Union Minister Pallam Raju and Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda laid the foundation stone for extension campus of IIT-Delhi at Kundli and that of IIIT at Kilhorad village in Sonipat today.
IIT-Delhi's extension campus would be set up at Rajiv Gandhi Education City in Kundli at a cost of Rs 500 crore, Hooda said, adding that it would have Science and Technology Park, High Performance Computing Facility and Faculty Development Centre.
The IIIT to be set up at Kilhorad would be the 11th such institute in the country and first institute in a rural area, he said.
The National Law University and National Tourism University would also be set up soon at Rajiv Gandhi Education City, Hooda said.
Explaining his government's commitment to education, he said, "In 2005, the number of seats in technical institutes were only 23,000 which have increased to 1.5 lakh."
Speaking on the occasion, Union Minister for Human Resources Development Pallam Raju emphasised on skill-based education and said that the Centre was opening 20 IIITs to make about 120 lakh children entering the work force every year employable.
Raju said that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has made an action plan to educate 50 crore children by 2022.
Haryana Technical Education Minister Mahender Pratap Singh, Sonipat MP Jitender Malik and Rohtak MP Deepinder Singh Hooda also spoke on the occasion.
