All the eight members and the two special invitees of the board of governors, except for chairman K Ravi Kumar, attended the meeting held at higher technical education departments conference with top officials of the department.
Before the meeting, the board members called on the chief minister at his bungalow where they discussed the prerequisites for setting up of the institution.
Initially, classes for the students admitted to first year B Tech programme of NIT, Mizoram will be held at Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur in view of the fact that NIT, Mizoram campus will not be ready in time. MHRD has designated VNIT, Nagpur as a mentor institute for NIT, Mizoram for at least one year until NIT, Mizoram campus is constructed, sources said.
''Once the construction is completed, all the students allotted seats at NIT, Mizoram will move to NIT, Mizoram campus,'' they said. Mizoram is one of the ten states where the Ministry of Human Resources development, Government of India had decided to set up the NIT campuses.
''NIT, Mizoram is being established with the primary aim of catering to the needs of the state and contribute towards the development of India,'' officials said.
It is estimated that NIT, Mizoram will allow the intake of 30 seats in each branch in the initial years. Out of which, 50 per cent of the seats are reserved for the students of the state and the rest are reserved for the students across the country, admitted on the basis of merit.
For the construction of NIT, Mizoram campus, the Centre has decided to give an amount of Rs 250 crore for its infrastructure.
NIT, Mizoram students will be provided with excellent facilities in the VNIT campus like well-equipped library, hostel facilities, computer centre and health care, etc.
It is estimated that in the initial years, NIT, Mizoram will be offering undergraduate courses in three disciplines--B Tech: electrical and electronics engineering; computer science and engineering; and electronics and communication engineering.
''The institute will be inviting large number of esteemed organisations and provide the students with job opportunities before they graduate,'' officials said.
NIT Mizoram is under the purview of the Centre. The eight members and two special invitees of the board of governors were appointed by the HRD ministry.
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