Delhi University BTech programs in Computer Science, Electronics and Communications, and Electrical Engineering will soon be started under its Faculty of Technology for setting up infrastructure facilities. The Delhi University has sought Rs 100 crore from the University Grants Commission (UGC) for starting three BTech programs — Computer Science, Electronics and Communications, and Electrical Engineering — under its Faculty of Technology for setting up infrastructure facilities.
Delhi University requires 100 crores to set up an engineering department
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 programs can be initiated. “In order to implement this initiative and further the cause of implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP) through the introduction of the Btech courses mentioned above, the university would require Rs 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 Rs 25 crore annually for the next four financial years with effect from 2021-22,” according to the proposal.
In line with the NEP, the BTech programs 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, advanced diploma on exit after completing three years, and a BTech degree on exit after completing four years of study. The three BTech programs by the university would require a total of 72 teaching positions and 55 non-teaching staff.
Delhi University Committee
Delhi University had constituted a committee under Professor D S Chauhan, former Vice-Chancellor of Uttar Pradesh Technical University and Uttarakhand Technical University, to deliberate upon the establishment of departments under the Faculty of Technology in the emerging areas of engineering and technology.
The committee was supposed to consider the scope and feasibility of the establishment of departments under the Faculty of Technology, the structure of the departments, areas of academic endeavor the departments are required to accomplish, the structure and nomenclature of the courses of study the departments would envisage running, requirements and qualifications of the faculty members necessary to smoothly conduct teaching, learning, and research in the departments.
According to the minutes of a meeting of the committee, “…Both Delhi College of Engineering (DCE) and Netaji Subhash Institute of Technology (NSIT), which formed an integral part of the Faculty of Technology became Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) with the status of Universities by Notifications of the appropriate authorities, thereby severing the umbilical relationship with the University of Delhi over the past years. “Presently DCE is known as Delhi Technological University (DTU) with effect from the year 2009 and NSIT is known as Netaji Subhash University of Technology (NSUT) with effect from the year 2018. These contemporary developments in the present scenario have necessitated the revisit of the areas which are fast emerging as dominant areas of teaching-learning and research in the field of Engineering & Technology.”
The minutes said the central theme of the New Education Policy 2020 envisages a “holistic, multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approach to imparting education with observance of innovative practices and methodologies to encourage, young minds of our nation” to explore those areas of knowledge and understanding which not only, makes them eligible to be gainfully employed thereby adding to the skilled workforce but also makes them inclined towards conceptualization and implementation of successful startups as well as contribution in the research and development.
Taking a cue from the Central theme of the New Education Policy, the University finds it relevant and appropriate to delve into the emerging areas of Engineering & Technology through the existing departments under the Statute 9 of the Statutes of the University under the Faculty of Technology.
Read the minutes.
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