Need INR 100-cr grant to start 3 BTech courses: DU to UGC

The university has proposed to start three departments under its Faculty of Technology that is Computer Science, Electronics and Communications and Electrical Engineering.  

Delhi University (DU) has sought INR 100 crore grant from the University Grants Commission (UGC) for starting three BTech courses in computer science, electronics and communications and electrical engineering. 

According to a proposal submitted by the university to the UGC, it has requested that positions for teaching and non-teaching staff be sanctioned at the earliest so that the programmes can be started. 

“To further the cause of implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP) through introduction of the BTech courses, the university would require INR 100 crore as financial support to set up infrastructure facilities in terms of state-of-the-art laboratories, classrooms and other attendant facilities. The university would require INR 25 crore annually for next four financial years with effect from 2021-22,” the proposal said. 

In line with the NEP, the BTech programmes will have multiple exit options with students being awarded a certificate on exit after completion of one year of study, diploma on exit after completing two years, advance diploma on exit after completing three years and BTech degree on exit after completing four years of study. The three BTech programmes by the university would require a total of 72 teaching positions and 55 non-teaching staff. 

DU has also set up a committee to draft course content and structure. The committee is headed by DS Chauhan, former Vice-Chancellor of Uttar Pradesh Technical Committee. The university had also released a notification in this regard. “To encourage holistic, multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approach in education in line with the central theme of the National Education Policy 2020, the University of Delhi has constituted a Committee…to deliberate upon the establishment of departments under the Faculty of Technology in the emerging ideas of Engineering & Technology,” the notification had said.

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