Arjun Singh lays foundation of IIT in Indore.Byline: ANI Indore, Feb 17 (ANI): Union Human Resources Development Minster Arjun Singh on Tuesday laid the foundation stone of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT IIT - Integrated Information Technology ) at Simrol here. Simrol is about 25 kilometers from Indore. With the opening of this institute, Indore has now become the first city in the country to have both an IIM IIM Indian Institute of Management (main Management Institutes of India) IIM Individual Indian Money (US Department of Interior) IIM Industrial Information Management and an IIT. The institute will be opening on 525 acres of land at Simrol. IIT Mumbai's Director and Registrar in the same capacities will look after IIT Indore as well. During the Eleventh Plan Period, the Central Government decided to establish eight new IITs, including IIT Indore. The seven other new IITs have been set up in Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Punjab, Gujarat, Orissa and Himachal Pradesh. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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