

it entailed extensive training on how to

use the PMSS website

A training session was organized in the

institute for the benefit of Heads of

Departments (HoDs) and Department

TEQIP coordinators The programme

was attended by 24 officials and it

covered the entire set of activities

pertaining to purchase through PMSS --

from configuration management plan

creation and revision packaging and

procuring to stocking

Procurement coordinator and

department TEQIP coordinators also

attended a training program organized

by SPFUat School of Engineering

Cochin University of Science and

Technologyin February 2012

The SPFU arranged a discussion at

directorateoffice Thiruvanantha-

puramin February to fine tune the plan

and to facilitate data entry through

PMSS The finetuning included clubbing

of similar items from various

departments into one package limiting

the threshold to a maximum of 90 per

cent included in a scheme and revising

the tentative timelines based on plan

approval which was expected by mid-

April 2012 The institute was advised to

procure a particular software used for

double entry book-keeping through

PMSS and to identify 2 National

Competitive Bidding (NCB)

procurement plans to be sent to

Central authorities for approval

The rejigged procurement plan after

consultation with the concerned

coordinators was uploaded on the

website on 28thFebruary 2012

The plan was reviewed by SPFU and

some corrections were suggested

The corrected plan was uploaded again

At a meeting convened on 14thMarch

2012 at LBS College for Women

Thiruvananthapuram the first approval

of the plan was given by Director SPFU

On 31st March 2012 the Principal

convened a meeting of HoDs and

departmental TEQIP coordinators and

instructions were issued to draw up

specifications with respect to every

package so that the data was readily

available for entry to PMSS once the

plan was approved by NPIUWorld

Bank

1 2

3 4

5

6

8

7

9

10

40

Procurement activities were in full swing during the first 18 months of the project and were executed fully as

per the plan Procurement was completed in 82 packages including 68 National Shopping (NS)packages 7

National Competitive Bidding (NCB) packages 2 Direct Contract packages and 5 Civil Works packages

The institute made maximum expenditure in 2013-14 (Figure 32) across different heads Its investments on

laboratory modernization and strengthening started in 2012 and continued till 2017 (Figure 33) Overall it

spent bulk of the money (88 per cent) on modernization of laboratories and 5 per cent on ICT enabled

learning (Figure 34)

5851520

36470287

6909895

61170 1552063

0

5000000

10000000

15000000

20000000

25000000

30000000

35000000

40000000

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur (in Rs)

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Figure 32

2012-1311

2013-1473

2014-1515

2015-160

2016-171

EXPENDITURE ON MODERNISATION STRENGTHENING OF LABS AT GEC THRISSUR

Figure 33

41

Major equipment bought by the institute with TEQIP II funds includes a Rheometer which is not available in

any other institution in the state and offers potential for research and consultancy It is used for determining

the rheological behaviors of liquids and solids It has applications in polymer nano-composites which are the

emerging field of research The stress rheology measurements provide information for spread ability

emulsion stability suspension leveling flow control thermal stability extrudability and thickening etc The

fluid can be highly non-newtonian The equipment is useful for MTech students and faculty for doing

research

The institute also bought a Gas Chromatograph which is used in analyzing compositions purity and for

separating different components of a mixture based on volatility It is also used in identifying a compound

and its applications include analysis of toxicity of soil water and air identifying unknown compounds etc

The equipment is useful for faculty and students in doing research and projects in the field of environmental

engineering and provides opportunities for pollution control related consultancy work

Another important purchase is Accelerated Curing Tank With concrete construction increasing at a rapid

pace this equipment provides the possibility of accelerating the curing time Normal method of curing takes

28 days To reduce the curing time of concrete and test its strength accelerated curing is required and this

can be achieved with the use of Accelerated Curing Tank in the laboratory

88

5 4

0

0

3

Fig 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14at Government Engineering College Thrissur

Expenditure on modernisation strengthening of existinglaboratories

Expenditure on ICT enabledlearning related softwareamphardware

Expenditure on library ie books e-books

Journals e-journals course specificsoftware

Expenditure on modernisation ofclassrooms

Others (furniture)

42

Table 3 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Name of the Equipment

Cost (in rupees)

Pressure Volume Change Controller

365625

Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Suit

1365000

Solar Photovoltaic grid tied training system with MPPT

367500

Gas Chromatograph 1494692

Rheometer 2687350

Surface Roughness Tester

401205

Multimedia Projector 114162

Thermal Imager 746366

Machine Conditioning Monitor

861685

Metallurgical Image Analysis System for Welding

283500

Software Factory CAD 320000

Robot 567000

Pipe Flow Software 149234

Petrol Engine Test Setup

783090

Tribometer 609900

Vibration Analyser 539175

Slotting Machine 449243

Lathe and Shaping Machine

869001

Metal Cutting Band saw 156240

Digital Viscometer 919050

Solid Modeling Software

356590

Ultrasonic Flow Detector

235561

43

Rapid Phototyping Machine

814800

Group Video Conferencing Kit

533340

Lan Trainer 106180

The efforts of the institute over the years have led to improved student placements and intake (Figure 35)

Output in terms of publications in international journals and participation of faculty and students in

international conferences has also gone up considerably (Figure 36)

Top 10 international journals in which faculty and students have secured publications since TEQIP II are

Name of Journal

1 IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

2 International Journal on Numerical Methods in Fluids

261221

570527

357

766

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Placement offers Students placed Intake of students

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 35 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 36 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

Publication in international journals Participation in international conferences

44

3 IETE Technical Review

4 Journal of the Optical Society of America

5 International Journal of Power amp Energy Systems

6 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

7 International Journal of Remote Sensing

8 Automatica

9 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

10 ASME Journal of Heat Transfer

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering amp Technology

Aligarh Muslim University

Another institute with an impeccable history and track record is Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and

Technology (ZHCET) which is a constituent college of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and it received TEQIP

II funds under sub-component 11 AMU was set up by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as Mohammedan Anglo-

Oriental College in 1875 Against available funds of Rs 10 crore ZHCET utilized Rs 618 crore as of February

2017 Following is a glimpse into the major equipment purchased by the institute

Name of the equipment Centrifugal Pump and Pelton Turbine Module Nozzle

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3349138

Reason for buying To improve teaching and research in fluid mechanics section of mechanical engineering

department The equipment comprises centrifugal pump with flowmeter valves reservoir and

instrumentation for measurement and display of inlet outlet pressures torque speed and power and

turbine inlet pressure for Peltan turbine

Name of the equipment Universal High Voltage Test system and Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage Tester

(PE-AOBDV-MXXX)

Name of the department Electrical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 4522500

Reason for buying A new MTech programme in High Voltage Engineering was started under TEQIP II for

which enhanced laboratory infrastructure was needed PE-AOBDV-M series of Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage

Testers are highly precise instruments which can be used to conduct either a breakdown voltage test or do a proof

(withstand) test Dielectric Breakdown Voltage testing of Oil is one such means to detect the voltage at power

frequency at which it is likely to cause a flash-over

Name of the equipment Altium Nanoboard FPGA Kit

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1368863

Reason for buying Five kits were bought for under-graduate and post-graduate students

45

Name of the equipmentExata Software Emulator for Networking

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1245780

Reason for buying BTech students use it to perform experiments in EL-494 (Communication Lab -III) to

study the performance of simulated networks M Tech students use it for projects and dissertations Three

faculty members are using this software for RampD purpose

Name of the equipmentPotentiostat Galvanostat with Impedance Analyzer

Name of the department Petroleum Studies

Cost of equipment Rs 1562925

Reason for buying Potentiostate is at the heart of research on electrochemistry It is mainly used for

research in the area of fuel cell membrane cyclic voltammeter and super capacitors

Name of the equipment Imac 215 Quad Core i5 with Apple Protection Plan

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 205800

Reason for buying Two units of Imac were bought for the post-graduate and networking laboratories of

computer engineering department so that students could develop software based on iOS

Altium Nanoboard

FPGA Kit

46

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli was set up in 1947 with only the civil engineering under-graduate

programme Since 2007 the institute has been autonomous having been affiliated to Bombay University

Pune University and Shivaji University in the past The institute received TEQIP II funds under sub-

component 12 It was eligible to receive Rs 125 crore It submitted procurement plan for Rs 87 crore and

spent Rs 618 crore as of February 2017

MAJOR EQUIPMENT BOUGHT

Name of the equipment Shake Table Set-up

Name of the department Civil amp Structural Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1925776

Reason for buying To establish an earthquake engineering laboratory for conducting studies on response of

structures to earthquake induced vibrations To investigate structural response under various dynamic

loading conditions

Name of the equipment Electromagnetic Exciter with Pay Load Capacity of 100 to 150 kg

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2310824

Reason for buying To carry out research work in the field of dynamic analysis for various systems

Name of the equipment Micro Machining Centre Hyper-15w table top type integrated multi-process CNC

machine tool

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3078000

Reason for buying To develop micro machining centre for the research of micro machining PG production

laboratory

2663678

6154586

7489947

8770675

8777330

10572980

11435333

0 4000000 8000000 12000000

OFFICE

ELECTRICAL

ELECTRONICS

CIVIL (CIVIL+ CIVIL ENVIRONMENTAL+ hellip

LIBRARY

COMPUTER + IT

MECHANICAL

Fig 37 Department-wise expenditure Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Figures in rupees

47

Name of the equipment Dynamometer with Built-In Three Channel Charge Amplifiers

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1876090

Reason for buying To carry out research in the area of machining

Name of the equipment Lab View Add-ons Image Processing using Smart Camera Evaluation Kit

Name of the department Electronics Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3421650

Reason for buying Design simulation and prototyping platform for experiments on DSP communication

embedded control and measurements visual representation of experimental results

Name of the equipment Thermal Conductivity Analyzer with Material -- liquid pastes and small particles

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2100000

Reason for buying Post-graduate research and laboratory development

48

Chapter 4 Key Findings

49

1 On an average funds given to institutions for purchase of equipment and soft resources have led to

significant improvement in laboratory infrastructure of the institutes under study

2 The impact of such purchases on improvement in quality is not easily quantifiable in measurable

terms To assess the same other correlated parameters could be looked at such as improvement in

the number of research publications in refereed journals increase in the number of PhD students

number of faculty involved in research or the percentage of student placement However none of

these parameters can be directly or solely be said to be due to the improvement in physical or

digital infrastructure of institutes

3 Institutes did not have a clear-cut strategy of what best use they could put the available money to

Given that each institute on an average got Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and other resources

they could have used the money to create at least one best-in-class facility in any of the

departments which was equipped to utilize that facility in terms of augmenting the interaction of

the institute with industry or generating more resources through assignments from other agencies

While institutes in sub-component 12 had the provision to set up centres of excellence even in sub-

component 11 they could have done so if they had worked with that aim and vision

4 Instead institutes on an average divided the money equally across six departments and each

department on an average bought one-two machines which were significantly expensive and the

rest of the money was spent on buying other small routine equipment desktops laptops

networking servers software and e-journals Collaborations between departments for research

projects were however missing

5 This pattern of expenditure can be explained by the fact that our engineering institutions are still in

a phase where there is more emphasis on theory than practical Hands-on learning or project-based

approach in teaching is relatively new for institutions which is why there is not much emphasis on

understanding the practical aspects of learning such as producing patents versus papers

6 Institutes were seen to be over protective wherever even a slightly costly equipment was bought By

their own admission such equipment was most of the time kept under lock and key and was at best

displayed to students They were rarely given the opportunity to actually do something with it on

their own

7 Equal receipt of money by a number of departments has led to overall improvement in laboratory

standards of all departments which is good from an egalitarian perspective It is also good that all

departments have been able to uniformly upgrade their infrastructure and will therefore be able to

compete with each other in attracting good students faculty as well as assignments from industry in

future

8 Discussions with focus groups suggest that institutes spent large amounts of money on creating or

refurbishing physical infrastructure While non-academic experts may see this as wasteful

expenditure from an academic perspective even if this leads to improvement in the physical

facilities being offered by institutes it is well worth the investment While state funded institutes

get funds from state governments for building infrastructure for some of the centrally funded

institutes where infrastructure may have been falling apart this money would have been useful

9 Because of the fact that there is no proper system to track the usage of equipment ndash records are

maintained in physical form in the shape of log books and registers which render a macro analysis

50

impossible -- anecdotal evidence suggests that equipment bought is not being optimally utilized A

significantly higher number of research papers in refereed journals suggests that this may not be

true but the fact remains that there is no improvement in the number of technology transfers

commercialization of research or patent generation which remain weak This again brings into focus

the theory versus application part of teaching

10 Overall improvement in base infrastructure was important for institutes to advance to the next level

of development Except for some of the Centrally funded institutions none of the institutes which

received funding in TEQIP II are in the league of the six original IITs in terms of laboratory

infrastructure They do not have access to the kind of liberal funding that CFTIs get If they had not

got the present funds to buy equipment they would have taken at least five to seven years to

procure the same through the resources available to them Even for Central institutions as also for

others the availability of funds at one go meant that they could procure high costing software such

as Matlab Ansys Labview Cadence and Adobe which benefit students across departments

11 Funds for buying equipment and other soft resources enabled the institutes to take some steps

towards keeping pace with the rapidly changing advancements in technology Increased level of

automation and artificial intelligence in industry is reflected in the kind of purchases institutes have

made ndash various types of simulation software digital machines replacing analogue ones such as in

electrical engineering departments all-in-one automatic machines which combine several levels of

manual work such as in surveying in civil engineering departments robotic arms mimicking the

automated environment of modern factories attached to lathe machines in mechanical engineering

departments instruments capable of handling nano particles in specialized centres and 3D printers

capable of printing high precision devices which are being used in multiple fields

12 Most institutes have also bought subscriptions to high level international journals in various

streams both online and physical enabling access to vast repository of world class content for most

students

13 Institutes have not paid much thought to maintenance of equipment since most of the purchases

have been made in the past two-three years and warranty periods are still in force Most institutes

have also reported availability of in-house technicians to look after the machines though majority

said that they would sign annual maintenance contracts (AMC) with vendors Since AMCs usually

cost roughly 10 per cent of the cost of the equipment they felt that the resources allocated for the

same under TEQIP II would not be adequate and that they should be increased slightly

14 As per the feedback provided by almost all institutes they all agree that the equipment purchased

by them responds to faculty student needs and was done as per consultation and

recommendations of faculty They all follow well laid out norms for disposal of equipment which

keep environmental considerations in mind

6 -- Average number of departments among which each institute in Sub-component 11 divided

the total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 500 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

51

7-- Average number of departments among which each institute in sub-component 12 divided the

total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 284 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

2147403 ndash Number of items bought by institutes for office purpose in sub-component

11

101699 hours monthndash Utilisation of equipment by UG amp PG students in sub-component

11 as per available data of institutes which participated in the study

427 hours month ndash Average utilization of equipment by UG and PG students across

institutes in sub-component 11

51656 hours month -- Utilisation of equipment by PhD students in sub-component 11 as

per available data of institutes which participated in the study

37 hours month-- Average utilization of equipment by PhD students across institutes in sub-

component 11

52

Chapter 5 Way Forward

53

As data shows and case studies prove there can be no doubt that TEQIP II and the funds provided to

institutes for purchase of equipment and other soft resources have led to improvement in laboratory

infrastructure which in turn has helped in improving the output Some pointers for future stages of the

project are-

1 Even though TEQIP II had a major focus on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and institutes

were given significant amount of funds for purchase of equipment there were no guidelines or

benchmarks for them to judge themselves against and to understand what an ideal laboratory

should be like for any given department While it is good that they were given the freedom to decide

what they wanted to buy and it depended on the pro-activeness of the department heads on what

all they ended up getting funds for in an ideal scenario they should have been given a list of

essential basic equipment as well as research level equipment and they could have prioritized their

purchases on the basis of that

In all likelihood such department-wise lists do not exist anywhere In the third phase of TEQIP

therefore NPIU could commission a project which involves study of top world-class as well as top

national-level laboratories for each department Thereafter standard templates of equipment could

be prepared which could illustrate the requirement of equipment for each concept and practical for

every stream of engineering Based on standard frequency of usage and the number of students in a

class adequate numbers of any equipment could be recommended to be bought by institutes in

order to ensure that not too much time is wasted on rotating several batches of students on the

same equipment

Availability of such templates of equipment as well as soft resources which could be updated

periodically in keeping with the changes in technology and availability of resources would also help

policy makers understand how many institutes come up to a benchmark and how many need

further support

2 Institutes should start maintaining digital records of use of equipment which are bought for research

purposes These records should not be just digital copies of physical registers but should be in the

form of smart solutions which can track internal supply chains in laboratories as well as usage of

equipment The solutions should be able to provide real-time analysis of usage of equipment in

every laboratory and all laboratories could be linked to one centralized system There are various

kinds of RFID solutions available today which can handle usage patterns well The available

information could be used to devise solutions and create policy interventions to increase the actual

usage of equipment

3 Nodal institutes under TEQIP II could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of neighboring non-TEQIP institutes The

unspent money could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

4 Institutes could be encouraged to ensure that laboratories in all departments have well designed

brochures and information material such as leaflets and manuals on major equipment so that

dissemination of information about their availability is easy and their utilization could be increased

54

5 Facilities created in institutes are not being optimally utilized to increase interaction with industry

While rural location of the institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of

the reasons it is also true that in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the

commissioning of equipment Size of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for

anything on industrial scale But in most cases industry is not even aware of the existence of state-

of-the-art equipment inside institutes Regular interactions with sector-specific companies are a

must therefore to create a culture of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration

6 For decades research has happened in our country in isolation and at a distance from both industry

and academia Being largely funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) so far it

has been taking place inside the laboratories of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

The 37 laboratories of CSIR and its 39 field stations or extension centres have been working in the

areas of aerospace engineering structural engineering ocean science life science metallurgy

chemicals mining food petroleum leather and environmental science The ministry of HRD has

also started funding research in a big way in recent years through schemes such as Imprint ndash

Improving Research Innovation and Technology and the Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) It would be

fruitful for the country if research happening purely on the scientific side is able to converge with

that on the academic side Hence in order to ensure greater synergy between research and

teaching it is essential that technical institutes start working more closely with CSIR laboratories

This will bring them immediately closer to cutting edge research and provide rich exposure to

students Specially for institutions which have got improved laboratory facilities as a result of TEQIP

II funds collaboration with relevant CSIR laboratories will help them grow their research and at the

same time provide the latter with a steady flow of students to work on live projects

7 Institutions which have upgraded their laboratory infrastructure in the area of food and agriculture

will gain by collaborating with the government on its e-labs project which aims at automating the

testing procedure of soil fertiliser pesticide and equipment samples By ensuring speedy and

transparent online disbursement of information related to such tests the projectrsquos vision is to

reduce crop losses and increase the use of good quality bio-pesticides through fair and unbiased

testing Institutions and students will be able to learn a lot about quality control and the processes

involved in digital testing through collaboration with the government on e-labs

8 In order to ensure transparency in procurement processes it is advisable that institutes make use of

the governmentrsquos new e-marketplace called GEM Through the portal wwwgemnicin institutes

can buy virtually anything and everything that they may require specially consumables office

equipment furniture and software Buying through this portal will speed up procurement and

improve the efficiency of institutes Created and maintained by the Directorate General of Supplies

amp Disposals (DGSampD) it provides tools for e-bidding reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to

help users get best value for their money At the national level a system of procurement should be

put in place including committee to look into the requirement and availability of equipment taking

global scenarios into consideration

Appendices

Appendix 1

55

State-wise Number of Institutions Under Technical Education QualityImprovement Programme II (2010-2017)

S Name of State CFIs Sub‐component 11 Sub‐component 12 Total No of

Institutions 1 Andhra Pradesh 5 6 11 2 Bihar 2 ‐‐ 2 3 Chhattisgarh 4 ‐‐ 4 4 Gujarat 7 ‐‐ 7 5 Haryana 3 3 6 6 Himachal Pradesh 1 ‐‐ 1 7 Jharkhand 1 1 2 8 Karnataka 4 15 19 9 Kerala 19 ‐‐ 19

10 Madhya Pradesh 3 2 5 11 Maharashtra 7 10 17

12 NCT‐Delhi ‐‐ 1 1 13 Odisha 2 ‐‐ 2 14 Punjab 7 1 8 15 Rajasthan 9 ‐‐ 9 16 Tamil Nadu 5 4 9 17 Telangana 8 5 13 18 Tripura 1 ‐‐ 1 19 UT‐Chandigarh 2 1 3 20 UT‐Puducherry 1 ‐‐ 1 21 Uttar Pradesh 2 5 7 22 Uttarakhand 1 2 3 23 West Bengal 11 3 14 24 Centrally Funded

Institutions (CFIs) 8 18 26

Total 113 77 190

Appendix 2 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 11

S Name of the Name of the Institution

No State UT

1 JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

2 Aditya Institute of Technology amp Management Tekkali Srikakulam

Andhra

3 Madanapalle Institute of Technology amp Science Madanapalle

Pradesh

4 Shri Vishnu Engineering College for women Vishnupur Bhimavaram

5 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College Chittoor

6 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur

Bihar

7 Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur

8 Government Engineering College Bilaspur

9 Government Engineering College Jagdalpur Bastar

Chhattisgarh

10 Government Engineering College Raipur

11 Rungta College of Engineering amp Technology Bhilai

56

12 Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

13 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Vallabh Vidynagar

14 Lukhdirji Engineering College Morbi

15 Gujarat Shantilal Shah Engineering College Bhavnagar

16 Government Engineering College Gandhinagar

17 Government Engineering College Rajkot

18 Government Engineering College Patan

19 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology (UIET) Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

Haryana

20 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology MDU Rohtak

21 NC College of Engineering Panipat

22 Himachal Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar Mandi

Pradesh

23 Jharkhand Cambridge Institute of Technology Ranchi

24 BVB College of Engineering amp Technology Hubli

25 PES College of Engineering Mandya

Karnataka

26 Government Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jublee Technological Institute Bangalore

27 NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore

2

SNo Name of the

Name of the Institution

StateUT

28 Government Engineering College Thrissur

29 Government Engineering College Kozhikode

30 Government Engineering College Painavu Idukki

31 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

32 School of Engineering Cochin University of Science amp Technology Cochin

33 Government College of Engineering Kannur

34 Government Engineering College Bartonhill Thiruvananthapuram

35 LBS Institute of Technology for Women Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram

36 College of Engineering Perumon Perinad Kollam

37 Kerala College of Engineering Kidangoor Kottayam

38 Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

57

39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

58

70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

60

Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

62

77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

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Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

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Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

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Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

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Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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23

Rajasthan (Figure 15)

Total population in lakh 6855

Literacy rate 661

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

871 (127)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

62

Gross Enrolment Ratio 20

Total number of engineering institutes 82

Institutes in sub-component 11 9

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 9

Total available funds Rs 84 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 45 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 32 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Tamil Nadu (Figure 16)

Total population in lakh 7215

Literacy rate 80

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

73 (101)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

52

Gross Enrolment Ratio 452

Total number of engineering institutes 326

Institutes in sub-component 11 5

Institutes in sub-component 12 4

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 9

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plan submitted by the institute

24

Total available funds Rs 140 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 74 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 70 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Telangana (Figure 17)

Total population in lakh 350

Literacy rate 664

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

406 (114)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

29

Gross Enrolment Ratio 36

Total number of engineering institutes 182

Institutes in sub-component 11 8

Institutes in sub-component 12 5

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 13

Total available funds Rs 120 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 45 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 34 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0200400600800

100012001400160018002000

FUN

DS

IN R

UP

EES

LAK

H

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plansubmitted by the institute

25

Tripura

Total population in lakh 367

Literacy rate 872

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

44 (119)

2015 projected share of state 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

03

Gross Enrolment Ratio 168

Total number of engineering institutes 6

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 10 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 55 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 54 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

UT-Chandigarh (Figure 18)

Total population in lakh 106

Literacy rate 861

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

17 (165)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

01

Gross Enrolment Ratio 56

Total number of engineering institutes 2

Institutes in sub-component 11 2

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 3

Total available funds Rs 475 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying Rs 24 crore

0

500

1000

1500

2000

Figure 17 Telangana

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

26

equipment and other resources

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 20 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Puducherry

Total population in lakh 125

Literacy rate 859

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

15 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

01

Gross Enrolment Ratio 46

Total number of engineering institutes 10

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 15 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 8 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 6 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Uttar Pradesh (Figure 19)

Total population in lakh 1998

Literacy rate 677

0200400600800

100012001400160018002000

Fun

ds

in r

up

ees

lakh

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plansubmitted by institute

28

West Bengal (Figure 21)

Total population in lakh 9128

Literacy rate 763

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

109 (12)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

77

Gross Enrolment Ratio 174

Total number of engineering institutes 72

Institutes in sub-component 11 11

Institutes in sub-component 12 3

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 14

Total available funds Rs 179 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 88 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 82 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400FU

ND

S IN

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PEE

S LA

KH

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rscrore)

Estimate as per plansubmitted by institute

29

CFIs (Figure 22)

Institutes in sub-component 11 8

Institutes in sub-component 12 18

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 26

Total available funds Rs 415 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 200 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1625 crore

0200400600800

100012001400160018002000

Figure 21 West Bengal

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

0200400600800

100012001400160018002000

Figure 22 Centrally-funded institutions (CFIs)

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

30

Utilisation Analysis

In this section data on buying of equipment and other resources has been first analysed component-wise

and then department-wise

While data was collected from all institutes and a broad understanding was arrived at of the kind of

equipment and other resources money was spent on from the extensive lists provided by institutions it was

difficult to analyse how much money was spent on which category of item For the sake of analysis

therefore each equipment and item named by the institute was manually categorized into the following

broad categories-

1 Laboratory equipment (included all items bought for laboratories such as machines laptops

desktops and projectors)

2 Connectivity (included equipment related to creating wi-fi networks such as cables connectors

servers modems UPS racks adapters pipes and switches)

3 Books (included hard copies as well as subscriptions of e-journals for libraries)

4 Smart class (included white boards display panels podiums amplifiers cables projectors mixers

microphones webcam and wireless sensors)

5 Software

6 Office equipment (included laptops desktops printers scanners LCDs generator sets projectors

tables chairs almirahs digital signages etc bought for principalrsquos office directorrsquos office faculty

staff department rooms TEQIP office)

7 Furniture (included furniture for class rooms and departments)

8 Civil work (included flooring false ceilings repair work lighting)

Post the categorization in these eight broad heads the picture which emerged (Figure 23) for sub-

component 11 showed 58 per cent expenditure on laboratory equipment 14 per cent on software 10 per

cent on books 7 per cent each on office equipment and connectivity and 1-2 per cent each on furniture civil

work and smart classes This is in keeping with the goals of TEQIP II which had envisaged least expenditure

on civil work It was limited to 5 per cent of total expenditure on equipment for institutes under sub-

component 11 and 3 per cent for those under sub-component 12 If unspent institutes were free to use

this money for equipment and other resources So low expenditure on civil work is an achievement of TEQIP

II There should have been more expenditure on connectivity ndash campus-wide wifi networks ndash but that could

be due to the fact that several institutes already had wifi networks in place and did not need TEQIP funds to

do that

31

In sub-component 12 (Figure 24) this break-up was more or less on the same lines though the expenditure

on laboratory equipment in this sub-component was much higher at 70 per cent because of the inclusion of

centres of excellence and higher focus on post-graduate and PhD level studies This was followed by 17 per

cent on software and 5 per cent each on books and office equipment Rest was all 2 per cent and less and

negligible amount of expenditure on civil work was seen in this category

Department-wise

analysis of equipment

purchased by

institutes shows that in

sub-component 11

(Figure 25) highest

Lab equipment58

Software 14

Books 10

Office equipment

7

Connectivity 7

Smart class2

Furniture1

Civil work1

EXPENDITURE (11)

Figure 23

Office equipment

5

Software 17

Smart class1

EXPENDITURE (12)

Figure 29

32

076 164 46678

961 10631459

2169

TOTAL AMOUNT SPENT BY DEPARTMENTS (IN RS LAKH)

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

(in Rs crore)

number of equipment were bought by computer amp IT departments followed by electrical mechanical

electronics and civil departments For the purpose of categorization two or more streams of a kind were

merged into one and numbers for both streams taken together For instance computer science and

information technology were merged into one Similarly electronics amp instrumentation and electronics amp

electrical were taken together under electronics

While sub-component 11 presented a picture on expected lines with the top five departments being

generally the biggest departments in institutes in sub-component 12 this picture was slightly confusing

Here the top two departmentsndash electronics and civil ndash were ahead of other departments (Table 1) by an

inexplicable margin One of the reasons for this could be the fact that most of the equipment bought for the

centres of excellence would have had items related to electronics But that still does not explain the

unusually high number of items for civil engineering departments

Table 1 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 12

Name of the department Number of items bought

Mining 23

BioTech 137

Chemical 170

Mechanical 497

Computer amp IT 661

Electrical 969

Electronics 544915

Civil 1701948

On the other hand an expenditure-wise analysis of the same departments shows a different picture (Figure

26) with mechanical engineering department emerging top with expenditure of Rs 216 crore and electrical

department showing expenditure of Rs 145 crore Civil department is at number 3 with expenditure of Rs

106 crore The aberration in the number of items could have been because civil and electronics

departments would have bought a large number of items of small value

33

166 224 45 481 934 14772459

3138

Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

(in Rs crore)Figure 27

As per the data provided by institutes those in sub-component 11 show higher expenditure

department-wise with mechanical engineering department at top with expenditure of Rs 313

crore These should however be taken only as indicative figures as the numbers cannot be absolute

(Figure 27)

Table 7 Top 20 Lab equipment bought by institutes in 11

CNC Lathe machines

Compressor testing machine

Computer and peripherals

Computerised machines

Digital meters

Gas chromatograph

Micro-controller

Micro-processor

Oscilloscope

PCB prototyping machine

Robotic kits

Solar PV systems

Spectrum analyser

Thermal imager

Total Station

Ultrasonic probe

Universal testing machine

UV-spectrophotometer

Voltmeter

Wattmeter

34

Table 2 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 11

Table 21 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 12

1 CNC Lathe machines Advanced laser kit

2 Compressor testing machine Asphalt material performance tester

3 Computer and peripherals Atomic absorption spectrophotometer

4 Computerised machines Bio-reactors

5 Digital meters BOD incubator

6 Gas chromatograph Centrifuge

7 Micro-controller CNC lathe machine

8 Micro-processor Compression testing

9 Oscilloscope Computer and peripherals

10 PCB prototyping machine Digital image processing

11 Robotic kits Digital multimeter

12 Solar PV systems Electric discharge machine

13 Spectrum analyser Hydraulic pressing

14 Thermal imager Magnetic stirrer

15 Total Station Microwave simulator

16 Ultrasonic probe Optical microscope

17 Universal testing machine PCB prototype machine

18 UV-spectrophotometer Thermal analyser

19 Voltmeter Thermal scanner

20 Wattmeter Wireless sensor network kit

Impact of Utilisation

No amount of data tracking or record keeping is worth

the effort if it does not translate into improvement in

actual output The real impact of all this expenditure by

institutes on buying of latest equipment is only useful in

so far as it is able to show growth in the number of

publications or rise in the number of post-graduate

student intake Looked at from that perspective TEQIP II

seems to have made satisfactory progress as the data

maintained by the National Project Implementation Unit

UPWARD TREND

Increase in the number of

publications in refereed

journals

Increase in the number of PG

and PhD students

Increase in revenue generated

through consultancy

35

(NPIU) shows There has been a significant improvement over the years in the number of publications in

refereed journals which till last year have been showing above target performance Only the numbers for

2016-17 are low considering that the data captured is till the month of February 2017 only From a target of

7500 publications in 2010-11 and a realization of 11722to a target of 14500 in 2015-16 and a realization of

18482 (Figure 28) the growth has been impressive though again how much of it is due to buying of

equipment alone is debatable

Another key performance indicatoras per the planners of TEQIP II was rise in the total number of masters

and PhD level students from a baseline of 30000 in 2010-11 to 41000 by 2016 Seen from that angle also the

performance of the programme has exceeded the target To a large extent this can be attributed to

availability of better laboratory infrastructure as it would have been a major factor behind the institutesrsquo

capability to attract students for MTech and PhD (Figure 29)

7032 7500 8000 8500 9000

14000 14500

11722

1606618103

20037

22556

18482

2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016

Fig 28 Number of publications in refereed journals in TEQIP II institutions

Target Actual

36

The percentage of externally funded RampD projects and consultancies in total revenue has increased from 7

per cent in 2010-11 to 14 per cent in 2015-16 against a target of 12 per cent (Figure 30)

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

Target 7032 32000 33000 34000 34000 40000 40500

Actual 35132 37791 44171 49251 48718 45659

0

10000

20000

30000

40000

50000

60000

Fig 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP I

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

2016-2017

Target 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12

Actual 82 11 127 137 117 14 125

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

Tota

l Rev

enu

e

Fig 30 Consultancy revenue generated

37

Chapter 3 Case Studies

38

Government Engineering College Thrissur Kerala

(with inputs from Prof Manoj Kumar K V Coordinator TEQIP II GEC Thrissur)

The entire process of planning procurement and the complete cycle of improved input resulting in improved output can be illustrated through the case study of Government Engineering College Thrissur which is one of the model colleges in TEQIP II and received funds under sub-component 11 It is the second oldest engineering in the state of Kerala and is affiliated to the University of Calicut Its foundation stone was laid by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in April 1958 and among its famous alumni are Dr K Radhakrishnan former chairman of Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) Out of the project allocation of Rs 10 crore Rs 55 crore was utilized by the institute for procurement of equipment The fund was apportioned among the departments based on student strength and their need to modernize and strengthen their various laboratories The procurement plan was finalized from the proposals received from the departments and vetted by the State Project Facilitation Unit (SPFU) before being executed through the Procurement Management Support System (PMSS) which was a web portal created by the National Project Implementation Unit (NPIU) to manage the project

39

Figure 31 10 steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan (Figure 38)

Departments were asked to draw up a

three-year procurement plan based on

their needs Department heads

coordinators and TEQIP nodal officers

had a meeting in the institute in

January 2012 to understand the plans

and procedures as available on NPIU

website

In February the Principal of the

institute TEQIP coordinator and

procurement coordinator attended a

training session conducted by NPIU at

Thiruvananthapuram Participation in

this session was facilitated by SPFU and

it entailed extensive training on how to

use the PMSS website

A training session was organized in the

institute for the benefit of Heads of

Departments (HoDs) and Department

TEQIP coordinators The programme

was attended by 24 officials and it

covered the entire set of activities

pertaining to purchase through PMSS --

from configuration management plan

creation and revision packaging and

procuring to stocking

Procurement coordinator and

department TEQIP coordinators also

attended a training program organized

by SPFUat School of Engineering

Cochin University of Science and

Technologyin February 2012

The SPFU arranged a discussion at

directorateoffice Thiruvanantha-

puramin February to fine tune the plan

and to facilitate data entry through

PMSS The finetuning included clubbing

of similar items from various

departments into one package limiting

the threshold to a maximum of 90 per

cent included in a scheme and revising

the tentative timelines based on plan

approval which was expected by mid-

April 2012 The institute was advised to

procure a particular software used for

double entry book-keeping through

PMSS and to identify 2 National

Competitive Bidding (NCB)

procurement plans to be sent to

Central authorities for approval

The rejigged procurement plan after

consultation with the concerned

coordinators was uploaded on the

website on 28thFebruary 2012

The plan was reviewed by SPFU and

some corrections were suggested

The corrected plan was uploaded again

At a meeting convened on 14thMarch

2012 at LBS College for Women

Thiruvananthapuram the first approval

of the plan was given by Director SPFU

On 31st March 2012 the Principal

convened a meeting of HoDs and

departmental TEQIP coordinators and

instructions were issued to draw up

specifications with respect to every

package so that the data was readily

available for entry to PMSS once the

plan was approved by NPIUWorld

Bank

1 2

3 4

5

6

8

7

9

10

40

Procurement activities were in full swing during the first 18 months of the project and were executed fully as

per the plan Procurement was completed in 82 packages including 68 National Shopping (NS)packages 7

National Competitive Bidding (NCB) packages 2 Direct Contract packages and 5 Civil Works packages

The institute made maximum expenditure in 2013-14 (Figure 32) across different heads Its investments on

laboratory modernization and strengthening started in 2012 and continued till 2017 (Figure 33) Overall it

spent bulk of the money (88 per cent) on modernization of laboratories and 5 per cent on ICT enabled

learning (Figure 34)

5851520

36470287

6909895

61170 1552063

0

5000000

10000000

15000000

20000000

25000000

30000000

35000000

40000000

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur (in Rs)

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Figure 32

2012-1311

2013-1473

2014-1515

2015-160

2016-171

EXPENDITURE ON MODERNISATION STRENGTHENING OF LABS AT GEC THRISSUR

Figure 33

41

Major equipment bought by the institute with TEQIP II funds includes a Rheometer which is not available in

any other institution in the state and offers potential for research and consultancy It is used for determining

the rheological behaviors of liquids and solids It has applications in polymer nano-composites which are the

emerging field of research The stress rheology measurements provide information for spread ability

emulsion stability suspension leveling flow control thermal stability extrudability and thickening etc The

fluid can be highly non-newtonian The equipment is useful for MTech students and faculty for doing

research

The institute also bought a Gas Chromatograph which is used in analyzing compositions purity and for

separating different components of a mixture based on volatility It is also used in identifying a compound

and its applications include analysis of toxicity of soil water and air identifying unknown compounds etc

The equipment is useful for faculty and students in doing research and projects in the field of environmental

engineering and provides opportunities for pollution control related consultancy work

Another important purchase is Accelerated Curing Tank With concrete construction increasing at a rapid

pace this equipment provides the possibility of accelerating the curing time Normal method of curing takes

28 days To reduce the curing time of concrete and test its strength accelerated curing is required and this

can be achieved with the use of Accelerated Curing Tank in the laboratory

88

5 4

0

0

3

Fig 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14at Government Engineering College Thrissur

Expenditure on modernisation strengthening of existinglaboratories

Expenditure on ICT enabledlearning related softwareamphardware

Expenditure on library ie books e-books

Journals e-journals course specificsoftware

Expenditure on modernisation ofclassrooms

Others (furniture)

42

Table 3 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Name of the Equipment

Cost (in rupees)

Pressure Volume Change Controller

365625

Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Suit

1365000

Solar Photovoltaic grid tied training system with MPPT

367500

Gas Chromatograph 1494692

Rheometer 2687350

Surface Roughness Tester

401205

Multimedia Projector 114162

Thermal Imager 746366

Machine Conditioning Monitor

861685

Metallurgical Image Analysis System for Welding

283500

Software Factory CAD 320000

Robot 567000

Pipe Flow Software 149234

Petrol Engine Test Setup

783090

Tribometer 609900

Vibration Analyser 539175

Slotting Machine 449243

Lathe and Shaping Machine

869001

Metal Cutting Band saw 156240

Digital Viscometer 919050

Solid Modeling Software

356590

Ultrasonic Flow Detector

235561

43

Rapid Phototyping Machine

814800

Group Video Conferencing Kit

533340

Lan Trainer 106180

The efforts of the institute over the years have led to improved student placements and intake (Figure 35)

Output in terms of publications in international journals and participation of faculty and students in

international conferences has also gone up considerably (Figure 36)

Top 10 international journals in which faculty and students have secured publications since TEQIP II are

Name of Journal

1 IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

2 International Journal on Numerical Methods in Fluids

261221

570527

357

766

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Placement offers Students placed Intake of students

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 35 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 36 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

Publication in international journals Participation in international conferences

44

3 IETE Technical Review

4 Journal of the Optical Society of America

5 International Journal of Power amp Energy Systems

6 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

7 International Journal of Remote Sensing

8 Automatica

9 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

10 ASME Journal of Heat Transfer

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering amp Technology

Aligarh Muslim University

Another institute with an impeccable history and track record is Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and

Technology (ZHCET) which is a constituent college of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and it received TEQIP

II funds under sub-component 11 AMU was set up by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as Mohammedan Anglo-

Oriental College in 1875 Against available funds of Rs 10 crore ZHCET utilized Rs 618 crore as of February

2017 Following is a glimpse into the major equipment purchased by the institute

Name of the equipment Centrifugal Pump and Pelton Turbine Module Nozzle

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3349138

Reason for buying To improve teaching and research in fluid mechanics section of mechanical engineering

department The equipment comprises centrifugal pump with flowmeter valves reservoir and

instrumentation for measurement and display of inlet outlet pressures torque speed and power and

turbine inlet pressure for Peltan turbine

Name of the equipment Universal High Voltage Test system and Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage Tester

(PE-AOBDV-MXXX)

Name of the department Electrical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 4522500

Reason for buying A new MTech programme in High Voltage Engineering was started under TEQIP II for

which enhanced laboratory infrastructure was needed PE-AOBDV-M series of Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage

Testers are highly precise instruments which can be used to conduct either a breakdown voltage test or do a proof

(withstand) test Dielectric Breakdown Voltage testing of Oil is one such means to detect the voltage at power

frequency at which it is likely to cause a flash-over

Name of the equipment Altium Nanoboard FPGA Kit

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1368863

Reason for buying Five kits were bought for under-graduate and post-graduate students

45

Name of the equipmentExata Software Emulator for Networking

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1245780

Reason for buying BTech students use it to perform experiments in EL-494 (Communication Lab -III) to

study the performance of simulated networks M Tech students use it for projects and dissertations Three

faculty members are using this software for RampD purpose

Name of the equipmentPotentiostat Galvanostat with Impedance Analyzer

Name of the department Petroleum Studies

Cost of equipment Rs 1562925

Reason for buying Potentiostate is at the heart of research on electrochemistry It is mainly used for

research in the area of fuel cell membrane cyclic voltammeter and super capacitors

Name of the equipment Imac 215 Quad Core i5 with Apple Protection Plan

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 205800

Reason for buying Two units of Imac were bought for the post-graduate and networking laboratories of

computer engineering department so that students could develop software based on iOS

Altium Nanoboard

FPGA Kit

46

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli was set up in 1947 with only the civil engineering under-graduate

programme Since 2007 the institute has been autonomous having been affiliated to Bombay University

Pune University and Shivaji University in the past The institute received TEQIP II funds under sub-

component 12 It was eligible to receive Rs 125 crore It submitted procurement plan for Rs 87 crore and

spent Rs 618 crore as of February 2017

MAJOR EQUIPMENT BOUGHT

Name of the equipment Shake Table Set-up

Name of the department Civil amp Structural Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1925776

Reason for buying To establish an earthquake engineering laboratory for conducting studies on response of

structures to earthquake induced vibrations To investigate structural response under various dynamic

loading conditions

Name of the equipment Electromagnetic Exciter with Pay Load Capacity of 100 to 150 kg

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2310824

Reason for buying To carry out research work in the field of dynamic analysis for various systems

Name of the equipment Micro Machining Centre Hyper-15w table top type integrated multi-process CNC

machine tool

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3078000

Reason for buying To develop micro machining centre for the research of micro machining PG production

laboratory

2663678

6154586

7489947

8770675

8777330

10572980

11435333

0 4000000 8000000 12000000

OFFICE

ELECTRICAL

ELECTRONICS

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LIBRARY

COMPUTER + IT

MECHANICAL

Fig 37 Department-wise expenditure Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Figures in rupees

47

Name of the equipment Dynamometer with Built-In Three Channel Charge Amplifiers

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1876090

Reason for buying To carry out research in the area of machining

Name of the equipment Lab View Add-ons Image Processing using Smart Camera Evaluation Kit

Name of the department Electronics Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3421650

Reason for buying Design simulation and prototyping platform for experiments on DSP communication

embedded control and measurements visual representation of experimental results

Name of the equipment Thermal Conductivity Analyzer with Material -- liquid pastes and small particles

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2100000

Reason for buying Post-graduate research and laboratory development

48

Chapter 4 Key Findings

49

1 On an average funds given to institutions for purchase of equipment and soft resources have led to

significant improvement in laboratory infrastructure of the institutes under study

2 The impact of such purchases on improvement in quality is not easily quantifiable in measurable

terms To assess the same other correlated parameters could be looked at such as improvement in

the number of research publications in refereed journals increase in the number of PhD students

number of faculty involved in research or the percentage of student placement However none of

these parameters can be directly or solely be said to be due to the improvement in physical or

digital infrastructure of institutes

3 Institutes did not have a clear-cut strategy of what best use they could put the available money to

Given that each institute on an average got Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and other resources

they could have used the money to create at least one best-in-class facility in any of the

departments which was equipped to utilize that facility in terms of augmenting the interaction of

the institute with industry or generating more resources through assignments from other agencies

While institutes in sub-component 12 had the provision to set up centres of excellence even in sub-

component 11 they could have done so if they had worked with that aim and vision

4 Instead institutes on an average divided the money equally across six departments and each

department on an average bought one-two machines which were significantly expensive and the

rest of the money was spent on buying other small routine equipment desktops laptops

networking servers software and e-journals Collaborations between departments for research

projects were however missing

5 This pattern of expenditure can be explained by the fact that our engineering institutions are still in

a phase where there is more emphasis on theory than practical Hands-on learning or project-based

approach in teaching is relatively new for institutions which is why there is not much emphasis on

understanding the practical aspects of learning such as producing patents versus papers

6 Institutes were seen to be over protective wherever even a slightly costly equipment was bought By

their own admission such equipment was most of the time kept under lock and key and was at best

displayed to students They were rarely given the opportunity to actually do something with it on

their own

7 Equal receipt of money by a number of departments has led to overall improvement in laboratory

standards of all departments which is good from an egalitarian perspective It is also good that all

departments have been able to uniformly upgrade their infrastructure and will therefore be able to

compete with each other in attracting good students faculty as well as assignments from industry in

future

8 Discussions with focus groups suggest that institutes spent large amounts of money on creating or

refurbishing physical infrastructure While non-academic experts may see this as wasteful

expenditure from an academic perspective even if this leads to improvement in the physical

facilities being offered by institutes it is well worth the investment While state funded institutes

get funds from state governments for building infrastructure for some of the centrally funded

institutes where infrastructure may have been falling apart this money would have been useful

9 Because of the fact that there is no proper system to track the usage of equipment ndash records are

maintained in physical form in the shape of log books and registers which render a macro analysis

50

impossible -- anecdotal evidence suggests that equipment bought is not being optimally utilized A

significantly higher number of research papers in refereed journals suggests that this may not be

true but the fact remains that there is no improvement in the number of technology transfers

commercialization of research or patent generation which remain weak This again brings into focus

the theory versus application part of teaching

10 Overall improvement in base infrastructure was important for institutes to advance to the next level

of development Except for some of the Centrally funded institutions none of the institutes which

received funding in TEQIP II are in the league of the six original IITs in terms of laboratory

infrastructure They do not have access to the kind of liberal funding that CFTIs get If they had not

got the present funds to buy equipment they would have taken at least five to seven years to

procure the same through the resources available to them Even for Central institutions as also for

others the availability of funds at one go meant that they could procure high costing software such

as Matlab Ansys Labview Cadence and Adobe which benefit students across departments

11 Funds for buying equipment and other soft resources enabled the institutes to take some steps

towards keeping pace with the rapidly changing advancements in technology Increased level of

automation and artificial intelligence in industry is reflected in the kind of purchases institutes have

made ndash various types of simulation software digital machines replacing analogue ones such as in

electrical engineering departments all-in-one automatic machines which combine several levels of

manual work such as in surveying in civil engineering departments robotic arms mimicking the

automated environment of modern factories attached to lathe machines in mechanical engineering

departments instruments capable of handling nano particles in specialized centres and 3D printers

capable of printing high precision devices which are being used in multiple fields

12 Most institutes have also bought subscriptions to high level international journals in various

streams both online and physical enabling access to vast repository of world class content for most

students

13 Institutes have not paid much thought to maintenance of equipment since most of the purchases

have been made in the past two-three years and warranty periods are still in force Most institutes

have also reported availability of in-house technicians to look after the machines though majority

said that they would sign annual maintenance contracts (AMC) with vendors Since AMCs usually

cost roughly 10 per cent of the cost of the equipment they felt that the resources allocated for the

same under TEQIP II would not be adequate and that they should be increased slightly

14 As per the feedback provided by almost all institutes they all agree that the equipment purchased

by them responds to faculty student needs and was done as per consultation and

recommendations of faculty They all follow well laid out norms for disposal of equipment which

keep environmental considerations in mind

6 -- Average number of departments among which each institute in Sub-component 11 divided

the total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 500 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

51

7-- Average number of departments among which each institute in sub-component 12 divided the

total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 284 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

2147403 ndash Number of items bought by institutes for office purpose in sub-component

11

101699 hours monthndash Utilisation of equipment by UG amp PG students in sub-component

11 as per available data of institutes which participated in the study

427 hours month ndash Average utilization of equipment by UG and PG students across

institutes in sub-component 11

51656 hours month -- Utilisation of equipment by PhD students in sub-component 11 as

per available data of institutes which participated in the study

37 hours month-- Average utilization of equipment by PhD students across institutes in sub-

component 11

52

Chapter 5 Way Forward

53

As data shows and case studies prove there can be no doubt that TEQIP II and the funds provided to

institutes for purchase of equipment and other soft resources have led to improvement in laboratory

infrastructure which in turn has helped in improving the output Some pointers for future stages of the

project are-

1 Even though TEQIP II had a major focus on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and institutes

were given significant amount of funds for purchase of equipment there were no guidelines or

benchmarks for them to judge themselves against and to understand what an ideal laboratory

should be like for any given department While it is good that they were given the freedom to decide

what they wanted to buy and it depended on the pro-activeness of the department heads on what

all they ended up getting funds for in an ideal scenario they should have been given a list of

essential basic equipment as well as research level equipment and they could have prioritized their

purchases on the basis of that

In all likelihood such department-wise lists do not exist anywhere In the third phase of TEQIP

therefore NPIU could commission a project which involves study of top world-class as well as top

national-level laboratories for each department Thereafter standard templates of equipment could

be prepared which could illustrate the requirement of equipment for each concept and practical for

every stream of engineering Based on standard frequency of usage and the number of students in a

class adequate numbers of any equipment could be recommended to be bought by institutes in

order to ensure that not too much time is wasted on rotating several batches of students on the

same equipment

Availability of such templates of equipment as well as soft resources which could be updated

periodically in keeping with the changes in technology and availability of resources would also help

policy makers understand how many institutes come up to a benchmark and how many need

further support

2 Institutes should start maintaining digital records of use of equipment which are bought for research

purposes These records should not be just digital copies of physical registers but should be in the

form of smart solutions which can track internal supply chains in laboratories as well as usage of

equipment The solutions should be able to provide real-time analysis of usage of equipment in

every laboratory and all laboratories could be linked to one centralized system There are various

kinds of RFID solutions available today which can handle usage patterns well The available

information could be used to devise solutions and create policy interventions to increase the actual

usage of equipment

3 Nodal institutes under TEQIP II could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of neighboring non-TEQIP institutes The

unspent money could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

4 Institutes could be encouraged to ensure that laboratories in all departments have well designed

brochures and information material such as leaflets and manuals on major equipment so that

dissemination of information about their availability is easy and their utilization could be increased

54

5 Facilities created in institutes are not being optimally utilized to increase interaction with industry

While rural location of the institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of

the reasons it is also true that in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the

commissioning of equipment Size of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for

anything on industrial scale But in most cases industry is not even aware of the existence of state-

of-the-art equipment inside institutes Regular interactions with sector-specific companies are a

must therefore to create a culture of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration

6 For decades research has happened in our country in isolation and at a distance from both industry

and academia Being largely funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) so far it

has been taking place inside the laboratories of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

The 37 laboratories of CSIR and its 39 field stations or extension centres have been working in the

areas of aerospace engineering structural engineering ocean science life science metallurgy

chemicals mining food petroleum leather and environmental science The ministry of HRD has

also started funding research in a big way in recent years through schemes such as Imprint ndash

Improving Research Innovation and Technology and the Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) It would be

fruitful for the country if research happening purely on the scientific side is able to converge with

that on the academic side Hence in order to ensure greater synergy between research and

teaching it is essential that technical institutes start working more closely with CSIR laboratories

This will bring them immediately closer to cutting edge research and provide rich exposure to

students Specially for institutions which have got improved laboratory facilities as a result of TEQIP

II funds collaboration with relevant CSIR laboratories will help them grow their research and at the

same time provide the latter with a steady flow of students to work on live projects

7 Institutions which have upgraded their laboratory infrastructure in the area of food and agriculture

will gain by collaborating with the government on its e-labs project which aims at automating the

testing procedure of soil fertiliser pesticide and equipment samples By ensuring speedy and

transparent online disbursement of information related to such tests the projectrsquos vision is to

reduce crop losses and increase the use of good quality bio-pesticides through fair and unbiased

testing Institutions and students will be able to learn a lot about quality control and the processes

involved in digital testing through collaboration with the government on e-labs

8 In order to ensure transparency in procurement processes it is advisable that institutes make use of

the governmentrsquos new e-marketplace called GEM Through the portal wwwgemnicin institutes

can buy virtually anything and everything that they may require specially consumables office

equipment furniture and software Buying through this portal will speed up procurement and

improve the efficiency of institutes Created and maintained by the Directorate General of Supplies

amp Disposals (DGSampD) it provides tools for e-bidding reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to

help users get best value for their money At the national level a system of procurement should be

put in place including committee to look into the requirement and availability of equipment taking

global scenarios into consideration

Appendices

Appendix 1

55

State-wise Number of Institutions Under Technical Education QualityImprovement Programme II (2010-2017)

S Name of State CFIs Sub‐component 11 Sub‐component 12 Total No of

Institutions 1 Andhra Pradesh 5 6 11 2 Bihar 2 ‐‐ 2 3 Chhattisgarh 4 ‐‐ 4 4 Gujarat 7 ‐‐ 7 5 Haryana 3 3 6 6 Himachal Pradesh 1 ‐‐ 1 7 Jharkhand 1 1 2 8 Karnataka 4 15 19 9 Kerala 19 ‐‐ 19

10 Madhya Pradesh 3 2 5 11 Maharashtra 7 10 17

12 NCT‐Delhi ‐‐ 1 1 13 Odisha 2 ‐‐ 2 14 Punjab 7 1 8 15 Rajasthan 9 ‐‐ 9 16 Tamil Nadu 5 4 9 17 Telangana 8 5 13 18 Tripura 1 ‐‐ 1 19 UT‐Chandigarh 2 1 3 20 UT‐Puducherry 1 ‐‐ 1 21 Uttar Pradesh 2 5 7 22 Uttarakhand 1 2 3 23 West Bengal 11 3 14 24 Centrally Funded

Institutions (CFIs) 8 18 26

Total 113 77 190

Appendix 2 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 11

S Name of the Name of the Institution

No State UT

1 JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

2 Aditya Institute of Technology amp Management Tekkali Srikakulam

Andhra

3 Madanapalle Institute of Technology amp Science Madanapalle

Pradesh

4 Shri Vishnu Engineering College for women Vishnupur Bhimavaram

5 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College Chittoor

6 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur

Bihar

7 Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur

8 Government Engineering College Bilaspur

9 Government Engineering College Jagdalpur Bastar

Chhattisgarh

10 Government Engineering College Raipur

11 Rungta College of Engineering amp Technology Bhilai

56

12 Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

13 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Vallabh Vidynagar

14 Lukhdirji Engineering College Morbi

15 Gujarat Shantilal Shah Engineering College Bhavnagar

16 Government Engineering College Gandhinagar

17 Government Engineering College Rajkot

18 Government Engineering College Patan

19 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology (UIET) Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

Haryana

20 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology MDU Rohtak

21 NC College of Engineering Panipat

22 Himachal Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar Mandi

Pradesh

23 Jharkhand Cambridge Institute of Technology Ranchi

24 BVB College of Engineering amp Technology Hubli

25 PES College of Engineering Mandya

Karnataka

26 Government Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jublee Technological Institute Bangalore

27 NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore

2

SNo Name of the

Name of the Institution

StateUT

28 Government Engineering College Thrissur

29 Government Engineering College Kozhikode

30 Government Engineering College Painavu Idukki

31 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

32 School of Engineering Cochin University of Science amp Technology Cochin

33 Government College of Engineering Kannur

34 Government Engineering College Bartonhill Thiruvananthapuram

35 LBS Institute of Technology for Women Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram

36 College of Engineering Perumon Perinad Kollam

37 Kerala College of Engineering Kidangoor Kottayam

38 Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

57

39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

58

70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

60

Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

62

77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

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e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

70

Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

72

Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

73

Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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24

Total available funds Rs 140 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 74 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 70 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Telangana (Figure 17)

Total population in lakh 350

Literacy rate 664

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

406 (114)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

29

Gross Enrolment Ratio 36

Total number of engineering institutes 182

Institutes in sub-component 11 8

Institutes in sub-component 12 5

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 13

Total available funds Rs 120 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 45 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 34 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0200400600800

100012001400160018002000

FUN

DS

IN R

UP

EES

LAK

H

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Available funds

Actual expenditure

Estimate as per plansubmitted by the institute

25

Tripura

Total population in lakh 367

Literacy rate 872

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

44 (119)

2015 projected share of state 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

03

Gross Enrolment Ratio 168

Total number of engineering institutes 6

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 10 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 55 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 54 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

UT-Chandigarh (Figure 18)

Total population in lakh 106

Literacy rate 861

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

17 (165)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

01

Gross Enrolment Ratio 56

Total number of engineering institutes 2

Institutes in sub-component 11 2

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 3

Total available funds Rs 475 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying Rs 24 crore

0

500

1000

1500

2000

Figure 17 Telangana

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

26

equipment and other resources

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 20 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Puducherry

Total population in lakh 125

Literacy rate 859

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

15 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

01

Gross Enrolment Ratio 46

Total number of engineering institutes 10

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 15 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 8 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 6 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Uttar Pradesh (Figure 19)

Total population in lakh 1998

Literacy rate 677

0200400600800

100012001400160018002000

Fun

ds

in r

up

ees

lakh

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plansubmitted by institute

28

West Bengal (Figure 21)

Total population in lakh 9128

Literacy rate 763

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

109 (12)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

77

Gross Enrolment Ratio 174

Total number of engineering institutes 72

Institutes in sub-component 11 11

Institutes in sub-component 12 3

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 14

Total available funds Rs 179 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 88 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 82 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400FU

ND

S IN

RU

PEE

S LA

KH

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rscrore)

Estimate as per plansubmitted by institute

29

CFIs (Figure 22)

Institutes in sub-component 11 8

Institutes in sub-component 12 18

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 26

Total available funds Rs 415 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 200 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1625 crore

0200400600800

100012001400160018002000

Figure 21 West Bengal

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

0200400600800

100012001400160018002000

Figure 22 Centrally-funded institutions (CFIs)

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

30

Utilisation Analysis

In this section data on buying of equipment and other resources has been first analysed component-wise

and then department-wise

While data was collected from all institutes and a broad understanding was arrived at of the kind of

equipment and other resources money was spent on from the extensive lists provided by institutions it was

difficult to analyse how much money was spent on which category of item For the sake of analysis

therefore each equipment and item named by the institute was manually categorized into the following

broad categories-

1 Laboratory equipment (included all items bought for laboratories such as machines laptops

desktops and projectors)

2 Connectivity (included equipment related to creating wi-fi networks such as cables connectors

servers modems UPS racks adapters pipes and switches)

3 Books (included hard copies as well as subscriptions of e-journals for libraries)

4 Smart class (included white boards display panels podiums amplifiers cables projectors mixers

microphones webcam and wireless sensors)

5 Software

6 Office equipment (included laptops desktops printers scanners LCDs generator sets projectors

tables chairs almirahs digital signages etc bought for principalrsquos office directorrsquos office faculty

staff department rooms TEQIP office)

7 Furniture (included furniture for class rooms and departments)

8 Civil work (included flooring false ceilings repair work lighting)

Post the categorization in these eight broad heads the picture which emerged (Figure 23) for sub-

component 11 showed 58 per cent expenditure on laboratory equipment 14 per cent on software 10 per

cent on books 7 per cent each on office equipment and connectivity and 1-2 per cent each on furniture civil

work and smart classes This is in keeping with the goals of TEQIP II which had envisaged least expenditure

on civil work It was limited to 5 per cent of total expenditure on equipment for institutes under sub-

component 11 and 3 per cent for those under sub-component 12 If unspent institutes were free to use

this money for equipment and other resources So low expenditure on civil work is an achievement of TEQIP

II There should have been more expenditure on connectivity ndash campus-wide wifi networks ndash but that could

be due to the fact that several institutes already had wifi networks in place and did not need TEQIP funds to

do that

31

In sub-component 12 (Figure 24) this break-up was more or less on the same lines though the expenditure

on laboratory equipment in this sub-component was much higher at 70 per cent because of the inclusion of

centres of excellence and higher focus on post-graduate and PhD level studies This was followed by 17 per

cent on software and 5 per cent each on books and office equipment Rest was all 2 per cent and less and

negligible amount of expenditure on civil work was seen in this category

Department-wise

analysis of equipment

purchased by

institutes shows that in

sub-component 11

(Figure 25) highest

Lab equipment58

Software 14

Books 10

Office equipment

7

Connectivity 7

Smart class2

Furniture1

Civil work1

EXPENDITURE (11)

Figure 23

Office equipment

5

Software 17

Smart class1

EXPENDITURE (12)

Figure 29

32

076 164 46678

961 10631459

2169

TOTAL AMOUNT SPENT BY DEPARTMENTS (IN RS LAKH)

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

(in Rs crore)

number of equipment were bought by computer amp IT departments followed by electrical mechanical

electronics and civil departments For the purpose of categorization two or more streams of a kind were

merged into one and numbers for both streams taken together For instance computer science and

information technology were merged into one Similarly electronics amp instrumentation and electronics amp

electrical were taken together under electronics

While sub-component 11 presented a picture on expected lines with the top five departments being

generally the biggest departments in institutes in sub-component 12 this picture was slightly confusing

Here the top two departmentsndash electronics and civil ndash were ahead of other departments (Table 1) by an

inexplicable margin One of the reasons for this could be the fact that most of the equipment bought for the

centres of excellence would have had items related to electronics But that still does not explain the

unusually high number of items for civil engineering departments

Table 1 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 12

Name of the department Number of items bought

Mining 23

BioTech 137

Chemical 170

Mechanical 497

Computer amp IT 661

Electrical 969

Electronics 544915

Civil 1701948

On the other hand an expenditure-wise analysis of the same departments shows a different picture (Figure

26) with mechanical engineering department emerging top with expenditure of Rs 216 crore and electrical

department showing expenditure of Rs 145 crore Civil department is at number 3 with expenditure of Rs

106 crore The aberration in the number of items could have been because civil and electronics

departments would have bought a large number of items of small value

33

166 224 45 481 934 14772459

3138

Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

(in Rs crore)Figure 27

As per the data provided by institutes those in sub-component 11 show higher expenditure

department-wise with mechanical engineering department at top with expenditure of Rs 313

crore These should however be taken only as indicative figures as the numbers cannot be absolute

(Figure 27)

Table 7 Top 20 Lab equipment bought by institutes in 11

CNC Lathe machines

Compressor testing machine

Computer and peripherals

Computerised machines

Digital meters

Gas chromatograph

Micro-controller

Micro-processor

Oscilloscope

PCB prototyping machine

Robotic kits

Solar PV systems

Spectrum analyser

Thermal imager

Total Station

Ultrasonic probe

Universal testing machine

UV-spectrophotometer

Voltmeter

Wattmeter

34

Table 2 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 11

Table 21 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 12

1 CNC Lathe machines Advanced laser kit

2 Compressor testing machine Asphalt material performance tester

3 Computer and peripherals Atomic absorption spectrophotometer

4 Computerised machines Bio-reactors

5 Digital meters BOD incubator

6 Gas chromatograph Centrifuge

7 Micro-controller CNC lathe machine

8 Micro-processor Compression testing

9 Oscilloscope Computer and peripherals

10 PCB prototyping machine Digital image processing

11 Robotic kits Digital multimeter

12 Solar PV systems Electric discharge machine

13 Spectrum analyser Hydraulic pressing

14 Thermal imager Magnetic stirrer

15 Total Station Microwave simulator

16 Ultrasonic probe Optical microscope

17 Universal testing machine PCB prototype machine

18 UV-spectrophotometer Thermal analyser

19 Voltmeter Thermal scanner

20 Wattmeter Wireless sensor network kit

Impact of Utilisation

No amount of data tracking or record keeping is worth

the effort if it does not translate into improvement in

actual output The real impact of all this expenditure by

institutes on buying of latest equipment is only useful in

so far as it is able to show growth in the number of

publications or rise in the number of post-graduate

student intake Looked at from that perspective TEQIP II

seems to have made satisfactory progress as the data

maintained by the National Project Implementation Unit

UPWARD TREND

Increase in the number of

publications in refereed

journals

Increase in the number of PG

and PhD students

Increase in revenue generated

through consultancy

35

(NPIU) shows There has been a significant improvement over the years in the number of publications in

refereed journals which till last year have been showing above target performance Only the numbers for

2016-17 are low considering that the data captured is till the month of February 2017 only From a target of

7500 publications in 2010-11 and a realization of 11722to a target of 14500 in 2015-16 and a realization of

18482 (Figure 28) the growth has been impressive though again how much of it is due to buying of

equipment alone is debatable

Another key performance indicatoras per the planners of TEQIP II was rise in the total number of masters

and PhD level students from a baseline of 30000 in 2010-11 to 41000 by 2016 Seen from that angle also the

performance of the programme has exceeded the target To a large extent this can be attributed to

availability of better laboratory infrastructure as it would have been a major factor behind the institutesrsquo

capability to attract students for MTech and PhD (Figure 29)

7032 7500 8000 8500 9000

14000 14500

11722

1606618103

20037

22556

18482

2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016

Fig 28 Number of publications in refereed journals in TEQIP II institutions

Target Actual

36

The percentage of externally funded RampD projects and consultancies in total revenue has increased from 7

per cent in 2010-11 to 14 per cent in 2015-16 against a target of 12 per cent (Figure 30)

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

Target 7032 32000 33000 34000 34000 40000 40500

Actual 35132 37791 44171 49251 48718 45659

0

10000

20000

30000

40000

50000

60000

Fig 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP I

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

2016-2017

Target 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12

Actual 82 11 127 137 117 14 125

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

Tota

l Rev

enu

e

Fig 30 Consultancy revenue generated

37

Chapter 3 Case Studies

38

Government Engineering College Thrissur Kerala

(with inputs from Prof Manoj Kumar K V Coordinator TEQIP II GEC Thrissur)

The entire process of planning procurement and the complete cycle of improved input resulting in improved output can be illustrated through the case study of Government Engineering College Thrissur which is one of the model colleges in TEQIP II and received funds under sub-component 11 It is the second oldest engineering in the state of Kerala and is affiliated to the University of Calicut Its foundation stone was laid by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in April 1958 and among its famous alumni are Dr K Radhakrishnan former chairman of Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) Out of the project allocation of Rs 10 crore Rs 55 crore was utilized by the institute for procurement of equipment The fund was apportioned among the departments based on student strength and their need to modernize and strengthen their various laboratories The procurement plan was finalized from the proposals received from the departments and vetted by the State Project Facilitation Unit (SPFU) before being executed through the Procurement Management Support System (PMSS) which was a web portal created by the National Project Implementation Unit (NPIU) to manage the project

39

Figure 31 10 steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan (Figure 38)

Departments were asked to draw up a

three-year procurement plan based on

their needs Department heads

coordinators and TEQIP nodal officers

had a meeting in the institute in

January 2012 to understand the plans

and procedures as available on NPIU

website

In February the Principal of the

institute TEQIP coordinator and

procurement coordinator attended a

training session conducted by NPIU at

Thiruvananthapuram Participation in

this session was facilitated by SPFU and

it entailed extensive training on how to

use the PMSS website

A training session was organized in the

institute for the benefit of Heads of

Departments (HoDs) and Department

TEQIP coordinators The programme

was attended by 24 officials and it

covered the entire set of activities

pertaining to purchase through PMSS --

from configuration management plan

creation and revision packaging and

procuring to stocking

Procurement coordinator and

department TEQIP coordinators also

attended a training program organized

by SPFUat School of Engineering

Cochin University of Science and

Technologyin February 2012

The SPFU arranged a discussion at

directorateoffice Thiruvanantha-

puramin February to fine tune the plan

and to facilitate data entry through

PMSS The finetuning included clubbing

of similar items from various

departments into one package limiting

the threshold to a maximum of 90 per

cent included in a scheme and revising

the tentative timelines based on plan

approval which was expected by mid-

April 2012 The institute was advised to

procure a particular software used for

double entry book-keeping through

PMSS and to identify 2 National

Competitive Bidding (NCB)

procurement plans to be sent to

Central authorities for approval

The rejigged procurement plan after

consultation with the concerned

coordinators was uploaded on the

website on 28thFebruary 2012

The plan was reviewed by SPFU and

some corrections were suggested

The corrected plan was uploaded again

At a meeting convened on 14thMarch

2012 at LBS College for Women

Thiruvananthapuram the first approval

of the plan was given by Director SPFU

On 31st March 2012 the Principal

convened a meeting of HoDs and

departmental TEQIP coordinators and

instructions were issued to draw up

specifications with respect to every

package so that the data was readily

available for entry to PMSS once the

plan was approved by NPIUWorld

Bank

1 2

3 4

5

6

8

7

9

10

40

Procurement activities were in full swing during the first 18 months of the project and were executed fully as

per the plan Procurement was completed in 82 packages including 68 National Shopping (NS)packages 7

National Competitive Bidding (NCB) packages 2 Direct Contract packages and 5 Civil Works packages

The institute made maximum expenditure in 2013-14 (Figure 32) across different heads Its investments on

laboratory modernization and strengthening started in 2012 and continued till 2017 (Figure 33) Overall it

spent bulk of the money (88 per cent) on modernization of laboratories and 5 per cent on ICT enabled

learning (Figure 34)

5851520

36470287

6909895

61170 1552063

0

5000000

10000000

15000000

20000000

25000000

30000000

35000000

40000000

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur (in Rs)

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Figure 32

2012-1311

2013-1473

2014-1515

2015-160

2016-171

EXPENDITURE ON MODERNISATION STRENGTHENING OF LABS AT GEC THRISSUR

Figure 33

41

Major equipment bought by the institute with TEQIP II funds includes a Rheometer which is not available in

any other institution in the state and offers potential for research and consultancy It is used for determining

the rheological behaviors of liquids and solids It has applications in polymer nano-composites which are the

emerging field of research The stress rheology measurements provide information for spread ability

emulsion stability suspension leveling flow control thermal stability extrudability and thickening etc The

fluid can be highly non-newtonian The equipment is useful for MTech students and faculty for doing

research

The institute also bought a Gas Chromatograph which is used in analyzing compositions purity and for

separating different components of a mixture based on volatility It is also used in identifying a compound

and its applications include analysis of toxicity of soil water and air identifying unknown compounds etc

The equipment is useful for faculty and students in doing research and projects in the field of environmental

engineering and provides opportunities for pollution control related consultancy work

Another important purchase is Accelerated Curing Tank With concrete construction increasing at a rapid

pace this equipment provides the possibility of accelerating the curing time Normal method of curing takes

28 days To reduce the curing time of concrete and test its strength accelerated curing is required and this

can be achieved with the use of Accelerated Curing Tank in the laboratory

88

5 4

0

0

3

Fig 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14at Government Engineering College Thrissur

Expenditure on modernisation strengthening of existinglaboratories

Expenditure on ICT enabledlearning related softwareamphardware

Expenditure on library ie books e-books

Journals e-journals course specificsoftware

Expenditure on modernisation ofclassrooms

Others (furniture)

42

Table 3 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Name of the Equipment

Cost (in rupees)

Pressure Volume Change Controller

365625

Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Suit

1365000

Solar Photovoltaic grid tied training system with MPPT

367500

Gas Chromatograph 1494692

Rheometer 2687350

Surface Roughness Tester

401205

Multimedia Projector 114162

Thermal Imager 746366

Machine Conditioning Monitor

861685

Metallurgical Image Analysis System for Welding

283500

Software Factory CAD 320000

Robot 567000

Pipe Flow Software 149234

Petrol Engine Test Setup

783090

Tribometer 609900

Vibration Analyser 539175

Slotting Machine 449243

Lathe and Shaping Machine

869001

Metal Cutting Band saw 156240

Digital Viscometer 919050

Solid Modeling Software

356590

Ultrasonic Flow Detector

235561

43

Rapid Phototyping Machine

814800

Group Video Conferencing Kit

533340

Lan Trainer 106180

The efforts of the institute over the years have led to improved student placements and intake (Figure 35)

Output in terms of publications in international journals and participation of faculty and students in

international conferences has also gone up considerably (Figure 36)

Top 10 international journals in which faculty and students have secured publications since TEQIP II are

Name of Journal

1 IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

2 International Journal on Numerical Methods in Fluids

261221

570527

357

766

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Placement offers Students placed Intake of students

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 35 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 36 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

Publication in international journals Participation in international conferences

44

3 IETE Technical Review

4 Journal of the Optical Society of America

5 International Journal of Power amp Energy Systems

6 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

7 International Journal of Remote Sensing

8 Automatica

9 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

10 ASME Journal of Heat Transfer

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering amp Technology

Aligarh Muslim University

Another institute with an impeccable history and track record is Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and

Technology (ZHCET) which is a constituent college of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and it received TEQIP

II funds under sub-component 11 AMU was set up by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as Mohammedan Anglo-

Oriental College in 1875 Against available funds of Rs 10 crore ZHCET utilized Rs 618 crore as of February

2017 Following is a glimpse into the major equipment purchased by the institute

Name of the equipment Centrifugal Pump and Pelton Turbine Module Nozzle

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3349138

Reason for buying To improve teaching and research in fluid mechanics section of mechanical engineering

department The equipment comprises centrifugal pump with flowmeter valves reservoir and

instrumentation for measurement and display of inlet outlet pressures torque speed and power and

turbine inlet pressure for Peltan turbine

Name of the equipment Universal High Voltage Test system and Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage Tester

(PE-AOBDV-MXXX)

Name of the department Electrical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 4522500

Reason for buying A new MTech programme in High Voltage Engineering was started under TEQIP II for

which enhanced laboratory infrastructure was needed PE-AOBDV-M series of Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage

Testers are highly precise instruments which can be used to conduct either a breakdown voltage test or do a proof

(withstand) test Dielectric Breakdown Voltage testing of Oil is one such means to detect the voltage at power

frequency at which it is likely to cause a flash-over

Name of the equipment Altium Nanoboard FPGA Kit

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1368863

Reason for buying Five kits were bought for under-graduate and post-graduate students

45

Name of the equipmentExata Software Emulator for Networking

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1245780

Reason for buying BTech students use it to perform experiments in EL-494 (Communication Lab -III) to

study the performance of simulated networks M Tech students use it for projects and dissertations Three

faculty members are using this software for RampD purpose

Name of the equipmentPotentiostat Galvanostat with Impedance Analyzer

Name of the department Petroleum Studies

Cost of equipment Rs 1562925

Reason for buying Potentiostate is at the heart of research on electrochemistry It is mainly used for

research in the area of fuel cell membrane cyclic voltammeter and super capacitors

Name of the equipment Imac 215 Quad Core i5 with Apple Protection Plan

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 205800

Reason for buying Two units of Imac were bought for the post-graduate and networking laboratories of

computer engineering department so that students could develop software based on iOS

Altium Nanoboard

FPGA Kit

46

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli was set up in 1947 with only the civil engineering under-graduate

programme Since 2007 the institute has been autonomous having been affiliated to Bombay University

Pune University and Shivaji University in the past The institute received TEQIP II funds under sub-

component 12 It was eligible to receive Rs 125 crore It submitted procurement plan for Rs 87 crore and

spent Rs 618 crore as of February 2017

MAJOR EQUIPMENT BOUGHT

Name of the equipment Shake Table Set-up

Name of the department Civil amp Structural Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1925776

Reason for buying To establish an earthquake engineering laboratory for conducting studies on response of

structures to earthquake induced vibrations To investigate structural response under various dynamic

loading conditions

Name of the equipment Electromagnetic Exciter with Pay Load Capacity of 100 to 150 kg

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2310824

Reason for buying To carry out research work in the field of dynamic analysis for various systems

Name of the equipment Micro Machining Centre Hyper-15w table top type integrated multi-process CNC

machine tool

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3078000

Reason for buying To develop micro machining centre for the research of micro machining PG production

laboratory

2663678

6154586

7489947

8770675

8777330

10572980

11435333

0 4000000 8000000 12000000

OFFICE

ELECTRICAL

ELECTRONICS

CIVIL (CIVIL+ CIVIL ENVIRONMENTAL+ hellip

LIBRARY

COMPUTER + IT

MECHANICAL

Fig 37 Department-wise expenditure Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Figures in rupees

47

Name of the equipment Dynamometer with Built-In Three Channel Charge Amplifiers

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1876090

Reason for buying To carry out research in the area of machining

Name of the equipment Lab View Add-ons Image Processing using Smart Camera Evaluation Kit

Name of the department Electronics Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3421650

Reason for buying Design simulation and prototyping platform for experiments on DSP communication

embedded control and measurements visual representation of experimental results

Name of the equipment Thermal Conductivity Analyzer with Material -- liquid pastes and small particles

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2100000

Reason for buying Post-graduate research and laboratory development

48

Chapter 4 Key Findings

49

1 On an average funds given to institutions for purchase of equipment and soft resources have led to

significant improvement in laboratory infrastructure of the institutes under study

2 The impact of such purchases on improvement in quality is not easily quantifiable in measurable

terms To assess the same other correlated parameters could be looked at such as improvement in

the number of research publications in refereed journals increase in the number of PhD students

number of faculty involved in research or the percentage of student placement However none of

these parameters can be directly or solely be said to be due to the improvement in physical or

digital infrastructure of institutes

3 Institutes did not have a clear-cut strategy of what best use they could put the available money to

Given that each institute on an average got Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and other resources

they could have used the money to create at least one best-in-class facility in any of the

departments which was equipped to utilize that facility in terms of augmenting the interaction of

the institute with industry or generating more resources through assignments from other agencies

While institutes in sub-component 12 had the provision to set up centres of excellence even in sub-

component 11 they could have done so if they had worked with that aim and vision

4 Instead institutes on an average divided the money equally across six departments and each

department on an average bought one-two machines which were significantly expensive and the

rest of the money was spent on buying other small routine equipment desktops laptops

networking servers software and e-journals Collaborations between departments for research

projects were however missing

5 This pattern of expenditure can be explained by the fact that our engineering institutions are still in

a phase where there is more emphasis on theory than practical Hands-on learning or project-based

approach in teaching is relatively new for institutions which is why there is not much emphasis on

understanding the practical aspects of learning such as producing patents versus papers

6 Institutes were seen to be over protective wherever even a slightly costly equipment was bought By

their own admission such equipment was most of the time kept under lock and key and was at best

displayed to students They were rarely given the opportunity to actually do something with it on

their own

7 Equal receipt of money by a number of departments has led to overall improvement in laboratory

standards of all departments which is good from an egalitarian perspective It is also good that all

departments have been able to uniformly upgrade their infrastructure and will therefore be able to

compete with each other in attracting good students faculty as well as assignments from industry in

future

8 Discussions with focus groups suggest that institutes spent large amounts of money on creating or

refurbishing physical infrastructure While non-academic experts may see this as wasteful

expenditure from an academic perspective even if this leads to improvement in the physical

facilities being offered by institutes it is well worth the investment While state funded institutes

get funds from state governments for building infrastructure for some of the centrally funded

institutes where infrastructure may have been falling apart this money would have been useful

9 Because of the fact that there is no proper system to track the usage of equipment ndash records are

maintained in physical form in the shape of log books and registers which render a macro analysis

50

impossible -- anecdotal evidence suggests that equipment bought is not being optimally utilized A

significantly higher number of research papers in refereed journals suggests that this may not be

true but the fact remains that there is no improvement in the number of technology transfers

commercialization of research or patent generation which remain weak This again brings into focus

the theory versus application part of teaching

10 Overall improvement in base infrastructure was important for institutes to advance to the next level

of development Except for some of the Centrally funded institutions none of the institutes which

received funding in TEQIP II are in the league of the six original IITs in terms of laboratory

infrastructure They do not have access to the kind of liberal funding that CFTIs get If they had not

got the present funds to buy equipment they would have taken at least five to seven years to

procure the same through the resources available to them Even for Central institutions as also for

others the availability of funds at one go meant that they could procure high costing software such

as Matlab Ansys Labview Cadence and Adobe which benefit students across departments

11 Funds for buying equipment and other soft resources enabled the institutes to take some steps

towards keeping pace with the rapidly changing advancements in technology Increased level of

automation and artificial intelligence in industry is reflected in the kind of purchases institutes have

made ndash various types of simulation software digital machines replacing analogue ones such as in

electrical engineering departments all-in-one automatic machines which combine several levels of

manual work such as in surveying in civil engineering departments robotic arms mimicking the

automated environment of modern factories attached to lathe machines in mechanical engineering

departments instruments capable of handling nano particles in specialized centres and 3D printers

capable of printing high precision devices which are being used in multiple fields

12 Most institutes have also bought subscriptions to high level international journals in various

streams both online and physical enabling access to vast repository of world class content for most

students

13 Institutes have not paid much thought to maintenance of equipment since most of the purchases

have been made in the past two-three years and warranty periods are still in force Most institutes

have also reported availability of in-house technicians to look after the machines though majority

said that they would sign annual maintenance contracts (AMC) with vendors Since AMCs usually

cost roughly 10 per cent of the cost of the equipment they felt that the resources allocated for the

same under TEQIP II would not be adequate and that they should be increased slightly

14 As per the feedback provided by almost all institutes they all agree that the equipment purchased

by them responds to faculty student needs and was done as per consultation and

recommendations of faculty They all follow well laid out norms for disposal of equipment which

keep environmental considerations in mind

6 -- Average number of departments among which each institute in Sub-component 11 divided

the total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 500 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

51

7-- Average number of departments among which each institute in sub-component 12 divided the

total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 284 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

2147403 ndash Number of items bought by institutes for office purpose in sub-component

11

101699 hours monthndash Utilisation of equipment by UG amp PG students in sub-component

11 as per available data of institutes which participated in the study

427 hours month ndash Average utilization of equipment by UG and PG students across

institutes in sub-component 11

51656 hours month -- Utilisation of equipment by PhD students in sub-component 11 as

per available data of institutes which participated in the study

37 hours month-- Average utilization of equipment by PhD students across institutes in sub-

component 11

52

Chapter 5 Way Forward

53

As data shows and case studies prove there can be no doubt that TEQIP II and the funds provided to

institutes for purchase of equipment and other soft resources have led to improvement in laboratory

infrastructure which in turn has helped in improving the output Some pointers for future stages of the

project are-

1 Even though TEQIP II had a major focus on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and institutes

were given significant amount of funds for purchase of equipment there were no guidelines or

benchmarks for them to judge themselves against and to understand what an ideal laboratory

should be like for any given department While it is good that they were given the freedom to decide

what they wanted to buy and it depended on the pro-activeness of the department heads on what

all they ended up getting funds for in an ideal scenario they should have been given a list of

essential basic equipment as well as research level equipment and they could have prioritized their

purchases on the basis of that

In all likelihood such department-wise lists do not exist anywhere In the third phase of TEQIP

therefore NPIU could commission a project which involves study of top world-class as well as top

national-level laboratories for each department Thereafter standard templates of equipment could

be prepared which could illustrate the requirement of equipment for each concept and practical for

every stream of engineering Based on standard frequency of usage and the number of students in a

class adequate numbers of any equipment could be recommended to be bought by institutes in

order to ensure that not too much time is wasted on rotating several batches of students on the

same equipment

Availability of such templates of equipment as well as soft resources which could be updated

periodically in keeping with the changes in technology and availability of resources would also help

policy makers understand how many institutes come up to a benchmark and how many need

further support

2 Institutes should start maintaining digital records of use of equipment which are bought for research

purposes These records should not be just digital copies of physical registers but should be in the

form of smart solutions which can track internal supply chains in laboratories as well as usage of

equipment The solutions should be able to provide real-time analysis of usage of equipment in

every laboratory and all laboratories could be linked to one centralized system There are various

kinds of RFID solutions available today which can handle usage patterns well The available

information could be used to devise solutions and create policy interventions to increase the actual

usage of equipment

3 Nodal institutes under TEQIP II could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of neighboring non-TEQIP institutes The

unspent money could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

4 Institutes could be encouraged to ensure that laboratories in all departments have well designed

brochures and information material such as leaflets and manuals on major equipment so that

dissemination of information about their availability is easy and their utilization could be increased

54

5 Facilities created in institutes are not being optimally utilized to increase interaction with industry

While rural location of the institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of

the reasons it is also true that in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the

commissioning of equipment Size of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for

anything on industrial scale But in most cases industry is not even aware of the existence of state-

of-the-art equipment inside institutes Regular interactions with sector-specific companies are a

must therefore to create a culture of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration

6 For decades research has happened in our country in isolation and at a distance from both industry

and academia Being largely funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) so far it

has been taking place inside the laboratories of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

The 37 laboratories of CSIR and its 39 field stations or extension centres have been working in the

areas of aerospace engineering structural engineering ocean science life science metallurgy

chemicals mining food petroleum leather and environmental science The ministry of HRD has

also started funding research in a big way in recent years through schemes such as Imprint ndash

Improving Research Innovation and Technology and the Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) It would be

fruitful for the country if research happening purely on the scientific side is able to converge with

that on the academic side Hence in order to ensure greater synergy between research and

teaching it is essential that technical institutes start working more closely with CSIR laboratories

This will bring them immediately closer to cutting edge research and provide rich exposure to

students Specially for institutions which have got improved laboratory facilities as a result of TEQIP

II funds collaboration with relevant CSIR laboratories will help them grow their research and at the

same time provide the latter with a steady flow of students to work on live projects

7 Institutions which have upgraded their laboratory infrastructure in the area of food and agriculture

will gain by collaborating with the government on its e-labs project which aims at automating the

testing procedure of soil fertiliser pesticide and equipment samples By ensuring speedy and

transparent online disbursement of information related to such tests the projectrsquos vision is to

reduce crop losses and increase the use of good quality bio-pesticides through fair and unbiased

testing Institutions and students will be able to learn a lot about quality control and the processes

involved in digital testing through collaboration with the government on e-labs

8 In order to ensure transparency in procurement processes it is advisable that institutes make use of

the governmentrsquos new e-marketplace called GEM Through the portal wwwgemnicin institutes

can buy virtually anything and everything that they may require specially consumables office

equipment furniture and software Buying through this portal will speed up procurement and

improve the efficiency of institutes Created and maintained by the Directorate General of Supplies

amp Disposals (DGSampD) it provides tools for e-bidding reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to

help users get best value for their money At the national level a system of procurement should be

put in place including committee to look into the requirement and availability of equipment taking

global scenarios into consideration

Appendices

Appendix 1

55

State-wise Number of Institutions Under Technical Education QualityImprovement Programme II (2010-2017)

S Name of State CFIs Sub‐component 11 Sub‐component 12 Total No of

Institutions 1 Andhra Pradesh 5 6 11 2 Bihar 2 ‐‐ 2 3 Chhattisgarh 4 ‐‐ 4 4 Gujarat 7 ‐‐ 7 5 Haryana 3 3 6 6 Himachal Pradesh 1 ‐‐ 1 7 Jharkhand 1 1 2 8 Karnataka 4 15 19 9 Kerala 19 ‐‐ 19

10 Madhya Pradesh 3 2 5 11 Maharashtra 7 10 17

12 NCT‐Delhi ‐‐ 1 1 13 Odisha 2 ‐‐ 2 14 Punjab 7 1 8 15 Rajasthan 9 ‐‐ 9 16 Tamil Nadu 5 4 9 17 Telangana 8 5 13 18 Tripura 1 ‐‐ 1 19 UT‐Chandigarh 2 1 3 20 UT‐Puducherry 1 ‐‐ 1 21 Uttar Pradesh 2 5 7 22 Uttarakhand 1 2 3 23 West Bengal 11 3 14 24 Centrally Funded

Institutions (CFIs) 8 18 26

Total 113 77 190

Appendix 2 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 11

S Name of the Name of the Institution

No State UT

1 JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

2 Aditya Institute of Technology amp Management Tekkali Srikakulam

Andhra

3 Madanapalle Institute of Technology amp Science Madanapalle

Pradesh

4 Shri Vishnu Engineering College for women Vishnupur Bhimavaram

5 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College Chittoor

6 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur

Bihar

7 Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur

8 Government Engineering College Bilaspur

9 Government Engineering College Jagdalpur Bastar

Chhattisgarh

10 Government Engineering College Raipur

11 Rungta College of Engineering amp Technology Bhilai

56

12 Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

13 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Vallabh Vidynagar

14 Lukhdirji Engineering College Morbi

15 Gujarat Shantilal Shah Engineering College Bhavnagar

16 Government Engineering College Gandhinagar

17 Government Engineering College Rajkot

18 Government Engineering College Patan

19 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology (UIET) Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

Haryana

20 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology MDU Rohtak

21 NC College of Engineering Panipat

22 Himachal Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar Mandi

Pradesh

23 Jharkhand Cambridge Institute of Technology Ranchi

24 BVB College of Engineering amp Technology Hubli

25 PES College of Engineering Mandya

Karnataka

26 Government Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jublee Technological Institute Bangalore

27 NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore

2

SNo Name of the

Name of the Institution

StateUT

28 Government Engineering College Thrissur

29 Government Engineering College Kozhikode

30 Government Engineering College Painavu Idukki

31 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

32 School of Engineering Cochin University of Science amp Technology Cochin

33 Government College of Engineering Kannur

34 Government Engineering College Bartonhill Thiruvananthapuram

35 LBS Institute of Technology for Women Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram

36 College of Engineering Perumon Perinad Kollam

37 Kerala College of Engineering Kidangoor Kottayam

38 Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

57

39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

58

70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

60

Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

62

77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

70

Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

72

Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

73

Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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25

Tripura

Total population in lakh 367

Literacy rate 872

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

44 (119)

2015 projected share of state 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

03

Gross Enrolment Ratio 168

Total number of engineering institutes 6

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 10 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 55 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 54 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

UT-Chandigarh (Figure 18)

Total population in lakh 106

Literacy rate 861

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

17 (165)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

01

Gross Enrolment Ratio 56

Total number of engineering institutes 2

Institutes in sub-component 11 2

Institutes in sub-component 12 1

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 3

Total available funds Rs 475 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying Rs 24 crore

0

500

1000

1500

2000

Figure 17 Telangana

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

26

equipment and other resources

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 20 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Puducherry

Total population in lakh 125

Literacy rate 859

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

15 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

01

Gross Enrolment Ratio 46

Total number of engineering institutes 10

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 15 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 8 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 6 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Uttar Pradesh (Figure 19)

Total population in lakh 1998

Literacy rate 677

0200400600800

100012001400160018002000

Fun

ds

in r

up

ees

lakh

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plansubmitted by institute

28

West Bengal (Figure 21)

Total population in lakh 9128

Literacy rate 763

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

109 (12)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

77

Gross Enrolment Ratio 174

Total number of engineering institutes 72

Institutes in sub-component 11 11

Institutes in sub-component 12 3

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 14

Total available funds Rs 179 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 88 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 82 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400FU

ND

S IN

RU

PEE

S LA

KH

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rscrore)

Estimate as per plansubmitted by institute

29

CFIs (Figure 22)

Institutes in sub-component 11 8

Institutes in sub-component 12 18

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 26

Total available funds Rs 415 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 200 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1625 crore

0200400600800

100012001400160018002000

Figure 21 West Bengal

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

0200400600800

100012001400160018002000

Figure 22 Centrally-funded institutions (CFIs)

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

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Utilisation Analysis

In this section data on buying of equipment and other resources has been first analysed component-wise

and then department-wise

While data was collected from all institutes and a broad understanding was arrived at of the kind of

equipment and other resources money was spent on from the extensive lists provided by institutions it was

difficult to analyse how much money was spent on which category of item For the sake of analysis

therefore each equipment and item named by the institute was manually categorized into the following

broad categories-

1 Laboratory equipment (included all items bought for laboratories such as machines laptops

desktops and projectors)

2 Connectivity (included equipment related to creating wi-fi networks such as cables connectors

servers modems UPS racks adapters pipes and switches)

3 Books (included hard copies as well as subscriptions of e-journals for libraries)

4 Smart class (included white boards display panels podiums amplifiers cables projectors mixers

microphones webcam and wireless sensors)

5 Software

6 Office equipment (included laptops desktops printers scanners LCDs generator sets projectors

tables chairs almirahs digital signages etc bought for principalrsquos office directorrsquos office faculty

staff department rooms TEQIP office)

7 Furniture (included furniture for class rooms and departments)

8 Civil work (included flooring false ceilings repair work lighting)

Post the categorization in these eight broad heads the picture which emerged (Figure 23) for sub-

component 11 showed 58 per cent expenditure on laboratory equipment 14 per cent on software 10 per

cent on books 7 per cent each on office equipment and connectivity and 1-2 per cent each on furniture civil

work and smart classes This is in keeping with the goals of TEQIP II which had envisaged least expenditure

on civil work It was limited to 5 per cent of total expenditure on equipment for institutes under sub-

component 11 and 3 per cent for those under sub-component 12 If unspent institutes were free to use

this money for equipment and other resources So low expenditure on civil work is an achievement of TEQIP

II There should have been more expenditure on connectivity ndash campus-wide wifi networks ndash but that could

be due to the fact that several institutes already had wifi networks in place and did not need TEQIP funds to

do that

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In sub-component 12 (Figure 24) this break-up was more or less on the same lines though the expenditure

on laboratory equipment in this sub-component was much higher at 70 per cent because of the inclusion of

centres of excellence and higher focus on post-graduate and PhD level studies This was followed by 17 per

cent on software and 5 per cent each on books and office equipment Rest was all 2 per cent and less and

negligible amount of expenditure on civil work was seen in this category

Department-wise

analysis of equipment

purchased by

institutes shows that in

sub-component 11

(Figure 25) highest

Lab equipment58

Software 14

Books 10

Office equipment

7

Connectivity 7

Smart class2

Furniture1

Civil work1

EXPENDITURE (11)

Figure 23

Office equipment

5

Software 17

Smart class1

EXPENDITURE (12)

Figure 29

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076 164 46678

961 10631459

2169

TOTAL AMOUNT SPENT BY DEPARTMENTS (IN RS LAKH)

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

(in Rs crore)

number of equipment were bought by computer amp IT departments followed by electrical mechanical

electronics and civil departments For the purpose of categorization two or more streams of a kind were

merged into one and numbers for both streams taken together For instance computer science and

information technology were merged into one Similarly electronics amp instrumentation and electronics amp

electrical were taken together under electronics

While sub-component 11 presented a picture on expected lines with the top five departments being

generally the biggest departments in institutes in sub-component 12 this picture was slightly confusing

Here the top two departmentsndash electronics and civil ndash were ahead of other departments (Table 1) by an

inexplicable margin One of the reasons for this could be the fact that most of the equipment bought for the

centres of excellence would have had items related to electronics But that still does not explain the

unusually high number of items for civil engineering departments

Table 1 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 12

Name of the department Number of items bought

Mining 23

BioTech 137

Chemical 170

Mechanical 497

Computer amp IT 661

Electrical 969

Electronics 544915

Civil 1701948

On the other hand an expenditure-wise analysis of the same departments shows a different picture (Figure

26) with mechanical engineering department emerging top with expenditure of Rs 216 crore and electrical

department showing expenditure of Rs 145 crore Civil department is at number 3 with expenditure of Rs

106 crore The aberration in the number of items could have been because civil and electronics

departments would have bought a large number of items of small value

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166 224 45 481 934 14772459

3138

Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

(in Rs crore)Figure 27

As per the data provided by institutes those in sub-component 11 show higher expenditure

department-wise with mechanical engineering department at top with expenditure of Rs 313

crore These should however be taken only as indicative figures as the numbers cannot be absolute

(Figure 27)

Table 7 Top 20 Lab equipment bought by institutes in 11

CNC Lathe machines

Compressor testing machine

Computer and peripherals

Computerised machines

Digital meters

Gas chromatograph

Micro-controller

Micro-processor

Oscilloscope

PCB prototyping machine

Robotic kits

Solar PV systems

Spectrum analyser

Thermal imager

Total Station

Ultrasonic probe

Universal testing machine

UV-spectrophotometer

Voltmeter

Wattmeter

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Table 2 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 11

Table 21 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 12

1 CNC Lathe machines Advanced laser kit

2 Compressor testing machine Asphalt material performance tester

3 Computer and peripherals Atomic absorption spectrophotometer

4 Computerised machines Bio-reactors

5 Digital meters BOD incubator

6 Gas chromatograph Centrifuge

7 Micro-controller CNC lathe machine

8 Micro-processor Compression testing

9 Oscilloscope Computer and peripherals

10 PCB prototyping machine Digital image processing

11 Robotic kits Digital multimeter

12 Solar PV systems Electric discharge machine

13 Spectrum analyser Hydraulic pressing

14 Thermal imager Magnetic stirrer

15 Total Station Microwave simulator

16 Ultrasonic probe Optical microscope

17 Universal testing machine PCB prototype machine

18 UV-spectrophotometer Thermal analyser

19 Voltmeter Thermal scanner

20 Wattmeter Wireless sensor network kit

Impact of Utilisation

No amount of data tracking or record keeping is worth

the effort if it does not translate into improvement in

actual output The real impact of all this expenditure by

institutes on buying of latest equipment is only useful in

so far as it is able to show growth in the number of

publications or rise in the number of post-graduate

student intake Looked at from that perspective TEQIP II

seems to have made satisfactory progress as the data

maintained by the National Project Implementation Unit

UPWARD TREND

Increase in the number of

publications in refereed

journals

Increase in the number of PG

and PhD students

Increase in revenue generated

through consultancy

35

(NPIU) shows There has been a significant improvement over the years in the number of publications in

refereed journals which till last year have been showing above target performance Only the numbers for

2016-17 are low considering that the data captured is till the month of February 2017 only From a target of

7500 publications in 2010-11 and a realization of 11722to a target of 14500 in 2015-16 and a realization of

18482 (Figure 28) the growth has been impressive though again how much of it is due to buying of

equipment alone is debatable

Another key performance indicatoras per the planners of TEQIP II was rise in the total number of masters

and PhD level students from a baseline of 30000 in 2010-11 to 41000 by 2016 Seen from that angle also the

performance of the programme has exceeded the target To a large extent this can be attributed to

availability of better laboratory infrastructure as it would have been a major factor behind the institutesrsquo

capability to attract students for MTech and PhD (Figure 29)

7032 7500 8000 8500 9000

14000 14500

11722

1606618103

20037

22556

18482

2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016

Fig 28 Number of publications in refereed journals in TEQIP II institutions

Target Actual

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The percentage of externally funded RampD projects and consultancies in total revenue has increased from 7

per cent in 2010-11 to 14 per cent in 2015-16 against a target of 12 per cent (Figure 30)

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

Target 7032 32000 33000 34000 34000 40000 40500

Actual 35132 37791 44171 49251 48718 45659

0

10000

20000

30000

40000

50000

60000

Fig 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP I

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

2016-2017

Target 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12

Actual 82 11 127 137 117 14 125

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

Tota

l Rev

enu

e

Fig 30 Consultancy revenue generated

37

Chapter 3 Case Studies

38

Government Engineering College Thrissur Kerala

(with inputs from Prof Manoj Kumar K V Coordinator TEQIP II GEC Thrissur)

The entire process of planning procurement and the complete cycle of improved input resulting in improved output can be illustrated through the case study of Government Engineering College Thrissur which is one of the model colleges in TEQIP II and received funds under sub-component 11 It is the second oldest engineering in the state of Kerala and is affiliated to the University of Calicut Its foundation stone was laid by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in April 1958 and among its famous alumni are Dr K Radhakrishnan former chairman of Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) Out of the project allocation of Rs 10 crore Rs 55 crore was utilized by the institute for procurement of equipment The fund was apportioned among the departments based on student strength and their need to modernize and strengthen their various laboratories The procurement plan was finalized from the proposals received from the departments and vetted by the State Project Facilitation Unit (SPFU) before being executed through the Procurement Management Support System (PMSS) which was a web portal created by the National Project Implementation Unit (NPIU) to manage the project

39

Figure 31 10 steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan (Figure 38)

Departments were asked to draw up a

three-year procurement plan based on

their needs Department heads

coordinators and TEQIP nodal officers

had a meeting in the institute in

January 2012 to understand the plans

and procedures as available on NPIU

website

In February the Principal of the

institute TEQIP coordinator and

procurement coordinator attended a

training session conducted by NPIU at

Thiruvananthapuram Participation in

this session was facilitated by SPFU and

it entailed extensive training on how to

use the PMSS website

A training session was organized in the

institute for the benefit of Heads of

Departments (HoDs) and Department

TEQIP coordinators The programme

was attended by 24 officials and it

covered the entire set of activities

pertaining to purchase through PMSS --

from configuration management plan

creation and revision packaging and

procuring to stocking

Procurement coordinator and

department TEQIP coordinators also

attended a training program organized

by SPFUat School of Engineering

Cochin University of Science and

Technologyin February 2012

The SPFU arranged a discussion at

directorateoffice Thiruvanantha-

puramin February to fine tune the plan

and to facilitate data entry through

PMSS The finetuning included clubbing

of similar items from various

departments into one package limiting

the threshold to a maximum of 90 per

cent included in a scheme and revising

the tentative timelines based on plan

approval which was expected by mid-

April 2012 The institute was advised to

procure a particular software used for

double entry book-keeping through

PMSS and to identify 2 National

Competitive Bidding (NCB)

procurement plans to be sent to

Central authorities for approval

The rejigged procurement plan after

consultation with the concerned

coordinators was uploaded on the

website on 28thFebruary 2012

The plan was reviewed by SPFU and

some corrections were suggested

The corrected plan was uploaded again

At a meeting convened on 14thMarch

2012 at LBS College for Women

Thiruvananthapuram the first approval

of the plan was given by Director SPFU

On 31st March 2012 the Principal

convened a meeting of HoDs and

departmental TEQIP coordinators and

instructions were issued to draw up

specifications with respect to every

package so that the data was readily

available for entry to PMSS once the

plan was approved by NPIUWorld

Bank

1 2

3 4

5

6

8

7

9

10

40

Procurement activities were in full swing during the first 18 months of the project and were executed fully as

per the plan Procurement was completed in 82 packages including 68 National Shopping (NS)packages 7

National Competitive Bidding (NCB) packages 2 Direct Contract packages and 5 Civil Works packages

The institute made maximum expenditure in 2013-14 (Figure 32) across different heads Its investments on

laboratory modernization and strengthening started in 2012 and continued till 2017 (Figure 33) Overall it

spent bulk of the money (88 per cent) on modernization of laboratories and 5 per cent on ICT enabled

learning (Figure 34)

5851520

36470287

6909895

61170 1552063

0

5000000

10000000

15000000

20000000

25000000

30000000

35000000

40000000

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur (in Rs)

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Figure 32

2012-1311

2013-1473

2014-1515

2015-160

2016-171

EXPENDITURE ON MODERNISATION STRENGTHENING OF LABS AT GEC THRISSUR

Figure 33

41

Major equipment bought by the institute with TEQIP II funds includes a Rheometer which is not available in

any other institution in the state and offers potential for research and consultancy It is used for determining

the rheological behaviors of liquids and solids It has applications in polymer nano-composites which are the

emerging field of research The stress rheology measurements provide information for spread ability

emulsion stability suspension leveling flow control thermal stability extrudability and thickening etc The

fluid can be highly non-newtonian The equipment is useful for MTech students and faculty for doing

research

The institute also bought a Gas Chromatograph which is used in analyzing compositions purity and for

separating different components of a mixture based on volatility It is also used in identifying a compound

and its applications include analysis of toxicity of soil water and air identifying unknown compounds etc

The equipment is useful for faculty and students in doing research and projects in the field of environmental

engineering and provides opportunities for pollution control related consultancy work

Another important purchase is Accelerated Curing Tank With concrete construction increasing at a rapid

pace this equipment provides the possibility of accelerating the curing time Normal method of curing takes

28 days To reduce the curing time of concrete and test its strength accelerated curing is required and this

can be achieved with the use of Accelerated Curing Tank in the laboratory

88

5 4

0

0

3

Fig 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14at Government Engineering College Thrissur

Expenditure on modernisation strengthening of existinglaboratories

Expenditure on ICT enabledlearning related softwareamphardware

Expenditure on library ie books e-books

Journals e-journals course specificsoftware

Expenditure on modernisation ofclassrooms

Others (furniture)

42

Table 3 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Name of the Equipment

Cost (in rupees)

Pressure Volume Change Controller

365625

Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Suit

1365000

Solar Photovoltaic grid tied training system with MPPT

367500

Gas Chromatograph 1494692

Rheometer 2687350

Surface Roughness Tester

401205

Multimedia Projector 114162

Thermal Imager 746366

Machine Conditioning Monitor

861685

Metallurgical Image Analysis System for Welding

283500

Software Factory CAD 320000

Robot 567000

Pipe Flow Software 149234

Petrol Engine Test Setup

783090

Tribometer 609900

Vibration Analyser 539175

Slotting Machine 449243

Lathe and Shaping Machine

869001

Metal Cutting Band saw 156240

Digital Viscometer 919050

Solid Modeling Software

356590

Ultrasonic Flow Detector

235561

43

Rapid Phototyping Machine

814800

Group Video Conferencing Kit

533340

Lan Trainer 106180

The efforts of the institute over the years have led to improved student placements and intake (Figure 35)

Output in terms of publications in international journals and participation of faculty and students in

international conferences has also gone up considerably (Figure 36)

Top 10 international journals in which faculty and students have secured publications since TEQIP II are

Name of Journal

1 IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

2 International Journal on Numerical Methods in Fluids

261221

570527

357

766

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Placement offers Students placed Intake of students

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 35 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 36 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

Publication in international journals Participation in international conferences

44

3 IETE Technical Review

4 Journal of the Optical Society of America

5 International Journal of Power amp Energy Systems

6 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

7 International Journal of Remote Sensing

8 Automatica

9 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

10 ASME Journal of Heat Transfer

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering amp Technology

Aligarh Muslim University

Another institute with an impeccable history and track record is Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and

Technology (ZHCET) which is a constituent college of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and it received TEQIP

II funds under sub-component 11 AMU was set up by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as Mohammedan Anglo-

Oriental College in 1875 Against available funds of Rs 10 crore ZHCET utilized Rs 618 crore as of February

2017 Following is a glimpse into the major equipment purchased by the institute

Name of the equipment Centrifugal Pump and Pelton Turbine Module Nozzle

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3349138

Reason for buying To improve teaching and research in fluid mechanics section of mechanical engineering

department The equipment comprises centrifugal pump with flowmeter valves reservoir and

instrumentation for measurement and display of inlet outlet pressures torque speed and power and

turbine inlet pressure for Peltan turbine

Name of the equipment Universal High Voltage Test system and Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage Tester

(PE-AOBDV-MXXX)

Name of the department Electrical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 4522500

Reason for buying A new MTech programme in High Voltage Engineering was started under TEQIP II for

which enhanced laboratory infrastructure was needed PE-AOBDV-M series of Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage

Testers are highly precise instruments which can be used to conduct either a breakdown voltage test or do a proof

(withstand) test Dielectric Breakdown Voltage testing of Oil is one such means to detect the voltage at power

frequency at which it is likely to cause a flash-over

Name of the equipment Altium Nanoboard FPGA Kit

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1368863

Reason for buying Five kits were bought for under-graduate and post-graduate students

45

Name of the equipmentExata Software Emulator for Networking

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1245780

Reason for buying BTech students use it to perform experiments in EL-494 (Communication Lab -III) to

study the performance of simulated networks M Tech students use it for projects and dissertations Three

faculty members are using this software for RampD purpose

Name of the equipmentPotentiostat Galvanostat with Impedance Analyzer

Name of the department Petroleum Studies

Cost of equipment Rs 1562925

Reason for buying Potentiostate is at the heart of research on electrochemistry It is mainly used for

research in the area of fuel cell membrane cyclic voltammeter and super capacitors

Name of the equipment Imac 215 Quad Core i5 with Apple Protection Plan

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 205800

Reason for buying Two units of Imac were bought for the post-graduate and networking laboratories of

computer engineering department so that students could develop software based on iOS

Altium Nanoboard

FPGA Kit

46

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli was set up in 1947 with only the civil engineering under-graduate

programme Since 2007 the institute has been autonomous having been affiliated to Bombay University

Pune University and Shivaji University in the past The institute received TEQIP II funds under sub-

component 12 It was eligible to receive Rs 125 crore It submitted procurement plan for Rs 87 crore and

spent Rs 618 crore as of February 2017

MAJOR EQUIPMENT BOUGHT

Name of the equipment Shake Table Set-up

Name of the department Civil amp Structural Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1925776

Reason for buying To establish an earthquake engineering laboratory for conducting studies on response of

structures to earthquake induced vibrations To investigate structural response under various dynamic

loading conditions

Name of the equipment Electromagnetic Exciter with Pay Load Capacity of 100 to 150 kg

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2310824

Reason for buying To carry out research work in the field of dynamic analysis for various systems

Name of the equipment Micro Machining Centre Hyper-15w table top type integrated multi-process CNC

machine tool

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3078000

Reason for buying To develop micro machining centre for the research of micro machining PG production

laboratory

2663678

6154586

7489947

8770675

8777330

10572980

11435333

0 4000000 8000000 12000000

OFFICE

ELECTRICAL

ELECTRONICS

CIVIL (CIVIL+ CIVIL ENVIRONMENTAL+ hellip

LIBRARY

COMPUTER + IT

MECHANICAL

Fig 37 Department-wise expenditure Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Figures in rupees

47

Name of the equipment Dynamometer with Built-In Three Channel Charge Amplifiers

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1876090

Reason for buying To carry out research in the area of machining

Name of the equipment Lab View Add-ons Image Processing using Smart Camera Evaluation Kit

Name of the department Electronics Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3421650

Reason for buying Design simulation and prototyping platform for experiments on DSP communication

embedded control and measurements visual representation of experimental results

Name of the equipment Thermal Conductivity Analyzer with Material -- liquid pastes and small particles

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2100000

Reason for buying Post-graduate research and laboratory development

48

Chapter 4 Key Findings

49

1 On an average funds given to institutions for purchase of equipment and soft resources have led to

significant improvement in laboratory infrastructure of the institutes under study

2 The impact of such purchases on improvement in quality is not easily quantifiable in measurable

terms To assess the same other correlated parameters could be looked at such as improvement in

the number of research publications in refereed journals increase in the number of PhD students

number of faculty involved in research or the percentage of student placement However none of

these parameters can be directly or solely be said to be due to the improvement in physical or

digital infrastructure of institutes

3 Institutes did not have a clear-cut strategy of what best use they could put the available money to

Given that each institute on an average got Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and other resources

they could have used the money to create at least one best-in-class facility in any of the

departments which was equipped to utilize that facility in terms of augmenting the interaction of

the institute with industry or generating more resources through assignments from other agencies

While institutes in sub-component 12 had the provision to set up centres of excellence even in sub-

component 11 they could have done so if they had worked with that aim and vision

4 Instead institutes on an average divided the money equally across six departments and each

department on an average bought one-two machines which were significantly expensive and the

rest of the money was spent on buying other small routine equipment desktops laptops

networking servers software and e-journals Collaborations between departments for research

projects were however missing

5 This pattern of expenditure can be explained by the fact that our engineering institutions are still in

a phase where there is more emphasis on theory than practical Hands-on learning or project-based

approach in teaching is relatively new for institutions which is why there is not much emphasis on

understanding the practical aspects of learning such as producing patents versus papers

6 Institutes were seen to be over protective wherever even a slightly costly equipment was bought By

their own admission such equipment was most of the time kept under lock and key and was at best

displayed to students They were rarely given the opportunity to actually do something with it on

their own

7 Equal receipt of money by a number of departments has led to overall improvement in laboratory

standards of all departments which is good from an egalitarian perspective It is also good that all

departments have been able to uniformly upgrade their infrastructure and will therefore be able to

compete with each other in attracting good students faculty as well as assignments from industry in

future

8 Discussions with focus groups suggest that institutes spent large amounts of money on creating or

refurbishing physical infrastructure While non-academic experts may see this as wasteful

expenditure from an academic perspective even if this leads to improvement in the physical

facilities being offered by institutes it is well worth the investment While state funded institutes

get funds from state governments for building infrastructure for some of the centrally funded

institutes where infrastructure may have been falling apart this money would have been useful

9 Because of the fact that there is no proper system to track the usage of equipment ndash records are

maintained in physical form in the shape of log books and registers which render a macro analysis

50

impossible -- anecdotal evidence suggests that equipment bought is not being optimally utilized A

significantly higher number of research papers in refereed journals suggests that this may not be

true but the fact remains that there is no improvement in the number of technology transfers

commercialization of research or patent generation which remain weak This again brings into focus

the theory versus application part of teaching

10 Overall improvement in base infrastructure was important for institutes to advance to the next level

of development Except for some of the Centrally funded institutions none of the institutes which

received funding in TEQIP II are in the league of the six original IITs in terms of laboratory

infrastructure They do not have access to the kind of liberal funding that CFTIs get If they had not

got the present funds to buy equipment they would have taken at least five to seven years to

procure the same through the resources available to them Even for Central institutions as also for

others the availability of funds at one go meant that they could procure high costing software such

as Matlab Ansys Labview Cadence and Adobe which benefit students across departments

11 Funds for buying equipment and other soft resources enabled the institutes to take some steps

towards keeping pace with the rapidly changing advancements in technology Increased level of

automation and artificial intelligence in industry is reflected in the kind of purchases institutes have

made ndash various types of simulation software digital machines replacing analogue ones such as in

electrical engineering departments all-in-one automatic machines which combine several levels of

manual work such as in surveying in civil engineering departments robotic arms mimicking the

automated environment of modern factories attached to lathe machines in mechanical engineering

departments instruments capable of handling nano particles in specialized centres and 3D printers

capable of printing high precision devices which are being used in multiple fields

12 Most institutes have also bought subscriptions to high level international journals in various

streams both online and physical enabling access to vast repository of world class content for most

students

13 Institutes have not paid much thought to maintenance of equipment since most of the purchases

have been made in the past two-three years and warranty periods are still in force Most institutes

have also reported availability of in-house technicians to look after the machines though majority

said that they would sign annual maintenance contracts (AMC) with vendors Since AMCs usually

cost roughly 10 per cent of the cost of the equipment they felt that the resources allocated for the

same under TEQIP II would not be adequate and that they should be increased slightly

14 As per the feedback provided by almost all institutes they all agree that the equipment purchased

by them responds to faculty student needs and was done as per consultation and

recommendations of faculty They all follow well laid out norms for disposal of equipment which

keep environmental considerations in mind

6 -- Average number of departments among which each institute in Sub-component 11 divided

the total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 500 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

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7-- Average number of departments among which each institute in sub-component 12 divided the

total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 284 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

2147403 ndash Number of items bought by institutes for office purpose in sub-component

11

101699 hours monthndash Utilisation of equipment by UG amp PG students in sub-component

11 as per available data of institutes which participated in the study

427 hours month ndash Average utilization of equipment by UG and PG students across

institutes in sub-component 11

51656 hours month -- Utilisation of equipment by PhD students in sub-component 11 as

per available data of institutes which participated in the study

37 hours month-- Average utilization of equipment by PhD students across institutes in sub-

component 11

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Chapter 5 Way Forward

53

As data shows and case studies prove there can be no doubt that TEQIP II and the funds provided to

institutes for purchase of equipment and other soft resources have led to improvement in laboratory

infrastructure which in turn has helped in improving the output Some pointers for future stages of the

project are-

1 Even though TEQIP II had a major focus on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and institutes

were given significant amount of funds for purchase of equipment there were no guidelines or

benchmarks for them to judge themselves against and to understand what an ideal laboratory

should be like for any given department While it is good that they were given the freedom to decide

what they wanted to buy and it depended on the pro-activeness of the department heads on what

all they ended up getting funds for in an ideal scenario they should have been given a list of

essential basic equipment as well as research level equipment and they could have prioritized their

purchases on the basis of that

In all likelihood such department-wise lists do not exist anywhere In the third phase of TEQIP

therefore NPIU could commission a project which involves study of top world-class as well as top

national-level laboratories for each department Thereafter standard templates of equipment could

be prepared which could illustrate the requirement of equipment for each concept and practical for

every stream of engineering Based on standard frequency of usage and the number of students in a

class adequate numbers of any equipment could be recommended to be bought by institutes in

order to ensure that not too much time is wasted on rotating several batches of students on the

same equipment

Availability of such templates of equipment as well as soft resources which could be updated

periodically in keeping with the changes in technology and availability of resources would also help

policy makers understand how many institutes come up to a benchmark and how many need

further support

2 Institutes should start maintaining digital records of use of equipment which are bought for research

purposes These records should not be just digital copies of physical registers but should be in the

form of smart solutions which can track internal supply chains in laboratories as well as usage of

equipment The solutions should be able to provide real-time analysis of usage of equipment in

every laboratory and all laboratories could be linked to one centralized system There are various

kinds of RFID solutions available today which can handle usage patterns well The available

information could be used to devise solutions and create policy interventions to increase the actual

usage of equipment

3 Nodal institutes under TEQIP II could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of neighboring non-TEQIP institutes The

unspent money could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

4 Institutes could be encouraged to ensure that laboratories in all departments have well designed

brochures and information material such as leaflets and manuals on major equipment so that

dissemination of information about their availability is easy and their utilization could be increased

54

5 Facilities created in institutes are not being optimally utilized to increase interaction with industry

While rural location of the institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of

the reasons it is also true that in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the

commissioning of equipment Size of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for

anything on industrial scale But in most cases industry is not even aware of the existence of state-

of-the-art equipment inside institutes Regular interactions with sector-specific companies are a

must therefore to create a culture of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration

6 For decades research has happened in our country in isolation and at a distance from both industry

and academia Being largely funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) so far it

has been taking place inside the laboratories of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

The 37 laboratories of CSIR and its 39 field stations or extension centres have been working in the

areas of aerospace engineering structural engineering ocean science life science metallurgy

chemicals mining food petroleum leather and environmental science The ministry of HRD has

also started funding research in a big way in recent years through schemes such as Imprint ndash

Improving Research Innovation and Technology and the Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) It would be

fruitful for the country if research happening purely on the scientific side is able to converge with

that on the academic side Hence in order to ensure greater synergy between research and

teaching it is essential that technical institutes start working more closely with CSIR laboratories

This will bring them immediately closer to cutting edge research and provide rich exposure to

students Specially for institutions which have got improved laboratory facilities as a result of TEQIP

II funds collaboration with relevant CSIR laboratories will help them grow their research and at the

same time provide the latter with a steady flow of students to work on live projects

7 Institutions which have upgraded their laboratory infrastructure in the area of food and agriculture

will gain by collaborating with the government on its e-labs project which aims at automating the

testing procedure of soil fertiliser pesticide and equipment samples By ensuring speedy and

transparent online disbursement of information related to such tests the projectrsquos vision is to

reduce crop losses and increase the use of good quality bio-pesticides through fair and unbiased

testing Institutions and students will be able to learn a lot about quality control and the processes

involved in digital testing through collaboration with the government on e-labs

8 In order to ensure transparency in procurement processes it is advisable that institutes make use of

the governmentrsquos new e-marketplace called GEM Through the portal wwwgemnicin institutes

can buy virtually anything and everything that they may require specially consumables office

equipment furniture and software Buying through this portal will speed up procurement and

improve the efficiency of institutes Created and maintained by the Directorate General of Supplies

amp Disposals (DGSampD) it provides tools for e-bidding reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to

help users get best value for their money At the national level a system of procurement should be

put in place including committee to look into the requirement and availability of equipment taking

global scenarios into consideration

Appendices

Appendix 1

55

State-wise Number of Institutions Under Technical Education QualityImprovement Programme II (2010-2017)

S Name of State CFIs Sub‐component 11 Sub‐component 12 Total No of

Institutions 1 Andhra Pradesh 5 6 11 2 Bihar 2 ‐‐ 2 3 Chhattisgarh 4 ‐‐ 4 4 Gujarat 7 ‐‐ 7 5 Haryana 3 3 6 6 Himachal Pradesh 1 ‐‐ 1 7 Jharkhand 1 1 2 8 Karnataka 4 15 19 9 Kerala 19 ‐‐ 19

10 Madhya Pradesh 3 2 5 11 Maharashtra 7 10 17

12 NCT‐Delhi ‐‐ 1 1 13 Odisha 2 ‐‐ 2 14 Punjab 7 1 8 15 Rajasthan 9 ‐‐ 9 16 Tamil Nadu 5 4 9 17 Telangana 8 5 13 18 Tripura 1 ‐‐ 1 19 UT‐Chandigarh 2 1 3 20 UT‐Puducherry 1 ‐‐ 1 21 Uttar Pradesh 2 5 7 22 Uttarakhand 1 2 3 23 West Bengal 11 3 14 24 Centrally Funded

Institutions (CFIs) 8 18 26

Total 113 77 190

Appendix 2 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 11

S Name of the Name of the Institution

No State UT

1 JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

2 Aditya Institute of Technology amp Management Tekkali Srikakulam

Andhra

3 Madanapalle Institute of Technology amp Science Madanapalle

Pradesh

4 Shri Vishnu Engineering College for women Vishnupur Bhimavaram

5 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College Chittoor

6 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur

Bihar

7 Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur

8 Government Engineering College Bilaspur

9 Government Engineering College Jagdalpur Bastar

Chhattisgarh

10 Government Engineering College Raipur

11 Rungta College of Engineering amp Technology Bhilai

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12 Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

13 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Vallabh Vidynagar

14 Lukhdirji Engineering College Morbi

15 Gujarat Shantilal Shah Engineering College Bhavnagar

16 Government Engineering College Gandhinagar

17 Government Engineering College Rajkot

18 Government Engineering College Patan

19 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology (UIET) Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

Haryana

20 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology MDU Rohtak

21 NC College of Engineering Panipat

22 Himachal Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar Mandi

Pradesh

23 Jharkhand Cambridge Institute of Technology Ranchi

24 BVB College of Engineering amp Technology Hubli

25 PES College of Engineering Mandya

Karnataka

26 Government Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jublee Technological Institute Bangalore

27 NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore

2

SNo Name of the

Name of the Institution

StateUT

28 Government Engineering College Thrissur

29 Government Engineering College Kozhikode

30 Government Engineering College Painavu Idukki

31 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

32 School of Engineering Cochin University of Science amp Technology Cochin

33 Government College of Engineering Kannur

34 Government Engineering College Bartonhill Thiruvananthapuram

35 LBS Institute of Technology for Women Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram

36 College of Engineering Perumon Perinad Kollam

37 Kerala College of Engineering Kidangoor Kottayam

38 Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

57

39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

58

70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

60

Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

62

77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

70

Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

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Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

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Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

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Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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equipment and other resources

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 20 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Puducherry

Total population in lakh 125

Literacy rate 859

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

15 (121)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

01

Gross Enrolment Ratio 46

Total number of engineering institutes 10

Institutes in sub-component 11 1

Institutes in sub-component 12 0

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 1

Total available funds Rs 15 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 8 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 6 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

Uttar Pradesh (Figure 19)

Total population in lakh 1998

Literacy rate 677

0200400600800

100012001400160018002000

Fun

ds

in r

up

ees

lakh

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plansubmitted by institute

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West Bengal (Figure 21)

Total population in lakh 9128

Literacy rate 763

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

109 (12)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

77

Gross Enrolment Ratio 174

Total number of engineering institutes 72

Institutes in sub-component 11 11

Institutes in sub-component 12 3

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 14

Total available funds Rs 179 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 88 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 82 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0

200

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600

800

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1200

1400FU

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Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rscrore)

Estimate as per plansubmitted by institute

29

CFIs (Figure 22)

Institutes in sub-component 11 8

Institutes in sub-component 12 18

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 26

Total available funds Rs 415 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 200 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1625 crore

0200400600800

100012001400160018002000

Figure 21 West Bengal

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

0200400600800

100012001400160018002000

Figure 22 Centrally-funded institutions (CFIs)

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

30

Utilisation Analysis

In this section data on buying of equipment and other resources has been first analysed component-wise

and then department-wise

While data was collected from all institutes and a broad understanding was arrived at of the kind of

equipment and other resources money was spent on from the extensive lists provided by institutions it was

difficult to analyse how much money was spent on which category of item For the sake of analysis

therefore each equipment and item named by the institute was manually categorized into the following

broad categories-

1 Laboratory equipment (included all items bought for laboratories such as machines laptops

desktops and projectors)

2 Connectivity (included equipment related to creating wi-fi networks such as cables connectors

servers modems UPS racks adapters pipes and switches)

3 Books (included hard copies as well as subscriptions of e-journals for libraries)

4 Smart class (included white boards display panels podiums amplifiers cables projectors mixers

microphones webcam and wireless sensors)

5 Software

6 Office equipment (included laptops desktops printers scanners LCDs generator sets projectors

tables chairs almirahs digital signages etc bought for principalrsquos office directorrsquos office faculty

staff department rooms TEQIP office)

7 Furniture (included furniture for class rooms and departments)

8 Civil work (included flooring false ceilings repair work lighting)

Post the categorization in these eight broad heads the picture which emerged (Figure 23) for sub-

component 11 showed 58 per cent expenditure on laboratory equipment 14 per cent on software 10 per

cent on books 7 per cent each on office equipment and connectivity and 1-2 per cent each on furniture civil

work and smart classes This is in keeping with the goals of TEQIP II which had envisaged least expenditure

on civil work It was limited to 5 per cent of total expenditure on equipment for institutes under sub-

component 11 and 3 per cent for those under sub-component 12 If unspent institutes were free to use

this money for equipment and other resources So low expenditure on civil work is an achievement of TEQIP

II There should have been more expenditure on connectivity ndash campus-wide wifi networks ndash but that could

be due to the fact that several institutes already had wifi networks in place and did not need TEQIP funds to

do that

31

In sub-component 12 (Figure 24) this break-up was more or less on the same lines though the expenditure

on laboratory equipment in this sub-component was much higher at 70 per cent because of the inclusion of

centres of excellence and higher focus on post-graduate and PhD level studies This was followed by 17 per

cent on software and 5 per cent each on books and office equipment Rest was all 2 per cent and less and

negligible amount of expenditure on civil work was seen in this category

Department-wise

analysis of equipment

purchased by

institutes shows that in

sub-component 11

(Figure 25) highest

Lab equipment58

Software 14

Books 10

Office equipment

7

Connectivity 7

Smart class2

Furniture1

Civil work1

EXPENDITURE (11)

Figure 23

Office equipment

5

Software 17

Smart class1

EXPENDITURE (12)

Figure 29

32

076 164 46678

961 10631459

2169

TOTAL AMOUNT SPENT BY DEPARTMENTS (IN RS LAKH)

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

(in Rs crore)

number of equipment were bought by computer amp IT departments followed by electrical mechanical

electronics and civil departments For the purpose of categorization two or more streams of a kind were

merged into one and numbers for both streams taken together For instance computer science and

information technology were merged into one Similarly electronics amp instrumentation and electronics amp

electrical were taken together under electronics

While sub-component 11 presented a picture on expected lines with the top five departments being

generally the biggest departments in institutes in sub-component 12 this picture was slightly confusing

Here the top two departmentsndash electronics and civil ndash were ahead of other departments (Table 1) by an

inexplicable margin One of the reasons for this could be the fact that most of the equipment bought for the

centres of excellence would have had items related to electronics But that still does not explain the

unusually high number of items for civil engineering departments

Table 1 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 12

Name of the department Number of items bought

Mining 23

BioTech 137

Chemical 170

Mechanical 497

Computer amp IT 661

Electrical 969

Electronics 544915

Civil 1701948

On the other hand an expenditure-wise analysis of the same departments shows a different picture (Figure

26) with mechanical engineering department emerging top with expenditure of Rs 216 crore and electrical

department showing expenditure of Rs 145 crore Civil department is at number 3 with expenditure of Rs

106 crore The aberration in the number of items could have been because civil and electronics

departments would have bought a large number of items of small value

33

166 224 45 481 934 14772459

3138

Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

(in Rs crore)Figure 27

As per the data provided by institutes those in sub-component 11 show higher expenditure

department-wise with mechanical engineering department at top with expenditure of Rs 313

crore These should however be taken only as indicative figures as the numbers cannot be absolute

(Figure 27)

Table 7 Top 20 Lab equipment bought by institutes in 11

CNC Lathe machines

Compressor testing machine

Computer and peripherals

Computerised machines

Digital meters

Gas chromatograph

Micro-controller

Micro-processor

Oscilloscope

PCB prototyping machine

Robotic kits

Solar PV systems

Spectrum analyser

Thermal imager

Total Station

Ultrasonic probe

Universal testing machine

UV-spectrophotometer

Voltmeter

Wattmeter

34

Table 2 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 11

Table 21 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 12

1 CNC Lathe machines Advanced laser kit

2 Compressor testing machine Asphalt material performance tester

3 Computer and peripherals Atomic absorption spectrophotometer

4 Computerised machines Bio-reactors

5 Digital meters BOD incubator

6 Gas chromatograph Centrifuge

7 Micro-controller CNC lathe machine

8 Micro-processor Compression testing

9 Oscilloscope Computer and peripherals

10 PCB prototyping machine Digital image processing

11 Robotic kits Digital multimeter

12 Solar PV systems Electric discharge machine

13 Spectrum analyser Hydraulic pressing

14 Thermal imager Magnetic stirrer

15 Total Station Microwave simulator

16 Ultrasonic probe Optical microscope

17 Universal testing machine PCB prototype machine

18 UV-spectrophotometer Thermal analyser

19 Voltmeter Thermal scanner

20 Wattmeter Wireless sensor network kit

Impact of Utilisation

No amount of data tracking or record keeping is worth

the effort if it does not translate into improvement in

actual output The real impact of all this expenditure by

institutes on buying of latest equipment is only useful in

so far as it is able to show growth in the number of

publications or rise in the number of post-graduate

student intake Looked at from that perspective TEQIP II

seems to have made satisfactory progress as the data

maintained by the National Project Implementation Unit

UPWARD TREND

Increase in the number of

publications in refereed

journals

Increase in the number of PG

and PhD students

Increase in revenue generated

through consultancy

35

(NPIU) shows There has been a significant improvement over the years in the number of publications in

refereed journals which till last year have been showing above target performance Only the numbers for

2016-17 are low considering that the data captured is till the month of February 2017 only From a target of

7500 publications in 2010-11 and a realization of 11722to a target of 14500 in 2015-16 and a realization of

18482 (Figure 28) the growth has been impressive though again how much of it is due to buying of

equipment alone is debatable

Another key performance indicatoras per the planners of TEQIP II was rise in the total number of masters

and PhD level students from a baseline of 30000 in 2010-11 to 41000 by 2016 Seen from that angle also the

performance of the programme has exceeded the target To a large extent this can be attributed to

availability of better laboratory infrastructure as it would have been a major factor behind the institutesrsquo

capability to attract students for MTech and PhD (Figure 29)

7032 7500 8000 8500 9000

14000 14500

11722

1606618103

20037

22556

18482

2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016

Fig 28 Number of publications in refereed journals in TEQIP II institutions

Target Actual

36

The percentage of externally funded RampD projects and consultancies in total revenue has increased from 7

per cent in 2010-11 to 14 per cent in 2015-16 against a target of 12 per cent (Figure 30)

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

Target 7032 32000 33000 34000 34000 40000 40500

Actual 35132 37791 44171 49251 48718 45659

0

10000

20000

30000

40000

50000

60000

Fig 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP I

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

2016-2017

Target 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12

Actual 82 11 127 137 117 14 125

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

Tota

l Rev

enu

e

Fig 30 Consultancy revenue generated

37

Chapter 3 Case Studies

38

Government Engineering College Thrissur Kerala

(with inputs from Prof Manoj Kumar K V Coordinator TEQIP II GEC Thrissur)

The entire process of planning procurement and the complete cycle of improved input resulting in improved output can be illustrated through the case study of Government Engineering College Thrissur which is one of the model colleges in TEQIP II and received funds under sub-component 11 It is the second oldest engineering in the state of Kerala and is affiliated to the University of Calicut Its foundation stone was laid by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in April 1958 and among its famous alumni are Dr K Radhakrishnan former chairman of Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) Out of the project allocation of Rs 10 crore Rs 55 crore was utilized by the institute for procurement of equipment The fund was apportioned among the departments based on student strength and their need to modernize and strengthen their various laboratories The procurement plan was finalized from the proposals received from the departments and vetted by the State Project Facilitation Unit (SPFU) before being executed through the Procurement Management Support System (PMSS) which was a web portal created by the National Project Implementation Unit (NPIU) to manage the project

39

Figure 31 10 steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan (Figure 38)

Departments were asked to draw up a

three-year procurement plan based on

their needs Department heads

coordinators and TEQIP nodal officers

had a meeting in the institute in

January 2012 to understand the plans

and procedures as available on NPIU

website

In February the Principal of the

institute TEQIP coordinator and

procurement coordinator attended a

training session conducted by NPIU at

Thiruvananthapuram Participation in

this session was facilitated by SPFU and

it entailed extensive training on how to

use the PMSS website

A training session was organized in the

institute for the benefit of Heads of

Departments (HoDs) and Department

TEQIP coordinators The programme

was attended by 24 officials and it

covered the entire set of activities

pertaining to purchase through PMSS --

from configuration management plan

creation and revision packaging and

procuring to stocking

Procurement coordinator and

department TEQIP coordinators also

attended a training program organized

by SPFUat School of Engineering

Cochin University of Science and

Technologyin February 2012

The SPFU arranged a discussion at

directorateoffice Thiruvanantha-

puramin February to fine tune the plan

and to facilitate data entry through

PMSS The finetuning included clubbing

of similar items from various

departments into one package limiting

the threshold to a maximum of 90 per

cent included in a scheme and revising

the tentative timelines based on plan

approval which was expected by mid-

April 2012 The institute was advised to

procure a particular software used for

double entry book-keeping through

PMSS and to identify 2 National

Competitive Bidding (NCB)

procurement plans to be sent to

Central authorities for approval

The rejigged procurement plan after

consultation with the concerned

coordinators was uploaded on the

website on 28thFebruary 2012

The plan was reviewed by SPFU and

some corrections were suggested

The corrected plan was uploaded again

At a meeting convened on 14thMarch

2012 at LBS College for Women

Thiruvananthapuram the first approval

of the plan was given by Director SPFU

On 31st March 2012 the Principal

convened a meeting of HoDs and

departmental TEQIP coordinators and

instructions were issued to draw up

specifications with respect to every

package so that the data was readily

available for entry to PMSS once the

plan was approved by NPIUWorld

Bank

1 2

3 4

5

6

8

7

9

10

40

Procurement activities were in full swing during the first 18 months of the project and were executed fully as

per the plan Procurement was completed in 82 packages including 68 National Shopping (NS)packages 7

National Competitive Bidding (NCB) packages 2 Direct Contract packages and 5 Civil Works packages

The institute made maximum expenditure in 2013-14 (Figure 32) across different heads Its investments on

laboratory modernization and strengthening started in 2012 and continued till 2017 (Figure 33) Overall it

spent bulk of the money (88 per cent) on modernization of laboratories and 5 per cent on ICT enabled

learning (Figure 34)

5851520

36470287

6909895

61170 1552063

0

5000000

10000000

15000000

20000000

25000000

30000000

35000000

40000000

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur (in Rs)

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Figure 32

2012-1311

2013-1473

2014-1515

2015-160

2016-171

EXPENDITURE ON MODERNISATION STRENGTHENING OF LABS AT GEC THRISSUR

Figure 33

41

Major equipment bought by the institute with TEQIP II funds includes a Rheometer which is not available in

any other institution in the state and offers potential for research and consultancy It is used for determining

the rheological behaviors of liquids and solids It has applications in polymer nano-composites which are the

emerging field of research The stress rheology measurements provide information for spread ability

emulsion stability suspension leveling flow control thermal stability extrudability and thickening etc The

fluid can be highly non-newtonian The equipment is useful for MTech students and faculty for doing

research

The institute also bought a Gas Chromatograph which is used in analyzing compositions purity and for

separating different components of a mixture based on volatility It is also used in identifying a compound

and its applications include analysis of toxicity of soil water and air identifying unknown compounds etc

The equipment is useful for faculty and students in doing research and projects in the field of environmental

engineering and provides opportunities for pollution control related consultancy work

Another important purchase is Accelerated Curing Tank With concrete construction increasing at a rapid

pace this equipment provides the possibility of accelerating the curing time Normal method of curing takes

28 days To reduce the curing time of concrete and test its strength accelerated curing is required and this

can be achieved with the use of Accelerated Curing Tank in the laboratory

88

5 4

0

0

3

Fig 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14at Government Engineering College Thrissur

Expenditure on modernisation strengthening of existinglaboratories

Expenditure on ICT enabledlearning related softwareamphardware

Expenditure on library ie books e-books

Journals e-journals course specificsoftware

Expenditure on modernisation ofclassrooms

Others (furniture)

42

Table 3 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Name of the Equipment

Cost (in rupees)

Pressure Volume Change Controller

365625

Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Suit

1365000

Solar Photovoltaic grid tied training system with MPPT

367500

Gas Chromatograph 1494692

Rheometer 2687350

Surface Roughness Tester

401205

Multimedia Projector 114162

Thermal Imager 746366

Machine Conditioning Monitor

861685

Metallurgical Image Analysis System for Welding

283500

Software Factory CAD 320000

Robot 567000

Pipe Flow Software 149234

Petrol Engine Test Setup

783090

Tribometer 609900

Vibration Analyser 539175

Slotting Machine 449243

Lathe and Shaping Machine

869001

Metal Cutting Band saw 156240

Digital Viscometer 919050

Solid Modeling Software

356590

Ultrasonic Flow Detector

235561

43

Rapid Phototyping Machine

814800

Group Video Conferencing Kit

533340

Lan Trainer 106180

The efforts of the institute over the years have led to improved student placements and intake (Figure 35)

Output in terms of publications in international journals and participation of faculty and students in

international conferences has also gone up considerably (Figure 36)

Top 10 international journals in which faculty and students have secured publications since TEQIP II are

Name of Journal

1 IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

2 International Journal on Numerical Methods in Fluids

261221

570527

357

766

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Placement offers Students placed Intake of students

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 35 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 36 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

Publication in international journals Participation in international conferences

44

3 IETE Technical Review

4 Journal of the Optical Society of America

5 International Journal of Power amp Energy Systems

6 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

7 International Journal of Remote Sensing

8 Automatica

9 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

10 ASME Journal of Heat Transfer

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering amp Technology

Aligarh Muslim University

Another institute with an impeccable history and track record is Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and

Technology (ZHCET) which is a constituent college of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and it received TEQIP

II funds under sub-component 11 AMU was set up by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as Mohammedan Anglo-

Oriental College in 1875 Against available funds of Rs 10 crore ZHCET utilized Rs 618 crore as of February

2017 Following is a glimpse into the major equipment purchased by the institute

Name of the equipment Centrifugal Pump and Pelton Turbine Module Nozzle

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3349138

Reason for buying To improve teaching and research in fluid mechanics section of mechanical engineering

department The equipment comprises centrifugal pump with flowmeter valves reservoir and

instrumentation for measurement and display of inlet outlet pressures torque speed and power and

turbine inlet pressure for Peltan turbine

Name of the equipment Universal High Voltage Test system and Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage Tester

(PE-AOBDV-MXXX)

Name of the department Electrical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 4522500

Reason for buying A new MTech programme in High Voltage Engineering was started under TEQIP II for

which enhanced laboratory infrastructure was needed PE-AOBDV-M series of Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage

Testers are highly precise instruments which can be used to conduct either a breakdown voltage test or do a proof

(withstand) test Dielectric Breakdown Voltage testing of Oil is one such means to detect the voltage at power

frequency at which it is likely to cause a flash-over

Name of the equipment Altium Nanoboard FPGA Kit

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1368863

Reason for buying Five kits were bought for under-graduate and post-graduate students

45

Name of the equipmentExata Software Emulator for Networking

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1245780

Reason for buying BTech students use it to perform experiments in EL-494 (Communication Lab -III) to

study the performance of simulated networks M Tech students use it for projects and dissertations Three

faculty members are using this software for RampD purpose

Name of the equipmentPotentiostat Galvanostat with Impedance Analyzer

Name of the department Petroleum Studies

Cost of equipment Rs 1562925

Reason for buying Potentiostate is at the heart of research on electrochemistry It is mainly used for

research in the area of fuel cell membrane cyclic voltammeter and super capacitors

Name of the equipment Imac 215 Quad Core i5 with Apple Protection Plan

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 205800

Reason for buying Two units of Imac were bought for the post-graduate and networking laboratories of

computer engineering department so that students could develop software based on iOS

Altium Nanoboard

FPGA Kit

46

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli was set up in 1947 with only the civil engineering under-graduate

programme Since 2007 the institute has been autonomous having been affiliated to Bombay University

Pune University and Shivaji University in the past The institute received TEQIP II funds under sub-

component 12 It was eligible to receive Rs 125 crore It submitted procurement plan for Rs 87 crore and

spent Rs 618 crore as of February 2017

MAJOR EQUIPMENT BOUGHT

Name of the equipment Shake Table Set-up

Name of the department Civil amp Structural Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1925776

Reason for buying To establish an earthquake engineering laboratory for conducting studies on response of

structures to earthquake induced vibrations To investigate structural response under various dynamic

loading conditions

Name of the equipment Electromagnetic Exciter with Pay Load Capacity of 100 to 150 kg

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2310824

Reason for buying To carry out research work in the field of dynamic analysis for various systems

Name of the equipment Micro Machining Centre Hyper-15w table top type integrated multi-process CNC

machine tool

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3078000

Reason for buying To develop micro machining centre for the research of micro machining PG production

laboratory

2663678

6154586

7489947

8770675

8777330

10572980

11435333

0 4000000 8000000 12000000

OFFICE

ELECTRICAL

ELECTRONICS

CIVIL (CIVIL+ CIVIL ENVIRONMENTAL+ hellip

LIBRARY

COMPUTER + IT

MECHANICAL

Fig 37 Department-wise expenditure Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Figures in rupees

47

Name of the equipment Dynamometer with Built-In Three Channel Charge Amplifiers

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1876090

Reason for buying To carry out research in the area of machining

Name of the equipment Lab View Add-ons Image Processing using Smart Camera Evaluation Kit

Name of the department Electronics Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3421650

Reason for buying Design simulation and prototyping platform for experiments on DSP communication

embedded control and measurements visual representation of experimental results

Name of the equipment Thermal Conductivity Analyzer with Material -- liquid pastes and small particles

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2100000

Reason for buying Post-graduate research and laboratory development

48

Chapter 4 Key Findings

49

1 On an average funds given to institutions for purchase of equipment and soft resources have led to

significant improvement in laboratory infrastructure of the institutes under study

2 The impact of such purchases on improvement in quality is not easily quantifiable in measurable

terms To assess the same other correlated parameters could be looked at such as improvement in

the number of research publications in refereed journals increase in the number of PhD students

number of faculty involved in research or the percentage of student placement However none of

these parameters can be directly or solely be said to be due to the improvement in physical or

digital infrastructure of institutes

3 Institutes did not have a clear-cut strategy of what best use they could put the available money to

Given that each institute on an average got Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and other resources

they could have used the money to create at least one best-in-class facility in any of the

departments which was equipped to utilize that facility in terms of augmenting the interaction of

the institute with industry or generating more resources through assignments from other agencies

While institutes in sub-component 12 had the provision to set up centres of excellence even in sub-

component 11 they could have done so if they had worked with that aim and vision

4 Instead institutes on an average divided the money equally across six departments and each

department on an average bought one-two machines which were significantly expensive and the

rest of the money was spent on buying other small routine equipment desktops laptops

networking servers software and e-journals Collaborations between departments for research

projects were however missing

5 This pattern of expenditure can be explained by the fact that our engineering institutions are still in

a phase where there is more emphasis on theory than practical Hands-on learning or project-based

approach in teaching is relatively new for institutions which is why there is not much emphasis on

understanding the practical aspects of learning such as producing patents versus papers

6 Institutes were seen to be over protective wherever even a slightly costly equipment was bought By

their own admission such equipment was most of the time kept under lock and key and was at best

displayed to students They were rarely given the opportunity to actually do something with it on

their own

7 Equal receipt of money by a number of departments has led to overall improvement in laboratory

standards of all departments which is good from an egalitarian perspective It is also good that all

departments have been able to uniformly upgrade their infrastructure and will therefore be able to

compete with each other in attracting good students faculty as well as assignments from industry in

future

8 Discussions with focus groups suggest that institutes spent large amounts of money on creating or

refurbishing physical infrastructure While non-academic experts may see this as wasteful

expenditure from an academic perspective even if this leads to improvement in the physical

facilities being offered by institutes it is well worth the investment While state funded institutes

get funds from state governments for building infrastructure for some of the centrally funded

institutes where infrastructure may have been falling apart this money would have been useful

9 Because of the fact that there is no proper system to track the usage of equipment ndash records are

maintained in physical form in the shape of log books and registers which render a macro analysis

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impossible -- anecdotal evidence suggests that equipment bought is not being optimally utilized A

significantly higher number of research papers in refereed journals suggests that this may not be

true but the fact remains that there is no improvement in the number of technology transfers

commercialization of research or patent generation which remain weak This again brings into focus

the theory versus application part of teaching

10 Overall improvement in base infrastructure was important for institutes to advance to the next level

of development Except for some of the Centrally funded institutions none of the institutes which

received funding in TEQIP II are in the league of the six original IITs in terms of laboratory

infrastructure They do not have access to the kind of liberal funding that CFTIs get If they had not

got the present funds to buy equipment they would have taken at least five to seven years to

procure the same through the resources available to them Even for Central institutions as also for

others the availability of funds at one go meant that they could procure high costing software such

as Matlab Ansys Labview Cadence and Adobe which benefit students across departments

11 Funds for buying equipment and other soft resources enabled the institutes to take some steps

towards keeping pace with the rapidly changing advancements in technology Increased level of

automation and artificial intelligence in industry is reflected in the kind of purchases institutes have

made ndash various types of simulation software digital machines replacing analogue ones such as in

electrical engineering departments all-in-one automatic machines which combine several levels of

manual work such as in surveying in civil engineering departments robotic arms mimicking the

automated environment of modern factories attached to lathe machines in mechanical engineering

departments instruments capable of handling nano particles in specialized centres and 3D printers

capable of printing high precision devices which are being used in multiple fields

12 Most institutes have also bought subscriptions to high level international journals in various

streams both online and physical enabling access to vast repository of world class content for most

students

13 Institutes have not paid much thought to maintenance of equipment since most of the purchases

have been made in the past two-three years and warranty periods are still in force Most institutes

have also reported availability of in-house technicians to look after the machines though majority

said that they would sign annual maintenance contracts (AMC) with vendors Since AMCs usually

cost roughly 10 per cent of the cost of the equipment they felt that the resources allocated for the

same under TEQIP II would not be adequate and that they should be increased slightly

14 As per the feedback provided by almost all institutes they all agree that the equipment purchased

by them responds to faculty student needs and was done as per consultation and

recommendations of faculty They all follow well laid out norms for disposal of equipment which

keep environmental considerations in mind

6 -- Average number of departments among which each institute in Sub-component 11 divided

the total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 500 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

51

7-- Average number of departments among which each institute in sub-component 12 divided the

total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 284 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

2147403 ndash Number of items bought by institutes for office purpose in sub-component

11

101699 hours monthndash Utilisation of equipment by UG amp PG students in sub-component

11 as per available data of institutes which participated in the study

427 hours month ndash Average utilization of equipment by UG and PG students across

institutes in sub-component 11

51656 hours month -- Utilisation of equipment by PhD students in sub-component 11 as

per available data of institutes which participated in the study

37 hours month-- Average utilization of equipment by PhD students across institutes in sub-

component 11

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Chapter 5 Way Forward

53

As data shows and case studies prove there can be no doubt that TEQIP II and the funds provided to

institutes for purchase of equipment and other soft resources have led to improvement in laboratory

infrastructure which in turn has helped in improving the output Some pointers for future stages of the

project are-

1 Even though TEQIP II had a major focus on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and institutes

were given significant amount of funds for purchase of equipment there were no guidelines or

benchmarks for them to judge themselves against and to understand what an ideal laboratory

should be like for any given department While it is good that they were given the freedom to decide

what they wanted to buy and it depended on the pro-activeness of the department heads on what

all they ended up getting funds for in an ideal scenario they should have been given a list of

essential basic equipment as well as research level equipment and they could have prioritized their

purchases on the basis of that

In all likelihood such department-wise lists do not exist anywhere In the third phase of TEQIP

therefore NPIU could commission a project which involves study of top world-class as well as top

national-level laboratories for each department Thereafter standard templates of equipment could

be prepared which could illustrate the requirement of equipment for each concept and practical for

every stream of engineering Based on standard frequency of usage and the number of students in a

class adequate numbers of any equipment could be recommended to be bought by institutes in

order to ensure that not too much time is wasted on rotating several batches of students on the

same equipment

Availability of such templates of equipment as well as soft resources which could be updated

periodically in keeping with the changes in technology and availability of resources would also help

policy makers understand how many institutes come up to a benchmark and how many need

further support

2 Institutes should start maintaining digital records of use of equipment which are bought for research

purposes These records should not be just digital copies of physical registers but should be in the

form of smart solutions which can track internal supply chains in laboratories as well as usage of

equipment The solutions should be able to provide real-time analysis of usage of equipment in

every laboratory and all laboratories could be linked to one centralized system There are various

kinds of RFID solutions available today which can handle usage patterns well The available

information could be used to devise solutions and create policy interventions to increase the actual

usage of equipment

3 Nodal institutes under TEQIP II could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of neighboring non-TEQIP institutes The

unspent money could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

4 Institutes could be encouraged to ensure that laboratories in all departments have well designed

brochures and information material such as leaflets and manuals on major equipment so that

dissemination of information about their availability is easy and their utilization could be increased

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5 Facilities created in institutes are not being optimally utilized to increase interaction with industry

While rural location of the institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of

the reasons it is also true that in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the

commissioning of equipment Size of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for

anything on industrial scale But in most cases industry is not even aware of the existence of state-

of-the-art equipment inside institutes Regular interactions with sector-specific companies are a

must therefore to create a culture of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration

6 For decades research has happened in our country in isolation and at a distance from both industry

and academia Being largely funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) so far it

has been taking place inside the laboratories of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

The 37 laboratories of CSIR and its 39 field stations or extension centres have been working in the

areas of aerospace engineering structural engineering ocean science life science metallurgy

chemicals mining food petroleum leather and environmental science The ministry of HRD has

also started funding research in a big way in recent years through schemes such as Imprint ndash

Improving Research Innovation and Technology and the Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) It would be

fruitful for the country if research happening purely on the scientific side is able to converge with

that on the academic side Hence in order to ensure greater synergy between research and

teaching it is essential that technical institutes start working more closely with CSIR laboratories

This will bring them immediately closer to cutting edge research and provide rich exposure to

students Specially for institutions which have got improved laboratory facilities as a result of TEQIP

II funds collaboration with relevant CSIR laboratories will help them grow their research and at the

same time provide the latter with a steady flow of students to work on live projects

7 Institutions which have upgraded their laboratory infrastructure in the area of food and agriculture

will gain by collaborating with the government on its e-labs project which aims at automating the

testing procedure of soil fertiliser pesticide and equipment samples By ensuring speedy and

transparent online disbursement of information related to such tests the projectrsquos vision is to

reduce crop losses and increase the use of good quality bio-pesticides through fair and unbiased

testing Institutions and students will be able to learn a lot about quality control and the processes

involved in digital testing through collaboration with the government on e-labs

8 In order to ensure transparency in procurement processes it is advisable that institutes make use of

the governmentrsquos new e-marketplace called GEM Through the portal wwwgemnicin institutes

can buy virtually anything and everything that they may require specially consumables office

equipment furniture and software Buying through this portal will speed up procurement and

improve the efficiency of institutes Created and maintained by the Directorate General of Supplies

amp Disposals (DGSampD) it provides tools for e-bidding reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to

help users get best value for their money At the national level a system of procurement should be

put in place including committee to look into the requirement and availability of equipment taking

global scenarios into consideration

Appendices

Appendix 1

55

State-wise Number of Institutions Under Technical Education QualityImprovement Programme II (2010-2017)

S Name of State CFIs Sub‐component 11 Sub‐component 12 Total No of

Institutions 1 Andhra Pradesh 5 6 11 2 Bihar 2 ‐‐ 2 3 Chhattisgarh 4 ‐‐ 4 4 Gujarat 7 ‐‐ 7 5 Haryana 3 3 6 6 Himachal Pradesh 1 ‐‐ 1 7 Jharkhand 1 1 2 8 Karnataka 4 15 19 9 Kerala 19 ‐‐ 19

10 Madhya Pradesh 3 2 5 11 Maharashtra 7 10 17

12 NCT‐Delhi ‐‐ 1 1 13 Odisha 2 ‐‐ 2 14 Punjab 7 1 8 15 Rajasthan 9 ‐‐ 9 16 Tamil Nadu 5 4 9 17 Telangana 8 5 13 18 Tripura 1 ‐‐ 1 19 UT‐Chandigarh 2 1 3 20 UT‐Puducherry 1 ‐‐ 1 21 Uttar Pradesh 2 5 7 22 Uttarakhand 1 2 3 23 West Bengal 11 3 14 24 Centrally Funded

Institutions (CFIs) 8 18 26

Total 113 77 190

Appendix 2 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 11

S Name of the Name of the Institution

No State UT

1 JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

2 Aditya Institute of Technology amp Management Tekkali Srikakulam

Andhra

3 Madanapalle Institute of Technology amp Science Madanapalle

Pradesh

4 Shri Vishnu Engineering College for women Vishnupur Bhimavaram

5 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College Chittoor

6 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur

Bihar

7 Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur

8 Government Engineering College Bilaspur

9 Government Engineering College Jagdalpur Bastar

Chhattisgarh

10 Government Engineering College Raipur

11 Rungta College of Engineering amp Technology Bhilai

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12 Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

13 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Vallabh Vidynagar

14 Lukhdirji Engineering College Morbi

15 Gujarat Shantilal Shah Engineering College Bhavnagar

16 Government Engineering College Gandhinagar

17 Government Engineering College Rajkot

18 Government Engineering College Patan

19 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology (UIET) Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

Haryana

20 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology MDU Rohtak

21 NC College of Engineering Panipat

22 Himachal Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar Mandi

Pradesh

23 Jharkhand Cambridge Institute of Technology Ranchi

24 BVB College of Engineering amp Technology Hubli

25 PES College of Engineering Mandya

Karnataka

26 Government Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jublee Technological Institute Bangalore

27 NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore

2

SNo Name of the

Name of the Institution

StateUT

28 Government Engineering College Thrissur

29 Government Engineering College Kozhikode

30 Government Engineering College Painavu Idukki

31 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

32 School of Engineering Cochin University of Science amp Technology Cochin

33 Government College of Engineering Kannur

34 Government Engineering College Bartonhill Thiruvananthapuram

35 LBS Institute of Technology for Women Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram

36 College of Engineering Perumon Perinad Kollam

37 Kerala College of Engineering Kidangoor Kottayam

38 Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

57

39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

58

70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

60

Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

62

77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

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by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

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include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

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communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

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Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

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Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

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Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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28

West Bengal (Figure 21)

Total population in lakh 9128

Literacy rate 763

2015 projected population in 18-23 age group (lakhs) as percentage of total state population

109 (12)

2015 projected share of statersquos 18-23 population to all-India 18-23 population

77

Gross Enrolment Ratio 174

Total number of engineering institutes 72

Institutes in sub-component 11 11

Institutes in sub-component 12 3

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 14

Total available funds Rs 179 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 88 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 82 crore

CII-Deloitte ASHE Report 2016 As of February 2017

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400FU

ND

S IN

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PEE

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Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rscrore)

Estimate as per plansubmitted by institute

29

CFIs (Figure 22)

Institutes in sub-component 11 8

Institutes in sub-component 12 18

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 26

Total available funds Rs 415 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 200 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1625 crore

0200400600800

100012001400160018002000

Figure 21 West Bengal

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

0200400600800

100012001400160018002000

Figure 22 Centrally-funded institutions (CFIs)

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

30

Utilisation Analysis

In this section data on buying of equipment and other resources has been first analysed component-wise

and then department-wise

While data was collected from all institutes and a broad understanding was arrived at of the kind of

equipment and other resources money was spent on from the extensive lists provided by institutions it was

difficult to analyse how much money was spent on which category of item For the sake of analysis

therefore each equipment and item named by the institute was manually categorized into the following

broad categories-

1 Laboratory equipment (included all items bought for laboratories such as machines laptops

desktops and projectors)

2 Connectivity (included equipment related to creating wi-fi networks such as cables connectors

servers modems UPS racks adapters pipes and switches)

3 Books (included hard copies as well as subscriptions of e-journals for libraries)

4 Smart class (included white boards display panels podiums amplifiers cables projectors mixers

microphones webcam and wireless sensors)

5 Software

6 Office equipment (included laptops desktops printers scanners LCDs generator sets projectors

tables chairs almirahs digital signages etc bought for principalrsquos office directorrsquos office faculty

staff department rooms TEQIP office)

7 Furniture (included furniture for class rooms and departments)

8 Civil work (included flooring false ceilings repair work lighting)

Post the categorization in these eight broad heads the picture which emerged (Figure 23) for sub-

component 11 showed 58 per cent expenditure on laboratory equipment 14 per cent on software 10 per

cent on books 7 per cent each on office equipment and connectivity and 1-2 per cent each on furniture civil

work and smart classes This is in keeping with the goals of TEQIP II which had envisaged least expenditure

on civil work It was limited to 5 per cent of total expenditure on equipment for institutes under sub-

component 11 and 3 per cent for those under sub-component 12 If unspent institutes were free to use

this money for equipment and other resources So low expenditure on civil work is an achievement of TEQIP

II There should have been more expenditure on connectivity ndash campus-wide wifi networks ndash but that could

be due to the fact that several institutes already had wifi networks in place and did not need TEQIP funds to

do that

31

In sub-component 12 (Figure 24) this break-up was more or less on the same lines though the expenditure

on laboratory equipment in this sub-component was much higher at 70 per cent because of the inclusion of

centres of excellence and higher focus on post-graduate and PhD level studies This was followed by 17 per

cent on software and 5 per cent each on books and office equipment Rest was all 2 per cent and less and

negligible amount of expenditure on civil work was seen in this category

Department-wise

analysis of equipment

purchased by

institutes shows that in

sub-component 11

(Figure 25) highest

Lab equipment58

Software 14

Books 10

Office equipment

7

Connectivity 7

Smart class2

Furniture1

Civil work1

EXPENDITURE (11)

Figure 23

Office equipment

5

Software 17

Smart class1

EXPENDITURE (12)

Figure 29

32

076 164 46678

961 10631459

2169

TOTAL AMOUNT SPENT BY DEPARTMENTS (IN RS LAKH)

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

(in Rs crore)

number of equipment were bought by computer amp IT departments followed by electrical mechanical

electronics and civil departments For the purpose of categorization two or more streams of a kind were

merged into one and numbers for both streams taken together For instance computer science and

information technology were merged into one Similarly electronics amp instrumentation and electronics amp

electrical were taken together under electronics

While sub-component 11 presented a picture on expected lines with the top five departments being

generally the biggest departments in institutes in sub-component 12 this picture was slightly confusing

Here the top two departmentsndash electronics and civil ndash were ahead of other departments (Table 1) by an

inexplicable margin One of the reasons for this could be the fact that most of the equipment bought for the

centres of excellence would have had items related to electronics But that still does not explain the

unusually high number of items for civil engineering departments

Table 1 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 12

Name of the department Number of items bought

Mining 23

BioTech 137

Chemical 170

Mechanical 497

Computer amp IT 661

Electrical 969

Electronics 544915

Civil 1701948

On the other hand an expenditure-wise analysis of the same departments shows a different picture (Figure

26) with mechanical engineering department emerging top with expenditure of Rs 216 crore and electrical

department showing expenditure of Rs 145 crore Civil department is at number 3 with expenditure of Rs

106 crore The aberration in the number of items could have been because civil and electronics

departments would have bought a large number of items of small value

33

166 224 45 481 934 14772459

3138

Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

(in Rs crore)Figure 27

As per the data provided by institutes those in sub-component 11 show higher expenditure

department-wise with mechanical engineering department at top with expenditure of Rs 313

crore These should however be taken only as indicative figures as the numbers cannot be absolute

(Figure 27)

Table 7 Top 20 Lab equipment bought by institutes in 11

CNC Lathe machines

Compressor testing machine

Computer and peripherals

Computerised machines

Digital meters

Gas chromatograph

Micro-controller

Micro-processor

Oscilloscope

PCB prototyping machine

Robotic kits

Solar PV systems

Spectrum analyser

Thermal imager

Total Station

Ultrasonic probe

Universal testing machine

UV-spectrophotometer

Voltmeter

Wattmeter

34

Table 2 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 11

Table 21 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 12

1 CNC Lathe machines Advanced laser kit

2 Compressor testing machine Asphalt material performance tester

3 Computer and peripherals Atomic absorption spectrophotometer

4 Computerised machines Bio-reactors

5 Digital meters BOD incubator

6 Gas chromatograph Centrifuge

7 Micro-controller CNC lathe machine

8 Micro-processor Compression testing

9 Oscilloscope Computer and peripherals

10 PCB prototyping machine Digital image processing

11 Robotic kits Digital multimeter

12 Solar PV systems Electric discharge machine

13 Spectrum analyser Hydraulic pressing

14 Thermal imager Magnetic stirrer

15 Total Station Microwave simulator

16 Ultrasonic probe Optical microscope

17 Universal testing machine PCB prototype machine

18 UV-spectrophotometer Thermal analyser

19 Voltmeter Thermal scanner

20 Wattmeter Wireless sensor network kit

Impact of Utilisation

No amount of data tracking or record keeping is worth

the effort if it does not translate into improvement in

actual output The real impact of all this expenditure by

institutes on buying of latest equipment is only useful in

so far as it is able to show growth in the number of

publications or rise in the number of post-graduate

student intake Looked at from that perspective TEQIP II

seems to have made satisfactory progress as the data

maintained by the National Project Implementation Unit

UPWARD TREND

Increase in the number of

publications in refereed

journals

Increase in the number of PG

and PhD students

Increase in revenue generated

through consultancy

35

(NPIU) shows There has been a significant improvement over the years in the number of publications in

refereed journals which till last year have been showing above target performance Only the numbers for

2016-17 are low considering that the data captured is till the month of February 2017 only From a target of

7500 publications in 2010-11 and a realization of 11722to a target of 14500 in 2015-16 and a realization of

18482 (Figure 28) the growth has been impressive though again how much of it is due to buying of

equipment alone is debatable

Another key performance indicatoras per the planners of TEQIP II was rise in the total number of masters

and PhD level students from a baseline of 30000 in 2010-11 to 41000 by 2016 Seen from that angle also the

performance of the programme has exceeded the target To a large extent this can be attributed to

availability of better laboratory infrastructure as it would have been a major factor behind the institutesrsquo

capability to attract students for MTech and PhD (Figure 29)

7032 7500 8000 8500 9000

14000 14500

11722

1606618103

20037

22556

18482

2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016

Fig 28 Number of publications in refereed journals in TEQIP II institutions

Target Actual

36

The percentage of externally funded RampD projects and consultancies in total revenue has increased from 7

per cent in 2010-11 to 14 per cent in 2015-16 against a target of 12 per cent (Figure 30)

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

Target 7032 32000 33000 34000 34000 40000 40500

Actual 35132 37791 44171 49251 48718 45659

0

10000

20000

30000

40000

50000

60000

Fig 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP I

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

2016-2017

Target 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12

Actual 82 11 127 137 117 14 125

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

Tota

l Rev

enu

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Fig 30 Consultancy revenue generated

37

Chapter 3 Case Studies

38

Government Engineering College Thrissur Kerala

(with inputs from Prof Manoj Kumar K V Coordinator TEQIP II GEC Thrissur)

The entire process of planning procurement and the complete cycle of improved input resulting in improved output can be illustrated through the case study of Government Engineering College Thrissur which is one of the model colleges in TEQIP II and received funds under sub-component 11 It is the second oldest engineering in the state of Kerala and is affiliated to the University of Calicut Its foundation stone was laid by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in April 1958 and among its famous alumni are Dr K Radhakrishnan former chairman of Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) Out of the project allocation of Rs 10 crore Rs 55 crore was utilized by the institute for procurement of equipment The fund was apportioned among the departments based on student strength and their need to modernize and strengthen their various laboratories The procurement plan was finalized from the proposals received from the departments and vetted by the State Project Facilitation Unit (SPFU) before being executed through the Procurement Management Support System (PMSS) which was a web portal created by the National Project Implementation Unit (NPIU) to manage the project

39

Figure 31 10 steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan (Figure 38)

Departments were asked to draw up a

three-year procurement plan based on

their needs Department heads

coordinators and TEQIP nodal officers

had a meeting in the institute in

January 2012 to understand the plans

and procedures as available on NPIU

website

In February the Principal of the

institute TEQIP coordinator and

procurement coordinator attended a

training session conducted by NPIU at

Thiruvananthapuram Participation in

this session was facilitated by SPFU and

it entailed extensive training on how to

use the PMSS website

A training session was organized in the

institute for the benefit of Heads of

Departments (HoDs) and Department

TEQIP coordinators The programme

was attended by 24 officials and it

covered the entire set of activities

pertaining to purchase through PMSS --

from configuration management plan

creation and revision packaging and

procuring to stocking

Procurement coordinator and

department TEQIP coordinators also

attended a training program organized

by SPFUat School of Engineering

Cochin University of Science and

Technologyin February 2012

The SPFU arranged a discussion at

directorateoffice Thiruvanantha-

puramin February to fine tune the plan

and to facilitate data entry through

PMSS The finetuning included clubbing

of similar items from various

departments into one package limiting

the threshold to a maximum of 90 per

cent included in a scheme and revising

the tentative timelines based on plan

approval which was expected by mid-

April 2012 The institute was advised to

procure a particular software used for

double entry book-keeping through

PMSS and to identify 2 National

Competitive Bidding (NCB)

procurement plans to be sent to

Central authorities for approval

The rejigged procurement plan after

consultation with the concerned

coordinators was uploaded on the

website on 28thFebruary 2012

The plan was reviewed by SPFU and

some corrections were suggested

The corrected plan was uploaded again

At a meeting convened on 14thMarch

2012 at LBS College for Women

Thiruvananthapuram the first approval

of the plan was given by Director SPFU

On 31st March 2012 the Principal

convened a meeting of HoDs and

departmental TEQIP coordinators and

instructions were issued to draw up

specifications with respect to every

package so that the data was readily

available for entry to PMSS once the

plan was approved by NPIUWorld

Bank

1 2

3 4

5

6

8

7

9

10

40

Procurement activities were in full swing during the first 18 months of the project and were executed fully as

per the plan Procurement was completed in 82 packages including 68 National Shopping (NS)packages 7

National Competitive Bidding (NCB) packages 2 Direct Contract packages and 5 Civil Works packages

The institute made maximum expenditure in 2013-14 (Figure 32) across different heads Its investments on

laboratory modernization and strengthening started in 2012 and continued till 2017 (Figure 33) Overall it

spent bulk of the money (88 per cent) on modernization of laboratories and 5 per cent on ICT enabled

learning (Figure 34)

5851520

36470287

6909895

61170 1552063

0

5000000

10000000

15000000

20000000

25000000

30000000

35000000

40000000

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur (in Rs)

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Figure 32

2012-1311

2013-1473

2014-1515

2015-160

2016-171

EXPENDITURE ON MODERNISATION STRENGTHENING OF LABS AT GEC THRISSUR

Figure 33

41

Major equipment bought by the institute with TEQIP II funds includes a Rheometer which is not available in

any other institution in the state and offers potential for research and consultancy It is used for determining

the rheological behaviors of liquids and solids It has applications in polymer nano-composites which are the

emerging field of research The stress rheology measurements provide information for spread ability

emulsion stability suspension leveling flow control thermal stability extrudability and thickening etc The

fluid can be highly non-newtonian The equipment is useful for MTech students and faculty for doing

research

The institute also bought a Gas Chromatograph which is used in analyzing compositions purity and for

separating different components of a mixture based on volatility It is also used in identifying a compound

and its applications include analysis of toxicity of soil water and air identifying unknown compounds etc

The equipment is useful for faculty and students in doing research and projects in the field of environmental

engineering and provides opportunities for pollution control related consultancy work

Another important purchase is Accelerated Curing Tank With concrete construction increasing at a rapid

pace this equipment provides the possibility of accelerating the curing time Normal method of curing takes

28 days To reduce the curing time of concrete and test its strength accelerated curing is required and this

can be achieved with the use of Accelerated Curing Tank in the laboratory

88

5 4

0

0

3

Fig 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14at Government Engineering College Thrissur

Expenditure on modernisation strengthening of existinglaboratories

Expenditure on ICT enabledlearning related softwareamphardware

Expenditure on library ie books e-books

Journals e-journals course specificsoftware

Expenditure on modernisation ofclassrooms

Others (furniture)

42

Table 3 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Name of the Equipment

Cost (in rupees)

Pressure Volume Change Controller

365625

Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Suit

1365000

Solar Photovoltaic grid tied training system with MPPT

367500

Gas Chromatograph 1494692

Rheometer 2687350

Surface Roughness Tester

401205

Multimedia Projector 114162

Thermal Imager 746366

Machine Conditioning Monitor

861685

Metallurgical Image Analysis System for Welding

283500

Software Factory CAD 320000

Robot 567000

Pipe Flow Software 149234

Petrol Engine Test Setup

783090

Tribometer 609900

Vibration Analyser 539175

Slotting Machine 449243

Lathe and Shaping Machine

869001

Metal Cutting Band saw 156240

Digital Viscometer 919050

Solid Modeling Software

356590

Ultrasonic Flow Detector

235561

43

Rapid Phototyping Machine

814800

Group Video Conferencing Kit

533340

Lan Trainer 106180

The efforts of the institute over the years have led to improved student placements and intake (Figure 35)

Output in terms of publications in international journals and participation of faculty and students in

international conferences has also gone up considerably (Figure 36)

Top 10 international journals in which faculty and students have secured publications since TEQIP II are

Name of Journal

1 IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

2 International Journal on Numerical Methods in Fluids

261221

570527

357

766

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Placement offers Students placed Intake of students

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 35 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 36 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

Publication in international journals Participation in international conferences

44

3 IETE Technical Review

4 Journal of the Optical Society of America

5 International Journal of Power amp Energy Systems

6 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

7 International Journal of Remote Sensing

8 Automatica

9 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

10 ASME Journal of Heat Transfer

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering amp Technology

Aligarh Muslim University

Another institute with an impeccable history and track record is Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and

Technology (ZHCET) which is a constituent college of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and it received TEQIP

II funds under sub-component 11 AMU was set up by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as Mohammedan Anglo-

Oriental College in 1875 Against available funds of Rs 10 crore ZHCET utilized Rs 618 crore as of February

2017 Following is a glimpse into the major equipment purchased by the institute

Name of the equipment Centrifugal Pump and Pelton Turbine Module Nozzle

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3349138

Reason for buying To improve teaching and research in fluid mechanics section of mechanical engineering

department The equipment comprises centrifugal pump with flowmeter valves reservoir and

instrumentation for measurement and display of inlet outlet pressures torque speed and power and

turbine inlet pressure for Peltan turbine

Name of the equipment Universal High Voltage Test system and Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage Tester

(PE-AOBDV-MXXX)

Name of the department Electrical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 4522500

Reason for buying A new MTech programme in High Voltage Engineering was started under TEQIP II for

which enhanced laboratory infrastructure was needed PE-AOBDV-M series of Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage

Testers are highly precise instruments which can be used to conduct either a breakdown voltage test or do a proof

(withstand) test Dielectric Breakdown Voltage testing of Oil is one such means to detect the voltage at power

frequency at which it is likely to cause a flash-over

Name of the equipment Altium Nanoboard FPGA Kit

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1368863

Reason for buying Five kits were bought for under-graduate and post-graduate students

45

Name of the equipmentExata Software Emulator for Networking

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1245780

Reason for buying BTech students use it to perform experiments in EL-494 (Communication Lab -III) to

study the performance of simulated networks M Tech students use it for projects and dissertations Three

faculty members are using this software for RampD purpose

Name of the equipmentPotentiostat Galvanostat with Impedance Analyzer

Name of the department Petroleum Studies

Cost of equipment Rs 1562925

Reason for buying Potentiostate is at the heart of research on electrochemistry It is mainly used for

research in the area of fuel cell membrane cyclic voltammeter and super capacitors

Name of the equipment Imac 215 Quad Core i5 with Apple Protection Plan

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 205800

Reason for buying Two units of Imac were bought for the post-graduate and networking laboratories of

computer engineering department so that students could develop software based on iOS

Altium Nanoboard

FPGA Kit

46

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli was set up in 1947 with only the civil engineering under-graduate

programme Since 2007 the institute has been autonomous having been affiliated to Bombay University

Pune University and Shivaji University in the past The institute received TEQIP II funds under sub-

component 12 It was eligible to receive Rs 125 crore It submitted procurement plan for Rs 87 crore and

spent Rs 618 crore as of February 2017

MAJOR EQUIPMENT BOUGHT

Name of the equipment Shake Table Set-up

Name of the department Civil amp Structural Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1925776

Reason for buying To establish an earthquake engineering laboratory for conducting studies on response of

structures to earthquake induced vibrations To investigate structural response under various dynamic

loading conditions

Name of the equipment Electromagnetic Exciter with Pay Load Capacity of 100 to 150 kg

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2310824

Reason for buying To carry out research work in the field of dynamic analysis for various systems

Name of the equipment Micro Machining Centre Hyper-15w table top type integrated multi-process CNC

machine tool

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3078000

Reason for buying To develop micro machining centre for the research of micro machining PG production

laboratory

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MECHANICAL

Fig 37 Department-wise expenditure Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Figures in rupees

47

Name of the equipment Dynamometer with Built-In Three Channel Charge Amplifiers

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1876090

Reason for buying To carry out research in the area of machining

Name of the equipment Lab View Add-ons Image Processing using Smart Camera Evaluation Kit

Name of the department Electronics Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3421650

Reason for buying Design simulation and prototyping platform for experiments on DSP communication

embedded control and measurements visual representation of experimental results

Name of the equipment Thermal Conductivity Analyzer with Material -- liquid pastes and small particles

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2100000

Reason for buying Post-graduate research and laboratory development

48

Chapter 4 Key Findings

49

1 On an average funds given to institutions for purchase of equipment and soft resources have led to

significant improvement in laboratory infrastructure of the institutes under study

2 The impact of such purchases on improvement in quality is not easily quantifiable in measurable

terms To assess the same other correlated parameters could be looked at such as improvement in

the number of research publications in refereed journals increase in the number of PhD students

number of faculty involved in research or the percentage of student placement However none of

these parameters can be directly or solely be said to be due to the improvement in physical or

digital infrastructure of institutes

3 Institutes did not have a clear-cut strategy of what best use they could put the available money to

Given that each institute on an average got Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and other resources

they could have used the money to create at least one best-in-class facility in any of the

departments which was equipped to utilize that facility in terms of augmenting the interaction of

the institute with industry or generating more resources through assignments from other agencies

While institutes in sub-component 12 had the provision to set up centres of excellence even in sub-

component 11 they could have done so if they had worked with that aim and vision

4 Instead institutes on an average divided the money equally across six departments and each

department on an average bought one-two machines which were significantly expensive and the

rest of the money was spent on buying other small routine equipment desktops laptops

networking servers software and e-journals Collaborations between departments for research

projects were however missing

5 This pattern of expenditure can be explained by the fact that our engineering institutions are still in

a phase where there is more emphasis on theory than practical Hands-on learning or project-based

approach in teaching is relatively new for institutions which is why there is not much emphasis on

understanding the practical aspects of learning such as producing patents versus papers

6 Institutes were seen to be over protective wherever even a slightly costly equipment was bought By

their own admission such equipment was most of the time kept under lock and key and was at best

displayed to students They were rarely given the opportunity to actually do something with it on

their own

7 Equal receipt of money by a number of departments has led to overall improvement in laboratory

standards of all departments which is good from an egalitarian perspective It is also good that all

departments have been able to uniformly upgrade their infrastructure and will therefore be able to

compete with each other in attracting good students faculty as well as assignments from industry in

future

8 Discussions with focus groups suggest that institutes spent large amounts of money on creating or

refurbishing physical infrastructure While non-academic experts may see this as wasteful

expenditure from an academic perspective even if this leads to improvement in the physical

facilities being offered by institutes it is well worth the investment While state funded institutes

get funds from state governments for building infrastructure for some of the centrally funded

institutes where infrastructure may have been falling apart this money would have been useful

9 Because of the fact that there is no proper system to track the usage of equipment ndash records are

maintained in physical form in the shape of log books and registers which render a macro analysis

50

impossible -- anecdotal evidence suggests that equipment bought is not being optimally utilized A

significantly higher number of research papers in refereed journals suggests that this may not be

true but the fact remains that there is no improvement in the number of technology transfers

commercialization of research or patent generation which remain weak This again brings into focus

the theory versus application part of teaching

10 Overall improvement in base infrastructure was important for institutes to advance to the next level

of development Except for some of the Centrally funded institutions none of the institutes which

received funding in TEQIP II are in the league of the six original IITs in terms of laboratory

infrastructure They do not have access to the kind of liberal funding that CFTIs get If they had not

got the present funds to buy equipment they would have taken at least five to seven years to

procure the same through the resources available to them Even for Central institutions as also for

others the availability of funds at one go meant that they could procure high costing software such

as Matlab Ansys Labview Cadence and Adobe which benefit students across departments

11 Funds for buying equipment and other soft resources enabled the institutes to take some steps

towards keeping pace with the rapidly changing advancements in technology Increased level of

automation and artificial intelligence in industry is reflected in the kind of purchases institutes have

made ndash various types of simulation software digital machines replacing analogue ones such as in

electrical engineering departments all-in-one automatic machines which combine several levels of

manual work such as in surveying in civil engineering departments robotic arms mimicking the

automated environment of modern factories attached to lathe machines in mechanical engineering

departments instruments capable of handling nano particles in specialized centres and 3D printers

capable of printing high precision devices which are being used in multiple fields

12 Most institutes have also bought subscriptions to high level international journals in various

streams both online and physical enabling access to vast repository of world class content for most

students

13 Institutes have not paid much thought to maintenance of equipment since most of the purchases

have been made in the past two-three years and warranty periods are still in force Most institutes

have also reported availability of in-house technicians to look after the machines though majority

said that they would sign annual maintenance contracts (AMC) with vendors Since AMCs usually

cost roughly 10 per cent of the cost of the equipment they felt that the resources allocated for the

same under TEQIP II would not be adequate and that they should be increased slightly

14 As per the feedback provided by almost all institutes they all agree that the equipment purchased

by them responds to faculty student needs and was done as per consultation and

recommendations of faculty They all follow well laid out norms for disposal of equipment which

keep environmental considerations in mind

6 -- Average number of departments among which each institute in Sub-component 11 divided

the total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 500 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

51

7-- Average number of departments among which each institute in sub-component 12 divided the

total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 284 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

2147403 ndash Number of items bought by institutes for office purpose in sub-component

11

101699 hours monthndash Utilisation of equipment by UG amp PG students in sub-component

11 as per available data of institutes which participated in the study

427 hours month ndash Average utilization of equipment by UG and PG students across

institutes in sub-component 11

51656 hours month -- Utilisation of equipment by PhD students in sub-component 11 as

per available data of institutes which participated in the study

37 hours month-- Average utilization of equipment by PhD students across institutes in sub-

component 11

52

Chapter 5 Way Forward

53

As data shows and case studies prove there can be no doubt that TEQIP II and the funds provided to

institutes for purchase of equipment and other soft resources have led to improvement in laboratory

infrastructure which in turn has helped in improving the output Some pointers for future stages of the

project are-

1 Even though TEQIP II had a major focus on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and institutes

were given significant amount of funds for purchase of equipment there were no guidelines or

benchmarks for them to judge themselves against and to understand what an ideal laboratory

should be like for any given department While it is good that they were given the freedom to decide

what they wanted to buy and it depended on the pro-activeness of the department heads on what

all they ended up getting funds for in an ideal scenario they should have been given a list of

essential basic equipment as well as research level equipment and they could have prioritized their

purchases on the basis of that

In all likelihood such department-wise lists do not exist anywhere In the third phase of TEQIP

therefore NPIU could commission a project which involves study of top world-class as well as top

national-level laboratories for each department Thereafter standard templates of equipment could

be prepared which could illustrate the requirement of equipment for each concept and practical for

every stream of engineering Based on standard frequency of usage and the number of students in a

class adequate numbers of any equipment could be recommended to be bought by institutes in

order to ensure that not too much time is wasted on rotating several batches of students on the

same equipment

Availability of such templates of equipment as well as soft resources which could be updated

periodically in keeping with the changes in technology and availability of resources would also help

policy makers understand how many institutes come up to a benchmark and how many need

further support

2 Institutes should start maintaining digital records of use of equipment which are bought for research

purposes These records should not be just digital copies of physical registers but should be in the

form of smart solutions which can track internal supply chains in laboratories as well as usage of

equipment The solutions should be able to provide real-time analysis of usage of equipment in

every laboratory and all laboratories could be linked to one centralized system There are various

kinds of RFID solutions available today which can handle usage patterns well The available

information could be used to devise solutions and create policy interventions to increase the actual

usage of equipment

3 Nodal institutes under TEQIP II could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of neighboring non-TEQIP institutes The

unspent money could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

4 Institutes could be encouraged to ensure that laboratories in all departments have well designed

brochures and information material such as leaflets and manuals on major equipment so that

dissemination of information about their availability is easy and their utilization could be increased

54

5 Facilities created in institutes are not being optimally utilized to increase interaction with industry

While rural location of the institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of

the reasons it is also true that in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the

commissioning of equipment Size of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for

anything on industrial scale But in most cases industry is not even aware of the existence of state-

of-the-art equipment inside institutes Regular interactions with sector-specific companies are a

must therefore to create a culture of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration

6 For decades research has happened in our country in isolation and at a distance from both industry

and academia Being largely funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) so far it

has been taking place inside the laboratories of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

The 37 laboratories of CSIR and its 39 field stations or extension centres have been working in the

areas of aerospace engineering structural engineering ocean science life science metallurgy

chemicals mining food petroleum leather and environmental science The ministry of HRD has

also started funding research in a big way in recent years through schemes such as Imprint ndash

Improving Research Innovation and Technology and the Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) It would be

fruitful for the country if research happening purely on the scientific side is able to converge with

that on the academic side Hence in order to ensure greater synergy between research and

teaching it is essential that technical institutes start working more closely with CSIR laboratories

This will bring them immediately closer to cutting edge research and provide rich exposure to

students Specially for institutions which have got improved laboratory facilities as a result of TEQIP

II funds collaboration with relevant CSIR laboratories will help them grow their research and at the

same time provide the latter with a steady flow of students to work on live projects

7 Institutions which have upgraded their laboratory infrastructure in the area of food and agriculture

will gain by collaborating with the government on its e-labs project which aims at automating the

testing procedure of soil fertiliser pesticide and equipment samples By ensuring speedy and

transparent online disbursement of information related to such tests the projectrsquos vision is to

reduce crop losses and increase the use of good quality bio-pesticides through fair and unbiased

testing Institutions and students will be able to learn a lot about quality control and the processes

involved in digital testing through collaboration with the government on e-labs

8 In order to ensure transparency in procurement processes it is advisable that institutes make use of

the governmentrsquos new e-marketplace called GEM Through the portal wwwgemnicin institutes

can buy virtually anything and everything that they may require specially consumables office

equipment furniture and software Buying through this portal will speed up procurement and

improve the efficiency of institutes Created and maintained by the Directorate General of Supplies

amp Disposals (DGSampD) it provides tools for e-bidding reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to

help users get best value for their money At the national level a system of procurement should be

put in place including committee to look into the requirement and availability of equipment taking

global scenarios into consideration

Appendices

Appendix 1

55

State-wise Number of Institutions Under Technical Education QualityImprovement Programme II (2010-2017)

S Name of State CFIs Sub‐component 11 Sub‐component 12 Total No of

Institutions 1 Andhra Pradesh 5 6 11 2 Bihar 2 ‐‐ 2 3 Chhattisgarh 4 ‐‐ 4 4 Gujarat 7 ‐‐ 7 5 Haryana 3 3 6 6 Himachal Pradesh 1 ‐‐ 1 7 Jharkhand 1 1 2 8 Karnataka 4 15 19 9 Kerala 19 ‐‐ 19

10 Madhya Pradesh 3 2 5 11 Maharashtra 7 10 17

12 NCT‐Delhi ‐‐ 1 1 13 Odisha 2 ‐‐ 2 14 Punjab 7 1 8 15 Rajasthan 9 ‐‐ 9 16 Tamil Nadu 5 4 9 17 Telangana 8 5 13 18 Tripura 1 ‐‐ 1 19 UT‐Chandigarh 2 1 3 20 UT‐Puducherry 1 ‐‐ 1 21 Uttar Pradesh 2 5 7 22 Uttarakhand 1 2 3 23 West Bengal 11 3 14 24 Centrally Funded

Institutions (CFIs) 8 18 26

Total 113 77 190

Appendix 2 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 11

S Name of the Name of the Institution

No State UT

1 JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

2 Aditya Institute of Technology amp Management Tekkali Srikakulam

Andhra

3 Madanapalle Institute of Technology amp Science Madanapalle

Pradesh

4 Shri Vishnu Engineering College for women Vishnupur Bhimavaram

5 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College Chittoor

6 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur

Bihar

7 Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur

8 Government Engineering College Bilaspur

9 Government Engineering College Jagdalpur Bastar

Chhattisgarh

10 Government Engineering College Raipur

11 Rungta College of Engineering amp Technology Bhilai

56

12 Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

13 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Vallabh Vidynagar

14 Lukhdirji Engineering College Morbi

15 Gujarat Shantilal Shah Engineering College Bhavnagar

16 Government Engineering College Gandhinagar

17 Government Engineering College Rajkot

18 Government Engineering College Patan

19 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology (UIET) Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

Haryana

20 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology MDU Rohtak

21 NC College of Engineering Panipat

22 Himachal Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar Mandi

Pradesh

23 Jharkhand Cambridge Institute of Technology Ranchi

24 BVB College of Engineering amp Technology Hubli

25 PES College of Engineering Mandya

Karnataka

26 Government Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jublee Technological Institute Bangalore

27 NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore

2

SNo Name of the

Name of the Institution

StateUT

28 Government Engineering College Thrissur

29 Government Engineering College Kozhikode

30 Government Engineering College Painavu Idukki

31 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

32 School of Engineering Cochin University of Science amp Technology Cochin

33 Government College of Engineering Kannur

34 Government Engineering College Bartonhill Thiruvananthapuram

35 LBS Institute of Technology for Women Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram

36 College of Engineering Perumon Perinad Kollam

37 Kerala College of Engineering Kidangoor Kottayam

38 Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

57

39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

58

70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

60

Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

62

77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

70

Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

72

Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

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Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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29

CFIs (Figure 22)

Institutes in sub-component 11 8

Institutes in sub-component 12 18

Total number of institutes in TEQIP II 26

Total available funds Rs 415 crore

Total money planned to be spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 200 crore

Total money actually spent on buying equipment and other resources

Rs 1625 crore

0200400600800

100012001400160018002000

Figure 21 West Bengal

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

0200400600800

100012001400160018002000

Figure 22 Centrally-funded institutions (CFIs)

Available funds

Utilised funds (in Rs crore)

Estimate as per plan submitted by institute

30

Utilisation Analysis

In this section data on buying of equipment and other resources has been first analysed component-wise

and then department-wise

While data was collected from all institutes and a broad understanding was arrived at of the kind of

equipment and other resources money was spent on from the extensive lists provided by institutions it was

difficult to analyse how much money was spent on which category of item For the sake of analysis

therefore each equipment and item named by the institute was manually categorized into the following

broad categories-

1 Laboratory equipment (included all items bought for laboratories such as machines laptops

desktops and projectors)

2 Connectivity (included equipment related to creating wi-fi networks such as cables connectors

servers modems UPS racks adapters pipes and switches)

3 Books (included hard copies as well as subscriptions of e-journals for libraries)

4 Smart class (included white boards display panels podiums amplifiers cables projectors mixers

microphones webcam and wireless sensors)

5 Software

6 Office equipment (included laptops desktops printers scanners LCDs generator sets projectors

tables chairs almirahs digital signages etc bought for principalrsquos office directorrsquos office faculty

staff department rooms TEQIP office)

7 Furniture (included furniture for class rooms and departments)

8 Civil work (included flooring false ceilings repair work lighting)

Post the categorization in these eight broad heads the picture which emerged (Figure 23) for sub-

component 11 showed 58 per cent expenditure on laboratory equipment 14 per cent on software 10 per

cent on books 7 per cent each on office equipment and connectivity and 1-2 per cent each on furniture civil

work and smart classes This is in keeping with the goals of TEQIP II which had envisaged least expenditure

on civil work It was limited to 5 per cent of total expenditure on equipment for institutes under sub-

component 11 and 3 per cent for those under sub-component 12 If unspent institutes were free to use

this money for equipment and other resources So low expenditure on civil work is an achievement of TEQIP

II There should have been more expenditure on connectivity ndash campus-wide wifi networks ndash but that could

be due to the fact that several institutes already had wifi networks in place and did not need TEQIP funds to

do that

31

In sub-component 12 (Figure 24) this break-up was more or less on the same lines though the expenditure

on laboratory equipment in this sub-component was much higher at 70 per cent because of the inclusion of

centres of excellence and higher focus on post-graduate and PhD level studies This was followed by 17 per

cent on software and 5 per cent each on books and office equipment Rest was all 2 per cent and less and

negligible amount of expenditure on civil work was seen in this category

Department-wise

analysis of equipment

purchased by

institutes shows that in

sub-component 11

(Figure 25) highest

Lab equipment58

Software 14

Books 10

Office equipment

7

Connectivity 7

Smart class2

Furniture1

Civil work1

EXPENDITURE (11)

Figure 23

Office equipment

5

Software 17

Smart class1

EXPENDITURE (12)

Figure 29

32

076 164 46678

961 10631459

2169

TOTAL AMOUNT SPENT BY DEPARTMENTS (IN RS LAKH)

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

(in Rs crore)

number of equipment were bought by computer amp IT departments followed by electrical mechanical

electronics and civil departments For the purpose of categorization two or more streams of a kind were

merged into one and numbers for both streams taken together For instance computer science and

information technology were merged into one Similarly electronics amp instrumentation and electronics amp

electrical were taken together under electronics

While sub-component 11 presented a picture on expected lines with the top five departments being

generally the biggest departments in institutes in sub-component 12 this picture was slightly confusing

Here the top two departmentsndash electronics and civil ndash were ahead of other departments (Table 1) by an

inexplicable margin One of the reasons for this could be the fact that most of the equipment bought for the

centres of excellence would have had items related to electronics But that still does not explain the

unusually high number of items for civil engineering departments

Table 1 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 12

Name of the department Number of items bought

Mining 23

BioTech 137

Chemical 170

Mechanical 497

Computer amp IT 661

Electrical 969

Electronics 544915

Civil 1701948

On the other hand an expenditure-wise analysis of the same departments shows a different picture (Figure

26) with mechanical engineering department emerging top with expenditure of Rs 216 crore and electrical

department showing expenditure of Rs 145 crore Civil department is at number 3 with expenditure of Rs

106 crore The aberration in the number of items could have been because civil and electronics

departments would have bought a large number of items of small value

33

166 224 45 481 934 14772459

3138

Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

(in Rs crore)Figure 27

As per the data provided by institutes those in sub-component 11 show higher expenditure

department-wise with mechanical engineering department at top with expenditure of Rs 313

crore These should however be taken only as indicative figures as the numbers cannot be absolute

(Figure 27)

Table 7 Top 20 Lab equipment bought by institutes in 11

CNC Lathe machines

Compressor testing machine

Computer and peripherals

Computerised machines

Digital meters

Gas chromatograph

Micro-controller

Micro-processor

Oscilloscope

PCB prototyping machine

Robotic kits

Solar PV systems

Spectrum analyser

Thermal imager

Total Station

Ultrasonic probe

Universal testing machine

UV-spectrophotometer

Voltmeter

Wattmeter

34

Table 2 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 11

Table 21 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 12

1 CNC Lathe machines Advanced laser kit

2 Compressor testing machine Asphalt material performance tester

3 Computer and peripherals Atomic absorption spectrophotometer

4 Computerised machines Bio-reactors

5 Digital meters BOD incubator

6 Gas chromatograph Centrifuge

7 Micro-controller CNC lathe machine

8 Micro-processor Compression testing

9 Oscilloscope Computer and peripherals

10 PCB prototyping machine Digital image processing

11 Robotic kits Digital multimeter

12 Solar PV systems Electric discharge machine

13 Spectrum analyser Hydraulic pressing

14 Thermal imager Magnetic stirrer

15 Total Station Microwave simulator

16 Ultrasonic probe Optical microscope

17 Universal testing machine PCB prototype machine

18 UV-spectrophotometer Thermal analyser

19 Voltmeter Thermal scanner

20 Wattmeter Wireless sensor network kit

Impact of Utilisation

No amount of data tracking or record keeping is worth

the effort if it does not translate into improvement in

actual output The real impact of all this expenditure by

institutes on buying of latest equipment is only useful in

so far as it is able to show growth in the number of

publications or rise in the number of post-graduate

student intake Looked at from that perspective TEQIP II

seems to have made satisfactory progress as the data

maintained by the National Project Implementation Unit

UPWARD TREND

Increase in the number of

publications in refereed

journals

Increase in the number of PG

and PhD students

Increase in revenue generated

through consultancy

35

(NPIU) shows There has been a significant improvement over the years in the number of publications in

refereed journals which till last year have been showing above target performance Only the numbers for

2016-17 are low considering that the data captured is till the month of February 2017 only From a target of

7500 publications in 2010-11 and a realization of 11722to a target of 14500 in 2015-16 and a realization of

18482 (Figure 28) the growth has been impressive though again how much of it is due to buying of

equipment alone is debatable

Another key performance indicatoras per the planners of TEQIP II was rise in the total number of masters

and PhD level students from a baseline of 30000 in 2010-11 to 41000 by 2016 Seen from that angle also the

performance of the programme has exceeded the target To a large extent this can be attributed to

availability of better laboratory infrastructure as it would have been a major factor behind the institutesrsquo

capability to attract students for MTech and PhD (Figure 29)

7032 7500 8000 8500 9000

14000 14500

11722

1606618103

20037

22556

18482

2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016

Fig 28 Number of publications in refereed journals in TEQIP II institutions

Target Actual

36

The percentage of externally funded RampD projects and consultancies in total revenue has increased from 7

per cent in 2010-11 to 14 per cent in 2015-16 against a target of 12 per cent (Figure 30)

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

Target 7032 32000 33000 34000 34000 40000 40500

Actual 35132 37791 44171 49251 48718 45659

0

10000

20000

30000

40000

50000

60000

Fig 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP I

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

2016-2017

Target 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12

Actual 82 11 127 137 117 14 125

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

Tota

l Rev

enu

e

Fig 30 Consultancy revenue generated

37

Chapter 3 Case Studies

38

Government Engineering College Thrissur Kerala

(with inputs from Prof Manoj Kumar K V Coordinator TEQIP II GEC Thrissur)

The entire process of planning procurement and the complete cycle of improved input resulting in improved output can be illustrated through the case study of Government Engineering College Thrissur which is one of the model colleges in TEQIP II and received funds under sub-component 11 It is the second oldest engineering in the state of Kerala and is affiliated to the University of Calicut Its foundation stone was laid by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in April 1958 and among its famous alumni are Dr K Radhakrishnan former chairman of Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) Out of the project allocation of Rs 10 crore Rs 55 crore was utilized by the institute for procurement of equipment The fund was apportioned among the departments based on student strength and their need to modernize and strengthen their various laboratories The procurement plan was finalized from the proposals received from the departments and vetted by the State Project Facilitation Unit (SPFU) before being executed through the Procurement Management Support System (PMSS) which was a web portal created by the National Project Implementation Unit (NPIU) to manage the project

39

Figure 31 10 steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan (Figure 38)

Departments were asked to draw up a

three-year procurement plan based on

their needs Department heads

coordinators and TEQIP nodal officers

had a meeting in the institute in

January 2012 to understand the plans

and procedures as available on NPIU

website

In February the Principal of the

institute TEQIP coordinator and

procurement coordinator attended a

training session conducted by NPIU at

Thiruvananthapuram Participation in

this session was facilitated by SPFU and

it entailed extensive training on how to

use the PMSS website

A training session was organized in the

institute for the benefit of Heads of

Departments (HoDs) and Department

TEQIP coordinators The programme

was attended by 24 officials and it

covered the entire set of activities

pertaining to purchase through PMSS --

from configuration management plan

creation and revision packaging and

procuring to stocking

Procurement coordinator and

department TEQIP coordinators also

attended a training program organized

by SPFUat School of Engineering

Cochin University of Science and

Technologyin February 2012

The SPFU arranged a discussion at

directorateoffice Thiruvanantha-

puramin February to fine tune the plan

and to facilitate data entry through

PMSS The finetuning included clubbing

of similar items from various

departments into one package limiting

the threshold to a maximum of 90 per

cent included in a scheme and revising

the tentative timelines based on plan

approval which was expected by mid-

April 2012 The institute was advised to

procure a particular software used for

double entry book-keeping through

PMSS and to identify 2 National

Competitive Bidding (NCB)

procurement plans to be sent to

Central authorities for approval

The rejigged procurement plan after

consultation with the concerned

coordinators was uploaded on the

website on 28thFebruary 2012

The plan was reviewed by SPFU and

some corrections were suggested

The corrected plan was uploaded again

At a meeting convened on 14thMarch

2012 at LBS College for Women

Thiruvananthapuram the first approval

of the plan was given by Director SPFU

On 31st March 2012 the Principal

convened a meeting of HoDs and

departmental TEQIP coordinators and

instructions were issued to draw up

specifications with respect to every

package so that the data was readily

available for entry to PMSS once the

plan was approved by NPIUWorld

Bank

1 2

3 4

5

6

8

7

9

10

40

Procurement activities were in full swing during the first 18 months of the project and were executed fully as

per the plan Procurement was completed in 82 packages including 68 National Shopping (NS)packages 7

National Competitive Bidding (NCB) packages 2 Direct Contract packages and 5 Civil Works packages

The institute made maximum expenditure in 2013-14 (Figure 32) across different heads Its investments on

laboratory modernization and strengthening started in 2012 and continued till 2017 (Figure 33) Overall it

spent bulk of the money (88 per cent) on modernization of laboratories and 5 per cent on ICT enabled

learning (Figure 34)

5851520

36470287

6909895

61170 1552063

0

5000000

10000000

15000000

20000000

25000000

30000000

35000000

40000000

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur (in Rs)

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Figure 32

2012-1311

2013-1473

2014-1515

2015-160

2016-171

EXPENDITURE ON MODERNISATION STRENGTHENING OF LABS AT GEC THRISSUR

Figure 33

41

Major equipment bought by the institute with TEQIP II funds includes a Rheometer which is not available in

any other institution in the state and offers potential for research and consultancy It is used for determining

the rheological behaviors of liquids and solids It has applications in polymer nano-composites which are the

emerging field of research The stress rheology measurements provide information for spread ability

emulsion stability suspension leveling flow control thermal stability extrudability and thickening etc The

fluid can be highly non-newtonian The equipment is useful for MTech students and faculty for doing

research

The institute also bought a Gas Chromatograph which is used in analyzing compositions purity and for

separating different components of a mixture based on volatility It is also used in identifying a compound

and its applications include analysis of toxicity of soil water and air identifying unknown compounds etc

The equipment is useful for faculty and students in doing research and projects in the field of environmental

engineering and provides opportunities for pollution control related consultancy work

Another important purchase is Accelerated Curing Tank With concrete construction increasing at a rapid

pace this equipment provides the possibility of accelerating the curing time Normal method of curing takes

28 days To reduce the curing time of concrete and test its strength accelerated curing is required and this

can be achieved with the use of Accelerated Curing Tank in the laboratory

88

5 4

0

0

3

Fig 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14at Government Engineering College Thrissur

Expenditure on modernisation strengthening of existinglaboratories

Expenditure on ICT enabledlearning related softwareamphardware

Expenditure on library ie books e-books

Journals e-journals course specificsoftware

Expenditure on modernisation ofclassrooms

Others (furniture)

42

Table 3 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Name of the Equipment

Cost (in rupees)

Pressure Volume Change Controller

365625

Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Suit

1365000

Solar Photovoltaic grid tied training system with MPPT

367500

Gas Chromatograph 1494692

Rheometer 2687350

Surface Roughness Tester

401205

Multimedia Projector 114162

Thermal Imager 746366

Machine Conditioning Monitor

861685

Metallurgical Image Analysis System for Welding

283500

Software Factory CAD 320000

Robot 567000

Pipe Flow Software 149234

Petrol Engine Test Setup

783090

Tribometer 609900

Vibration Analyser 539175

Slotting Machine 449243

Lathe and Shaping Machine

869001

Metal Cutting Band saw 156240

Digital Viscometer 919050

Solid Modeling Software

356590

Ultrasonic Flow Detector

235561

43

Rapid Phototyping Machine

814800

Group Video Conferencing Kit

533340

Lan Trainer 106180

The efforts of the institute over the years have led to improved student placements and intake (Figure 35)

Output in terms of publications in international journals and participation of faculty and students in

international conferences has also gone up considerably (Figure 36)

Top 10 international journals in which faculty and students have secured publications since TEQIP II are

Name of Journal

1 IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

2 International Journal on Numerical Methods in Fluids

261221

570527

357

766

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Placement offers Students placed Intake of students

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 35 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 36 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

Publication in international journals Participation in international conferences

44

3 IETE Technical Review

4 Journal of the Optical Society of America

5 International Journal of Power amp Energy Systems

6 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

7 International Journal of Remote Sensing

8 Automatica

9 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

10 ASME Journal of Heat Transfer

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering amp Technology

Aligarh Muslim University

Another institute with an impeccable history and track record is Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and

Technology (ZHCET) which is a constituent college of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and it received TEQIP

II funds under sub-component 11 AMU was set up by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as Mohammedan Anglo-

Oriental College in 1875 Against available funds of Rs 10 crore ZHCET utilized Rs 618 crore as of February

2017 Following is a glimpse into the major equipment purchased by the institute

Name of the equipment Centrifugal Pump and Pelton Turbine Module Nozzle

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3349138

Reason for buying To improve teaching and research in fluid mechanics section of mechanical engineering

department The equipment comprises centrifugal pump with flowmeter valves reservoir and

instrumentation for measurement and display of inlet outlet pressures torque speed and power and

turbine inlet pressure for Peltan turbine

Name of the equipment Universal High Voltage Test system and Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage Tester

(PE-AOBDV-MXXX)

Name of the department Electrical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 4522500

Reason for buying A new MTech programme in High Voltage Engineering was started under TEQIP II for

which enhanced laboratory infrastructure was needed PE-AOBDV-M series of Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage

Testers are highly precise instruments which can be used to conduct either a breakdown voltage test or do a proof

(withstand) test Dielectric Breakdown Voltage testing of Oil is one such means to detect the voltage at power

frequency at which it is likely to cause a flash-over

Name of the equipment Altium Nanoboard FPGA Kit

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1368863

Reason for buying Five kits were bought for under-graduate and post-graduate students

45

Name of the equipmentExata Software Emulator for Networking

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1245780

Reason for buying BTech students use it to perform experiments in EL-494 (Communication Lab -III) to

study the performance of simulated networks M Tech students use it for projects and dissertations Three

faculty members are using this software for RampD purpose

Name of the equipmentPotentiostat Galvanostat with Impedance Analyzer

Name of the department Petroleum Studies

Cost of equipment Rs 1562925

Reason for buying Potentiostate is at the heart of research on electrochemistry It is mainly used for

research in the area of fuel cell membrane cyclic voltammeter and super capacitors

Name of the equipment Imac 215 Quad Core i5 with Apple Protection Plan

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 205800

Reason for buying Two units of Imac were bought for the post-graduate and networking laboratories of

computer engineering department so that students could develop software based on iOS

Altium Nanoboard

FPGA Kit

46

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli was set up in 1947 with only the civil engineering under-graduate

programme Since 2007 the institute has been autonomous having been affiliated to Bombay University

Pune University and Shivaji University in the past The institute received TEQIP II funds under sub-

component 12 It was eligible to receive Rs 125 crore It submitted procurement plan for Rs 87 crore and

spent Rs 618 crore as of February 2017

MAJOR EQUIPMENT BOUGHT

Name of the equipment Shake Table Set-up

Name of the department Civil amp Structural Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1925776

Reason for buying To establish an earthquake engineering laboratory for conducting studies on response of

structures to earthquake induced vibrations To investigate structural response under various dynamic

loading conditions

Name of the equipment Electromagnetic Exciter with Pay Load Capacity of 100 to 150 kg

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2310824

Reason for buying To carry out research work in the field of dynamic analysis for various systems

Name of the equipment Micro Machining Centre Hyper-15w table top type integrated multi-process CNC

machine tool

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3078000

Reason for buying To develop micro machining centre for the research of micro machining PG production

laboratory

2663678

6154586

7489947

8770675

8777330

10572980

11435333

0 4000000 8000000 12000000

OFFICE

ELECTRICAL

ELECTRONICS

CIVIL (CIVIL+ CIVIL ENVIRONMENTAL+ hellip

LIBRARY

COMPUTER + IT

MECHANICAL

Fig 37 Department-wise expenditure Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Figures in rupees

47

Name of the equipment Dynamometer with Built-In Three Channel Charge Amplifiers

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1876090

Reason for buying To carry out research in the area of machining

Name of the equipment Lab View Add-ons Image Processing using Smart Camera Evaluation Kit

Name of the department Electronics Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3421650

Reason for buying Design simulation and prototyping platform for experiments on DSP communication

embedded control and measurements visual representation of experimental results

Name of the equipment Thermal Conductivity Analyzer with Material -- liquid pastes and small particles

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2100000

Reason for buying Post-graduate research and laboratory development

48

Chapter 4 Key Findings

49

1 On an average funds given to institutions for purchase of equipment and soft resources have led to

significant improvement in laboratory infrastructure of the institutes under study

2 The impact of such purchases on improvement in quality is not easily quantifiable in measurable

terms To assess the same other correlated parameters could be looked at such as improvement in

the number of research publications in refereed journals increase in the number of PhD students

number of faculty involved in research or the percentage of student placement However none of

these parameters can be directly or solely be said to be due to the improvement in physical or

digital infrastructure of institutes

3 Institutes did not have a clear-cut strategy of what best use they could put the available money to

Given that each institute on an average got Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and other resources

they could have used the money to create at least one best-in-class facility in any of the

departments which was equipped to utilize that facility in terms of augmenting the interaction of

the institute with industry or generating more resources through assignments from other agencies

While institutes in sub-component 12 had the provision to set up centres of excellence even in sub-

component 11 they could have done so if they had worked with that aim and vision

4 Instead institutes on an average divided the money equally across six departments and each

department on an average bought one-two machines which were significantly expensive and the

rest of the money was spent on buying other small routine equipment desktops laptops

networking servers software and e-journals Collaborations between departments for research

projects were however missing

5 This pattern of expenditure can be explained by the fact that our engineering institutions are still in

a phase where there is more emphasis on theory than practical Hands-on learning or project-based

approach in teaching is relatively new for institutions which is why there is not much emphasis on

understanding the practical aspects of learning such as producing patents versus papers

6 Institutes were seen to be over protective wherever even a slightly costly equipment was bought By

their own admission such equipment was most of the time kept under lock and key and was at best

displayed to students They were rarely given the opportunity to actually do something with it on

their own

7 Equal receipt of money by a number of departments has led to overall improvement in laboratory

standards of all departments which is good from an egalitarian perspective It is also good that all

departments have been able to uniformly upgrade their infrastructure and will therefore be able to

compete with each other in attracting good students faculty as well as assignments from industry in

future

8 Discussions with focus groups suggest that institutes spent large amounts of money on creating or

refurbishing physical infrastructure While non-academic experts may see this as wasteful

expenditure from an academic perspective even if this leads to improvement in the physical

facilities being offered by institutes it is well worth the investment While state funded institutes

get funds from state governments for building infrastructure for some of the centrally funded

institutes where infrastructure may have been falling apart this money would have been useful

9 Because of the fact that there is no proper system to track the usage of equipment ndash records are

maintained in physical form in the shape of log books and registers which render a macro analysis

50

impossible -- anecdotal evidence suggests that equipment bought is not being optimally utilized A

significantly higher number of research papers in refereed journals suggests that this may not be

true but the fact remains that there is no improvement in the number of technology transfers

commercialization of research or patent generation which remain weak This again brings into focus

the theory versus application part of teaching

10 Overall improvement in base infrastructure was important for institutes to advance to the next level

of development Except for some of the Centrally funded institutions none of the institutes which

received funding in TEQIP II are in the league of the six original IITs in terms of laboratory

infrastructure They do not have access to the kind of liberal funding that CFTIs get If they had not

got the present funds to buy equipment they would have taken at least five to seven years to

procure the same through the resources available to them Even for Central institutions as also for

others the availability of funds at one go meant that they could procure high costing software such

as Matlab Ansys Labview Cadence and Adobe which benefit students across departments

11 Funds for buying equipment and other soft resources enabled the institutes to take some steps

towards keeping pace with the rapidly changing advancements in technology Increased level of

automation and artificial intelligence in industry is reflected in the kind of purchases institutes have

made ndash various types of simulation software digital machines replacing analogue ones such as in

electrical engineering departments all-in-one automatic machines which combine several levels of

manual work such as in surveying in civil engineering departments robotic arms mimicking the

automated environment of modern factories attached to lathe machines in mechanical engineering

departments instruments capable of handling nano particles in specialized centres and 3D printers

capable of printing high precision devices which are being used in multiple fields

12 Most institutes have also bought subscriptions to high level international journals in various

streams both online and physical enabling access to vast repository of world class content for most

students

13 Institutes have not paid much thought to maintenance of equipment since most of the purchases

have been made in the past two-three years and warranty periods are still in force Most institutes

have also reported availability of in-house technicians to look after the machines though majority

said that they would sign annual maintenance contracts (AMC) with vendors Since AMCs usually

cost roughly 10 per cent of the cost of the equipment they felt that the resources allocated for the

same under TEQIP II would not be adequate and that they should be increased slightly

14 As per the feedback provided by almost all institutes they all agree that the equipment purchased

by them responds to faculty student needs and was done as per consultation and

recommendations of faculty They all follow well laid out norms for disposal of equipment which

keep environmental considerations in mind

6 -- Average number of departments among which each institute in Sub-component 11 divided

the total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 500 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

51

7-- Average number of departments among which each institute in sub-component 12 divided the

total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 284 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

2147403 ndash Number of items bought by institutes for office purpose in sub-component

11

101699 hours monthndash Utilisation of equipment by UG amp PG students in sub-component

11 as per available data of institutes which participated in the study

427 hours month ndash Average utilization of equipment by UG and PG students across

institutes in sub-component 11

51656 hours month -- Utilisation of equipment by PhD students in sub-component 11 as

per available data of institutes which participated in the study

37 hours month-- Average utilization of equipment by PhD students across institutes in sub-

component 11

52

Chapter 5 Way Forward

53

As data shows and case studies prove there can be no doubt that TEQIP II and the funds provided to

institutes for purchase of equipment and other soft resources have led to improvement in laboratory

infrastructure which in turn has helped in improving the output Some pointers for future stages of the

project are-

1 Even though TEQIP II had a major focus on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and institutes

were given significant amount of funds for purchase of equipment there were no guidelines or

benchmarks for them to judge themselves against and to understand what an ideal laboratory

should be like for any given department While it is good that they were given the freedom to decide

what they wanted to buy and it depended on the pro-activeness of the department heads on what

all they ended up getting funds for in an ideal scenario they should have been given a list of

essential basic equipment as well as research level equipment and they could have prioritized their

purchases on the basis of that

In all likelihood such department-wise lists do not exist anywhere In the third phase of TEQIP

therefore NPIU could commission a project which involves study of top world-class as well as top

national-level laboratories for each department Thereafter standard templates of equipment could

be prepared which could illustrate the requirement of equipment for each concept and practical for

every stream of engineering Based on standard frequency of usage and the number of students in a

class adequate numbers of any equipment could be recommended to be bought by institutes in

order to ensure that not too much time is wasted on rotating several batches of students on the

same equipment

Availability of such templates of equipment as well as soft resources which could be updated

periodically in keeping with the changes in technology and availability of resources would also help

policy makers understand how many institutes come up to a benchmark and how many need

further support

2 Institutes should start maintaining digital records of use of equipment which are bought for research

purposes These records should not be just digital copies of physical registers but should be in the

form of smart solutions which can track internal supply chains in laboratories as well as usage of

equipment The solutions should be able to provide real-time analysis of usage of equipment in

every laboratory and all laboratories could be linked to one centralized system There are various

kinds of RFID solutions available today which can handle usage patterns well The available

information could be used to devise solutions and create policy interventions to increase the actual

usage of equipment

3 Nodal institutes under TEQIP II could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of neighboring non-TEQIP institutes The

unspent money could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

4 Institutes could be encouraged to ensure that laboratories in all departments have well designed

brochures and information material such as leaflets and manuals on major equipment so that

dissemination of information about their availability is easy and their utilization could be increased

54

5 Facilities created in institutes are not being optimally utilized to increase interaction with industry

While rural location of the institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of

the reasons it is also true that in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the

commissioning of equipment Size of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for

anything on industrial scale But in most cases industry is not even aware of the existence of state-

of-the-art equipment inside institutes Regular interactions with sector-specific companies are a

must therefore to create a culture of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration

6 For decades research has happened in our country in isolation and at a distance from both industry

and academia Being largely funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) so far it

has been taking place inside the laboratories of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

The 37 laboratories of CSIR and its 39 field stations or extension centres have been working in the

areas of aerospace engineering structural engineering ocean science life science metallurgy

chemicals mining food petroleum leather and environmental science The ministry of HRD has

also started funding research in a big way in recent years through schemes such as Imprint ndash

Improving Research Innovation and Technology and the Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) It would be

fruitful for the country if research happening purely on the scientific side is able to converge with

that on the academic side Hence in order to ensure greater synergy between research and

teaching it is essential that technical institutes start working more closely with CSIR laboratories

This will bring them immediately closer to cutting edge research and provide rich exposure to

students Specially for institutions which have got improved laboratory facilities as a result of TEQIP

II funds collaboration with relevant CSIR laboratories will help them grow their research and at the

same time provide the latter with a steady flow of students to work on live projects

7 Institutions which have upgraded their laboratory infrastructure in the area of food and agriculture

will gain by collaborating with the government on its e-labs project which aims at automating the

testing procedure of soil fertiliser pesticide and equipment samples By ensuring speedy and

transparent online disbursement of information related to such tests the projectrsquos vision is to

reduce crop losses and increase the use of good quality bio-pesticides through fair and unbiased

testing Institutions and students will be able to learn a lot about quality control and the processes

involved in digital testing through collaboration with the government on e-labs

8 In order to ensure transparency in procurement processes it is advisable that institutes make use of

the governmentrsquos new e-marketplace called GEM Through the portal wwwgemnicin institutes

can buy virtually anything and everything that they may require specially consumables office

equipment furniture and software Buying through this portal will speed up procurement and

improve the efficiency of institutes Created and maintained by the Directorate General of Supplies

amp Disposals (DGSampD) it provides tools for e-bidding reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to

help users get best value for their money At the national level a system of procurement should be

put in place including committee to look into the requirement and availability of equipment taking

global scenarios into consideration

Appendices

Appendix 1

55

State-wise Number of Institutions Under Technical Education QualityImprovement Programme II (2010-2017)

S Name of State CFIs Sub‐component 11 Sub‐component 12 Total No of

Institutions 1 Andhra Pradesh 5 6 11 2 Bihar 2 ‐‐ 2 3 Chhattisgarh 4 ‐‐ 4 4 Gujarat 7 ‐‐ 7 5 Haryana 3 3 6 6 Himachal Pradesh 1 ‐‐ 1 7 Jharkhand 1 1 2 8 Karnataka 4 15 19 9 Kerala 19 ‐‐ 19

10 Madhya Pradesh 3 2 5 11 Maharashtra 7 10 17

12 NCT‐Delhi ‐‐ 1 1 13 Odisha 2 ‐‐ 2 14 Punjab 7 1 8 15 Rajasthan 9 ‐‐ 9 16 Tamil Nadu 5 4 9 17 Telangana 8 5 13 18 Tripura 1 ‐‐ 1 19 UT‐Chandigarh 2 1 3 20 UT‐Puducherry 1 ‐‐ 1 21 Uttar Pradesh 2 5 7 22 Uttarakhand 1 2 3 23 West Bengal 11 3 14 24 Centrally Funded

Institutions (CFIs) 8 18 26

Total 113 77 190

Appendix 2 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 11

S Name of the Name of the Institution

No State UT

1 JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

2 Aditya Institute of Technology amp Management Tekkali Srikakulam

Andhra

3 Madanapalle Institute of Technology amp Science Madanapalle

Pradesh

4 Shri Vishnu Engineering College for women Vishnupur Bhimavaram

5 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College Chittoor

6 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur

Bihar

7 Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur

8 Government Engineering College Bilaspur

9 Government Engineering College Jagdalpur Bastar

Chhattisgarh

10 Government Engineering College Raipur

11 Rungta College of Engineering amp Technology Bhilai

56

12 Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

13 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Vallabh Vidynagar

14 Lukhdirji Engineering College Morbi

15 Gujarat Shantilal Shah Engineering College Bhavnagar

16 Government Engineering College Gandhinagar

17 Government Engineering College Rajkot

18 Government Engineering College Patan

19 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology (UIET) Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

Haryana

20 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology MDU Rohtak

21 NC College of Engineering Panipat

22 Himachal Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar Mandi

Pradesh

23 Jharkhand Cambridge Institute of Technology Ranchi

24 BVB College of Engineering amp Technology Hubli

25 PES College of Engineering Mandya

Karnataka

26 Government Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jublee Technological Institute Bangalore

27 NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore

2

SNo Name of the

Name of the Institution

StateUT

28 Government Engineering College Thrissur

29 Government Engineering College Kozhikode

30 Government Engineering College Painavu Idukki

31 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

32 School of Engineering Cochin University of Science amp Technology Cochin

33 Government College of Engineering Kannur

34 Government Engineering College Bartonhill Thiruvananthapuram

35 LBS Institute of Technology for Women Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram

36 College of Engineering Perumon Perinad Kollam

37 Kerala College of Engineering Kidangoor Kottayam

38 Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

57

39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

58

70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

60

Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

62

77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

70

Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

72

Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

73

Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Page 29: Study on Utilization of Resources Created Under …Zakir Hussain College of Engineering & Technology, Aligarh Muslim University Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli 4. Key Findings

30

Utilisation Analysis

In this section data on buying of equipment and other resources has been first analysed component-wise

and then department-wise

While data was collected from all institutes and a broad understanding was arrived at of the kind of

equipment and other resources money was spent on from the extensive lists provided by institutions it was

difficult to analyse how much money was spent on which category of item For the sake of analysis

therefore each equipment and item named by the institute was manually categorized into the following

broad categories-

1 Laboratory equipment (included all items bought for laboratories such as machines laptops

desktops and projectors)

2 Connectivity (included equipment related to creating wi-fi networks such as cables connectors

servers modems UPS racks adapters pipes and switches)

3 Books (included hard copies as well as subscriptions of e-journals for libraries)

4 Smart class (included white boards display panels podiums amplifiers cables projectors mixers

microphones webcam and wireless sensors)

5 Software

6 Office equipment (included laptops desktops printers scanners LCDs generator sets projectors

tables chairs almirahs digital signages etc bought for principalrsquos office directorrsquos office faculty

staff department rooms TEQIP office)

7 Furniture (included furniture for class rooms and departments)

8 Civil work (included flooring false ceilings repair work lighting)

Post the categorization in these eight broad heads the picture which emerged (Figure 23) for sub-

component 11 showed 58 per cent expenditure on laboratory equipment 14 per cent on software 10 per

cent on books 7 per cent each on office equipment and connectivity and 1-2 per cent each on furniture civil

work and smart classes This is in keeping with the goals of TEQIP II which had envisaged least expenditure

on civil work It was limited to 5 per cent of total expenditure on equipment for institutes under sub-

component 11 and 3 per cent for those under sub-component 12 If unspent institutes were free to use

this money for equipment and other resources So low expenditure on civil work is an achievement of TEQIP

II There should have been more expenditure on connectivity ndash campus-wide wifi networks ndash but that could

be due to the fact that several institutes already had wifi networks in place and did not need TEQIP funds to

do that

31

In sub-component 12 (Figure 24) this break-up was more or less on the same lines though the expenditure

on laboratory equipment in this sub-component was much higher at 70 per cent because of the inclusion of

centres of excellence and higher focus on post-graduate and PhD level studies This was followed by 17 per

cent on software and 5 per cent each on books and office equipment Rest was all 2 per cent and less and

negligible amount of expenditure on civil work was seen in this category

Department-wise

analysis of equipment

purchased by

institutes shows that in

sub-component 11

(Figure 25) highest

Lab equipment58

Software 14

Books 10

Office equipment

7

Connectivity 7

Smart class2

Furniture1

Civil work1

EXPENDITURE (11)

Figure 23

Office equipment

5

Software 17

Smart class1

EXPENDITURE (12)

Figure 29

32

076 164 46678

961 10631459

2169

TOTAL AMOUNT SPENT BY DEPARTMENTS (IN RS LAKH)

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

(in Rs crore)

number of equipment were bought by computer amp IT departments followed by electrical mechanical

electronics and civil departments For the purpose of categorization two or more streams of a kind were

merged into one and numbers for both streams taken together For instance computer science and

information technology were merged into one Similarly electronics amp instrumentation and electronics amp

electrical were taken together under electronics

While sub-component 11 presented a picture on expected lines with the top five departments being

generally the biggest departments in institutes in sub-component 12 this picture was slightly confusing

Here the top two departmentsndash electronics and civil ndash were ahead of other departments (Table 1) by an

inexplicable margin One of the reasons for this could be the fact that most of the equipment bought for the

centres of excellence would have had items related to electronics But that still does not explain the

unusually high number of items for civil engineering departments

Table 1 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 12

Name of the department Number of items bought

Mining 23

BioTech 137

Chemical 170

Mechanical 497

Computer amp IT 661

Electrical 969

Electronics 544915

Civil 1701948

On the other hand an expenditure-wise analysis of the same departments shows a different picture (Figure

26) with mechanical engineering department emerging top with expenditure of Rs 216 crore and electrical

department showing expenditure of Rs 145 crore Civil department is at number 3 with expenditure of Rs

106 crore The aberration in the number of items could have been because civil and electronics

departments would have bought a large number of items of small value

33

166 224 45 481 934 14772459

3138

Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

(in Rs crore)Figure 27

As per the data provided by institutes those in sub-component 11 show higher expenditure

department-wise with mechanical engineering department at top with expenditure of Rs 313

crore These should however be taken only as indicative figures as the numbers cannot be absolute

(Figure 27)

Table 7 Top 20 Lab equipment bought by institutes in 11

CNC Lathe machines

Compressor testing machine

Computer and peripherals

Computerised machines

Digital meters

Gas chromatograph

Micro-controller

Micro-processor

Oscilloscope

PCB prototyping machine

Robotic kits

Solar PV systems

Spectrum analyser

Thermal imager

Total Station

Ultrasonic probe

Universal testing machine

UV-spectrophotometer

Voltmeter

Wattmeter

34

Table 2 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 11

Table 21 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 12

1 CNC Lathe machines Advanced laser kit

2 Compressor testing machine Asphalt material performance tester

3 Computer and peripherals Atomic absorption spectrophotometer

4 Computerised machines Bio-reactors

5 Digital meters BOD incubator

6 Gas chromatograph Centrifuge

7 Micro-controller CNC lathe machine

8 Micro-processor Compression testing

9 Oscilloscope Computer and peripherals

10 PCB prototyping machine Digital image processing

11 Robotic kits Digital multimeter

12 Solar PV systems Electric discharge machine

13 Spectrum analyser Hydraulic pressing

14 Thermal imager Magnetic stirrer

15 Total Station Microwave simulator

16 Ultrasonic probe Optical microscope

17 Universal testing machine PCB prototype machine

18 UV-spectrophotometer Thermal analyser

19 Voltmeter Thermal scanner

20 Wattmeter Wireless sensor network kit

Impact of Utilisation

No amount of data tracking or record keeping is worth

the effort if it does not translate into improvement in

actual output The real impact of all this expenditure by

institutes on buying of latest equipment is only useful in

so far as it is able to show growth in the number of

publications or rise in the number of post-graduate

student intake Looked at from that perspective TEQIP II

seems to have made satisfactory progress as the data

maintained by the National Project Implementation Unit

UPWARD TREND

Increase in the number of

publications in refereed

journals

Increase in the number of PG

and PhD students

Increase in revenue generated

through consultancy

35

(NPIU) shows There has been a significant improvement over the years in the number of publications in

refereed journals which till last year have been showing above target performance Only the numbers for

2016-17 are low considering that the data captured is till the month of February 2017 only From a target of

7500 publications in 2010-11 and a realization of 11722to a target of 14500 in 2015-16 and a realization of

18482 (Figure 28) the growth has been impressive though again how much of it is due to buying of

equipment alone is debatable

Another key performance indicatoras per the planners of TEQIP II was rise in the total number of masters

and PhD level students from a baseline of 30000 in 2010-11 to 41000 by 2016 Seen from that angle also the

performance of the programme has exceeded the target To a large extent this can be attributed to

availability of better laboratory infrastructure as it would have been a major factor behind the institutesrsquo

capability to attract students for MTech and PhD (Figure 29)

7032 7500 8000 8500 9000

14000 14500

11722

1606618103

20037

22556

18482

2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016

Fig 28 Number of publications in refereed journals in TEQIP II institutions

Target Actual

36

The percentage of externally funded RampD projects and consultancies in total revenue has increased from 7

per cent in 2010-11 to 14 per cent in 2015-16 against a target of 12 per cent (Figure 30)

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

Target 7032 32000 33000 34000 34000 40000 40500

Actual 35132 37791 44171 49251 48718 45659

0

10000

20000

30000

40000

50000

60000

Fig 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP I

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

2016-2017

Target 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12

Actual 82 11 127 137 117 14 125

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

Tota

l Rev

enu

e

Fig 30 Consultancy revenue generated

37

Chapter 3 Case Studies

38

Government Engineering College Thrissur Kerala

(with inputs from Prof Manoj Kumar K V Coordinator TEQIP II GEC Thrissur)

The entire process of planning procurement and the complete cycle of improved input resulting in improved output can be illustrated through the case study of Government Engineering College Thrissur which is one of the model colleges in TEQIP II and received funds under sub-component 11 It is the second oldest engineering in the state of Kerala and is affiliated to the University of Calicut Its foundation stone was laid by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in April 1958 and among its famous alumni are Dr K Radhakrishnan former chairman of Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) Out of the project allocation of Rs 10 crore Rs 55 crore was utilized by the institute for procurement of equipment The fund was apportioned among the departments based on student strength and their need to modernize and strengthen their various laboratories The procurement plan was finalized from the proposals received from the departments and vetted by the State Project Facilitation Unit (SPFU) before being executed through the Procurement Management Support System (PMSS) which was a web portal created by the National Project Implementation Unit (NPIU) to manage the project

39

Figure 31 10 steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan (Figure 38)

Departments were asked to draw up a

three-year procurement plan based on

their needs Department heads

coordinators and TEQIP nodal officers

had a meeting in the institute in

January 2012 to understand the plans

and procedures as available on NPIU

website

In February the Principal of the

institute TEQIP coordinator and

procurement coordinator attended a

training session conducted by NPIU at

Thiruvananthapuram Participation in

this session was facilitated by SPFU and

it entailed extensive training on how to

use the PMSS website

A training session was organized in the

institute for the benefit of Heads of

Departments (HoDs) and Department

TEQIP coordinators The programme

was attended by 24 officials and it

covered the entire set of activities

pertaining to purchase through PMSS --

from configuration management plan

creation and revision packaging and

procuring to stocking

Procurement coordinator and

department TEQIP coordinators also

attended a training program organized

by SPFUat School of Engineering

Cochin University of Science and

Technologyin February 2012

The SPFU arranged a discussion at

directorateoffice Thiruvanantha-

puramin February to fine tune the plan

and to facilitate data entry through

PMSS The finetuning included clubbing

of similar items from various

departments into one package limiting

the threshold to a maximum of 90 per

cent included in a scheme and revising

the tentative timelines based on plan

approval which was expected by mid-

April 2012 The institute was advised to

procure a particular software used for

double entry book-keeping through

PMSS and to identify 2 National

Competitive Bidding (NCB)

procurement plans to be sent to

Central authorities for approval

The rejigged procurement plan after

consultation with the concerned

coordinators was uploaded on the

website on 28thFebruary 2012

The plan was reviewed by SPFU and

some corrections were suggested

The corrected plan was uploaded again

At a meeting convened on 14thMarch

2012 at LBS College for Women

Thiruvananthapuram the first approval

of the plan was given by Director SPFU

On 31st March 2012 the Principal

convened a meeting of HoDs and

departmental TEQIP coordinators and

instructions were issued to draw up

specifications with respect to every

package so that the data was readily

available for entry to PMSS once the

plan was approved by NPIUWorld

Bank

1 2

3 4

5

6

8

7

9

10

40

Procurement activities were in full swing during the first 18 months of the project and were executed fully as

per the plan Procurement was completed in 82 packages including 68 National Shopping (NS)packages 7

National Competitive Bidding (NCB) packages 2 Direct Contract packages and 5 Civil Works packages

The institute made maximum expenditure in 2013-14 (Figure 32) across different heads Its investments on

laboratory modernization and strengthening started in 2012 and continued till 2017 (Figure 33) Overall it

spent bulk of the money (88 per cent) on modernization of laboratories and 5 per cent on ICT enabled

learning (Figure 34)

5851520

36470287

6909895

61170 1552063

0

5000000

10000000

15000000

20000000

25000000

30000000

35000000

40000000

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur (in Rs)

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Figure 32

2012-1311

2013-1473

2014-1515

2015-160

2016-171

EXPENDITURE ON MODERNISATION STRENGTHENING OF LABS AT GEC THRISSUR

Figure 33

41

Major equipment bought by the institute with TEQIP II funds includes a Rheometer which is not available in

any other institution in the state and offers potential for research and consultancy It is used for determining

the rheological behaviors of liquids and solids It has applications in polymer nano-composites which are the

emerging field of research The stress rheology measurements provide information for spread ability

emulsion stability suspension leveling flow control thermal stability extrudability and thickening etc The

fluid can be highly non-newtonian The equipment is useful for MTech students and faculty for doing

research

The institute also bought a Gas Chromatograph which is used in analyzing compositions purity and for

separating different components of a mixture based on volatility It is also used in identifying a compound

and its applications include analysis of toxicity of soil water and air identifying unknown compounds etc

The equipment is useful for faculty and students in doing research and projects in the field of environmental

engineering and provides opportunities for pollution control related consultancy work

Another important purchase is Accelerated Curing Tank With concrete construction increasing at a rapid

pace this equipment provides the possibility of accelerating the curing time Normal method of curing takes

28 days To reduce the curing time of concrete and test its strength accelerated curing is required and this

can be achieved with the use of Accelerated Curing Tank in the laboratory

88

5 4

0

0

3

Fig 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14at Government Engineering College Thrissur

Expenditure on modernisation strengthening of existinglaboratories

Expenditure on ICT enabledlearning related softwareamphardware

Expenditure on library ie books e-books

Journals e-journals course specificsoftware

Expenditure on modernisation ofclassrooms

Others (furniture)

42

Table 3 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Name of the Equipment

Cost (in rupees)

Pressure Volume Change Controller

365625

Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Suit

1365000

Solar Photovoltaic grid tied training system with MPPT

367500

Gas Chromatograph 1494692

Rheometer 2687350

Surface Roughness Tester

401205

Multimedia Projector 114162

Thermal Imager 746366

Machine Conditioning Monitor

861685

Metallurgical Image Analysis System for Welding

283500

Software Factory CAD 320000

Robot 567000

Pipe Flow Software 149234

Petrol Engine Test Setup

783090

Tribometer 609900

Vibration Analyser 539175

Slotting Machine 449243

Lathe and Shaping Machine

869001

Metal Cutting Band saw 156240

Digital Viscometer 919050

Solid Modeling Software

356590

Ultrasonic Flow Detector

235561

43

Rapid Phototyping Machine

814800

Group Video Conferencing Kit

533340

Lan Trainer 106180

The efforts of the institute over the years have led to improved student placements and intake (Figure 35)

Output in terms of publications in international journals and participation of faculty and students in

international conferences has also gone up considerably (Figure 36)

Top 10 international journals in which faculty and students have secured publications since TEQIP II are

Name of Journal

1 IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

2 International Journal on Numerical Methods in Fluids

261221

570527

357

766

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Placement offers Students placed Intake of students

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 35 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 36 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

Publication in international journals Participation in international conferences

44

3 IETE Technical Review

4 Journal of the Optical Society of America

5 International Journal of Power amp Energy Systems

6 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

7 International Journal of Remote Sensing

8 Automatica

9 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

10 ASME Journal of Heat Transfer

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering amp Technology

Aligarh Muslim University

Another institute with an impeccable history and track record is Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and

Technology (ZHCET) which is a constituent college of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and it received TEQIP

II funds under sub-component 11 AMU was set up by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as Mohammedan Anglo-

Oriental College in 1875 Against available funds of Rs 10 crore ZHCET utilized Rs 618 crore as of February

2017 Following is a glimpse into the major equipment purchased by the institute

Name of the equipment Centrifugal Pump and Pelton Turbine Module Nozzle

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3349138

Reason for buying To improve teaching and research in fluid mechanics section of mechanical engineering

department The equipment comprises centrifugal pump with flowmeter valves reservoir and

instrumentation for measurement and display of inlet outlet pressures torque speed and power and

turbine inlet pressure for Peltan turbine

Name of the equipment Universal High Voltage Test system and Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage Tester

(PE-AOBDV-MXXX)

Name of the department Electrical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 4522500

Reason for buying A new MTech programme in High Voltage Engineering was started under TEQIP II for

which enhanced laboratory infrastructure was needed PE-AOBDV-M series of Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage

Testers are highly precise instruments which can be used to conduct either a breakdown voltage test or do a proof

(withstand) test Dielectric Breakdown Voltage testing of Oil is one such means to detect the voltage at power

frequency at which it is likely to cause a flash-over

Name of the equipment Altium Nanoboard FPGA Kit

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1368863

Reason for buying Five kits were bought for under-graduate and post-graduate students

45

Name of the equipmentExata Software Emulator for Networking

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1245780

Reason for buying BTech students use it to perform experiments in EL-494 (Communication Lab -III) to

study the performance of simulated networks M Tech students use it for projects and dissertations Three

faculty members are using this software for RampD purpose

Name of the equipmentPotentiostat Galvanostat with Impedance Analyzer

Name of the department Petroleum Studies

Cost of equipment Rs 1562925

Reason for buying Potentiostate is at the heart of research on electrochemistry It is mainly used for

research in the area of fuel cell membrane cyclic voltammeter and super capacitors

Name of the equipment Imac 215 Quad Core i5 with Apple Protection Plan

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 205800

Reason for buying Two units of Imac were bought for the post-graduate and networking laboratories of

computer engineering department so that students could develop software based on iOS

Altium Nanoboard

FPGA Kit

46

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli was set up in 1947 with only the civil engineering under-graduate

programme Since 2007 the institute has been autonomous having been affiliated to Bombay University

Pune University and Shivaji University in the past The institute received TEQIP II funds under sub-

component 12 It was eligible to receive Rs 125 crore It submitted procurement plan for Rs 87 crore and

spent Rs 618 crore as of February 2017

MAJOR EQUIPMENT BOUGHT

Name of the equipment Shake Table Set-up

Name of the department Civil amp Structural Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1925776

Reason for buying To establish an earthquake engineering laboratory for conducting studies on response of

structures to earthquake induced vibrations To investigate structural response under various dynamic

loading conditions

Name of the equipment Electromagnetic Exciter with Pay Load Capacity of 100 to 150 kg

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2310824

Reason for buying To carry out research work in the field of dynamic analysis for various systems

Name of the equipment Micro Machining Centre Hyper-15w table top type integrated multi-process CNC

machine tool

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3078000

Reason for buying To develop micro machining centre for the research of micro machining PG production

laboratory

2663678

6154586

7489947

8770675

8777330

10572980

11435333

0 4000000 8000000 12000000

OFFICE

ELECTRICAL

ELECTRONICS

CIVIL (CIVIL+ CIVIL ENVIRONMENTAL+ hellip

LIBRARY

COMPUTER + IT

MECHANICAL

Fig 37 Department-wise expenditure Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Figures in rupees

47

Name of the equipment Dynamometer with Built-In Three Channel Charge Amplifiers

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1876090

Reason for buying To carry out research in the area of machining

Name of the equipment Lab View Add-ons Image Processing using Smart Camera Evaluation Kit

Name of the department Electronics Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3421650

Reason for buying Design simulation and prototyping platform for experiments on DSP communication

embedded control and measurements visual representation of experimental results

Name of the equipment Thermal Conductivity Analyzer with Material -- liquid pastes and small particles

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2100000

Reason for buying Post-graduate research and laboratory development

48

Chapter 4 Key Findings

49

1 On an average funds given to institutions for purchase of equipment and soft resources have led to

significant improvement in laboratory infrastructure of the institutes under study

2 The impact of such purchases on improvement in quality is not easily quantifiable in measurable

terms To assess the same other correlated parameters could be looked at such as improvement in

the number of research publications in refereed journals increase in the number of PhD students

number of faculty involved in research or the percentage of student placement However none of

these parameters can be directly or solely be said to be due to the improvement in physical or

digital infrastructure of institutes

3 Institutes did not have a clear-cut strategy of what best use they could put the available money to

Given that each institute on an average got Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and other resources

they could have used the money to create at least one best-in-class facility in any of the

departments which was equipped to utilize that facility in terms of augmenting the interaction of

the institute with industry or generating more resources through assignments from other agencies

While institutes in sub-component 12 had the provision to set up centres of excellence even in sub-

component 11 they could have done so if they had worked with that aim and vision

4 Instead institutes on an average divided the money equally across six departments and each

department on an average bought one-two machines which were significantly expensive and the

rest of the money was spent on buying other small routine equipment desktops laptops

networking servers software and e-journals Collaborations between departments for research

projects were however missing

5 This pattern of expenditure can be explained by the fact that our engineering institutions are still in

a phase where there is more emphasis on theory than practical Hands-on learning or project-based

approach in teaching is relatively new for institutions which is why there is not much emphasis on

understanding the practical aspects of learning such as producing patents versus papers

6 Institutes were seen to be over protective wherever even a slightly costly equipment was bought By

their own admission such equipment was most of the time kept under lock and key and was at best

displayed to students They were rarely given the opportunity to actually do something with it on

their own

7 Equal receipt of money by a number of departments has led to overall improvement in laboratory

standards of all departments which is good from an egalitarian perspective It is also good that all

departments have been able to uniformly upgrade their infrastructure and will therefore be able to

compete with each other in attracting good students faculty as well as assignments from industry in

future

8 Discussions with focus groups suggest that institutes spent large amounts of money on creating or

refurbishing physical infrastructure While non-academic experts may see this as wasteful

expenditure from an academic perspective even if this leads to improvement in the physical

facilities being offered by institutes it is well worth the investment While state funded institutes

get funds from state governments for building infrastructure for some of the centrally funded

institutes where infrastructure may have been falling apart this money would have been useful

9 Because of the fact that there is no proper system to track the usage of equipment ndash records are

maintained in physical form in the shape of log books and registers which render a macro analysis

50

impossible -- anecdotal evidence suggests that equipment bought is not being optimally utilized A

significantly higher number of research papers in refereed journals suggests that this may not be

true but the fact remains that there is no improvement in the number of technology transfers

commercialization of research or patent generation which remain weak This again brings into focus

the theory versus application part of teaching

10 Overall improvement in base infrastructure was important for institutes to advance to the next level

of development Except for some of the Centrally funded institutions none of the institutes which

received funding in TEQIP II are in the league of the six original IITs in terms of laboratory

infrastructure They do not have access to the kind of liberal funding that CFTIs get If they had not

got the present funds to buy equipment they would have taken at least five to seven years to

procure the same through the resources available to them Even for Central institutions as also for

others the availability of funds at one go meant that they could procure high costing software such

as Matlab Ansys Labview Cadence and Adobe which benefit students across departments

11 Funds for buying equipment and other soft resources enabled the institutes to take some steps

towards keeping pace with the rapidly changing advancements in technology Increased level of

automation and artificial intelligence in industry is reflected in the kind of purchases institutes have

made ndash various types of simulation software digital machines replacing analogue ones such as in

electrical engineering departments all-in-one automatic machines which combine several levels of

manual work such as in surveying in civil engineering departments robotic arms mimicking the

automated environment of modern factories attached to lathe machines in mechanical engineering

departments instruments capable of handling nano particles in specialized centres and 3D printers

capable of printing high precision devices which are being used in multiple fields

12 Most institutes have also bought subscriptions to high level international journals in various

streams both online and physical enabling access to vast repository of world class content for most

students

13 Institutes have not paid much thought to maintenance of equipment since most of the purchases

have been made in the past two-three years and warranty periods are still in force Most institutes

have also reported availability of in-house technicians to look after the machines though majority

said that they would sign annual maintenance contracts (AMC) with vendors Since AMCs usually

cost roughly 10 per cent of the cost of the equipment they felt that the resources allocated for the

same under TEQIP II would not be adequate and that they should be increased slightly

14 As per the feedback provided by almost all institutes they all agree that the equipment purchased

by them responds to faculty student needs and was done as per consultation and

recommendations of faculty They all follow well laid out norms for disposal of equipment which

keep environmental considerations in mind

6 -- Average number of departments among which each institute in Sub-component 11 divided

the total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 500 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

51

7-- Average number of departments among which each institute in sub-component 12 divided the

total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 284 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

2147403 ndash Number of items bought by institutes for office purpose in sub-component

11

101699 hours monthndash Utilisation of equipment by UG amp PG students in sub-component

11 as per available data of institutes which participated in the study

427 hours month ndash Average utilization of equipment by UG and PG students across

institutes in sub-component 11

51656 hours month -- Utilisation of equipment by PhD students in sub-component 11 as

per available data of institutes which participated in the study

37 hours month-- Average utilization of equipment by PhD students across institutes in sub-

component 11

52

Chapter 5 Way Forward

53

As data shows and case studies prove there can be no doubt that TEQIP II and the funds provided to

institutes for purchase of equipment and other soft resources have led to improvement in laboratory

infrastructure which in turn has helped in improving the output Some pointers for future stages of the

project are-

1 Even though TEQIP II had a major focus on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and institutes

were given significant amount of funds for purchase of equipment there were no guidelines or

benchmarks for them to judge themselves against and to understand what an ideal laboratory

should be like for any given department While it is good that they were given the freedom to decide

what they wanted to buy and it depended on the pro-activeness of the department heads on what

all they ended up getting funds for in an ideal scenario they should have been given a list of

essential basic equipment as well as research level equipment and they could have prioritized their

purchases on the basis of that

In all likelihood such department-wise lists do not exist anywhere In the third phase of TEQIP

therefore NPIU could commission a project which involves study of top world-class as well as top

national-level laboratories for each department Thereafter standard templates of equipment could

be prepared which could illustrate the requirement of equipment for each concept and practical for

every stream of engineering Based on standard frequency of usage and the number of students in a

class adequate numbers of any equipment could be recommended to be bought by institutes in

order to ensure that not too much time is wasted on rotating several batches of students on the

same equipment

Availability of such templates of equipment as well as soft resources which could be updated

periodically in keeping with the changes in technology and availability of resources would also help

policy makers understand how many institutes come up to a benchmark and how many need

further support

2 Institutes should start maintaining digital records of use of equipment which are bought for research

purposes These records should not be just digital copies of physical registers but should be in the

form of smart solutions which can track internal supply chains in laboratories as well as usage of

equipment The solutions should be able to provide real-time analysis of usage of equipment in

every laboratory and all laboratories could be linked to one centralized system There are various

kinds of RFID solutions available today which can handle usage patterns well The available

information could be used to devise solutions and create policy interventions to increase the actual

usage of equipment

3 Nodal institutes under TEQIP II could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of neighboring non-TEQIP institutes The

unspent money could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

4 Institutes could be encouraged to ensure that laboratories in all departments have well designed

brochures and information material such as leaflets and manuals on major equipment so that

dissemination of information about their availability is easy and their utilization could be increased

54

5 Facilities created in institutes are not being optimally utilized to increase interaction with industry

While rural location of the institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of

the reasons it is also true that in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the

commissioning of equipment Size of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for

anything on industrial scale But in most cases industry is not even aware of the existence of state-

of-the-art equipment inside institutes Regular interactions with sector-specific companies are a

must therefore to create a culture of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration

6 For decades research has happened in our country in isolation and at a distance from both industry

and academia Being largely funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) so far it

has been taking place inside the laboratories of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

The 37 laboratories of CSIR and its 39 field stations or extension centres have been working in the

areas of aerospace engineering structural engineering ocean science life science metallurgy

chemicals mining food petroleum leather and environmental science The ministry of HRD has

also started funding research in a big way in recent years through schemes such as Imprint ndash

Improving Research Innovation and Technology and the Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) It would be

fruitful for the country if research happening purely on the scientific side is able to converge with

that on the academic side Hence in order to ensure greater synergy between research and

teaching it is essential that technical institutes start working more closely with CSIR laboratories

This will bring them immediately closer to cutting edge research and provide rich exposure to

students Specially for institutions which have got improved laboratory facilities as a result of TEQIP

II funds collaboration with relevant CSIR laboratories will help them grow their research and at the

same time provide the latter with a steady flow of students to work on live projects

7 Institutions which have upgraded their laboratory infrastructure in the area of food and agriculture

will gain by collaborating with the government on its e-labs project which aims at automating the

testing procedure of soil fertiliser pesticide and equipment samples By ensuring speedy and

transparent online disbursement of information related to such tests the projectrsquos vision is to

reduce crop losses and increase the use of good quality bio-pesticides through fair and unbiased

testing Institutions and students will be able to learn a lot about quality control and the processes

involved in digital testing through collaboration with the government on e-labs

8 In order to ensure transparency in procurement processes it is advisable that institutes make use of

the governmentrsquos new e-marketplace called GEM Through the portal wwwgemnicin institutes

can buy virtually anything and everything that they may require specially consumables office

equipment furniture and software Buying through this portal will speed up procurement and

improve the efficiency of institutes Created and maintained by the Directorate General of Supplies

amp Disposals (DGSampD) it provides tools for e-bidding reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to

help users get best value for their money At the national level a system of procurement should be

put in place including committee to look into the requirement and availability of equipment taking

global scenarios into consideration

Appendices

Appendix 1

55

State-wise Number of Institutions Under Technical Education QualityImprovement Programme II (2010-2017)

S Name of State CFIs Sub‐component 11 Sub‐component 12 Total No of

Institutions 1 Andhra Pradesh 5 6 11 2 Bihar 2 ‐‐ 2 3 Chhattisgarh 4 ‐‐ 4 4 Gujarat 7 ‐‐ 7 5 Haryana 3 3 6 6 Himachal Pradesh 1 ‐‐ 1 7 Jharkhand 1 1 2 8 Karnataka 4 15 19 9 Kerala 19 ‐‐ 19

10 Madhya Pradesh 3 2 5 11 Maharashtra 7 10 17

12 NCT‐Delhi ‐‐ 1 1 13 Odisha 2 ‐‐ 2 14 Punjab 7 1 8 15 Rajasthan 9 ‐‐ 9 16 Tamil Nadu 5 4 9 17 Telangana 8 5 13 18 Tripura 1 ‐‐ 1 19 UT‐Chandigarh 2 1 3 20 UT‐Puducherry 1 ‐‐ 1 21 Uttar Pradesh 2 5 7 22 Uttarakhand 1 2 3 23 West Bengal 11 3 14 24 Centrally Funded

Institutions (CFIs) 8 18 26

Total 113 77 190

Appendix 2 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 11

S Name of the Name of the Institution

No State UT

1 JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

2 Aditya Institute of Technology amp Management Tekkali Srikakulam

Andhra

3 Madanapalle Institute of Technology amp Science Madanapalle

Pradesh

4 Shri Vishnu Engineering College for women Vishnupur Bhimavaram

5 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College Chittoor

6 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur

Bihar

7 Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur

8 Government Engineering College Bilaspur

9 Government Engineering College Jagdalpur Bastar

Chhattisgarh

10 Government Engineering College Raipur

11 Rungta College of Engineering amp Technology Bhilai

56

12 Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

13 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Vallabh Vidynagar

14 Lukhdirji Engineering College Morbi

15 Gujarat Shantilal Shah Engineering College Bhavnagar

16 Government Engineering College Gandhinagar

17 Government Engineering College Rajkot

18 Government Engineering College Patan

19 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology (UIET) Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

Haryana

20 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology MDU Rohtak

21 NC College of Engineering Panipat

22 Himachal Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar Mandi

Pradesh

23 Jharkhand Cambridge Institute of Technology Ranchi

24 BVB College of Engineering amp Technology Hubli

25 PES College of Engineering Mandya

Karnataka

26 Government Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jublee Technological Institute Bangalore

27 NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore

2

SNo Name of the

Name of the Institution

StateUT

28 Government Engineering College Thrissur

29 Government Engineering College Kozhikode

30 Government Engineering College Painavu Idukki

31 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

32 School of Engineering Cochin University of Science amp Technology Cochin

33 Government College of Engineering Kannur

34 Government Engineering College Bartonhill Thiruvananthapuram

35 LBS Institute of Technology for Women Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram

36 College of Engineering Perumon Perinad Kollam

37 Kerala College of Engineering Kidangoor Kottayam

38 Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

57

39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

58

70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

60

Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

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77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

70

Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

72

Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

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Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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31

In sub-component 12 (Figure 24) this break-up was more or less on the same lines though the expenditure

on laboratory equipment in this sub-component was much higher at 70 per cent because of the inclusion of

centres of excellence and higher focus on post-graduate and PhD level studies This was followed by 17 per

cent on software and 5 per cent each on books and office equipment Rest was all 2 per cent and less and

negligible amount of expenditure on civil work was seen in this category

Department-wise

analysis of equipment

purchased by

institutes shows that in

sub-component 11

(Figure 25) highest

Lab equipment58

Software 14

Books 10

Office equipment

7

Connectivity 7

Smart class2

Furniture1

Civil work1

EXPENDITURE (11)

Figure 23

Office equipment

5

Software 17

Smart class1

EXPENDITURE (12)

Figure 29

32

076 164 46678

961 10631459

2169

TOTAL AMOUNT SPENT BY DEPARTMENTS (IN RS LAKH)

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

(in Rs crore)

number of equipment were bought by computer amp IT departments followed by electrical mechanical

electronics and civil departments For the purpose of categorization two or more streams of a kind were

merged into one and numbers for both streams taken together For instance computer science and

information technology were merged into one Similarly electronics amp instrumentation and electronics amp

electrical were taken together under electronics

While sub-component 11 presented a picture on expected lines with the top five departments being

generally the biggest departments in institutes in sub-component 12 this picture was slightly confusing

Here the top two departmentsndash electronics and civil ndash were ahead of other departments (Table 1) by an

inexplicable margin One of the reasons for this could be the fact that most of the equipment bought for the

centres of excellence would have had items related to electronics But that still does not explain the

unusually high number of items for civil engineering departments

Table 1 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 12

Name of the department Number of items bought

Mining 23

BioTech 137

Chemical 170

Mechanical 497

Computer amp IT 661

Electrical 969

Electronics 544915

Civil 1701948

On the other hand an expenditure-wise analysis of the same departments shows a different picture (Figure

26) with mechanical engineering department emerging top with expenditure of Rs 216 crore and electrical

department showing expenditure of Rs 145 crore Civil department is at number 3 with expenditure of Rs

106 crore The aberration in the number of items could have been because civil and electronics

departments would have bought a large number of items of small value

33

166 224 45 481 934 14772459

3138

Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

(in Rs crore)Figure 27

As per the data provided by institutes those in sub-component 11 show higher expenditure

department-wise with mechanical engineering department at top with expenditure of Rs 313

crore These should however be taken only as indicative figures as the numbers cannot be absolute

(Figure 27)

Table 7 Top 20 Lab equipment bought by institutes in 11

CNC Lathe machines

Compressor testing machine

Computer and peripherals

Computerised machines

Digital meters

Gas chromatograph

Micro-controller

Micro-processor

Oscilloscope

PCB prototyping machine

Robotic kits

Solar PV systems

Spectrum analyser

Thermal imager

Total Station

Ultrasonic probe

Universal testing machine

UV-spectrophotometer

Voltmeter

Wattmeter

34

Table 2 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 11

Table 21 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 12

1 CNC Lathe machines Advanced laser kit

2 Compressor testing machine Asphalt material performance tester

3 Computer and peripherals Atomic absorption spectrophotometer

4 Computerised machines Bio-reactors

5 Digital meters BOD incubator

6 Gas chromatograph Centrifuge

7 Micro-controller CNC lathe machine

8 Micro-processor Compression testing

9 Oscilloscope Computer and peripherals

10 PCB prototyping machine Digital image processing

11 Robotic kits Digital multimeter

12 Solar PV systems Electric discharge machine

13 Spectrum analyser Hydraulic pressing

14 Thermal imager Magnetic stirrer

15 Total Station Microwave simulator

16 Ultrasonic probe Optical microscope

17 Universal testing machine PCB prototype machine

18 UV-spectrophotometer Thermal analyser

19 Voltmeter Thermal scanner

20 Wattmeter Wireless sensor network kit

Impact of Utilisation

No amount of data tracking or record keeping is worth

the effort if it does not translate into improvement in

actual output The real impact of all this expenditure by

institutes on buying of latest equipment is only useful in

so far as it is able to show growth in the number of

publications or rise in the number of post-graduate

student intake Looked at from that perspective TEQIP II

seems to have made satisfactory progress as the data

maintained by the National Project Implementation Unit

UPWARD TREND

Increase in the number of

publications in refereed

journals

Increase in the number of PG

and PhD students

Increase in revenue generated

through consultancy

35

(NPIU) shows There has been a significant improvement over the years in the number of publications in

refereed journals which till last year have been showing above target performance Only the numbers for

2016-17 are low considering that the data captured is till the month of February 2017 only From a target of

7500 publications in 2010-11 and a realization of 11722to a target of 14500 in 2015-16 and a realization of

18482 (Figure 28) the growth has been impressive though again how much of it is due to buying of

equipment alone is debatable

Another key performance indicatoras per the planners of TEQIP II was rise in the total number of masters

and PhD level students from a baseline of 30000 in 2010-11 to 41000 by 2016 Seen from that angle also the

performance of the programme has exceeded the target To a large extent this can be attributed to

availability of better laboratory infrastructure as it would have been a major factor behind the institutesrsquo

capability to attract students for MTech and PhD (Figure 29)

7032 7500 8000 8500 9000

14000 14500

11722

1606618103

20037

22556

18482

2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016

Fig 28 Number of publications in refereed journals in TEQIP II institutions

Target Actual

36

The percentage of externally funded RampD projects and consultancies in total revenue has increased from 7

per cent in 2010-11 to 14 per cent in 2015-16 against a target of 12 per cent (Figure 30)

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

Target 7032 32000 33000 34000 34000 40000 40500

Actual 35132 37791 44171 49251 48718 45659

0

10000

20000

30000

40000

50000

60000

Fig 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP I

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

2016-2017

Target 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12

Actual 82 11 127 137 117 14 125

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

Tota

l Rev

enu

e

Fig 30 Consultancy revenue generated

37

Chapter 3 Case Studies

38

Government Engineering College Thrissur Kerala

(with inputs from Prof Manoj Kumar K V Coordinator TEQIP II GEC Thrissur)

The entire process of planning procurement and the complete cycle of improved input resulting in improved output can be illustrated through the case study of Government Engineering College Thrissur which is one of the model colleges in TEQIP II and received funds under sub-component 11 It is the second oldest engineering in the state of Kerala and is affiliated to the University of Calicut Its foundation stone was laid by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in April 1958 and among its famous alumni are Dr K Radhakrishnan former chairman of Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) Out of the project allocation of Rs 10 crore Rs 55 crore was utilized by the institute for procurement of equipment The fund was apportioned among the departments based on student strength and their need to modernize and strengthen their various laboratories The procurement plan was finalized from the proposals received from the departments and vetted by the State Project Facilitation Unit (SPFU) before being executed through the Procurement Management Support System (PMSS) which was a web portal created by the National Project Implementation Unit (NPIU) to manage the project

39

Figure 31 10 steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan (Figure 38)

Departments were asked to draw up a

three-year procurement plan based on

their needs Department heads

coordinators and TEQIP nodal officers

had a meeting in the institute in

January 2012 to understand the plans

and procedures as available on NPIU

website

In February the Principal of the

institute TEQIP coordinator and

procurement coordinator attended a

training session conducted by NPIU at

Thiruvananthapuram Participation in

this session was facilitated by SPFU and

it entailed extensive training on how to

use the PMSS website

A training session was organized in the

institute for the benefit of Heads of

Departments (HoDs) and Department

TEQIP coordinators The programme

was attended by 24 officials and it

covered the entire set of activities

pertaining to purchase through PMSS --

from configuration management plan

creation and revision packaging and

procuring to stocking

Procurement coordinator and

department TEQIP coordinators also

attended a training program organized

by SPFUat School of Engineering

Cochin University of Science and

Technologyin February 2012

The SPFU arranged a discussion at

directorateoffice Thiruvanantha-

puramin February to fine tune the plan

and to facilitate data entry through

PMSS The finetuning included clubbing

of similar items from various

departments into one package limiting

the threshold to a maximum of 90 per

cent included in a scheme and revising

the tentative timelines based on plan

approval which was expected by mid-

April 2012 The institute was advised to

procure a particular software used for

double entry book-keeping through

PMSS and to identify 2 National

Competitive Bidding (NCB)

procurement plans to be sent to

Central authorities for approval

The rejigged procurement plan after

consultation with the concerned

coordinators was uploaded on the

website on 28thFebruary 2012

The plan was reviewed by SPFU and

some corrections were suggested

The corrected plan was uploaded again

At a meeting convened on 14thMarch

2012 at LBS College for Women

Thiruvananthapuram the first approval

of the plan was given by Director SPFU

On 31st March 2012 the Principal

convened a meeting of HoDs and

departmental TEQIP coordinators and

instructions were issued to draw up

specifications with respect to every

package so that the data was readily

available for entry to PMSS once the

plan was approved by NPIUWorld

Bank

1 2

3 4

5

6

8

7

9

10

40

Procurement activities were in full swing during the first 18 months of the project and were executed fully as

per the plan Procurement was completed in 82 packages including 68 National Shopping (NS)packages 7

National Competitive Bidding (NCB) packages 2 Direct Contract packages and 5 Civil Works packages

The institute made maximum expenditure in 2013-14 (Figure 32) across different heads Its investments on

laboratory modernization and strengthening started in 2012 and continued till 2017 (Figure 33) Overall it

spent bulk of the money (88 per cent) on modernization of laboratories and 5 per cent on ICT enabled

learning (Figure 34)

5851520

36470287

6909895

61170 1552063

0

5000000

10000000

15000000

20000000

25000000

30000000

35000000

40000000

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur (in Rs)

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Figure 32

2012-1311

2013-1473

2014-1515

2015-160

2016-171

EXPENDITURE ON MODERNISATION STRENGTHENING OF LABS AT GEC THRISSUR

Figure 33

41

Major equipment bought by the institute with TEQIP II funds includes a Rheometer which is not available in

any other institution in the state and offers potential for research and consultancy It is used for determining

the rheological behaviors of liquids and solids It has applications in polymer nano-composites which are the

emerging field of research The stress rheology measurements provide information for spread ability

emulsion stability suspension leveling flow control thermal stability extrudability and thickening etc The

fluid can be highly non-newtonian The equipment is useful for MTech students and faculty for doing

research

The institute also bought a Gas Chromatograph which is used in analyzing compositions purity and for

separating different components of a mixture based on volatility It is also used in identifying a compound

and its applications include analysis of toxicity of soil water and air identifying unknown compounds etc

The equipment is useful for faculty and students in doing research and projects in the field of environmental

engineering and provides opportunities for pollution control related consultancy work

Another important purchase is Accelerated Curing Tank With concrete construction increasing at a rapid

pace this equipment provides the possibility of accelerating the curing time Normal method of curing takes

28 days To reduce the curing time of concrete and test its strength accelerated curing is required and this

can be achieved with the use of Accelerated Curing Tank in the laboratory

88

5 4

0

0

3

Fig 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14at Government Engineering College Thrissur

Expenditure on modernisation strengthening of existinglaboratories

Expenditure on ICT enabledlearning related softwareamphardware

Expenditure on library ie books e-books

Journals e-journals course specificsoftware

Expenditure on modernisation ofclassrooms

Others (furniture)

42

Table 3 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Name of the Equipment

Cost (in rupees)

Pressure Volume Change Controller

365625

Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Suit

1365000

Solar Photovoltaic grid tied training system with MPPT

367500

Gas Chromatograph 1494692

Rheometer 2687350

Surface Roughness Tester

401205

Multimedia Projector 114162

Thermal Imager 746366

Machine Conditioning Monitor

861685

Metallurgical Image Analysis System for Welding

283500

Software Factory CAD 320000

Robot 567000

Pipe Flow Software 149234

Petrol Engine Test Setup

783090

Tribometer 609900

Vibration Analyser 539175

Slotting Machine 449243

Lathe and Shaping Machine

869001

Metal Cutting Band saw 156240

Digital Viscometer 919050

Solid Modeling Software

356590

Ultrasonic Flow Detector

235561

43

Rapid Phototyping Machine

814800

Group Video Conferencing Kit

533340

Lan Trainer 106180

The efforts of the institute over the years have led to improved student placements and intake (Figure 35)

Output in terms of publications in international journals and participation of faculty and students in

international conferences has also gone up considerably (Figure 36)

Top 10 international journals in which faculty and students have secured publications since TEQIP II are

Name of Journal

1 IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

2 International Journal on Numerical Methods in Fluids

261221

570527

357

766

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Placement offers Students placed Intake of students

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 35 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 36 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

Publication in international journals Participation in international conferences

44

3 IETE Technical Review

4 Journal of the Optical Society of America

5 International Journal of Power amp Energy Systems

6 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

7 International Journal of Remote Sensing

8 Automatica

9 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

10 ASME Journal of Heat Transfer

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering amp Technology

Aligarh Muslim University

Another institute with an impeccable history and track record is Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and

Technology (ZHCET) which is a constituent college of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and it received TEQIP

II funds under sub-component 11 AMU was set up by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as Mohammedan Anglo-

Oriental College in 1875 Against available funds of Rs 10 crore ZHCET utilized Rs 618 crore as of February

2017 Following is a glimpse into the major equipment purchased by the institute

Name of the equipment Centrifugal Pump and Pelton Turbine Module Nozzle

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3349138

Reason for buying To improve teaching and research in fluid mechanics section of mechanical engineering

department The equipment comprises centrifugal pump with flowmeter valves reservoir and

instrumentation for measurement and display of inlet outlet pressures torque speed and power and

turbine inlet pressure for Peltan turbine

Name of the equipment Universal High Voltage Test system and Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage Tester

(PE-AOBDV-MXXX)

Name of the department Electrical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 4522500

Reason for buying A new MTech programme in High Voltage Engineering was started under TEQIP II for

which enhanced laboratory infrastructure was needed PE-AOBDV-M series of Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage

Testers are highly precise instruments which can be used to conduct either a breakdown voltage test or do a proof

(withstand) test Dielectric Breakdown Voltage testing of Oil is one such means to detect the voltage at power

frequency at which it is likely to cause a flash-over

Name of the equipment Altium Nanoboard FPGA Kit

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1368863

Reason for buying Five kits were bought for under-graduate and post-graduate students

45

Name of the equipmentExata Software Emulator for Networking

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1245780

Reason for buying BTech students use it to perform experiments in EL-494 (Communication Lab -III) to

study the performance of simulated networks M Tech students use it for projects and dissertations Three

faculty members are using this software for RampD purpose

Name of the equipmentPotentiostat Galvanostat with Impedance Analyzer

Name of the department Petroleum Studies

Cost of equipment Rs 1562925

Reason for buying Potentiostate is at the heart of research on electrochemistry It is mainly used for

research in the area of fuel cell membrane cyclic voltammeter and super capacitors

Name of the equipment Imac 215 Quad Core i5 with Apple Protection Plan

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 205800

Reason for buying Two units of Imac were bought for the post-graduate and networking laboratories of

computer engineering department so that students could develop software based on iOS

Altium Nanoboard

FPGA Kit

46

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli was set up in 1947 with only the civil engineering under-graduate

programme Since 2007 the institute has been autonomous having been affiliated to Bombay University

Pune University and Shivaji University in the past The institute received TEQIP II funds under sub-

component 12 It was eligible to receive Rs 125 crore It submitted procurement plan for Rs 87 crore and

spent Rs 618 crore as of February 2017

MAJOR EQUIPMENT BOUGHT

Name of the equipment Shake Table Set-up

Name of the department Civil amp Structural Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1925776

Reason for buying To establish an earthquake engineering laboratory for conducting studies on response of

structures to earthquake induced vibrations To investigate structural response under various dynamic

loading conditions

Name of the equipment Electromagnetic Exciter with Pay Load Capacity of 100 to 150 kg

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2310824

Reason for buying To carry out research work in the field of dynamic analysis for various systems

Name of the equipment Micro Machining Centre Hyper-15w table top type integrated multi-process CNC

machine tool

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3078000

Reason for buying To develop micro machining centre for the research of micro machining PG production

laboratory

2663678

6154586

7489947

8770675

8777330

10572980

11435333

0 4000000 8000000 12000000

OFFICE

ELECTRICAL

ELECTRONICS

CIVIL (CIVIL+ CIVIL ENVIRONMENTAL+ hellip

LIBRARY

COMPUTER + IT

MECHANICAL

Fig 37 Department-wise expenditure Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Figures in rupees

47

Name of the equipment Dynamometer with Built-In Three Channel Charge Amplifiers

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1876090

Reason for buying To carry out research in the area of machining

Name of the equipment Lab View Add-ons Image Processing using Smart Camera Evaluation Kit

Name of the department Electronics Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3421650

Reason for buying Design simulation and prototyping platform for experiments on DSP communication

embedded control and measurements visual representation of experimental results

Name of the equipment Thermal Conductivity Analyzer with Material -- liquid pastes and small particles

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2100000

Reason for buying Post-graduate research and laboratory development

48

Chapter 4 Key Findings

49

1 On an average funds given to institutions for purchase of equipment and soft resources have led to

significant improvement in laboratory infrastructure of the institutes under study

2 The impact of such purchases on improvement in quality is not easily quantifiable in measurable

terms To assess the same other correlated parameters could be looked at such as improvement in

the number of research publications in refereed journals increase in the number of PhD students

number of faculty involved in research or the percentage of student placement However none of

these parameters can be directly or solely be said to be due to the improvement in physical or

digital infrastructure of institutes

3 Institutes did not have a clear-cut strategy of what best use they could put the available money to

Given that each institute on an average got Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and other resources

they could have used the money to create at least one best-in-class facility in any of the

departments which was equipped to utilize that facility in terms of augmenting the interaction of

the institute with industry or generating more resources through assignments from other agencies

While institutes in sub-component 12 had the provision to set up centres of excellence even in sub-

component 11 they could have done so if they had worked with that aim and vision

4 Instead institutes on an average divided the money equally across six departments and each

department on an average bought one-two machines which were significantly expensive and the

rest of the money was spent on buying other small routine equipment desktops laptops

networking servers software and e-journals Collaborations between departments for research

projects were however missing

5 This pattern of expenditure can be explained by the fact that our engineering institutions are still in

a phase where there is more emphasis on theory than practical Hands-on learning or project-based

approach in teaching is relatively new for institutions which is why there is not much emphasis on

understanding the practical aspects of learning such as producing patents versus papers

6 Institutes were seen to be over protective wherever even a slightly costly equipment was bought By

their own admission such equipment was most of the time kept under lock and key and was at best

displayed to students They were rarely given the opportunity to actually do something with it on

their own

7 Equal receipt of money by a number of departments has led to overall improvement in laboratory

standards of all departments which is good from an egalitarian perspective It is also good that all

departments have been able to uniformly upgrade their infrastructure and will therefore be able to

compete with each other in attracting good students faculty as well as assignments from industry in

future

8 Discussions with focus groups suggest that institutes spent large amounts of money on creating or

refurbishing physical infrastructure While non-academic experts may see this as wasteful

expenditure from an academic perspective even if this leads to improvement in the physical

facilities being offered by institutes it is well worth the investment While state funded institutes

get funds from state governments for building infrastructure for some of the centrally funded

institutes where infrastructure may have been falling apart this money would have been useful

9 Because of the fact that there is no proper system to track the usage of equipment ndash records are

maintained in physical form in the shape of log books and registers which render a macro analysis

50

impossible -- anecdotal evidence suggests that equipment bought is not being optimally utilized A

significantly higher number of research papers in refereed journals suggests that this may not be

true but the fact remains that there is no improvement in the number of technology transfers

commercialization of research or patent generation which remain weak This again brings into focus

the theory versus application part of teaching

10 Overall improvement in base infrastructure was important for institutes to advance to the next level

of development Except for some of the Centrally funded institutions none of the institutes which

received funding in TEQIP II are in the league of the six original IITs in terms of laboratory

infrastructure They do not have access to the kind of liberal funding that CFTIs get If they had not

got the present funds to buy equipment they would have taken at least five to seven years to

procure the same through the resources available to them Even for Central institutions as also for

others the availability of funds at one go meant that they could procure high costing software such

as Matlab Ansys Labview Cadence and Adobe which benefit students across departments

11 Funds for buying equipment and other soft resources enabled the institutes to take some steps

towards keeping pace with the rapidly changing advancements in technology Increased level of

automation and artificial intelligence in industry is reflected in the kind of purchases institutes have

made ndash various types of simulation software digital machines replacing analogue ones such as in

electrical engineering departments all-in-one automatic machines which combine several levels of

manual work such as in surveying in civil engineering departments robotic arms mimicking the

automated environment of modern factories attached to lathe machines in mechanical engineering

departments instruments capable of handling nano particles in specialized centres and 3D printers

capable of printing high precision devices which are being used in multiple fields

12 Most institutes have also bought subscriptions to high level international journals in various

streams both online and physical enabling access to vast repository of world class content for most

students

13 Institutes have not paid much thought to maintenance of equipment since most of the purchases

have been made in the past two-three years and warranty periods are still in force Most institutes

have also reported availability of in-house technicians to look after the machines though majority

said that they would sign annual maintenance contracts (AMC) with vendors Since AMCs usually

cost roughly 10 per cent of the cost of the equipment they felt that the resources allocated for the

same under TEQIP II would not be adequate and that they should be increased slightly

14 As per the feedback provided by almost all institutes they all agree that the equipment purchased

by them responds to faculty student needs and was done as per consultation and

recommendations of faculty They all follow well laid out norms for disposal of equipment which

keep environmental considerations in mind

6 -- Average number of departments among which each institute in Sub-component 11 divided

the total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 500 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

51

7-- Average number of departments among which each institute in sub-component 12 divided the

total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 284 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

2147403 ndash Number of items bought by institutes for office purpose in sub-component

11

101699 hours monthndash Utilisation of equipment by UG amp PG students in sub-component

11 as per available data of institutes which participated in the study

427 hours month ndash Average utilization of equipment by UG and PG students across

institutes in sub-component 11

51656 hours month -- Utilisation of equipment by PhD students in sub-component 11 as

per available data of institutes which participated in the study

37 hours month-- Average utilization of equipment by PhD students across institutes in sub-

component 11

52

Chapter 5 Way Forward

53

As data shows and case studies prove there can be no doubt that TEQIP II and the funds provided to

institutes for purchase of equipment and other soft resources have led to improvement in laboratory

infrastructure which in turn has helped in improving the output Some pointers for future stages of the

project are-

1 Even though TEQIP II had a major focus on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and institutes

were given significant amount of funds for purchase of equipment there were no guidelines or

benchmarks for them to judge themselves against and to understand what an ideal laboratory

should be like for any given department While it is good that they were given the freedom to decide

what they wanted to buy and it depended on the pro-activeness of the department heads on what

all they ended up getting funds for in an ideal scenario they should have been given a list of

essential basic equipment as well as research level equipment and they could have prioritized their

purchases on the basis of that

In all likelihood such department-wise lists do not exist anywhere In the third phase of TEQIP

therefore NPIU could commission a project which involves study of top world-class as well as top

national-level laboratories for each department Thereafter standard templates of equipment could

be prepared which could illustrate the requirement of equipment for each concept and practical for

every stream of engineering Based on standard frequency of usage and the number of students in a

class adequate numbers of any equipment could be recommended to be bought by institutes in

order to ensure that not too much time is wasted on rotating several batches of students on the

same equipment

Availability of such templates of equipment as well as soft resources which could be updated

periodically in keeping with the changes in technology and availability of resources would also help

policy makers understand how many institutes come up to a benchmark and how many need

further support

2 Institutes should start maintaining digital records of use of equipment which are bought for research

purposes These records should not be just digital copies of physical registers but should be in the

form of smart solutions which can track internal supply chains in laboratories as well as usage of

equipment The solutions should be able to provide real-time analysis of usage of equipment in

every laboratory and all laboratories could be linked to one centralized system There are various

kinds of RFID solutions available today which can handle usage patterns well The available

information could be used to devise solutions and create policy interventions to increase the actual

usage of equipment

3 Nodal institutes under TEQIP II could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of neighboring non-TEQIP institutes The

unspent money could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

4 Institutes could be encouraged to ensure that laboratories in all departments have well designed

brochures and information material such as leaflets and manuals on major equipment so that

dissemination of information about their availability is easy and their utilization could be increased

54

5 Facilities created in institutes are not being optimally utilized to increase interaction with industry

While rural location of the institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of

the reasons it is also true that in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the

commissioning of equipment Size of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for

anything on industrial scale But in most cases industry is not even aware of the existence of state-

of-the-art equipment inside institutes Regular interactions with sector-specific companies are a

must therefore to create a culture of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration

6 For decades research has happened in our country in isolation and at a distance from both industry

and academia Being largely funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) so far it

has been taking place inside the laboratories of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

The 37 laboratories of CSIR and its 39 field stations or extension centres have been working in the

areas of aerospace engineering structural engineering ocean science life science metallurgy

chemicals mining food petroleum leather and environmental science The ministry of HRD has

also started funding research in a big way in recent years through schemes such as Imprint ndash

Improving Research Innovation and Technology and the Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) It would be

fruitful for the country if research happening purely on the scientific side is able to converge with

that on the academic side Hence in order to ensure greater synergy between research and

teaching it is essential that technical institutes start working more closely with CSIR laboratories

This will bring them immediately closer to cutting edge research and provide rich exposure to

students Specially for institutions which have got improved laboratory facilities as a result of TEQIP

II funds collaboration with relevant CSIR laboratories will help them grow their research and at the

same time provide the latter with a steady flow of students to work on live projects

7 Institutions which have upgraded their laboratory infrastructure in the area of food and agriculture

will gain by collaborating with the government on its e-labs project which aims at automating the

testing procedure of soil fertiliser pesticide and equipment samples By ensuring speedy and

transparent online disbursement of information related to such tests the projectrsquos vision is to

reduce crop losses and increase the use of good quality bio-pesticides through fair and unbiased

testing Institutions and students will be able to learn a lot about quality control and the processes

involved in digital testing through collaboration with the government on e-labs

8 In order to ensure transparency in procurement processes it is advisable that institutes make use of

the governmentrsquos new e-marketplace called GEM Through the portal wwwgemnicin institutes

can buy virtually anything and everything that they may require specially consumables office

equipment furniture and software Buying through this portal will speed up procurement and

improve the efficiency of institutes Created and maintained by the Directorate General of Supplies

amp Disposals (DGSampD) it provides tools for e-bidding reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to

help users get best value for their money At the national level a system of procurement should be

put in place including committee to look into the requirement and availability of equipment taking

global scenarios into consideration

Appendices

Appendix 1

55

State-wise Number of Institutions Under Technical Education QualityImprovement Programme II (2010-2017)

S Name of State CFIs Sub‐component 11 Sub‐component 12 Total No of

Institutions 1 Andhra Pradesh 5 6 11 2 Bihar 2 ‐‐ 2 3 Chhattisgarh 4 ‐‐ 4 4 Gujarat 7 ‐‐ 7 5 Haryana 3 3 6 6 Himachal Pradesh 1 ‐‐ 1 7 Jharkhand 1 1 2 8 Karnataka 4 15 19 9 Kerala 19 ‐‐ 19

10 Madhya Pradesh 3 2 5 11 Maharashtra 7 10 17

12 NCT‐Delhi ‐‐ 1 1 13 Odisha 2 ‐‐ 2 14 Punjab 7 1 8 15 Rajasthan 9 ‐‐ 9 16 Tamil Nadu 5 4 9 17 Telangana 8 5 13 18 Tripura 1 ‐‐ 1 19 UT‐Chandigarh 2 1 3 20 UT‐Puducherry 1 ‐‐ 1 21 Uttar Pradesh 2 5 7 22 Uttarakhand 1 2 3 23 West Bengal 11 3 14 24 Centrally Funded

Institutions (CFIs) 8 18 26

Total 113 77 190

Appendix 2 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 11

S Name of the Name of the Institution

No State UT

1 JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

2 Aditya Institute of Technology amp Management Tekkali Srikakulam

Andhra

3 Madanapalle Institute of Technology amp Science Madanapalle

Pradesh

4 Shri Vishnu Engineering College for women Vishnupur Bhimavaram

5 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College Chittoor

6 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur

Bihar

7 Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur

8 Government Engineering College Bilaspur

9 Government Engineering College Jagdalpur Bastar

Chhattisgarh

10 Government Engineering College Raipur

11 Rungta College of Engineering amp Technology Bhilai

56

12 Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

13 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Vallabh Vidynagar

14 Lukhdirji Engineering College Morbi

15 Gujarat Shantilal Shah Engineering College Bhavnagar

16 Government Engineering College Gandhinagar

17 Government Engineering College Rajkot

18 Government Engineering College Patan

19 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology (UIET) Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

Haryana

20 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology MDU Rohtak

21 NC College of Engineering Panipat

22 Himachal Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar Mandi

Pradesh

23 Jharkhand Cambridge Institute of Technology Ranchi

24 BVB College of Engineering amp Technology Hubli

25 PES College of Engineering Mandya

Karnataka

26 Government Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jublee Technological Institute Bangalore

27 NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore

2

SNo Name of the

Name of the Institution

StateUT

28 Government Engineering College Thrissur

29 Government Engineering College Kozhikode

30 Government Engineering College Painavu Idukki

31 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

32 School of Engineering Cochin University of Science amp Technology Cochin

33 Government College of Engineering Kannur

34 Government Engineering College Bartonhill Thiruvananthapuram

35 LBS Institute of Technology for Women Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram

36 College of Engineering Perumon Perinad Kollam

37 Kerala College of Engineering Kidangoor Kottayam

38 Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

57

39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

58

70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

60

Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

62

77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

70

Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

72

Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

73

Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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32

076 164 46678

961 10631459

2169

TOTAL AMOUNT SPENT BY DEPARTMENTS (IN RS LAKH)

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

(in Rs crore)

number of equipment were bought by computer amp IT departments followed by electrical mechanical

electronics and civil departments For the purpose of categorization two or more streams of a kind were

merged into one and numbers for both streams taken together For instance computer science and

information technology were merged into one Similarly electronics amp instrumentation and electronics amp

electrical were taken together under electronics

While sub-component 11 presented a picture on expected lines with the top five departments being

generally the biggest departments in institutes in sub-component 12 this picture was slightly confusing

Here the top two departmentsndash electronics and civil ndash were ahead of other departments (Table 1) by an

inexplicable margin One of the reasons for this could be the fact that most of the equipment bought for the

centres of excellence would have had items related to electronics But that still does not explain the

unusually high number of items for civil engineering departments

Table 1 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 12

Name of the department Number of items bought

Mining 23

BioTech 137

Chemical 170

Mechanical 497

Computer amp IT 661

Electrical 969

Electronics 544915

Civil 1701948

On the other hand an expenditure-wise analysis of the same departments shows a different picture (Figure

26) with mechanical engineering department emerging top with expenditure of Rs 216 crore and electrical

department showing expenditure of Rs 145 crore Civil department is at number 3 with expenditure of Rs

106 crore The aberration in the number of items could have been because civil and electronics

departments would have bought a large number of items of small value

33

166 224 45 481 934 14772459

3138

Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

(in Rs crore)Figure 27

As per the data provided by institutes those in sub-component 11 show higher expenditure

department-wise with mechanical engineering department at top with expenditure of Rs 313

crore These should however be taken only as indicative figures as the numbers cannot be absolute

(Figure 27)

Table 7 Top 20 Lab equipment bought by institutes in 11

CNC Lathe machines

Compressor testing machine

Computer and peripherals

Computerised machines

Digital meters

Gas chromatograph

Micro-controller

Micro-processor

Oscilloscope

PCB prototyping machine

Robotic kits

Solar PV systems

Spectrum analyser

Thermal imager

Total Station

Ultrasonic probe

Universal testing machine

UV-spectrophotometer

Voltmeter

Wattmeter

34

Table 2 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 11

Table 21 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 12

1 CNC Lathe machines Advanced laser kit

2 Compressor testing machine Asphalt material performance tester

3 Computer and peripherals Atomic absorption spectrophotometer

4 Computerised machines Bio-reactors

5 Digital meters BOD incubator

6 Gas chromatograph Centrifuge

7 Micro-controller CNC lathe machine

8 Micro-processor Compression testing

9 Oscilloscope Computer and peripherals

10 PCB prototyping machine Digital image processing

11 Robotic kits Digital multimeter

12 Solar PV systems Electric discharge machine

13 Spectrum analyser Hydraulic pressing

14 Thermal imager Magnetic stirrer

15 Total Station Microwave simulator

16 Ultrasonic probe Optical microscope

17 Universal testing machine PCB prototype machine

18 UV-spectrophotometer Thermal analyser

19 Voltmeter Thermal scanner

20 Wattmeter Wireless sensor network kit

Impact of Utilisation

No amount of data tracking or record keeping is worth

the effort if it does not translate into improvement in

actual output The real impact of all this expenditure by

institutes on buying of latest equipment is only useful in

so far as it is able to show growth in the number of

publications or rise in the number of post-graduate

student intake Looked at from that perspective TEQIP II

seems to have made satisfactory progress as the data

maintained by the National Project Implementation Unit

UPWARD TREND

Increase in the number of

publications in refereed

journals

Increase in the number of PG

and PhD students

Increase in revenue generated

through consultancy

35

(NPIU) shows There has been a significant improvement over the years in the number of publications in

refereed journals which till last year have been showing above target performance Only the numbers for

2016-17 are low considering that the data captured is till the month of February 2017 only From a target of

7500 publications in 2010-11 and a realization of 11722to a target of 14500 in 2015-16 and a realization of

18482 (Figure 28) the growth has been impressive though again how much of it is due to buying of

equipment alone is debatable

Another key performance indicatoras per the planners of TEQIP II was rise in the total number of masters

and PhD level students from a baseline of 30000 in 2010-11 to 41000 by 2016 Seen from that angle also the

performance of the programme has exceeded the target To a large extent this can be attributed to

availability of better laboratory infrastructure as it would have been a major factor behind the institutesrsquo

capability to attract students for MTech and PhD (Figure 29)

7032 7500 8000 8500 9000

14000 14500

11722

1606618103

20037

22556

18482

2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016

Fig 28 Number of publications in refereed journals in TEQIP II institutions

Target Actual

36

The percentage of externally funded RampD projects and consultancies in total revenue has increased from 7

per cent in 2010-11 to 14 per cent in 2015-16 against a target of 12 per cent (Figure 30)

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

Target 7032 32000 33000 34000 34000 40000 40500

Actual 35132 37791 44171 49251 48718 45659

0

10000

20000

30000

40000

50000

60000

Fig 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP I

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

2016-2017

Target 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12

Actual 82 11 127 137 117 14 125

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

Tota

l Rev

enu

e

Fig 30 Consultancy revenue generated

37

Chapter 3 Case Studies

38

Government Engineering College Thrissur Kerala

(with inputs from Prof Manoj Kumar K V Coordinator TEQIP II GEC Thrissur)

The entire process of planning procurement and the complete cycle of improved input resulting in improved output can be illustrated through the case study of Government Engineering College Thrissur which is one of the model colleges in TEQIP II and received funds under sub-component 11 It is the second oldest engineering in the state of Kerala and is affiliated to the University of Calicut Its foundation stone was laid by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in April 1958 and among its famous alumni are Dr K Radhakrishnan former chairman of Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) Out of the project allocation of Rs 10 crore Rs 55 crore was utilized by the institute for procurement of equipment The fund was apportioned among the departments based on student strength and their need to modernize and strengthen their various laboratories The procurement plan was finalized from the proposals received from the departments and vetted by the State Project Facilitation Unit (SPFU) before being executed through the Procurement Management Support System (PMSS) which was a web portal created by the National Project Implementation Unit (NPIU) to manage the project

39

Figure 31 10 steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan (Figure 38)

Departments were asked to draw up a

three-year procurement plan based on

their needs Department heads

coordinators and TEQIP nodal officers

had a meeting in the institute in

January 2012 to understand the plans

and procedures as available on NPIU

website

In February the Principal of the

institute TEQIP coordinator and

procurement coordinator attended a

training session conducted by NPIU at

Thiruvananthapuram Participation in

this session was facilitated by SPFU and

it entailed extensive training on how to

use the PMSS website

A training session was organized in the

institute for the benefit of Heads of

Departments (HoDs) and Department

TEQIP coordinators The programme

was attended by 24 officials and it

covered the entire set of activities

pertaining to purchase through PMSS --

from configuration management plan

creation and revision packaging and

procuring to stocking

Procurement coordinator and

department TEQIP coordinators also

attended a training program organized

by SPFUat School of Engineering

Cochin University of Science and

Technologyin February 2012

The SPFU arranged a discussion at

directorateoffice Thiruvanantha-

puramin February to fine tune the plan

and to facilitate data entry through

PMSS The finetuning included clubbing

of similar items from various

departments into one package limiting

the threshold to a maximum of 90 per

cent included in a scheme and revising

the tentative timelines based on plan

approval which was expected by mid-

April 2012 The institute was advised to

procure a particular software used for

double entry book-keeping through

PMSS and to identify 2 National

Competitive Bidding (NCB)

procurement plans to be sent to

Central authorities for approval

The rejigged procurement plan after

consultation with the concerned

coordinators was uploaded on the

website on 28thFebruary 2012

The plan was reviewed by SPFU and

some corrections were suggested

The corrected plan was uploaded again

At a meeting convened on 14thMarch

2012 at LBS College for Women

Thiruvananthapuram the first approval

of the plan was given by Director SPFU

On 31st March 2012 the Principal

convened a meeting of HoDs and

departmental TEQIP coordinators and

instructions were issued to draw up

specifications with respect to every

package so that the data was readily

available for entry to PMSS once the

plan was approved by NPIUWorld

Bank

1 2

3 4

5

6

8

7

9

10

40

Procurement activities were in full swing during the first 18 months of the project and were executed fully as

per the plan Procurement was completed in 82 packages including 68 National Shopping (NS)packages 7

National Competitive Bidding (NCB) packages 2 Direct Contract packages and 5 Civil Works packages

The institute made maximum expenditure in 2013-14 (Figure 32) across different heads Its investments on

laboratory modernization and strengthening started in 2012 and continued till 2017 (Figure 33) Overall it

spent bulk of the money (88 per cent) on modernization of laboratories and 5 per cent on ICT enabled

learning (Figure 34)

5851520

36470287

6909895

61170 1552063

0

5000000

10000000

15000000

20000000

25000000

30000000

35000000

40000000

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur (in Rs)

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Figure 32

2012-1311

2013-1473

2014-1515

2015-160

2016-171

EXPENDITURE ON MODERNISATION STRENGTHENING OF LABS AT GEC THRISSUR

Figure 33

41

Major equipment bought by the institute with TEQIP II funds includes a Rheometer which is not available in

any other institution in the state and offers potential for research and consultancy It is used for determining

the rheological behaviors of liquids and solids It has applications in polymer nano-composites which are the

emerging field of research The stress rheology measurements provide information for spread ability

emulsion stability suspension leveling flow control thermal stability extrudability and thickening etc The

fluid can be highly non-newtonian The equipment is useful for MTech students and faculty for doing

research

The institute also bought a Gas Chromatograph which is used in analyzing compositions purity and for

separating different components of a mixture based on volatility It is also used in identifying a compound

and its applications include analysis of toxicity of soil water and air identifying unknown compounds etc

The equipment is useful for faculty and students in doing research and projects in the field of environmental

engineering and provides opportunities for pollution control related consultancy work

Another important purchase is Accelerated Curing Tank With concrete construction increasing at a rapid

pace this equipment provides the possibility of accelerating the curing time Normal method of curing takes

28 days To reduce the curing time of concrete and test its strength accelerated curing is required and this

can be achieved with the use of Accelerated Curing Tank in the laboratory

88

5 4

0

0

3

Fig 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14at Government Engineering College Thrissur

Expenditure on modernisation strengthening of existinglaboratories

Expenditure on ICT enabledlearning related softwareamphardware

Expenditure on library ie books e-books

Journals e-journals course specificsoftware

Expenditure on modernisation ofclassrooms

Others (furniture)

42

Table 3 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Name of the Equipment

Cost (in rupees)

Pressure Volume Change Controller

365625

Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Suit

1365000

Solar Photovoltaic grid tied training system with MPPT

367500

Gas Chromatograph 1494692

Rheometer 2687350

Surface Roughness Tester

401205

Multimedia Projector 114162

Thermal Imager 746366

Machine Conditioning Monitor

861685

Metallurgical Image Analysis System for Welding

283500

Software Factory CAD 320000

Robot 567000

Pipe Flow Software 149234

Petrol Engine Test Setup

783090

Tribometer 609900

Vibration Analyser 539175

Slotting Machine 449243

Lathe and Shaping Machine

869001

Metal Cutting Band saw 156240

Digital Viscometer 919050

Solid Modeling Software

356590

Ultrasonic Flow Detector

235561

43

Rapid Phototyping Machine

814800

Group Video Conferencing Kit

533340

Lan Trainer 106180

The efforts of the institute over the years have led to improved student placements and intake (Figure 35)

Output in terms of publications in international journals and participation of faculty and students in

international conferences has also gone up considerably (Figure 36)

Top 10 international journals in which faculty and students have secured publications since TEQIP II are

Name of Journal

1 IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

2 International Journal on Numerical Methods in Fluids

261221

570527

357

766

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Placement offers Students placed Intake of students

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 35 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 36 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

Publication in international journals Participation in international conferences

44

3 IETE Technical Review

4 Journal of the Optical Society of America

5 International Journal of Power amp Energy Systems

6 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

7 International Journal of Remote Sensing

8 Automatica

9 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

10 ASME Journal of Heat Transfer

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering amp Technology

Aligarh Muslim University

Another institute with an impeccable history and track record is Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and

Technology (ZHCET) which is a constituent college of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and it received TEQIP

II funds under sub-component 11 AMU was set up by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as Mohammedan Anglo-

Oriental College in 1875 Against available funds of Rs 10 crore ZHCET utilized Rs 618 crore as of February

2017 Following is a glimpse into the major equipment purchased by the institute

Name of the equipment Centrifugal Pump and Pelton Turbine Module Nozzle

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3349138

Reason for buying To improve teaching and research in fluid mechanics section of mechanical engineering

department The equipment comprises centrifugal pump with flowmeter valves reservoir and

instrumentation for measurement and display of inlet outlet pressures torque speed and power and

turbine inlet pressure for Peltan turbine

Name of the equipment Universal High Voltage Test system and Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage Tester

(PE-AOBDV-MXXX)

Name of the department Electrical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 4522500

Reason for buying A new MTech programme in High Voltage Engineering was started under TEQIP II for

which enhanced laboratory infrastructure was needed PE-AOBDV-M series of Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage

Testers are highly precise instruments which can be used to conduct either a breakdown voltage test or do a proof

(withstand) test Dielectric Breakdown Voltage testing of Oil is one such means to detect the voltage at power

frequency at which it is likely to cause a flash-over

Name of the equipment Altium Nanoboard FPGA Kit

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1368863

Reason for buying Five kits were bought for under-graduate and post-graduate students

45

Name of the equipmentExata Software Emulator for Networking

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1245780

Reason for buying BTech students use it to perform experiments in EL-494 (Communication Lab -III) to

study the performance of simulated networks M Tech students use it for projects and dissertations Three

faculty members are using this software for RampD purpose

Name of the equipmentPotentiostat Galvanostat with Impedance Analyzer

Name of the department Petroleum Studies

Cost of equipment Rs 1562925

Reason for buying Potentiostate is at the heart of research on electrochemistry It is mainly used for

research in the area of fuel cell membrane cyclic voltammeter and super capacitors

Name of the equipment Imac 215 Quad Core i5 with Apple Protection Plan

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 205800

Reason for buying Two units of Imac were bought for the post-graduate and networking laboratories of

computer engineering department so that students could develop software based on iOS

Altium Nanoboard

FPGA Kit

46

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli was set up in 1947 with only the civil engineering under-graduate

programme Since 2007 the institute has been autonomous having been affiliated to Bombay University

Pune University and Shivaji University in the past The institute received TEQIP II funds under sub-

component 12 It was eligible to receive Rs 125 crore It submitted procurement plan for Rs 87 crore and

spent Rs 618 crore as of February 2017

MAJOR EQUIPMENT BOUGHT

Name of the equipment Shake Table Set-up

Name of the department Civil amp Structural Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1925776

Reason for buying To establish an earthquake engineering laboratory for conducting studies on response of

structures to earthquake induced vibrations To investigate structural response under various dynamic

loading conditions

Name of the equipment Electromagnetic Exciter with Pay Load Capacity of 100 to 150 kg

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2310824

Reason for buying To carry out research work in the field of dynamic analysis for various systems

Name of the equipment Micro Machining Centre Hyper-15w table top type integrated multi-process CNC

machine tool

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3078000

Reason for buying To develop micro machining centre for the research of micro machining PG production

laboratory

2663678

6154586

7489947

8770675

8777330

10572980

11435333

0 4000000 8000000 12000000

OFFICE

ELECTRICAL

ELECTRONICS

CIVIL (CIVIL+ CIVIL ENVIRONMENTAL+ hellip

LIBRARY

COMPUTER + IT

MECHANICAL

Fig 37 Department-wise expenditure Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Figures in rupees

47

Name of the equipment Dynamometer with Built-In Three Channel Charge Amplifiers

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1876090

Reason for buying To carry out research in the area of machining

Name of the equipment Lab View Add-ons Image Processing using Smart Camera Evaluation Kit

Name of the department Electronics Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3421650

Reason for buying Design simulation and prototyping platform for experiments on DSP communication

embedded control and measurements visual representation of experimental results

Name of the equipment Thermal Conductivity Analyzer with Material -- liquid pastes and small particles

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2100000

Reason for buying Post-graduate research and laboratory development

48

Chapter 4 Key Findings

49

1 On an average funds given to institutions for purchase of equipment and soft resources have led to

significant improvement in laboratory infrastructure of the institutes under study

2 The impact of such purchases on improvement in quality is not easily quantifiable in measurable

terms To assess the same other correlated parameters could be looked at such as improvement in

the number of research publications in refereed journals increase in the number of PhD students

number of faculty involved in research or the percentage of student placement However none of

these parameters can be directly or solely be said to be due to the improvement in physical or

digital infrastructure of institutes

3 Institutes did not have a clear-cut strategy of what best use they could put the available money to

Given that each institute on an average got Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and other resources

they could have used the money to create at least one best-in-class facility in any of the

departments which was equipped to utilize that facility in terms of augmenting the interaction of

the institute with industry or generating more resources through assignments from other agencies

While institutes in sub-component 12 had the provision to set up centres of excellence even in sub-

component 11 they could have done so if they had worked with that aim and vision

4 Instead institutes on an average divided the money equally across six departments and each

department on an average bought one-two machines which were significantly expensive and the

rest of the money was spent on buying other small routine equipment desktops laptops

networking servers software and e-journals Collaborations between departments for research

projects were however missing

5 This pattern of expenditure can be explained by the fact that our engineering institutions are still in

a phase where there is more emphasis on theory than practical Hands-on learning or project-based

approach in teaching is relatively new for institutions which is why there is not much emphasis on

understanding the practical aspects of learning such as producing patents versus papers

6 Institutes were seen to be over protective wherever even a slightly costly equipment was bought By

their own admission such equipment was most of the time kept under lock and key and was at best

displayed to students They were rarely given the opportunity to actually do something with it on

their own

7 Equal receipt of money by a number of departments has led to overall improvement in laboratory

standards of all departments which is good from an egalitarian perspective It is also good that all

departments have been able to uniformly upgrade their infrastructure and will therefore be able to

compete with each other in attracting good students faculty as well as assignments from industry in

future

8 Discussions with focus groups suggest that institutes spent large amounts of money on creating or

refurbishing physical infrastructure While non-academic experts may see this as wasteful

expenditure from an academic perspective even if this leads to improvement in the physical

facilities being offered by institutes it is well worth the investment While state funded institutes

get funds from state governments for building infrastructure for some of the centrally funded

institutes where infrastructure may have been falling apart this money would have been useful

9 Because of the fact that there is no proper system to track the usage of equipment ndash records are

maintained in physical form in the shape of log books and registers which render a macro analysis

50

impossible -- anecdotal evidence suggests that equipment bought is not being optimally utilized A

significantly higher number of research papers in refereed journals suggests that this may not be

true but the fact remains that there is no improvement in the number of technology transfers

commercialization of research or patent generation which remain weak This again brings into focus

the theory versus application part of teaching

10 Overall improvement in base infrastructure was important for institutes to advance to the next level

of development Except for some of the Centrally funded institutions none of the institutes which

received funding in TEQIP II are in the league of the six original IITs in terms of laboratory

infrastructure They do not have access to the kind of liberal funding that CFTIs get If they had not

got the present funds to buy equipment they would have taken at least five to seven years to

procure the same through the resources available to them Even for Central institutions as also for

others the availability of funds at one go meant that they could procure high costing software such

as Matlab Ansys Labview Cadence and Adobe which benefit students across departments

11 Funds for buying equipment and other soft resources enabled the institutes to take some steps

towards keeping pace with the rapidly changing advancements in technology Increased level of

automation and artificial intelligence in industry is reflected in the kind of purchases institutes have

made ndash various types of simulation software digital machines replacing analogue ones such as in

electrical engineering departments all-in-one automatic machines which combine several levels of

manual work such as in surveying in civil engineering departments robotic arms mimicking the

automated environment of modern factories attached to lathe machines in mechanical engineering

departments instruments capable of handling nano particles in specialized centres and 3D printers

capable of printing high precision devices which are being used in multiple fields

12 Most institutes have also bought subscriptions to high level international journals in various

streams both online and physical enabling access to vast repository of world class content for most

students

13 Institutes have not paid much thought to maintenance of equipment since most of the purchases

have been made in the past two-three years and warranty periods are still in force Most institutes

have also reported availability of in-house technicians to look after the machines though majority

said that they would sign annual maintenance contracts (AMC) with vendors Since AMCs usually

cost roughly 10 per cent of the cost of the equipment they felt that the resources allocated for the

same under TEQIP II would not be adequate and that they should be increased slightly

14 As per the feedback provided by almost all institutes they all agree that the equipment purchased

by them responds to faculty student needs and was done as per consultation and

recommendations of faculty They all follow well laid out norms for disposal of equipment which

keep environmental considerations in mind

6 -- Average number of departments among which each institute in Sub-component 11 divided

the total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 500 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

51

7-- Average number of departments among which each institute in sub-component 12 divided the

total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 284 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

2147403 ndash Number of items bought by institutes for office purpose in sub-component

11

101699 hours monthndash Utilisation of equipment by UG amp PG students in sub-component

11 as per available data of institutes which participated in the study

427 hours month ndash Average utilization of equipment by UG and PG students across

institutes in sub-component 11

51656 hours month -- Utilisation of equipment by PhD students in sub-component 11 as

per available data of institutes which participated in the study

37 hours month-- Average utilization of equipment by PhD students across institutes in sub-

component 11

52

Chapter 5 Way Forward

53

As data shows and case studies prove there can be no doubt that TEQIP II and the funds provided to

institutes for purchase of equipment and other soft resources have led to improvement in laboratory

infrastructure which in turn has helped in improving the output Some pointers for future stages of the

project are-

1 Even though TEQIP II had a major focus on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and institutes

were given significant amount of funds for purchase of equipment there were no guidelines or

benchmarks for them to judge themselves against and to understand what an ideal laboratory

should be like for any given department While it is good that they were given the freedom to decide

what they wanted to buy and it depended on the pro-activeness of the department heads on what

all they ended up getting funds for in an ideal scenario they should have been given a list of

essential basic equipment as well as research level equipment and they could have prioritized their

purchases on the basis of that

In all likelihood such department-wise lists do not exist anywhere In the third phase of TEQIP

therefore NPIU could commission a project which involves study of top world-class as well as top

national-level laboratories for each department Thereafter standard templates of equipment could

be prepared which could illustrate the requirement of equipment for each concept and practical for

every stream of engineering Based on standard frequency of usage and the number of students in a

class adequate numbers of any equipment could be recommended to be bought by institutes in

order to ensure that not too much time is wasted on rotating several batches of students on the

same equipment

Availability of such templates of equipment as well as soft resources which could be updated

periodically in keeping with the changes in technology and availability of resources would also help

policy makers understand how many institutes come up to a benchmark and how many need

further support

2 Institutes should start maintaining digital records of use of equipment which are bought for research

purposes These records should not be just digital copies of physical registers but should be in the

form of smart solutions which can track internal supply chains in laboratories as well as usage of

equipment The solutions should be able to provide real-time analysis of usage of equipment in

every laboratory and all laboratories could be linked to one centralized system There are various

kinds of RFID solutions available today which can handle usage patterns well The available

information could be used to devise solutions and create policy interventions to increase the actual

usage of equipment

3 Nodal institutes under TEQIP II could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of neighboring non-TEQIP institutes The

unspent money could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

4 Institutes could be encouraged to ensure that laboratories in all departments have well designed

brochures and information material such as leaflets and manuals on major equipment so that

dissemination of information about their availability is easy and their utilization could be increased

54

5 Facilities created in institutes are not being optimally utilized to increase interaction with industry

While rural location of the institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of

the reasons it is also true that in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the

commissioning of equipment Size of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for

anything on industrial scale But in most cases industry is not even aware of the existence of state-

of-the-art equipment inside institutes Regular interactions with sector-specific companies are a

must therefore to create a culture of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration

6 For decades research has happened in our country in isolation and at a distance from both industry

and academia Being largely funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) so far it

has been taking place inside the laboratories of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

The 37 laboratories of CSIR and its 39 field stations or extension centres have been working in the

areas of aerospace engineering structural engineering ocean science life science metallurgy

chemicals mining food petroleum leather and environmental science The ministry of HRD has

also started funding research in a big way in recent years through schemes such as Imprint ndash

Improving Research Innovation and Technology and the Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) It would be

fruitful for the country if research happening purely on the scientific side is able to converge with

that on the academic side Hence in order to ensure greater synergy between research and

teaching it is essential that technical institutes start working more closely with CSIR laboratories

This will bring them immediately closer to cutting edge research and provide rich exposure to

students Specially for institutions which have got improved laboratory facilities as a result of TEQIP

II funds collaboration with relevant CSIR laboratories will help them grow their research and at the

same time provide the latter with a steady flow of students to work on live projects

7 Institutions which have upgraded their laboratory infrastructure in the area of food and agriculture

will gain by collaborating with the government on its e-labs project which aims at automating the

testing procedure of soil fertiliser pesticide and equipment samples By ensuring speedy and

transparent online disbursement of information related to such tests the projectrsquos vision is to

reduce crop losses and increase the use of good quality bio-pesticides through fair and unbiased

testing Institutions and students will be able to learn a lot about quality control and the processes

involved in digital testing through collaboration with the government on e-labs

8 In order to ensure transparency in procurement processes it is advisable that institutes make use of

the governmentrsquos new e-marketplace called GEM Through the portal wwwgemnicin institutes

can buy virtually anything and everything that they may require specially consumables office

equipment furniture and software Buying through this portal will speed up procurement and

improve the efficiency of institutes Created and maintained by the Directorate General of Supplies

amp Disposals (DGSampD) it provides tools for e-bidding reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to

help users get best value for their money At the national level a system of procurement should be

put in place including committee to look into the requirement and availability of equipment taking

global scenarios into consideration

Appendices

Appendix 1

55

State-wise Number of Institutions Under Technical Education QualityImprovement Programme II (2010-2017)

S Name of State CFIs Sub‐component 11 Sub‐component 12 Total No of

Institutions 1 Andhra Pradesh 5 6 11 2 Bihar 2 ‐‐ 2 3 Chhattisgarh 4 ‐‐ 4 4 Gujarat 7 ‐‐ 7 5 Haryana 3 3 6 6 Himachal Pradesh 1 ‐‐ 1 7 Jharkhand 1 1 2 8 Karnataka 4 15 19 9 Kerala 19 ‐‐ 19

10 Madhya Pradesh 3 2 5 11 Maharashtra 7 10 17

12 NCT‐Delhi ‐‐ 1 1 13 Odisha 2 ‐‐ 2 14 Punjab 7 1 8 15 Rajasthan 9 ‐‐ 9 16 Tamil Nadu 5 4 9 17 Telangana 8 5 13 18 Tripura 1 ‐‐ 1 19 UT‐Chandigarh 2 1 3 20 UT‐Puducherry 1 ‐‐ 1 21 Uttar Pradesh 2 5 7 22 Uttarakhand 1 2 3 23 West Bengal 11 3 14 24 Centrally Funded

Institutions (CFIs) 8 18 26

Total 113 77 190

Appendix 2 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 11

S Name of the Name of the Institution

No State UT

1 JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

2 Aditya Institute of Technology amp Management Tekkali Srikakulam

Andhra

3 Madanapalle Institute of Technology amp Science Madanapalle

Pradesh

4 Shri Vishnu Engineering College for women Vishnupur Bhimavaram

5 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College Chittoor

6 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur

Bihar

7 Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur

8 Government Engineering College Bilaspur

9 Government Engineering College Jagdalpur Bastar

Chhattisgarh

10 Government Engineering College Raipur

11 Rungta College of Engineering amp Technology Bhilai

56

12 Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

13 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Vallabh Vidynagar

14 Lukhdirji Engineering College Morbi

15 Gujarat Shantilal Shah Engineering College Bhavnagar

16 Government Engineering College Gandhinagar

17 Government Engineering College Rajkot

18 Government Engineering College Patan

19 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology (UIET) Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

Haryana

20 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology MDU Rohtak

21 NC College of Engineering Panipat

22 Himachal Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar Mandi

Pradesh

23 Jharkhand Cambridge Institute of Technology Ranchi

24 BVB College of Engineering amp Technology Hubli

25 PES College of Engineering Mandya

Karnataka

26 Government Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jublee Technological Institute Bangalore

27 NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore

2

SNo Name of the

Name of the Institution

StateUT

28 Government Engineering College Thrissur

29 Government Engineering College Kozhikode

30 Government Engineering College Painavu Idukki

31 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

32 School of Engineering Cochin University of Science amp Technology Cochin

33 Government College of Engineering Kannur

34 Government Engineering College Bartonhill Thiruvananthapuram

35 LBS Institute of Technology for Women Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram

36 College of Engineering Perumon Perinad Kollam

37 Kerala College of Engineering Kidangoor Kottayam

38 Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

57

39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

58

70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

60

Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

62

77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

70

Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

72

Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

73

Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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33

166 224 45 481 934 14772459

3138

Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

(in Rs crore)Figure 27

As per the data provided by institutes those in sub-component 11 show higher expenditure

department-wise with mechanical engineering department at top with expenditure of Rs 313

crore These should however be taken only as indicative figures as the numbers cannot be absolute

(Figure 27)

Table 7 Top 20 Lab equipment bought by institutes in 11

CNC Lathe machines

Compressor testing machine

Computer and peripherals

Computerised machines

Digital meters

Gas chromatograph

Micro-controller

Micro-processor

Oscilloscope

PCB prototyping machine

Robotic kits

Solar PV systems

Spectrum analyser

Thermal imager

Total Station

Ultrasonic probe

Universal testing machine

UV-spectrophotometer

Voltmeter

Wattmeter

34

Table 2 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 11

Table 21 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 12

1 CNC Lathe machines Advanced laser kit

2 Compressor testing machine Asphalt material performance tester

3 Computer and peripherals Atomic absorption spectrophotometer

4 Computerised machines Bio-reactors

5 Digital meters BOD incubator

6 Gas chromatograph Centrifuge

7 Micro-controller CNC lathe machine

8 Micro-processor Compression testing

9 Oscilloscope Computer and peripherals

10 PCB prototyping machine Digital image processing

11 Robotic kits Digital multimeter

12 Solar PV systems Electric discharge machine

13 Spectrum analyser Hydraulic pressing

14 Thermal imager Magnetic stirrer

15 Total Station Microwave simulator

16 Ultrasonic probe Optical microscope

17 Universal testing machine PCB prototype machine

18 UV-spectrophotometer Thermal analyser

19 Voltmeter Thermal scanner

20 Wattmeter Wireless sensor network kit

Impact of Utilisation

No amount of data tracking or record keeping is worth

the effort if it does not translate into improvement in

actual output The real impact of all this expenditure by

institutes on buying of latest equipment is only useful in

so far as it is able to show growth in the number of

publications or rise in the number of post-graduate

student intake Looked at from that perspective TEQIP II

seems to have made satisfactory progress as the data

maintained by the National Project Implementation Unit

UPWARD TREND

Increase in the number of

publications in refereed

journals

Increase in the number of PG

and PhD students

Increase in revenue generated

through consultancy

35

(NPIU) shows There has been a significant improvement over the years in the number of publications in

refereed journals which till last year have been showing above target performance Only the numbers for

2016-17 are low considering that the data captured is till the month of February 2017 only From a target of

7500 publications in 2010-11 and a realization of 11722to a target of 14500 in 2015-16 and a realization of

18482 (Figure 28) the growth has been impressive though again how much of it is due to buying of

equipment alone is debatable

Another key performance indicatoras per the planners of TEQIP II was rise in the total number of masters

and PhD level students from a baseline of 30000 in 2010-11 to 41000 by 2016 Seen from that angle also the

performance of the programme has exceeded the target To a large extent this can be attributed to

availability of better laboratory infrastructure as it would have been a major factor behind the institutesrsquo

capability to attract students for MTech and PhD (Figure 29)

7032 7500 8000 8500 9000

14000 14500

11722

1606618103

20037

22556

18482

2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016

Fig 28 Number of publications in refereed journals in TEQIP II institutions

Target Actual

36

The percentage of externally funded RampD projects and consultancies in total revenue has increased from 7

per cent in 2010-11 to 14 per cent in 2015-16 against a target of 12 per cent (Figure 30)

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

Target 7032 32000 33000 34000 34000 40000 40500

Actual 35132 37791 44171 49251 48718 45659

0

10000

20000

30000

40000

50000

60000

Fig 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP I

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

2016-2017

Target 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12

Actual 82 11 127 137 117 14 125

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

Tota

l Rev

enu

e

Fig 30 Consultancy revenue generated

37

Chapter 3 Case Studies

38

Government Engineering College Thrissur Kerala

(with inputs from Prof Manoj Kumar K V Coordinator TEQIP II GEC Thrissur)

The entire process of planning procurement and the complete cycle of improved input resulting in improved output can be illustrated through the case study of Government Engineering College Thrissur which is one of the model colleges in TEQIP II and received funds under sub-component 11 It is the second oldest engineering in the state of Kerala and is affiliated to the University of Calicut Its foundation stone was laid by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in April 1958 and among its famous alumni are Dr K Radhakrishnan former chairman of Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) Out of the project allocation of Rs 10 crore Rs 55 crore was utilized by the institute for procurement of equipment The fund was apportioned among the departments based on student strength and their need to modernize and strengthen their various laboratories The procurement plan was finalized from the proposals received from the departments and vetted by the State Project Facilitation Unit (SPFU) before being executed through the Procurement Management Support System (PMSS) which was a web portal created by the National Project Implementation Unit (NPIU) to manage the project

39

Figure 31 10 steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan (Figure 38)

Departments were asked to draw up a

three-year procurement plan based on

their needs Department heads

coordinators and TEQIP nodal officers

had a meeting in the institute in

January 2012 to understand the plans

and procedures as available on NPIU

website

In February the Principal of the

institute TEQIP coordinator and

procurement coordinator attended a

training session conducted by NPIU at

Thiruvananthapuram Participation in

this session was facilitated by SPFU and

it entailed extensive training on how to

use the PMSS website

A training session was organized in the

institute for the benefit of Heads of

Departments (HoDs) and Department

TEQIP coordinators The programme

was attended by 24 officials and it

covered the entire set of activities

pertaining to purchase through PMSS --

from configuration management plan

creation and revision packaging and

procuring to stocking

Procurement coordinator and

department TEQIP coordinators also

attended a training program organized

by SPFUat School of Engineering

Cochin University of Science and

Technologyin February 2012

The SPFU arranged a discussion at

directorateoffice Thiruvanantha-

puramin February to fine tune the plan

and to facilitate data entry through

PMSS The finetuning included clubbing

of similar items from various

departments into one package limiting

the threshold to a maximum of 90 per

cent included in a scheme and revising

the tentative timelines based on plan

approval which was expected by mid-

April 2012 The institute was advised to

procure a particular software used for

double entry book-keeping through

PMSS and to identify 2 National

Competitive Bidding (NCB)

procurement plans to be sent to

Central authorities for approval

The rejigged procurement plan after

consultation with the concerned

coordinators was uploaded on the

website on 28thFebruary 2012

The plan was reviewed by SPFU and

some corrections were suggested

The corrected plan was uploaded again

At a meeting convened on 14thMarch

2012 at LBS College for Women

Thiruvananthapuram the first approval

of the plan was given by Director SPFU

On 31st March 2012 the Principal

convened a meeting of HoDs and

departmental TEQIP coordinators and

instructions were issued to draw up

specifications with respect to every

package so that the data was readily

available for entry to PMSS once the

plan was approved by NPIUWorld

Bank

1 2

3 4

5

6

8

7

9

10

40

Procurement activities were in full swing during the first 18 months of the project and were executed fully as

per the plan Procurement was completed in 82 packages including 68 National Shopping (NS)packages 7

National Competitive Bidding (NCB) packages 2 Direct Contract packages and 5 Civil Works packages

The institute made maximum expenditure in 2013-14 (Figure 32) across different heads Its investments on

laboratory modernization and strengthening started in 2012 and continued till 2017 (Figure 33) Overall it

spent bulk of the money (88 per cent) on modernization of laboratories and 5 per cent on ICT enabled

learning (Figure 34)

5851520

36470287

6909895

61170 1552063

0

5000000

10000000

15000000

20000000

25000000

30000000

35000000

40000000

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur (in Rs)

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Figure 32

2012-1311

2013-1473

2014-1515

2015-160

2016-171

EXPENDITURE ON MODERNISATION STRENGTHENING OF LABS AT GEC THRISSUR

Figure 33

41

Major equipment bought by the institute with TEQIP II funds includes a Rheometer which is not available in

any other institution in the state and offers potential for research and consultancy It is used for determining

the rheological behaviors of liquids and solids It has applications in polymer nano-composites which are the

emerging field of research The stress rheology measurements provide information for spread ability

emulsion stability suspension leveling flow control thermal stability extrudability and thickening etc The

fluid can be highly non-newtonian The equipment is useful for MTech students and faculty for doing

research

The institute also bought a Gas Chromatograph which is used in analyzing compositions purity and for

separating different components of a mixture based on volatility It is also used in identifying a compound

and its applications include analysis of toxicity of soil water and air identifying unknown compounds etc

The equipment is useful for faculty and students in doing research and projects in the field of environmental

engineering and provides opportunities for pollution control related consultancy work

Another important purchase is Accelerated Curing Tank With concrete construction increasing at a rapid

pace this equipment provides the possibility of accelerating the curing time Normal method of curing takes

28 days To reduce the curing time of concrete and test its strength accelerated curing is required and this

can be achieved with the use of Accelerated Curing Tank in the laboratory

88

5 4

0

0

3

Fig 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14at Government Engineering College Thrissur

Expenditure on modernisation strengthening of existinglaboratories

Expenditure on ICT enabledlearning related softwareamphardware

Expenditure on library ie books e-books

Journals e-journals course specificsoftware

Expenditure on modernisation ofclassrooms

Others (furniture)

42

Table 3 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Name of the Equipment

Cost (in rupees)

Pressure Volume Change Controller

365625

Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Suit

1365000

Solar Photovoltaic grid tied training system with MPPT

367500

Gas Chromatograph 1494692

Rheometer 2687350

Surface Roughness Tester

401205

Multimedia Projector 114162

Thermal Imager 746366

Machine Conditioning Monitor

861685

Metallurgical Image Analysis System for Welding

283500

Software Factory CAD 320000

Robot 567000

Pipe Flow Software 149234

Petrol Engine Test Setup

783090

Tribometer 609900

Vibration Analyser 539175

Slotting Machine 449243

Lathe and Shaping Machine

869001

Metal Cutting Band saw 156240

Digital Viscometer 919050

Solid Modeling Software

356590

Ultrasonic Flow Detector

235561

43

Rapid Phototyping Machine

814800

Group Video Conferencing Kit

533340

Lan Trainer 106180

The efforts of the institute over the years have led to improved student placements and intake (Figure 35)

Output in terms of publications in international journals and participation of faculty and students in

international conferences has also gone up considerably (Figure 36)

Top 10 international journals in which faculty and students have secured publications since TEQIP II are

Name of Journal

1 IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

2 International Journal on Numerical Methods in Fluids

261221

570527

357

766

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Placement offers Students placed Intake of students

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 35 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 36 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

Publication in international journals Participation in international conferences

44

3 IETE Technical Review

4 Journal of the Optical Society of America

5 International Journal of Power amp Energy Systems

6 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

7 International Journal of Remote Sensing

8 Automatica

9 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

10 ASME Journal of Heat Transfer

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering amp Technology

Aligarh Muslim University

Another institute with an impeccable history and track record is Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and

Technology (ZHCET) which is a constituent college of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and it received TEQIP

II funds under sub-component 11 AMU was set up by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as Mohammedan Anglo-

Oriental College in 1875 Against available funds of Rs 10 crore ZHCET utilized Rs 618 crore as of February

2017 Following is a glimpse into the major equipment purchased by the institute

Name of the equipment Centrifugal Pump and Pelton Turbine Module Nozzle

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3349138

Reason for buying To improve teaching and research in fluid mechanics section of mechanical engineering

department The equipment comprises centrifugal pump with flowmeter valves reservoir and

instrumentation for measurement and display of inlet outlet pressures torque speed and power and

turbine inlet pressure for Peltan turbine

Name of the equipment Universal High Voltage Test system and Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage Tester

(PE-AOBDV-MXXX)

Name of the department Electrical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 4522500

Reason for buying A new MTech programme in High Voltage Engineering was started under TEQIP II for

which enhanced laboratory infrastructure was needed PE-AOBDV-M series of Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage

Testers are highly precise instruments which can be used to conduct either a breakdown voltage test or do a proof

(withstand) test Dielectric Breakdown Voltage testing of Oil is one such means to detect the voltage at power

frequency at which it is likely to cause a flash-over

Name of the equipment Altium Nanoboard FPGA Kit

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1368863

Reason for buying Five kits were bought for under-graduate and post-graduate students

45

Name of the equipmentExata Software Emulator for Networking

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1245780

Reason for buying BTech students use it to perform experiments in EL-494 (Communication Lab -III) to

study the performance of simulated networks M Tech students use it for projects and dissertations Three

faculty members are using this software for RampD purpose

Name of the equipmentPotentiostat Galvanostat with Impedance Analyzer

Name of the department Petroleum Studies

Cost of equipment Rs 1562925

Reason for buying Potentiostate is at the heart of research on electrochemistry It is mainly used for

research in the area of fuel cell membrane cyclic voltammeter and super capacitors

Name of the equipment Imac 215 Quad Core i5 with Apple Protection Plan

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 205800

Reason for buying Two units of Imac were bought for the post-graduate and networking laboratories of

computer engineering department so that students could develop software based on iOS

Altium Nanoboard

FPGA Kit

46

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli was set up in 1947 with only the civil engineering under-graduate

programme Since 2007 the institute has been autonomous having been affiliated to Bombay University

Pune University and Shivaji University in the past The institute received TEQIP II funds under sub-

component 12 It was eligible to receive Rs 125 crore It submitted procurement plan for Rs 87 crore and

spent Rs 618 crore as of February 2017

MAJOR EQUIPMENT BOUGHT

Name of the equipment Shake Table Set-up

Name of the department Civil amp Structural Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1925776

Reason for buying To establish an earthquake engineering laboratory for conducting studies on response of

structures to earthquake induced vibrations To investigate structural response under various dynamic

loading conditions

Name of the equipment Electromagnetic Exciter with Pay Load Capacity of 100 to 150 kg

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2310824

Reason for buying To carry out research work in the field of dynamic analysis for various systems

Name of the equipment Micro Machining Centre Hyper-15w table top type integrated multi-process CNC

machine tool

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3078000

Reason for buying To develop micro machining centre for the research of micro machining PG production

laboratory

2663678

6154586

7489947

8770675

8777330

10572980

11435333

0 4000000 8000000 12000000

OFFICE

ELECTRICAL

ELECTRONICS

CIVIL (CIVIL+ CIVIL ENVIRONMENTAL+ hellip

LIBRARY

COMPUTER + IT

MECHANICAL

Fig 37 Department-wise expenditure Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Figures in rupees

47

Name of the equipment Dynamometer with Built-In Three Channel Charge Amplifiers

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1876090

Reason for buying To carry out research in the area of machining

Name of the equipment Lab View Add-ons Image Processing using Smart Camera Evaluation Kit

Name of the department Electronics Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3421650

Reason for buying Design simulation and prototyping platform for experiments on DSP communication

embedded control and measurements visual representation of experimental results

Name of the equipment Thermal Conductivity Analyzer with Material -- liquid pastes and small particles

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2100000

Reason for buying Post-graduate research and laboratory development

48

Chapter 4 Key Findings

49

1 On an average funds given to institutions for purchase of equipment and soft resources have led to

significant improvement in laboratory infrastructure of the institutes under study

2 The impact of such purchases on improvement in quality is not easily quantifiable in measurable

terms To assess the same other correlated parameters could be looked at such as improvement in

the number of research publications in refereed journals increase in the number of PhD students

number of faculty involved in research or the percentage of student placement However none of

these parameters can be directly or solely be said to be due to the improvement in physical or

digital infrastructure of institutes

3 Institutes did not have a clear-cut strategy of what best use they could put the available money to

Given that each institute on an average got Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and other resources

they could have used the money to create at least one best-in-class facility in any of the

departments which was equipped to utilize that facility in terms of augmenting the interaction of

the institute with industry or generating more resources through assignments from other agencies

While institutes in sub-component 12 had the provision to set up centres of excellence even in sub-

component 11 they could have done so if they had worked with that aim and vision

4 Instead institutes on an average divided the money equally across six departments and each

department on an average bought one-two machines which were significantly expensive and the

rest of the money was spent on buying other small routine equipment desktops laptops

networking servers software and e-journals Collaborations between departments for research

projects were however missing

5 This pattern of expenditure can be explained by the fact that our engineering institutions are still in

a phase where there is more emphasis on theory than practical Hands-on learning or project-based

approach in teaching is relatively new for institutions which is why there is not much emphasis on

understanding the practical aspects of learning such as producing patents versus papers

6 Institutes were seen to be over protective wherever even a slightly costly equipment was bought By

their own admission such equipment was most of the time kept under lock and key and was at best

displayed to students They were rarely given the opportunity to actually do something with it on

their own

7 Equal receipt of money by a number of departments has led to overall improvement in laboratory

standards of all departments which is good from an egalitarian perspective It is also good that all

departments have been able to uniformly upgrade their infrastructure and will therefore be able to

compete with each other in attracting good students faculty as well as assignments from industry in

future

8 Discussions with focus groups suggest that institutes spent large amounts of money on creating or

refurbishing physical infrastructure While non-academic experts may see this as wasteful

expenditure from an academic perspective even if this leads to improvement in the physical

facilities being offered by institutes it is well worth the investment While state funded institutes

get funds from state governments for building infrastructure for some of the centrally funded

institutes where infrastructure may have been falling apart this money would have been useful

9 Because of the fact that there is no proper system to track the usage of equipment ndash records are

maintained in physical form in the shape of log books and registers which render a macro analysis

50

impossible -- anecdotal evidence suggests that equipment bought is not being optimally utilized A

significantly higher number of research papers in refereed journals suggests that this may not be

true but the fact remains that there is no improvement in the number of technology transfers

commercialization of research or patent generation which remain weak This again brings into focus

the theory versus application part of teaching

10 Overall improvement in base infrastructure was important for institutes to advance to the next level

of development Except for some of the Centrally funded institutions none of the institutes which

received funding in TEQIP II are in the league of the six original IITs in terms of laboratory

infrastructure They do not have access to the kind of liberal funding that CFTIs get If they had not

got the present funds to buy equipment they would have taken at least five to seven years to

procure the same through the resources available to them Even for Central institutions as also for

others the availability of funds at one go meant that they could procure high costing software such

as Matlab Ansys Labview Cadence and Adobe which benefit students across departments

11 Funds for buying equipment and other soft resources enabled the institutes to take some steps

towards keeping pace with the rapidly changing advancements in technology Increased level of

automation and artificial intelligence in industry is reflected in the kind of purchases institutes have

made ndash various types of simulation software digital machines replacing analogue ones such as in

electrical engineering departments all-in-one automatic machines which combine several levels of

manual work such as in surveying in civil engineering departments robotic arms mimicking the

automated environment of modern factories attached to lathe machines in mechanical engineering

departments instruments capable of handling nano particles in specialized centres and 3D printers

capable of printing high precision devices which are being used in multiple fields

12 Most institutes have also bought subscriptions to high level international journals in various

streams both online and physical enabling access to vast repository of world class content for most

students

13 Institutes have not paid much thought to maintenance of equipment since most of the purchases

have been made in the past two-three years and warranty periods are still in force Most institutes

have also reported availability of in-house technicians to look after the machines though majority

said that they would sign annual maintenance contracts (AMC) with vendors Since AMCs usually

cost roughly 10 per cent of the cost of the equipment they felt that the resources allocated for the

same under TEQIP II would not be adequate and that they should be increased slightly

14 As per the feedback provided by almost all institutes they all agree that the equipment purchased

by them responds to faculty student needs and was done as per consultation and

recommendations of faculty They all follow well laid out norms for disposal of equipment which

keep environmental considerations in mind

6 -- Average number of departments among which each institute in Sub-component 11 divided

the total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 500 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

51

7-- Average number of departments among which each institute in sub-component 12 divided the

total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 284 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

2147403 ndash Number of items bought by institutes for office purpose in sub-component

11

101699 hours monthndash Utilisation of equipment by UG amp PG students in sub-component

11 as per available data of institutes which participated in the study

427 hours month ndash Average utilization of equipment by UG and PG students across

institutes in sub-component 11

51656 hours month -- Utilisation of equipment by PhD students in sub-component 11 as

per available data of institutes which participated in the study

37 hours month-- Average utilization of equipment by PhD students across institutes in sub-

component 11

52

Chapter 5 Way Forward

53

As data shows and case studies prove there can be no doubt that TEQIP II and the funds provided to

institutes for purchase of equipment and other soft resources have led to improvement in laboratory

infrastructure which in turn has helped in improving the output Some pointers for future stages of the

project are-

1 Even though TEQIP II had a major focus on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and institutes

were given significant amount of funds for purchase of equipment there were no guidelines or

benchmarks for them to judge themselves against and to understand what an ideal laboratory

should be like for any given department While it is good that they were given the freedom to decide

what they wanted to buy and it depended on the pro-activeness of the department heads on what

all they ended up getting funds for in an ideal scenario they should have been given a list of

essential basic equipment as well as research level equipment and they could have prioritized their

purchases on the basis of that

In all likelihood such department-wise lists do not exist anywhere In the third phase of TEQIP

therefore NPIU could commission a project which involves study of top world-class as well as top

national-level laboratories for each department Thereafter standard templates of equipment could

be prepared which could illustrate the requirement of equipment for each concept and practical for

every stream of engineering Based on standard frequency of usage and the number of students in a

class adequate numbers of any equipment could be recommended to be bought by institutes in

order to ensure that not too much time is wasted on rotating several batches of students on the

same equipment

Availability of such templates of equipment as well as soft resources which could be updated

periodically in keeping with the changes in technology and availability of resources would also help

policy makers understand how many institutes come up to a benchmark and how many need

further support

2 Institutes should start maintaining digital records of use of equipment which are bought for research

purposes These records should not be just digital copies of physical registers but should be in the

form of smart solutions which can track internal supply chains in laboratories as well as usage of

equipment The solutions should be able to provide real-time analysis of usage of equipment in

every laboratory and all laboratories could be linked to one centralized system There are various

kinds of RFID solutions available today which can handle usage patterns well The available

information could be used to devise solutions and create policy interventions to increase the actual

usage of equipment

3 Nodal institutes under TEQIP II could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of neighboring non-TEQIP institutes The

unspent money could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

4 Institutes could be encouraged to ensure that laboratories in all departments have well designed

brochures and information material such as leaflets and manuals on major equipment so that

dissemination of information about their availability is easy and their utilization could be increased

54

5 Facilities created in institutes are not being optimally utilized to increase interaction with industry

While rural location of the institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of

the reasons it is also true that in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the

commissioning of equipment Size of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for

anything on industrial scale But in most cases industry is not even aware of the existence of state-

of-the-art equipment inside institutes Regular interactions with sector-specific companies are a

must therefore to create a culture of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration

6 For decades research has happened in our country in isolation and at a distance from both industry

and academia Being largely funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) so far it

has been taking place inside the laboratories of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

The 37 laboratories of CSIR and its 39 field stations or extension centres have been working in the

areas of aerospace engineering structural engineering ocean science life science metallurgy

chemicals mining food petroleum leather and environmental science The ministry of HRD has

also started funding research in a big way in recent years through schemes such as Imprint ndash

Improving Research Innovation and Technology and the Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) It would be

fruitful for the country if research happening purely on the scientific side is able to converge with

that on the academic side Hence in order to ensure greater synergy between research and

teaching it is essential that technical institutes start working more closely with CSIR laboratories

This will bring them immediately closer to cutting edge research and provide rich exposure to

students Specially for institutions which have got improved laboratory facilities as a result of TEQIP

II funds collaboration with relevant CSIR laboratories will help them grow their research and at the

same time provide the latter with a steady flow of students to work on live projects

7 Institutions which have upgraded their laboratory infrastructure in the area of food and agriculture

will gain by collaborating with the government on its e-labs project which aims at automating the

testing procedure of soil fertiliser pesticide and equipment samples By ensuring speedy and

transparent online disbursement of information related to such tests the projectrsquos vision is to

reduce crop losses and increase the use of good quality bio-pesticides through fair and unbiased

testing Institutions and students will be able to learn a lot about quality control and the processes

involved in digital testing through collaboration with the government on e-labs

8 In order to ensure transparency in procurement processes it is advisable that institutes make use of

the governmentrsquos new e-marketplace called GEM Through the portal wwwgemnicin institutes

can buy virtually anything and everything that they may require specially consumables office

equipment furniture and software Buying through this portal will speed up procurement and

improve the efficiency of institutes Created and maintained by the Directorate General of Supplies

amp Disposals (DGSampD) it provides tools for e-bidding reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to

help users get best value for their money At the national level a system of procurement should be

put in place including committee to look into the requirement and availability of equipment taking

global scenarios into consideration

Appendices

Appendix 1

55

State-wise Number of Institutions Under Technical Education QualityImprovement Programme II (2010-2017)

S Name of State CFIs Sub‐component 11 Sub‐component 12 Total No of

Institutions 1 Andhra Pradesh 5 6 11 2 Bihar 2 ‐‐ 2 3 Chhattisgarh 4 ‐‐ 4 4 Gujarat 7 ‐‐ 7 5 Haryana 3 3 6 6 Himachal Pradesh 1 ‐‐ 1 7 Jharkhand 1 1 2 8 Karnataka 4 15 19 9 Kerala 19 ‐‐ 19

10 Madhya Pradesh 3 2 5 11 Maharashtra 7 10 17

12 NCT‐Delhi ‐‐ 1 1 13 Odisha 2 ‐‐ 2 14 Punjab 7 1 8 15 Rajasthan 9 ‐‐ 9 16 Tamil Nadu 5 4 9 17 Telangana 8 5 13 18 Tripura 1 ‐‐ 1 19 UT‐Chandigarh 2 1 3 20 UT‐Puducherry 1 ‐‐ 1 21 Uttar Pradesh 2 5 7 22 Uttarakhand 1 2 3 23 West Bengal 11 3 14 24 Centrally Funded

Institutions (CFIs) 8 18 26

Total 113 77 190

Appendix 2 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 11

S Name of the Name of the Institution

No State UT

1 JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

2 Aditya Institute of Technology amp Management Tekkali Srikakulam

Andhra

3 Madanapalle Institute of Technology amp Science Madanapalle

Pradesh

4 Shri Vishnu Engineering College for women Vishnupur Bhimavaram

5 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College Chittoor

6 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur

Bihar

7 Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur

8 Government Engineering College Bilaspur

9 Government Engineering College Jagdalpur Bastar

Chhattisgarh

10 Government Engineering College Raipur

11 Rungta College of Engineering amp Technology Bhilai

56

12 Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

13 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Vallabh Vidynagar

14 Lukhdirji Engineering College Morbi

15 Gujarat Shantilal Shah Engineering College Bhavnagar

16 Government Engineering College Gandhinagar

17 Government Engineering College Rajkot

18 Government Engineering College Patan

19 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology (UIET) Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

Haryana

20 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology MDU Rohtak

21 NC College of Engineering Panipat

22 Himachal Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar Mandi

Pradesh

23 Jharkhand Cambridge Institute of Technology Ranchi

24 BVB College of Engineering amp Technology Hubli

25 PES College of Engineering Mandya

Karnataka

26 Government Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jublee Technological Institute Bangalore

27 NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore

2

SNo Name of the

Name of the Institution

StateUT

28 Government Engineering College Thrissur

29 Government Engineering College Kozhikode

30 Government Engineering College Painavu Idukki

31 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

32 School of Engineering Cochin University of Science amp Technology Cochin

33 Government College of Engineering Kannur

34 Government Engineering College Bartonhill Thiruvananthapuram

35 LBS Institute of Technology for Women Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram

36 College of Engineering Perumon Perinad Kollam

37 Kerala College of Engineering Kidangoor Kottayam

38 Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

57

39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

58

70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

60

Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

62

77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

70

Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

72

Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

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Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Page 33: Study on Utilization of Resources Created Under …Zakir Hussain College of Engineering & Technology, Aligarh Muslim University Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli 4. Key Findings

34

Table 2 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 11

Table 21 List oflab equipment bought by majority institutes in sub-component 12

1 CNC Lathe machines Advanced laser kit

2 Compressor testing machine Asphalt material performance tester

3 Computer and peripherals Atomic absorption spectrophotometer

4 Computerised machines Bio-reactors

5 Digital meters BOD incubator

6 Gas chromatograph Centrifuge

7 Micro-controller CNC lathe machine

8 Micro-processor Compression testing

9 Oscilloscope Computer and peripherals

10 PCB prototyping machine Digital image processing

11 Robotic kits Digital multimeter

12 Solar PV systems Electric discharge machine

13 Spectrum analyser Hydraulic pressing

14 Thermal imager Magnetic stirrer

15 Total Station Microwave simulator

16 Ultrasonic probe Optical microscope

17 Universal testing machine PCB prototype machine

18 UV-spectrophotometer Thermal analyser

19 Voltmeter Thermal scanner

20 Wattmeter Wireless sensor network kit

Impact of Utilisation

No amount of data tracking or record keeping is worth

the effort if it does not translate into improvement in

actual output The real impact of all this expenditure by

institutes on buying of latest equipment is only useful in

so far as it is able to show growth in the number of

publications or rise in the number of post-graduate

student intake Looked at from that perspective TEQIP II

seems to have made satisfactory progress as the data

maintained by the National Project Implementation Unit

UPWARD TREND

Increase in the number of

publications in refereed

journals

Increase in the number of PG

and PhD students

Increase in revenue generated

through consultancy

35

(NPIU) shows There has been a significant improvement over the years in the number of publications in

refereed journals which till last year have been showing above target performance Only the numbers for

2016-17 are low considering that the data captured is till the month of February 2017 only From a target of

7500 publications in 2010-11 and a realization of 11722to a target of 14500 in 2015-16 and a realization of

18482 (Figure 28) the growth has been impressive though again how much of it is due to buying of

equipment alone is debatable

Another key performance indicatoras per the planners of TEQIP II was rise in the total number of masters

and PhD level students from a baseline of 30000 in 2010-11 to 41000 by 2016 Seen from that angle also the

performance of the programme has exceeded the target To a large extent this can be attributed to

availability of better laboratory infrastructure as it would have been a major factor behind the institutesrsquo

capability to attract students for MTech and PhD (Figure 29)

7032 7500 8000 8500 9000

14000 14500

11722

1606618103

20037

22556

18482

2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016

Fig 28 Number of publications in refereed journals in TEQIP II institutions

Target Actual

36

The percentage of externally funded RampD projects and consultancies in total revenue has increased from 7

per cent in 2010-11 to 14 per cent in 2015-16 against a target of 12 per cent (Figure 30)

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

Target 7032 32000 33000 34000 34000 40000 40500

Actual 35132 37791 44171 49251 48718 45659

0

10000

20000

30000

40000

50000

60000

Fig 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP I

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

2016-2017

Target 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12

Actual 82 11 127 137 117 14 125

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

Tota

l Rev

enu

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Fig 30 Consultancy revenue generated

37

Chapter 3 Case Studies

38

Government Engineering College Thrissur Kerala

(with inputs from Prof Manoj Kumar K V Coordinator TEQIP II GEC Thrissur)

The entire process of planning procurement and the complete cycle of improved input resulting in improved output can be illustrated through the case study of Government Engineering College Thrissur which is one of the model colleges in TEQIP II and received funds under sub-component 11 It is the second oldest engineering in the state of Kerala and is affiliated to the University of Calicut Its foundation stone was laid by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in April 1958 and among its famous alumni are Dr K Radhakrishnan former chairman of Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) Out of the project allocation of Rs 10 crore Rs 55 crore was utilized by the institute for procurement of equipment The fund was apportioned among the departments based on student strength and their need to modernize and strengthen their various laboratories The procurement plan was finalized from the proposals received from the departments and vetted by the State Project Facilitation Unit (SPFU) before being executed through the Procurement Management Support System (PMSS) which was a web portal created by the National Project Implementation Unit (NPIU) to manage the project

39

Figure 31 10 steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan (Figure 38)

Departments were asked to draw up a

three-year procurement plan based on

their needs Department heads

coordinators and TEQIP nodal officers

had a meeting in the institute in

January 2012 to understand the plans

and procedures as available on NPIU

website

In February the Principal of the

institute TEQIP coordinator and

procurement coordinator attended a

training session conducted by NPIU at

Thiruvananthapuram Participation in

this session was facilitated by SPFU and

it entailed extensive training on how to

use the PMSS website

A training session was organized in the

institute for the benefit of Heads of

Departments (HoDs) and Department

TEQIP coordinators The programme

was attended by 24 officials and it

covered the entire set of activities

pertaining to purchase through PMSS --

from configuration management plan

creation and revision packaging and

procuring to stocking

Procurement coordinator and

department TEQIP coordinators also

attended a training program organized

by SPFUat School of Engineering

Cochin University of Science and

Technologyin February 2012

The SPFU arranged a discussion at

directorateoffice Thiruvanantha-

puramin February to fine tune the plan

and to facilitate data entry through

PMSS The finetuning included clubbing

of similar items from various

departments into one package limiting

the threshold to a maximum of 90 per

cent included in a scheme and revising

the tentative timelines based on plan

approval which was expected by mid-

April 2012 The institute was advised to

procure a particular software used for

double entry book-keeping through

PMSS and to identify 2 National

Competitive Bidding (NCB)

procurement plans to be sent to

Central authorities for approval

The rejigged procurement plan after

consultation with the concerned

coordinators was uploaded on the

website on 28thFebruary 2012

The plan was reviewed by SPFU and

some corrections were suggested

The corrected plan was uploaded again

At a meeting convened on 14thMarch

2012 at LBS College for Women

Thiruvananthapuram the first approval

of the plan was given by Director SPFU

On 31st March 2012 the Principal

convened a meeting of HoDs and

departmental TEQIP coordinators and

instructions were issued to draw up

specifications with respect to every

package so that the data was readily

available for entry to PMSS once the

plan was approved by NPIUWorld

Bank

1 2

3 4

5

6

8

7

9

10

40

Procurement activities were in full swing during the first 18 months of the project and were executed fully as

per the plan Procurement was completed in 82 packages including 68 National Shopping (NS)packages 7

National Competitive Bidding (NCB) packages 2 Direct Contract packages and 5 Civil Works packages

The institute made maximum expenditure in 2013-14 (Figure 32) across different heads Its investments on

laboratory modernization and strengthening started in 2012 and continued till 2017 (Figure 33) Overall it

spent bulk of the money (88 per cent) on modernization of laboratories and 5 per cent on ICT enabled

learning (Figure 34)

5851520

36470287

6909895

61170 1552063

0

5000000

10000000

15000000

20000000

25000000

30000000

35000000

40000000

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur (in Rs)

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Figure 32

2012-1311

2013-1473

2014-1515

2015-160

2016-171

EXPENDITURE ON MODERNISATION STRENGTHENING OF LABS AT GEC THRISSUR

Figure 33

41

Major equipment bought by the institute with TEQIP II funds includes a Rheometer which is not available in

any other institution in the state and offers potential for research and consultancy It is used for determining

the rheological behaviors of liquids and solids It has applications in polymer nano-composites which are the

emerging field of research The stress rheology measurements provide information for spread ability

emulsion stability suspension leveling flow control thermal stability extrudability and thickening etc The

fluid can be highly non-newtonian The equipment is useful for MTech students and faculty for doing

research

The institute also bought a Gas Chromatograph which is used in analyzing compositions purity and for

separating different components of a mixture based on volatility It is also used in identifying a compound

and its applications include analysis of toxicity of soil water and air identifying unknown compounds etc

The equipment is useful for faculty and students in doing research and projects in the field of environmental

engineering and provides opportunities for pollution control related consultancy work

Another important purchase is Accelerated Curing Tank With concrete construction increasing at a rapid

pace this equipment provides the possibility of accelerating the curing time Normal method of curing takes

28 days To reduce the curing time of concrete and test its strength accelerated curing is required and this

can be achieved with the use of Accelerated Curing Tank in the laboratory

88

5 4

0

0

3

Fig 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14at Government Engineering College Thrissur

Expenditure on modernisation strengthening of existinglaboratories

Expenditure on ICT enabledlearning related softwareamphardware

Expenditure on library ie books e-books

Journals e-journals course specificsoftware

Expenditure on modernisation ofclassrooms

Others (furniture)

42

Table 3 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Name of the Equipment

Cost (in rupees)

Pressure Volume Change Controller

365625

Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Suit

1365000

Solar Photovoltaic grid tied training system with MPPT

367500

Gas Chromatograph 1494692

Rheometer 2687350

Surface Roughness Tester

401205

Multimedia Projector 114162

Thermal Imager 746366

Machine Conditioning Monitor

861685

Metallurgical Image Analysis System for Welding

283500

Software Factory CAD 320000

Robot 567000

Pipe Flow Software 149234

Petrol Engine Test Setup

783090

Tribometer 609900

Vibration Analyser 539175

Slotting Machine 449243

Lathe and Shaping Machine

869001

Metal Cutting Band saw 156240

Digital Viscometer 919050

Solid Modeling Software

356590

Ultrasonic Flow Detector

235561

43

Rapid Phototyping Machine

814800

Group Video Conferencing Kit

533340

Lan Trainer 106180

The efforts of the institute over the years have led to improved student placements and intake (Figure 35)

Output in terms of publications in international journals and participation of faculty and students in

international conferences has also gone up considerably (Figure 36)

Top 10 international journals in which faculty and students have secured publications since TEQIP II are

Name of Journal

1 IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

2 International Journal on Numerical Methods in Fluids

261221

570527

357

766

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Placement offers Students placed Intake of students

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 35 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 36 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

Publication in international journals Participation in international conferences

44

3 IETE Technical Review

4 Journal of the Optical Society of America

5 International Journal of Power amp Energy Systems

6 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

7 International Journal of Remote Sensing

8 Automatica

9 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

10 ASME Journal of Heat Transfer

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering amp Technology

Aligarh Muslim University

Another institute with an impeccable history and track record is Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and

Technology (ZHCET) which is a constituent college of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and it received TEQIP

II funds under sub-component 11 AMU was set up by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as Mohammedan Anglo-

Oriental College in 1875 Against available funds of Rs 10 crore ZHCET utilized Rs 618 crore as of February

2017 Following is a glimpse into the major equipment purchased by the institute

Name of the equipment Centrifugal Pump and Pelton Turbine Module Nozzle

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3349138

Reason for buying To improve teaching and research in fluid mechanics section of mechanical engineering

department The equipment comprises centrifugal pump with flowmeter valves reservoir and

instrumentation for measurement and display of inlet outlet pressures torque speed and power and

turbine inlet pressure for Peltan turbine

Name of the equipment Universal High Voltage Test system and Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage Tester

(PE-AOBDV-MXXX)

Name of the department Electrical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 4522500

Reason for buying A new MTech programme in High Voltage Engineering was started under TEQIP II for

which enhanced laboratory infrastructure was needed PE-AOBDV-M series of Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage

Testers are highly precise instruments which can be used to conduct either a breakdown voltage test or do a proof

(withstand) test Dielectric Breakdown Voltage testing of Oil is one such means to detect the voltage at power

frequency at which it is likely to cause a flash-over

Name of the equipment Altium Nanoboard FPGA Kit

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1368863

Reason for buying Five kits were bought for under-graduate and post-graduate students

45

Name of the equipmentExata Software Emulator for Networking

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1245780

Reason for buying BTech students use it to perform experiments in EL-494 (Communication Lab -III) to

study the performance of simulated networks M Tech students use it for projects and dissertations Three

faculty members are using this software for RampD purpose

Name of the equipmentPotentiostat Galvanostat with Impedance Analyzer

Name of the department Petroleum Studies

Cost of equipment Rs 1562925

Reason for buying Potentiostate is at the heart of research on electrochemistry It is mainly used for

research in the area of fuel cell membrane cyclic voltammeter and super capacitors

Name of the equipment Imac 215 Quad Core i5 with Apple Protection Plan

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 205800

Reason for buying Two units of Imac were bought for the post-graduate and networking laboratories of

computer engineering department so that students could develop software based on iOS

Altium Nanoboard

FPGA Kit

46

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli was set up in 1947 with only the civil engineering under-graduate

programme Since 2007 the institute has been autonomous having been affiliated to Bombay University

Pune University and Shivaji University in the past The institute received TEQIP II funds under sub-

component 12 It was eligible to receive Rs 125 crore It submitted procurement plan for Rs 87 crore and

spent Rs 618 crore as of February 2017

MAJOR EQUIPMENT BOUGHT

Name of the equipment Shake Table Set-up

Name of the department Civil amp Structural Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1925776

Reason for buying To establish an earthquake engineering laboratory for conducting studies on response of

structures to earthquake induced vibrations To investigate structural response under various dynamic

loading conditions

Name of the equipment Electromagnetic Exciter with Pay Load Capacity of 100 to 150 kg

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2310824

Reason for buying To carry out research work in the field of dynamic analysis for various systems

Name of the equipment Micro Machining Centre Hyper-15w table top type integrated multi-process CNC

machine tool

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3078000

Reason for buying To develop micro machining centre for the research of micro machining PG production

laboratory

2663678

6154586

7489947

8770675

8777330

10572980

11435333

0 4000000 8000000 12000000

OFFICE

ELECTRICAL

ELECTRONICS

CIVIL (CIVIL+ CIVIL ENVIRONMENTAL+ hellip

LIBRARY

COMPUTER + IT

MECHANICAL

Fig 37 Department-wise expenditure Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Figures in rupees

47

Name of the equipment Dynamometer with Built-In Three Channel Charge Amplifiers

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1876090

Reason for buying To carry out research in the area of machining

Name of the equipment Lab View Add-ons Image Processing using Smart Camera Evaluation Kit

Name of the department Electronics Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3421650

Reason for buying Design simulation and prototyping platform for experiments on DSP communication

embedded control and measurements visual representation of experimental results

Name of the equipment Thermal Conductivity Analyzer with Material -- liquid pastes and small particles

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2100000

Reason for buying Post-graduate research and laboratory development

48

Chapter 4 Key Findings

49

1 On an average funds given to institutions for purchase of equipment and soft resources have led to

significant improvement in laboratory infrastructure of the institutes under study

2 The impact of such purchases on improvement in quality is not easily quantifiable in measurable

terms To assess the same other correlated parameters could be looked at such as improvement in

the number of research publications in refereed journals increase in the number of PhD students

number of faculty involved in research or the percentage of student placement However none of

these parameters can be directly or solely be said to be due to the improvement in physical or

digital infrastructure of institutes

3 Institutes did not have a clear-cut strategy of what best use they could put the available money to

Given that each institute on an average got Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and other resources

they could have used the money to create at least one best-in-class facility in any of the

departments which was equipped to utilize that facility in terms of augmenting the interaction of

the institute with industry or generating more resources through assignments from other agencies

While institutes in sub-component 12 had the provision to set up centres of excellence even in sub-

component 11 they could have done so if they had worked with that aim and vision

4 Instead institutes on an average divided the money equally across six departments and each

department on an average bought one-two machines which were significantly expensive and the

rest of the money was spent on buying other small routine equipment desktops laptops

networking servers software and e-journals Collaborations between departments for research

projects were however missing

5 This pattern of expenditure can be explained by the fact that our engineering institutions are still in

a phase where there is more emphasis on theory than practical Hands-on learning or project-based

approach in teaching is relatively new for institutions which is why there is not much emphasis on

understanding the practical aspects of learning such as producing patents versus papers

6 Institutes were seen to be over protective wherever even a slightly costly equipment was bought By

their own admission such equipment was most of the time kept under lock and key and was at best

displayed to students They were rarely given the opportunity to actually do something with it on

their own

7 Equal receipt of money by a number of departments has led to overall improvement in laboratory

standards of all departments which is good from an egalitarian perspective It is also good that all

departments have been able to uniformly upgrade their infrastructure and will therefore be able to

compete with each other in attracting good students faculty as well as assignments from industry in

future

8 Discussions with focus groups suggest that institutes spent large amounts of money on creating or

refurbishing physical infrastructure While non-academic experts may see this as wasteful

expenditure from an academic perspective even if this leads to improvement in the physical

facilities being offered by institutes it is well worth the investment While state funded institutes

get funds from state governments for building infrastructure for some of the centrally funded

institutes where infrastructure may have been falling apart this money would have been useful

9 Because of the fact that there is no proper system to track the usage of equipment ndash records are

maintained in physical form in the shape of log books and registers which render a macro analysis

50

impossible -- anecdotal evidence suggests that equipment bought is not being optimally utilized A

significantly higher number of research papers in refereed journals suggests that this may not be

true but the fact remains that there is no improvement in the number of technology transfers

commercialization of research or patent generation which remain weak This again brings into focus

the theory versus application part of teaching

10 Overall improvement in base infrastructure was important for institutes to advance to the next level

of development Except for some of the Centrally funded institutions none of the institutes which

received funding in TEQIP II are in the league of the six original IITs in terms of laboratory

infrastructure They do not have access to the kind of liberal funding that CFTIs get If they had not

got the present funds to buy equipment they would have taken at least five to seven years to

procure the same through the resources available to them Even for Central institutions as also for

others the availability of funds at one go meant that they could procure high costing software such

as Matlab Ansys Labview Cadence and Adobe which benefit students across departments

11 Funds for buying equipment and other soft resources enabled the institutes to take some steps

towards keeping pace with the rapidly changing advancements in technology Increased level of

automation and artificial intelligence in industry is reflected in the kind of purchases institutes have

made ndash various types of simulation software digital machines replacing analogue ones such as in

electrical engineering departments all-in-one automatic machines which combine several levels of

manual work such as in surveying in civil engineering departments robotic arms mimicking the

automated environment of modern factories attached to lathe machines in mechanical engineering

departments instruments capable of handling nano particles in specialized centres and 3D printers

capable of printing high precision devices which are being used in multiple fields

12 Most institutes have also bought subscriptions to high level international journals in various

streams both online and physical enabling access to vast repository of world class content for most

students

13 Institutes have not paid much thought to maintenance of equipment since most of the purchases

have been made in the past two-three years and warranty periods are still in force Most institutes

have also reported availability of in-house technicians to look after the machines though majority

said that they would sign annual maintenance contracts (AMC) with vendors Since AMCs usually

cost roughly 10 per cent of the cost of the equipment they felt that the resources allocated for the

same under TEQIP II would not be adequate and that they should be increased slightly

14 As per the feedback provided by almost all institutes they all agree that the equipment purchased

by them responds to faculty student needs and was done as per consultation and

recommendations of faculty They all follow well laid out norms for disposal of equipment which

keep environmental considerations in mind

6 -- Average number of departments among which each institute in Sub-component 11 divided

the total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 500 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

51

7-- Average number of departments among which each institute in sub-component 12 divided the

total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 284 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

2147403 ndash Number of items bought by institutes for office purpose in sub-component

11

101699 hours monthndash Utilisation of equipment by UG amp PG students in sub-component

11 as per available data of institutes which participated in the study

427 hours month ndash Average utilization of equipment by UG and PG students across

institutes in sub-component 11

51656 hours month -- Utilisation of equipment by PhD students in sub-component 11 as

per available data of institutes which participated in the study

37 hours month-- Average utilization of equipment by PhD students across institutes in sub-

component 11

52

Chapter 5 Way Forward

53

As data shows and case studies prove there can be no doubt that TEQIP II and the funds provided to

institutes for purchase of equipment and other soft resources have led to improvement in laboratory

infrastructure which in turn has helped in improving the output Some pointers for future stages of the

project are-

1 Even though TEQIP II had a major focus on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and institutes

were given significant amount of funds for purchase of equipment there were no guidelines or

benchmarks for them to judge themselves against and to understand what an ideal laboratory

should be like for any given department While it is good that they were given the freedom to decide

what they wanted to buy and it depended on the pro-activeness of the department heads on what

all they ended up getting funds for in an ideal scenario they should have been given a list of

essential basic equipment as well as research level equipment and they could have prioritized their

purchases on the basis of that

In all likelihood such department-wise lists do not exist anywhere In the third phase of TEQIP

therefore NPIU could commission a project which involves study of top world-class as well as top

national-level laboratories for each department Thereafter standard templates of equipment could

be prepared which could illustrate the requirement of equipment for each concept and practical for

every stream of engineering Based on standard frequency of usage and the number of students in a

class adequate numbers of any equipment could be recommended to be bought by institutes in

order to ensure that not too much time is wasted on rotating several batches of students on the

same equipment

Availability of such templates of equipment as well as soft resources which could be updated

periodically in keeping with the changes in technology and availability of resources would also help

policy makers understand how many institutes come up to a benchmark and how many need

further support

2 Institutes should start maintaining digital records of use of equipment which are bought for research

purposes These records should not be just digital copies of physical registers but should be in the

form of smart solutions which can track internal supply chains in laboratories as well as usage of

equipment The solutions should be able to provide real-time analysis of usage of equipment in

every laboratory and all laboratories could be linked to one centralized system There are various

kinds of RFID solutions available today which can handle usage patterns well The available

information could be used to devise solutions and create policy interventions to increase the actual

usage of equipment

3 Nodal institutes under TEQIP II could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of neighboring non-TEQIP institutes The

unspent money could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

4 Institutes could be encouraged to ensure that laboratories in all departments have well designed

brochures and information material such as leaflets and manuals on major equipment so that

dissemination of information about their availability is easy and their utilization could be increased

54

5 Facilities created in institutes are not being optimally utilized to increase interaction with industry

While rural location of the institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of

the reasons it is also true that in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the

commissioning of equipment Size of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for

anything on industrial scale But in most cases industry is not even aware of the existence of state-

of-the-art equipment inside institutes Regular interactions with sector-specific companies are a

must therefore to create a culture of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration

6 For decades research has happened in our country in isolation and at a distance from both industry

and academia Being largely funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) so far it

has been taking place inside the laboratories of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

The 37 laboratories of CSIR and its 39 field stations or extension centres have been working in the

areas of aerospace engineering structural engineering ocean science life science metallurgy

chemicals mining food petroleum leather and environmental science The ministry of HRD has

also started funding research in a big way in recent years through schemes such as Imprint ndash

Improving Research Innovation and Technology and the Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) It would be

fruitful for the country if research happening purely on the scientific side is able to converge with

that on the academic side Hence in order to ensure greater synergy between research and

teaching it is essential that technical institutes start working more closely with CSIR laboratories

This will bring them immediately closer to cutting edge research and provide rich exposure to

students Specially for institutions which have got improved laboratory facilities as a result of TEQIP

II funds collaboration with relevant CSIR laboratories will help them grow their research and at the

same time provide the latter with a steady flow of students to work on live projects

7 Institutions which have upgraded their laboratory infrastructure in the area of food and agriculture

will gain by collaborating with the government on its e-labs project which aims at automating the

testing procedure of soil fertiliser pesticide and equipment samples By ensuring speedy and

transparent online disbursement of information related to such tests the projectrsquos vision is to

reduce crop losses and increase the use of good quality bio-pesticides through fair and unbiased

testing Institutions and students will be able to learn a lot about quality control and the processes

involved in digital testing through collaboration with the government on e-labs

8 In order to ensure transparency in procurement processes it is advisable that institutes make use of

the governmentrsquos new e-marketplace called GEM Through the portal wwwgemnicin institutes

can buy virtually anything and everything that they may require specially consumables office

equipment furniture and software Buying through this portal will speed up procurement and

improve the efficiency of institutes Created and maintained by the Directorate General of Supplies

amp Disposals (DGSampD) it provides tools for e-bidding reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to

help users get best value for their money At the national level a system of procurement should be

put in place including committee to look into the requirement and availability of equipment taking

global scenarios into consideration

Appendices

Appendix 1

55

State-wise Number of Institutions Under Technical Education QualityImprovement Programme II (2010-2017)

S Name of State CFIs Sub‐component 11 Sub‐component 12 Total No of

Institutions 1 Andhra Pradesh 5 6 11 2 Bihar 2 ‐‐ 2 3 Chhattisgarh 4 ‐‐ 4 4 Gujarat 7 ‐‐ 7 5 Haryana 3 3 6 6 Himachal Pradesh 1 ‐‐ 1 7 Jharkhand 1 1 2 8 Karnataka 4 15 19 9 Kerala 19 ‐‐ 19

10 Madhya Pradesh 3 2 5 11 Maharashtra 7 10 17

12 NCT‐Delhi ‐‐ 1 1 13 Odisha 2 ‐‐ 2 14 Punjab 7 1 8 15 Rajasthan 9 ‐‐ 9 16 Tamil Nadu 5 4 9 17 Telangana 8 5 13 18 Tripura 1 ‐‐ 1 19 UT‐Chandigarh 2 1 3 20 UT‐Puducherry 1 ‐‐ 1 21 Uttar Pradesh 2 5 7 22 Uttarakhand 1 2 3 23 West Bengal 11 3 14 24 Centrally Funded

Institutions (CFIs) 8 18 26

Total 113 77 190

Appendix 2 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 11

S Name of the Name of the Institution

No State UT

1 JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

2 Aditya Institute of Technology amp Management Tekkali Srikakulam

Andhra

3 Madanapalle Institute of Technology amp Science Madanapalle

Pradesh

4 Shri Vishnu Engineering College for women Vishnupur Bhimavaram

5 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College Chittoor

6 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur

Bihar

7 Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur

8 Government Engineering College Bilaspur

9 Government Engineering College Jagdalpur Bastar

Chhattisgarh

10 Government Engineering College Raipur

11 Rungta College of Engineering amp Technology Bhilai

56

12 Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

13 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Vallabh Vidynagar

14 Lukhdirji Engineering College Morbi

15 Gujarat Shantilal Shah Engineering College Bhavnagar

16 Government Engineering College Gandhinagar

17 Government Engineering College Rajkot

18 Government Engineering College Patan

19 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology (UIET) Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

Haryana

20 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology MDU Rohtak

21 NC College of Engineering Panipat

22 Himachal Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar Mandi

Pradesh

23 Jharkhand Cambridge Institute of Technology Ranchi

24 BVB College of Engineering amp Technology Hubli

25 PES College of Engineering Mandya

Karnataka

26 Government Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jublee Technological Institute Bangalore

27 NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore

2

SNo Name of the

Name of the Institution

StateUT

28 Government Engineering College Thrissur

29 Government Engineering College Kozhikode

30 Government Engineering College Painavu Idukki

31 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

32 School of Engineering Cochin University of Science amp Technology Cochin

33 Government College of Engineering Kannur

34 Government Engineering College Bartonhill Thiruvananthapuram

35 LBS Institute of Technology for Women Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram

36 College of Engineering Perumon Perinad Kollam

37 Kerala College of Engineering Kidangoor Kottayam

38 Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

57

39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

58

70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

60

Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

62

77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

70

Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

72

Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

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Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Page 34: Study on Utilization of Resources Created Under …Zakir Hussain College of Engineering & Technology, Aligarh Muslim University Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli 4. Key Findings

35

(NPIU) shows There has been a significant improvement over the years in the number of publications in

refereed journals which till last year have been showing above target performance Only the numbers for

2016-17 are low considering that the data captured is till the month of February 2017 only From a target of

7500 publications in 2010-11 and a realization of 11722to a target of 14500 in 2015-16 and a realization of

18482 (Figure 28) the growth has been impressive though again how much of it is due to buying of

equipment alone is debatable

Another key performance indicatoras per the planners of TEQIP II was rise in the total number of masters

and PhD level students from a baseline of 30000 in 2010-11 to 41000 by 2016 Seen from that angle also the

performance of the programme has exceeded the target To a large extent this can be attributed to

availability of better laboratory infrastructure as it would have been a major factor behind the institutesrsquo

capability to attract students for MTech and PhD (Figure 29)

7032 7500 8000 8500 9000

14000 14500

11722

1606618103

20037

22556

18482

2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016

Fig 28 Number of publications in refereed journals in TEQIP II institutions

Target Actual

36

The percentage of externally funded RampD projects and consultancies in total revenue has increased from 7

per cent in 2010-11 to 14 per cent in 2015-16 against a target of 12 per cent (Figure 30)

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

Target 7032 32000 33000 34000 34000 40000 40500

Actual 35132 37791 44171 49251 48718 45659

0

10000

20000

30000

40000

50000

60000

Fig 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP I

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

2016-2017

Target 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12

Actual 82 11 127 137 117 14 125

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

Tota

l Rev

enu

e

Fig 30 Consultancy revenue generated

37

Chapter 3 Case Studies

38

Government Engineering College Thrissur Kerala

(with inputs from Prof Manoj Kumar K V Coordinator TEQIP II GEC Thrissur)

The entire process of planning procurement and the complete cycle of improved input resulting in improved output can be illustrated through the case study of Government Engineering College Thrissur which is one of the model colleges in TEQIP II and received funds under sub-component 11 It is the second oldest engineering in the state of Kerala and is affiliated to the University of Calicut Its foundation stone was laid by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in April 1958 and among its famous alumni are Dr K Radhakrishnan former chairman of Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) Out of the project allocation of Rs 10 crore Rs 55 crore was utilized by the institute for procurement of equipment The fund was apportioned among the departments based on student strength and their need to modernize and strengthen their various laboratories The procurement plan was finalized from the proposals received from the departments and vetted by the State Project Facilitation Unit (SPFU) before being executed through the Procurement Management Support System (PMSS) which was a web portal created by the National Project Implementation Unit (NPIU) to manage the project

39

Figure 31 10 steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan (Figure 38)

Departments were asked to draw up a

three-year procurement plan based on

their needs Department heads

coordinators and TEQIP nodal officers

had a meeting in the institute in

January 2012 to understand the plans

and procedures as available on NPIU

website

In February the Principal of the

institute TEQIP coordinator and

procurement coordinator attended a

training session conducted by NPIU at

Thiruvananthapuram Participation in

this session was facilitated by SPFU and

it entailed extensive training on how to

use the PMSS website

A training session was organized in the

institute for the benefit of Heads of

Departments (HoDs) and Department

TEQIP coordinators The programme

was attended by 24 officials and it

covered the entire set of activities

pertaining to purchase through PMSS --

from configuration management plan

creation and revision packaging and

procuring to stocking

Procurement coordinator and

department TEQIP coordinators also

attended a training program organized

by SPFUat School of Engineering

Cochin University of Science and

Technologyin February 2012

The SPFU arranged a discussion at

directorateoffice Thiruvanantha-

puramin February to fine tune the plan

and to facilitate data entry through

PMSS The finetuning included clubbing

of similar items from various

departments into one package limiting

the threshold to a maximum of 90 per

cent included in a scheme and revising

the tentative timelines based on plan

approval which was expected by mid-

April 2012 The institute was advised to

procure a particular software used for

double entry book-keeping through

PMSS and to identify 2 National

Competitive Bidding (NCB)

procurement plans to be sent to

Central authorities for approval

The rejigged procurement plan after

consultation with the concerned

coordinators was uploaded on the

website on 28thFebruary 2012

The plan was reviewed by SPFU and

some corrections were suggested

The corrected plan was uploaded again

At a meeting convened on 14thMarch

2012 at LBS College for Women

Thiruvananthapuram the first approval

of the plan was given by Director SPFU

On 31st March 2012 the Principal

convened a meeting of HoDs and

departmental TEQIP coordinators and

instructions were issued to draw up

specifications with respect to every

package so that the data was readily

available for entry to PMSS once the

plan was approved by NPIUWorld

Bank

1 2

3 4

5

6

8

7

9

10

40

Procurement activities were in full swing during the first 18 months of the project and were executed fully as

per the plan Procurement was completed in 82 packages including 68 National Shopping (NS)packages 7

National Competitive Bidding (NCB) packages 2 Direct Contract packages and 5 Civil Works packages

The institute made maximum expenditure in 2013-14 (Figure 32) across different heads Its investments on

laboratory modernization and strengthening started in 2012 and continued till 2017 (Figure 33) Overall it

spent bulk of the money (88 per cent) on modernization of laboratories and 5 per cent on ICT enabled

learning (Figure 34)

5851520

36470287

6909895

61170 1552063

0

5000000

10000000

15000000

20000000

25000000

30000000

35000000

40000000

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur (in Rs)

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Figure 32

2012-1311

2013-1473

2014-1515

2015-160

2016-171

EXPENDITURE ON MODERNISATION STRENGTHENING OF LABS AT GEC THRISSUR

Figure 33

41

Major equipment bought by the institute with TEQIP II funds includes a Rheometer which is not available in

any other institution in the state and offers potential for research and consultancy It is used for determining

the rheological behaviors of liquids and solids It has applications in polymer nano-composites which are the

emerging field of research The stress rheology measurements provide information for spread ability

emulsion stability suspension leveling flow control thermal stability extrudability and thickening etc The

fluid can be highly non-newtonian The equipment is useful for MTech students and faculty for doing

research

The institute also bought a Gas Chromatograph which is used in analyzing compositions purity and for

separating different components of a mixture based on volatility It is also used in identifying a compound

and its applications include analysis of toxicity of soil water and air identifying unknown compounds etc

The equipment is useful for faculty and students in doing research and projects in the field of environmental

engineering and provides opportunities for pollution control related consultancy work

Another important purchase is Accelerated Curing Tank With concrete construction increasing at a rapid

pace this equipment provides the possibility of accelerating the curing time Normal method of curing takes

28 days To reduce the curing time of concrete and test its strength accelerated curing is required and this

can be achieved with the use of Accelerated Curing Tank in the laboratory

88

5 4

0

0

3

Fig 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14at Government Engineering College Thrissur

Expenditure on modernisation strengthening of existinglaboratories

Expenditure on ICT enabledlearning related softwareamphardware

Expenditure on library ie books e-books

Journals e-journals course specificsoftware

Expenditure on modernisation ofclassrooms

Others (furniture)

42

Table 3 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Name of the Equipment

Cost (in rupees)

Pressure Volume Change Controller

365625

Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Suit

1365000

Solar Photovoltaic grid tied training system with MPPT

367500

Gas Chromatograph 1494692

Rheometer 2687350

Surface Roughness Tester

401205

Multimedia Projector 114162

Thermal Imager 746366

Machine Conditioning Monitor

861685

Metallurgical Image Analysis System for Welding

283500

Software Factory CAD 320000

Robot 567000

Pipe Flow Software 149234

Petrol Engine Test Setup

783090

Tribometer 609900

Vibration Analyser 539175

Slotting Machine 449243

Lathe and Shaping Machine

869001

Metal Cutting Band saw 156240

Digital Viscometer 919050

Solid Modeling Software

356590

Ultrasonic Flow Detector

235561

43

Rapid Phototyping Machine

814800

Group Video Conferencing Kit

533340

Lan Trainer 106180

The efforts of the institute over the years have led to improved student placements and intake (Figure 35)

Output in terms of publications in international journals and participation of faculty and students in

international conferences has also gone up considerably (Figure 36)

Top 10 international journals in which faculty and students have secured publications since TEQIP II are

Name of Journal

1 IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

2 International Journal on Numerical Methods in Fluids

261221

570527

357

766

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Placement offers Students placed Intake of students

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 35 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 36 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

Publication in international journals Participation in international conferences

44

3 IETE Technical Review

4 Journal of the Optical Society of America

5 International Journal of Power amp Energy Systems

6 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

7 International Journal of Remote Sensing

8 Automatica

9 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

10 ASME Journal of Heat Transfer

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering amp Technology

Aligarh Muslim University

Another institute with an impeccable history and track record is Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and

Technology (ZHCET) which is a constituent college of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and it received TEQIP

II funds under sub-component 11 AMU was set up by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as Mohammedan Anglo-

Oriental College in 1875 Against available funds of Rs 10 crore ZHCET utilized Rs 618 crore as of February

2017 Following is a glimpse into the major equipment purchased by the institute

Name of the equipment Centrifugal Pump and Pelton Turbine Module Nozzle

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3349138

Reason for buying To improve teaching and research in fluid mechanics section of mechanical engineering

department The equipment comprises centrifugal pump with flowmeter valves reservoir and

instrumentation for measurement and display of inlet outlet pressures torque speed and power and

turbine inlet pressure for Peltan turbine

Name of the equipment Universal High Voltage Test system and Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage Tester

(PE-AOBDV-MXXX)

Name of the department Electrical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 4522500

Reason for buying A new MTech programme in High Voltage Engineering was started under TEQIP II for

which enhanced laboratory infrastructure was needed PE-AOBDV-M series of Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage

Testers are highly precise instruments which can be used to conduct either a breakdown voltage test or do a proof

(withstand) test Dielectric Breakdown Voltage testing of Oil is one such means to detect the voltage at power

frequency at which it is likely to cause a flash-over

Name of the equipment Altium Nanoboard FPGA Kit

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1368863

Reason for buying Five kits were bought for under-graduate and post-graduate students

45

Name of the equipmentExata Software Emulator for Networking

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1245780

Reason for buying BTech students use it to perform experiments in EL-494 (Communication Lab -III) to

study the performance of simulated networks M Tech students use it for projects and dissertations Three

faculty members are using this software for RampD purpose

Name of the equipmentPotentiostat Galvanostat with Impedance Analyzer

Name of the department Petroleum Studies

Cost of equipment Rs 1562925

Reason for buying Potentiostate is at the heart of research on electrochemistry It is mainly used for

research in the area of fuel cell membrane cyclic voltammeter and super capacitors

Name of the equipment Imac 215 Quad Core i5 with Apple Protection Plan

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 205800

Reason for buying Two units of Imac were bought for the post-graduate and networking laboratories of

computer engineering department so that students could develop software based on iOS

Altium Nanoboard

FPGA Kit

46

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli was set up in 1947 with only the civil engineering under-graduate

programme Since 2007 the institute has been autonomous having been affiliated to Bombay University

Pune University and Shivaji University in the past The institute received TEQIP II funds under sub-

component 12 It was eligible to receive Rs 125 crore It submitted procurement plan for Rs 87 crore and

spent Rs 618 crore as of February 2017

MAJOR EQUIPMENT BOUGHT

Name of the equipment Shake Table Set-up

Name of the department Civil amp Structural Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1925776

Reason for buying To establish an earthquake engineering laboratory for conducting studies on response of

structures to earthquake induced vibrations To investigate structural response under various dynamic

loading conditions

Name of the equipment Electromagnetic Exciter with Pay Load Capacity of 100 to 150 kg

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2310824

Reason for buying To carry out research work in the field of dynamic analysis for various systems

Name of the equipment Micro Machining Centre Hyper-15w table top type integrated multi-process CNC

machine tool

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3078000

Reason for buying To develop micro machining centre for the research of micro machining PG production

laboratory

2663678

6154586

7489947

8770675

8777330

10572980

11435333

0 4000000 8000000 12000000

OFFICE

ELECTRICAL

ELECTRONICS

CIVIL (CIVIL+ CIVIL ENVIRONMENTAL+ hellip

LIBRARY

COMPUTER + IT

MECHANICAL

Fig 37 Department-wise expenditure Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Figures in rupees

47

Name of the equipment Dynamometer with Built-In Three Channel Charge Amplifiers

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1876090

Reason for buying To carry out research in the area of machining

Name of the equipment Lab View Add-ons Image Processing using Smart Camera Evaluation Kit

Name of the department Electronics Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3421650

Reason for buying Design simulation and prototyping platform for experiments on DSP communication

embedded control and measurements visual representation of experimental results

Name of the equipment Thermal Conductivity Analyzer with Material -- liquid pastes and small particles

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2100000

Reason for buying Post-graduate research and laboratory development

48

Chapter 4 Key Findings

49

1 On an average funds given to institutions for purchase of equipment and soft resources have led to

significant improvement in laboratory infrastructure of the institutes under study

2 The impact of such purchases on improvement in quality is not easily quantifiable in measurable

terms To assess the same other correlated parameters could be looked at such as improvement in

the number of research publications in refereed journals increase in the number of PhD students

number of faculty involved in research or the percentage of student placement However none of

these parameters can be directly or solely be said to be due to the improvement in physical or

digital infrastructure of institutes

3 Institutes did not have a clear-cut strategy of what best use they could put the available money to

Given that each institute on an average got Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and other resources

they could have used the money to create at least one best-in-class facility in any of the

departments which was equipped to utilize that facility in terms of augmenting the interaction of

the institute with industry or generating more resources through assignments from other agencies

While institutes in sub-component 12 had the provision to set up centres of excellence even in sub-

component 11 they could have done so if they had worked with that aim and vision

4 Instead institutes on an average divided the money equally across six departments and each

department on an average bought one-two machines which were significantly expensive and the

rest of the money was spent on buying other small routine equipment desktops laptops

networking servers software and e-journals Collaborations between departments for research

projects were however missing

5 This pattern of expenditure can be explained by the fact that our engineering institutions are still in

a phase where there is more emphasis on theory than practical Hands-on learning or project-based

approach in teaching is relatively new for institutions which is why there is not much emphasis on

understanding the practical aspects of learning such as producing patents versus papers

6 Institutes were seen to be over protective wherever even a slightly costly equipment was bought By

their own admission such equipment was most of the time kept under lock and key and was at best

displayed to students They were rarely given the opportunity to actually do something with it on

their own

7 Equal receipt of money by a number of departments has led to overall improvement in laboratory

standards of all departments which is good from an egalitarian perspective It is also good that all

departments have been able to uniformly upgrade their infrastructure and will therefore be able to

compete with each other in attracting good students faculty as well as assignments from industry in

future

8 Discussions with focus groups suggest that institutes spent large amounts of money on creating or

refurbishing physical infrastructure While non-academic experts may see this as wasteful

expenditure from an academic perspective even if this leads to improvement in the physical

facilities being offered by institutes it is well worth the investment While state funded institutes

get funds from state governments for building infrastructure for some of the centrally funded

institutes where infrastructure may have been falling apart this money would have been useful

9 Because of the fact that there is no proper system to track the usage of equipment ndash records are

maintained in physical form in the shape of log books and registers which render a macro analysis

50

impossible -- anecdotal evidence suggests that equipment bought is not being optimally utilized A

significantly higher number of research papers in refereed journals suggests that this may not be

true but the fact remains that there is no improvement in the number of technology transfers

commercialization of research or patent generation which remain weak This again brings into focus

the theory versus application part of teaching

10 Overall improvement in base infrastructure was important for institutes to advance to the next level

of development Except for some of the Centrally funded institutions none of the institutes which

received funding in TEQIP II are in the league of the six original IITs in terms of laboratory

infrastructure They do not have access to the kind of liberal funding that CFTIs get If they had not

got the present funds to buy equipment they would have taken at least five to seven years to

procure the same through the resources available to them Even for Central institutions as also for

others the availability of funds at one go meant that they could procure high costing software such

as Matlab Ansys Labview Cadence and Adobe which benefit students across departments

11 Funds for buying equipment and other soft resources enabled the institutes to take some steps

towards keeping pace with the rapidly changing advancements in technology Increased level of

automation and artificial intelligence in industry is reflected in the kind of purchases institutes have

made ndash various types of simulation software digital machines replacing analogue ones such as in

electrical engineering departments all-in-one automatic machines which combine several levels of

manual work such as in surveying in civil engineering departments robotic arms mimicking the

automated environment of modern factories attached to lathe machines in mechanical engineering

departments instruments capable of handling nano particles in specialized centres and 3D printers

capable of printing high precision devices which are being used in multiple fields

12 Most institutes have also bought subscriptions to high level international journals in various

streams both online and physical enabling access to vast repository of world class content for most

students

13 Institutes have not paid much thought to maintenance of equipment since most of the purchases

have been made in the past two-three years and warranty periods are still in force Most institutes

have also reported availability of in-house technicians to look after the machines though majority

said that they would sign annual maintenance contracts (AMC) with vendors Since AMCs usually

cost roughly 10 per cent of the cost of the equipment they felt that the resources allocated for the

same under TEQIP II would not be adequate and that they should be increased slightly

14 As per the feedback provided by almost all institutes they all agree that the equipment purchased

by them responds to faculty student needs and was done as per consultation and

recommendations of faculty They all follow well laid out norms for disposal of equipment which

keep environmental considerations in mind

6 -- Average number of departments among which each institute in Sub-component 11 divided

the total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 500 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

51

7-- Average number of departments among which each institute in sub-component 12 divided the

total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 284 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

2147403 ndash Number of items bought by institutes for office purpose in sub-component

11

101699 hours monthndash Utilisation of equipment by UG amp PG students in sub-component

11 as per available data of institutes which participated in the study

427 hours month ndash Average utilization of equipment by UG and PG students across

institutes in sub-component 11

51656 hours month -- Utilisation of equipment by PhD students in sub-component 11 as

per available data of institutes which participated in the study

37 hours month-- Average utilization of equipment by PhD students across institutes in sub-

component 11

52

Chapter 5 Way Forward

53

As data shows and case studies prove there can be no doubt that TEQIP II and the funds provided to

institutes for purchase of equipment and other soft resources have led to improvement in laboratory

infrastructure which in turn has helped in improving the output Some pointers for future stages of the

project are-

1 Even though TEQIP II had a major focus on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and institutes

were given significant amount of funds for purchase of equipment there were no guidelines or

benchmarks for them to judge themselves against and to understand what an ideal laboratory

should be like for any given department While it is good that they were given the freedom to decide

what they wanted to buy and it depended on the pro-activeness of the department heads on what

all they ended up getting funds for in an ideal scenario they should have been given a list of

essential basic equipment as well as research level equipment and they could have prioritized their

purchases on the basis of that

In all likelihood such department-wise lists do not exist anywhere In the third phase of TEQIP

therefore NPIU could commission a project which involves study of top world-class as well as top

national-level laboratories for each department Thereafter standard templates of equipment could

be prepared which could illustrate the requirement of equipment for each concept and practical for

every stream of engineering Based on standard frequency of usage and the number of students in a

class adequate numbers of any equipment could be recommended to be bought by institutes in

order to ensure that not too much time is wasted on rotating several batches of students on the

same equipment

Availability of such templates of equipment as well as soft resources which could be updated

periodically in keeping with the changes in technology and availability of resources would also help

policy makers understand how many institutes come up to a benchmark and how many need

further support

2 Institutes should start maintaining digital records of use of equipment which are bought for research

purposes These records should not be just digital copies of physical registers but should be in the

form of smart solutions which can track internal supply chains in laboratories as well as usage of

equipment The solutions should be able to provide real-time analysis of usage of equipment in

every laboratory and all laboratories could be linked to one centralized system There are various

kinds of RFID solutions available today which can handle usage patterns well The available

information could be used to devise solutions and create policy interventions to increase the actual

usage of equipment

3 Nodal institutes under TEQIP II could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of neighboring non-TEQIP institutes The

unspent money could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

4 Institutes could be encouraged to ensure that laboratories in all departments have well designed

brochures and information material such as leaflets and manuals on major equipment so that

dissemination of information about their availability is easy and their utilization could be increased

54

5 Facilities created in institutes are not being optimally utilized to increase interaction with industry

While rural location of the institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of

the reasons it is also true that in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the

commissioning of equipment Size of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for

anything on industrial scale But in most cases industry is not even aware of the existence of state-

of-the-art equipment inside institutes Regular interactions with sector-specific companies are a

must therefore to create a culture of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration

6 For decades research has happened in our country in isolation and at a distance from both industry

and academia Being largely funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) so far it

has been taking place inside the laboratories of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

The 37 laboratories of CSIR and its 39 field stations or extension centres have been working in the

areas of aerospace engineering structural engineering ocean science life science metallurgy

chemicals mining food petroleum leather and environmental science The ministry of HRD has

also started funding research in a big way in recent years through schemes such as Imprint ndash

Improving Research Innovation and Technology and the Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) It would be

fruitful for the country if research happening purely on the scientific side is able to converge with

that on the academic side Hence in order to ensure greater synergy between research and

teaching it is essential that technical institutes start working more closely with CSIR laboratories

This will bring them immediately closer to cutting edge research and provide rich exposure to

students Specially for institutions which have got improved laboratory facilities as a result of TEQIP

II funds collaboration with relevant CSIR laboratories will help them grow their research and at the

same time provide the latter with a steady flow of students to work on live projects

7 Institutions which have upgraded their laboratory infrastructure in the area of food and agriculture

will gain by collaborating with the government on its e-labs project which aims at automating the

testing procedure of soil fertiliser pesticide and equipment samples By ensuring speedy and

transparent online disbursement of information related to such tests the projectrsquos vision is to

reduce crop losses and increase the use of good quality bio-pesticides through fair and unbiased

testing Institutions and students will be able to learn a lot about quality control and the processes

involved in digital testing through collaboration with the government on e-labs

8 In order to ensure transparency in procurement processes it is advisable that institutes make use of

the governmentrsquos new e-marketplace called GEM Through the portal wwwgemnicin institutes

can buy virtually anything and everything that they may require specially consumables office

equipment furniture and software Buying through this portal will speed up procurement and

improve the efficiency of institutes Created and maintained by the Directorate General of Supplies

amp Disposals (DGSampD) it provides tools for e-bidding reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to

help users get best value for their money At the national level a system of procurement should be

put in place including committee to look into the requirement and availability of equipment taking

global scenarios into consideration

Appendices

Appendix 1

55

State-wise Number of Institutions Under Technical Education QualityImprovement Programme II (2010-2017)

S Name of State CFIs Sub‐component 11 Sub‐component 12 Total No of

Institutions 1 Andhra Pradesh 5 6 11 2 Bihar 2 ‐‐ 2 3 Chhattisgarh 4 ‐‐ 4 4 Gujarat 7 ‐‐ 7 5 Haryana 3 3 6 6 Himachal Pradesh 1 ‐‐ 1 7 Jharkhand 1 1 2 8 Karnataka 4 15 19 9 Kerala 19 ‐‐ 19

10 Madhya Pradesh 3 2 5 11 Maharashtra 7 10 17

12 NCT‐Delhi ‐‐ 1 1 13 Odisha 2 ‐‐ 2 14 Punjab 7 1 8 15 Rajasthan 9 ‐‐ 9 16 Tamil Nadu 5 4 9 17 Telangana 8 5 13 18 Tripura 1 ‐‐ 1 19 UT‐Chandigarh 2 1 3 20 UT‐Puducherry 1 ‐‐ 1 21 Uttar Pradesh 2 5 7 22 Uttarakhand 1 2 3 23 West Bengal 11 3 14 24 Centrally Funded

Institutions (CFIs) 8 18 26

Total 113 77 190

Appendix 2 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 11

S Name of the Name of the Institution

No State UT

1 JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

2 Aditya Institute of Technology amp Management Tekkali Srikakulam

Andhra

3 Madanapalle Institute of Technology amp Science Madanapalle

Pradesh

4 Shri Vishnu Engineering College for women Vishnupur Bhimavaram

5 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College Chittoor

6 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur

Bihar

7 Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur

8 Government Engineering College Bilaspur

9 Government Engineering College Jagdalpur Bastar

Chhattisgarh

10 Government Engineering College Raipur

11 Rungta College of Engineering amp Technology Bhilai

56

12 Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

13 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Vallabh Vidynagar

14 Lukhdirji Engineering College Morbi

15 Gujarat Shantilal Shah Engineering College Bhavnagar

16 Government Engineering College Gandhinagar

17 Government Engineering College Rajkot

18 Government Engineering College Patan

19 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology (UIET) Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

Haryana

20 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology MDU Rohtak

21 NC College of Engineering Panipat

22 Himachal Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar Mandi

Pradesh

23 Jharkhand Cambridge Institute of Technology Ranchi

24 BVB College of Engineering amp Technology Hubli

25 PES College of Engineering Mandya

Karnataka

26 Government Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jublee Technological Institute Bangalore

27 NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore

2

SNo Name of the

Name of the Institution

StateUT

28 Government Engineering College Thrissur

29 Government Engineering College Kozhikode

30 Government Engineering College Painavu Idukki

31 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

32 School of Engineering Cochin University of Science amp Technology Cochin

33 Government College of Engineering Kannur

34 Government Engineering College Bartonhill Thiruvananthapuram

35 LBS Institute of Technology for Women Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram

36 College of Engineering Perumon Perinad Kollam

37 Kerala College of Engineering Kidangoor Kottayam

38 Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

57

39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

58

70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

60

Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

62

77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

70

Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

72

Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

73

Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Page 35: Study on Utilization of Resources Created Under …Zakir Hussain College of Engineering & Technology, Aligarh Muslim University Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli 4. Key Findings

36

The percentage of externally funded RampD projects and consultancies in total revenue has increased from 7

per cent in 2010-11 to 14 per cent in 2015-16 against a target of 12 per cent (Figure 30)

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

Target 7032 32000 33000 34000 34000 40000 40500

Actual 35132 37791 44171 49251 48718 45659

0

10000

20000

30000

40000

50000

60000

Fig 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP I

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

2016-2017

Target 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12

Actual 82 11 127 137 117 14 125

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

Tota

l Rev

enu

e

Fig 30 Consultancy revenue generated

37

Chapter 3 Case Studies

38

Government Engineering College Thrissur Kerala

(with inputs from Prof Manoj Kumar K V Coordinator TEQIP II GEC Thrissur)

The entire process of planning procurement and the complete cycle of improved input resulting in improved output can be illustrated through the case study of Government Engineering College Thrissur which is one of the model colleges in TEQIP II and received funds under sub-component 11 It is the second oldest engineering in the state of Kerala and is affiliated to the University of Calicut Its foundation stone was laid by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in April 1958 and among its famous alumni are Dr K Radhakrishnan former chairman of Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) Out of the project allocation of Rs 10 crore Rs 55 crore was utilized by the institute for procurement of equipment The fund was apportioned among the departments based on student strength and their need to modernize and strengthen their various laboratories The procurement plan was finalized from the proposals received from the departments and vetted by the State Project Facilitation Unit (SPFU) before being executed through the Procurement Management Support System (PMSS) which was a web portal created by the National Project Implementation Unit (NPIU) to manage the project

39

Figure 31 10 steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan (Figure 38)

Departments were asked to draw up a

three-year procurement plan based on

their needs Department heads

coordinators and TEQIP nodal officers

had a meeting in the institute in

January 2012 to understand the plans

and procedures as available on NPIU

website

In February the Principal of the

institute TEQIP coordinator and

procurement coordinator attended a

training session conducted by NPIU at

Thiruvananthapuram Participation in

this session was facilitated by SPFU and

it entailed extensive training on how to

use the PMSS website

A training session was organized in the

institute for the benefit of Heads of

Departments (HoDs) and Department

TEQIP coordinators The programme

was attended by 24 officials and it

covered the entire set of activities

pertaining to purchase through PMSS --

from configuration management plan

creation and revision packaging and

procuring to stocking

Procurement coordinator and

department TEQIP coordinators also

attended a training program organized

by SPFUat School of Engineering

Cochin University of Science and

Technologyin February 2012

The SPFU arranged a discussion at

directorateoffice Thiruvanantha-

puramin February to fine tune the plan

and to facilitate data entry through

PMSS The finetuning included clubbing

of similar items from various

departments into one package limiting

the threshold to a maximum of 90 per

cent included in a scheme and revising

the tentative timelines based on plan

approval which was expected by mid-

April 2012 The institute was advised to

procure a particular software used for

double entry book-keeping through

PMSS and to identify 2 National

Competitive Bidding (NCB)

procurement plans to be sent to

Central authorities for approval

The rejigged procurement plan after

consultation with the concerned

coordinators was uploaded on the

website on 28thFebruary 2012

The plan was reviewed by SPFU and

some corrections were suggested

The corrected plan was uploaded again

At a meeting convened on 14thMarch

2012 at LBS College for Women

Thiruvananthapuram the first approval

of the plan was given by Director SPFU

On 31st March 2012 the Principal

convened a meeting of HoDs and

departmental TEQIP coordinators and

instructions were issued to draw up

specifications with respect to every

package so that the data was readily

available for entry to PMSS once the

plan was approved by NPIUWorld

Bank

1 2

3 4

5

6

8

7

9

10

40

Procurement activities were in full swing during the first 18 months of the project and were executed fully as

per the plan Procurement was completed in 82 packages including 68 National Shopping (NS)packages 7

National Competitive Bidding (NCB) packages 2 Direct Contract packages and 5 Civil Works packages

The institute made maximum expenditure in 2013-14 (Figure 32) across different heads Its investments on

laboratory modernization and strengthening started in 2012 and continued till 2017 (Figure 33) Overall it

spent bulk of the money (88 per cent) on modernization of laboratories and 5 per cent on ICT enabled

learning (Figure 34)

5851520

36470287

6909895

61170 1552063

0

5000000

10000000

15000000

20000000

25000000

30000000

35000000

40000000

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur (in Rs)

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Figure 32

2012-1311

2013-1473

2014-1515

2015-160

2016-171

EXPENDITURE ON MODERNISATION STRENGTHENING OF LABS AT GEC THRISSUR

Figure 33

41

Major equipment bought by the institute with TEQIP II funds includes a Rheometer which is not available in

any other institution in the state and offers potential for research and consultancy It is used for determining

the rheological behaviors of liquids and solids It has applications in polymer nano-composites which are the

emerging field of research The stress rheology measurements provide information for spread ability

emulsion stability suspension leveling flow control thermal stability extrudability and thickening etc The

fluid can be highly non-newtonian The equipment is useful for MTech students and faculty for doing

research

The institute also bought a Gas Chromatograph which is used in analyzing compositions purity and for

separating different components of a mixture based on volatility It is also used in identifying a compound

and its applications include analysis of toxicity of soil water and air identifying unknown compounds etc

The equipment is useful for faculty and students in doing research and projects in the field of environmental

engineering and provides opportunities for pollution control related consultancy work

Another important purchase is Accelerated Curing Tank With concrete construction increasing at a rapid

pace this equipment provides the possibility of accelerating the curing time Normal method of curing takes

28 days To reduce the curing time of concrete and test its strength accelerated curing is required and this

can be achieved with the use of Accelerated Curing Tank in the laboratory

88

5 4

0

0

3

Fig 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14at Government Engineering College Thrissur

Expenditure on modernisation strengthening of existinglaboratories

Expenditure on ICT enabledlearning related softwareamphardware

Expenditure on library ie books e-books

Journals e-journals course specificsoftware

Expenditure on modernisation ofclassrooms

Others (furniture)

42

Table 3 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Name of the Equipment

Cost (in rupees)

Pressure Volume Change Controller

365625

Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Suit

1365000

Solar Photovoltaic grid tied training system with MPPT

367500

Gas Chromatograph 1494692

Rheometer 2687350

Surface Roughness Tester

401205

Multimedia Projector 114162

Thermal Imager 746366

Machine Conditioning Monitor

861685

Metallurgical Image Analysis System for Welding

283500

Software Factory CAD 320000

Robot 567000

Pipe Flow Software 149234

Petrol Engine Test Setup

783090

Tribometer 609900

Vibration Analyser 539175

Slotting Machine 449243

Lathe and Shaping Machine

869001

Metal Cutting Band saw 156240

Digital Viscometer 919050

Solid Modeling Software

356590

Ultrasonic Flow Detector

235561

43

Rapid Phototyping Machine

814800

Group Video Conferencing Kit

533340

Lan Trainer 106180

The efforts of the institute over the years have led to improved student placements and intake (Figure 35)

Output in terms of publications in international journals and participation of faculty and students in

international conferences has also gone up considerably (Figure 36)

Top 10 international journals in which faculty and students have secured publications since TEQIP II are

Name of Journal

1 IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

2 International Journal on Numerical Methods in Fluids

261221

570527

357

766

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Placement offers Students placed Intake of students

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 35 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 36 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

Publication in international journals Participation in international conferences

44

3 IETE Technical Review

4 Journal of the Optical Society of America

5 International Journal of Power amp Energy Systems

6 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

7 International Journal of Remote Sensing

8 Automatica

9 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

10 ASME Journal of Heat Transfer

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering amp Technology

Aligarh Muslim University

Another institute with an impeccable history and track record is Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and

Technology (ZHCET) which is a constituent college of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and it received TEQIP

II funds under sub-component 11 AMU was set up by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as Mohammedan Anglo-

Oriental College in 1875 Against available funds of Rs 10 crore ZHCET utilized Rs 618 crore as of February

2017 Following is a glimpse into the major equipment purchased by the institute

Name of the equipment Centrifugal Pump and Pelton Turbine Module Nozzle

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3349138

Reason for buying To improve teaching and research in fluid mechanics section of mechanical engineering

department The equipment comprises centrifugal pump with flowmeter valves reservoir and

instrumentation for measurement and display of inlet outlet pressures torque speed and power and

turbine inlet pressure for Peltan turbine

Name of the equipment Universal High Voltage Test system and Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage Tester

(PE-AOBDV-MXXX)

Name of the department Electrical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 4522500

Reason for buying A new MTech programme in High Voltage Engineering was started under TEQIP II for

which enhanced laboratory infrastructure was needed PE-AOBDV-M series of Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage

Testers are highly precise instruments which can be used to conduct either a breakdown voltage test or do a proof

(withstand) test Dielectric Breakdown Voltage testing of Oil is one such means to detect the voltage at power

frequency at which it is likely to cause a flash-over

Name of the equipment Altium Nanoboard FPGA Kit

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1368863

Reason for buying Five kits were bought for under-graduate and post-graduate students

45

Name of the equipmentExata Software Emulator for Networking

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1245780

Reason for buying BTech students use it to perform experiments in EL-494 (Communication Lab -III) to

study the performance of simulated networks M Tech students use it for projects and dissertations Three

faculty members are using this software for RampD purpose

Name of the equipmentPotentiostat Galvanostat with Impedance Analyzer

Name of the department Petroleum Studies

Cost of equipment Rs 1562925

Reason for buying Potentiostate is at the heart of research on electrochemistry It is mainly used for

research in the area of fuel cell membrane cyclic voltammeter and super capacitors

Name of the equipment Imac 215 Quad Core i5 with Apple Protection Plan

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 205800

Reason for buying Two units of Imac were bought for the post-graduate and networking laboratories of

computer engineering department so that students could develop software based on iOS

Altium Nanoboard

FPGA Kit

46

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli was set up in 1947 with only the civil engineering under-graduate

programme Since 2007 the institute has been autonomous having been affiliated to Bombay University

Pune University and Shivaji University in the past The institute received TEQIP II funds under sub-

component 12 It was eligible to receive Rs 125 crore It submitted procurement plan for Rs 87 crore and

spent Rs 618 crore as of February 2017

MAJOR EQUIPMENT BOUGHT

Name of the equipment Shake Table Set-up

Name of the department Civil amp Structural Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1925776

Reason for buying To establish an earthquake engineering laboratory for conducting studies on response of

structures to earthquake induced vibrations To investigate structural response under various dynamic

loading conditions

Name of the equipment Electromagnetic Exciter with Pay Load Capacity of 100 to 150 kg

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2310824

Reason for buying To carry out research work in the field of dynamic analysis for various systems

Name of the equipment Micro Machining Centre Hyper-15w table top type integrated multi-process CNC

machine tool

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3078000

Reason for buying To develop micro machining centre for the research of micro machining PG production

laboratory

2663678

6154586

7489947

8770675

8777330

10572980

11435333

0 4000000 8000000 12000000

OFFICE

ELECTRICAL

ELECTRONICS

CIVIL (CIVIL+ CIVIL ENVIRONMENTAL+ hellip

LIBRARY

COMPUTER + IT

MECHANICAL

Fig 37 Department-wise expenditure Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Figures in rupees

47

Name of the equipment Dynamometer with Built-In Three Channel Charge Amplifiers

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1876090

Reason for buying To carry out research in the area of machining

Name of the equipment Lab View Add-ons Image Processing using Smart Camera Evaluation Kit

Name of the department Electronics Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3421650

Reason for buying Design simulation and prototyping platform for experiments on DSP communication

embedded control and measurements visual representation of experimental results

Name of the equipment Thermal Conductivity Analyzer with Material -- liquid pastes and small particles

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2100000

Reason for buying Post-graduate research and laboratory development

48

Chapter 4 Key Findings

49

1 On an average funds given to institutions for purchase of equipment and soft resources have led to

significant improvement in laboratory infrastructure of the institutes under study

2 The impact of such purchases on improvement in quality is not easily quantifiable in measurable

terms To assess the same other correlated parameters could be looked at such as improvement in

the number of research publications in refereed journals increase in the number of PhD students

number of faculty involved in research or the percentage of student placement However none of

these parameters can be directly or solely be said to be due to the improvement in physical or

digital infrastructure of institutes

3 Institutes did not have a clear-cut strategy of what best use they could put the available money to

Given that each institute on an average got Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and other resources

they could have used the money to create at least one best-in-class facility in any of the

departments which was equipped to utilize that facility in terms of augmenting the interaction of

the institute with industry or generating more resources through assignments from other agencies

While institutes in sub-component 12 had the provision to set up centres of excellence even in sub-

component 11 they could have done so if they had worked with that aim and vision

4 Instead institutes on an average divided the money equally across six departments and each

department on an average bought one-two machines which were significantly expensive and the

rest of the money was spent on buying other small routine equipment desktops laptops

networking servers software and e-journals Collaborations between departments for research

projects were however missing

5 This pattern of expenditure can be explained by the fact that our engineering institutions are still in

a phase where there is more emphasis on theory than practical Hands-on learning or project-based

approach in teaching is relatively new for institutions which is why there is not much emphasis on

understanding the practical aspects of learning such as producing patents versus papers

6 Institutes were seen to be over protective wherever even a slightly costly equipment was bought By

their own admission such equipment was most of the time kept under lock and key and was at best

displayed to students They were rarely given the opportunity to actually do something with it on

their own

7 Equal receipt of money by a number of departments has led to overall improvement in laboratory

standards of all departments which is good from an egalitarian perspective It is also good that all

departments have been able to uniformly upgrade their infrastructure and will therefore be able to

compete with each other in attracting good students faculty as well as assignments from industry in

future

8 Discussions with focus groups suggest that institutes spent large amounts of money on creating or

refurbishing physical infrastructure While non-academic experts may see this as wasteful

expenditure from an academic perspective even if this leads to improvement in the physical

facilities being offered by institutes it is well worth the investment While state funded institutes

get funds from state governments for building infrastructure for some of the centrally funded

institutes where infrastructure may have been falling apart this money would have been useful

9 Because of the fact that there is no proper system to track the usage of equipment ndash records are

maintained in physical form in the shape of log books and registers which render a macro analysis

50

impossible -- anecdotal evidence suggests that equipment bought is not being optimally utilized A

significantly higher number of research papers in refereed journals suggests that this may not be

true but the fact remains that there is no improvement in the number of technology transfers

commercialization of research or patent generation which remain weak This again brings into focus

the theory versus application part of teaching

10 Overall improvement in base infrastructure was important for institutes to advance to the next level

of development Except for some of the Centrally funded institutions none of the institutes which

received funding in TEQIP II are in the league of the six original IITs in terms of laboratory

infrastructure They do not have access to the kind of liberal funding that CFTIs get If they had not

got the present funds to buy equipment they would have taken at least five to seven years to

procure the same through the resources available to them Even for Central institutions as also for

others the availability of funds at one go meant that they could procure high costing software such

as Matlab Ansys Labview Cadence and Adobe which benefit students across departments

11 Funds for buying equipment and other soft resources enabled the institutes to take some steps

towards keeping pace with the rapidly changing advancements in technology Increased level of

automation and artificial intelligence in industry is reflected in the kind of purchases institutes have

made ndash various types of simulation software digital machines replacing analogue ones such as in

electrical engineering departments all-in-one automatic machines which combine several levels of

manual work such as in surveying in civil engineering departments robotic arms mimicking the

automated environment of modern factories attached to lathe machines in mechanical engineering

departments instruments capable of handling nano particles in specialized centres and 3D printers

capable of printing high precision devices which are being used in multiple fields

12 Most institutes have also bought subscriptions to high level international journals in various

streams both online and physical enabling access to vast repository of world class content for most

students

13 Institutes have not paid much thought to maintenance of equipment since most of the purchases

have been made in the past two-three years and warranty periods are still in force Most institutes

have also reported availability of in-house technicians to look after the machines though majority

said that they would sign annual maintenance contracts (AMC) with vendors Since AMCs usually

cost roughly 10 per cent of the cost of the equipment they felt that the resources allocated for the

same under TEQIP II would not be adequate and that they should be increased slightly

14 As per the feedback provided by almost all institutes they all agree that the equipment purchased

by them responds to faculty student needs and was done as per consultation and

recommendations of faculty They all follow well laid out norms for disposal of equipment which

keep environmental considerations in mind

6 -- Average number of departments among which each institute in Sub-component 11 divided

the total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 500 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

51

7-- Average number of departments among which each institute in sub-component 12 divided the

total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 284 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

2147403 ndash Number of items bought by institutes for office purpose in sub-component

11

101699 hours monthndash Utilisation of equipment by UG amp PG students in sub-component

11 as per available data of institutes which participated in the study

427 hours month ndash Average utilization of equipment by UG and PG students across

institutes in sub-component 11

51656 hours month -- Utilisation of equipment by PhD students in sub-component 11 as

per available data of institutes which participated in the study

37 hours month-- Average utilization of equipment by PhD students across institutes in sub-

component 11

52

Chapter 5 Way Forward

53

As data shows and case studies prove there can be no doubt that TEQIP II and the funds provided to

institutes for purchase of equipment and other soft resources have led to improvement in laboratory

infrastructure which in turn has helped in improving the output Some pointers for future stages of the

project are-

1 Even though TEQIP II had a major focus on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and institutes

were given significant amount of funds for purchase of equipment there were no guidelines or

benchmarks for them to judge themselves against and to understand what an ideal laboratory

should be like for any given department While it is good that they were given the freedom to decide

what they wanted to buy and it depended on the pro-activeness of the department heads on what

all they ended up getting funds for in an ideal scenario they should have been given a list of

essential basic equipment as well as research level equipment and they could have prioritized their

purchases on the basis of that

In all likelihood such department-wise lists do not exist anywhere In the third phase of TEQIP

therefore NPIU could commission a project which involves study of top world-class as well as top

national-level laboratories for each department Thereafter standard templates of equipment could

be prepared which could illustrate the requirement of equipment for each concept and practical for

every stream of engineering Based on standard frequency of usage and the number of students in a

class adequate numbers of any equipment could be recommended to be bought by institutes in

order to ensure that not too much time is wasted on rotating several batches of students on the

same equipment

Availability of such templates of equipment as well as soft resources which could be updated

periodically in keeping with the changes in technology and availability of resources would also help

policy makers understand how many institutes come up to a benchmark and how many need

further support

2 Institutes should start maintaining digital records of use of equipment which are bought for research

purposes These records should not be just digital copies of physical registers but should be in the

form of smart solutions which can track internal supply chains in laboratories as well as usage of

equipment The solutions should be able to provide real-time analysis of usage of equipment in

every laboratory and all laboratories could be linked to one centralized system There are various

kinds of RFID solutions available today which can handle usage patterns well The available

information could be used to devise solutions and create policy interventions to increase the actual

usage of equipment

3 Nodal institutes under TEQIP II could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of neighboring non-TEQIP institutes The

unspent money could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

4 Institutes could be encouraged to ensure that laboratories in all departments have well designed

brochures and information material such as leaflets and manuals on major equipment so that

dissemination of information about their availability is easy and their utilization could be increased

54

5 Facilities created in institutes are not being optimally utilized to increase interaction with industry

While rural location of the institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of

the reasons it is also true that in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the

commissioning of equipment Size of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for

anything on industrial scale But in most cases industry is not even aware of the existence of state-

of-the-art equipment inside institutes Regular interactions with sector-specific companies are a

must therefore to create a culture of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration

6 For decades research has happened in our country in isolation and at a distance from both industry

and academia Being largely funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) so far it

has been taking place inside the laboratories of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

The 37 laboratories of CSIR and its 39 field stations or extension centres have been working in the

areas of aerospace engineering structural engineering ocean science life science metallurgy

chemicals mining food petroleum leather and environmental science The ministry of HRD has

also started funding research in a big way in recent years through schemes such as Imprint ndash

Improving Research Innovation and Technology and the Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) It would be

fruitful for the country if research happening purely on the scientific side is able to converge with

that on the academic side Hence in order to ensure greater synergy between research and

teaching it is essential that technical institutes start working more closely with CSIR laboratories

This will bring them immediately closer to cutting edge research and provide rich exposure to

students Specially for institutions which have got improved laboratory facilities as a result of TEQIP

II funds collaboration with relevant CSIR laboratories will help them grow their research and at the

same time provide the latter with a steady flow of students to work on live projects

7 Institutions which have upgraded their laboratory infrastructure in the area of food and agriculture

will gain by collaborating with the government on its e-labs project which aims at automating the

testing procedure of soil fertiliser pesticide and equipment samples By ensuring speedy and

transparent online disbursement of information related to such tests the projectrsquos vision is to

reduce crop losses and increase the use of good quality bio-pesticides through fair and unbiased

testing Institutions and students will be able to learn a lot about quality control and the processes

involved in digital testing through collaboration with the government on e-labs

8 In order to ensure transparency in procurement processes it is advisable that institutes make use of

the governmentrsquos new e-marketplace called GEM Through the portal wwwgemnicin institutes

can buy virtually anything and everything that they may require specially consumables office

equipment furniture and software Buying through this portal will speed up procurement and

improve the efficiency of institutes Created and maintained by the Directorate General of Supplies

amp Disposals (DGSampD) it provides tools for e-bidding reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to

help users get best value for their money At the national level a system of procurement should be

put in place including committee to look into the requirement and availability of equipment taking

global scenarios into consideration

Appendices

Appendix 1

55

State-wise Number of Institutions Under Technical Education QualityImprovement Programme II (2010-2017)

S Name of State CFIs Sub‐component 11 Sub‐component 12 Total No of

Institutions 1 Andhra Pradesh 5 6 11 2 Bihar 2 ‐‐ 2 3 Chhattisgarh 4 ‐‐ 4 4 Gujarat 7 ‐‐ 7 5 Haryana 3 3 6 6 Himachal Pradesh 1 ‐‐ 1 7 Jharkhand 1 1 2 8 Karnataka 4 15 19 9 Kerala 19 ‐‐ 19

10 Madhya Pradesh 3 2 5 11 Maharashtra 7 10 17

12 NCT‐Delhi ‐‐ 1 1 13 Odisha 2 ‐‐ 2 14 Punjab 7 1 8 15 Rajasthan 9 ‐‐ 9 16 Tamil Nadu 5 4 9 17 Telangana 8 5 13 18 Tripura 1 ‐‐ 1 19 UT‐Chandigarh 2 1 3 20 UT‐Puducherry 1 ‐‐ 1 21 Uttar Pradesh 2 5 7 22 Uttarakhand 1 2 3 23 West Bengal 11 3 14 24 Centrally Funded

Institutions (CFIs) 8 18 26

Total 113 77 190

Appendix 2 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 11

S Name of the Name of the Institution

No State UT

1 JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

2 Aditya Institute of Technology amp Management Tekkali Srikakulam

Andhra

3 Madanapalle Institute of Technology amp Science Madanapalle

Pradesh

4 Shri Vishnu Engineering College for women Vishnupur Bhimavaram

5 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College Chittoor

6 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur

Bihar

7 Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur

8 Government Engineering College Bilaspur

9 Government Engineering College Jagdalpur Bastar

Chhattisgarh

10 Government Engineering College Raipur

11 Rungta College of Engineering amp Technology Bhilai

56

12 Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

13 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Vallabh Vidynagar

14 Lukhdirji Engineering College Morbi

15 Gujarat Shantilal Shah Engineering College Bhavnagar

16 Government Engineering College Gandhinagar

17 Government Engineering College Rajkot

18 Government Engineering College Patan

19 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology (UIET) Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

Haryana

20 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology MDU Rohtak

21 NC College of Engineering Panipat

22 Himachal Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar Mandi

Pradesh

23 Jharkhand Cambridge Institute of Technology Ranchi

24 BVB College of Engineering amp Technology Hubli

25 PES College of Engineering Mandya

Karnataka

26 Government Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jublee Technological Institute Bangalore

27 NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore

2

SNo Name of the

Name of the Institution

StateUT

28 Government Engineering College Thrissur

29 Government Engineering College Kozhikode

30 Government Engineering College Painavu Idukki

31 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

32 School of Engineering Cochin University of Science amp Technology Cochin

33 Government College of Engineering Kannur

34 Government Engineering College Bartonhill Thiruvananthapuram

35 LBS Institute of Technology for Women Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram

36 College of Engineering Perumon Perinad Kollam

37 Kerala College of Engineering Kidangoor Kottayam

38 Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

57

39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

58

70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

60

Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

62

77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

70

Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

72

Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

73

Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Page 36: Study on Utilization of Resources Created Under …Zakir Hussain College of Engineering & Technology, Aligarh Muslim University Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli 4. Key Findings

37

Chapter 3 Case Studies

38

Government Engineering College Thrissur Kerala

(with inputs from Prof Manoj Kumar K V Coordinator TEQIP II GEC Thrissur)

The entire process of planning procurement and the complete cycle of improved input resulting in improved output can be illustrated through the case study of Government Engineering College Thrissur which is one of the model colleges in TEQIP II and received funds under sub-component 11 It is the second oldest engineering in the state of Kerala and is affiliated to the University of Calicut Its foundation stone was laid by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in April 1958 and among its famous alumni are Dr K Radhakrishnan former chairman of Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) Out of the project allocation of Rs 10 crore Rs 55 crore was utilized by the institute for procurement of equipment The fund was apportioned among the departments based on student strength and their need to modernize and strengthen their various laboratories The procurement plan was finalized from the proposals received from the departments and vetted by the State Project Facilitation Unit (SPFU) before being executed through the Procurement Management Support System (PMSS) which was a web portal created by the National Project Implementation Unit (NPIU) to manage the project

39

Figure 31 10 steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan (Figure 38)

Departments were asked to draw up a

three-year procurement plan based on

their needs Department heads

coordinators and TEQIP nodal officers

had a meeting in the institute in

January 2012 to understand the plans

and procedures as available on NPIU

website

In February the Principal of the

institute TEQIP coordinator and

procurement coordinator attended a

training session conducted by NPIU at

Thiruvananthapuram Participation in

this session was facilitated by SPFU and

it entailed extensive training on how to

use the PMSS website

A training session was organized in the

institute for the benefit of Heads of

Departments (HoDs) and Department

TEQIP coordinators The programme

was attended by 24 officials and it

covered the entire set of activities

pertaining to purchase through PMSS --

from configuration management plan

creation and revision packaging and

procuring to stocking

Procurement coordinator and

department TEQIP coordinators also

attended a training program organized

by SPFUat School of Engineering

Cochin University of Science and

Technologyin February 2012

The SPFU arranged a discussion at

directorateoffice Thiruvanantha-

puramin February to fine tune the plan

and to facilitate data entry through

PMSS The finetuning included clubbing

of similar items from various

departments into one package limiting

the threshold to a maximum of 90 per

cent included in a scheme and revising

the tentative timelines based on plan

approval which was expected by mid-

April 2012 The institute was advised to

procure a particular software used for

double entry book-keeping through

PMSS and to identify 2 National

Competitive Bidding (NCB)

procurement plans to be sent to

Central authorities for approval

The rejigged procurement plan after

consultation with the concerned

coordinators was uploaded on the

website on 28thFebruary 2012

The plan was reviewed by SPFU and

some corrections were suggested

The corrected plan was uploaded again

At a meeting convened on 14thMarch

2012 at LBS College for Women

Thiruvananthapuram the first approval

of the plan was given by Director SPFU

On 31st March 2012 the Principal

convened a meeting of HoDs and

departmental TEQIP coordinators and

instructions were issued to draw up

specifications with respect to every

package so that the data was readily

available for entry to PMSS once the

plan was approved by NPIUWorld

Bank

1 2

3 4

5

6

8

7

9

10

40

Procurement activities were in full swing during the first 18 months of the project and were executed fully as

per the plan Procurement was completed in 82 packages including 68 National Shopping (NS)packages 7

National Competitive Bidding (NCB) packages 2 Direct Contract packages and 5 Civil Works packages

The institute made maximum expenditure in 2013-14 (Figure 32) across different heads Its investments on

laboratory modernization and strengthening started in 2012 and continued till 2017 (Figure 33) Overall it

spent bulk of the money (88 per cent) on modernization of laboratories and 5 per cent on ICT enabled

learning (Figure 34)

5851520

36470287

6909895

61170 1552063

0

5000000

10000000

15000000

20000000

25000000

30000000

35000000

40000000

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur (in Rs)

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Figure 32

2012-1311

2013-1473

2014-1515

2015-160

2016-171

EXPENDITURE ON MODERNISATION STRENGTHENING OF LABS AT GEC THRISSUR

Figure 33

41

Major equipment bought by the institute with TEQIP II funds includes a Rheometer which is not available in

any other institution in the state and offers potential for research and consultancy It is used for determining

the rheological behaviors of liquids and solids It has applications in polymer nano-composites which are the

emerging field of research The stress rheology measurements provide information for spread ability

emulsion stability suspension leveling flow control thermal stability extrudability and thickening etc The

fluid can be highly non-newtonian The equipment is useful for MTech students and faculty for doing

research

The institute also bought a Gas Chromatograph which is used in analyzing compositions purity and for

separating different components of a mixture based on volatility It is also used in identifying a compound

and its applications include analysis of toxicity of soil water and air identifying unknown compounds etc

The equipment is useful for faculty and students in doing research and projects in the field of environmental

engineering and provides opportunities for pollution control related consultancy work

Another important purchase is Accelerated Curing Tank With concrete construction increasing at a rapid

pace this equipment provides the possibility of accelerating the curing time Normal method of curing takes

28 days To reduce the curing time of concrete and test its strength accelerated curing is required and this

can be achieved with the use of Accelerated Curing Tank in the laboratory

88

5 4

0

0

3

Fig 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14at Government Engineering College Thrissur

Expenditure on modernisation strengthening of existinglaboratories

Expenditure on ICT enabledlearning related softwareamphardware

Expenditure on library ie books e-books

Journals e-journals course specificsoftware

Expenditure on modernisation ofclassrooms

Others (furniture)

42

Table 3 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Name of the Equipment

Cost (in rupees)

Pressure Volume Change Controller

365625

Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Suit

1365000

Solar Photovoltaic grid tied training system with MPPT

367500

Gas Chromatograph 1494692

Rheometer 2687350

Surface Roughness Tester

401205

Multimedia Projector 114162

Thermal Imager 746366

Machine Conditioning Monitor

861685

Metallurgical Image Analysis System for Welding

283500

Software Factory CAD 320000

Robot 567000

Pipe Flow Software 149234

Petrol Engine Test Setup

783090

Tribometer 609900

Vibration Analyser 539175

Slotting Machine 449243

Lathe and Shaping Machine

869001

Metal Cutting Band saw 156240

Digital Viscometer 919050

Solid Modeling Software

356590

Ultrasonic Flow Detector

235561

43

Rapid Phototyping Machine

814800

Group Video Conferencing Kit

533340

Lan Trainer 106180

The efforts of the institute over the years have led to improved student placements and intake (Figure 35)

Output in terms of publications in international journals and participation of faculty and students in

international conferences has also gone up considerably (Figure 36)

Top 10 international journals in which faculty and students have secured publications since TEQIP II are

Name of Journal

1 IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

2 International Journal on Numerical Methods in Fluids

261221

570527

357

766

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Placement offers Students placed Intake of students

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 35 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 36 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

Publication in international journals Participation in international conferences

44

3 IETE Technical Review

4 Journal of the Optical Society of America

5 International Journal of Power amp Energy Systems

6 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

7 International Journal of Remote Sensing

8 Automatica

9 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

10 ASME Journal of Heat Transfer

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering amp Technology

Aligarh Muslim University

Another institute with an impeccable history and track record is Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and

Technology (ZHCET) which is a constituent college of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and it received TEQIP

II funds under sub-component 11 AMU was set up by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as Mohammedan Anglo-

Oriental College in 1875 Against available funds of Rs 10 crore ZHCET utilized Rs 618 crore as of February

2017 Following is a glimpse into the major equipment purchased by the institute

Name of the equipment Centrifugal Pump and Pelton Turbine Module Nozzle

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3349138

Reason for buying To improve teaching and research in fluid mechanics section of mechanical engineering

department The equipment comprises centrifugal pump with flowmeter valves reservoir and

instrumentation for measurement and display of inlet outlet pressures torque speed and power and

turbine inlet pressure for Peltan turbine

Name of the equipment Universal High Voltage Test system and Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage Tester

(PE-AOBDV-MXXX)

Name of the department Electrical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 4522500

Reason for buying A new MTech programme in High Voltage Engineering was started under TEQIP II for

which enhanced laboratory infrastructure was needed PE-AOBDV-M series of Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage

Testers are highly precise instruments which can be used to conduct either a breakdown voltage test or do a proof

(withstand) test Dielectric Breakdown Voltage testing of Oil is one such means to detect the voltage at power

frequency at which it is likely to cause a flash-over

Name of the equipment Altium Nanoboard FPGA Kit

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1368863

Reason for buying Five kits were bought for under-graduate and post-graduate students

45

Name of the equipmentExata Software Emulator for Networking

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1245780

Reason for buying BTech students use it to perform experiments in EL-494 (Communication Lab -III) to

study the performance of simulated networks M Tech students use it for projects and dissertations Three

faculty members are using this software for RampD purpose

Name of the equipmentPotentiostat Galvanostat with Impedance Analyzer

Name of the department Petroleum Studies

Cost of equipment Rs 1562925

Reason for buying Potentiostate is at the heart of research on electrochemistry It is mainly used for

research in the area of fuel cell membrane cyclic voltammeter and super capacitors

Name of the equipment Imac 215 Quad Core i5 with Apple Protection Plan

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 205800

Reason for buying Two units of Imac were bought for the post-graduate and networking laboratories of

computer engineering department so that students could develop software based on iOS

Altium Nanoboard

FPGA Kit

46

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli was set up in 1947 with only the civil engineering under-graduate

programme Since 2007 the institute has been autonomous having been affiliated to Bombay University

Pune University and Shivaji University in the past The institute received TEQIP II funds under sub-

component 12 It was eligible to receive Rs 125 crore It submitted procurement plan for Rs 87 crore and

spent Rs 618 crore as of February 2017

MAJOR EQUIPMENT BOUGHT

Name of the equipment Shake Table Set-up

Name of the department Civil amp Structural Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1925776

Reason for buying To establish an earthquake engineering laboratory for conducting studies on response of

structures to earthquake induced vibrations To investigate structural response under various dynamic

loading conditions

Name of the equipment Electromagnetic Exciter with Pay Load Capacity of 100 to 150 kg

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2310824

Reason for buying To carry out research work in the field of dynamic analysis for various systems

Name of the equipment Micro Machining Centre Hyper-15w table top type integrated multi-process CNC

machine tool

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3078000

Reason for buying To develop micro machining centre for the research of micro machining PG production

laboratory

2663678

6154586

7489947

8770675

8777330

10572980

11435333

0 4000000 8000000 12000000

OFFICE

ELECTRICAL

ELECTRONICS

CIVIL (CIVIL+ CIVIL ENVIRONMENTAL+ hellip

LIBRARY

COMPUTER + IT

MECHANICAL

Fig 37 Department-wise expenditure Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Figures in rupees

47

Name of the equipment Dynamometer with Built-In Three Channel Charge Amplifiers

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1876090

Reason for buying To carry out research in the area of machining

Name of the equipment Lab View Add-ons Image Processing using Smart Camera Evaluation Kit

Name of the department Electronics Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3421650

Reason for buying Design simulation and prototyping platform for experiments on DSP communication

embedded control and measurements visual representation of experimental results

Name of the equipment Thermal Conductivity Analyzer with Material -- liquid pastes and small particles

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2100000

Reason for buying Post-graduate research and laboratory development

48

Chapter 4 Key Findings

49

1 On an average funds given to institutions for purchase of equipment and soft resources have led to

significant improvement in laboratory infrastructure of the institutes under study

2 The impact of such purchases on improvement in quality is not easily quantifiable in measurable

terms To assess the same other correlated parameters could be looked at such as improvement in

the number of research publications in refereed journals increase in the number of PhD students

number of faculty involved in research or the percentage of student placement However none of

these parameters can be directly or solely be said to be due to the improvement in physical or

digital infrastructure of institutes

3 Institutes did not have a clear-cut strategy of what best use they could put the available money to

Given that each institute on an average got Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and other resources

they could have used the money to create at least one best-in-class facility in any of the

departments which was equipped to utilize that facility in terms of augmenting the interaction of

the institute with industry or generating more resources through assignments from other agencies

While institutes in sub-component 12 had the provision to set up centres of excellence even in sub-

component 11 they could have done so if they had worked with that aim and vision

4 Instead institutes on an average divided the money equally across six departments and each

department on an average bought one-two machines which were significantly expensive and the

rest of the money was spent on buying other small routine equipment desktops laptops

networking servers software and e-journals Collaborations between departments for research

projects were however missing

5 This pattern of expenditure can be explained by the fact that our engineering institutions are still in

a phase where there is more emphasis on theory than practical Hands-on learning or project-based

approach in teaching is relatively new for institutions which is why there is not much emphasis on

understanding the practical aspects of learning such as producing patents versus papers

6 Institutes were seen to be over protective wherever even a slightly costly equipment was bought By

their own admission such equipment was most of the time kept under lock and key and was at best

displayed to students They were rarely given the opportunity to actually do something with it on

their own

7 Equal receipt of money by a number of departments has led to overall improvement in laboratory

standards of all departments which is good from an egalitarian perspective It is also good that all

departments have been able to uniformly upgrade their infrastructure and will therefore be able to

compete with each other in attracting good students faculty as well as assignments from industry in

future

8 Discussions with focus groups suggest that institutes spent large amounts of money on creating or

refurbishing physical infrastructure While non-academic experts may see this as wasteful

expenditure from an academic perspective even if this leads to improvement in the physical

facilities being offered by institutes it is well worth the investment While state funded institutes

get funds from state governments for building infrastructure for some of the centrally funded

institutes where infrastructure may have been falling apart this money would have been useful

9 Because of the fact that there is no proper system to track the usage of equipment ndash records are

maintained in physical form in the shape of log books and registers which render a macro analysis

50

impossible -- anecdotal evidence suggests that equipment bought is not being optimally utilized A

significantly higher number of research papers in refereed journals suggests that this may not be

true but the fact remains that there is no improvement in the number of technology transfers

commercialization of research or patent generation which remain weak This again brings into focus

the theory versus application part of teaching

10 Overall improvement in base infrastructure was important for institutes to advance to the next level

of development Except for some of the Centrally funded institutions none of the institutes which

received funding in TEQIP II are in the league of the six original IITs in terms of laboratory

infrastructure They do not have access to the kind of liberal funding that CFTIs get If they had not

got the present funds to buy equipment they would have taken at least five to seven years to

procure the same through the resources available to them Even for Central institutions as also for

others the availability of funds at one go meant that they could procure high costing software such

as Matlab Ansys Labview Cadence and Adobe which benefit students across departments

11 Funds for buying equipment and other soft resources enabled the institutes to take some steps

towards keeping pace with the rapidly changing advancements in technology Increased level of

automation and artificial intelligence in industry is reflected in the kind of purchases institutes have

made ndash various types of simulation software digital machines replacing analogue ones such as in

electrical engineering departments all-in-one automatic machines which combine several levels of

manual work such as in surveying in civil engineering departments robotic arms mimicking the

automated environment of modern factories attached to lathe machines in mechanical engineering

departments instruments capable of handling nano particles in specialized centres and 3D printers

capable of printing high precision devices which are being used in multiple fields

12 Most institutes have also bought subscriptions to high level international journals in various

streams both online and physical enabling access to vast repository of world class content for most

students

13 Institutes have not paid much thought to maintenance of equipment since most of the purchases

have been made in the past two-three years and warranty periods are still in force Most institutes

have also reported availability of in-house technicians to look after the machines though majority

said that they would sign annual maintenance contracts (AMC) with vendors Since AMCs usually

cost roughly 10 per cent of the cost of the equipment they felt that the resources allocated for the

same under TEQIP II would not be adequate and that they should be increased slightly

14 As per the feedback provided by almost all institutes they all agree that the equipment purchased

by them responds to faculty student needs and was done as per consultation and

recommendations of faculty They all follow well laid out norms for disposal of equipment which

keep environmental considerations in mind

6 -- Average number of departments among which each institute in Sub-component 11 divided

the total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 500 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

51

7-- Average number of departments among which each institute in sub-component 12 divided the

total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 284 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

2147403 ndash Number of items bought by institutes for office purpose in sub-component

11

101699 hours monthndash Utilisation of equipment by UG amp PG students in sub-component

11 as per available data of institutes which participated in the study

427 hours month ndash Average utilization of equipment by UG and PG students across

institutes in sub-component 11

51656 hours month -- Utilisation of equipment by PhD students in sub-component 11 as

per available data of institutes which participated in the study

37 hours month-- Average utilization of equipment by PhD students across institutes in sub-

component 11

52

Chapter 5 Way Forward

53

As data shows and case studies prove there can be no doubt that TEQIP II and the funds provided to

institutes for purchase of equipment and other soft resources have led to improvement in laboratory

infrastructure which in turn has helped in improving the output Some pointers for future stages of the

project are-

1 Even though TEQIP II had a major focus on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and institutes

were given significant amount of funds for purchase of equipment there were no guidelines or

benchmarks for them to judge themselves against and to understand what an ideal laboratory

should be like for any given department While it is good that they were given the freedom to decide

what they wanted to buy and it depended on the pro-activeness of the department heads on what

all they ended up getting funds for in an ideal scenario they should have been given a list of

essential basic equipment as well as research level equipment and they could have prioritized their

purchases on the basis of that

In all likelihood such department-wise lists do not exist anywhere In the third phase of TEQIP

therefore NPIU could commission a project which involves study of top world-class as well as top

national-level laboratories for each department Thereafter standard templates of equipment could

be prepared which could illustrate the requirement of equipment for each concept and practical for

every stream of engineering Based on standard frequency of usage and the number of students in a

class adequate numbers of any equipment could be recommended to be bought by institutes in

order to ensure that not too much time is wasted on rotating several batches of students on the

same equipment

Availability of such templates of equipment as well as soft resources which could be updated

periodically in keeping with the changes in technology and availability of resources would also help

policy makers understand how many institutes come up to a benchmark and how many need

further support

2 Institutes should start maintaining digital records of use of equipment which are bought for research

purposes These records should not be just digital copies of physical registers but should be in the

form of smart solutions which can track internal supply chains in laboratories as well as usage of

equipment The solutions should be able to provide real-time analysis of usage of equipment in

every laboratory and all laboratories could be linked to one centralized system There are various

kinds of RFID solutions available today which can handle usage patterns well The available

information could be used to devise solutions and create policy interventions to increase the actual

usage of equipment

3 Nodal institutes under TEQIP II could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of neighboring non-TEQIP institutes The

unspent money could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

4 Institutes could be encouraged to ensure that laboratories in all departments have well designed

brochures and information material such as leaflets and manuals on major equipment so that

dissemination of information about their availability is easy and their utilization could be increased

54

5 Facilities created in institutes are not being optimally utilized to increase interaction with industry

While rural location of the institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of

the reasons it is also true that in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the

commissioning of equipment Size of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for

anything on industrial scale But in most cases industry is not even aware of the existence of state-

of-the-art equipment inside institutes Regular interactions with sector-specific companies are a

must therefore to create a culture of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration

6 For decades research has happened in our country in isolation and at a distance from both industry

and academia Being largely funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) so far it

has been taking place inside the laboratories of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

The 37 laboratories of CSIR and its 39 field stations or extension centres have been working in the

areas of aerospace engineering structural engineering ocean science life science metallurgy

chemicals mining food petroleum leather and environmental science The ministry of HRD has

also started funding research in a big way in recent years through schemes such as Imprint ndash

Improving Research Innovation and Technology and the Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) It would be

fruitful for the country if research happening purely on the scientific side is able to converge with

that on the academic side Hence in order to ensure greater synergy between research and

teaching it is essential that technical institutes start working more closely with CSIR laboratories

This will bring them immediately closer to cutting edge research and provide rich exposure to

students Specially for institutions which have got improved laboratory facilities as a result of TEQIP

II funds collaboration with relevant CSIR laboratories will help them grow their research and at the

same time provide the latter with a steady flow of students to work on live projects

7 Institutions which have upgraded their laboratory infrastructure in the area of food and agriculture

will gain by collaborating with the government on its e-labs project which aims at automating the

testing procedure of soil fertiliser pesticide and equipment samples By ensuring speedy and

transparent online disbursement of information related to such tests the projectrsquos vision is to

reduce crop losses and increase the use of good quality bio-pesticides through fair and unbiased

testing Institutions and students will be able to learn a lot about quality control and the processes

involved in digital testing through collaboration with the government on e-labs

8 In order to ensure transparency in procurement processes it is advisable that institutes make use of

the governmentrsquos new e-marketplace called GEM Through the portal wwwgemnicin institutes

can buy virtually anything and everything that they may require specially consumables office

equipment furniture and software Buying through this portal will speed up procurement and

improve the efficiency of institutes Created and maintained by the Directorate General of Supplies

amp Disposals (DGSampD) it provides tools for e-bidding reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to

help users get best value for their money At the national level a system of procurement should be

put in place including committee to look into the requirement and availability of equipment taking

global scenarios into consideration

Appendices

Appendix 1

55

State-wise Number of Institutions Under Technical Education QualityImprovement Programme II (2010-2017)

S Name of State CFIs Sub‐component 11 Sub‐component 12 Total No of

Institutions 1 Andhra Pradesh 5 6 11 2 Bihar 2 ‐‐ 2 3 Chhattisgarh 4 ‐‐ 4 4 Gujarat 7 ‐‐ 7 5 Haryana 3 3 6 6 Himachal Pradesh 1 ‐‐ 1 7 Jharkhand 1 1 2 8 Karnataka 4 15 19 9 Kerala 19 ‐‐ 19

10 Madhya Pradesh 3 2 5 11 Maharashtra 7 10 17

12 NCT‐Delhi ‐‐ 1 1 13 Odisha 2 ‐‐ 2 14 Punjab 7 1 8 15 Rajasthan 9 ‐‐ 9 16 Tamil Nadu 5 4 9 17 Telangana 8 5 13 18 Tripura 1 ‐‐ 1 19 UT‐Chandigarh 2 1 3 20 UT‐Puducherry 1 ‐‐ 1 21 Uttar Pradesh 2 5 7 22 Uttarakhand 1 2 3 23 West Bengal 11 3 14 24 Centrally Funded

Institutions (CFIs) 8 18 26

Total 113 77 190

Appendix 2 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 11

S Name of the Name of the Institution

No State UT

1 JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

2 Aditya Institute of Technology amp Management Tekkali Srikakulam

Andhra

3 Madanapalle Institute of Technology amp Science Madanapalle

Pradesh

4 Shri Vishnu Engineering College for women Vishnupur Bhimavaram

5 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College Chittoor

6 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur

Bihar

7 Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur

8 Government Engineering College Bilaspur

9 Government Engineering College Jagdalpur Bastar

Chhattisgarh

10 Government Engineering College Raipur

11 Rungta College of Engineering amp Technology Bhilai

56

12 Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

13 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Vallabh Vidynagar

14 Lukhdirji Engineering College Morbi

15 Gujarat Shantilal Shah Engineering College Bhavnagar

16 Government Engineering College Gandhinagar

17 Government Engineering College Rajkot

18 Government Engineering College Patan

19 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology (UIET) Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

Haryana

20 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology MDU Rohtak

21 NC College of Engineering Panipat

22 Himachal Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar Mandi

Pradesh

23 Jharkhand Cambridge Institute of Technology Ranchi

24 BVB College of Engineering amp Technology Hubli

25 PES College of Engineering Mandya

Karnataka

26 Government Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jublee Technological Institute Bangalore

27 NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore

2

SNo Name of the

Name of the Institution

StateUT

28 Government Engineering College Thrissur

29 Government Engineering College Kozhikode

30 Government Engineering College Painavu Idukki

31 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

32 School of Engineering Cochin University of Science amp Technology Cochin

33 Government College of Engineering Kannur

34 Government Engineering College Bartonhill Thiruvananthapuram

35 LBS Institute of Technology for Women Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram

36 College of Engineering Perumon Perinad Kollam

37 Kerala College of Engineering Kidangoor Kottayam

38 Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

57

39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

58

70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

60

Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

62

77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

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Appendix 8

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Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

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by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

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Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

72

Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

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Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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38

Government Engineering College Thrissur Kerala

(with inputs from Prof Manoj Kumar K V Coordinator TEQIP II GEC Thrissur)

The entire process of planning procurement and the complete cycle of improved input resulting in improved output can be illustrated through the case study of Government Engineering College Thrissur which is one of the model colleges in TEQIP II and received funds under sub-component 11 It is the second oldest engineering in the state of Kerala and is affiliated to the University of Calicut Its foundation stone was laid by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in April 1958 and among its famous alumni are Dr K Radhakrishnan former chairman of Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) Out of the project allocation of Rs 10 crore Rs 55 crore was utilized by the institute for procurement of equipment The fund was apportioned among the departments based on student strength and their need to modernize and strengthen their various laboratories The procurement plan was finalized from the proposals received from the departments and vetted by the State Project Facilitation Unit (SPFU) before being executed through the Procurement Management Support System (PMSS) which was a web portal created by the National Project Implementation Unit (NPIU) to manage the project

39

Figure 31 10 steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan (Figure 38)

Departments were asked to draw up a

three-year procurement plan based on

their needs Department heads

coordinators and TEQIP nodal officers

had a meeting in the institute in

January 2012 to understand the plans

and procedures as available on NPIU

website

In February the Principal of the

institute TEQIP coordinator and

procurement coordinator attended a

training session conducted by NPIU at

Thiruvananthapuram Participation in

this session was facilitated by SPFU and

it entailed extensive training on how to

use the PMSS website

A training session was organized in the

institute for the benefit of Heads of

Departments (HoDs) and Department

TEQIP coordinators The programme

was attended by 24 officials and it

covered the entire set of activities

pertaining to purchase through PMSS --

from configuration management plan

creation and revision packaging and

procuring to stocking

Procurement coordinator and

department TEQIP coordinators also

attended a training program organized

by SPFUat School of Engineering

Cochin University of Science and

Technologyin February 2012

The SPFU arranged a discussion at

directorateoffice Thiruvanantha-

puramin February to fine tune the plan

and to facilitate data entry through

PMSS The finetuning included clubbing

of similar items from various

departments into one package limiting

the threshold to a maximum of 90 per

cent included in a scheme and revising

the tentative timelines based on plan

approval which was expected by mid-

April 2012 The institute was advised to

procure a particular software used for

double entry book-keeping through

PMSS and to identify 2 National

Competitive Bidding (NCB)

procurement plans to be sent to

Central authorities for approval

The rejigged procurement plan after

consultation with the concerned

coordinators was uploaded on the

website on 28thFebruary 2012

The plan was reviewed by SPFU and

some corrections were suggested

The corrected plan was uploaded again

At a meeting convened on 14thMarch

2012 at LBS College for Women

Thiruvananthapuram the first approval

of the plan was given by Director SPFU

On 31st March 2012 the Principal

convened a meeting of HoDs and

departmental TEQIP coordinators and

instructions were issued to draw up

specifications with respect to every

package so that the data was readily

available for entry to PMSS once the

plan was approved by NPIUWorld

Bank

1 2

3 4

5

6

8

7

9

10

40

Procurement activities were in full swing during the first 18 months of the project and were executed fully as

per the plan Procurement was completed in 82 packages including 68 National Shopping (NS)packages 7

National Competitive Bidding (NCB) packages 2 Direct Contract packages and 5 Civil Works packages

The institute made maximum expenditure in 2013-14 (Figure 32) across different heads Its investments on

laboratory modernization and strengthening started in 2012 and continued till 2017 (Figure 33) Overall it

spent bulk of the money (88 per cent) on modernization of laboratories and 5 per cent on ICT enabled

learning (Figure 34)

5851520

36470287

6909895

61170 1552063

0

5000000

10000000

15000000

20000000

25000000

30000000

35000000

40000000

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur (in Rs)

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Figure 32

2012-1311

2013-1473

2014-1515

2015-160

2016-171

EXPENDITURE ON MODERNISATION STRENGTHENING OF LABS AT GEC THRISSUR

Figure 33

41

Major equipment bought by the institute with TEQIP II funds includes a Rheometer which is not available in

any other institution in the state and offers potential for research and consultancy It is used for determining

the rheological behaviors of liquids and solids It has applications in polymer nano-composites which are the

emerging field of research The stress rheology measurements provide information for spread ability

emulsion stability suspension leveling flow control thermal stability extrudability and thickening etc The

fluid can be highly non-newtonian The equipment is useful for MTech students and faculty for doing

research

The institute also bought a Gas Chromatograph which is used in analyzing compositions purity and for

separating different components of a mixture based on volatility It is also used in identifying a compound

and its applications include analysis of toxicity of soil water and air identifying unknown compounds etc

The equipment is useful for faculty and students in doing research and projects in the field of environmental

engineering and provides opportunities for pollution control related consultancy work

Another important purchase is Accelerated Curing Tank With concrete construction increasing at a rapid

pace this equipment provides the possibility of accelerating the curing time Normal method of curing takes

28 days To reduce the curing time of concrete and test its strength accelerated curing is required and this

can be achieved with the use of Accelerated Curing Tank in the laboratory

88

5 4

0

0

3

Fig 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14at Government Engineering College Thrissur

Expenditure on modernisation strengthening of existinglaboratories

Expenditure on ICT enabledlearning related softwareamphardware

Expenditure on library ie books e-books

Journals e-journals course specificsoftware

Expenditure on modernisation ofclassrooms

Others (furniture)

42

Table 3 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Name of the Equipment

Cost (in rupees)

Pressure Volume Change Controller

365625

Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Suit

1365000

Solar Photovoltaic grid tied training system with MPPT

367500

Gas Chromatograph 1494692

Rheometer 2687350

Surface Roughness Tester

401205

Multimedia Projector 114162

Thermal Imager 746366

Machine Conditioning Monitor

861685

Metallurgical Image Analysis System for Welding

283500

Software Factory CAD 320000

Robot 567000

Pipe Flow Software 149234

Petrol Engine Test Setup

783090

Tribometer 609900

Vibration Analyser 539175

Slotting Machine 449243

Lathe and Shaping Machine

869001

Metal Cutting Band saw 156240

Digital Viscometer 919050

Solid Modeling Software

356590

Ultrasonic Flow Detector

235561

43

Rapid Phototyping Machine

814800

Group Video Conferencing Kit

533340

Lan Trainer 106180

The efforts of the institute over the years have led to improved student placements and intake (Figure 35)

Output in terms of publications in international journals and participation of faculty and students in

international conferences has also gone up considerably (Figure 36)

Top 10 international journals in which faculty and students have secured publications since TEQIP II are

Name of Journal

1 IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

2 International Journal on Numerical Methods in Fluids

261221

570527

357

766

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Placement offers Students placed Intake of students

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 35 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 36 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

Publication in international journals Participation in international conferences

44

3 IETE Technical Review

4 Journal of the Optical Society of America

5 International Journal of Power amp Energy Systems

6 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

7 International Journal of Remote Sensing

8 Automatica

9 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

10 ASME Journal of Heat Transfer

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering amp Technology

Aligarh Muslim University

Another institute with an impeccable history and track record is Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and

Technology (ZHCET) which is a constituent college of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and it received TEQIP

II funds under sub-component 11 AMU was set up by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as Mohammedan Anglo-

Oriental College in 1875 Against available funds of Rs 10 crore ZHCET utilized Rs 618 crore as of February

2017 Following is a glimpse into the major equipment purchased by the institute

Name of the equipment Centrifugal Pump and Pelton Turbine Module Nozzle

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3349138

Reason for buying To improve teaching and research in fluid mechanics section of mechanical engineering

department The equipment comprises centrifugal pump with flowmeter valves reservoir and

instrumentation for measurement and display of inlet outlet pressures torque speed and power and

turbine inlet pressure for Peltan turbine

Name of the equipment Universal High Voltage Test system and Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage Tester

(PE-AOBDV-MXXX)

Name of the department Electrical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 4522500

Reason for buying A new MTech programme in High Voltage Engineering was started under TEQIP II for

which enhanced laboratory infrastructure was needed PE-AOBDV-M series of Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage

Testers are highly precise instruments which can be used to conduct either a breakdown voltage test or do a proof

(withstand) test Dielectric Breakdown Voltage testing of Oil is one such means to detect the voltage at power

frequency at which it is likely to cause a flash-over

Name of the equipment Altium Nanoboard FPGA Kit

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1368863

Reason for buying Five kits were bought for under-graduate and post-graduate students

45

Name of the equipmentExata Software Emulator for Networking

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1245780

Reason for buying BTech students use it to perform experiments in EL-494 (Communication Lab -III) to

study the performance of simulated networks M Tech students use it for projects and dissertations Three

faculty members are using this software for RampD purpose

Name of the equipmentPotentiostat Galvanostat with Impedance Analyzer

Name of the department Petroleum Studies

Cost of equipment Rs 1562925

Reason for buying Potentiostate is at the heart of research on electrochemistry It is mainly used for

research in the area of fuel cell membrane cyclic voltammeter and super capacitors

Name of the equipment Imac 215 Quad Core i5 with Apple Protection Plan

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 205800

Reason for buying Two units of Imac were bought for the post-graduate and networking laboratories of

computer engineering department so that students could develop software based on iOS

Altium Nanoboard

FPGA Kit

46

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli was set up in 1947 with only the civil engineering under-graduate

programme Since 2007 the institute has been autonomous having been affiliated to Bombay University

Pune University and Shivaji University in the past The institute received TEQIP II funds under sub-

component 12 It was eligible to receive Rs 125 crore It submitted procurement plan for Rs 87 crore and

spent Rs 618 crore as of February 2017

MAJOR EQUIPMENT BOUGHT

Name of the equipment Shake Table Set-up

Name of the department Civil amp Structural Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1925776

Reason for buying To establish an earthquake engineering laboratory for conducting studies on response of

structures to earthquake induced vibrations To investigate structural response under various dynamic

loading conditions

Name of the equipment Electromagnetic Exciter with Pay Load Capacity of 100 to 150 kg

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2310824

Reason for buying To carry out research work in the field of dynamic analysis for various systems

Name of the equipment Micro Machining Centre Hyper-15w table top type integrated multi-process CNC

machine tool

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3078000

Reason for buying To develop micro machining centre for the research of micro machining PG production

laboratory

2663678

6154586

7489947

8770675

8777330

10572980

11435333

0 4000000 8000000 12000000

OFFICE

ELECTRICAL

ELECTRONICS

CIVIL (CIVIL+ CIVIL ENVIRONMENTAL+ hellip

LIBRARY

COMPUTER + IT

MECHANICAL

Fig 37 Department-wise expenditure Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Figures in rupees

47

Name of the equipment Dynamometer with Built-In Three Channel Charge Amplifiers

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1876090

Reason for buying To carry out research in the area of machining

Name of the equipment Lab View Add-ons Image Processing using Smart Camera Evaluation Kit

Name of the department Electronics Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3421650

Reason for buying Design simulation and prototyping platform for experiments on DSP communication

embedded control and measurements visual representation of experimental results

Name of the equipment Thermal Conductivity Analyzer with Material -- liquid pastes and small particles

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2100000

Reason for buying Post-graduate research and laboratory development

48

Chapter 4 Key Findings

49

1 On an average funds given to institutions for purchase of equipment and soft resources have led to

significant improvement in laboratory infrastructure of the institutes under study

2 The impact of such purchases on improvement in quality is not easily quantifiable in measurable

terms To assess the same other correlated parameters could be looked at such as improvement in

the number of research publications in refereed journals increase in the number of PhD students

number of faculty involved in research or the percentage of student placement However none of

these parameters can be directly or solely be said to be due to the improvement in physical or

digital infrastructure of institutes

3 Institutes did not have a clear-cut strategy of what best use they could put the available money to

Given that each institute on an average got Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and other resources

they could have used the money to create at least one best-in-class facility in any of the

departments which was equipped to utilize that facility in terms of augmenting the interaction of

the institute with industry or generating more resources through assignments from other agencies

While institutes in sub-component 12 had the provision to set up centres of excellence even in sub-

component 11 they could have done so if they had worked with that aim and vision

4 Instead institutes on an average divided the money equally across six departments and each

department on an average bought one-two machines which were significantly expensive and the

rest of the money was spent on buying other small routine equipment desktops laptops

networking servers software and e-journals Collaborations between departments for research

projects were however missing

5 This pattern of expenditure can be explained by the fact that our engineering institutions are still in

a phase where there is more emphasis on theory than practical Hands-on learning or project-based

approach in teaching is relatively new for institutions which is why there is not much emphasis on

understanding the practical aspects of learning such as producing patents versus papers

6 Institutes were seen to be over protective wherever even a slightly costly equipment was bought By

their own admission such equipment was most of the time kept under lock and key and was at best

displayed to students They were rarely given the opportunity to actually do something with it on

their own

7 Equal receipt of money by a number of departments has led to overall improvement in laboratory

standards of all departments which is good from an egalitarian perspective It is also good that all

departments have been able to uniformly upgrade their infrastructure and will therefore be able to

compete with each other in attracting good students faculty as well as assignments from industry in

future

8 Discussions with focus groups suggest that institutes spent large amounts of money on creating or

refurbishing physical infrastructure While non-academic experts may see this as wasteful

expenditure from an academic perspective even if this leads to improvement in the physical

facilities being offered by institutes it is well worth the investment While state funded institutes

get funds from state governments for building infrastructure for some of the centrally funded

institutes where infrastructure may have been falling apart this money would have been useful

9 Because of the fact that there is no proper system to track the usage of equipment ndash records are

maintained in physical form in the shape of log books and registers which render a macro analysis

50

impossible -- anecdotal evidence suggests that equipment bought is not being optimally utilized A

significantly higher number of research papers in refereed journals suggests that this may not be

true but the fact remains that there is no improvement in the number of technology transfers

commercialization of research or patent generation which remain weak This again brings into focus

the theory versus application part of teaching

10 Overall improvement in base infrastructure was important for institutes to advance to the next level

of development Except for some of the Centrally funded institutions none of the institutes which

received funding in TEQIP II are in the league of the six original IITs in terms of laboratory

infrastructure They do not have access to the kind of liberal funding that CFTIs get If they had not

got the present funds to buy equipment they would have taken at least five to seven years to

procure the same through the resources available to them Even for Central institutions as also for

others the availability of funds at one go meant that they could procure high costing software such

as Matlab Ansys Labview Cadence and Adobe which benefit students across departments

11 Funds for buying equipment and other soft resources enabled the institutes to take some steps

towards keeping pace with the rapidly changing advancements in technology Increased level of

automation and artificial intelligence in industry is reflected in the kind of purchases institutes have

made ndash various types of simulation software digital machines replacing analogue ones such as in

electrical engineering departments all-in-one automatic machines which combine several levels of

manual work such as in surveying in civil engineering departments robotic arms mimicking the

automated environment of modern factories attached to lathe machines in mechanical engineering

departments instruments capable of handling nano particles in specialized centres and 3D printers

capable of printing high precision devices which are being used in multiple fields

12 Most institutes have also bought subscriptions to high level international journals in various

streams both online and physical enabling access to vast repository of world class content for most

students

13 Institutes have not paid much thought to maintenance of equipment since most of the purchases

have been made in the past two-three years and warranty periods are still in force Most institutes

have also reported availability of in-house technicians to look after the machines though majority

said that they would sign annual maintenance contracts (AMC) with vendors Since AMCs usually

cost roughly 10 per cent of the cost of the equipment they felt that the resources allocated for the

same under TEQIP II would not be adequate and that they should be increased slightly

14 As per the feedback provided by almost all institutes they all agree that the equipment purchased

by them responds to faculty student needs and was done as per consultation and

recommendations of faculty They all follow well laid out norms for disposal of equipment which

keep environmental considerations in mind

6 -- Average number of departments among which each institute in Sub-component 11 divided

the total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 500 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

51

7-- Average number of departments among which each institute in sub-component 12 divided the

total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 284 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

2147403 ndash Number of items bought by institutes for office purpose in sub-component

11

101699 hours monthndash Utilisation of equipment by UG amp PG students in sub-component

11 as per available data of institutes which participated in the study

427 hours month ndash Average utilization of equipment by UG and PG students across

institutes in sub-component 11

51656 hours month -- Utilisation of equipment by PhD students in sub-component 11 as

per available data of institutes which participated in the study

37 hours month-- Average utilization of equipment by PhD students across institutes in sub-

component 11

52

Chapter 5 Way Forward

53

As data shows and case studies prove there can be no doubt that TEQIP II and the funds provided to

institutes for purchase of equipment and other soft resources have led to improvement in laboratory

infrastructure which in turn has helped in improving the output Some pointers for future stages of the

project are-

1 Even though TEQIP II had a major focus on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and institutes

were given significant amount of funds for purchase of equipment there were no guidelines or

benchmarks for them to judge themselves against and to understand what an ideal laboratory

should be like for any given department While it is good that they were given the freedom to decide

what they wanted to buy and it depended on the pro-activeness of the department heads on what

all they ended up getting funds for in an ideal scenario they should have been given a list of

essential basic equipment as well as research level equipment and they could have prioritized their

purchases on the basis of that

In all likelihood such department-wise lists do not exist anywhere In the third phase of TEQIP

therefore NPIU could commission a project which involves study of top world-class as well as top

national-level laboratories for each department Thereafter standard templates of equipment could

be prepared which could illustrate the requirement of equipment for each concept and practical for

every stream of engineering Based on standard frequency of usage and the number of students in a

class adequate numbers of any equipment could be recommended to be bought by institutes in

order to ensure that not too much time is wasted on rotating several batches of students on the

same equipment

Availability of such templates of equipment as well as soft resources which could be updated

periodically in keeping with the changes in technology and availability of resources would also help

policy makers understand how many institutes come up to a benchmark and how many need

further support

2 Institutes should start maintaining digital records of use of equipment which are bought for research

purposes These records should not be just digital copies of physical registers but should be in the

form of smart solutions which can track internal supply chains in laboratories as well as usage of

equipment The solutions should be able to provide real-time analysis of usage of equipment in

every laboratory and all laboratories could be linked to one centralized system There are various

kinds of RFID solutions available today which can handle usage patterns well The available

information could be used to devise solutions and create policy interventions to increase the actual

usage of equipment

3 Nodal institutes under TEQIP II could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of neighboring non-TEQIP institutes The

unspent money could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

4 Institutes could be encouraged to ensure that laboratories in all departments have well designed

brochures and information material such as leaflets and manuals on major equipment so that

dissemination of information about their availability is easy and their utilization could be increased

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5 Facilities created in institutes are not being optimally utilized to increase interaction with industry

While rural location of the institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of

the reasons it is also true that in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the

commissioning of equipment Size of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for

anything on industrial scale But in most cases industry is not even aware of the existence of state-

of-the-art equipment inside institutes Regular interactions with sector-specific companies are a

must therefore to create a culture of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration

6 For decades research has happened in our country in isolation and at a distance from both industry

and academia Being largely funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) so far it

has been taking place inside the laboratories of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

The 37 laboratories of CSIR and its 39 field stations or extension centres have been working in the

areas of aerospace engineering structural engineering ocean science life science metallurgy

chemicals mining food petroleum leather and environmental science The ministry of HRD has

also started funding research in a big way in recent years through schemes such as Imprint ndash

Improving Research Innovation and Technology and the Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) It would be

fruitful for the country if research happening purely on the scientific side is able to converge with

that on the academic side Hence in order to ensure greater synergy between research and

teaching it is essential that technical institutes start working more closely with CSIR laboratories

This will bring them immediately closer to cutting edge research and provide rich exposure to

students Specially for institutions which have got improved laboratory facilities as a result of TEQIP

II funds collaboration with relevant CSIR laboratories will help them grow their research and at the

same time provide the latter with a steady flow of students to work on live projects

7 Institutions which have upgraded their laboratory infrastructure in the area of food and agriculture

will gain by collaborating with the government on its e-labs project which aims at automating the

testing procedure of soil fertiliser pesticide and equipment samples By ensuring speedy and

transparent online disbursement of information related to such tests the projectrsquos vision is to

reduce crop losses and increase the use of good quality bio-pesticides through fair and unbiased

testing Institutions and students will be able to learn a lot about quality control and the processes

involved in digital testing through collaboration with the government on e-labs

8 In order to ensure transparency in procurement processes it is advisable that institutes make use of

the governmentrsquos new e-marketplace called GEM Through the portal wwwgemnicin institutes

can buy virtually anything and everything that they may require specially consumables office

equipment furniture and software Buying through this portal will speed up procurement and

improve the efficiency of institutes Created and maintained by the Directorate General of Supplies

amp Disposals (DGSampD) it provides tools for e-bidding reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to

help users get best value for their money At the national level a system of procurement should be

put in place including committee to look into the requirement and availability of equipment taking

global scenarios into consideration

Appendices

Appendix 1

55

State-wise Number of Institutions Under Technical Education QualityImprovement Programme II (2010-2017)

S Name of State CFIs Sub‐component 11 Sub‐component 12 Total No of

Institutions 1 Andhra Pradesh 5 6 11 2 Bihar 2 ‐‐ 2 3 Chhattisgarh 4 ‐‐ 4 4 Gujarat 7 ‐‐ 7 5 Haryana 3 3 6 6 Himachal Pradesh 1 ‐‐ 1 7 Jharkhand 1 1 2 8 Karnataka 4 15 19 9 Kerala 19 ‐‐ 19

10 Madhya Pradesh 3 2 5 11 Maharashtra 7 10 17

12 NCT‐Delhi ‐‐ 1 1 13 Odisha 2 ‐‐ 2 14 Punjab 7 1 8 15 Rajasthan 9 ‐‐ 9 16 Tamil Nadu 5 4 9 17 Telangana 8 5 13 18 Tripura 1 ‐‐ 1 19 UT‐Chandigarh 2 1 3 20 UT‐Puducherry 1 ‐‐ 1 21 Uttar Pradesh 2 5 7 22 Uttarakhand 1 2 3 23 West Bengal 11 3 14 24 Centrally Funded

Institutions (CFIs) 8 18 26

Total 113 77 190

Appendix 2 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 11

S Name of the Name of the Institution

No State UT

1 JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

2 Aditya Institute of Technology amp Management Tekkali Srikakulam

Andhra

3 Madanapalle Institute of Technology amp Science Madanapalle

Pradesh

4 Shri Vishnu Engineering College for women Vishnupur Bhimavaram

5 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College Chittoor

6 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur

Bihar

7 Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur

8 Government Engineering College Bilaspur

9 Government Engineering College Jagdalpur Bastar

Chhattisgarh

10 Government Engineering College Raipur

11 Rungta College of Engineering amp Technology Bhilai

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12 Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

13 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Vallabh Vidynagar

14 Lukhdirji Engineering College Morbi

15 Gujarat Shantilal Shah Engineering College Bhavnagar

16 Government Engineering College Gandhinagar

17 Government Engineering College Rajkot

18 Government Engineering College Patan

19 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology (UIET) Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

Haryana

20 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology MDU Rohtak

21 NC College of Engineering Panipat

22 Himachal Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar Mandi

Pradesh

23 Jharkhand Cambridge Institute of Technology Ranchi

24 BVB College of Engineering amp Technology Hubli

25 PES College of Engineering Mandya

Karnataka

26 Government Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jublee Technological Institute Bangalore

27 NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore

2

SNo Name of the

Name of the Institution

StateUT

28 Government Engineering College Thrissur

29 Government Engineering College Kozhikode

30 Government Engineering College Painavu Idukki

31 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

32 School of Engineering Cochin University of Science amp Technology Cochin

33 Government College of Engineering Kannur

34 Government Engineering College Bartonhill Thiruvananthapuram

35 LBS Institute of Technology for Women Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram

36 College of Engineering Perumon Perinad Kollam

37 Kerala College of Engineering Kidangoor Kottayam

38 Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

57

39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

58

70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

60

Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

62

77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

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communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

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Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

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Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

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Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

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Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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39

Figure 31 10 steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan (Figure 38)

Departments were asked to draw up a

three-year procurement plan based on

their needs Department heads

coordinators and TEQIP nodal officers

had a meeting in the institute in

January 2012 to understand the plans

and procedures as available on NPIU

website

In February the Principal of the

institute TEQIP coordinator and

procurement coordinator attended a

training session conducted by NPIU at

Thiruvananthapuram Participation in

this session was facilitated by SPFU and

it entailed extensive training on how to

use the PMSS website

A training session was organized in the

institute for the benefit of Heads of

Departments (HoDs) and Department

TEQIP coordinators The programme

was attended by 24 officials and it

covered the entire set of activities

pertaining to purchase through PMSS --

from configuration management plan

creation and revision packaging and

procuring to stocking

Procurement coordinator and

department TEQIP coordinators also

attended a training program organized

by SPFUat School of Engineering

Cochin University of Science and

Technologyin February 2012

The SPFU arranged a discussion at

directorateoffice Thiruvanantha-

puramin February to fine tune the plan

and to facilitate data entry through

PMSS The finetuning included clubbing

of similar items from various

departments into one package limiting

the threshold to a maximum of 90 per

cent included in a scheme and revising

the tentative timelines based on plan

approval which was expected by mid-

April 2012 The institute was advised to

procure a particular software used for

double entry book-keeping through

PMSS and to identify 2 National

Competitive Bidding (NCB)

procurement plans to be sent to

Central authorities for approval

The rejigged procurement plan after

consultation with the concerned

coordinators was uploaded on the

website on 28thFebruary 2012

The plan was reviewed by SPFU and

some corrections were suggested

The corrected plan was uploaded again

At a meeting convened on 14thMarch

2012 at LBS College for Women

Thiruvananthapuram the first approval

of the plan was given by Director SPFU

On 31st March 2012 the Principal

convened a meeting of HoDs and

departmental TEQIP coordinators and

instructions were issued to draw up

specifications with respect to every

package so that the data was readily

available for entry to PMSS once the

plan was approved by NPIUWorld

Bank

1 2

3 4

5

6

8

7

9

10

40

Procurement activities were in full swing during the first 18 months of the project and were executed fully as

per the plan Procurement was completed in 82 packages including 68 National Shopping (NS)packages 7

National Competitive Bidding (NCB) packages 2 Direct Contract packages and 5 Civil Works packages

The institute made maximum expenditure in 2013-14 (Figure 32) across different heads Its investments on

laboratory modernization and strengthening started in 2012 and continued till 2017 (Figure 33) Overall it

spent bulk of the money (88 per cent) on modernization of laboratories and 5 per cent on ICT enabled

learning (Figure 34)

5851520

36470287

6909895

61170 1552063

0

5000000

10000000

15000000

20000000

25000000

30000000

35000000

40000000

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur (in Rs)

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Figure 32

2012-1311

2013-1473

2014-1515

2015-160

2016-171

EXPENDITURE ON MODERNISATION STRENGTHENING OF LABS AT GEC THRISSUR

Figure 33

41

Major equipment bought by the institute with TEQIP II funds includes a Rheometer which is not available in

any other institution in the state and offers potential for research and consultancy It is used for determining

the rheological behaviors of liquids and solids It has applications in polymer nano-composites which are the

emerging field of research The stress rheology measurements provide information for spread ability

emulsion stability suspension leveling flow control thermal stability extrudability and thickening etc The

fluid can be highly non-newtonian The equipment is useful for MTech students and faculty for doing

research

The institute also bought a Gas Chromatograph which is used in analyzing compositions purity and for

separating different components of a mixture based on volatility It is also used in identifying a compound

and its applications include analysis of toxicity of soil water and air identifying unknown compounds etc

The equipment is useful for faculty and students in doing research and projects in the field of environmental

engineering and provides opportunities for pollution control related consultancy work

Another important purchase is Accelerated Curing Tank With concrete construction increasing at a rapid

pace this equipment provides the possibility of accelerating the curing time Normal method of curing takes

28 days To reduce the curing time of concrete and test its strength accelerated curing is required and this

can be achieved with the use of Accelerated Curing Tank in the laboratory

88

5 4

0

0

3

Fig 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14at Government Engineering College Thrissur

Expenditure on modernisation strengthening of existinglaboratories

Expenditure on ICT enabledlearning related softwareamphardware

Expenditure on library ie books e-books

Journals e-journals course specificsoftware

Expenditure on modernisation ofclassrooms

Others (furniture)

42

Table 3 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Name of the Equipment

Cost (in rupees)

Pressure Volume Change Controller

365625

Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Suit

1365000

Solar Photovoltaic grid tied training system with MPPT

367500

Gas Chromatograph 1494692

Rheometer 2687350

Surface Roughness Tester

401205

Multimedia Projector 114162

Thermal Imager 746366

Machine Conditioning Monitor

861685

Metallurgical Image Analysis System for Welding

283500

Software Factory CAD 320000

Robot 567000

Pipe Flow Software 149234

Petrol Engine Test Setup

783090

Tribometer 609900

Vibration Analyser 539175

Slotting Machine 449243

Lathe and Shaping Machine

869001

Metal Cutting Band saw 156240

Digital Viscometer 919050

Solid Modeling Software

356590

Ultrasonic Flow Detector

235561

43

Rapid Phototyping Machine

814800

Group Video Conferencing Kit

533340

Lan Trainer 106180

The efforts of the institute over the years have led to improved student placements and intake (Figure 35)

Output in terms of publications in international journals and participation of faculty and students in

international conferences has also gone up considerably (Figure 36)

Top 10 international journals in which faculty and students have secured publications since TEQIP II are

Name of Journal

1 IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

2 International Journal on Numerical Methods in Fluids

261221

570527

357

766

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Placement offers Students placed Intake of students

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 35 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 36 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

Publication in international journals Participation in international conferences

44

3 IETE Technical Review

4 Journal of the Optical Society of America

5 International Journal of Power amp Energy Systems

6 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

7 International Journal of Remote Sensing

8 Automatica

9 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

10 ASME Journal of Heat Transfer

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering amp Technology

Aligarh Muslim University

Another institute with an impeccable history and track record is Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and

Technology (ZHCET) which is a constituent college of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and it received TEQIP

II funds under sub-component 11 AMU was set up by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as Mohammedan Anglo-

Oriental College in 1875 Against available funds of Rs 10 crore ZHCET utilized Rs 618 crore as of February

2017 Following is a glimpse into the major equipment purchased by the institute

Name of the equipment Centrifugal Pump and Pelton Turbine Module Nozzle

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3349138

Reason for buying To improve teaching and research in fluid mechanics section of mechanical engineering

department The equipment comprises centrifugal pump with flowmeter valves reservoir and

instrumentation for measurement and display of inlet outlet pressures torque speed and power and

turbine inlet pressure for Peltan turbine

Name of the equipment Universal High Voltage Test system and Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage Tester

(PE-AOBDV-MXXX)

Name of the department Electrical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 4522500

Reason for buying A new MTech programme in High Voltage Engineering was started under TEQIP II for

which enhanced laboratory infrastructure was needed PE-AOBDV-M series of Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage

Testers are highly precise instruments which can be used to conduct either a breakdown voltage test or do a proof

(withstand) test Dielectric Breakdown Voltage testing of Oil is one such means to detect the voltage at power

frequency at which it is likely to cause a flash-over

Name of the equipment Altium Nanoboard FPGA Kit

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1368863

Reason for buying Five kits were bought for under-graduate and post-graduate students

45

Name of the equipmentExata Software Emulator for Networking

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1245780

Reason for buying BTech students use it to perform experiments in EL-494 (Communication Lab -III) to

study the performance of simulated networks M Tech students use it for projects and dissertations Three

faculty members are using this software for RampD purpose

Name of the equipmentPotentiostat Galvanostat with Impedance Analyzer

Name of the department Petroleum Studies

Cost of equipment Rs 1562925

Reason for buying Potentiostate is at the heart of research on electrochemistry It is mainly used for

research in the area of fuel cell membrane cyclic voltammeter and super capacitors

Name of the equipment Imac 215 Quad Core i5 with Apple Protection Plan

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 205800

Reason for buying Two units of Imac were bought for the post-graduate and networking laboratories of

computer engineering department so that students could develop software based on iOS

Altium Nanoboard

FPGA Kit

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Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli was set up in 1947 with only the civil engineering under-graduate

programme Since 2007 the institute has been autonomous having been affiliated to Bombay University

Pune University and Shivaji University in the past The institute received TEQIP II funds under sub-

component 12 It was eligible to receive Rs 125 crore It submitted procurement plan for Rs 87 crore and

spent Rs 618 crore as of February 2017

MAJOR EQUIPMENT BOUGHT

Name of the equipment Shake Table Set-up

Name of the department Civil amp Structural Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1925776

Reason for buying To establish an earthquake engineering laboratory for conducting studies on response of

structures to earthquake induced vibrations To investigate structural response under various dynamic

loading conditions

Name of the equipment Electromagnetic Exciter with Pay Load Capacity of 100 to 150 kg

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2310824

Reason for buying To carry out research work in the field of dynamic analysis for various systems

Name of the equipment Micro Machining Centre Hyper-15w table top type integrated multi-process CNC

machine tool

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3078000

Reason for buying To develop micro machining centre for the research of micro machining PG production

laboratory

2663678

6154586

7489947

8770675

8777330

10572980

11435333

0 4000000 8000000 12000000

OFFICE

ELECTRICAL

ELECTRONICS

CIVIL (CIVIL+ CIVIL ENVIRONMENTAL+ hellip

LIBRARY

COMPUTER + IT

MECHANICAL

Fig 37 Department-wise expenditure Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Figures in rupees

47

Name of the equipment Dynamometer with Built-In Three Channel Charge Amplifiers

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1876090

Reason for buying To carry out research in the area of machining

Name of the equipment Lab View Add-ons Image Processing using Smart Camera Evaluation Kit

Name of the department Electronics Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3421650

Reason for buying Design simulation and prototyping platform for experiments on DSP communication

embedded control and measurements visual representation of experimental results

Name of the equipment Thermal Conductivity Analyzer with Material -- liquid pastes and small particles

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2100000

Reason for buying Post-graduate research and laboratory development

48

Chapter 4 Key Findings

49

1 On an average funds given to institutions for purchase of equipment and soft resources have led to

significant improvement in laboratory infrastructure of the institutes under study

2 The impact of such purchases on improvement in quality is not easily quantifiable in measurable

terms To assess the same other correlated parameters could be looked at such as improvement in

the number of research publications in refereed journals increase in the number of PhD students

number of faculty involved in research or the percentage of student placement However none of

these parameters can be directly or solely be said to be due to the improvement in physical or

digital infrastructure of institutes

3 Institutes did not have a clear-cut strategy of what best use they could put the available money to

Given that each institute on an average got Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and other resources

they could have used the money to create at least one best-in-class facility in any of the

departments which was equipped to utilize that facility in terms of augmenting the interaction of

the institute with industry or generating more resources through assignments from other agencies

While institutes in sub-component 12 had the provision to set up centres of excellence even in sub-

component 11 they could have done so if they had worked with that aim and vision

4 Instead institutes on an average divided the money equally across six departments and each

department on an average bought one-two machines which were significantly expensive and the

rest of the money was spent on buying other small routine equipment desktops laptops

networking servers software and e-journals Collaborations between departments for research

projects were however missing

5 This pattern of expenditure can be explained by the fact that our engineering institutions are still in

a phase where there is more emphasis on theory than practical Hands-on learning or project-based

approach in teaching is relatively new for institutions which is why there is not much emphasis on

understanding the practical aspects of learning such as producing patents versus papers

6 Institutes were seen to be over protective wherever even a slightly costly equipment was bought By

their own admission such equipment was most of the time kept under lock and key and was at best

displayed to students They were rarely given the opportunity to actually do something with it on

their own

7 Equal receipt of money by a number of departments has led to overall improvement in laboratory

standards of all departments which is good from an egalitarian perspective It is also good that all

departments have been able to uniformly upgrade their infrastructure and will therefore be able to

compete with each other in attracting good students faculty as well as assignments from industry in

future

8 Discussions with focus groups suggest that institutes spent large amounts of money on creating or

refurbishing physical infrastructure While non-academic experts may see this as wasteful

expenditure from an academic perspective even if this leads to improvement in the physical

facilities being offered by institutes it is well worth the investment While state funded institutes

get funds from state governments for building infrastructure for some of the centrally funded

institutes where infrastructure may have been falling apart this money would have been useful

9 Because of the fact that there is no proper system to track the usage of equipment ndash records are

maintained in physical form in the shape of log books and registers which render a macro analysis

50

impossible -- anecdotal evidence suggests that equipment bought is not being optimally utilized A

significantly higher number of research papers in refereed journals suggests that this may not be

true but the fact remains that there is no improvement in the number of technology transfers

commercialization of research or patent generation which remain weak This again brings into focus

the theory versus application part of teaching

10 Overall improvement in base infrastructure was important for institutes to advance to the next level

of development Except for some of the Centrally funded institutions none of the institutes which

received funding in TEQIP II are in the league of the six original IITs in terms of laboratory

infrastructure They do not have access to the kind of liberal funding that CFTIs get If they had not

got the present funds to buy equipment they would have taken at least five to seven years to

procure the same through the resources available to them Even for Central institutions as also for

others the availability of funds at one go meant that they could procure high costing software such

as Matlab Ansys Labview Cadence and Adobe which benefit students across departments

11 Funds for buying equipment and other soft resources enabled the institutes to take some steps

towards keeping pace with the rapidly changing advancements in technology Increased level of

automation and artificial intelligence in industry is reflected in the kind of purchases institutes have

made ndash various types of simulation software digital machines replacing analogue ones such as in

electrical engineering departments all-in-one automatic machines which combine several levels of

manual work such as in surveying in civil engineering departments robotic arms mimicking the

automated environment of modern factories attached to lathe machines in mechanical engineering

departments instruments capable of handling nano particles in specialized centres and 3D printers

capable of printing high precision devices which are being used in multiple fields

12 Most institutes have also bought subscriptions to high level international journals in various

streams both online and physical enabling access to vast repository of world class content for most

students

13 Institutes have not paid much thought to maintenance of equipment since most of the purchases

have been made in the past two-three years and warranty periods are still in force Most institutes

have also reported availability of in-house technicians to look after the machines though majority

said that they would sign annual maintenance contracts (AMC) with vendors Since AMCs usually

cost roughly 10 per cent of the cost of the equipment they felt that the resources allocated for the

same under TEQIP II would not be adequate and that they should be increased slightly

14 As per the feedback provided by almost all institutes they all agree that the equipment purchased

by them responds to faculty student needs and was done as per consultation and

recommendations of faculty They all follow well laid out norms for disposal of equipment which

keep environmental considerations in mind

6 -- Average number of departments among which each institute in Sub-component 11 divided

the total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 500 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

51

7-- Average number of departments among which each institute in sub-component 12 divided the

total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 284 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

2147403 ndash Number of items bought by institutes for office purpose in sub-component

11

101699 hours monthndash Utilisation of equipment by UG amp PG students in sub-component

11 as per available data of institutes which participated in the study

427 hours month ndash Average utilization of equipment by UG and PG students across

institutes in sub-component 11

51656 hours month -- Utilisation of equipment by PhD students in sub-component 11 as

per available data of institutes which participated in the study

37 hours month-- Average utilization of equipment by PhD students across institutes in sub-

component 11

52

Chapter 5 Way Forward

53

As data shows and case studies prove there can be no doubt that TEQIP II and the funds provided to

institutes for purchase of equipment and other soft resources have led to improvement in laboratory

infrastructure which in turn has helped in improving the output Some pointers for future stages of the

project are-

1 Even though TEQIP II had a major focus on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and institutes

were given significant amount of funds for purchase of equipment there were no guidelines or

benchmarks for them to judge themselves against and to understand what an ideal laboratory

should be like for any given department While it is good that they were given the freedom to decide

what they wanted to buy and it depended on the pro-activeness of the department heads on what

all they ended up getting funds for in an ideal scenario they should have been given a list of

essential basic equipment as well as research level equipment and they could have prioritized their

purchases on the basis of that

In all likelihood such department-wise lists do not exist anywhere In the third phase of TEQIP

therefore NPIU could commission a project which involves study of top world-class as well as top

national-level laboratories for each department Thereafter standard templates of equipment could

be prepared which could illustrate the requirement of equipment for each concept and practical for

every stream of engineering Based on standard frequency of usage and the number of students in a

class adequate numbers of any equipment could be recommended to be bought by institutes in

order to ensure that not too much time is wasted on rotating several batches of students on the

same equipment

Availability of such templates of equipment as well as soft resources which could be updated

periodically in keeping with the changes in technology and availability of resources would also help

policy makers understand how many institutes come up to a benchmark and how many need

further support

2 Institutes should start maintaining digital records of use of equipment which are bought for research

purposes These records should not be just digital copies of physical registers but should be in the

form of smart solutions which can track internal supply chains in laboratories as well as usage of

equipment The solutions should be able to provide real-time analysis of usage of equipment in

every laboratory and all laboratories could be linked to one centralized system There are various

kinds of RFID solutions available today which can handle usage patterns well The available

information could be used to devise solutions and create policy interventions to increase the actual

usage of equipment

3 Nodal institutes under TEQIP II could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of neighboring non-TEQIP institutes The

unspent money could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

4 Institutes could be encouraged to ensure that laboratories in all departments have well designed

brochures and information material such as leaflets and manuals on major equipment so that

dissemination of information about their availability is easy and their utilization could be increased

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5 Facilities created in institutes are not being optimally utilized to increase interaction with industry

While rural location of the institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of

the reasons it is also true that in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the

commissioning of equipment Size of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for

anything on industrial scale But in most cases industry is not even aware of the existence of state-

of-the-art equipment inside institutes Regular interactions with sector-specific companies are a

must therefore to create a culture of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration

6 For decades research has happened in our country in isolation and at a distance from both industry

and academia Being largely funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) so far it

has been taking place inside the laboratories of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

The 37 laboratories of CSIR and its 39 field stations or extension centres have been working in the

areas of aerospace engineering structural engineering ocean science life science metallurgy

chemicals mining food petroleum leather and environmental science The ministry of HRD has

also started funding research in a big way in recent years through schemes such as Imprint ndash

Improving Research Innovation and Technology and the Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) It would be

fruitful for the country if research happening purely on the scientific side is able to converge with

that on the academic side Hence in order to ensure greater synergy between research and

teaching it is essential that technical institutes start working more closely with CSIR laboratories

This will bring them immediately closer to cutting edge research and provide rich exposure to

students Specially for institutions which have got improved laboratory facilities as a result of TEQIP

II funds collaboration with relevant CSIR laboratories will help them grow their research and at the

same time provide the latter with a steady flow of students to work on live projects

7 Institutions which have upgraded their laboratory infrastructure in the area of food and agriculture

will gain by collaborating with the government on its e-labs project which aims at automating the

testing procedure of soil fertiliser pesticide and equipment samples By ensuring speedy and

transparent online disbursement of information related to such tests the projectrsquos vision is to

reduce crop losses and increase the use of good quality bio-pesticides through fair and unbiased

testing Institutions and students will be able to learn a lot about quality control and the processes

involved in digital testing through collaboration with the government on e-labs

8 In order to ensure transparency in procurement processes it is advisable that institutes make use of

the governmentrsquos new e-marketplace called GEM Through the portal wwwgemnicin institutes

can buy virtually anything and everything that they may require specially consumables office

equipment furniture and software Buying through this portal will speed up procurement and

improve the efficiency of institutes Created and maintained by the Directorate General of Supplies

amp Disposals (DGSampD) it provides tools for e-bidding reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to

help users get best value for their money At the national level a system of procurement should be

put in place including committee to look into the requirement and availability of equipment taking

global scenarios into consideration

Appendices

Appendix 1

55

State-wise Number of Institutions Under Technical Education QualityImprovement Programme II (2010-2017)

S Name of State CFIs Sub‐component 11 Sub‐component 12 Total No of

Institutions 1 Andhra Pradesh 5 6 11 2 Bihar 2 ‐‐ 2 3 Chhattisgarh 4 ‐‐ 4 4 Gujarat 7 ‐‐ 7 5 Haryana 3 3 6 6 Himachal Pradesh 1 ‐‐ 1 7 Jharkhand 1 1 2 8 Karnataka 4 15 19 9 Kerala 19 ‐‐ 19

10 Madhya Pradesh 3 2 5 11 Maharashtra 7 10 17

12 NCT‐Delhi ‐‐ 1 1 13 Odisha 2 ‐‐ 2 14 Punjab 7 1 8 15 Rajasthan 9 ‐‐ 9 16 Tamil Nadu 5 4 9 17 Telangana 8 5 13 18 Tripura 1 ‐‐ 1 19 UT‐Chandigarh 2 1 3 20 UT‐Puducherry 1 ‐‐ 1 21 Uttar Pradesh 2 5 7 22 Uttarakhand 1 2 3 23 West Bengal 11 3 14 24 Centrally Funded

Institutions (CFIs) 8 18 26

Total 113 77 190

Appendix 2 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 11

S Name of the Name of the Institution

No State UT

1 JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

2 Aditya Institute of Technology amp Management Tekkali Srikakulam

Andhra

3 Madanapalle Institute of Technology amp Science Madanapalle

Pradesh

4 Shri Vishnu Engineering College for women Vishnupur Bhimavaram

5 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College Chittoor

6 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur

Bihar

7 Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur

8 Government Engineering College Bilaspur

9 Government Engineering College Jagdalpur Bastar

Chhattisgarh

10 Government Engineering College Raipur

11 Rungta College of Engineering amp Technology Bhilai

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12 Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

13 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Vallabh Vidynagar

14 Lukhdirji Engineering College Morbi

15 Gujarat Shantilal Shah Engineering College Bhavnagar

16 Government Engineering College Gandhinagar

17 Government Engineering College Rajkot

18 Government Engineering College Patan

19 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology (UIET) Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

Haryana

20 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology MDU Rohtak

21 NC College of Engineering Panipat

22 Himachal Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar Mandi

Pradesh

23 Jharkhand Cambridge Institute of Technology Ranchi

24 BVB College of Engineering amp Technology Hubli

25 PES College of Engineering Mandya

Karnataka

26 Government Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jublee Technological Institute Bangalore

27 NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore

2

SNo Name of the

Name of the Institution

StateUT

28 Government Engineering College Thrissur

29 Government Engineering College Kozhikode

30 Government Engineering College Painavu Idukki

31 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

32 School of Engineering Cochin University of Science amp Technology Cochin

33 Government College of Engineering Kannur

34 Government Engineering College Bartonhill Thiruvananthapuram

35 LBS Institute of Technology for Women Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram

36 College of Engineering Perumon Perinad Kollam

37 Kerala College of Engineering Kidangoor Kottayam

38 Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

57

39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

58

70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

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Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

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77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

70

Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

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Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

73

Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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40

Procurement activities were in full swing during the first 18 months of the project and were executed fully as

per the plan Procurement was completed in 82 packages including 68 National Shopping (NS)packages 7

National Competitive Bidding (NCB) packages 2 Direct Contract packages and 5 Civil Works packages

The institute made maximum expenditure in 2013-14 (Figure 32) across different heads Its investments on

laboratory modernization and strengthening started in 2012 and continued till 2017 (Figure 33) Overall it

spent bulk of the money (88 per cent) on modernization of laboratories and 5 per cent on ICT enabled

learning (Figure 34)

5851520

36470287

6909895

61170 1552063

0

5000000

10000000

15000000

20000000

25000000

30000000

35000000

40000000

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur (in Rs)

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Figure 32

2012-1311

2013-1473

2014-1515

2015-160

2016-171

EXPENDITURE ON MODERNISATION STRENGTHENING OF LABS AT GEC THRISSUR

Figure 33

41

Major equipment bought by the institute with TEQIP II funds includes a Rheometer which is not available in

any other institution in the state and offers potential for research and consultancy It is used for determining

the rheological behaviors of liquids and solids It has applications in polymer nano-composites which are the

emerging field of research The stress rheology measurements provide information for spread ability

emulsion stability suspension leveling flow control thermal stability extrudability and thickening etc The

fluid can be highly non-newtonian The equipment is useful for MTech students and faculty for doing

research

The institute also bought a Gas Chromatograph which is used in analyzing compositions purity and for

separating different components of a mixture based on volatility It is also used in identifying a compound

and its applications include analysis of toxicity of soil water and air identifying unknown compounds etc

The equipment is useful for faculty and students in doing research and projects in the field of environmental

engineering and provides opportunities for pollution control related consultancy work

Another important purchase is Accelerated Curing Tank With concrete construction increasing at a rapid

pace this equipment provides the possibility of accelerating the curing time Normal method of curing takes

28 days To reduce the curing time of concrete and test its strength accelerated curing is required and this

can be achieved with the use of Accelerated Curing Tank in the laboratory

88

5 4

0

0

3

Fig 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14at Government Engineering College Thrissur

Expenditure on modernisation strengthening of existinglaboratories

Expenditure on ICT enabledlearning related softwareamphardware

Expenditure on library ie books e-books

Journals e-journals course specificsoftware

Expenditure on modernisation ofclassrooms

Others (furniture)

42

Table 3 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Name of the Equipment

Cost (in rupees)

Pressure Volume Change Controller

365625

Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Suit

1365000

Solar Photovoltaic grid tied training system with MPPT

367500

Gas Chromatograph 1494692

Rheometer 2687350

Surface Roughness Tester

401205

Multimedia Projector 114162

Thermal Imager 746366

Machine Conditioning Monitor

861685

Metallurgical Image Analysis System for Welding

283500

Software Factory CAD 320000

Robot 567000

Pipe Flow Software 149234

Petrol Engine Test Setup

783090

Tribometer 609900

Vibration Analyser 539175

Slotting Machine 449243

Lathe and Shaping Machine

869001

Metal Cutting Band saw 156240

Digital Viscometer 919050

Solid Modeling Software

356590

Ultrasonic Flow Detector

235561

43

Rapid Phototyping Machine

814800

Group Video Conferencing Kit

533340

Lan Trainer 106180

The efforts of the institute over the years have led to improved student placements and intake (Figure 35)

Output in terms of publications in international journals and participation of faculty and students in

international conferences has also gone up considerably (Figure 36)

Top 10 international journals in which faculty and students have secured publications since TEQIP II are

Name of Journal

1 IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

2 International Journal on Numerical Methods in Fluids

261221

570527

357

766

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Placement offers Students placed Intake of students

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 35 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 36 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

Publication in international journals Participation in international conferences

44

3 IETE Technical Review

4 Journal of the Optical Society of America

5 International Journal of Power amp Energy Systems

6 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

7 International Journal of Remote Sensing

8 Automatica

9 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

10 ASME Journal of Heat Transfer

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering amp Technology

Aligarh Muslim University

Another institute with an impeccable history and track record is Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and

Technology (ZHCET) which is a constituent college of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and it received TEQIP

II funds under sub-component 11 AMU was set up by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as Mohammedan Anglo-

Oriental College in 1875 Against available funds of Rs 10 crore ZHCET utilized Rs 618 crore as of February

2017 Following is a glimpse into the major equipment purchased by the institute

Name of the equipment Centrifugal Pump and Pelton Turbine Module Nozzle

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3349138

Reason for buying To improve teaching and research in fluid mechanics section of mechanical engineering

department The equipment comprises centrifugal pump with flowmeter valves reservoir and

instrumentation for measurement and display of inlet outlet pressures torque speed and power and

turbine inlet pressure for Peltan turbine

Name of the equipment Universal High Voltage Test system and Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage Tester

(PE-AOBDV-MXXX)

Name of the department Electrical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 4522500

Reason for buying A new MTech programme in High Voltage Engineering was started under TEQIP II for

which enhanced laboratory infrastructure was needed PE-AOBDV-M series of Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage

Testers are highly precise instruments which can be used to conduct either a breakdown voltage test or do a proof

(withstand) test Dielectric Breakdown Voltage testing of Oil is one such means to detect the voltage at power

frequency at which it is likely to cause a flash-over

Name of the equipment Altium Nanoboard FPGA Kit

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1368863

Reason for buying Five kits were bought for under-graduate and post-graduate students

45

Name of the equipmentExata Software Emulator for Networking

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1245780

Reason for buying BTech students use it to perform experiments in EL-494 (Communication Lab -III) to

study the performance of simulated networks M Tech students use it for projects and dissertations Three

faculty members are using this software for RampD purpose

Name of the equipmentPotentiostat Galvanostat with Impedance Analyzer

Name of the department Petroleum Studies

Cost of equipment Rs 1562925

Reason for buying Potentiostate is at the heart of research on electrochemistry It is mainly used for

research in the area of fuel cell membrane cyclic voltammeter and super capacitors

Name of the equipment Imac 215 Quad Core i5 with Apple Protection Plan

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 205800

Reason for buying Two units of Imac were bought for the post-graduate and networking laboratories of

computer engineering department so that students could develop software based on iOS

Altium Nanoboard

FPGA Kit

46

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli was set up in 1947 with only the civil engineering under-graduate

programme Since 2007 the institute has been autonomous having been affiliated to Bombay University

Pune University and Shivaji University in the past The institute received TEQIP II funds under sub-

component 12 It was eligible to receive Rs 125 crore It submitted procurement plan for Rs 87 crore and

spent Rs 618 crore as of February 2017

MAJOR EQUIPMENT BOUGHT

Name of the equipment Shake Table Set-up

Name of the department Civil amp Structural Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1925776

Reason for buying To establish an earthquake engineering laboratory for conducting studies on response of

structures to earthquake induced vibrations To investigate structural response under various dynamic

loading conditions

Name of the equipment Electromagnetic Exciter with Pay Load Capacity of 100 to 150 kg

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2310824

Reason for buying To carry out research work in the field of dynamic analysis for various systems

Name of the equipment Micro Machining Centre Hyper-15w table top type integrated multi-process CNC

machine tool

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3078000

Reason for buying To develop micro machining centre for the research of micro machining PG production

laboratory

2663678

6154586

7489947

8770675

8777330

10572980

11435333

0 4000000 8000000 12000000

OFFICE

ELECTRICAL

ELECTRONICS

CIVIL (CIVIL+ CIVIL ENVIRONMENTAL+ hellip

LIBRARY

COMPUTER + IT

MECHANICAL

Fig 37 Department-wise expenditure Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Figures in rupees

47

Name of the equipment Dynamometer with Built-In Three Channel Charge Amplifiers

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1876090

Reason for buying To carry out research in the area of machining

Name of the equipment Lab View Add-ons Image Processing using Smart Camera Evaluation Kit

Name of the department Electronics Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3421650

Reason for buying Design simulation and prototyping platform for experiments on DSP communication

embedded control and measurements visual representation of experimental results

Name of the equipment Thermal Conductivity Analyzer with Material -- liquid pastes and small particles

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2100000

Reason for buying Post-graduate research and laboratory development

48

Chapter 4 Key Findings

49

1 On an average funds given to institutions for purchase of equipment and soft resources have led to

significant improvement in laboratory infrastructure of the institutes under study

2 The impact of such purchases on improvement in quality is not easily quantifiable in measurable

terms To assess the same other correlated parameters could be looked at such as improvement in

the number of research publications in refereed journals increase in the number of PhD students

number of faculty involved in research or the percentage of student placement However none of

these parameters can be directly or solely be said to be due to the improvement in physical or

digital infrastructure of institutes

3 Institutes did not have a clear-cut strategy of what best use they could put the available money to

Given that each institute on an average got Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and other resources

they could have used the money to create at least one best-in-class facility in any of the

departments which was equipped to utilize that facility in terms of augmenting the interaction of

the institute with industry or generating more resources through assignments from other agencies

While institutes in sub-component 12 had the provision to set up centres of excellence even in sub-

component 11 they could have done so if they had worked with that aim and vision

4 Instead institutes on an average divided the money equally across six departments and each

department on an average bought one-two machines which were significantly expensive and the

rest of the money was spent on buying other small routine equipment desktops laptops

networking servers software and e-journals Collaborations between departments for research

projects were however missing

5 This pattern of expenditure can be explained by the fact that our engineering institutions are still in

a phase where there is more emphasis on theory than practical Hands-on learning or project-based

approach in teaching is relatively new for institutions which is why there is not much emphasis on

understanding the practical aspects of learning such as producing patents versus papers

6 Institutes were seen to be over protective wherever even a slightly costly equipment was bought By

their own admission such equipment was most of the time kept under lock and key and was at best

displayed to students They were rarely given the opportunity to actually do something with it on

their own

7 Equal receipt of money by a number of departments has led to overall improvement in laboratory

standards of all departments which is good from an egalitarian perspective It is also good that all

departments have been able to uniformly upgrade their infrastructure and will therefore be able to

compete with each other in attracting good students faculty as well as assignments from industry in

future

8 Discussions with focus groups suggest that institutes spent large amounts of money on creating or

refurbishing physical infrastructure While non-academic experts may see this as wasteful

expenditure from an academic perspective even if this leads to improvement in the physical

facilities being offered by institutes it is well worth the investment While state funded institutes

get funds from state governments for building infrastructure for some of the centrally funded

institutes where infrastructure may have been falling apart this money would have been useful

9 Because of the fact that there is no proper system to track the usage of equipment ndash records are

maintained in physical form in the shape of log books and registers which render a macro analysis

50

impossible -- anecdotal evidence suggests that equipment bought is not being optimally utilized A

significantly higher number of research papers in refereed journals suggests that this may not be

true but the fact remains that there is no improvement in the number of technology transfers

commercialization of research or patent generation which remain weak This again brings into focus

the theory versus application part of teaching

10 Overall improvement in base infrastructure was important for institutes to advance to the next level

of development Except for some of the Centrally funded institutions none of the institutes which

received funding in TEQIP II are in the league of the six original IITs in terms of laboratory

infrastructure They do not have access to the kind of liberal funding that CFTIs get If they had not

got the present funds to buy equipment they would have taken at least five to seven years to

procure the same through the resources available to them Even for Central institutions as also for

others the availability of funds at one go meant that they could procure high costing software such

as Matlab Ansys Labview Cadence and Adobe which benefit students across departments

11 Funds for buying equipment and other soft resources enabled the institutes to take some steps

towards keeping pace with the rapidly changing advancements in technology Increased level of

automation and artificial intelligence in industry is reflected in the kind of purchases institutes have

made ndash various types of simulation software digital machines replacing analogue ones such as in

electrical engineering departments all-in-one automatic machines which combine several levels of

manual work such as in surveying in civil engineering departments robotic arms mimicking the

automated environment of modern factories attached to lathe machines in mechanical engineering

departments instruments capable of handling nano particles in specialized centres and 3D printers

capable of printing high precision devices which are being used in multiple fields

12 Most institutes have also bought subscriptions to high level international journals in various

streams both online and physical enabling access to vast repository of world class content for most

students

13 Institutes have not paid much thought to maintenance of equipment since most of the purchases

have been made in the past two-three years and warranty periods are still in force Most institutes

have also reported availability of in-house technicians to look after the machines though majority

said that they would sign annual maintenance contracts (AMC) with vendors Since AMCs usually

cost roughly 10 per cent of the cost of the equipment they felt that the resources allocated for the

same under TEQIP II would not be adequate and that they should be increased slightly

14 As per the feedback provided by almost all institutes they all agree that the equipment purchased

by them responds to faculty student needs and was done as per consultation and

recommendations of faculty They all follow well laid out norms for disposal of equipment which

keep environmental considerations in mind

6 -- Average number of departments among which each institute in Sub-component 11 divided

the total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 500 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

51

7-- Average number of departments among which each institute in sub-component 12 divided the

total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 284 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

2147403 ndash Number of items bought by institutes for office purpose in sub-component

11

101699 hours monthndash Utilisation of equipment by UG amp PG students in sub-component

11 as per available data of institutes which participated in the study

427 hours month ndash Average utilization of equipment by UG and PG students across

institutes in sub-component 11

51656 hours month -- Utilisation of equipment by PhD students in sub-component 11 as

per available data of institutes which participated in the study

37 hours month-- Average utilization of equipment by PhD students across institutes in sub-

component 11

52

Chapter 5 Way Forward

53

As data shows and case studies prove there can be no doubt that TEQIP II and the funds provided to

institutes for purchase of equipment and other soft resources have led to improvement in laboratory

infrastructure which in turn has helped in improving the output Some pointers for future stages of the

project are-

1 Even though TEQIP II had a major focus on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and institutes

were given significant amount of funds for purchase of equipment there were no guidelines or

benchmarks for them to judge themselves against and to understand what an ideal laboratory

should be like for any given department While it is good that they were given the freedom to decide

what they wanted to buy and it depended on the pro-activeness of the department heads on what

all they ended up getting funds for in an ideal scenario they should have been given a list of

essential basic equipment as well as research level equipment and they could have prioritized their

purchases on the basis of that

In all likelihood such department-wise lists do not exist anywhere In the third phase of TEQIP

therefore NPIU could commission a project which involves study of top world-class as well as top

national-level laboratories for each department Thereafter standard templates of equipment could

be prepared which could illustrate the requirement of equipment for each concept and practical for

every stream of engineering Based on standard frequency of usage and the number of students in a

class adequate numbers of any equipment could be recommended to be bought by institutes in

order to ensure that not too much time is wasted on rotating several batches of students on the

same equipment

Availability of such templates of equipment as well as soft resources which could be updated

periodically in keeping with the changes in technology and availability of resources would also help

policy makers understand how many institutes come up to a benchmark and how many need

further support

2 Institutes should start maintaining digital records of use of equipment which are bought for research

purposes These records should not be just digital copies of physical registers but should be in the

form of smart solutions which can track internal supply chains in laboratories as well as usage of

equipment The solutions should be able to provide real-time analysis of usage of equipment in

every laboratory and all laboratories could be linked to one centralized system There are various

kinds of RFID solutions available today which can handle usage patterns well The available

information could be used to devise solutions and create policy interventions to increase the actual

usage of equipment

3 Nodal institutes under TEQIP II could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of neighboring non-TEQIP institutes The

unspent money could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

4 Institutes could be encouraged to ensure that laboratories in all departments have well designed

brochures and information material such as leaflets and manuals on major equipment so that

dissemination of information about their availability is easy and their utilization could be increased

54

5 Facilities created in institutes are not being optimally utilized to increase interaction with industry

While rural location of the institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of

the reasons it is also true that in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the

commissioning of equipment Size of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for

anything on industrial scale But in most cases industry is not even aware of the existence of state-

of-the-art equipment inside institutes Regular interactions with sector-specific companies are a

must therefore to create a culture of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration

6 For decades research has happened in our country in isolation and at a distance from both industry

and academia Being largely funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) so far it

has been taking place inside the laboratories of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

The 37 laboratories of CSIR and its 39 field stations or extension centres have been working in the

areas of aerospace engineering structural engineering ocean science life science metallurgy

chemicals mining food petroleum leather and environmental science The ministry of HRD has

also started funding research in a big way in recent years through schemes such as Imprint ndash

Improving Research Innovation and Technology and the Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) It would be

fruitful for the country if research happening purely on the scientific side is able to converge with

that on the academic side Hence in order to ensure greater synergy between research and

teaching it is essential that technical institutes start working more closely with CSIR laboratories

This will bring them immediately closer to cutting edge research and provide rich exposure to

students Specially for institutions which have got improved laboratory facilities as a result of TEQIP

II funds collaboration with relevant CSIR laboratories will help them grow their research and at the

same time provide the latter with a steady flow of students to work on live projects

7 Institutions which have upgraded their laboratory infrastructure in the area of food and agriculture

will gain by collaborating with the government on its e-labs project which aims at automating the

testing procedure of soil fertiliser pesticide and equipment samples By ensuring speedy and

transparent online disbursement of information related to such tests the projectrsquos vision is to

reduce crop losses and increase the use of good quality bio-pesticides through fair and unbiased

testing Institutions and students will be able to learn a lot about quality control and the processes

involved in digital testing through collaboration with the government on e-labs

8 In order to ensure transparency in procurement processes it is advisable that institutes make use of

the governmentrsquos new e-marketplace called GEM Through the portal wwwgemnicin institutes

can buy virtually anything and everything that they may require specially consumables office

equipment furniture and software Buying through this portal will speed up procurement and

improve the efficiency of institutes Created and maintained by the Directorate General of Supplies

amp Disposals (DGSampD) it provides tools for e-bidding reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to

help users get best value for their money At the national level a system of procurement should be

put in place including committee to look into the requirement and availability of equipment taking

global scenarios into consideration

Appendices

Appendix 1

55

State-wise Number of Institutions Under Technical Education QualityImprovement Programme II (2010-2017)

S Name of State CFIs Sub‐component 11 Sub‐component 12 Total No of

Institutions 1 Andhra Pradesh 5 6 11 2 Bihar 2 ‐‐ 2 3 Chhattisgarh 4 ‐‐ 4 4 Gujarat 7 ‐‐ 7 5 Haryana 3 3 6 6 Himachal Pradesh 1 ‐‐ 1 7 Jharkhand 1 1 2 8 Karnataka 4 15 19 9 Kerala 19 ‐‐ 19

10 Madhya Pradesh 3 2 5 11 Maharashtra 7 10 17

12 NCT‐Delhi ‐‐ 1 1 13 Odisha 2 ‐‐ 2 14 Punjab 7 1 8 15 Rajasthan 9 ‐‐ 9 16 Tamil Nadu 5 4 9 17 Telangana 8 5 13 18 Tripura 1 ‐‐ 1 19 UT‐Chandigarh 2 1 3 20 UT‐Puducherry 1 ‐‐ 1 21 Uttar Pradesh 2 5 7 22 Uttarakhand 1 2 3 23 West Bengal 11 3 14 24 Centrally Funded

Institutions (CFIs) 8 18 26

Total 113 77 190

Appendix 2 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 11

S Name of the Name of the Institution

No State UT

1 JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

2 Aditya Institute of Technology amp Management Tekkali Srikakulam

Andhra

3 Madanapalle Institute of Technology amp Science Madanapalle

Pradesh

4 Shri Vishnu Engineering College for women Vishnupur Bhimavaram

5 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College Chittoor

6 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur

Bihar

7 Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur

8 Government Engineering College Bilaspur

9 Government Engineering College Jagdalpur Bastar

Chhattisgarh

10 Government Engineering College Raipur

11 Rungta College of Engineering amp Technology Bhilai

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12 Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

13 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Vallabh Vidynagar

14 Lukhdirji Engineering College Morbi

15 Gujarat Shantilal Shah Engineering College Bhavnagar

16 Government Engineering College Gandhinagar

17 Government Engineering College Rajkot

18 Government Engineering College Patan

19 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology (UIET) Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

Haryana

20 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology MDU Rohtak

21 NC College of Engineering Panipat

22 Himachal Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar Mandi

Pradesh

23 Jharkhand Cambridge Institute of Technology Ranchi

24 BVB College of Engineering amp Technology Hubli

25 PES College of Engineering Mandya

Karnataka

26 Government Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jublee Technological Institute Bangalore

27 NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore

2

SNo Name of the

Name of the Institution

StateUT

28 Government Engineering College Thrissur

29 Government Engineering College Kozhikode

30 Government Engineering College Painavu Idukki

31 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

32 School of Engineering Cochin University of Science amp Technology Cochin

33 Government College of Engineering Kannur

34 Government Engineering College Bartonhill Thiruvananthapuram

35 LBS Institute of Technology for Women Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram

36 College of Engineering Perumon Perinad Kollam

37 Kerala College of Engineering Kidangoor Kottayam

38 Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

57

39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

58

70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

60

Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

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77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

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Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

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Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

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Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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41

Major equipment bought by the institute with TEQIP II funds includes a Rheometer which is not available in

any other institution in the state and offers potential for research and consultancy It is used for determining

the rheological behaviors of liquids and solids It has applications in polymer nano-composites which are the

emerging field of research The stress rheology measurements provide information for spread ability

emulsion stability suspension leveling flow control thermal stability extrudability and thickening etc The

fluid can be highly non-newtonian The equipment is useful for MTech students and faculty for doing

research

The institute also bought a Gas Chromatograph which is used in analyzing compositions purity and for

separating different components of a mixture based on volatility It is also used in identifying a compound

and its applications include analysis of toxicity of soil water and air identifying unknown compounds etc

The equipment is useful for faculty and students in doing research and projects in the field of environmental

engineering and provides opportunities for pollution control related consultancy work

Another important purchase is Accelerated Curing Tank With concrete construction increasing at a rapid

pace this equipment provides the possibility of accelerating the curing time Normal method of curing takes

28 days To reduce the curing time of concrete and test its strength accelerated curing is required and this

can be achieved with the use of Accelerated Curing Tank in the laboratory

88

5 4

0

0

3

Fig 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14at Government Engineering College Thrissur

Expenditure on modernisation strengthening of existinglaboratories

Expenditure on ICT enabledlearning related softwareamphardware

Expenditure on library ie books e-books

Journals e-journals course specificsoftware

Expenditure on modernisation ofclassrooms

Others (furniture)

42

Table 3 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Name of the Equipment

Cost (in rupees)

Pressure Volume Change Controller

365625

Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Suit

1365000

Solar Photovoltaic grid tied training system with MPPT

367500

Gas Chromatograph 1494692

Rheometer 2687350

Surface Roughness Tester

401205

Multimedia Projector 114162

Thermal Imager 746366

Machine Conditioning Monitor

861685

Metallurgical Image Analysis System for Welding

283500

Software Factory CAD 320000

Robot 567000

Pipe Flow Software 149234

Petrol Engine Test Setup

783090

Tribometer 609900

Vibration Analyser 539175

Slotting Machine 449243

Lathe and Shaping Machine

869001

Metal Cutting Band saw 156240

Digital Viscometer 919050

Solid Modeling Software

356590

Ultrasonic Flow Detector

235561

43

Rapid Phototyping Machine

814800

Group Video Conferencing Kit

533340

Lan Trainer 106180

The efforts of the institute over the years have led to improved student placements and intake (Figure 35)

Output in terms of publications in international journals and participation of faculty and students in

international conferences has also gone up considerably (Figure 36)

Top 10 international journals in which faculty and students have secured publications since TEQIP II are

Name of Journal

1 IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

2 International Journal on Numerical Methods in Fluids

261221

570527

357

766

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Placement offers Students placed Intake of students

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 35 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 36 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

Publication in international journals Participation in international conferences

44

3 IETE Technical Review

4 Journal of the Optical Society of America

5 International Journal of Power amp Energy Systems

6 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

7 International Journal of Remote Sensing

8 Automatica

9 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

10 ASME Journal of Heat Transfer

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering amp Technology

Aligarh Muslim University

Another institute with an impeccable history and track record is Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and

Technology (ZHCET) which is a constituent college of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and it received TEQIP

II funds under sub-component 11 AMU was set up by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as Mohammedan Anglo-

Oriental College in 1875 Against available funds of Rs 10 crore ZHCET utilized Rs 618 crore as of February

2017 Following is a glimpse into the major equipment purchased by the institute

Name of the equipment Centrifugal Pump and Pelton Turbine Module Nozzle

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3349138

Reason for buying To improve teaching and research in fluid mechanics section of mechanical engineering

department The equipment comprises centrifugal pump with flowmeter valves reservoir and

instrumentation for measurement and display of inlet outlet pressures torque speed and power and

turbine inlet pressure for Peltan turbine

Name of the equipment Universal High Voltage Test system and Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage Tester

(PE-AOBDV-MXXX)

Name of the department Electrical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 4522500

Reason for buying A new MTech programme in High Voltage Engineering was started under TEQIP II for

which enhanced laboratory infrastructure was needed PE-AOBDV-M series of Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage

Testers are highly precise instruments which can be used to conduct either a breakdown voltage test or do a proof

(withstand) test Dielectric Breakdown Voltage testing of Oil is one such means to detect the voltage at power

frequency at which it is likely to cause a flash-over

Name of the equipment Altium Nanoboard FPGA Kit

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1368863

Reason for buying Five kits were bought for under-graduate and post-graduate students

45

Name of the equipmentExata Software Emulator for Networking

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1245780

Reason for buying BTech students use it to perform experiments in EL-494 (Communication Lab -III) to

study the performance of simulated networks M Tech students use it for projects and dissertations Three

faculty members are using this software for RampD purpose

Name of the equipmentPotentiostat Galvanostat with Impedance Analyzer

Name of the department Petroleum Studies

Cost of equipment Rs 1562925

Reason for buying Potentiostate is at the heart of research on electrochemistry It is mainly used for

research in the area of fuel cell membrane cyclic voltammeter and super capacitors

Name of the equipment Imac 215 Quad Core i5 with Apple Protection Plan

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 205800

Reason for buying Two units of Imac were bought for the post-graduate and networking laboratories of

computer engineering department so that students could develop software based on iOS

Altium Nanoboard

FPGA Kit

46

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli was set up in 1947 with only the civil engineering under-graduate

programme Since 2007 the institute has been autonomous having been affiliated to Bombay University

Pune University and Shivaji University in the past The institute received TEQIP II funds under sub-

component 12 It was eligible to receive Rs 125 crore It submitted procurement plan for Rs 87 crore and

spent Rs 618 crore as of February 2017

MAJOR EQUIPMENT BOUGHT

Name of the equipment Shake Table Set-up

Name of the department Civil amp Structural Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1925776

Reason for buying To establish an earthquake engineering laboratory for conducting studies on response of

structures to earthquake induced vibrations To investigate structural response under various dynamic

loading conditions

Name of the equipment Electromagnetic Exciter with Pay Load Capacity of 100 to 150 kg

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2310824

Reason for buying To carry out research work in the field of dynamic analysis for various systems

Name of the equipment Micro Machining Centre Hyper-15w table top type integrated multi-process CNC

machine tool

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3078000

Reason for buying To develop micro machining centre for the research of micro machining PG production

laboratory

2663678

6154586

7489947

8770675

8777330

10572980

11435333

0 4000000 8000000 12000000

OFFICE

ELECTRICAL

ELECTRONICS

CIVIL (CIVIL+ CIVIL ENVIRONMENTAL+ hellip

LIBRARY

COMPUTER + IT

MECHANICAL

Fig 37 Department-wise expenditure Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Figures in rupees

47

Name of the equipment Dynamometer with Built-In Three Channel Charge Amplifiers

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1876090

Reason for buying To carry out research in the area of machining

Name of the equipment Lab View Add-ons Image Processing using Smart Camera Evaluation Kit

Name of the department Electronics Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3421650

Reason for buying Design simulation and prototyping platform for experiments on DSP communication

embedded control and measurements visual representation of experimental results

Name of the equipment Thermal Conductivity Analyzer with Material -- liquid pastes and small particles

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2100000

Reason for buying Post-graduate research and laboratory development

48

Chapter 4 Key Findings

49

1 On an average funds given to institutions for purchase of equipment and soft resources have led to

significant improvement in laboratory infrastructure of the institutes under study

2 The impact of such purchases on improvement in quality is not easily quantifiable in measurable

terms To assess the same other correlated parameters could be looked at such as improvement in

the number of research publications in refereed journals increase in the number of PhD students

number of faculty involved in research or the percentage of student placement However none of

these parameters can be directly or solely be said to be due to the improvement in physical or

digital infrastructure of institutes

3 Institutes did not have a clear-cut strategy of what best use they could put the available money to

Given that each institute on an average got Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and other resources

they could have used the money to create at least one best-in-class facility in any of the

departments which was equipped to utilize that facility in terms of augmenting the interaction of

the institute with industry or generating more resources through assignments from other agencies

While institutes in sub-component 12 had the provision to set up centres of excellence even in sub-

component 11 they could have done so if they had worked with that aim and vision

4 Instead institutes on an average divided the money equally across six departments and each

department on an average bought one-two machines which were significantly expensive and the

rest of the money was spent on buying other small routine equipment desktops laptops

networking servers software and e-journals Collaborations between departments for research

projects were however missing

5 This pattern of expenditure can be explained by the fact that our engineering institutions are still in

a phase where there is more emphasis on theory than practical Hands-on learning or project-based

approach in teaching is relatively new for institutions which is why there is not much emphasis on

understanding the practical aspects of learning such as producing patents versus papers

6 Institutes were seen to be over protective wherever even a slightly costly equipment was bought By

their own admission such equipment was most of the time kept under lock and key and was at best

displayed to students They were rarely given the opportunity to actually do something with it on

their own

7 Equal receipt of money by a number of departments has led to overall improvement in laboratory

standards of all departments which is good from an egalitarian perspective It is also good that all

departments have been able to uniformly upgrade their infrastructure and will therefore be able to

compete with each other in attracting good students faculty as well as assignments from industry in

future

8 Discussions with focus groups suggest that institutes spent large amounts of money on creating or

refurbishing physical infrastructure While non-academic experts may see this as wasteful

expenditure from an academic perspective even if this leads to improvement in the physical

facilities being offered by institutes it is well worth the investment While state funded institutes

get funds from state governments for building infrastructure for some of the centrally funded

institutes where infrastructure may have been falling apart this money would have been useful

9 Because of the fact that there is no proper system to track the usage of equipment ndash records are

maintained in physical form in the shape of log books and registers which render a macro analysis

50

impossible -- anecdotal evidence suggests that equipment bought is not being optimally utilized A

significantly higher number of research papers in refereed journals suggests that this may not be

true but the fact remains that there is no improvement in the number of technology transfers

commercialization of research or patent generation which remain weak This again brings into focus

the theory versus application part of teaching

10 Overall improvement in base infrastructure was important for institutes to advance to the next level

of development Except for some of the Centrally funded institutions none of the institutes which

received funding in TEQIP II are in the league of the six original IITs in terms of laboratory

infrastructure They do not have access to the kind of liberal funding that CFTIs get If they had not

got the present funds to buy equipment they would have taken at least five to seven years to

procure the same through the resources available to them Even for Central institutions as also for

others the availability of funds at one go meant that they could procure high costing software such

as Matlab Ansys Labview Cadence and Adobe which benefit students across departments

11 Funds for buying equipment and other soft resources enabled the institutes to take some steps

towards keeping pace with the rapidly changing advancements in technology Increased level of

automation and artificial intelligence in industry is reflected in the kind of purchases institutes have

made ndash various types of simulation software digital machines replacing analogue ones such as in

electrical engineering departments all-in-one automatic machines which combine several levels of

manual work such as in surveying in civil engineering departments robotic arms mimicking the

automated environment of modern factories attached to lathe machines in mechanical engineering

departments instruments capable of handling nano particles in specialized centres and 3D printers

capable of printing high precision devices which are being used in multiple fields

12 Most institutes have also bought subscriptions to high level international journals in various

streams both online and physical enabling access to vast repository of world class content for most

students

13 Institutes have not paid much thought to maintenance of equipment since most of the purchases

have been made in the past two-three years and warranty periods are still in force Most institutes

have also reported availability of in-house technicians to look after the machines though majority

said that they would sign annual maintenance contracts (AMC) with vendors Since AMCs usually

cost roughly 10 per cent of the cost of the equipment they felt that the resources allocated for the

same under TEQIP II would not be adequate and that they should be increased slightly

14 As per the feedback provided by almost all institutes they all agree that the equipment purchased

by them responds to faculty student needs and was done as per consultation and

recommendations of faculty They all follow well laid out norms for disposal of equipment which

keep environmental considerations in mind

6 -- Average number of departments among which each institute in Sub-component 11 divided

the total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 500 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

51

7-- Average number of departments among which each institute in sub-component 12 divided the

total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 284 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

2147403 ndash Number of items bought by institutes for office purpose in sub-component

11

101699 hours monthndash Utilisation of equipment by UG amp PG students in sub-component

11 as per available data of institutes which participated in the study

427 hours month ndash Average utilization of equipment by UG and PG students across

institutes in sub-component 11

51656 hours month -- Utilisation of equipment by PhD students in sub-component 11 as

per available data of institutes which participated in the study

37 hours month-- Average utilization of equipment by PhD students across institutes in sub-

component 11

52

Chapter 5 Way Forward

53

As data shows and case studies prove there can be no doubt that TEQIP II and the funds provided to

institutes for purchase of equipment and other soft resources have led to improvement in laboratory

infrastructure which in turn has helped in improving the output Some pointers for future stages of the

project are-

1 Even though TEQIP II had a major focus on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and institutes

were given significant amount of funds for purchase of equipment there were no guidelines or

benchmarks for them to judge themselves against and to understand what an ideal laboratory

should be like for any given department While it is good that they were given the freedom to decide

what they wanted to buy and it depended on the pro-activeness of the department heads on what

all they ended up getting funds for in an ideal scenario they should have been given a list of

essential basic equipment as well as research level equipment and they could have prioritized their

purchases on the basis of that

In all likelihood such department-wise lists do not exist anywhere In the third phase of TEQIP

therefore NPIU could commission a project which involves study of top world-class as well as top

national-level laboratories for each department Thereafter standard templates of equipment could

be prepared which could illustrate the requirement of equipment for each concept and practical for

every stream of engineering Based on standard frequency of usage and the number of students in a

class adequate numbers of any equipment could be recommended to be bought by institutes in

order to ensure that not too much time is wasted on rotating several batches of students on the

same equipment

Availability of such templates of equipment as well as soft resources which could be updated

periodically in keeping with the changes in technology and availability of resources would also help

policy makers understand how many institutes come up to a benchmark and how many need

further support

2 Institutes should start maintaining digital records of use of equipment which are bought for research

purposes These records should not be just digital copies of physical registers but should be in the

form of smart solutions which can track internal supply chains in laboratories as well as usage of

equipment The solutions should be able to provide real-time analysis of usage of equipment in

every laboratory and all laboratories could be linked to one centralized system There are various

kinds of RFID solutions available today which can handle usage patterns well The available

information could be used to devise solutions and create policy interventions to increase the actual

usage of equipment

3 Nodal institutes under TEQIP II could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of neighboring non-TEQIP institutes The

unspent money could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

4 Institutes could be encouraged to ensure that laboratories in all departments have well designed

brochures and information material such as leaflets and manuals on major equipment so that

dissemination of information about their availability is easy and their utilization could be increased

54

5 Facilities created in institutes are not being optimally utilized to increase interaction with industry

While rural location of the institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of

the reasons it is also true that in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the

commissioning of equipment Size of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for

anything on industrial scale But in most cases industry is not even aware of the existence of state-

of-the-art equipment inside institutes Regular interactions with sector-specific companies are a

must therefore to create a culture of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration

6 For decades research has happened in our country in isolation and at a distance from both industry

and academia Being largely funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) so far it

has been taking place inside the laboratories of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

The 37 laboratories of CSIR and its 39 field stations or extension centres have been working in the

areas of aerospace engineering structural engineering ocean science life science metallurgy

chemicals mining food petroleum leather and environmental science The ministry of HRD has

also started funding research in a big way in recent years through schemes such as Imprint ndash

Improving Research Innovation and Technology and the Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) It would be

fruitful for the country if research happening purely on the scientific side is able to converge with

that on the academic side Hence in order to ensure greater synergy between research and

teaching it is essential that technical institutes start working more closely with CSIR laboratories

This will bring them immediately closer to cutting edge research and provide rich exposure to

students Specially for institutions which have got improved laboratory facilities as a result of TEQIP

II funds collaboration with relevant CSIR laboratories will help them grow their research and at the

same time provide the latter with a steady flow of students to work on live projects

7 Institutions which have upgraded their laboratory infrastructure in the area of food and agriculture

will gain by collaborating with the government on its e-labs project which aims at automating the

testing procedure of soil fertiliser pesticide and equipment samples By ensuring speedy and

transparent online disbursement of information related to such tests the projectrsquos vision is to

reduce crop losses and increase the use of good quality bio-pesticides through fair and unbiased

testing Institutions and students will be able to learn a lot about quality control and the processes

involved in digital testing through collaboration with the government on e-labs

8 In order to ensure transparency in procurement processes it is advisable that institutes make use of

the governmentrsquos new e-marketplace called GEM Through the portal wwwgemnicin institutes

can buy virtually anything and everything that they may require specially consumables office

equipment furniture and software Buying through this portal will speed up procurement and

improve the efficiency of institutes Created and maintained by the Directorate General of Supplies

amp Disposals (DGSampD) it provides tools for e-bidding reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to

help users get best value for their money At the national level a system of procurement should be

put in place including committee to look into the requirement and availability of equipment taking

global scenarios into consideration

Appendices

Appendix 1

55

State-wise Number of Institutions Under Technical Education QualityImprovement Programme II (2010-2017)

S Name of State CFIs Sub‐component 11 Sub‐component 12 Total No of

Institutions 1 Andhra Pradesh 5 6 11 2 Bihar 2 ‐‐ 2 3 Chhattisgarh 4 ‐‐ 4 4 Gujarat 7 ‐‐ 7 5 Haryana 3 3 6 6 Himachal Pradesh 1 ‐‐ 1 7 Jharkhand 1 1 2 8 Karnataka 4 15 19 9 Kerala 19 ‐‐ 19

10 Madhya Pradesh 3 2 5 11 Maharashtra 7 10 17

12 NCT‐Delhi ‐‐ 1 1 13 Odisha 2 ‐‐ 2 14 Punjab 7 1 8 15 Rajasthan 9 ‐‐ 9 16 Tamil Nadu 5 4 9 17 Telangana 8 5 13 18 Tripura 1 ‐‐ 1 19 UT‐Chandigarh 2 1 3 20 UT‐Puducherry 1 ‐‐ 1 21 Uttar Pradesh 2 5 7 22 Uttarakhand 1 2 3 23 West Bengal 11 3 14 24 Centrally Funded

Institutions (CFIs) 8 18 26

Total 113 77 190

Appendix 2 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 11

S Name of the Name of the Institution

No State UT

1 JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

2 Aditya Institute of Technology amp Management Tekkali Srikakulam

Andhra

3 Madanapalle Institute of Technology amp Science Madanapalle

Pradesh

4 Shri Vishnu Engineering College for women Vishnupur Bhimavaram

5 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College Chittoor

6 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur

Bihar

7 Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur

8 Government Engineering College Bilaspur

9 Government Engineering College Jagdalpur Bastar

Chhattisgarh

10 Government Engineering College Raipur

11 Rungta College of Engineering amp Technology Bhilai

56

12 Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

13 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Vallabh Vidynagar

14 Lukhdirji Engineering College Morbi

15 Gujarat Shantilal Shah Engineering College Bhavnagar

16 Government Engineering College Gandhinagar

17 Government Engineering College Rajkot

18 Government Engineering College Patan

19 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology (UIET) Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

Haryana

20 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology MDU Rohtak

21 NC College of Engineering Panipat

22 Himachal Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar Mandi

Pradesh

23 Jharkhand Cambridge Institute of Technology Ranchi

24 BVB College of Engineering amp Technology Hubli

25 PES College of Engineering Mandya

Karnataka

26 Government Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jublee Technological Institute Bangalore

27 NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore

2

SNo Name of the

Name of the Institution

StateUT

28 Government Engineering College Thrissur

29 Government Engineering College Kozhikode

30 Government Engineering College Painavu Idukki

31 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

32 School of Engineering Cochin University of Science amp Technology Cochin

33 Government College of Engineering Kannur

34 Government Engineering College Bartonhill Thiruvananthapuram

35 LBS Institute of Technology for Women Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram

36 College of Engineering Perumon Perinad Kollam

37 Kerala College of Engineering Kidangoor Kottayam

38 Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

57

39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

58

70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

60

Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

62

77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

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Appendix 8

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Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

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by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

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include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

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communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

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Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

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Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

72

Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

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Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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42

Table 3 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Name of the Equipment

Cost (in rupees)

Pressure Volume Change Controller

365625

Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Suit

1365000

Solar Photovoltaic grid tied training system with MPPT

367500

Gas Chromatograph 1494692

Rheometer 2687350

Surface Roughness Tester

401205

Multimedia Projector 114162

Thermal Imager 746366

Machine Conditioning Monitor

861685

Metallurgical Image Analysis System for Welding

283500

Software Factory CAD 320000

Robot 567000

Pipe Flow Software 149234

Petrol Engine Test Setup

783090

Tribometer 609900

Vibration Analyser 539175

Slotting Machine 449243

Lathe and Shaping Machine

869001

Metal Cutting Band saw 156240

Digital Viscometer 919050

Solid Modeling Software

356590

Ultrasonic Flow Detector

235561

43

Rapid Phototyping Machine

814800

Group Video Conferencing Kit

533340

Lan Trainer 106180

The efforts of the institute over the years have led to improved student placements and intake (Figure 35)

Output in terms of publications in international journals and participation of faculty and students in

international conferences has also gone up considerably (Figure 36)

Top 10 international journals in which faculty and students have secured publications since TEQIP II are

Name of Journal

1 IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

2 International Journal on Numerical Methods in Fluids

261221

570527

357

766

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Placement offers Students placed Intake of students

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 35 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 36 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

Publication in international journals Participation in international conferences

44

3 IETE Technical Review

4 Journal of the Optical Society of America

5 International Journal of Power amp Energy Systems

6 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

7 International Journal of Remote Sensing

8 Automatica

9 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

10 ASME Journal of Heat Transfer

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering amp Technology

Aligarh Muslim University

Another institute with an impeccable history and track record is Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and

Technology (ZHCET) which is a constituent college of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and it received TEQIP

II funds under sub-component 11 AMU was set up by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as Mohammedan Anglo-

Oriental College in 1875 Against available funds of Rs 10 crore ZHCET utilized Rs 618 crore as of February

2017 Following is a glimpse into the major equipment purchased by the institute

Name of the equipment Centrifugal Pump and Pelton Turbine Module Nozzle

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3349138

Reason for buying To improve teaching and research in fluid mechanics section of mechanical engineering

department The equipment comprises centrifugal pump with flowmeter valves reservoir and

instrumentation for measurement and display of inlet outlet pressures torque speed and power and

turbine inlet pressure for Peltan turbine

Name of the equipment Universal High Voltage Test system and Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage Tester

(PE-AOBDV-MXXX)

Name of the department Electrical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 4522500

Reason for buying A new MTech programme in High Voltage Engineering was started under TEQIP II for

which enhanced laboratory infrastructure was needed PE-AOBDV-M series of Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage

Testers are highly precise instruments which can be used to conduct either a breakdown voltage test or do a proof

(withstand) test Dielectric Breakdown Voltage testing of Oil is one such means to detect the voltage at power

frequency at which it is likely to cause a flash-over

Name of the equipment Altium Nanoboard FPGA Kit

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1368863

Reason for buying Five kits were bought for under-graduate and post-graduate students

45

Name of the equipmentExata Software Emulator for Networking

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1245780

Reason for buying BTech students use it to perform experiments in EL-494 (Communication Lab -III) to

study the performance of simulated networks M Tech students use it for projects and dissertations Three

faculty members are using this software for RampD purpose

Name of the equipmentPotentiostat Galvanostat with Impedance Analyzer

Name of the department Petroleum Studies

Cost of equipment Rs 1562925

Reason for buying Potentiostate is at the heart of research on electrochemistry It is mainly used for

research in the area of fuel cell membrane cyclic voltammeter and super capacitors

Name of the equipment Imac 215 Quad Core i5 with Apple Protection Plan

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 205800

Reason for buying Two units of Imac were bought for the post-graduate and networking laboratories of

computer engineering department so that students could develop software based on iOS

Altium Nanoboard

FPGA Kit

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Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli was set up in 1947 with only the civil engineering under-graduate

programme Since 2007 the institute has been autonomous having been affiliated to Bombay University

Pune University and Shivaji University in the past The institute received TEQIP II funds under sub-

component 12 It was eligible to receive Rs 125 crore It submitted procurement plan for Rs 87 crore and

spent Rs 618 crore as of February 2017

MAJOR EQUIPMENT BOUGHT

Name of the equipment Shake Table Set-up

Name of the department Civil amp Structural Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1925776

Reason for buying To establish an earthquake engineering laboratory for conducting studies on response of

structures to earthquake induced vibrations To investigate structural response under various dynamic

loading conditions

Name of the equipment Electromagnetic Exciter with Pay Load Capacity of 100 to 150 kg

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2310824

Reason for buying To carry out research work in the field of dynamic analysis for various systems

Name of the equipment Micro Machining Centre Hyper-15w table top type integrated multi-process CNC

machine tool

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3078000

Reason for buying To develop micro machining centre for the research of micro machining PG production

laboratory

2663678

6154586

7489947

8770675

8777330

10572980

11435333

0 4000000 8000000 12000000

OFFICE

ELECTRICAL

ELECTRONICS

CIVIL (CIVIL+ CIVIL ENVIRONMENTAL+ hellip

LIBRARY

COMPUTER + IT

MECHANICAL

Fig 37 Department-wise expenditure Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Figures in rupees

47

Name of the equipment Dynamometer with Built-In Three Channel Charge Amplifiers

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1876090

Reason for buying To carry out research in the area of machining

Name of the equipment Lab View Add-ons Image Processing using Smart Camera Evaluation Kit

Name of the department Electronics Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3421650

Reason for buying Design simulation and prototyping platform for experiments on DSP communication

embedded control and measurements visual representation of experimental results

Name of the equipment Thermal Conductivity Analyzer with Material -- liquid pastes and small particles

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2100000

Reason for buying Post-graduate research and laboratory development

48

Chapter 4 Key Findings

49

1 On an average funds given to institutions for purchase of equipment and soft resources have led to

significant improvement in laboratory infrastructure of the institutes under study

2 The impact of such purchases on improvement in quality is not easily quantifiable in measurable

terms To assess the same other correlated parameters could be looked at such as improvement in

the number of research publications in refereed journals increase in the number of PhD students

number of faculty involved in research or the percentage of student placement However none of

these parameters can be directly or solely be said to be due to the improvement in physical or

digital infrastructure of institutes

3 Institutes did not have a clear-cut strategy of what best use they could put the available money to

Given that each institute on an average got Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and other resources

they could have used the money to create at least one best-in-class facility in any of the

departments which was equipped to utilize that facility in terms of augmenting the interaction of

the institute with industry or generating more resources through assignments from other agencies

While institutes in sub-component 12 had the provision to set up centres of excellence even in sub-

component 11 they could have done so if they had worked with that aim and vision

4 Instead institutes on an average divided the money equally across six departments and each

department on an average bought one-two machines which were significantly expensive and the

rest of the money was spent on buying other small routine equipment desktops laptops

networking servers software and e-journals Collaborations between departments for research

projects were however missing

5 This pattern of expenditure can be explained by the fact that our engineering institutions are still in

a phase where there is more emphasis on theory than practical Hands-on learning or project-based

approach in teaching is relatively new for institutions which is why there is not much emphasis on

understanding the practical aspects of learning such as producing patents versus papers

6 Institutes were seen to be over protective wherever even a slightly costly equipment was bought By

their own admission such equipment was most of the time kept under lock and key and was at best

displayed to students They were rarely given the opportunity to actually do something with it on

their own

7 Equal receipt of money by a number of departments has led to overall improvement in laboratory

standards of all departments which is good from an egalitarian perspective It is also good that all

departments have been able to uniformly upgrade their infrastructure and will therefore be able to

compete with each other in attracting good students faculty as well as assignments from industry in

future

8 Discussions with focus groups suggest that institutes spent large amounts of money on creating or

refurbishing physical infrastructure While non-academic experts may see this as wasteful

expenditure from an academic perspective even if this leads to improvement in the physical

facilities being offered by institutes it is well worth the investment While state funded institutes

get funds from state governments for building infrastructure for some of the centrally funded

institutes where infrastructure may have been falling apart this money would have been useful

9 Because of the fact that there is no proper system to track the usage of equipment ndash records are

maintained in physical form in the shape of log books and registers which render a macro analysis

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impossible -- anecdotal evidence suggests that equipment bought is not being optimally utilized A

significantly higher number of research papers in refereed journals suggests that this may not be

true but the fact remains that there is no improvement in the number of technology transfers

commercialization of research or patent generation which remain weak This again brings into focus

the theory versus application part of teaching

10 Overall improvement in base infrastructure was important for institutes to advance to the next level

of development Except for some of the Centrally funded institutions none of the institutes which

received funding in TEQIP II are in the league of the six original IITs in terms of laboratory

infrastructure They do not have access to the kind of liberal funding that CFTIs get If they had not

got the present funds to buy equipment they would have taken at least five to seven years to

procure the same through the resources available to them Even for Central institutions as also for

others the availability of funds at one go meant that they could procure high costing software such

as Matlab Ansys Labview Cadence and Adobe which benefit students across departments

11 Funds for buying equipment and other soft resources enabled the institutes to take some steps

towards keeping pace with the rapidly changing advancements in technology Increased level of

automation and artificial intelligence in industry is reflected in the kind of purchases institutes have

made ndash various types of simulation software digital machines replacing analogue ones such as in

electrical engineering departments all-in-one automatic machines which combine several levels of

manual work such as in surveying in civil engineering departments robotic arms mimicking the

automated environment of modern factories attached to lathe machines in mechanical engineering

departments instruments capable of handling nano particles in specialized centres and 3D printers

capable of printing high precision devices which are being used in multiple fields

12 Most institutes have also bought subscriptions to high level international journals in various

streams both online and physical enabling access to vast repository of world class content for most

students

13 Institutes have not paid much thought to maintenance of equipment since most of the purchases

have been made in the past two-three years and warranty periods are still in force Most institutes

have also reported availability of in-house technicians to look after the machines though majority

said that they would sign annual maintenance contracts (AMC) with vendors Since AMCs usually

cost roughly 10 per cent of the cost of the equipment they felt that the resources allocated for the

same under TEQIP II would not be adequate and that they should be increased slightly

14 As per the feedback provided by almost all institutes they all agree that the equipment purchased

by them responds to faculty student needs and was done as per consultation and

recommendations of faculty They all follow well laid out norms for disposal of equipment which

keep environmental considerations in mind

6 -- Average number of departments among which each institute in Sub-component 11 divided

the total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 500 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

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7-- Average number of departments among which each institute in sub-component 12 divided the

total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 284 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

2147403 ndash Number of items bought by institutes for office purpose in sub-component

11

101699 hours monthndash Utilisation of equipment by UG amp PG students in sub-component

11 as per available data of institutes which participated in the study

427 hours month ndash Average utilization of equipment by UG and PG students across

institutes in sub-component 11

51656 hours month -- Utilisation of equipment by PhD students in sub-component 11 as

per available data of institutes which participated in the study

37 hours month-- Average utilization of equipment by PhD students across institutes in sub-

component 11

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Chapter 5 Way Forward

53

As data shows and case studies prove there can be no doubt that TEQIP II and the funds provided to

institutes for purchase of equipment and other soft resources have led to improvement in laboratory

infrastructure which in turn has helped in improving the output Some pointers for future stages of the

project are-

1 Even though TEQIP II had a major focus on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and institutes

were given significant amount of funds for purchase of equipment there were no guidelines or

benchmarks for them to judge themselves against and to understand what an ideal laboratory

should be like for any given department While it is good that they were given the freedom to decide

what they wanted to buy and it depended on the pro-activeness of the department heads on what

all they ended up getting funds for in an ideal scenario they should have been given a list of

essential basic equipment as well as research level equipment and they could have prioritized their

purchases on the basis of that

In all likelihood such department-wise lists do not exist anywhere In the third phase of TEQIP

therefore NPIU could commission a project which involves study of top world-class as well as top

national-level laboratories for each department Thereafter standard templates of equipment could

be prepared which could illustrate the requirement of equipment for each concept and practical for

every stream of engineering Based on standard frequency of usage and the number of students in a

class adequate numbers of any equipment could be recommended to be bought by institutes in

order to ensure that not too much time is wasted on rotating several batches of students on the

same equipment

Availability of such templates of equipment as well as soft resources which could be updated

periodically in keeping with the changes in technology and availability of resources would also help

policy makers understand how many institutes come up to a benchmark and how many need

further support

2 Institutes should start maintaining digital records of use of equipment which are bought for research

purposes These records should not be just digital copies of physical registers but should be in the

form of smart solutions which can track internal supply chains in laboratories as well as usage of

equipment The solutions should be able to provide real-time analysis of usage of equipment in

every laboratory and all laboratories could be linked to one centralized system There are various

kinds of RFID solutions available today which can handle usage patterns well The available

information could be used to devise solutions and create policy interventions to increase the actual

usage of equipment

3 Nodal institutes under TEQIP II could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of neighboring non-TEQIP institutes The

unspent money could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

4 Institutes could be encouraged to ensure that laboratories in all departments have well designed

brochures and information material such as leaflets and manuals on major equipment so that

dissemination of information about their availability is easy and their utilization could be increased

54

5 Facilities created in institutes are not being optimally utilized to increase interaction with industry

While rural location of the institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of

the reasons it is also true that in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the

commissioning of equipment Size of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for

anything on industrial scale But in most cases industry is not even aware of the existence of state-

of-the-art equipment inside institutes Regular interactions with sector-specific companies are a

must therefore to create a culture of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration

6 For decades research has happened in our country in isolation and at a distance from both industry

and academia Being largely funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) so far it

has been taking place inside the laboratories of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

The 37 laboratories of CSIR and its 39 field stations or extension centres have been working in the

areas of aerospace engineering structural engineering ocean science life science metallurgy

chemicals mining food petroleum leather and environmental science The ministry of HRD has

also started funding research in a big way in recent years through schemes such as Imprint ndash

Improving Research Innovation and Technology and the Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) It would be

fruitful for the country if research happening purely on the scientific side is able to converge with

that on the academic side Hence in order to ensure greater synergy between research and

teaching it is essential that technical institutes start working more closely with CSIR laboratories

This will bring them immediately closer to cutting edge research and provide rich exposure to

students Specially for institutions which have got improved laboratory facilities as a result of TEQIP

II funds collaboration with relevant CSIR laboratories will help them grow their research and at the

same time provide the latter with a steady flow of students to work on live projects

7 Institutions which have upgraded their laboratory infrastructure in the area of food and agriculture

will gain by collaborating with the government on its e-labs project which aims at automating the

testing procedure of soil fertiliser pesticide and equipment samples By ensuring speedy and

transparent online disbursement of information related to such tests the projectrsquos vision is to

reduce crop losses and increase the use of good quality bio-pesticides through fair and unbiased

testing Institutions and students will be able to learn a lot about quality control and the processes

involved in digital testing through collaboration with the government on e-labs

8 In order to ensure transparency in procurement processes it is advisable that institutes make use of

the governmentrsquos new e-marketplace called GEM Through the portal wwwgemnicin institutes

can buy virtually anything and everything that they may require specially consumables office

equipment furniture and software Buying through this portal will speed up procurement and

improve the efficiency of institutes Created and maintained by the Directorate General of Supplies

amp Disposals (DGSampD) it provides tools for e-bidding reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to

help users get best value for their money At the national level a system of procurement should be

put in place including committee to look into the requirement and availability of equipment taking

global scenarios into consideration

Appendices

Appendix 1

55

State-wise Number of Institutions Under Technical Education QualityImprovement Programme II (2010-2017)

S Name of State CFIs Sub‐component 11 Sub‐component 12 Total No of

Institutions 1 Andhra Pradesh 5 6 11 2 Bihar 2 ‐‐ 2 3 Chhattisgarh 4 ‐‐ 4 4 Gujarat 7 ‐‐ 7 5 Haryana 3 3 6 6 Himachal Pradesh 1 ‐‐ 1 7 Jharkhand 1 1 2 8 Karnataka 4 15 19 9 Kerala 19 ‐‐ 19

10 Madhya Pradesh 3 2 5 11 Maharashtra 7 10 17

12 NCT‐Delhi ‐‐ 1 1 13 Odisha 2 ‐‐ 2 14 Punjab 7 1 8 15 Rajasthan 9 ‐‐ 9 16 Tamil Nadu 5 4 9 17 Telangana 8 5 13 18 Tripura 1 ‐‐ 1 19 UT‐Chandigarh 2 1 3 20 UT‐Puducherry 1 ‐‐ 1 21 Uttar Pradesh 2 5 7 22 Uttarakhand 1 2 3 23 West Bengal 11 3 14 24 Centrally Funded

Institutions (CFIs) 8 18 26

Total 113 77 190

Appendix 2 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 11

S Name of the Name of the Institution

No State UT

1 JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

2 Aditya Institute of Technology amp Management Tekkali Srikakulam

Andhra

3 Madanapalle Institute of Technology amp Science Madanapalle

Pradesh

4 Shri Vishnu Engineering College for women Vishnupur Bhimavaram

5 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College Chittoor

6 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur

Bihar

7 Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur

8 Government Engineering College Bilaspur

9 Government Engineering College Jagdalpur Bastar

Chhattisgarh

10 Government Engineering College Raipur

11 Rungta College of Engineering amp Technology Bhilai

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12 Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

13 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Vallabh Vidynagar

14 Lukhdirji Engineering College Morbi

15 Gujarat Shantilal Shah Engineering College Bhavnagar

16 Government Engineering College Gandhinagar

17 Government Engineering College Rajkot

18 Government Engineering College Patan

19 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology (UIET) Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

Haryana

20 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology MDU Rohtak

21 NC College of Engineering Panipat

22 Himachal Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar Mandi

Pradesh

23 Jharkhand Cambridge Institute of Technology Ranchi

24 BVB College of Engineering amp Technology Hubli

25 PES College of Engineering Mandya

Karnataka

26 Government Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jublee Technological Institute Bangalore

27 NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore

2

SNo Name of the

Name of the Institution

StateUT

28 Government Engineering College Thrissur

29 Government Engineering College Kozhikode

30 Government Engineering College Painavu Idukki

31 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

32 School of Engineering Cochin University of Science amp Technology Cochin

33 Government College of Engineering Kannur

34 Government Engineering College Bartonhill Thiruvananthapuram

35 LBS Institute of Technology for Women Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram

36 College of Engineering Perumon Perinad Kollam

37 Kerala College of Engineering Kidangoor Kottayam

38 Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

57

39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

58

70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

60

Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

62

77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

70

Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

72

Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

73

Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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43

Rapid Phototyping Machine

814800

Group Video Conferencing Kit

533340

Lan Trainer 106180

The efforts of the institute over the years have led to improved student placements and intake (Figure 35)

Output in terms of publications in international journals and participation of faculty and students in

international conferences has also gone up considerably (Figure 36)

Top 10 international journals in which faculty and students have secured publications since TEQIP II are

Name of Journal

1 IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

2 International Journal on Numerical Methods in Fluids

261221

570527

357

766

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Placement offers Students placed Intake of students

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 35 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Pre-TEQIP Post-TEQIP

Fig 36 Improvement in ouput at GEC Thrissur as a result of TEQIP II

Publication in international journals Participation in international conferences

44

3 IETE Technical Review

4 Journal of the Optical Society of America

5 International Journal of Power amp Energy Systems

6 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

7 International Journal of Remote Sensing

8 Automatica

9 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

10 ASME Journal of Heat Transfer

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering amp Technology

Aligarh Muslim University

Another institute with an impeccable history and track record is Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and

Technology (ZHCET) which is a constituent college of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and it received TEQIP

II funds under sub-component 11 AMU was set up by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as Mohammedan Anglo-

Oriental College in 1875 Against available funds of Rs 10 crore ZHCET utilized Rs 618 crore as of February

2017 Following is a glimpse into the major equipment purchased by the institute

Name of the equipment Centrifugal Pump and Pelton Turbine Module Nozzle

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3349138

Reason for buying To improve teaching and research in fluid mechanics section of mechanical engineering

department The equipment comprises centrifugal pump with flowmeter valves reservoir and

instrumentation for measurement and display of inlet outlet pressures torque speed and power and

turbine inlet pressure for Peltan turbine

Name of the equipment Universal High Voltage Test system and Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage Tester

(PE-AOBDV-MXXX)

Name of the department Electrical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 4522500

Reason for buying A new MTech programme in High Voltage Engineering was started under TEQIP II for

which enhanced laboratory infrastructure was needed PE-AOBDV-M series of Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage

Testers are highly precise instruments which can be used to conduct either a breakdown voltage test or do a proof

(withstand) test Dielectric Breakdown Voltage testing of Oil is one such means to detect the voltage at power

frequency at which it is likely to cause a flash-over

Name of the equipment Altium Nanoboard FPGA Kit

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1368863

Reason for buying Five kits were bought for under-graduate and post-graduate students

45

Name of the equipmentExata Software Emulator for Networking

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1245780

Reason for buying BTech students use it to perform experiments in EL-494 (Communication Lab -III) to

study the performance of simulated networks M Tech students use it for projects and dissertations Three

faculty members are using this software for RampD purpose

Name of the equipmentPotentiostat Galvanostat with Impedance Analyzer

Name of the department Petroleum Studies

Cost of equipment Rs 1562925

Reason for buying Potentiostate is at the heart of research on electrochemistry It is mainly used for

research in the area of fuel cell membrane cyclic voltammeter and super capacitors

Name of the equipment Imac 215 Quad Core i5 with Apple Protection Plan

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 205800

Reason for buying Two units of Imac were bought for the post-graduate and networking laboratories of

computer engineering department so that students could develop software based on iOS

Altium Nanoboard

FPGA Kit

46

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli was set up in 1947 with only the civil engineering under-graduate

programme Since 2007 the institute has been autonomous having been affiliated to Bombay University

Pune University and Shivaji University in the past The institute received TEQIP II funds under sub-

component 12 It was eligible to receive Rs 125 crore It submitted procurement plan for Rs 87 crore and

spent Rs 618 crore as of February 2017

MAJOR EQUIPMENT BOUGHT

Name of the equipment Shake Table Set-up

Name of the department Civil amp Structural Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1925776

Reason for buying To establish an earthquake engineering laboratory for conducting studies on response of

structures to earthquake induced vibrations To investigate structural response under various dynamic

loading conditions

Name of the equipment Electromagnetic Exciter with Pay Load Capacity of 100 to 150 kg

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2310824

Reason for buying To carry out research work in the field of dynamic analysis for various systems

Name of the equipment Micro Machining Centre Hyper-15w table top type integrated multi-process CNC

machine tool

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3078000

Reason for buying To develop micro machining centre for the research of micro machining PG production

laboratory

2663678

6154586

7489947

8770675

8777330

10572980

11435333

0 4000000 8000000 12000000

OFFICE

ELECTRICAL

ELECTRONICS

CIVIL (CIVIL+ CIVIL ENVIRONMENTAL+ hellip

LIBRARY

COMPUTER + IT

MECHANICAL

Fig 37 Department-wise expenditure Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Figures in rupees

47

Name of the equipment Dynamometer with Built-In Three Channel Charge Amplifiers

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1876090

Reason for buying To carry out research in the area of machining

Name of the equipment Lab View Add-ons Image Processing using Smart Camera Evaluation Kit

Name of the department Electronics Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3421650

Reason for buying Design simulation and prototyping platform for experiments on DSP communication

embedded control and measurements visual representation of experimental results

Name of the equipment Thermal Conductivity Analyzer with Material -- liquid pastes and small particles

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2100000

Reason for buying Post-graduate research and laboratory development

48

Chapter 4 Key Findings

49

1 On an average funds given to institutions for purchase of equipment and soft resources have led to

significant improvement in laboratory infrastructure of the institutes under study

2 The impact of such purchases on improvement in quality is not easily quantifiable in measurable

terms To assess the same other correlated parameters could be looked at such as improvement in

the number of research publications in refereed journals increase in the number of PhD students

number of faculty involved in research or the percentage of student placement However none of

these parameters can be directly or solely be said to be due to the improvement in physical or

digital infrastructure of institutes

3 Institutes did not have a clear-cut strategy of what best use they could put the available money to

Given that each institute on an average got Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and other resources

they could have used the money to create at least one best-in-class facility in any of the

departments which was equipped to utilize that facility in terms of augmenting the interaction of

the institute with industry or generating more resources through assignments from other agencies

While institutes in sub-component 12 had the provision to set up centres of excellence even in sub-

component 11 they could have done so if they had worked with that aim and vision

4 Instead institutes on an average divided the money equally across six departments and each

department on an average bought one-two machines which were significantly expensive and the

rest of the money was spent on buying other small routine equipment desktops laptops

networking servers software and e-journals Collaborations between departments for research

projects were however missing

5 This pattern of expenditure can be explained by the fact that our engineering institutions are still in

a phase where there is more emphasis on theory than practical Hands-on learning or project-based

approach in teaching is relatively new for institutions which is why there is not much emphasis on

understanding the practical aspects of learning such as producing patents versus papers

6 Institutes were seen to be over protective wherever even a slightly costly equipment was bought By

their own admission such equipment was most of the time kept under lock and key and was at best

displayed to students They were rarely given the opportunity to actually do something with it on

their own

7 Equal receipt of money by a number of departments has led to overall improvement in laboratory

standards of all departments which is good from an egalitarian perspective It is also good that all

departments have been able to uniformly upgrade their infrastructure and will therefore be able to

compete with each other in attracting good students faculty as well as assignments from industry in

future

8 Discussions with focus groups suggest that institutes spent large amounts of money on creating or

refurbishing physical infrastructure While non-academic experts may see this as wasteful

expenditure from an academic perspective even if this leads to improvement in the physical

facilities being offered by institutes it is well worth the investment While state funded institutes

get funds from state governments for building infrastructure for some of the centrally funded

institutes where infrastructure may have been falling apart this money would have been useful

9 Because of the fact that there is no proper system to track the usage of equipment ndash records are

maintained in physical form in the shape of log books and registers which render a macro analysis

50

impossible -- anecdotal evidence suggests that equipment bought is not being optimally utilized A

significantly higher number of research papers in refereed journals suggests that this may not be

true but the fact remains that there is no improvement in the number of technology transfers

commercialization of research or patent generation which remain weak This again brings into focus

the theory versus application part of teaching

10 Overall improvement in base infrastructure was important for institutes to advance to the next level

of development Except for some of the Centrally funded institutions none of the institutes which

received funding in TEQIP II are in the league of the six original IITs in terms of laboratory

infrastructure They do not have access to the kind of liberal funding that CFTIs get If they had not

got the present funds to buy equipment they would have taken at least five to seven years to

procure the same through the resources available to them Even for Central institutions as also for

others the availability of funds at one go meant that they could procure high costing software such

as Matlab Ansys Labview Cadence and Adobe which benefit students across departments

11 Funds for buying equipment and other soft resources enabled the institutes to take some steps

towards keeping pace with the rapidly changing advancements in technology Increased level of

automation and artificial intelligence in industry is reflected in the kind of purchases institutes have

made ndash various types of simulation software digital machines replacing analogue ones such as in

electrical engineering departments all-in-one automatic machines which combine several levels of

manual work such as in surveying in civil engineering departments robotic arms mimicking the

automated environment of modern factories attached to lathe machines in mechanical engineering

departments instruments capable of handling nano particles in specialized centres and 3D printers

capable of printing high precision devices which are being used in multiple fields

12 Most institutes have also bought subscriptions to high level international journals in various

streams both online and physical enabling access to vast repository of world class content for most

students

13 Institutes have not paid much thought to maintenance of equipment since most of the purchases

have been made in the past two-three years and warranty periods are still in force Most institutes

have also reported availability of in-house technicians to look after the machines though majority

said that they would sign annual maintenance contracts (AMC) with vendors Since AMCs usually

cost roughly 10 per cent of the cost of the equipment they felt that the resources allocated for the

same under TEQIP II would not be adequate and that they should be increased slightly

14 As per the feedback provided by almost all institutes they all agree that the equipment purchased

by them responds to faculty student needs and was done as per consultation and

recommendations of faculty They all follow well laid out norms for disposal of equipment which

keep environmental considerations in mind

6 -- Average number of departments among which each institute in Sub-component 11 divided

the total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 500 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

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7-- Average number of departments among which each institute in sub-component 12 divided the

total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 284 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

2147403 ndash Number of items bought by institutes for office purpose in sub-component

11

101699 hours monthndash Utilisation of equipment by UG amp PG students in sub-component

11 as per available data of institutes which participated in the study

427 hours month ndash Average utilization of equipment by UG and PG students across

institutes in sub-component 11

51656 hours month -- Utilisation of equipment by PhD students in sub-component 11 as

per available data of institutes which participated in the study

37 hours month-- Average utilization of equipment by PhD students across institutes in sub-

component 11

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Chapter 5 Way Forward

53

As data shows and case studies prove there can be no doubt that TEQIP II and the funds provided to

institutes for purchase of equipment and other soft resources have led to improvement in laboratory

infrastructure which in turn has helped in improving the output Some pointers for future stages of the

project are-

1 Even though TEQIP II had a major focus on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and institutes

were given significant amount of funds for purchase of equipment there were no guidelines or

benchmarks for them to judge themselves against and to understand what an ideal laboratory

should be like for any given department While it is good that they were given the freedom to decide

what they wanted to buy and it depended on the pro-activeness of the department heads on what

all they ended up getting funds for in an ideal scenario they should have been given a list of

essential basic equipment as well as research level equipment and they could have prioritized their

purchases on the basis of that

In all likelihood such department-wise lists do not exist anywhere In the third phase of TEQIP

therefore NPIU could commission a project which involves study of top world-class as well as top

national-level laboratories for each department Thereafter standard templates of equipment could

be prepared which could illustrate the requirement of equipment for each concept and practical for

every stream of engineering Based on standard frequency of usage and the number of students in a

class adequate numbers of any equipment could be recommended to be bought by institutes in

order to ensure that not too much time is wasted on rotating several batches of students on the

same equipment

Availability of such templates of equipment as well as soft resources which could be updated

periodically in keeping with the changes in technology and availability of resources would also help

policy makers understand how many institutes come up to a benchmark and how many need

further support

2 Institutes should start maintaining digital records of use of equipment which are bought for research

purposes These records should not be just digital copies of physical registers but should be in the

form of smart solutions which can track internal supply chains in laboratories as well as usage of

equipment The solutions should be able to provide real-time analysis of usage of equipment in

every laboratory and all laboratories could be linked to one centralized system There are various

kinds of RFID solutions available today which can handle usage patterns well The available

information could be used to devise solutions and create policy interventions to increase the actual

usage of equipment

3 Nodal institutes under TEQIP II could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of neighboring non-TEQIP institutes The

unspent money could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

4 Institutes could be encouraged to ensure that laboratories in all departments have well designed

brochures and information material such as leaflets and manuals on major equipment so that

dissemination of information about their availability is easy and their utilization could be increased

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5 Facilities created in institutes are not being optimally utilized to increase interaction with industry

While rural location of the institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of

the reasons it is also true that in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the

commissioning of equipment Size of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for

anything on industrial scale But in most cases industry is not even aware of the existence of state-

of-the-art equipment inside institutes Regular interactions with sector-specific companies are a

must therefore to create a culture of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration

6 For decades research has happened in our country in isolation and at a distance from both industry

and academia Being largely funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) so far it

has been taking place inside the laboratories of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

The 37 laboratories of CSIR and its 39 field stations or extension centres have been working in the

areas of aerospace engineering structural engineering ocean science life science metallurgy

chemicals mining food petroleum leather and environmental science The ministry of HRD has

also started funding research in a big way in recent years through schemes such as Imprint ndash

Improving Research Innovation and Technology and the Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) It would be

fruitful for the country if research happening purely on the scientific side is able to converge with

that on the academic side Hence in order to ensure greater synergy between research and

teaching it is essential that technical institutes start working more closely with CSIR laboratories

This will bring them immediately closer to cutting edge research and provide rich exposure to

students Specially for institutions which have got improved laboratory facilities as a result of TEQIP

II funds collaboration with relevant CSIR laboratories will help them grow their research and at the

same time provide the latter with a steady flow of students to work on live projects

7 Institutions which have upgraded their laboratory infrastructure in the area of food and agriculture

will gain by collaborating with the government on its e-labs project which aims at automating the

testing procedure of soil fertiliser pesticide and equipment samples By ensuring speedy and

transparent online disbursement of information related to such tests the projectrsquos vision is to

reduce crop losses and increase the use of good quality bio-pesticides through fair and unbiased

testing Institutions and students will be able to learn a lot about quality control and the processes

involved in digital testing through collaboration with the government on e-labs

8 In order to ensure transparency in procurement processes it is advisable that institutes make use of

the governmentrsquos new e-marketplace called GEM Through the portal wwwgemnicin institutes

can buy virtually anything and everything that they may require specially consumables office

equipment furniture and software Buying through this portal will speed up procurement and

improve the efficiency of institutes Created and maintained by the Directorate General of Supplies

amp Disposals (DGSampD) it provides tools for e-bidding reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to

help users get best value for their money At the national level a system of procurement should be

put in place including committee to look into the requirement and availability of equipment taking

global scenarios into consideration

Appendices

Appendix 1

55

State-wise Number of Institutions Under Technical Education QualityImprovement Programme II (2010-2017)

S Name of State CFIs Sub‐component 11 Sub‐component 12 Total No of

Institutions 1 Andhra Pradesh 5 6 11 2 Bihar 2 ‐‐ 2 3 Chhattisgarh 4 ‐‐ 4 4 Gujarat 7 ‐‐ 7 5 Haryana 3 3 6 6 Himachal Pradesh 1 ‐‐ 1 7 Jharkhand 1 1 2 8 Karnataka 4 15 19 9 Kerala 19 ‐‐ 19

10 Madhya Pradesh 3 2 5 11 Maharashtra 7 10 17

12 NCT‐Delhi ‐‐ 1 1 13 Odisha 2 ‐‐ 2 14 Punjab 7 1 8 15 Rajasthan 9 ‐‐ 9 16 Tamil Nadu 5 4 9 17 Telangana 8 5 13 18 Tripura 1 ‐‐ 1 19 UT‐Chandigarh 2 1 3 20 UT‐Puducherry 1 ‐‐ 1 21 Uttar Pradesh 2 5 7 22 Uttarakhand 1 2 3 23 West Bengal 11 3 14 24 Centrally Funded

Institutions (CFIs) 8 18 26

Total 113 77 190

Appendix 2 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 11

S Name of the Name of the Institution

No State UT

1 JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

2 Aditya Institute of Technology amp Management Tekkali Srikakulam

Andhra

3 Madanapalle Institute of Technology amp Science Madanapalle

Pradesh

4 Shri Vishnu Engineering College for women Vishnupur Bhimavaram

5 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College Chittoor

6 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur

Bihar

7 Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur

8 Government Engineering College Bilaspur

9 Government Engineering College Jagdalpur Bastar

Chhattisgarh

10 Government Engineering College Raipur

11 Rungta College of Engineering amp Technology Bhilai

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12 Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

13 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Vallabh Vidynagar

14 Lukhdirji Engineering College Morbi

15 Gujarat Shantilal Shah Engineering College Bhavnagar

16 Government Engineering College Gandhinagar

17 Government Engineering College Rajkot

18 Government Engineering College Patan

19 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology (UIET) Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

Haryana

20 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology MDU Rohtak

21 NC College of Engineering Panipat

22 Himachal Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar Mandi

Pradesh

23 Jharkhand Cambridge Institute of Technology Ranchi

24 BVB College of Engineering amp Technology Hubli

25 PES College of Engineering Mandya

Karnataka

26 Government Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jublee Technological Institute Bangalore

27 NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore

2

SNo Name of the

Name of the Institution

StateUT

28 Government Engineering College Thrissur

29 Government Engineering College Kozhikode

30 Government Engineering College Painavu Idukki

31 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

32 School of Engineering Cochin University of Science amp Technology Cochin

33 Government College of Engineering Kannur

34 Government Engineering College Bartonhill Thiruvananthapuram

35 LBS Institute of Technology for Women Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram

36 College of Engineering Perumon Perinad Kollam

37 Kerala College of Engineering Kidangoor Kottayam

38 Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

57

39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

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70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

60

Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

62

77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

70

Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

72

Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

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Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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44

3 IETE Technical Review

4 Journal of the Optical Society of America

5 International Journal of Power amp Energy Systems

6 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

7 International Journal of Remote Sensing

8 Automatica

9 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

10 ASME Journal of Heat Transfer

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering amp Technology

Aligarh Muslim University

Another institute with an impeccable history and track record is Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and

Technology (ZHCET) which is a constituent college of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and it received TEQIP

II funds under sub-component 11 AMU was set up by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as Mohammedan Anglo-

Oriental College in 1875 Against available funds of Rs 10 crore ZHCET utilized Rs 618 crore as of February

2017 Following is a glimpse into the major equipment purchased by the institute

Name of the equipment Centrifugal Pump and Pelton Turbine Module Nozzle

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3349138

Reason for buying To improve teaching and research in fluid mechanics section of mechanical engineering

department The equipment comprises centrifugal pump with flowmeter valves reservoir and

instrumentation for measurement and display of inlet outlet pressures torque speed and power and

turbine inlet pressure for Peltan turbine

Name of the equipment Universal High Voltage Test system and Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage Tester

(PE-AOBDV-MXXX)

Name of the department Electrical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 4522500

Reason for buying A new MTech programme in High Voltage Engineering was started under TEQIP II for

which enhanced laboratory infrastructure was needed PE-AOBDV-M series of Automatic Oil Breakdown Voltage

Testers are highly precise instruments which can be used to conduct either a breakdown voltage test or do a proof

(withstand) test Dielectric Breakdown Voltage testing of Oil is one such means to detect the voltage at power

frequency at which it is likely to cause a flash-over

Name of the equipment Altium Nanoboard FPGA Kit

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1368863

Reason for buying Five kits were bought for under-graduate and post-graduate students

45

Name of the equipmentExata Software Emulator for Networking

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1245780

Reason for buying BTech students use it to perform experiments in EL-494 (Communication Lab -III) to

study the performance of simulated networks M Tech students use it for projects and dissertations Three

faculty members are using this software for RampD purpose

Name of the equipmentPotentiostat Galvanostat with Impedance Analyzer

Name of the department Petroleum Studies

Cost of equipment Rs 1562925

Reason for buying Potentiostate is at the heart of research on electrochemistry It is mainly used for

research in the area of fuel cell membrane cyclic voltammeter and super capacitors

Name of the equipment Imac 215 Quad Core i5 with Apple Protection Plan

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 205800

Reason for buying Two units of Imac were bought for the post-graduate and networking laboratories of

computer engineering department so that students could develop software based on iOS

Altium Nanoboard

FPGA Kit

46

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli was set up in 1947 with only the civil engineering under-graduate

programme Since 2007 the institute has been autonomous having been affiliated to Bombay University

Pune University and Shivaji University in the past The institute received TEQIP II funds under sub-

component 12 It was eligible to receive Rs 125 crore It submitted procurement plan for Rs 87 crore and

spent Rs 618 crore as of February 2017

MAJOR EQUIPMENT BOUGHT

Name of the equipment Shake Table Set-up

Name of the department Civil amp Structural Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1925776

Reason for buying To establish an earthquake engineering laboratory for conducting studies on response of

structures to earthquake induced vibrations To investigate structural response under various dynamic

loading conditions

Name of the equipment Electromagnetic Exciter with Pay Load Capacity of 100 to 150 kg

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2310824

Reason for buying To carry out research work in the field of dynamic analysis for various systems

Name of the equipment Micro Machining Centre Hyper-15w table top type integrated multi-process CNC

machine tool

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3078000

Reason for buying To develop micro machining centre for the research of micro machining PG production

laboratory

2663678

6154586

7489947

8770675

8777330

10572980

11435333

0 4000000 8000000 12000000

OFFICE

ELECTRICAL

ELECTRONICS

CIVIL (CIVIL+ CIVIL ENVIRONMENTAL+ hellip

LIBRARY

COMPUTER + IT

MECHANICAL

Fig 37 Department-wise expenditure Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Figures in rupees

47

Name of the equipment Dynamometer with Built-In Three Channel Charge Amplifiers

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1876090

Reason for buying To carry out research in the area of machining

Name of the equipment Lab View Add-ons Image Processing using Smart Camera Evaluation Kit

Name of the department Electronics Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3421650

Reason for buying Design simulation and prototyping platform for experiments on DSP communication

embedded control and measurements visual representation of experimental results

Name of the equipment Thermal Conductivity Analyzer with Material -- liquid pastes and small particles

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2100000

Reason for buying Post-graduate research and laboratory development

48

Chapter 4 Key Findings

49

1 On an average funds given to institutions for purchase of equipment and soft resources have led to

significant improvement in laboratory infrastructure of the institutes under study

2 The impact of such purchases on improvement in quality is not easily quantifiable in measurable

terms To assess the same other correlated parameters could be looked at such as improvement in

the number of research publications in refereed journals increase in the number of PhD students

number of faculty involved in research or the percentage of student placement However none of

these parameters can be directly or solely be said to be due to the improvement in physical or

digital infrastructure of institutes

3 Institutes did not have a clear-cut strategy of what best use they could put the available money to

Given that each institute on an average got Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and other resources

they could have used the money to create at least one best-in-class facility in any of the

departments which was equipped to utilize that facility in terms of augmenting the interaction of

the institute with industry or generating more resources through assignments from other agencies

While institutes in sub-component 12 had the provision to set up centres of excellence even in sub-

component 11 they could have done so if they had worked with that aim and vision

4 Instead institutes on an average divided the money equally across six departments and each

department on an average bought one-two machines which were significantly expensive and the

rest of the money was spent on buying other small routine equipment desktops laptops

networking servers software and e-journals Collaborations between departments for research

projects were however missing

5 This pattern of expenditure can be explained by the fact that our engineering institutions are still in

a phase where there is more emphasis on theory than practical Hands-on learning or project-based

approach in teaching is relatively new for institutions which is why there is not much emphasis on

understanding the practical aspects of learning such as producing patents versus papers

6 Institutes were seen to be over protective wherever even a slightly costly equipment was bought By

their own admission such equipment was most of the time kept under lock and key and was at best

displayed to students They were rarely given the opportunity to actually do something with it on

their own

7 Equal receipt of money by a number of departments has led to overall improvement in laboratory

standards of all departments which is good from an egalitarian perspective It is also good that all

departments have been able to uniformly upgrade their infrastructure and will therefore be able to

compete with each other in attracting good students faculty as well as assignments from industry in

future

8 Discussions with focus groups suggest that institutes spent large amounts of money on creating or

refurbishing physical infrastructure While non-academic experts may see this as wasteful

expenditure from an academic perspective even if this leads to improvement in the physical

facilities being offered by institutes it is well worth the investment While state funded institutes

get funds from state governments for building infrastructure for some of the centrally funded

institutes where infrastructure may have been falling apart this money would have been useful

9 Because of the fact that there is no proper system to track the usage of equipment ndash records are

maintained in physical form in the shape of log books and registers which render a macro analysis

50

impossible -- anecdotal evidence suggests that equipment bought is not being optimally utilized A

significantly higher number of research papers in refereed journals suggests that this may not be

true but the fact remains that there is no improvement in the number of technology transfers

commercialization of research or patent generation which remain weak This again brings into focus

the theory versus application part of teaching

10 Overall improvement in base infrastructure was important for institutes to advance to the next level

of development Except for some of the Centrally funded institutions none of the institutes which

received funding in TEQIP II are in the league of the six original IITs in terms of laboratory

infrastructure They do not have access to the kind of liberal funding that CFTIs get If they had not

got the present funds to buy equipment they would have taken at least five to seven years to

procure the same through the resources available to them Even for Central institutions as also for

others the availability of funds at one go meant that they could procure high costing software such

as Matlab Ansys Labview Cadence and Adobe which benefit students across departments

11 Funds for buying equipment and other soft resources enabled the institutes to take some steps

towards keeping pace with the rapidly changing advancements in technology Increased level of

automation and artificial intelligence in industry is reflected in the kind of purchases institutes have

made ndash various types of simulation software digital machines replacing analogue ones such as in

electrical engineering departments all-in-one automatic machines which combine several levels of

manual work such as in surveying in civil engineering departments robotic arms mimicking the

automated environment of modern factories attached to lathe machines in mechanical engineering

departments instruments capable of handling nano particles in specialized centres and 3D printers

capable of printing high precision devices which are being used in multiple fields

12 Most institutes have also bought subscriptions to high level international journals in various

streams both online and physical enabling access to vast repository of world class content for most

students

13 Institutes have not paid much thought to maintenance of equipment since most of the purchases

have been made in the past two-three years and warranty periods are still in force Most institutes

have also reported availability of in-house technicians to look after the machines though majority

said that they would sign annual maintenance contracts (AMC) with vendors Since AMCs usually

cost roughly 10 per cent of the cost of the equipment they felt that the resources allocated for the

same under TEQIP II would not be adequate and that they should be increased slightly

14 As per the feedback provided by almost all institutes they all agree that the equipment purchased

by them responds to faculty student needs and was done as per consultation and

recommendations of faculty They all follow well laid out norms for disposal of equipment which

keep environmental considerations in mind

6 -- Average number of departments among which each institute in Sub-component 11 divided

the total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 500 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

51

7-- Average number of departments among which each institute in sub-component 12 divided the

total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 284 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

2147403 ndash Number of items bought by institutes for office purpose in sub-component

11

101699 hours monthndash Utilisation of equipment by UG amp PG students in sub-component

11 as per available data of institutes which participated in the study

427 hours month ndash Average utilization of equipment by UG and PG students across

institutes in sub-component 11

51656 hours month -- Utilisation of equipment by PhD students in sub-component 11 as

per available data of institutes which participated in the study

37 hours month-- Average utilization of equipment by PhD students across institutes in sub-

component 11

52

Chapter 5 Way Forward

53

As data shows and case studies prove there can be no doubt that TEQIP II and the funds provided to

institutes for purchase of equipment and other soft resources have led to improvement in laboratory

infrastructure which in turn has helped in improving the output Some pointers for future stages of the

project are-

1 Even though TEQIP II had a major focus on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and institutes

were given significant amount of funds for purchase of equipment there were no guidelines or

benchmarks for them to judge themselves against and to understand what an ideal laboratory

should be like for any given department While it is good that they were given the freedom to decide

what they wanted to buy and it depended on the pro-activeness of the department heads on what

all they ended up getting funds for in an ideal scenario they should have been given a list of

essential basic equipment as well as research level equipment and they could have prioritized their

purchases on the basis of that

In all likelihood such department-wise lists do not exist anywhere In the third phase of TEQIP

therefore NPIU could commission a project which involves study of top world-class as well as top

national-level laboratories for each department Thereafter standard templates of equipment could

be prepared which could illustrate the requirement of equipment for each concept and practical for

every stream of engineering Based on standard frequency of usage and the number of students in a

class adequate numbers of any equipment could be recommended to be bought by institutes in

order to ensure that not too much time is wasted on rotating several batches of students on the

same equipment

Availability of such templates of equipment as well as soft resources which could be updated

periodically in keeping with the changes in technology and availability of resources would also help

policy makers understand how many institutes come up to a benchmark and how many need

further support

2 Institutes should start maintaining digital records of use of equipment which are bought for research

purposes These records should not be just digital copies of physical registers but should be in the

form of smart solutions which can track internal supply chains in laboratories as well as usage of

equipment The solutions should be able to provide real-time analysis of usage of equipment in

every laboratory and all laboratories could be linked to one centralized system There are various

kinds of RFID solutions available today which can handle usage patterns well The available

information could be used to devise solutions and create policy interventions to increase the actual

usage of equipment

3 Nodal institutes under TEQIP II could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of neighboring non-TEQIP institutes The

unspent money could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

4 Institutes could be encouraged to ensure that laboratories in all departments have well designed

brochures and information material such as leaflets and manuals on major equipment so that

dissemination of information about their availability is easy and their utilization could be increased

54

5 Facilities created in institutes are not being optimally utilized to increase interaction with industry

While rural location of the institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of

the reasons it is also true that in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the

commissioning of equipment Size of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for

anything on industrial scale But in most cases industry is not even aware of the existence of state-

of-the-art equipment inside institutes Regular interactions with sector-specific companies are a

must therefore to create a culture of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration

6 For decades research has happened in our country in isolation and at a distance from both industry

and academia Being largely funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) so far it

has been taking place inside the laboratories of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

The 37 laboratories of CSIR and its 39 field stations or extension centres have been working in the

areas of aerospace engineering structural engineering ocean science life science metallurgy

chemicals mining food petroleum leather and environmental science The ministry of HRD has

also started funding research in a big way in recent years through schemes such as Imprint ndash

Improving Research Innovation and Technology and the Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) It would be

fruitful for the country if research happening purely on the scientific side is able to converge with

that on the academic side Hence in order to ensure greater synergy between research and

teaching it is essential that technical institutes start working more closely with CSIR laboratories

This will bring them immediately closer to cutting edge research and provide rich exposure to

students Specially for institutions which have got improved laboratory facilities as a result of TEQIP

II funds collaboration with relevant CSIR laboratories will help them grow their research and at the

same time provide the latter with a steady flow of students to work on live projects

7 Institutions which have upgraded their laboratory infrastructure in the area of food and agriculture

will gain by collaborating with the government on its e-labs project which aims at automating the

testing procedure of soil fertiliser pesticide and equipment samples By ensuring speedy and

transparent online disbursement of information related to such tests the projectrsquos vision is to

reduce crop losses and increase the use of good quality bio-pesticides through fair and unbiased

testing Institutions and students will be able to learn a lot about quality control and the processes

involved in digital testing through collaboration with the government on e-labs

8 In order to ensure transparency in procurement processes it is advisable that institutes make use of

the governmentrsquos new e-marketplace called GEM Through the portal wwwgemnicin institutes

can buy virtually anything and everything that they may require specially consumables office

equipment furniture and software Buying through this portal will speed up procurement and

improve the efficiency of institutes Created and maintained by the Directorate General of Supplies

amp Disposals (DGSampD) it provides tools for e-bidding reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to

help users get best value for their money At the national level a system of procurement should be

put in place including committee to look into the requirement and availability of equipment taking

global scenarios into consideration

Appendices

Appendix 1

55

State-wise Number of Institutions Under Technical Education QualityImprovement Programme II (2010-2017)

S Name of State CFIs Sub‐component 11 Sub‐component 12 Total No of

Institutions 1 Andhra Pradesh 5 6 11 2 Bihar 2 ‐‐ 2 3 Chhattisgarh 4 ‐‐ 4 4 Gujarat 7 ‐‐ 7 5 Haryana 3 3 6 6 Himachal Pradesh 1 ‐‐ 1 7 Jharkhand 1 1 2 8 Karnataka 4 15 19 9 Kerala 19 ‐‐ 19

10 Madhya Pradesh 3 2 5 11 Maharashtra 7 10 17

12 NCT‐Delhi ‐‐ 1 1 13 Odisha 2 ‐‐ 2 14 Punjab 7 1 8 15 Rajasthan 9 ‐‐ 9 16 Tamil Nadu 5 4 9 17 Telangana 8 5 13 18 Tripura 1 ‐‐ 1 19 UT‐Chandigarh 2 1 3 20 UT‐Puducherry 1 ‐‐ 1 21 Uttar Pradesh 2 5 7 22 Uttarakhand 1 2 3 23 West Bengal 11 3 14 24 Centrally Funded

Institutions (CFIs) 8 18 26

Total 113 77 190

Appendix 2 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 11

S Name of the Name of the Institution

No State UT

1 JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

2 Aditya Institute of Technology amp Management Tekkali Srikakulam

Andhra

3 Madanapalle Institute of Technology amp Science Madanapalle

Pradesh

4 Shri Vishnu Engineering College for women Vishnupur Bhimavaram

5 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College Chittoor

6 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur

Bihar

7 Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur

8 Government Engineering College Bilaspur

9 Government Engineering College Jagdalpur Bastar

Chhattisgarh

10 Government Engineering College Raipur

11 Rungta College of Engineering amp Technology Bhilai

56

12 Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

13 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Vallabh Vidynagar

14 Lukhdirji Engineering College Morbi

15 Gujarat Shantilal Shah Engineering College Bhavnagar

16 Government Engineering College Gandhinagar

17 Government Engineering College Rajkot

18 Government Engineering College Patan

19 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology (UIET) Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

Haryana

20 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology MDU Rohtak

21 NC College of Engineering Panipat

22 Himachal Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar Mandi

Pradesh

23 Jharkhand Cambridge Institute of Technology Ranchi

24 BVB College of Engineering amp Technology Hubli

25 PES College of Engineering Mandya

Karnataka

26 Government Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jublee Technological Institute Bangalore

27 NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore

2

SNo Name of the

Name of the Institution

StateUT

28 Government Engineering College Thrissur

29 Government Engineering College Kozhikode

30 Government Engineering College Painavu Idukki

31 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

32 School of Engineering Cochin University of Science amp Technology Cochin

33 Government College of Engineering Kannur

34 Government Engineering College Bartonhill Thiruvananthapuram

35 LBS Institute of Technology for Women Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram

36 College of Engineering Perumon Perinad Kollam

37 Kerala College of Engineering Kidangoor Kottayam

38 Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

57

39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

58

70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

60

Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

62

77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

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Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

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Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

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Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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45

Name of the equipmentExata Software Emulator for Networking

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1245780

Reason for buying BTech students use it to perform experiments in EL-494 (Communication Lab -III) to

study the performance of simulated networks M Tech students use it for projects and dissertations Three

faculty members are using this software for RampD purpose

Name of the equipmentPotentiostat Galvanostat with Impedance Analyzer

Name of the department Petroleum Studies

Cost of equipment Rs 1562925

Reason for buying Potentiostate is at the heart of research on electrochemistry It is mainly used for

research in the area of fuel cell membrane cyclic voltammeter and super capacitors

Name of the equipment Imac 215 Quad Core i5 with Apple Protection Plan

Name of the department Computer Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 205800

Reason for buying Two units of Imac were bought for the post-graduate and networking laboratories of

computer engineering department so that students could develop software based on iOS

Altium Nanoboard

FPGA Kit

46

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli was set up in 1947 with only the civil engineering under-graduate

programme Since 2007 the institute has been autonomous having been affiliated to Bombay University

Pune University and Shivaji University in the past The institute received TEQIP II funds under sub-

component 12 It was eligible to receive Rs 125 crore It submitted procurement plan for Rs 87 crore and

spent Rs 618 crore as of February 2017

MAJOR EQUIPMENT BOUGHT

Name of the equipment Shake Table Set-up

Name of the department Civil amp Structural Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1925776

Reason for buying To establish an earthquake engineering laboratory for conducting studies on response of

structures to earthquake induced vibrations To investigate structural response under various dynamic

loading conditions

Name of the equipment Electromagnetic Exciter with Pay Load Capacity of 100 to 150 kg

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2310824

Reason for buying To carry out research work in the field of dynamic analysis for various systems

Name of the equipment Micro Machining Centre Hyper-15w table top type integrated multi-process CNC

machine tool

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3078000

Reason for buying To develop micro machining centre for the research of micro machining PG production

laboratory

2663678

6154586

7489947

8770675

8777330

10572980

11435333

0 4000000 8000000 12000000

OFFICE

ELECTRICAL

ELECTRONICS

CIVIL (CIVIL+ CIVIL ENVIRONMENTAL+ hellip

LIBRARY

COMPUTER + IT

MECHANICAL

Fig 37 Department-wise expenditure Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Figures in rupees

47

Name of the equipment Dynamometer with Built-In Three Channel Charge Amplifiers

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1876090

Reason for buying To carry out research in the area of machining

Name of the equipment Lab View Add-ons Image Processing using Smart Camera Evaluation Kit

Name of the department Electronics Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3421650

Reason for buying Design simulation and prototyping platform for experiments on DSP communication

embedded control and measurements visual representation of experimental results

Name of the equipment Thermal Conductivity Analyzer with Material -- liquid pastes and small particles

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2100000

Reason for buying Post-graduate research and laboratory development

48

Chapter 4 Key Findings

49

1 On an average funds given to institutions for purchase of equipment and soft resources have led to

significant improvement in laboratory infrastructure of the institutes under study

2 The impact of such purchases on improvement in quality is not easily quantifiable in measurable

terms To assess the same other correlated parameters could be looked at such as improvement in

the number of research publications in refereed journals increase in the number of PhD students

number of faculty involved in research or the percentage of student placement However none of

these parameters can be directly or solely be said to be due to the improvement in physical or

digital infrastructure of institutes

3 Institutes did not have a clear-cut strategy of what best use they could put the available money to

Given that each institute on an average got Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and other resources

they could have used the money to create at least one best-in-class facility in any of the

departments which was equipped to utilize that facility in terms of augmenting the interaction of

the institute with industry or generating more resources through assignments from other agencies

While institutes in sub-component 12 had the provision to set up centres of excellence even in sub-

component 11 they could have done so if they had worked with that aim and vision

4 Instead institutes on an average divided the money equally across six departments and each

department on an average bought one-two machines which were significantly expensive and the

rest of the money was spent on buying other small routine equipment desktops laptops

networking servers software and e-journals Collaborations between departments for research

projects were however missing

5 This pattern of expenditure can be explained by the fact that our engineering institutions are still in

a phase where there is more emphasis on theory than practical Hands-on learning or project-based

approach in teaching is relatively new for institutions which is why there is not much emphasis on

understanding the practical aspects of learning such as producing patents versus papers

6 Institutes were seen to be over protective wherever even a slightly costly equipment was bought By

their own admission such equipment was most of the time kept under lock and key and was at best

displayed to students They were rarely given the opportunity to actually do something with it on

their own

7 Equal receipt of money by a number of departments has led to overall improvement in laboratory

standards of all departments which is good from an egalitarian perspective It is also good that all

departments have been able to uniformly upgrade their infrastructure and will therefore be able to

compete with each other in attracting good students faculty as well as assignments from industry in

future

8 Discussions with focus groups suggest that institutes spent large amounts of money on creating or

refurbishing physical infrastructure While non-academic experts may see this as wasteful

expenditure from an academic perspective even if this leads to improvement in the physical

facilities being offered by institutes it is well worth the investment While state funded institutes

get funds from state governments for building infrastructure for some of the centrally funded

institutes where infrastructure may have been falling apart this money would have been useful

9 Because of the fact that there is no proper system to track the usage of equipment ndash records are

maintained in physical form in the shape of log books and registers which render a macro analysis

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impossible -- anecdotal evidence suggests that equipment bought is not being optimally utilized A

significantly higher number of research papers in refereed journals suggests that this may not be

true but the fact remains that there is no improvement in the number of technology transfers

commercialization of research or patent generation which remain weak This again brings into focus

the theory versus application part of teaching

10 Overall improvement in base infrastructure was important for institutes to advance to the next level

of development Except for some of the Centrally funded institutions none of the institutes which

received funding in TEQIP II are in the league of the six original IITs in terms of laboratory

infrastructure They do not have access to the kind of liberal funding that CFTIs get If they had not

got the present funds to buy equipment they would have taken at least five to seven years to

procure the same through the resources available to them Even for Central institutions as also for

others the availability of funds at one go meant that they could procure high costing software such

as Matlab Ansys Labview Cadence and Adobe which benefit students across departments

11 Funds for buying equipment and other soft resources enabled the institutes to take some steps

towards keeping pace with the rapidly changing advancements in technology Increased level of

automation and artificial intelligence in industry is reflected in the kind of purchases institutes have

made ndash various types of simulation software digital machines replacing analogue ones such as in

electrical engineering departments all-in-one automatic machines which combine several levels of

manual work such as in surveying in civil engineering departments robotic arms mimicking the

automated environment of modern factories attached to lathe machines in mechanical engineering

departments instruments capable of handling nano particles in specialized centres and 3D printers

capable of printing high precision devices which are being used in multiple fields

12 Most institutes have also bought subscriptions to high level international journals in various

streams both online and physical enabling access to vast repository of world class content for most

students

13 Institutes have not paid much thought to maintenance of equipment since most of the purchases

have been made in the past two-three years and warranty periods are still in force Most institutes

have also reported availability of in-house technicians to look after the machines though majority

said that they would sign annual maintenance contracts (AMC) with vendors Since AMCs usually

cost roughly 10 per cent of the cost of the equipment they felt that the resources allocated for the

same under TEQIP II would not be adequate and that they should be increased slightly

14 As per the feedback provided by almost all institutes they all agree that the equipment purchased

by them responds to faculty student needs and was done as per consultation and

recommendations of faculty They all follow well laid out norms for disposal of equipment which

keep environmental considerations in mind

6 -- Average number of departments among which each institute in Sub-component 11 divided

the total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 500 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

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7-- Average number of departments among which each institute in sub-component 12 divided the

total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 284 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

2147403 ndash Number of items bought by institutes for office purpose in sub-component

11

101699 hours monthndash Utilisation of equipment by UG amp PG students in sub-component

11 as per available data of institutes which participated in the study

427 hours month ndash Average utilization of equipment by UG and PG students across

institutes in sub-component 11

51656 hours month -- Utilisation of equipment by PhD students in sub-component 11 as

per available data of institutes which participated in the study

37 hours month-- Average utilization of equipment by PhD students across institutes in sub-

component 11

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Chapter 5 Way Forward

53

As data shows and case studies prove there can be no doubt that TEQIP II and the funds provided to

institutes for purchase of equipment and other soft resources have led to improvement in laboratory

infrastructure which in turn has helped in improving the output Some pointers for future stages of the

project are-

1 Even though TEQIP II had a major focus on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and institutes

were given significant amount of funds for purchase of equipment there were no guidelines or

benchmarks for them to judge themselves against and to understand what an ideal laboratory

should be like for any given department While it is good that they were given the freedom to decide

what they wanted to buy and it depended on the pro-activeness of the department heads on what

all they ended up getting funds for in an ideal scenario they should have been given a list of

essential basic equipment as well as research level equipment and they could have prioritized their

purchases on the basis of that

In all likelihood such department-wise lists do not exist anywhere In the third phase of TEQIP

therefore NPIU could commission a project which involves study of top world-class as well as top

national-level laboratories for each department Thereafter standard templates of equipment could

be prepared which could illustrate the requirement of equipment for each concept and practical for

every stream of engineering Based on standard frequency of usage and the number of students in a

class adequate numbers of any equipment could be recommended to be bought by institutes in

order to ensure that not too much time is wasted on rotating several batches of students on the

same equipment

Availability of such templates of equipment as well as soft resources which could be updated

periodically in keeping with the changes in technology and availability of resources would also help

policy makers understand how many institutes come up to a benchmark and how many need

further support

2 Institutes should start maintaining digital records of use of equipment which are bought for research

purposes These records should not be just digital copies of physical registers but should be in the

form of smart solutions which can track internal supply chains in laboratories as well as usage of

equipment The solutions should be able to provide real-time analysis of usage of equipment in

every laboratory and all laboratories could be linked to one centralized system There are various

kinds of RFID solutions available today which can handle usage patterns well The available

information could be used to devise solutions and create policy interventions to increase the actual

usage of equipment

3 Nodal institutes under TEQIP II could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of neighboring non-TEQIP institutes The

unspent money could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

4 Institutes could be encouraged to ensure that laboratories in all departments have well designed

brochures and information material such as leaflets and manuals on major equipment so that

dissemination of information about their availability is easy and their utilization could be increased

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5 Facilities created in institutes are not being optimally utilized to increase interaction with industry

While rural location of the institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of

the reasons it is also true that in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the

commissioning of equipment Size of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for

anything on industrial scale But in most cases industry is not even aware of the existence of state-

of-the-art equipment inside institutes Regular interactions with sector-specific companies are a

must therefore to create a culture of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration

6 For decades research has happened in our country in isolation and at a distance from both industry

and academia Being largely funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) so far it

has been taking place inside the laboratories of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

The 37 laboratories of CSIR and its 39 field stations or extension centres have been working in the

areas of aerospace engineering structural engineering ocean science life science metallurgy

chemicals mining food petroleum leather and environmental science The ministry of HRD has

also started funding research in a big way in recent years through schemes such as Imprint ndash

Improving Research Innovation and Technology and the Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) It would be

fruitful for the country if research happening purely on the scientific side is able to converge with

that on the academic side Hence in order to ensure greater synergy between research and

teaching it is essential that technical institutes start working more closely with CSIR laboratories

This will bring them immediately closer to cutting edge research and provide rich exposure to

students Specially for institutions which have got improved laboratory facilities as a result of TEQIP

II funds collaboration with relevant CSIR laboratories will help them grow their research and at the

same time provide the latter with a steady flow of students to work on live projects

7 Institutions which have upgraded their laboratory infrastructure in the area of food and agriculture

will gain by collaborating with the government on its e-labs project which aims at automating the

testing procedure of soil fertiliser pesticide and equipment samples By ensuring speedy and

transparent online disbursement of information related to such tests the projectrsquos vision is to

reduce crop losses and increase the use of good quality bio-pesticides through fair and unbiased

testing Institutions and students will be able to learn a lot about quality control and the processes

involved in digital testing through collaboration with the government on e-labs

8 In order to ensure transparency in procurement processes it is advisable that institutes make use of

the governmentrsquos new e-marketplace called GEM Through the portal wwwgemnicin institutes

can buy virtually anything and everything that they may require specially consumables office

equipment furniture and software Buying through this portal will speed up procurement and

improve the efficiency of institutes Created and maintained by the Directorate General of Supplies

amp Disposals (DGSampD) it provides tools for e-bidding reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to

help users get best value for their money At the national level a system of procurement should be

put in place including committee to look into the requirement and availability of equipment taking

global scenarios into consideration

Appendices

Appendix 1

55

State-wise Number of Institutions Under Technical Education QualityImprovement Programme II (2010-2017)

S Name of State CFIs Sub‐component 11 Sub‐component 12 Total No of

Institutions 1 Andhra Pradesh 5 6 11 2 Bihar 2 ‐‐ 2 3 Chhattisgarh 4 ‐‐ 4 4 Gujarat 7 ‐‐ 7 5 Haryana 3 3 6 6 Himachal Pradesh 1 ‐‐ 1 7 Jharkhand 1 1 2 8 Karnataka 4 15 19 9 Kerala 19 ‐‐ 19

10 Madhya Pradesh 3 2 5 11 Maharashtra 7 10 17

12 NCT‐Delhi ‐‐ 1 1 13 Odisha 2 ‐‐ 2 14 Punjab 7 1 8 15 Rajasthan 9 ‐‐ 9 16 Tamil Nadu 5 4 9 17 Telangana 8 5 13 18 Tripura 1 ‐‐ 1 19 UT‐Chandigarh 2 1 3 20 UT‐Puducherry 1 ‐‐ 1 21 Uttar Pradesh 2 5 7 22 Uttarakhand 1 2 3 23 West Bengal 11 3 14 24 Centrally Funded

Institutions (CFIs) 8 18 26

Total 113 77 190

Appendix 2 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 11

S Name of the Name of the Institution

No State UT

1 JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

2 Aditya Institute of Technology amp Management Tekkali Srikakulam

Andhra

3 Madanapalle Institute of Technology amp Science Madanapalle

Pradesh

4 Shri Vishnu Engineering College for women Vishnupur Bhimavaram

5 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College Chittoor

6 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur

Bihar

7 Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur

8 Government Engineering College Bilaspur

9 Government Engineering College Jagdalpur Bastar

Chhattisgarh

10 Government Engineering College Raipur

11 Rungta College of Engineering amp Technology Bhilai

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12 Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

13 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Vallabh Vidynagar

14 Lukhdirji Engineering College Morbi

15 Gujarat Shantilal Shah Engineering College Bhavnagar

16 Government Engineering College Gandhinagar

17 Government Engineering College Rajkot

18 Government Engineering College Patan

19 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology (UIET) Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

Haryana

20 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology MDU Rohtak

21 NC College of Engineering Panipat

22 Himachal Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar Mandi

Pradesh

23 Jharkhand Cambridge Institute of Technology Ranchi

24 BVB College of Engineering amp Technology Hubli

25 PES College of Engineering Mandya

Karnataka

26 Government Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jublee Technological Institute Bangalore

27 NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore

2

SNo Name of the

Name of the Institution

StateUT

28 Government Engineering College Thrissur

29 Government Engineering College Kozhikode

30 Government Engineering College Painavu Idukki

31 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

32 School of Engineering Cochin University of Science amp Technology Cochin

33 Government College of Engineering Kannur

34 Government Engineering College Bartonhill Thiruvananthapuram

35 LBS Institute of Technology for Women Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram

36 College of Engineering Perumon Perinad Kollam

37 Kerala College of Engineering Kidangoor Kottayam

38 Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

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39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

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70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

60

Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

62

77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

70

Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

72

Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

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Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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46

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli was set up in 1947 with only the civil engineering under-graduate

programme Since 2007 the institute has been autonomous having been affiliated to Bombay University

Pune University and Shivaji University in the past The institute received TEQIP II funds under sub-

component 12 It was eligible to receive Rs 125 crore It submitted procurement plan for Rs 87 crore and

spent Rs 618 crore as of February 2017

MAJOR EQUIPMENT BOUGHT

Name of the equipment Shake Table Set-up

Name of the department Civil amp Structural Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1925776

Reason for buying To establish an earthquake engineering laboratory for conducting studies on response of

structures to earthquake induced vibrations To investigate structural response under various dynamic

loading conditions

Name of the equipment Electromagnetic Exciter with Pay Load Capacity of 100 to 150 kg

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2310824

Reason for buying To carry out research work in the field of dynamic analysis for various systems

Name of the equipment Micro Machining Centre Hyper-15w table top type integrated multi-process CNC

machine tool

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3078000

Reason for buying To develop micro machining centre for the research of micro machining PG production

laboratory

2663678

6154586

7489947

8770675

8777330

10572980

11435333

0 4000000 8000000 12000000

OFFICE

ELECTRICAL

ELECTRONICS

CIVIL (CIVIL+ CIVIL ENVIRONMENTAL+ hellip

LIBRARY

COMPUTER + IT

MECHANICAL

Fig 37 Department-wise expenditure Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Figures in rupees

47

Name of the equipment Dynamometer with Built-In Three Channel Charge Amplifiers

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1876090

Reason for buying To carry out research in the area of machining

Name of the equipment Lab View Add-ons Image Processing using Smart Camera Evaluation Kit

Name of the department Electronics Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3421650

Reason for buying Design simulation and prototyping platform for experiments on DSP communication

embedded control and measurements visual representation of experimental results

Name of the equipment Thermal Conductivity Analyzer with Material -- liquid pastes and small particles

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2100000

Reason for buying Post-graduate research and laboratory development

48

Chapter 4 Key Findings

49

1 On an average funds given to institutions for purchase of equipment and soft resources have led to

significant improvement in laboratory infrastructure of the institutes under study

2 The impact of such purchases on improvement in quality is not easily quantifiable in measurable

terms To assess the same other correlated parameters could be looked at such as improvement in

the number of research publications in refereed journals increase in the number of PhD students

number of faculty involved in research or the percentage of student placement However none of

these parameters can be directly or solely be said to be due to the improvement in physical or

digital infrastructure of institutes

3 Institutes did not have a clear-cut strategy of what best use they could put the available money to

Given that each institute on an average got Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and other resources

they could have used the money to create at least one best-in-class facility in any of the

departments which was equipped to utilize that facility in terms of augmenting the interaction of

the institute with industry or generating more resources through assignments from other agencies

While institutes in sub-component 12 had the provision to set up centres of excellence even in sub-

component 11 they could have done so if they had worked with that aim and vision

4 Instead institutes on an average divided the money equally across six departments and each

department on an average bought one-two machines which were significantly expensive and the

rest of the money was spent on buying other small routine equipment desktops laptops

networking servers software and e-journals Collaborations between departments for research

projects were however missing

5 This pattern of expenditure can be explained by the fact that our engineering institutions are still in

a phase where there is more emphasis on theory than practical Hands-on learning or project-based

approach in teaching is relatively new for institutions which is why there is not much emphasis on

understanding the practical aspects of learning such as producing patents versus papers

6 Institutes were seen to be over protective wherever even a slightly costly equipment was bought By

their own admission such equipment was most of the time kept under lock and key and was at best

displayed to students They were rarely given the opportunity to actually do something with it on

their own

7 Equal receipt of money by a number of departments has led to overall improvement in laboratory

standards of all departments which is good from an egalitarian perspective It is also good that all

departments have been able to uniformly upgrade their infrastructure and will therefore be able to

compete with each other in attracting good students faculty as well as assignments from industry in

future

8 Discussions with focus groups suggest that institutes spent large amounts of money on creating or

refurbishing physical infrastructure While non-academic experts may see this as wasteful

expenditure from an academic perspective even if this leads to improvement in the physical

facilities being offered by institutes it is well worth the investment While state funded institutes

get funds from state governments for building infrastructure for some of the centrally funded

institutes where infrastructure may have been falling apart this money would have been useful

9 Because of the fact that there is no proper system to track the usage of equipment ndash records are

maintained in physical form in the shape of log books and registers which render a macro analysis

50

impossible -- anecdotal evidence suggests that equipment bought is not being optimally utilized A

significantly higher number of research papers in refereed journals suggests that this may not be

true but the fact remains that there is no improvement in the number of technology transfers

commercialization of research or patent generation which remain weak This again brings into focus

the theory versus application part of teaching

10 Overall improvement in base infrastructure was important for institutes to advance to the next level

of development Except for some of the Centrally funded institutions none of the institutes which

received funding in TEQIP II are in the league of the six original IITs in terms of laboratory

infrastructure They do not have access to the kind of liberal funding that CFTIs get If they had not

got the present funds to buy equipment they would have taken at least five to seven years to

procure the same through the resources available to them Even for Central institutions as also for

others the availability of funds at one go meant that they could procure high costing software such

as Matlab Ansys Labview Cadence and Adobe which benefit students across departments

11 Funds for buying equipment and other soft resources enabled the institutes to take some steps

towards keeping pace with the rapidly changing advancements in technology Increased level of

automation and artificial intelligence in industry is reflected in the kind of purchases institutes have

made ndash various types of simulation software digital machines replacing analogue ones such as in

electrical engineering departments all-in-one automatic machines which combine several levels of

manual work such as in surveying in civil engineering departments robotic arms mimicking the

automated environment of modern factories attached to lathe machines in mechanical engineering

departments instruments capable of handling nano particles in specialized centres and 3D printers

capable of printing high precision devices which are being used in multiple fields

12 Most institutes have also bought subscriptions to high level international journals in various

streams both online and physical enabling access to vast repository of world class content for most

students

13 Institutes have not paid much thought to maintenance of equipment since most of the purchases

have been made in the past two-three years and warranty periods are still in force Most institutes

have also reported availability of in-house technicians to look after the machines though majority

said that they would sign annual maintenance contracts (AMC) with vendors Since AMCs usually

cost roughly 10 per cent of the cost of the equipment they felt that the resources allocated for the

same under TEQIP II would not be adequate and that they should be increased slightly

14 As per the feedback provided by almost all institutes they all agree that the equipment purchased

by them responds to faculty student needs and was done as per consultation and

recommendations of faculty They all follow well laid out norms for disposal of equipment which

keep environmental considerations in mind

6 -- Average number of departments among which each institute in Sub-component 11 divided

the total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 500 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

51

7-- Average number of departments among which each institute in sub-component 12 divided the

total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 284 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

2147403 ndash Number of items bought by institutes for office purpose in sub-component

11

101699 hours monthndash Utilisation of equipment by UG amp PG students in sub-component

11 as per available data of institutes which participated in the study

427 hours month ndash Average utilization of equipment by UG and PG students across

institutes in sub-component 11

51656 hours month -- Utilisation of equipment by PhD students in sub-component 11 as

per available data of institutes which participated in the study

37 hours month-- Average utilization of equipment by PhD students across institutes in sub-

component 11

52

Chapter 5 Way Forward

53

As data shows and case studies prove there can be no doubt that TEQIP II and the funds provided to

institutes for purchase of equipment and other soft resources have led to improvement in laboratory

infrastructure which in turn has helped in improving the output Some pointers for future stages of the

project are-

1 Even though TEQIP II had a major focus on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and institutes

were given significant amount of funds for purchase of equipment there were no guidelines or

benchmarks for them to judge themselves against and to understand what an ideal laboratory

should be like for any given department While it is good that they were given the freedom to decide

what they wanted to buy and it depended on the pro-activeness of the department heads on what

all they ended up getting funds for in an ideal scenario they should have been given a list of

essential basic equipment as well as research level equipment and they could have prioritized their

purchases on the basis of that

In all likelihood such department-wise lists do not exist anywhere In the third phase of TEQIP

therefore NPIU could commission a project which involves study of top world-class as well as top

national-level laboratories for each department Thereafter standard templates of equipment could

be prepared which could illustrate the requirement of equipment for each concept and practical for

every stream of engineering Based on standard frequency of usage and the number of students in a

class adequate numbers of any equipment could be recommended to be bought by institutes in

order to ensure that not too much time is wasted on rotating several batches of students on the

same equipment

Availability of such templates of equipment as well as soft resources which could be updated

periodically in keeping with the changes in technology and availability of resources would also help

policy makers understand how many institutes come up to a benchmark and how many need

further support

2 Institutes should start maintaining digital records of use of equipment which are bought for research

purposes These records should not be just digital copies of physical registers but should be in the

form of smart solutions which can track internal supply chains in laboratories as well as usage of

equipment The solutions should be able to provide real-time analysis of usage of equipment in

every laboratory and all laboratories could be linked to one centralized system There are various

kinds of RFID solutions available today which can handle usage patterns well The available

information could be used to devise solutions and create policy interventions to increase the actual

usage of equipment

3 Nodal institutes under TEQIP II could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of neighboring non-TEQIP institutes The

unspent money could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

4 Institutes could be encouraged to ensure that laboratories in all departments have well designed

brochures and information material such as leaflets and manuals on major equipment so that

dissemination of information about their availability is easy and their utilization could be increased

54

5 Facilities created in institutes are not being optimally utilized to increase interaction with industry

While rural location of the institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of

the reasons it is also true that in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the

commissioning of equipment Size of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for

anything on industrial scale But in most cases industry is not even aware of the existence of state-

of-the-art equipment inside institutes Regular interactions with sector-specific companies are a

must therefore to create a culture of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration

6 For decades research has happened in our country in isolation and at a distance from both industry

and academia Being largely funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) so far it

has been taking place inside the laboratories of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

The 37 laboratories of CSIR and its 39 field stations or extension centres have been working in the

areas of aerospace engineering structural engineering ocean science life science metallurgy

chemicals mining food petroleum leather and environmental science The ministry of HRD has

also started funding research in a big way in recent years through schemes such as Imprint ndash

Improving Research Innovation and Technology and the Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) It would be

fruitful for the country if research happening purely on the scientific side is able to converge with

that on the academic side Hence in order to ensure greater synergy between research and

teaching it is essential that technical institutes start working more closely with CSIR laboratories

This will bring them immediately closer to cutting edge research and provide rich exposure to

students Specially for institutions which have got improved laboratory facilities as a result of TEQIP

II funds collaboration with relevant CSIR laboratories will help them grow their research and at the

same time provide the latter with a steady flow of students to work on live projects

7 Institutions which have upgraded their laboratory infrastructure in the area of food and agriculture

will gain by collaborating with the government on its e-labs project which aims at automating the

testing procedure of soil fertiliser pesticide and equipment samples By ensuring speedy and

transparent online disbursement of information related to such tests the projectrsquos vision is to

reduce crop losses and increase the use of good quality bio-pesticides through fair and unbiased

testing Institutions and students will be able to learn a lot about quality control and the processes

involved in digital testing through collaboration with the government on e-labs

8 In order to ensure transparency in procurement processes it is advisable that institutes make use of

the governmentrsquos new e-marketplace called GEM Through the portal wwwgemnicin institutes

can buy virtually anything and everything that they may require specially consumables office

equipment furniture and software Buying through this portal will speed up procurement and

improve the efficiency of institutes Created and maintained by the Directorate General of Supplies

amp Disposals (DGSampD) it provides tools for e-bidding reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to

help users get best value for their money At the national level a system of procurement should be

put in place including committee to look into the requirement and availability of equipment taking

global scenarios into consideration

Appendices

Appendix 1

55

State-wise Number of Institutions Under Technical Education QualityImprovement Programme II (2010-2017)

S Name of State CFIs Sub‐component 11 Sub‐component 12 Total No of

Institutions 1 Andhra Pradesh 5 6 11 2 Bihar 2 ‐‐ 2 3 Chhattisgarh 4 ‐‐ 4 4 Gujarat 7 ‐‐ 7 5 Haryana 3 3 6 6 Himachal Pradesh 1 ‐‐ 1 7 Jharkhand 1 1 2 8 Karnataka 4 15 19 9 Kerala 19 ‐‐ 19

10 Madhya Pradesh 3 2 5 11 Maharashtra 7 10 17

12 NCT‐Delhi ‐‐ 1 1 13 Odisha 2 ‐‐ 2 14 Punjab 7 1 8 15 Rajasthan 9 ‐‐ 9 16 Tamil Nadu 5 4 9 17 Telangana 8 5 13 18 Tripura 1 ‐‐ 1 19 UT‐Chandigarh 2 1 3 20 UT‐Puducherry 1 ‐‐ 1 21 Uttar Pradesh 2 5 7 22 Uttarakhand 1 2 3 23 West Bengal 11 3 14 24 Centrally Funded

Institutions (CFIs) 8 18 26

Total 113 77 190

Appendix 2 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 11

S Name of the Name of the Institution

No State UT

1 JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

2 Aditya Institute of Technology amp Management Tekkali Srikakulam

Andhra

3 Madanapalle Institute of Technology amp Science Madanapalle

Pradesh

4 Shri Vishnu Engineering College for women Vishnupur Bhimavaram

5 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College Chittoor

6 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur

Bihar

7 Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur

8 Government Engineering College Bilaspur

9 Government Engineering College Jagdalpur Bastar

Chhattisgarh

10 Government Engineering College Raipur

11 Rungta College of Engineering amp Technology Bhilai

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12 Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

13 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Vallabh Vidynagar

14 Lukhdirji Engineering College Morbi

15 Gujarat Shantilal Shah Engineering College Bhavnagar

16 Government Engineering College Gandhinagar

17 Government Engineering College Rajkot

18 Government Engineering College Patan

19 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology (UIET) Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

Haryana

20 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology MDU Rohtak

21 NC College of Engineering Panipat

22 Himachal Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar Mandi

Pradesh

23 Jharkhand Cambridge Institute of Technology Ranchi

24 BVB College of Engineering amp Technology Hubli

25 PES College of Engineering Mandya

Karnataka

26 Government Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jublee Technological Institute Bangalore

27 NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore

2

SNo Name of the

Name of the Institution

StateUT

28 Government Engineering College Thrissur

29 Government Engineering College Kozhikode

30 Government Engineering College Painavu Idukki

31 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

32 School of Engineering Cochin University of Science amp Technology Cochin

33 Government College of Engineering Kannur

34 Government Engineering College Bartonhill Thiruvananthapuram

35 LBS Institute of Technology for Women Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram

36 College of Engineering Perumon Perinad Kollam

37 Kerala College of Engineering Kidangoor Kottayam

38 Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

57

39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

58

70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

60

Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

62

77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

70

Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

72

Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

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Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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47

Name of the equipment Dynamometer with Built-In Three Channel Charge Amplifiers

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 1876090

Reason for buying To carry out research in the area of machining

Name of the equipment Lab View Add-ons Image Processing using Smart Camera Evaluation Kit

Name of the department Electronics Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 3421650

Reason for buying Design simulation and prototyping platform for experiments on DSP communication

embedded control and measurements visual representation of experimental results

Name of the equipment Thermal Conductivity Analyzer with Material -- liquid pastes and small particles

Name of the department Mechanical Engineering

Cost of equipment Rs 2100000

Reason for buying Post-graduate research and laboratory development

48

Chapter 4 Key Findings

49

1 On an average funds given to institutions for purchase of equipment and soft resources have led to

significant improvement in laboratory infrastructure of the institutes under study

2 The impact of such purchases on improvement in quality is not easily quantifiable in measurable

terms To assess the same other correlated parameters could be looked at such as improvement in

the number of research publications in refereed journals increase in the number of PhD students

number of faculty involved in research or the percentage of student placement However none of

these parameters can be directly or solely be said to be due to the improvement in physical or

digital infrastructure of institutes

3 Institutes did not have a clear-cut strategy of what best use they could put the available money to

Given that each institute on an average got Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and other resources

they could have used the money to create at least one best-in-class facility in any of the

departments which was equipped to utilize that facility in terms of augmenting the interaction of

the institute with industry or generating more resources through assignments from other agencies

While institutes in sub-component 12 had the provision to set up centres of excellence even in sub-

component 11 they could have done so if they had worked with that aim and vision

4 Instead institutes on an average divided the money equally across six departments and each

department on an average bought one-two machines which were significantly expensive and the

rest of the money was spent on buying other small routine equipment desktops laptops

networking servers software and e-journals Collaborations between departments for research

projects were however missing

5 This pattern of expenditure can be explained by the fact that our engineering institutions are still in

a phase where there is more emphasis on theory than practical Hands-on learning or project-based

approach in teaching is relatively new for institutions which is why there is not much emphasis on

understanding the practical aspects of learning such as producing patents versus papers

6 Institutes were seen to be over protective wherever even a slightly costly equipment was bought By

their own admission such equipment was most of the time kept under lock and key and was at best

displayed to students They were rarely given the opportunity to actually do something with it on

their own

7 Equal receipt of money by a number of departments has led to overall improvement in laboratory

standards of all departments which is good from an egalitarian perspective It is also good that all

departments have been able to uniformly upgrade their infrastructure and will therefore be able to

compete with each other in attracting good students faculty as well as assignments from industry in

future

8 Discussions with focus groups suggest that institutes spent large amounts of money on creating or

refurbishing physical infrastructure While non-academic experts may see this as wasteful

expenditure from an academic perspective even if this leads to improvement in the physical

facilities being offered by institutes it is well worth the investment While state funded institutes

get funds from state governments for building infrastructure for some of the centrally funded

institutes where infrastructure may have been falling apart this money would have been useful

9 Because of the fact that there is no proper system to track the usage of equipment ndash records are

maintained in physical form in the shape of log books and registers which render a macro analysis

50

impossible -- anecdotal evidence suggests that equipment bought is not being optimally utilized A

significantly higher number of research papers in refereed journals suggests that this may not be

true but the fact remains that there is no improvement in the number of technology transfers

commercialization of research or patent generation which remain weak This again brings into focus

the theory versus application part of teaching

10 Overall improvement in base infrastructure was important for institutes to advance to the next level

of development Except for some of the Centrally funded institutions none of the institutes which

received funding in TEQIP II are in the league of the six original IITs in terms of laboratory

infrastructure They do not have access to the kind of liberal funding that CFTIs get If they had not

got the present funds to buy equipment they would have taken at least five to seven years to

procure the same through the resources available to them Even for Central institutions as also for

others the availability of funds at one go meant that they could procure high costing software such

as Matlab Ansys Labview Cadence and Adobe which benefit students across departments

11 Funds for buying equipment and other soft resources enabled the institutes to take some steps

towards keeping pace with the rapidly changing advancements in technology Increased level of

automation and artificial intelligence in industry is reflected in the kind of purchases institutes have

made ndash various types of simulation software digital machines replacing analogue ones such as in

electrical engineering departments all-in-one automatic machines which combine several levels of

manual work such as in surveying in civil engineering departments robotic arms mimicking the

automated environment of modern factories attached to lathe machines in mechanical engineering

departments instruments capable of handling nano particles in specialized centres and 3D printers

capable of printing high precision devices which are being used in multiple fields

12 Most institutes have also bought subscriptions to high level international journals in various

streams both online and physical enabling access to vast repository of world class content for most

students

13 Institutes have not paid much thought to maintenance of equipment since most of the purchases

have been made in the past two-three years and warranty periods are still in force Most institutes

have also reported availability of in-house technicians to look after the machines though majority

said that they would sign annual maintenance contracts (AMC) with vendors Since AMCs usually

cost roughly 10 per cent of the cost of the equipment they felt that the resources allocated for the

same under TEQIP II would not be adequate and that they should be increased slightly

14 As per the feedback provided by almost all institutes they all agree that the equipment purchased

by them responds to faculty student needs and was done as per consultation and

recommendations of faculty They all follow well laid out norms for disposal of equipment which

keep environmental considerations in mind

6 -- Average number of departments among which each institute in Sub-component 11 divided

the total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 500 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

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7-- Average number of departments among which each institute in sub-component 12 divided the

total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 284 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

2147403 ndash Number of items bought by institutes for office purpose in sub-component

11

101699 hours monthndash Utilisation of equipment by UG amp PG students in sub-component

11 as per available data of institutes which participated in the study

427 hours month ndash Average utilization of equipment by UG and PG students across

institutes in sub-component 11

51656 hours month -- Utilisation of equipment by PhD students in sub-component 11 as

per available data of institutes which participated in the study

37 hours month-- Average utilization of equipment by PhD students across institutes in sub-

component 11

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Chapter 5 Way Forward

53

As data shows and case studies prove there can be no doubt that TEQIP II and the funds provided to

institutes for purchase of equipment and other soft resources have led to improvement in laboratory

infrastructure which in turn has helped in improving the output Some pointers for future stages of the

project are-

1 Even though TEQIP II had a major focus on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and institutes

were given significant amount of funds for purchase of equipment there were no guidelines or

benchmarks for them to judge themselves against and to understand what an ideal laboratory

should be like for any given department While it is good that they were given the freedom to decide

what they wanted to buy and it depended on the pro-activeness of the department heads on what

all they ended up getting funds for in an ideal scenario they should have been given a list of

essential basic equipment as well as research level equipment and they could have prioritized their

purchases on the basis of that

In all likelihood such department-wise lists do not exist anywhere In the third phase of TEQIP

therefore NPIU could commission a project which involves study of top world-class as well as top

national-level laboratories for each department Thereafter standard templates of equipment could

be prepared which could illustrate the requirement of equipment for each concept and practical for

every stream of engineering Based on standard frequency of usage and the number of students in a

class adequate numbers of any equipment could be recommended to be bought by institutes in

order to ensure that not too much time is wasted on rotating several batches of students on the

same equipment

Availability of such templates of equipment as well as soft resources which could be updated

periodically in keeping with the changes in technology and availability of resources would also help

policy makers understand how many institutes come up to a benchmark and how many need

further support

2 Institutes should start maintaining digital records of use of equipment which are bought for research

purposes These records should not be just digital copies of physical registers but should be in the

form of smart solutions which can track internal supply chains in laboratories as well as usage of

equipment The solutions should be able to provide real-time analysis of usage of equipment in

every laboratory and all laboratories could be linked to one centralized system There are various

kinds of RFID solutions available today which can handle usage patterns well The available

information could be used to devise solutions and create policy interventions to increase the actual

usage of equipment

3 Nodal institutes under TEQIP II could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of neighboring non-TEQIP institutes The

unspent money could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

4 Institutes could be encouraged to ensure that laboratories in all departments have well designed

brochures and information material such as leaflets and manuals on major equipment so that

dissemination of information about their availability is easy and their utilization could be increased

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5 Facilities created in institutes are not being optimally utilized to increase interaction with industry

While rural location of the institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of

the reasons it is also true that in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the

commissioning of equipment Size of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for

anything on industrial scale But in most cases industry is not even aware of the existence of state-

of-the-art equipment inside institutes Regular interactions with sector-specific companies are a

must therefore to create a culture of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration

6 For decades research has happened in our country in isolation and at a distance from both industry

and academia Being largely funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) so far it

has been taking place inside the laboratories of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

The 37 laboratories of CSIR and its 39 field stations or extension centres have been working in the

areas of aerospace engineering structural engineering ocean science life science metallurgy

chemicals mining food petroleum leather and environmental science The ministry of HRD has

also started funding research in a big way in recent years through schemes such as Imprint ndash

Improving Research Innovation and Technology and the Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) It would be

fruitful for the country if research happening purely on the scientific side is able to converge with

that on the academic side Hence in order to ensure greater synergy between research and

teaching it is essential that technical institutes start working more closely with CSIR laboratories

This will bring them immediately closer to cutting edge research and provide rich exposure to

students Specially for institutions which have got improved laboratory facilities as a result of TEQIP

II funds collaboration with relevant CSIR laboratories will help them grow their research and at the

same time provide the latter with a steady flow of students to work on live projects

7 Institutions which have upgraded their laboratory infrastructure in the area of food and agriculture

will gain by collaborating with the government on its e-labs project which aims at automating the

testing procedure of soil fertiliser pesticide and equipment samples By ensuring speedy and

transparent online disbursement of information related to such tests the projectrsquos vision is to

reduce crop losses and increase the use of good quality bio-pesticides through fair and unbiased

testing Institutions and students will be able to learn a lot about quality control and the processes

involved in digital testing through collaboration with the government on e-labs

8 In order to ensure transparency in procurement processes it is advisable that institutes make use of

the governmentrsquos new e-marketplace called GEM Through the portal wwwgemnicin institutes

can buy virtually anything and everything that they may require specially consumables office

equipment furniture and software Buying through this portal will speed up procurement and

improve the efficiency of institutes Created and maintained by the Directorate General of Supplies

amp Disposals (DGSampD) it provides tools for e-bidding reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to

help users get best value for their money At the national level a system of procurement should be

put in place including committee to look into the requirement and availability of equipment taking

global scenarios into consideration

Appendices

Appendix 1

55

State-wise Number of Institutions Under Technical Education QualityImprovement Programme II (2010-2017)

S Name of State CFIs Sub‐component 11 Sub‐component 12 Total No of

Institutions 1 Andhra Pradesh 5 6 11 2 Bihar 2 ‐‐ 2 3 Chhattisgarh 4 ‐‐ 4 4 Gujarat 7 ‐‐ 7 5 Haryana 3 3 6 6 Himachal Pradesh 1 ‐‐ 1 7 Jharkhand 1 1 2 8 Karnataka 4 15 19 9 Kerala 19 ‐‐ 19

10 Madhya Pradesh 3 2 5 11 Maharashtra 7 10 17

12 NCT‐Delhi ‐‐ 1 1 13 Odisha 2 ‐‐ 2 14 Punjab 7 1 8 15 Rajasthan 9 ‐‐ 9 16 Tamil Nadu 5 4 9 17 Telangana 8 5 13 18 Tripura 1 ‐‐ 1 19 UT‐Chandigarh 2 1 3 20 UT‐Puducherry 1 ‐‐ 1 21 Uttar Pradesh 2 5 7 22 Uttarakhand 1 2 3 23 West Bengal 11 3 14 24 Centrally Funded

Institutions (CFIs) 8 18 26

Total 113 77 190

Appendix 2 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 11

S Name of the Name of the Institution

No State UT

1 JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

2 Aditya Institute of Technology amp Management Tekkali Srikakulam

Andhra

3 Madanapalle Institute of Technology amp Science Madanapalle

Pradesh

4 Shri Vishnu Engineering College for women Vishnupur Bhimavaram

5 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College Chittoor

6 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur

Bihar

7 Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur

8 Government Engineering College Bilaspur

9 Government Engineering College Jagdalpur Bastar

Chhattisgarh

10 Government Engineering College Raipur

11 Rungta College of Engineering amp Technology Bhilai

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12 Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

13 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Vallabh Vidynagar

14 Lukhdirji Engineering College Morbi

15 Gujarat Shantilal Shah Engineering College Bhavnagar

16 Government Engineering College Gandhinagar

17 Government Engineering College Rajkot

18 Government Engineering College Patan

19 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology (UIET) Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

Haryana

20 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology MDU Rohtak

21 NC College of Engineering Panipat

22 Himachal Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar Mandi

Pradesh

23 Jharkhand Cambridge Institute of Technology Ranchi

24 BVB College of Engineering amp Technology Hubli

25 PES College of Engineering Mandya

Karnataka

26 Government Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jublee Technological Institute Bangalore

27 NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore

2

SNo Name of the

Name of the Institution

StateUT

28 Government Engineering College Thrissur

29 Government Engineering College Kozhikode

30 Government Engineering College Painavu Idukki

31 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

32 School of Engineering Cochin University of Science amp Technology Cochin

33 Government College of Engineering Kannur

34 Government Engineering College Bartonhill Thiruvananthapuram

35 LBS Institute of Technology for Women Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram

36 College of Engineering Perumon Perinad Kollam

37 Kerala College of Engineering Kidangoor Kottayam

38 Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

57

39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

58

70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

60

Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

62

77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

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e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

70

Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

72

Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

73

Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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48

Chapter 4 Key Findings

49

1 On an average funds given to institutions for purchase of equipment and soft resources have led to

significant improvement in laboratory infrastructure of the institutes under study

2 The impact of such purchases on improvement in quality is not easily quantifiable in measurable

terms To assess the same other correlated parameters could be looked at such as improvement in

the number of research publications in refereed journals increase in the number of PhD students

number of faculty involved in research or the percentage of student placement However none of

these parameters can be directly or solely be said to be due to the improvement in physical or

digital infrastructure of institutes

3 Institutes did not have a clear-cut strategy of what best use they could put the available money to

Given that each institute on an average got Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and other resources

they could have used the money to create at least one best-in-class facility in any of the

departments which was equipped to utilize that facility in terms of augmenting the interaction of

the institute with industry or generating more resources through assignments from other agencies

While institutes in sub-component 12 had the provision to set up centres of excellence even in sub-

component 11 they could have done so if they had worked with that aim and vision

4 Instead institutes on an average divided the money equally across six departments and each

department on an average bought one-two machines which were significantly expensive and the

rest of the money was spent on buying other small routine equipment desktops laptops

networking servers software and e-journals Collaborations between departments for research

projects were however missing

5 This pattern of expenditure can be explained by the fact that our engineering institutions are still in

a phase where there is more emphasis on theory than practical Hands-on learning or project-based

approach in teaching is relatively new for institutions which is why there is not much emphasis on

understanding the practical aspects of learning such as producing patents versus papers

6 Institutes were seen to be over protective wherever even a slightly costly equipment was bought By

their own admission such equipment was most of the time kept under lock and key and was at best

displayed to students They were rarely given the opportunity to actually do something with it on

their own

7 Equal receipt of money by a number of departments has led to overall improvement in laboratory

standards of all departments which is good from an egalitarian perspective It is also good that all

departments have been able to uniformly upgrade their infrastructure and will therefore be able to

compete with each other in attracting good students faculty as well as assignments from industry in

future

8 Discussions with focus groups suggest that institutes spent large amounts of money on creating or

refurbishing physical infrastructure While non-academic experts may see this as wasteful

expenditure from an academic perspective even if this leads to improvement in the physical

facilities being offered by institutes it is well worth the investment While state funded institutes

get funds from state governments for building infrastructure for some of the centrally funded

institutes where infrastructure may have been falling apart this money would have been useful

9 Because of the fact that there is no proper system to track the usage of equipment ndash records are

maintained in physical form in the shape of log books and registers which render a macro analysis

50

impossible -- anecdotal evidence suggests that equipment bought is not being optimally utilized A

significantly higher number of research papers in refereed journals suggests that this may not be

true but the fact remains that there is no improvement in the number of technology transfers

commercialization of research or patent generation which remain weak This again brings into focus

the theory versus application part of teaching

10 Overall improvement in base infrastructure was important for institutes to advance to the next level

of development Except for some of the Centrally funded institutions none of the institutes which

received funding in TEQIP II are in the league of the six original IITs in terms of laboratory

infrastructure They do not have access to the kind of liberal funding that CFTIs get If they had not

got the present funds to buy equipment they would have taken at least five to seven years to

procure the same through the resources available to them Even for Central institutions as also for

others the availability of funds at one go meant that they could procure high costing software such

as Matlab Ansys Labview Cadence and Adobe which benefit students across departments

11 Funds for buying equipment and other soft resources enabled the institutes to take some steps

towards keeping pace with the rapidly changing advancements in technology Increased level of

automation and artificial intelligence in industry is reflected in the kind of purchases institutes have

made ndash various types of simulation software digital machines replacing analogue ones such as in

electrical engineering departments all-in-one automatic machines which combine several levels of

manual work such as in surveying in civil engineering departments robotic arms mimicking the

automated environment of modern factories attached to lathe machines in mechanical engineering

departments instruments capable of handling nano particles in specialized centres and 3D printers

capable of printing high precision devices which are being used in multiple fields

12 Most institutes have also bought subscriptions to high level international journals in various

streams both online and physical enabling access to vast repository of world class content for most

students

13 Institutes have not paid much thought to maintenance of equipment since most of the purchases

have been made in the past two-three years and warranty periods are still in force Most institutes

have also reported availability of in-house technicians to look after the machines though majority

said that they would sign annual maintenance contracts (AMC) with vendors Since AMCs usually

cost roughly 10 per cent of the cost of the equipment they felt that the resources allocated for the

same under TEQIP II would not be adequate and that they should be increased slightly

14 As per the feedback provided by almost all institutes they all agree that the equipment purchased

by them responds to faculty student needs and was done as per consultation and

recommendations of faculty They all follow well laid out norms for disposal of equipment which

keep environmental considerations in mind

6 -- Average number of departments among which each institute in Sub-component 11 divided

the total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 500 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

51

7-- Average number of departments among which each institute in sub-component 12 divided the

total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 284 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

2147403 ndash Number of items bought by institutes for office purpose in sub-component

11

101699 hours monthndash Utilisation of equipment by UG amp PG students in sub-component

11 as per available data of institutes which participated in the study

427 hours month ndash Average utilization of equipment by UG and PG students across

institutes in sub-component 11

51656 hours month -- Utilisation of equipment by PhD students in sub-component 11 as

per available data of institutes which participated in the study

37 hours month-- Average utilization of equipment by PhD students across institutes in sub-

component 11

52

Chapter 5 Way Forward

53

As data shows and case studies prove there can be no doubt that TEQIP II and the funds provided to

institutes for purchase of equipment and other soft resources have led to improvement in laboratory

infrastructure which in turn has helped in improving the output Some pointers for future stages of the

project are-

1 Even though TEQIP II had a major focus on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and institutes

were given significant amount of funds for purchase of equipment there were no guidelines or

benchmarks for them to judge themselves against and to understand what an ideal laboratory

should be like for any given department While it is good that they were given the freedom to decide

what they wanted to buy and it depended on the pro-activeness of the department heads on what

all they ended up getting funds for in an ideal scenario they should have been given a list of

essential basic equipment as well as research level equipment and they could have prioritized their

purchases on the basis of that

In all likelihood such department-wise lists do not exist anywhere In the third phase of TEQIP

therefore NPIU could commission a project which involves study of top world-class as well as top

national-level laboratories for each department Thereafter standard templates of equipment could

be prepared which could illustrate the requirement of equipment for each concept and practical for

every stream of engineering Based on standard frequency of usage and the number of students in a

class adequate numbers of any equipment could be recommended to be bought by institutes in

order to ensure that not too much time is wasted on rotating several batches of students on the

same equipment

Availability of such templates of equipment as well as soft resources which could be updated

periodically in keeping with the changes in technology and availability of resources would also help

policy makers understand how many institutes come up to a benchmark and how many need

further support

2 Institutes should start maintaining digital records of use of equipment which are bought for research

purposes These records should not be just digital copies of physical registers but should be in the

form of smart solutions which can track internal supply chains in laboratories as well as usage of

equipment The solutions should be able to provide real-time analysis of usage of equipment in

every laboratory and all laboratories could be linked to one centralized system There are various

kinds of RFID solutions available today which can handle usage patterns well The available

information could be used to devise solutions and create policy interventions to increase the actual

usage of equipment

3 Nodal institutes under TEQIP II could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of neighboring non-TEQIP institutes The

unspent money could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

4 Institutes could be encouraged to ensure that laboratories in all departments have well designed

brochures and information material such as leaflets and manuals on major equipment so that

dissemination of information about their availability is easy and their utilization could be increased

54

5 Facilities created in institutes are not being optimally utilized to increase interaction with industry

While rural location of the institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of

the reasons it is also true that in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the

commissioning of equipment Size of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for

anything on industrial scale But in most cases industry is not even aware of the existence of state-

of-the-art equipment inside institutes Regular interactions with sector-specific companies are a

must therefore to create a culture of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration

6 For decades research has happened in our country in isolation and at a distance from both industry

and academia Being largely funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) so far it

has been taking place inside the laboratories of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

The 37 laboratories of CSIR and its 39 field stations or extension centres have been working in the

areas of aerospace engineering structural engineering ocean science life science metallurgy

chemicals mining food petroleum leather and environmental science The ministry of HRD has

also started funding research in a big way in recent years through schemes such as Imprint ndash

Improving Research Innovation and Technology and the Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) It would be

fruitful for the country if research happening purely on the scientific side is able to converge with

that on the academic side Hence in order to ensure greater synergy between research and

teaching it is essential that technical institutes start working more closely with CSIR laboratories

This will bring them immediately closer to cutting edge research and provide rich exposure to

students Specially for institutions which have got improved laboratory facilities as a result of TEQIP

II funds collaboration with relevant CSIR laboratories will help them grow their research and at the

same time provide the latter with a steady flow of students to work on live projects

7 Institutions which have upgraded their laboratory infrastructure in the area of food and agriculture

will gain by collaborating with the government on its e-labs project which aims at automating the

testing procedure of soil fertiliser pesticide and equipment samples By ensuring speedy and

transparent online disbursement of information related to such tests the projectrsquos vision is to

reduce crop losses and increase the use of good quality bio-pesticides through fair and unbiased

testing Institutions and students will be able to learn a lot about quality control and the processes

involved in digital testing through collaboration with the government on e-labs

8 In order to ensure transparency in procurement processes it is advisable that institutes make use of

the governmentrsquos new e-marketplace called GEM Through the portal wwwgemnicin institutes

can buy virtually anything and everything that they may require specially consumables office

equipment furniture and software Buying through this portal will speed up procurement and

improve the efficiency of institutes Created and maintained by the Directorate General of Supplies

amp Disposals (DGSampD) it provides tools for e-bidding reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to

help users get best value for their money At the national level a system of procurement should be

put in place including committee to look into the requirement and availability of equipment taking

global scenarios into consideration

Appendices

Appendix 1

55

State-wise Number of Institutions Under Technical Education QualityImprovement Programme II (2010-2017)

S Name of State CFIs Sub‐component 11 Sub‐component 12 Total No of

Institutions 1 Andhra Pradesh 5 6 11 2 Bihar 2 ‐‐ 2 3 Chhattisgarh 4 ‐‐ 4 4 Gujarat 7 ‐‐ 7 5 Haryana 3 3 6 6 Himachal Pradesh 1 ‐‐ 1 7 Jharkhand 1 1 2 8 Karnataka 4 15 19 9 Kerala 19 ‐‐ 19

10 Madhya Pradesh 3 2 5 11 Maharashtra 7 10 17

12 NCT‐Delhi ‐‐ 1 1 13 Odisha 2 ‐‐ 2 14 Punjab 7 1 8 15 Rajasthan 9 ‐‐ 9 16 Tamil Nadu 5 4 9 17 Telangana 8 5 13 18 Tripura 1 ‐‐ 1 19 UT‐Chandigarh 2 1 3 20 UT‐Puducherry 1 ‐‐ 1 21 Uttar Pradesh 2 5 7 22 Uttarakhand 1 2 3 23 West Bengal 11 3 14 24 Centrally Funded

Institutions (CFIs) 8 18 26

Total 113 77 190

Appendix 2 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 11

S Name of the Name of the Institution

No State UT

1 JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

2 Aditya Institute of Technology amp Management Tekkali Srikakulam

Andhra

3 Madanapalle Institute of Technology amp Science Madanapalle

Pradesh

4 Shri Vishnu Engineering College for women Vishnupur Bhimavaram

5 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College Chittoor

6 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur

Bihar

7 Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur

8 Government Engineering College Bilaspur

9 Government Engineering College Jagdalpur Bastar

Chhattisgarh

10 Government Engineering College Raipur

11 Rungta College of Engineering amp Technology Bhilai

56

12 Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

13 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Vallabh Vidynagar

14 Lukhdirji Engineering College Morbi

15 Gujarat Shantilal Shah Engineering College Bhavnagar

16 Government Engineering College Gandhinagar

17 Government Engineering College Rajkot

18 Government Engineering College Patan

19 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology (UIET) Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

Haryana

20 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology MDU Rohtak

21 NC College of Engineering Panipat

22 Himachal Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar Mandi

Pradesh

23 Jharkhand Cambridge Institute of Technology Ranchi

24 BVB College of Engineering amp Technology Hubli

25 PES College of Engineering Mandya

Karnataka

26 Government Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jublee Technological Institute Bangalore

27 NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore

2

SNo Name of the

Name of the Institution

StateUT

28 Government Engineering College Thrissur

29 Government Engineering College Kozhikode

30 Government Engineering College Painavu Idukki

31 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

32 School of Engineering Cochin University of Science amp Technology Cochin

33 Government College of Engineering Kannur

34 Government Engineering College Bartonhill Thiruvananthapuram

35 LBS Institute of Technology for Women Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram

36 College of Engineering Perumon Perinad Kollam

37 Kerala College of Engineering Kidangoor Kottayam

38 Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

57

39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

58

70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

60

Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

62

77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

70

Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

72

Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

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Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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49

1 On an average funds given to institutions for purchase of equipment and soft resources have led to

significant improvement in laboratory infrastructure of the institutes under study

2 The impact of such purchases on improvement in quality is not easily quantifiable in measurable

terms To assess the same other correlated parameters could be looked at such as improvement in

the number of research publications in refereed journals increase in the number of PhD students

number of faculty involved in research or the percentage of student placement However none of

these parameters can be directly or solely be said to be due to the improvement in physical or

digital infrastructure of institutes

3 Institutes did not have a clear-cut strategy of what best use they could put the available money to

Given that each institute on an average got Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and other resources

they could have used the money to create at least one best-in-class facility in any of the

departments which was equipped to utilize that facility in terms of augmenting the interaction of

the institute with industry or generating more resources through assignments from other agencies

While institutes in sub-component 12 had the provision to set up centres of excellence even in sub-

component 11 they could have done so if they had worked with that aim and vision

4 Instead institutes on an average divided the money equally across six departments and each

department on an average bought one-two machines which were significantly expensive and the

rest of the money was spent on buying other small routine equipment desktops laptops

networking servers software and e-journals Collaborations between departments for research

projects were however missing

5 This pattern of expenditure can be explained by the fact that our engineering institutions are still in

a phase where there is more emphasis on theory than practical Hands-on learning or project-based

approach in teaching is relatively new for institutions which is why there is not much emphasis on

understanding the practical aspects of learning such as producing patents versus papers

6 Institutes were seen to be over protective wherever even a slightly costly equipment was bought By

their own admission such equipment was most of the time kept under lock and key and was at best

displayed to students They were rarely given the opportunity to actually do something with it on

their own

7 Equal receipt of money by a number of departments has led to overall improvement in laboratory

standards of all departments which is good from an egalitarian perspective It is also good that all

departments have been able to uniformly upgrade their infrastructure and will therefore be able to

compete with each other in attracting good students faculty as well as assignments from industry in

future

8 Discussions with focus groups suggest that institutes spent large amounts of money on creating or

refurbishing physical infrastructure While non-academic experts may see this as wasteful

expenditure from an academic perspective even if this leads to improvement in the physical

facilities being offered by institutes it is well worth the investment While state funded institutes

get funds from state governments for building infrastructure for some of the centrally funded

institutes where infrastructure may have been falling apart this money would have been useful

9 Because of the fact that there is no proper system to track the usage of equipment ndash records are

maintained in physical form in the shape of log books and registers which render a macro analysis

50

impossible -- anecdotal evidence suggests that equipment bought is not being optimally utilized A

significantly higher number of research papers in refereed journals suggests that this may not be

true but the fact remains that there is no improvement in the number of technology transfers

commercialization of research or patent generation which remain weak This again brings into focus

the theory versus application part of teaching

10 Overall improvement in base infrastructure was important for institutes to advance to the next level

of development Except for some of the Centrally funded institutions none of the institutes which

received funding in TEQIP II are in the league of the six original IITs in terms of laboratory

infrastructure They do not have access to the kind of liberal funding that CFTIs get If they had not

got the present funds to buy equipment they would have taken at least five to seven years to

procure the same through the resources available to them Even for Central institutions as also for

others the availability of funds at one go meant that they could procure high costing software such

as Matlab Ansys Labview Cadence and Adobe which benefit students across departments

11 Funds for buying equipment and other soft resources enabled the institutes to take some steps

towards keeping pace with the rapidly changing advancements in technology Increased level of

automation and artificial intelligence in industry is reflected in the kind of purchases institutes have

made ndash various types of simulation software digital machines replacing analogue ones such as in

electrical engineering departments all-in-one automatic machines which combine several levels of

manual work such as in surveying in civil engineering departments robotic arms mimicking the

automated environment of modern factories attached to lathe machines in mechanical engineering

departments instruments capable of handling nano particles in specialized centres and 3D printers

capable of printing high precision devices which are being used in multiple fields

12 Most institutes have also bought subscriptions to high level international journals in various

streams both online and physical enabling access to vast repository of world class content for most

students

13 Institutes have not paid much thought to maintenance of equipment since most of the purchases

have been made in the past two-three years and warranty periods are still in force Most institutes

have also reported availability of in-house technicians to look after the machines though majority

said that they would sign annual maintenance contracts (AMC) with vendors Since AMCs usually

cost roughly 10 per cent of the cost of the equipment they felt that the resources allocated for the

same under TEQIP II would not be adequate and that they should be increased slightly

14 As per the feedback provided by almost all institutes they all agree that the equipment purchased

by them responds to faculty student needs and was done as per consultation and

recommendations of faculty They all follow well laid out norms for disposal of equipment which

keep environmental considerations in mind

6 -- Average number of departments among which each institute in Sub-component 11 divided

the total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 500 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

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7-- Average number of departments among which each institute in sub-component 12 divided the

total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 284 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

2147403 ndash Number of items bought by institutes for office purpose in sub-component

11

101699 hours monthndash Utilisation of equipment by UG amp PG students in sub-component

11 as per available data of institutes which participated in the study

427 hours month ndash Average utilization of equipment by UG and PG students across

institutes in sub-component 11

51656 hours month -- Utilisation of equipment by PhD students in sub-component 11 as

per available data of institutes which participated in the study

37 hours month-- Average utilization of equipment by PhD students across institutes in sub-

component 11

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Chapter 5 Way Forward

53

As data shows and case studies prove there can be no doubt that TEQIP II and the funds provided to

institutes for purchase of equipment and other soft resources have led to improvement in laboratory

infrastructure which in turn has helped in improving the output Some pointers for future stages of the

project are-

1 Even though TEQIP II had a major focus on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and institutes

were given significant amount of funds for purchase of equipment there were no guidelines or

benchmarks for them to judge themselves against and to understand what an ideal laboratory

should be like for any given department While it is good that they were given the freedom to decide

what they wanted to buy and it depended on the pro-activeness of the department heads on what

all they ended up getting funds for in an ideal scenario they should have been given a list of

essential basic equipment as well as research level equipment and they could have prioritized their

purchases on the basis of that

In all likelihood such department-wise lists do not exist anywhere In the third phase of TEQIP

therefore NPIU could commission a project which involves study of top world-class as well as top

national-level laboratories for each department Thereafter standard templates of equipment could

be prepared which could illustrate the requirement of equipment for each concept and practical for

every stream of engineering Based on standard frequency of usage and the number of students in a

class adequate numbers of any equipment could be recommended to be bought by institutes in

order to ensure that not too much time is wasted on rotating several batches of students on the

same equipment

Availability of such templates of equipment as well as soft resources which could be updated

periodically in keeping with the changes in technology and availability of resources would also help

policy makers understand how many institutes come up to a benchmark and how many need

further support

2 Institutes should start maintaining digital records of use of equipment which are bought for research

purposes These records should not be just digital copies of physical registers but should be in the

form of smart solutions which can track internal supply chains in laboratories as well as usage of

equipment The solutions should be able to provide real-time analysis of usage of equipment in

every laboratory and all laboratories could be linked to one centralized system There are various

kinds of RFID solutions available today which can handle usage patterns well The available

information could be used to devise solutions and create policy interventions to increase the actual

usage of equipment

3 Nodal institutes under TEQIP II could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of neighboring non-TEQIP institutes The

unspent money could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

4 Institutes could be encouraged to ensure that laboratories in all departments have well designed

brochures and information material such as leaflets and manuals on major equipment so that

dissemination of information about their availability is easy and their utilization could be increased

54

5 Facilities created in institutes are not being optimally utilized to increase interaction with industry

While rural location of the institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of

the reasons it is also true that in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the

commissioning of equipment Size of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for

anything on industrial scale But in most cases industry is not even aware of the existence of state-

of-the-art equipment inside institutes Regular interactions with sector-specific companies are a

must therefore to create a culture of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration

6 For decades research has happened in our country in isolation and at a distance from both industry

and academia Being largely funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) so far it

has been taking place inside the laboratories of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

The 37 laboratories of CSIR and its 39 field stations or extension centres have been working in the

areas of aerospace engineering structural engineering ocean science life science metallurgy

chemicals mining food petroleum leather and environmental science The ministry of HRD has

also started funding research in a big way in recent years through schemes such as Imprint ndash

Improving Research Innovation and Technology and the Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) It would be

fruitful for the country if research happening purely on the scientific side is able to converge with

that on the academic side Hence in order to ensure greater synergy between research and

teaching it is essential that technical institutes start working more closely with CSIR laboratories

This will bring them immediately closer to cutting edge research and provide rich exposure to

students Specially for institutions which have got improved laboratory facilities as a result of TEQIP

II funds collaboration with relevant CSIR laboratories will help them grow their research and at the

same time provide the latter with a steady flow of students to work on live projects

7 Institutions which have upgraded their laboratory infrastructure in the area of food and agriculture

will gain by collaborating with the government on its e-labs project which aims at automating the

testing procedure of soil fertiliser pesticide and equipment samples By ensuring speedy and

transparent online disbursement of information related to such tests the projectrsquos vision is to

reduce crop losses and increase the use of good quality bio-pesticides through fair and unbiased

testing Institutions and students will be able to learn a lot about quality control and the processes

involved in digital testing through collaboration with the government on e-labs

8 In order to ensure transparency in procurement processes it is advisable that institutes make use of

the governmentrsquos new e-marketplace called GEM Through the portal wwwgemnicin institutes

can buy virtually anything and everything that they may require specially consumables office

equipment furniture and software Buying through this portal will speed up procurement and

improve the efficiency of institutes Created and maintained by the Directorate General of Supplies

amp Disposals (DGSampD) it provides tools for e-bidding reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to

help users get best value for their money At the national level a system of procurement should be

put in place including committee to look into the requirement and availability of equipment taking

global scenarios into consideration

Appendices

Appendix 1

55

State-wise Number of Institutions Under Technical Education QualityImprovement Programme II (2010-2017)

S Name of State CFIs Sub‐component 11 Sub‐component 12 Total No of

Institutions 1 Andhra Pradesh 5 6 11 2 Bihar 2 ‐‐ 2 3 Chhattisgarh 4 ‐‐ 4 4 Gujarat 7 ‐‐ 7 5 Haryana 3 3 6 6 Himachal Pradesh 1 ‐‐ 1 7 Jharkhand 1 1 2 8 Karnataka 4 15 19 9 Kerala 19 ‐‐ 19

10 Madhya Pradesh 3 2 5 11 Maharashtra 7 10 17

12 NCT‐Delhi ‐‐ 1 1 13 Odisha 2 ‐‐ 2 14 Punjab 7 1 8 15 Rajasthan 9 ‐‐ 9 16 Tamil Nadu 5 4 9 17 Telangana 8 5 13 18 Tripura 1 ‐‐ 1 19 UT‐Chandigarh 2 1 3 20 UT‐Puducherry 1 ‐‐ 1 21 Uttar Pradesh 2 5 7 22 Uttarakhand 1 2 3 23 West Bengal 11 3 14 24 Centrally Funded

Institutions (CFIs) 8 18 26

Total 113 77 190

Appendix 2 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 11

S Name of the Name of the Institution

No State UT

1 JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

2 Aditya Institute of Technology amp Management Tekkali Srikakulam

Andhra

3 Madanapalle Institute of Technology amp Science Madanapalle

Pradesh

4 Shri Vishnu Engineering College for women Vishnupur Bhimavaram

5 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College Chittoor

6 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur

Bihar

7 Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur

8 Government Engineering College Bilaspur

9 Government Engineering College Jagdalpur Bastar

Chhattisgarh

10 Government Engineering College Raipur

11 Rungta College of Engineering amp Technology Bhilai

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12 Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

13 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Vallabh Vidynagar

14 Lukhdirji Engineering College Morbi

15 Gujarat Shantilal Shah Engineering College Bhavnagar

16 Government Engineering College Gandhinagar

17 Government Engineering College Rajkot

18 Government Engineering College Patan

19 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology (UIET) Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

Haryana

20 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology MDU Rohtak

21 NC College of Engineering Panipat

22 Himachal Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar Mandi

Pradesh

23 Jharkhand Cambridge Institute of Technology Ranchi

24 BVB College of Engineering amp Technology Hubli

25 PES College of Engineering Mandya

Karnataka

26 Government Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jublee Technological Institute Bangalore

27 NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore

2

SNo Name of the

Name of the Institution

StateUT

28 Government Engineering College Thrissur

29 Government Engineering College Kozhikode

30 Government Engineering College Painavu Idukki

31 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

32 School of Engineering Cochin University of Science amp Technology Cochin

33 Government College of Engineering Kannur

34 Government Engineering College Bartonhill Thiruvananthapuram

35 LBS Institute of Technology for Women Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram

36 College of Engineering Perumon Perinad Kollam

37 Kerala College of Engineering Kidangoor Kottayam

38 Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

57

39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

58

70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

60

Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

62

77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

70

Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

72

Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

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Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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50

impossible -- anecdotal evidence suggests that equipment bought is not being optimally utilized A

significantly higher number of research papers in refereed journals suggests that this may not be

true but the fact remains that there is no improvement in the number of technology transfers

commercialization of research or patent generation which remain weak This again brings into focus

the theory versus application part of teaching

10 Overall improvement in base infrastructure was important for institutes to advance to the next level

of development Except for some of the Centrally funded institutions none of the institutes which

received funding in TEQIP II are in the league of the six original IITs in terms of laboratory

infrastructure They do not have access to the kind of liberal funding that CFTIs get If they had not

got the present funds to buy equipment they would have taken at least five to seven years to

procure the same through the resources available to them Even for Central institutions as also for

others the availability of funds at one go meant that they could procure high costing software such

as Matlab Ansys Labview Cadence and Adobe which benefit students across departments

11 Funds for buying equipment and other soft resources enabled the institutes to take some steps

towards keeping pace with the rapidly changing advancements in technology Increased level of

automation and artificial intelligence in industry is reflected in the kind of purchases institutes have

made ndash various types of simulation software digital machines replacing analogue ones such as in

electrical engineering departments all-in-one automatic machines which combine several levels of

manual work such as in surveying in civil engineering departments robotic arms mimicking the

automated environment of modern factories attached to lathe machines in mechanical engineering

departments instruments capable of handling nano particles in specialized centres and 3D printers

capable of printing high precision devices which are being used in multiple fields

12 Most institutes have also bought subscriptions to high level international journals in various

streams both online and physical enabling access to vast repository of world class content for most

students

13 Institutes have not paid much thought to maintenance of equipment since most of the purchases

have been made in the past two-three years and warranty periods are still in force Most institutes

have also reported availability of in-house technicians to look after the machines though majority

said that they would sign annual maintenance contracts (AMC) with vendors Since AMCs usually

cost roughly 10 per cent of the cost of the equipment they felt that the resources allocated for the

same under TEQIP II would not be adequate and that they should be increased slightly

14 As per the feedback provided by almost all institutes they all agree that the equipment purchased

by them responds to faculty student needs and was done as per consultation and

recommendations of faculty They all follow well laid out norms for disposal of equipment which

keep environmental considerations in mind

6 -- Average number of departments among which each institute in Sub-component 11 divided

the total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 500 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

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7-- Average number of departments among which each institute in sub-component 12 divided the

total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 284 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

2147403 ndash Number of items bought by institutes for office purpose in sub-component

11

101699 hours monthndash Utilisation of equipment by UG amp PG students in sub-component

11 as per available data of institutes which participated in the study

427 hours month ndash Average utilization of equipment by UG and PG students across

institutes in sub-component 11

51656 hours month -- Utilisation of equipment by PhD students in sub-component 11 as

per available data of institutes which participated in the study

37 hours month-- Average utilization of equipment by PhD students across institutes in sub-

component 11

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Chapter 5 Way Forward

53

As data shows and case studies prove there can be no doubt that TEQIP II and the funds provided to

institutes for purchase of equipment and other soft resources have led to improvement in laboratory

infrastructure which in turn has helped in improving the output Some pointers for future stages of the

project are-

1 Even though TEQIP II had a major focus on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and institutes

were given significant amount of funds for purchase of equipment there were no guidelines or

benchmarks for them to judge themselves against and to understand what an ideal laboratory

should be like for any given department While it is good that they were given the freedom to decide

what they wanted to buy and it depended on the pro-activeness of the department heads on what

all they ended up getting funds for in an ideal scenario they should have been given a list of

essential basic equipment as well as research level equipment and they could have prioritized their

purchases on the basis of that

In all likelihood such department-wise lists do not exist anywhere In the third phase of TEQIP

therefore NPIU could commission a project which involves study of top world-class as well as top

national-level laboratories for each department Thereafter standard templates of equipment could

be prepared which could illustrate the requirement of equipment for each concept and practical for

every stream of engineering Based on standard frequency of usage and the number of students in a

class adequate numbers of any equipment could be recommended to be bought by institutes in

order to ensure that not too much time is wasted on rotating several batches of students on the

same equipment

Availability of such templates of equipment as well as soft resources which could be updated

periodically in keeping with the changes in technology and availability of resources would also help

policy makers understand how many institutes come up to a benchmark and how many need

further support

2 Institutes should start maintaining digital records of use of equipment which are bought for research

purposes These records should not be just digital copies of physical registers but should be in the

form of smart solutions which can track internal supply chains in laboratories as well as usage of

equipment The solutions should be able to provide real-time analysis of usage of equipment in

every laboratory and all laboratories could be linked to one centralized system There are various

kinds of RFID solutions available today which can handle usage patterns well The available

information could be used to devise solutions and create policy interventions to increase the actual

usage of equipment

3 Nodal institutes under TEQIP II could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of neighboring non-TEQIP institutes The

unspent money could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

4 Institutes could be encouraged to ensure that laboratories in all departments have well designed

brochures and information material such as leaflets and manuals on major equipment so that

dissemination of information about their availability is easy and their utilization could be increased

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5 Facilities created in institutes are not being optimally utilized to increase interaction with industry

While rural location of the institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of

the reasons it is also true that in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the

commissioning of equipment Size of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for

anything on industrial scale But in most cases industry is not even aware of the existence of state-

of-the-art equipment inside institutes Regular interactions with sector-specific companies are a

must therefore to create a culture of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration

6 For decades research has happened in our country in isolation and at a distance from both industry

and academia Being largely funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) so far it

has been taking place inside the laboratories of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

The 37 laboratories of CSIR and its 39 field stations or extension centres have been working in the

areas of aerospace engineering structural engineering ocean science life science metallurgy

chemicals mining food petroleum leather and environmental science The ministry of HRD has

also started funding research in a big way in recent years through schemes such as Imprint ndash

Improving Research Innovation and Technology and the Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) It would be

fruitful for the country if research happening purely on the scientific side is able to converge with

that on the academic side Hence in order to ensure greater synergy between research and

teaching it is essential that technical institutes start working more closely with CSIR laboratories

This will bring them immediately closer to cutting edge research and provide rich exposure to

students Specially for institutions which have got improved laboratory facilities as a result of TEQIP

II funds collaboration with relevant CSIR laboratories will help them grow their research and at the

same time provide the latter with a steady flow of students to work on live projects

7 Institutions which have upgraded their laboratory infrastructure in the area of food and agriculture

will gain by collaborating with the government on its e-labs project which aims at automating the

testing procedure of soil fertiliser pesticide and equipment samples By ensuring speedy and

transparent online disbursement of information related to such tests the projectrsquos vision is to

reduce crop losses and increase the use of good quality bio-pesticides through fair and unbiased

testing Institutions and students will be able to learn a lot about quality control and the processes

involved in digital testing through collaboration with the government on e-labs

8 In order to ensure transparency in procurement processes it is advisable that institutes make use of

the governmentrsquos new e-marketplace called GEM Through the portal wwwgemnicin institutes

can buy virtually anything and everything that they may require specially consumables office

equipment furniture and software Buying through this portal will speed up procurement and

improve the efficiency of institutes Created and maintained by the Directorate General of Supplies

amp Disposals (DGSampD) it provides tools for e-bidding reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to

help users get best value for their money At the national level a system of procurement should be

put in place including committee to look into the requirement and availability of equipment taking

global scenarios into consideration

Appendices

Appendix 1

55

State-wise Number of Institutions Under Technical Education QualityImprovement Programme II (2010-2017)

S Name of State CFIs Sub‐component 11 Sub‐component 12 Total No of

Institutions 1 Andhra Pradesh 5 6 11 2 Bihar 2 ‐‐ 2 3 Chhattisgarh 4 ‐‐ 4 4 Gujarat 7 ‐‐ 7 5 Haryana 3 3 6 6 Himachal Pradesh 1 ‐‐ 1 7 Jharkhand 1 1 2 8 Karnataka 4 15 19 9 Kerala 19 ‐‐ 19

10 Madhya Pradesh 3 2 5 11 Maharashtra 7 10 17

12 NCT‐Delhi ‐‐ 1 1 13 Odisha 2 ‐‐ 2 14 Punjab 7 1 8 15 Rajasthan 9 ‐‐ 9 16 Tamil Nadu 5 4 9 17 Telangana 8 5 13 18 Tripura 1 ‐‐ 1 19 UT‐Chandigarh 2 1 3 20 UT‐Puducherry 1 ‐‐ 1 21 Uttar Pradesh 2 5 7 22 Uttarakhand 1 2 3 23 West Bengal 11 3 14 24 Centrally Funded

Institutions (CFIs) 8 18 26

Total 113 77 190

Appendix 2 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 11

S Name of the Name of the Institution

No State UT

1 JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

2 Aditya Institute of Technology amp Management Tekkali Srikakulam

Andhra

3 Madanapalle Institute of Technology amp Science Madanapalle

Pradesh

4 Shri Vishnu Engineering College for women Vishnupur Bhimavaram

5 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College Chittoor

6 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur

Bihar

7 Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur

8 Government Engineering College Bilaspur

9 Government Engineering College Jagdalpur Bastar

Chhattisgarh

10 Government Engineering College Raipur

11 Rungta College of Engineering amp Technology Bhilai

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12 Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

13 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Vallabh Vidynagar

14 Lukhdirji Engineering College Morbi

15 Gujarat Shantilal Shah Engineering College Bhavnagar

16 Government Engineering College Gandhinagar

17 Government Engineering College Rajkot

18 Government Engineering College Patan

19 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology (UIET) Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

Haryana

20 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology MDU Rohtak

21 NC College of Engineering Panipat

22 Himachal Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar Mandi

Pradesh

23 Jharkhand Cambridge Institute of Technology Ranchi

24 BVB College of Engineering amp Technology Hubli

25 PES College of Engineering Mandya

Karnataka

26 Government Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jublee Technological Institute Bangalore

27 NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore

2

SNo Name of the

Name of the Institution

StateUT

28 Government Engineering College Thrissur

29 Government Engineering College Kozhikode

30 Government Engineering College Painavu Idukki

31 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

32 School of Engineering Cochin University of Science amp Technology Cochin

33 Government College of Engineering Kannur

34 Government Engineering College Bartonhill Thiruvananthapuram

35 LBS Institute of Technology for Women Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram

36 College of Engineering Perumon Perinad Kollam

37 Kerala College of Engineering Kidangoor Kottayam

38 Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

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39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

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70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

60

Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

62

77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

70

Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

72

Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

73

Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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51

7-- Average number of departments among which each institute in sub-component 12 divided the

total funds received for buying of equipment This totals to more than 284 departments spread

across all streams of engineering

2147403 ndash Number of items bought by institutes for office purpose in sub-component

11

101699 hours monthndash Utilisation of equipment by UG amp PG students in sub-component

11 as per available data of institutes which participated in the study

427 hours month ndash Average utilization of equipment by UG and PG students across

institutes in sub-component 11

51656 hours month -- Utilisation of equipment by PhD students in sub-component 11 as

per available data of institutes which participated in the study

37 hours month-- Average utilization of equipment by PhD students across institutes in sub-

component 11

52

Chapter 5 Way Forward

53

As data shows and case studies prove there can be no doubt that TEQIP II and the funds provided to

institutes for purchase of equipment and other soft resources have led to improvement in laboratory

infrastructure which in turn has helped in improving the output Some pointers for future stages of the

project are-

1 Even though TEQIP II had a major focus on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and institutes

were given significant amount of funds for purchase of equipment there were no guidelines or

benchmarks for them to judge themselves against and to understand what an ideal laboratory

should be like for any given department While it is good that they were given the freedom to decide

what they wanted to buy and it depended on the pro-activeness of the department heads on what

all they ended up getting funds for in an ideal scenario they should have been given a list of

essential basic equipment as well as research level equipment and they could have prioritized their

purchases on the basis of that

In all likelihood such department-wise lists do not exist anywhere In the third phase of TEQIP

therefore NPIU could commission a project which involves study of top world-class as well as top

national-level laboratories for each department Thereafter standard templates of equipment could

be prepared which could illustrate the requirement of equipment for each concept and practical for

every stream of engineering Based on standard frequency of usage and the number of students in a

class adequate numbers of any equipment could be recommended to be bought by institutes in

order to ensure that not too much time is wasted on rotating several batches of students on the

same equipment

Availability of such templates of equipment as well as soft resources which could be updated

periodically in keeping with the changes in technology and availability of resources would also help

policy makers understand how many institutes come up to a benchmark and how many need

further support

2 Institutes should start maintaining digital records of use of equipment which are bought for research

purposes These records should not be just digital copies of physical registers but should be in the

form of smart solutions which can track internal supply chains in laboratories as well as usage of

equipment The solutions should be able to provide real-time analysis of usage of equipment in

every laboratory and all laboratories could be linked to one centralized system There are various

kinds of RFID solutions available today which can handle usage patterns well The available

information could be used to devise solutions and create policy interventions to increase the actual

usage of equipment

3 Nodal institutes under TEQIP II could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of neighboring non-TEQIP institutes The

unspent money could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

4 Institutes could be encouraged to ensure that laboratories in all departments have well designed

brochures and information material such as leaflets and manuals on major equipment so that

dissemination of information about their availability is easy and their utilization could be increased

54

5 Facilities created in institutes are not being optimally utilized to increase interaction with industry

While rural location of the institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of

the reasons it is also true that in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the

commissioning of equipment Size of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for

anything on industrial scale But in most cases industry is not even aware of the existence of state-

of-the-art equipment inside institutes Regular interactions with sector-specific companies are a

must therefore to create a culture of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration

6 For decades research has happened in our country in isolation and at a distance from both industry

and academia Being largely funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) so far it

has been taking place inside the laboratories of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

The 37 laboratories of CSIR and its 39 field stations or extension centres have been working in the

areas of aerospace engineering structural engineering ocean science life science metallurgy

chemicals mining food petroleum leather and environmental science The ministry of HRD has

also started funding research in a big way in recent years through schemes such as Imprint ndash

Improving Research Innovation and Technology and the Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) It would be

fruitful for the country if research happening purely on the scientific side is able to converge with

that on the academic side Hence in order to ensure greater synergy between research and

teaching it is essential that technical institutes start working more closely with CSIR laboratories

This will bring them immediately closer to cutting edge research and provide rich exposure to

students Specially for institutions which have got improved laboratory facilities as a result of TEQIP

II funds collaboration with relevant CSIR laboratories will help them grow their research and at the

same time provide the latter with a steady flow of students to work on live projects

7 Institutions which have upgraded their laboratory infrastructure in the area of food and agriculture

will gain by collaborating with the government on its e-labs project which aims at automating the

testing procedure of soil fertiliser pesticide and equipment samples By ensuring speedy and

transparent online disbursement of information related to such tests the projectrsquos vision is to

reduce crop losses and increase the use of good quality bio-pesticides through fair and unbiased

testing Institutions and students will be able to learn a lot about quality control and the processes

involved in digital testing through collaboration with the government on e-labs

8 In order to ensure transparency in procurement processes it is advisable that institutes make use of

the governmentrsquos new e-marketplace called GEM Through the portal wwwgemnicin institutes

can buy virtually anything and everything that they may require specially consumables office

equipment furniture and software Buying through this portal will speed up procurement and

improve the efficiency of institutes Created and maintained by the Directorate General of Supplies

amp Disposals (DGSampD) it provides tools for e-bidding reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to

help users get best value for their money At the national level a system of procurement should be

put in place including committee to look into the requirement and availability of equipment taking

global scenarios into consideration

Appendices

Appendix 1

55

State-wise Number of Institutions Under Technical Education QualityImprovement Programme II (2010-2017)

S Name of State CFIs Sub‐component 11 Sub‐component 12 Total No of

Institutions 1 Andhra Pradesh 5 6 11 2 Bihar 2 ‐‐ 2 3 Chhattisgarh 4 ‐‐ 4 4 Gujarat 7 ‐‐ 7 5 Haryana 3 3 6 6 Himachal Pradesh 1 ‐‐ 1 7 Jharkhand 1 1 2 8 Karnataka 4 15 19 9 Kerala 19 ‐‐ 19

10 Madhya Pradesh 3 2 5 11 Maharashtra 7 10 17

12 NCT‐Delhi ‐‐ 1 1 13 Odisha 2 ‐‐ 2 14 Punjab 7 1 8 15 Rajasthan 9 ‐‐ 9 16 Tamil Nadu 5 4 9 17 Telangana 8 5 13 18 Tripura 1 ‐‐ 1 19 UT‐Chandigarh 2 1 3 20 UT‐Puducherry 1 ‐‐ 1 21 Uttar Pradesh 2 5 7 22 Uttarakhand 1 2 3 23 West Bengal 11 3 14 24 Centrally Funded

Institutions (CFIs) 8 18 26

Total 113 77 190

Appendix 2 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 11

S Name of the Name of the Institution

No State UT

1 JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

2 Aditya Institute of Technology amp Management Tekkali Srikakulam

Andhra

3 Madanapalle Institute of Technology amp Science Madanapalle

Pradesh

4 Shri Vishnu Engineering College for women Vishnupur Bhimavaram

5 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College Chittoor

6 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur

Bihar

7 Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur

8 Government Engineering College Bilaspur

9 Government Engineering College Jagdalpur Bastar

Chhattisgarh

10 Government Engineering College Raipur

11 Rungta College of Engineering amp Technology Bhilai

56

12 Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

13 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Vallabh Vidynagar

14 Lukhdirji Engineering College Morbi

15 Gujarat Shantilal Shah Engineering College Bhavnagar

16 Government Engineering College Gandhinagar

17 Government Engineering College Rajkot

18 Government Engineering College Patan

19 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology (UIET) Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

Haryana

20 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology MDU Rohtak

21 NC College of Engineering Panipat

22 Himachal Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar Mandi

Pradesh

23 Jharkhand Cambridge Institute of Technology Ranchi

24 BVB College of Engineering amp Technology Hubli

25 PES College of Engineering Mandya

Karnataka

26 Government Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jublee Technological Institute Bangalore

27 NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore

2

SNo Name of the

Name of the Institution

StateUT

28 Government Engineering College Thrissur

29 Government Engineering College Kozhikode

30 Government Engineering College Painavu Idukki

31 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

32 School of Engineering Cochin University of Science amp Technology Cochin

33 Government College of Engineering Kannur

34 Government Engineering College Bartonhill Thiruvananthapuram

35 LBS Institute of Technology for Women Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram

36 College of Engineering Perumon Perinad Kollam

37 Kerala College of Engineering Kidangoor Kottayam

38 Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

57

39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

58

70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

60

Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

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77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

70

Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

72

Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

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Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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52

Chapter 5 Way Forward

53

As data shows and case studies prove there can be no doubt that TEQIP II and the funds provided to

institutes for purchase of equipment and other soft resources have led to improvement in laboratory

infrastructure which in turn has helped in improving the output Some pointers for future stages of the

project are-

1 Even though TEQIP II had a major focus on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and institutes

were given significant amount of funds for purchase of equipment there were no guidelines or

benchmarks for them to judge themselves against and to understand what an ideal laboratory

should be like for any given department While it is good that they were given the freedom to decide

what they wanted to buy and it depended on the pro-activeness of the department heads on what

all they ended up getting funds for in an ideal scenario they should have been given a list of

essential basic equipment as well as research level equipment and they could have prioritized their

purchases on the basis of that

In all likelihood such department-wise lists do not exist anywhere In the third phase of TEQIP

therefore NPIU could commission a project which involves study of top world-class as well as top

national-level laboratories for each department Thereafter standard templates of equipment could

be prepared which could illustrate the requirement of equipment for each concept and practical for

every stream of engineering Based on standard frequency of usage and the number of students in a

class adequate numbers of any equipment could be recommended to be bought by institutes in

order to ensure that not too much time is wasted on rotating several batches of students on the

same equipment

Availability of such templates of equipment as well as soft resources which could be updated

periodically in keeping with the changes in technology and availability of resources would also help

policy makers understand how many institutes come up to a benchmark and how many need

further support

2 Institutes should start maintaining digital records of use of equipment which are bought for research

purposes These records should not be just digital copies of physical registers but should be in the

form of smart solutions which can track internal supply chains in laboratories as well as usage of

equipment The solutions should be able to provide real-time analysis of usage of equipment in

every laboratory and all laboratories could be linked to one centralized system There are various

kinds of RFID solutions available today which can handle usage patterns well The available

information could be used to devise solutions and create policy interventions to increase the actual

usage of equipment

3 Nodal institutes under TEQIP II could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of neighboring non-TEQIP institutes The

unspent money could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

4 Institutes could be encouraged to ensure that laboratories in all departments have well designed

brochures and information material such as leaflets and manuals on major equipment so that

dissemination of information about their availability is easy and their utilization could be increased

54

5 Facilities created in institutes are not being optimally utilized to increase interaction with industry

While rural location of the institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of

the reasons it is also true that in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the

commissioning of equipment Size of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for

anything on industrial scale But in most cases industry is not even aware of the existence of state-

of-the-art equipment inside institutes Regular interactions with sector-specific companies are a

must therefore to create a culture of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration

6 For decades research has happened in our country in isolation and at a distance from both industry

and academia Being largely funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) so far it

has been taking place inside the laboratories of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

The 37 laboratories of CSIR and its 39 field stations or extension centres have been working in the

areas of aerospace engineering structural engineering ocean science life science metallurgy

chemicals mining food petroleum leather and environmental science The ministry of HRD has

also started funding research in a big way in recent years through schemes such as Imprint ndash

Improving Research Innovation and Technology and the Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) It would be

fruitful for the country if research happening purely on the scientific side is able to converge with

that on the academic side Hence in order to ensure greater synergy between research and

teaching it is essential that technical institutes start working more closely with CSIR laboratories

This will bring them immediately closer to cutting edge research and provide rich exposure to

students Specially for institutions which have got improved laboratory facilities as a result of TEQIP

II funds collaboration with relevant CSIR laboratories will help them grow their research and at the

same time provide the latter with a steady flow of students to work on live projects

7 Institutions which have upgraded their laboratory infrastructure in the area of food and agriculture

will gain by collaborating with the government on its e-labs project which aims at automating the

testing procedure of soil fertiliser pesticide and equipment samples By ensuring speedy and

transparent online disbursement of information related to such tests the projectrsquos vision is to

reduce crop losses and increase the use of good quality bio-pesticides through fair and unbiased

testing Institutions and students will be able to learn a lot about quality control and the processes

involved in digital testing through collaboration with the government on e-labs

8 In order to ensure transparency in procurement processes it is advisable that institutes make use of

the governmentrsquos new e-marketplace called GEM Through the portal wwwgemnicin institutes

can buy virtually anything and everything that they may require specially consumables office

equipment furniture and software Buying through this portal will speed up procurement and

improve the efficiency of institutes Created and maintained by the Directorate General of Supplies

amp Disposals (DGSampD) it provides tools for e-bidding reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to

help users get best value for their money At the national level a system of procurement should be

put in place including committee to look into the requirement and availability of equipment taking

global scenarios into consideration

Appendices

Appendix 1

55

State-wise Number of Institutions Under Technical Education QualityImprovement Programme II (2010-2017)

S Name of State CFIs Sub‐component 11 Sub‐component 12 Total No of

Institutions 1 Andhra Pradesh 5 6 11 2 Bihar 2 ‐‐ 2 3 Chhattisgarh 4 ‐‐ 4 4 Gujarat 7 ‐‐ 7 5 Haryana 3 3 6 6 Himachal Pradesh 1 ‐‐ 1 7 Jharkhand 1 1 2 8 Karnataka 4 15 19 9 Kerala 19 ‐‐ 19

10 Madhya Pradesh 3 2 5 11 Maharashtra 7 10 17

12 NCT‐Delhi ‐‐ 1 1 13 Odisha 2 ‐‐ 2 14 Punjab 7 1 8 15 Rajasthan 9 ‐‐ 9 16 Tamil Nadu 5 4 9 17 Telangana 8 5 13 18 Tripura 1 ‐‐ 1 19 UT‐Chandigarh 2 1 3 20 UT‐Puducherry 1 ‐‐ 1 21 Uttar Pradesh 2 5 7 22 Uttarakhand 1 2 3 23 West Bengal 11 3 14 24 Centrally Funded

Institutions (CFIs) 8 18 26

Total 113 77 190

Appendix 2 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 11

S Name of the Name of the Institution

No State UT

1 JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

2 Aditya Institute of Technology amp Management Tekkali Srikakulam

Andhra

3 Madanapalle Institute of Technology amp Science Madanapalle

Pradesh

4 Shri Vishnu Engineering College for women Vishnupur Bhimavaram

5 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College Chittoor

6 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur

Bihar

7 Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur

8 Government Engineering College Bilaspur

9 Government Engineering College Jagdalpur Bastar

Chhattisgarh

10 Government Engineering College Raipur

11 Rungta College of Engineering amp Technology Bhilai

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12 Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

13 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Vallabh Vidynagar

14 Lukhdirji Engineering College Morbi

15 Gujarat Shantilal Shah Engineering College Bhavnagar

16 Government Engineering College Gandhinagar

17 Government Engineering College Rajkot

18 Government Engineering College Patan

19 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology (UIET) Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

Haryana

20 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology MDU Rohtak

21 NC College of Engineering Panipat

22 Himachal Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar Mandi

Pradesh

23 Jharkhand Cambridge Institute of Technology Ranchi

24 BVB College of Engineering amp Technology Hubli

25 PES College of Engineering Mandya

Karnataka

26 Government Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jublee Technological Institute Bangalore

27 NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore

2

SNo Name of the

Name of the Institution

StateUT

28 Government Engineering College Thrissur

29 Government Engineering College Kozhikode

30 Government Engineering College Painavu Idukki

31 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

32 School of Engineering Cochin University of Science amp Technology Cochin

33 Government College of Engineering Kannur

34 Government Engineering College Bartonhill Thiruvananthapuram

35 LBS Institute of Technology for Women Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram

36 College of Engineering Perumon Perinad Kollam

37 Kerala College of Engineering Kidangoor Kottayam

38 Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

57

39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

58

70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

60

Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

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77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

70

Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

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Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

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Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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53

As data shows and case studies prove there can be no doubt that TEQIP II and the funds provided to

institutes for purchase of equipment and other soft resources have led to improvement in laboratory

infrastructure which in turn has helped in improving the output Some pointers for future stages of the

project are-

1 Even though TEQIP II had a major focus on upgradation of laboratory infrastructure and institutes

were given significant amount of funds for purchase of equipment there were no guidelines or

benchmarks for them to judge themselves against and to understand what an ideal laboratory

should be like for any given department While it is good that they were given the freedom to decide

what they wanted to buy and it depended on the pro-activeness of the department heads on what

all they ended up getting funds for in an ideal scenario they should have been given a list of

essential basic equipment as well as research level equipment and they could have prioritized their

purchases on the basis of that

In all likelihood such department-wise lists do not exist anywhere In the third phase of TEQIP

therefore NPIU could commission a project which involves study of top world-class as well as top

national-level laboratories for each department Thereafter standard templates of equipment could

be prepared which could illustrate the requirement of equipment for each concept and practical for

every stream of engineering Based on standard frequency of usage and the number of students in a

class adequate numbers of any equipment could be recommended to be bought by institutes in

order to ensure that not too much time is wasted on rotating several batches of students on the

same equipment

Availability of such templates of equipment as well as soft resources which could be updated

periodically in keeping with the changes in technology and availability of resources would also help

policy makers understand how many institutes come up to a benchmark and how many need

further support

2 Institutes should start maintaining digital records of use of equipment which are bought for research

purposes These records should not be just digital copies of physical registers but should be in the

form of smart solutions which can track internal supply chains in laboratories as well as usage of

equipment The solutions should be able to provide real-time analysis of usage of equipment in

every laboratory and all laboratories could be linked to one centralized system There are various

kinds of RFID solutions available today which can handle usage patterns well The available

information could be used to devise solutions and create policy interventions to increase the actual

usage of equipment

3 Nodal institutes under TEQIP II could be allowed to utilize the unspent grant as seed money to start

laboratory courses exclusively for under-graduate students of neighboring non-TEQIP institutes The

unspent money could also be used to start nodal centres for sharing of resources

4 Institutes could be encouraged to ensure that laboratories in all departments have well designed

brochures and information material such as leaflets and manuals on major equipment so that

dissemination of information about their availability is easy and their utilization could be increased

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5 Facilities created in institutes are not being optimally utilized to increase interaction with industry

While rural location of the institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of

the reasons it is also true that in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the

commissioning of equipment Size of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for

anything on industrial scale But in most cases industry is not even aware of the existence of state-

of-the-art equipment inside institutes Regular interactions with sector-specific companies are a

must therefore to create a culture of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration

6 For decades research has happened in our country in isolation and at a distance from both industry

and academia Being largely funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) so far it

has been taking place inside the laboratories of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

The 37 laboratories of CSIR and its 39 field stations or extension centres have been working in the

areas of aerospace engineering structural engineering ocean science life science metallurgy

chemicals mining food petroleum leather and environmental science The ministry of HRD has

also started funding research in a big way in recent years through schemes such as Imprint ndash

Improving Research Innovation and Technology and the Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) It would be

fruitful for the country if research happening purely on the scientific side is able to converge with

that on the academic side Hence in order to ensure greater synergy between research and

teaching it is essential that technical institutes start working more closely with CSIR laboratories

This will bring them immediately closer to cutting edge research and provide rich exposure to

students Specially for institutions which have got improved laboratory facilities as a result of TEQIP

II funds collaboration with relevant CSIR laboratories will help them grow their research and at the

same time provide the latter with a steady flow of students to work on live projects

7 Institutions which have upgraded their laboratory infrastructure in the area of food and agriculture

will gain by collaborating with the government on its e-labs project which aims at automating the

testing procedure of soil fertiliser pesticide and equipment samples By ensuring speedy and

transparent online disbursement of information related to such tests the projectrsquos vision is to

reduce crop losses and increase the use of good quality bio-pesticides through fair and unbiased

testing Institutions and students will be able to learn a lot about quality control and the processes

involved in digital testing through collaboration with the government on e-labs

8 In order to ensure transparency in procurement processes it is advisable that institutes make use of

the governmentrsquos new e-marketplace called GEM Through the portal wwwgemnicin institutes

can buy virtually anything and everything that they may require specially consumables office

equipment furniture and software Buying through this portal will speed up procurement and

improve the efficiency of institutes Created and maintained by the Directorate General of Supplies

amp Disposals (DGSampD) it provides tools for e-bidding reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to

help users get best value for their money At the national level a system of procurement should be

put in place including committee to look into the requirement and availability of equipment taking

global scenarios into consideration

Appendices

Appendix 1

55

State-wise Number of Institutions Under Technical Education QualityImprovement Programme II (2010-2017)

S Name of State CFIs Sub‐component 11 Sub‐component 12 Total No of

Institutions 1 Andhra Pradesh 5 6 11 2 Bihar 2 ‐‐ 2 3 Chhattisgarh 4 ‐‐ 4 4 Gujarat 7 ‐‐ 7 5 Haryana 3 3 6 6 Himachal Pradesh 1 ‐‐ 1 7 Jharkhand 1 1 2 8 Karnataka 4 15 19 9 Kerala 19 ‐‐ 19

10 Madhya Pradesh 3 2 5 11 Maharashtra 7 10 17

12 NCT‐Delhi ‐‐ 1 1 13 Odisha 2 ‐‐ 2 14 Punjab 7 1 8 15 Rajasthan 9 ‐‐ 9 16 Tamil Nadu 5 4 9 17 Telangana 8 5 13 18 Tripura 1 ‐‐ 1 19 UT‐Chandigarh 2 1 3 20 UT‐Puducherry 1 ‐‐ 1 21 Uttar Pradesh 2 5 7 22 Uttarakhand 1 2 3 23 West Bengal 11 3 14 24 Centrally Funded

Institutions (CFIs) 8 18 26

Total 113 77 190

Appendix 2 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 11

S Name of the Name of the Institution

No State UT

1 JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

2 Aditya Institute of Technology amp Management Tekkali Srikakulam

Andhra

3 Madanapalle Institute of Technology amp Science Madanapalle

Pradesh

4 Shri Vishnu Engineering College for women Vishnupur Bhimavaram

5 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College Chittoor

6 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur

Bihar

7 Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur

8 Government Engineering College Bilaspur

9 Government Engineering College Jagdalpur Bastar

Chhattisgarh

10 Government Engineering College Raipur

11 Rungta College of Engineering amp Technology Bhilai

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12 Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

13 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Vallabh Vidynagar

14 Lukhdirji Engineering College Morbi

15 Gujarat Shantilal Shah Engineering College Bhavnagar

16 Government Engineering College Gandhinagar

17 Government Engineering College Rajkot

18 Government Engineering College Patan

19 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology (UIET) Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

Haryana

20 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology MDU Rohtak

21 NC College of Engineering Panipat

22 Himachal Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar Mandi

Pradesh

23 Jharkhand Cambridge Institute of Technology Ranchi

24 BVB College of Engineering amp Technology Hubli

25 PES College of Engineering Mandya

Karnataka

26 Government Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jublee Technological Institute Bangalore

27 NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore

2

SNo Name of the

Name of the Institution

StateUT

28 Government Engineering College Thrissur

29 Government Engineering College Kozhikode

30 Government Engineering College Painavu Idukki

31 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

32 School of Engineering Cochin University of Science amp Technology Cochin

33 Government College of Engineering Kannur

34 Government Engineering College Bartonhill Thiruvananthapuram

35 LBS Institute of Technology for Women Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram

36 College of Engineering Perumon Perinad Kollam

37 Kerala College of Engineering Kidangoor Kottayam

38 Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

57

39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

58

70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

60

Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

62

77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

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communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

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Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

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Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

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Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

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Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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54

5 Facilities created in institutes are not being optimally utilized to increase interaction with industry

While rural location of the institute and absence of industry in the neighbourhood could be one of

the reasons it is also true that in none of the institutes was industry consulted before the

commissioning of equipment Size of equipment could be another issue ndash which does not allow for

anything on industrial scale But in most cases industry is not even aware of the existence of state-

of-the-art equipment inside institutes Regular interactions with sector-specific companies are a

must therefore to create a culture of exchange of ideas and possibilities for collaboration

6 For decades research has happened in our country in isolation and at a distance from both industry

and academia Being largely funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) so far it

has been taking place inside the laboratories of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

The 37 laboratories of CSIR and its 39 field stations or extension centres have been working in the

areas of aerospace engineering structural engineering ocean science life science metallurgy

chemicals mining food petroleum leather and environmental science The ministry of HRD has

also started funding research in a big way in recent years through schemes such as Imprint ndash

Improving Research Innovation and Technology and the Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) It would be

fruitful for the country if research happening purely on the scientific side is able to converge with

that on the academic side Hence in order to ensure greater synergy between research and

teaching it is essential that technical institutes start working more closely with CSIR laboratories

This will bring them immediately closer to cutting edge research and provide rich exposure to

students Specially for institutions which have got improved laboratory facilities as a result of TEQIP

II funds collaboration with relevant CSIR laboratories will help them grow their research and at the

same time provide the latter with a steady flow of students to work on live projects

7 Institutions which have upgraded their laboratory infrastructure in the area of food and agriculture

will gain by collaborating with the government on its e-labs project which aims at automating the

testing procedure of soil fertiliser pesticide and equipment samples By ensuring speedy and

transparent online disbursement of information related to such tests the projectrsquos vision is to

reduce crop losses and increase the use of good quality bio-pesticides through fair and unbiased

testing Institutions and students will be able to learn a lot about quality control and the processes

involved in digital testing through collaboration with the government on e-labs

8 In order to ensure transparency in procurement processes it is advisable that institutes make use of

the governmentrsquos new e-marketplace called GEM Through the portal wwwgemnicin institutes

can buy virtually anything and everything that they may require specially consumables office

equipment furniture and software Buying through this portal will speed up procurement and

improve the efficiency of institutes Created and maintained by the Directorate General of Supplies

amp Disposals (DGSampD) it provides tools for e-bidding reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to

help users get best value for their money At the national level a system of procurement should be

put in place including committee to look into the requirement and availability of equipment taking

global scenarios into consideration

Appendices

Appendix 1

55

State-wise Number of Institutions Under Technical Education QualityImprovement Programme II (2010-2017)

S Name of State CFIs Sub‐component 11 Sub‐component 12 Total No of

Institutions 1 Andhra Pradesh 5 6 11 2 Bihar 2 ‐‐ 2 3 Chhattisgarh 4 ‐‐ 4 4 Gujarat 7 ‐‐ 7 5 Haryana 3 3 6 6 Himachal Pradesh 1 ‐‐ 1 7 Jharkhand 1 1 2 8 Karnataka 4 15 19 9 Kerala 19 ‐‐ 19

10 Madhya Pradesh 3 2 5 11 Maharashtra 7 10 17

12 NCT‐Delhi ‐‐ 1 1 13 Odisha 2 ‐‐ 2 14 Punjab 7 1 8 15 Rajasthan 9 ‐‐ 9 16 Tamil Nadu 5 4 9 17 Telangana 8 5 13 18 Tripura 1 ‐‐ 1 19 UT‐Chandigarh 2 1 3 20 UT‐Puducherry 1 ‐‐ 1 21 Uttar Pradesh 2 5 7 22 Uttarakhand 1 2 3 23 West Bengal 11 3 14 24 Centrally Funded

Institutions (CFIs) 8 18 26

Total 113 77 190

Appendix 2 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 11

S Name of the Name of the Institution

No State UT

1 JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

2 Aditya Institute of Technology amp Management Tekkali Srikakulam

Andhra

3 Madanapalle Institute of Technology amp Science Madanapalle

Pradesh

4 Shri Vishnu Engineering College for women Vishnupur Bhimavaram

5 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College Chittoor

6 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur

Bihar

7 Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur

8 Government Engineering College Bilaspur

9 Government Engineering College Jagdalpur Bastar

Chhattisgarh

10 Government Engineering College Raipur

11 Rungta College of Engineering amp Technology Bhilai

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12 Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

13 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Vallabh Vidynagar

14 Lukhdirji Engineering College Morbi

15 Gujarat Shantilal Shah Engineering College Bhavnagar

16 Government Engineering College Gandhinagar

17 Government Engineering College Rajkot

18 Government Engineering College Patan

19 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology (UIET) Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

Haryana

20 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology MDU Rohtak

21 NC College of Engineering Panipat

22 Himachal Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar Mandi

Pradesh

23 Jharkhand Cambridge Institute of Technology Ranchi

24 BVB College of Engineering amp Technology Hubli

25 PES College of Engineering Mandya

Karnataka

26 Government Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jublee Technological Institute Bangalore

27 NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore

2

SNo Name of the

Name of the Institution

StateUT

28 Government Engineering College Thrissur

29 Government Engineering College Kozhikode

30 Government Engineering College Painavu Idukki

31 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

32 School of Engineering Cochin University of Science amp Technology Cochin

33 Government College of Engineering Kannur

34 Government Engineering College Bartonhill Thiruvananthapuram

35 LBS Institute of Technology for Women Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram

36 College of Engineering Perumon Perinad Kollam

37 Kerala College of Engineering Kidangoor Kottayam

38 Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

57

39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

58

70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

60

Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

62

77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

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by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

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include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

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Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

72

Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

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Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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55

State-wise Number of Institutions Under Technical Education QualityImprovement Programme II (2010-2017)

S Name of State CFIs Sub‐component 11 Sub‐component 12 Total No of

Institutions 1 Andhra Pradesh 5 6 11 2 Bihar 2 ‐‐ 2 3 Chhattisgarh 4 ‐‐ 4 4 Gujarat 7 ‐‐ 7 5 Haryana 3 3 6 6 Himachal Pradesh 1 ‐‐ 1 7 Jharkhand 1 1 2 8 Karnataka 4 15 19 9 Kerala 19 ‐‐ 19

10 Madhya Pradesh 3 2 5 11 Maharashtra 7 10 17

12 NCT‐Delhi ‐‐ 1 1 13 Odisha 2 ‐‐ 2 14 Punjab 7 1 8 15 Rajasthan 9 ‐‐ 9 16 Tamil Nadu 5 4 9 17 Telangana 8 5 13 18 Tripura 1 ‐‐ 1 19 UT‐Chandigarh 2 1 3 20 UT‐Puducherry 1 ‐‐ 1 21 Uttar Pradesh 2 5 7 22 Uttarakhand 1 2 3 23 West Bengal 11 3 14 24 Centrally Funded

Institutions (CFIs) 8 18 26

Total 113 77 190

Appendix 2 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 11

S Name of the Name of the Institution

No State UT

1 JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

2 Aditya Institute of Technology amp Management Tekkali Srikakulam

Andhra

3 Madanapalle Institute of Technology amp Science Madanapalle

Pradesh

4 Shri Vishnu Engineering College for women Vishnupur Bhimavaram

5 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College Chittoor

6 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur

Bihar

7 Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur

8 Government Engineering College Bilaspur

9 Government Engineering College Jagdalpur Bastar

Chhattisgarh

10 Government Engineering College Raipur

11 Rungta College of Engineering amp Technology Bhilai

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12 Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

13 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Vallabh Vidynagar

14 Lukhdirji Engineering College Morbi

15 Gujarat Shantilal Shah Engineering College Bhavnagar

16 Government Engineering College Gandhinagar

17 Government Engineering College Rajkot

18 Government Engineering College Patan

19 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology (UIET) Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

Haryana

20 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology MDU Rohtak

21 NC College of Engineering Panipat

22 Himachal Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar Mandi

Pradesh

23 Jharkhand Cambridge Institute of Technology Ranchi

24 BVB College of Engineering amp Technology Hubli

25 PES College of Engineering Mandya

Karnataka

26 Government Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jublee Technological Institute Bangalore

27 NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore

2

SNo Name of the

Name of the Institution

StateUT

28 Government Engineering College Thrissur

29 Government Engineering College Kozhikode

30 Government Engineering College Painavu Idukki

31 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

32 School of Engineering Cochin University of Science amp Technology Cochin

33 Government College of Engineering Kannur

34 Government Engineering College Bartonhill Thiruvananthapuram

35 LBS Institute of Technology for Women Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram

36 College of Engineering Perumon Perinad Kollam

37 Kerala College of Engineering Kidangoor Kottayam

38 Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

57

39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

58

70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

60

Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

62

77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

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by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

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include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

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Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

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Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

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Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

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Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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12 Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

13 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Vallabh Vidynagar

14 Lukhdirji Engineering College Morbi

15 Gujarat Shantilal Shah Engineering College Bhavnagar

16 Government Engineering College Gandhinagar

17 Government Engineering College Rajkot

18 Government Engineering College Patan

19 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology (UIET) Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

Haryana

20 University Institute of Engineering amp Technology MDU Rohtak

21 NC College of Engineering Panipat

22 Himachal Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar Mandi

Pradesh

23 Jharkhand Cambridge Institute of Technology Ranchi

24 BVB College of Engineering amp Technology Hubli

25 PES College of Engineering Mandya

Karnataka

26 Government Sri Krishnarajendra Silver Jublee Technological Institute Bangalore

27 NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology Bangalore

2

SNo Name of the

Name of the Institution

StateUT

28 Government Engineering College Thrissur

29 Government Engineering College Kozhikode

30 Government Engineering College Painavu Idukki

31 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam

32 School of Engineering Cochin University of Science amp Technology Cochin

33 Government College of Engineering Kannur

34 Government Engineering College Bartonhill Thiruvananthapuram

35 LBS Institute of Technology for Women Poojappura Thiruvananthapuram

36 College of Engineering Perumon Perinad Kollam

37 Kerala College of Engineering Kidangoor Kottayam

38 Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

57

39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

58

70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

60

Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

62

77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

70

Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

72

Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

73

Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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39 College of Engineering Trikaripur Cheemeni Kasargod

40 College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur

41 Government Engineering College Wayand

42 Government Engineering College Sreekrishnapur Palakkad

43 College of Engineering Adoor Manakkala

44 College of Engineering Cherthala Pallippuram

45 College of Engineering Karunagappally Kollam

46 Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Kollam

47 Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

Madhya

48 Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (Engineering College) Vidisha

Pradesh

49 Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

50 Government College of Engineering Karad

51 BVBs Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai

52 Government College of Enginering Chandrapur

53 Maharashtra Government College of Engineering Jalgaon

54 University Department of Chemical Technology North Maharashtra University Jalgaon

55 Department of Technology Shivaji University Kolhapur

56 Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune

57 Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla Sambalpur

Odisha

58 College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

59 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

60 Beant College of Engineering amp Technology Gurdaspur

61 GZS Punjab Technical University Campus Bhatinda

62 Punjab SBS College of Engineering amp Technology Ferozepur

63 College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana

64 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar

65 Chandigarh Engineering College Mohali

66 University College of Engineering Kota

67 Government Engineering College Ajmer

68 Engineering College Bikaner

69 College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

58

70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

60

Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

62

77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

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Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

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Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

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Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

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Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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58

70 Rajasthan M L V Textile amp Engineering College Bhilwara

71 Government Engineering College Jhalawar

72 Government Woman Engineering College Ajmer

73 Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bikaner

74 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Alwar

75 Govt College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

76 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai

Tamil Nadu

77 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

78 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore

79 Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Triuchirapalli

80 University College of Engineering Kakatiya University Kothagudem

81 Anurag Engineering College Kodad Nalgonda

82 Auroras Scientific Technological amp Research Academy Bandlaguda Hyderabad

83 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet Hyderabad

Telangana

84 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering amp Technology Kukatpally Hyderabad

85 Malla Reddy Engineering College Medchal RR District Hyderabad

86 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh Hyderabad

87 Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg ampTechnology Hyderabad

SNo

Name of the Name of the Institution

StateUT

88 Tripura Tripura Institute of Technology Narsingarh Tripura

89 UT‐ University Institute of Engineering amp Technology Chandigarh

90 Chandigarh University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Punjab

University Chandigarh

91 UT‐ Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry

Puducherry

92 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh

93 School of Engineering amp Technology IFTM University Moradabad

(formerly known as College of Engineering amp Technology Moradabad)

94 Uttarakhand BT Kumaon Institute of Technology Dwarahat Dist‐Almora

95 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata

96 College of Engineering amp Management Kolaghat

97 Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering Bankura

98 University Institute of Technology The University of Burdwan Burdwan

99 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata

West Bengal

59

100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

60

Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

62

77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

70

Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

72

Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

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Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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100 Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

101 Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology Berahmpore Murshidabad

102 Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology Berhampore Murshidabad

103 MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah

104 Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

105 Narula Institute of Technology Pargnas

106 Assam University Silchar

107 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering amp Technology Sangrur

108 Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

Centrally

109 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Itanagar

Funded

110 National Institute of Technology Agartala

Institutions

111 National Institute of Technology Patna

112 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chandigarh

113 National Institute of Technology Raipur

Appendix 3 Institutions Under Sub‐Component 12

S Name of the

Name of Institution

No State

1 A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

2 JNTU College of Engineering Kakinada

3 Andhra SVU College of Engineering Tirupati

4 Pradesh Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Madhurawada

Visakhapatnam

5 GITAM Institute of Technology ‐ GITAM University Vishakhapatnam

6 VR Siddhartha Engineering College Kanuru Vijaywada

7 Faculty of Science Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra

8 Haryana Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science amp Technology

Murthal

9 Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Guru Jambeshwar University of Science amp Technology Hissar

10 Jharkha

nd Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi

11 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Bangalore University)

60

Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

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77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

70

Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

72

Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

73

Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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Bangalore

12 Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Mysore

13 Malnad College of Engineering Hassan

14 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore

15 The National Institute of Engineering Mysore

16 Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

17 HKESs PDA College of Engineering Gulbarga

Karnataka

18 Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bangalore

19 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

20 NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte Udupi

21 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Maralur Tumkur

22 Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

23 SDM College of Engineering and Technology Dhavalagiri Dharwad

24 RV College of Engineering Bangalore

25 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore

26 Madhya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya Bhopal

Pradesh

27 Shri GS Institute of Technology amp Science Indore

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

28 Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga Mumbai

29 College of Engineering Shivajinagar Pune

30 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Matunga Mumbai

31 Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering amp Technology Nanded

32 Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Maharashtra

33 Govt College of Engineering Amravati

34 Govt College of Engineering Aurangabad

35 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University Lonere Raigad

36 GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur

37 Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Islampur Sangli

38 NCT‐Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi

39 Punjab Thapar University Patiala

40 Govt College of Technology Coimbatore

41 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

42 Government College of Engineering Salem

43 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapatti Tirunelveli

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44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

62

77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

70

Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

72

Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

73

Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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61

44 JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

45 University College of Engineering Osmania University Hyderabad

46 Telangana University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad

47 JNTU Institute of Science amp Technology Hyderabad

48 Sreenidhi Institute of Science amp Technology Ghatkesar Hyderabad

49 UT‐Chandigarh PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

50 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur

51 Institute of Engineering amp Technology Lucknow

52 Uttar Pradesh Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur

53 Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

54 Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering amp Technology Jhansi

55 College of Technology ‐ GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

Uttarakhand

56 Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal

57 University College of Technology ‐ University of Calcutta Kolkata

West Bengal

58 Faculty of Engineering and Technology ‐ Jadavpur University Kolkata

59 JIS College of Engineering Nadia

S Name of the State Name of Institution

No

60 Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

61 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

62 National Institute of Technology Calicut

63 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

64 National Institute of Technology Durgapur

65 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

66 Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

67 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Centrally Funded

68 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Institutions

69 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur

70 National Institute of Technology Rourkela

71 National Institute of Technology Silchar

72 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

73 National Institute of Technology Surathkal

74 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

75 National Institute of Technology Warangal

76 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

62

77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

70

Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

72

Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

73

Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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62

77 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

Appendix 4

Institutions under sub‐component121

S No

NameoftheState NameoftheInstitution CentreofExcellence On

1 AndhraPradesh AndhraUniversityCollegeof

EngineeringVishakhapatnam

Nano‐Technology

2 SVUCollegeofEngineering Tirupati

AtmosphericRemoteSensingandAdvancedSignal

Processing 3 Jharkhand BirlaInstituteofTechnology

MesraRanchi

Bio‐resourcesandBio‐prospecting

4 Karnataka BMSCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

AdvancedMaterialsResearch

5 RVCollegeofEngineering

Bangalore

Macro-Electronics

6 PESInstituteofTechnology Bangalore

KnowledgeAnalyticsampOntologicalEngineering

7 SiddhagangaInstituteof

TechnologyTumkur

AppliedResearchandNanoTechnology

8 Maharashtra CollegeofEngineeringPune SignalandImageProcessing

9 SmartRenewableEnergySystems

10 ShriGuruGobind SinghjiInstitute

ofEngineeringampTechnology Nanded

SignalandImageProcessing

11 InstituteofChemicalTechnology

Mumbai

ProcessIntensificationforProcessIndustries

12 VeermataJijabaiTechnology

InstituteMumbai

ComplexandNonlinearDynamicalSystems

13 Punjab ThaparUniversityPatiala EnvironmentampEnergyManagement

14

TamilNadu

GovtCollegeofTechnology

Coimbatore

AlternateEnergyResearch

15 EnvironmentalStudies

16

JNTUCollegeofEngineering

Hyderabad

DisasterManagement

63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

70

Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

72

Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

73

Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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63

17 Telangana OsmaniaUniversityCollegeof

TechnologyHyderabad

IntensificationofChemicalandBio‐processes

18 Uttarakhand CollegeofTechnology‐ GBPant

UniversityofAgricultureamp

TechnologyPantnagar

EnergyStudiesinIndustriesandAgroSystemsof

Uttarakhand(EnergyManagement)

19 UttarPradesh HarcourtButlerTechnological

InstituteKanpur

AppliedResearchTrainingampEducationinLipidScience

20

WestBengal

FacultyofEngineeringand Technology‐JadavpurUniversity

PhaseTransformationandProductCharacterization

21 UniversityCollegeofTechnology‐

UniversityofCalcutta

SystemsBiologyandBioMedicalEngineering

22 UTChandigarh PECUniversityofTechnology Chandigarh

IndustrialandProductDesignSPC

23 Centrally funded Institutions (CFIs)

MANITBhopal Geo‐informatics(RemoteSensingGPSamp GIS)

24 NITDurgapur AdvancedMaterials

25 VNITNagpur CombeddedSystemsHybridizationofcommunications

andEmbeddedSystems 26 NITRourkela PracticalRenewableEnergySystem

27 Orthopaedic TissueEngineeringampRehabilitation 28 SVNITSurat WaterResourcesandFloodManage

ment

29 NITWarangal SustainableEnergyStudies

30 IndianInstituteofEngineering

andTechnologyShibpurHowrah

MicrostructurallyDesignedAdvancedMaterials

Development

Appendix 5 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 11

The aim of this sub-component was to strengthen institutions to improve learning outcomes

and employability of graduates It was open only for those institutions which had not participated in TEQIP I

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement following academic and non-academic reforms

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities

YES

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

70

Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

72

Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

73

Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

Page 63: Study on Utilization of Resources Created Under …Zakir Hussain College of Engineering & Technology, Aligarh Muslim University Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli 4. Key Findings

64

e) Filling up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior Institutional functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Incentive to faculty for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and R amp D

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

2 Age of the institution (minimum in years) from its first academic session a) Regular states b) New states (those which didnot participate in TEQIP Phase-I) lagging in technical education

6 4

3 Total number of UG and PG programmes being conducted (minimum) 4 4 Faculty positions filled on regular full-time basis as percentage of the total faculty positions

sanctioned (minimum) 50

5 A functional Board of Governors (as per recommended structure in PIP) with an eminent academician or industrialist as the chairperson

Yes

Appendix 6 Eligibility criteria for institutes under sub-component 12

The aim of this sub-component was to scale up post-graduate education and demand

driven RampD and innovation

SNo Criteria Benchmark 1 Agreement to implement all academic and non-academic reforms given as below

a) Curricular reforms b) Exercise of autonomy c) Establishment of Corpus Fund Faculty Development Fund Equipment Replacement Fund and Maintenance Fund d) Generation retention and utilization of revenue generated through a variety of activities e) Institutions to fill-up all existing teaching and staff vacancies f) Delegation of decision making powers to senior functionaries with accountability g) Improved student performance evaluation h) Performance appraisal of faculty by students i) Faculty incentive for Continuing Education (CE) consultancy and RampD

j) Accreditation of eligible UG and PG programmes

YES

65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

70

Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

72

Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

73

Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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65

2 Availability of academic autonomy as recognized by UGC for both UG and PG programmes

YES

3 Presence of Board of Governors with an eminent academician or industrialist as the Chairperson

YES

4 Percentage of eligible UG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 60 5 Percentage of eligible PG programmes accredited andor applied for (minimum) 40 6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-

08 2008-09) Or Cumulative number of MTech produced in the past three academic years (2006-07 2007-08 2008-09)

5

50

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student-faculty ratio

65

8 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in engineeringas percentage of total faculty 15

Note PhD in engineering and applied sciences for Special Category states

Appendix 7

Eligibility Criteria for institutes under sub‐component 121

SNo

Eligibility Parameters

Benchmark values

1 Autonomous Institution Status by UGC Yes

2 Percentage of eligible UG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

75

3 Percentage of eligible PG programmes in the institution accredited or applied for

60

4 Percentage of regular faculty with PhD in Engineering as percentage of total faculty available in Engineering in the institution

20

5 Number of sponsored research projects completed in the institution in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12)

7

6 Cumulative number of PhDs produced in the past three academic years (2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12) in the departments participating for establishing CoEs

12

7 Faculty positions filled on regular full time basis as percentage of total faculty positions sanctioned in accordance with the AICTE prescribed student‐to‐faculty ratio in the Departments participating for establishing CoEs

70

Appendix 8

66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

70

Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

72

Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

73

Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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66

Observations on utilization of resources at select institutions based on ground visits

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Category of the institution

Name of the institution Observations from ground visit

1 Andhra Pradesh

Government JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money mostly on software for various departments and strengthening its IT infrastructure through wifi network projectors in classrooms video conferencing equipment and setting up of data centre Equipment were bought by electronics and computer engineering bio-technology mechanical and chemical engineering departments

2 Telangana Private unaided

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering amp Technology Hyderabad

Being a private unaided institute VNR Vignana Jyothi received Rs 6 crore funds (Rs 4 crore + Rs 2 crore) for soft resources only It spent Rs 3 crore on making its campus completely wifi Among other things it spent approximately Rs 83 lakh on buying software for nine different departments The institute utilized the funds well to automate the admission and finance process as well as examination systems as also to augment the collection of books in the central library The institute has a well-equipped library with over 72000 volumes and 700 international journals All its eligible UG programmes were accredited by NBA in 2016 The institute routinely bags projects from entities such as AICTE MHRD and DRDO

3 Gujarat Government Government Engineering College Bhavnagar

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It spent the money on procuring all the standard software such as Matlab Ansys and SolidWorks as well as equipment such as Total Station in civil engineering department oscilloscopes flexure testing machine lathe machine and exhaust gas analyser etc The institutersquos laboratories are well maintained and state-of-the-art

4 Kerala Government Government Engineering College Thrissur

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the entire funds adequately Funds were apportioned among the departments based on student strength The institute maintained meticulous records and provided perfect data on utilization of each equipment bought Its case study has been presented separately in this report

5 Kerala Government aided

Cooperative Institute of Technology Vadakara Kozhikode

The institute received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It is set in the interiors of Kerala atop a hill and is surrounded

67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

70

Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

72

Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

73

Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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67

by immense scenic beauty However it feels handicapped by absence of industry in neighbourhood and therefore has little links with the users of its output The institute has great potential but at the time of this study it was not able to provide enough evidence to prove that it was utilizing the resources adequately

6 Madhya Pradesh

Government aided

Madhav Institute of Technology amp Science Gwalior

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It has been utilizing the resources well and this is reflected in the improvement in the number of publications from 332 pre-TEQIP II to 870 between 2010 and 2016 Its placement rate has improved from 40 per cent pre-TEQIP to 75 per cent after receiving the funds and subsequent improvement in facilities The institute has been consistently producing top rankers in GATE and CAT examinations

7 Madhya Pradesh

Private unaided

Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology Bhopal

Being a private unaided institute Sagar Institute of Research amp Technology received Rs 46 crore funds for purchase of soft resources only It bought software such as Matlab StadPro Ansys and Adobe Dream Weaver Its publication count has improved slightly since TEQIP II

8 Odisha Government College of Engineering amp Technology Bhubaneshwar

The institute received Rs 5 crore for purchase of equipment The augmentation of resources helped it attain NBA and NAAC accreditation PhD courses were started and a central research facility was set up with electron microscope The funding facilitated in-house training of students in Scada Matlab Java StadPro and Ansys

9 Rajasthan Government College of Technology amp Engineering Udaipur

The institute received Rs 54 crore for equipment and soft resources Out of this it spent Rs 43 crore on equipment and laboratory furniture etc However the impact on output of the institute is yet to be seen The publication count provided by the institute shows a decline from 116 in 2010-11 to 82 in 2016-17 Placement data also shows inconsistency and no improvement over the years

10 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Engineering Baragur Krishnagiri

The institute received more than Rs 6 crore for purchase of equipment It utilized the funds to make the campus wifi Among the major equipment that it bought was Gas Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer which is helping it earn some revenue through consultancy Other important equipment

68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

70

Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

72

Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

73

Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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68

include 3D printer and solar power research system The institutersquos placement record has shown only slight improvement over the years

11 West Bengal

Government aided

Birbhum Institute of Engineering amp Technology Birbhum

The institute received approximately Rs 75 crore for buying equipment and soft resources The money helped it furbish its laboratories with all the latest equipment and e-resources such as simulation software solar power plant surface grinding machine torsion testing machine and electronic universal testing machine Commensurate improvement in output however is yet to be established

12 Punjab Government aided

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana

The institute received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment It spent the amount adequately across nine departments and it is utilizing the resources well

Institutions under Sub-component 12

13 Andhra Pradesh

Government A U College of Engineering Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Andhra Universityrsquos College of Engineering is among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II It spent roughly Rs 85 crore on equipment and resources This included a centre of excellence on nanotechnology The institute is working extensively with industry and has several projects of agencies such as DRDO and the Indian Navy with it It is also taking steps to ensure commercialization of its technology and patents

14 Karnataka Government aided

Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II Out of this it spent roughly Rs 77 crore on equipment and soft resources The institutersquos inputs in the survey showed its clarity of thought and vision The funds were utilized well to not just augment the facilities of the overall institute but also to strengthen seven other departments These included bio-technology department which among other things bought a Binary HPLC Analytical System and a Lyophilizer civil department bought an Actuator worth Rs 60 lakh and Enterprise Level Digital Pressure Controller electrical amp electronics department bought Scada software for a PG lab computer science electronics amp

69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

70

Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

72

Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

73

Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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69

communication industrial amp production and mechanical engineering departments

15 Karnataka Private unaided

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

The institute received approximately Rs 1 crore for buying soft resources only It utilized the money well in strengthening its various departments such as civil engineering for which it bought Modeling Software for Advanced Geotechnical Analysis and Project Management Software For the mechanical engineering department it bought Thermal Analysis Software and Chemical Process Design and Simulation Software for the chemical engineering department among others

16 Maharashtra Government aided

Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

The institute received a total of Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent more than Rs 6 crore on equipment and soft resources The institute is famous for its civil engineering department and it has been earning good amount of revenue for it through sponsored research work Augmentation of resources is working well for the institute Its case study has been presented separately in this report

17 Maharashtra Government Government College of Engineering Amravati

The institute received Rs 56 crore for buying equipment and soft resources out of a total of Rs 125 crore under TEQIP II and it spent the money across six departments It is among the best known institutes in the state and is utilizing the equipment well Among the costliest equipment bought by the institute are CNC Milling Machine costing more than Rs 23 lakh Combined Impulse Response amp Impact Echo Test System costing more than Rs 21 lakh and Rapid Prototyping Machine costing more than Rs 20 lakh

18 Tamil Nadu Government Government College of Technology Coimbatore

The institute received Rs 175 crore under TEQIP II and it spent close to Rs 8 crore on purchasing equipment and soft resources It earned more than Rs 65 crore in the past two years through consultancy work alone This proves that it has bought the equipment after careful planning and is making full use of it

19 Union Territory - Chandigarh

Government PEC University of Technology Chandigarh

PEC University was also among the institutes which received maximum funding of Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II Of this Rs 5 crore was on setting up of a Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Product Design It spent more than Rs 8 crore on equipment for various departments as well as on the COE The universityrsquos Centre of

70

Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

72

Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

73

Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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Excellence is working in collaboration with PGIMER Chandigarh on Development of Dental Drill Guides for Improved Cooling at Drilling Site and Design of Patient Specific Maxillofacial Implants Templates and Cutting Guides among other things It is also collaborating with IIT Mumbai and NITIE Mumbai

20 Uttar Pradesh Government Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College Gorakhpur

During the course of receiving TEQIP II funds in 2013 Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur became a technical university It received Rs 55 crore for buying equipment and it utilized the money well to augment the facilities at its laboratories Given the absence of any industrial activity around the university it is making good efforts to loop in alumni to give something back to the society The university is also working on spreading awareness about sanitation in the neighbourhood given the prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in this region

21 Uttarakhand Government aided

College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar

The institute received roughly Rs 4 crore for buying equipment and soft resources It has bought several machines which are helping its students carry out their research work and experiments within the institute rather than having to go to other institutes for the same Some of the important equipment bought by the institute are Fatigue Testing Machine Instruments Hardness Testing Machine Dynamic Mechanical Analyser and software such as Matlab Cadence and Ansys The institute is among the foremost institutes of agricultural research in India

Centrally-funded Institutions

Sl No

Name of the State UT

Name of CFIs

22 Uttar Pradesh

Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

The institute belongs to one of the most prestigious and renowned central universities in the country It does not face any dearth of funds and has good research work going on in automobile engineering computer engineering and electrical engineering The institute utilised TEQIP II funds for purchase of equipment well to strengthen its laboratories with more up-to-date equipment Its case study has been presented separately in this report

23 Arunachal Pradesh

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)

This centrally funded institution was established in 1984 It offers innovative academic

71

Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

72

Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

73

Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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Itanagar programmes starting with diploma courses for students just out of class XII It received Rs 55 crore under TEQIP II for purchase of equipment The institute utilized this money to procure latest software which benefit all students The TEQIP coordinator of the institute provided extensive and meticulous information on the purchases which were made under the programme and how each and every instrument as well as software is benefiting the students So far 10 research projects have been made possible because of this funding

24 West Bengal Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah

This institute of national importance has a long and illustrious history Established in 1856 it is in a league of its own It received Rs 225 crore under TEQIP II and is perhaps the only institute among the 191 which bought a single equipment costing more than Rs 1 crore It shows the vision and the planning of the institute and where it wants to be in the area of research The X-Ray Diffractometer with Texture Gonimeter bought by the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering department for Rs 117 crore gives it an edge over several other institutes and has also helped it earn revenue from industry Several other high quality equipment have also been bought such as Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave System Automated Basic Universal Testing Machine and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

25 Himachal Pradesh

NIT Hamirpur

Another institute of national importance this regional engineering college of the government of Himachal Pradesh became National Institute of Technology in 1986 It earned nearly Rs 2 crore from sponsored research in 2015-16 and another Rs 24 crore from consultancy work It received Rs 55 crore for purchase of equipment and other resources in TEQIP II Considering the extent of work it is doing with industry and other external agencies the institute can be said to be making best use of the equipment that it has bought with TEQIP II funds

Glossary of Tables and Figures

Table 1 Department-wise analysis of number of items bought by institutes in sub-component 12

72

Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

73

Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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Table 2 List of Laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 11

Table 3 List of laboratory equipment bought by majority institutes in 12

Table 4 Major equipment bought by GEC Thrissur under TEQIP II

Figure 1 Expenditure analysis across states

Figure 2 Andhra Pradesh

Figure 3 Bihar

Figure 4 Chhattisgarh

Figure 5 Gujarat

Figure 6 Haryana

Figure 7 Jharkhand

Figure 8 Karnataka

Figure 9 Kerala

Figure 10 Madhya Pradesh

Figure 11 Maharashtra

Figure 12 Delhi

Figure 13 Odisha

Figure 14 Punjab

Figure 15 Rajasthan

Figure 16 Tamil Nadu

Figure 17 Telangana

Figure 18 UT-Chandigarh

Figure 19 Uttar Pradesh

Figure 20 Uttarakhand

Figure 21 West Bengal

Figure 22 CFIs

Figure 23 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 11

Figure 24 Expenditure on equipment in sub-component 12

Figure 25 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 251 Number of items bought by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 26 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 12

Figure 27 Total amount spent by departments in sub-component 11

Figure 28 Number of publications in refereed journals by TEQIP II institutions

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Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli

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Figure 29 Total number of Master and PhD students in TEQIP II

Figure 30 Consultancy revenue generated

Figure 31 10 Steps to preparation and finalization of procurement plan

Figure 32 Expenditure on procurement of goods at GEC Thrissur

Figure 33 Expenditure on modernization strengthening of laboratories at GEC Thrissur

Figure 34 Percentage of expenditure across different heads in 2013-14 at GEC Thrissur

Figure 35 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 36 Improvement in output at GEC Thrissur

Figure 37 Department-wise expenditure at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli