APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University

Technical Education- India

Since almost around 15 years back, Engineering Education were confined to State owned or Govt. aided or Govt. controlled institutions and the seats were so limited that the admissions to those were done based on strict merit among real aspirants. The rapid developments in the field of technology opened many fold opportunities for engineering graduates which could not be catered by the Government controlled institutions alone. On the other hand, many entrepreneurs saw this as a business opportunity coupled with social responsibility, which resulted in the concept of Private Self Financing Engineering Colleges which have since then mushroomed. The number of Engineering Colleges at the dawn of independence in 1947 was 44 with an intake of 2500. In the early eighties, Govt. allowed private participation in the setting up of technical institutions on self financing basis. Following the same, a large number of privately managed institutions were established in the past 25 years and the growth of technical institutions countrywide with a detailed split up among the States from 1980 -2014 is shown in Table 1:

STATE	1980	1990	2000	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2014 Intake
Andaman and Nicobar Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	360
Andhra Pradesh	83	112	463	852	907	1111	1450	1672	1769	1813	1840	1697	1676	811033
Arunachal Pradesh	2	2	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	3	7	1340
Assam	8	8	23	24	26	28	32	42	44	46	47	43	43	9682
Bihar	25	29	44	53	53	55	63	71	76	82	88	74	84	23792
Chandigarh	3	3	10	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	2870
Chhattisgarh	9	16	31	43	48	57	82	105	109	109	109	104	116	47783
Dadra and Nagar Haveli	0	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	576
Daman and Diu	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	360
Delhi	10	14	59	71	74	79	83	83	86	88	89	83	81	30856
Goa	2	4	11	15	15	16	16	16	16	17	18	17	17	4955
Gujarat	36	48	121	196	223	244	280	349	399	430	443	418	428	184297
Haryana	28	34	87	141	156	213	346	410	453	491	504	471	459	183813
Himachal Pradesh	8	10	13	17	21	32	42	63	72	79	80	78	78	26036
Jammu and Kashmir	9	12	27	31	34	34	35	38	39	42	47	45	47	10477
Jharkhand	15	16	32	41	41	45	49	52	57	61	61	53	59	20559
Karnataka	62	137	413	523	537	578	651	731	777	789	798	765	754	264166
Kerala	30	37	106	244	250	252	263	291	315	345	358	344	354	112282
Madhya Pradesh	36	47	150	278	311	379	432	510	546	563	569	540	536	199084
Maharashtra	106	192	556	740	859	926	1087	1286	1461	1550	1598	1520	1538	474509
Manipur	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	255
Meghalaya	1	1	1	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	1010
Mizoram	0	1	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	240
Nagaland	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	360
Orissa	19	25	98	134	145	164	210	277	293	299	304	287	295	111629
Puducherry	5	8	15	18	18	20	23	26	30	31	32	29	32	13888
Punjab	21	25	80	178	189	209	262	313	354	386	402	381	382	143624
Rajasthan	37	46	103	174	199	232	284	335	467	484	504	468	460	155665
Sikkim	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	1560
Tamil Nadu	88	160	578	784	817	900	1046	1220	1328	1382	1422	1378	1355	598554
Tripura	4	4	5	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	4	8	1480
Uttar Pradesh	93	111	287	428	470	537	688	879	1039	1101	1143	1057	1067	396416
Uttarakhand	17	21	49	69	85	93	119	148	165	175	182	170	163	43340
West Bengal	37	40	111	167	178	183	201	223	238	247	258	237	247	87246
Grand Total	794	1165	3487	5260	5696	6434	7793	9191	10185	10662	10949	10302	10321	3964097