TECHNICAL EDUCATION QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME
TEQIP – PHASE-II
STATUS OF TEQIP-II IN TAMILNADU
Introduction:
To scale‐up and support ongoing efforts of the Government of India to improve quality of
Technical Education and enhance existing capacities of the institutions to become dynamic,
and‐driven, quality conscious, efficient and forward looking, responsive to rapid economic and
technological developments occurring at the local, State, National and International levels, Technical
Education Quality Improvement Programme was introduced in India by Government of India in the
year 2003 as TEQIP Phase–I as an Externally Aided Project (EAP) with the external assistance
received from the World Bank passed on by Government of India (GOI) to the States as Additional
Central Assistance (ACA) on the same terms and conditions as Central Assistance for State Plans. It
ended in March, 2009. In continuation of this, TEQIP-II a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS)
implemented through Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) and State Government. The
Project cost will be shared between the Central Government and State Government in the ratio of
75:25.
The Project mainly aims on strengthening institutions to produce high quality
Engineers for better employability, Scaling‐up Postgraduate Education and demand‐driven
Research & Development and Innovation, Establishing Centres of Excellence for focused
applicable research, Training of faculty for effective Teaching and Enhancing Institutional and
System Management effectiveness.
Institutions Selected Details:
All over India, about 190 Engineering Colleges are selected to participate in TEQIP-II. From
Tamil Nadu the following 9 Institutions are selected for TEQIP-II.
I. Sub-Component 1.1-“Strengthening Institutions to improve learning outcomes and
employability of graduates”--Tentative Fund allocation is Rupees 10 Crore per Institution.
 1 Govt. Engineering College
Government College of Engineering, Bargur,
 3 Govt. Aided Engineering Colleges
(i) PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore
(ii) Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai
(iii)Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore

1 University College of Engineering, Anna University
University College of Engineering, B.I.T Campus, Trichy
II. Sub-Component 1.2-“Scaling-up Post Graduate Education and Demand Driven Research &
Development and Innovation”-- Tentative Fund allocation is Rupees 12.5 Crore per
Institution.
 3 Govt. Engineering College
1.Government College of Technology, Coimbatore
2.AlagappaChettiar College of Engineering & Technology, Karaikudi
3. Government College of Engineering, Salem
 1 University Department
Department of Computer Science & Engineering (CSE Dept.), Manonmaniam Sundaranar
University, Tirunelveli
III.
Sub-Component 1.2.1 “Centre of Excellence”(CoE)-Tentative Fund allocation is Rs 5 Crore
per CoE.
Two centre of excellence (Alternative Energy Research and Environmental studies) are selected for
Government College of Technology, Coimbatore
Details of Indicative Category-wise funding for key activities / head for Project Institution
selected under Sub-component 1.1, 1.2, 1.2.1 are given in the Annexure.
Fund Details:
A Total Life Time Allocation of Rs. 114.80 Crore (MHRD Share of Rs. 86.1 Crore + State
share of Rs. 28.7 Crore) will be required to implement the project in our state for the project period
to all the 9 TEQIP-II Institutions, 2 Centre of Excellence and State Project Facilitation Unit (SPFU).
Earlier the project period was from March, 2012 to December, 2014. Now, the Project is extended up
to October 2016 due to slow progress in TEQIP activities in other states and also with the aim to
achieve the desirable outcomes by the end of 2 years. Till October, 2014 Rs. 77.7866 Crore was
released by State Government (MHRD share Rs. 58.34 Crore and State Share Rs. 19.4466 Crore).
State Government Order to release Rs. 17.00 Crore (MHRD Share Rs. 12.75 Crore and State Govt.
Share of Rs. 4.25 Crore) is under process and it will be released to the Institutions soon.Till date 30th
November, 2014, the overall expenditure is Rs. 70.18 Crore (90.23%) and Tamil Nadu is the
Second well performing State among 23 States participating in TEQIP-II. The College-wise and
activities-wise expenditure details are given in Annexure.
Outcome / Achievements
 Faculty and Staff Development training programmes are arranged regularly with the help of IIT
Madras, Anna University Chennai,IIM Kozhikode and Confederation of Indian Industries(CII) etc.
 To improve the Transition rate / pass percentage of 1st year Engineering College
students,Educational DVD in bilingual medium (English and Tamil) for subjects Maths, English
and Physics are prepared and distributed to all 550 Engg Institutions throughout the State.
 To improve the Employability skills of Engineering College students, 5000 British Council’s
jobseeker software are supplied to 500 Engineering Colleges.
 Learning Outcome based Faculty Training Programme was conducted for the TEQIP and Non
TEQIP Engineering College faculty members to improve their English language skill
 Quality Improvement Cell (QIC) are formed in all Engineering Colleges in Tamil Nadu with
TEQIP Institutions acting as Nodal Centers.
 Linking with IIT Bombay, E-Yantra Robotics labs established in 60 Engineering Colleges.
 Utility of NMEICT for AView, NPETEL, talk to Teacher in Engineering Colleges are arranged.
 Facilitating the TEQIP Institutions to implement the Institutional development planapproved by
BoG.
 Under Teaching and Research assistantship, 878 M.E./M.Tech students and 53 Ph.D Scholars are
benefitted.
 Number of publications in referred journal is increased from 839 to 897.
Industry –Institute- Interaction
 All TEQIP Institutions have participated in AICTE –CII survey,
 PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore scored first for over all performance and Mechanical
branch in the year 2012-13 and also scored first for ECE branch in 2013-14.
 For 2014-15, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai scored first in EEE
and ECE
branch and awarded by MHRD.
 MoUs signed with various Industries, IT Companies and CII. 146 MoUs signed with
Industries
 Training programs /Workshops conducted by CII for the TEQIP Institutions regularly
 Number of Industry Experts Invited for conducting special lectures/ workshops / high
intensity training etc increased :
178 in 2011-12 ;
203 in 2012-13 ;
447 in 2013-14
 Number of Collaborative Programmes with Industry increased:
78 in 2011-12 and 2012-13 to 82 in 2013-14
 17 Electives suggested by Industry people for the choice of students.
 235 Research & Development Projects carried out during TEQIP Phase-II.
Tamil Nadu is the only State which has completed all the following 12 Institutional Performance
Indicators.

Autonomy obtained or applied for

Minutes of the meeting of BoG published on Institution’s website

Governance Self Review and Governance Development Plan submitted

NBA Accreditation (% accredited + applied for) (>50%)

Statutory Audit completed

2nd Performance Auditing completed

MIS Data Entry Status Adequate

Participation in CII –AICTE survey

Participation of faculty, staff & student satisfaction survey (>50%)

Procurement Plan to cover 100 % procurement expenditure

% of expenditure against total fund received

% of expenditure + committed expenditure against total fund received 100%
Financial Status :
 Total fund Received Rs.94.7866 Crore (MHRD share Rs.71.08995 Crore & State Govt. Share
Rs.23.69665 Crore).
 Total fund released to Institutions Rs.94.7866 Crore. Of this Rs.17.00 Crore was
the Institutions on 15.12.2014 only.
released to
 The total amount spent as on 30.11.2014 Rs.70.1889 Crore ;
- for the total received fund Rs.94.7866 Crore, 74.05 % achieved
- for the amount released Rs.77.7866 Crore as on 30.11.2014, 90.23 % achieved
 Since the Project is extended up to October 2016, Well Performing Institutions
should be
awarded additional fund over the amount allotted.
 (Proposal to release additional fund for Rs.18.616 Crore is submitted to NPIU Vide SPFU, TN
letter no: 26124 /TEQIP –II /2014 Dated : 27.11.2014 )
 Submitted Financial Statutory Audit Report for the Year 2013 -14
 Internal Audit for the first half of Financial year 2014-15 is completed and report will be
submitted to NPIU soon.
 State Government has been requested to allot Rs.11.828 Crore in the budget for the year
2015 -16.
ANNEXURE
CIVIL WORKS IN TEQIP-II INSTITUTIONS
st
1 Cycle Institutions
1.
GCT, Coimbatore: NCB-Extension of Lab- completed for Rs 37.00 Lakh
2. ACCET, Karaikudi : All the 5 works (4 under shopping and 1 NCB ) Completed for
3. Rs 34.33051 Lakh
3. GCE,Salem: 1NCB-Construction of R&D and Consultancy Room is completed for
Rs. 37.5. Lakh
4. GCE,BARGUR:1 Shopping for Rs. 15 Lakh completed and 1 NCB –Extension of Computer
Lab is completed. Bills settled for Rs 32.50 Lakh.
5. Dept.of CSE, M.S Univ,Tly: 3 works under shopping completed for Rs 9.78 Lakh
2ndCycle Institutions
6. TCE,Madurai: 5 shopping. 2 works completed for Rs 21.955 Lakh. 3 works are under
progress
7. PSG Tech, Coimbatore: 1 Shopping completed for Rs 13.8595 Lakh
8. CIT, Coimbatore: 12 works under shopping. All the works are under progress
9. UCEG, BIT Campus, Trichy:
Extension of Building for Rs. 50.00 Lakh is completed and the Utilization certificate is to be
handed over to the Institutions
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