The document summarizes the Technical Education Quality Improvement Program Phase III (TEQIP-III) in India. The objectives of TEQIP are to help engineering institutions achieve excellence, support development plans through networking and community services, and improve the effectiveness of technical education management. TEQIP-III will build on reforms from previous phases and focus on improving quality and equity in low-income states. It will provide grants to support around 200 selected institutions and aims to improve learning outcomes, research, and employability through activities like faculty development, industry collaboration, and infrastructure upgrades. Progress will be monitored based on common indicators in memorandums of understanding between participating institutions and the government.

1. Technical Education Quality
Improvement Program
Phase III (TEQIP-III)
State Facilitation Unit
Department of Technical Education
Government of Kerala

2. The broad objectives of TEQIP
• To create an environment in which Engineering Institutions can
achieve their own set of targets for excellence and sustain the same
with autonomy and accountability.
• To support development plans including synergistic Networking and
Services to Community and economy of competitively selected
institutions for achieving higher standards.
• To improve efficiency and effectiveness of the technical education
management system in the States and institutions

3. Specific Achievements
1. Improving quality by helping institutes become autonomous and obtain
accreditation;
2. Boards of Governors in colleges that help institutes balance autonomy and
accountability;
3. Building a performance culture where institutes receive additional funds
based upon performance against a series of benchmarks that are updates
every six months;
4. Improvement in transition rates across all categories of students;
5. Doubling of student placement activities
6. improved research outputs — between 2009-10 and 2014-15, the number
of publications in refereed journals in engineering fields almost doubled
from 7032 to 13929 in TEQIP II institutions.

4. TEQIP-I
• 127 State Institutions,
18 Centrally Funded
Institutions and 19
Polytechnics.
• 2003-2009.
TEQIP-II
• 190 State
Institutions, 26
Centrally Funded
Institutions
• 2011-2015
TEQIP-III
• 270 Institutions
• 2016-2021
• building upon the systems and reforms
initiated under the first two phases, with
specific focus on LIS
• consistent with India’s 12th Five Year
Plan, based on the pillars of faster,
sustainable, and inclusive growth, which
emphasizes increasing the supply of
highly-skilled workers to drive the
economy, as well as helping low-income
states catch up with their more
advanced neighbors.

5. TEQIP-III – Project Components
• Improving quality and equity in low-income and special
category statesComponent 1
• System-level initiatives to strengthen sector
governance and performanceComponent 2
• Sustaining excellence in engineering education and
widening impact through competitively selected
institutes in non-LIS/SCS
Component 3

6. Component 1
Improving quality and equity in low-income and special
category states
Low Income States: Bihar
Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya
Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar
Pradesh
Special Category States: Arunachal
Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh,
Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur,
Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland,
Sikkim, Tripura and Uttarakhand.
Also Andaman & Nicobar Islands

7. Component 2
System level initiatives to strengthen sector governance and
performance
MHRD
designing an
assessment
system to
track student
learning at
different
points of UG
program
AICTE
Mentoring
Colleges
Design
MOOCs
Create
benchmarks
to institutions
E-governance
NBA
Strengthen
analytical
capacity
User-friendly
and
transparent
data base
IITs IIMs

8. Component 3
Sustaining excellence in engineering education and
widening impact through competitively selected
institutes in non-LIS/SCS
• Grants to support around 200 competitively selected state government and
government-aided engineering institutes.
• Builds on the positive experience of this approach under the TEQIP I and II
projects.

9. Subcomponent 3.1
Incubating, Sustaining and Spreading Excellence through
Competitively-selected Government and Government-aided Institutes
improving the learning outcomes and
employability of undergraduates
Incubate innovations
strengthen and sustain
well-performing
activities
Improving the research
pursued under post-
graduate programs
mentor other colleges,
especially in the LIS and
SCS

10. Institutional Development Plan
to be prepared focusing on
improving the learning outcomes
and employability of undergraduates
Incubate
innovations
strengthen and
sustain well-
performing activities
Improving the research pursued
under post-graduate programs
mentor other colleges, especially in the LIS
and SCS
institutions will have the flexibility to decide
the inputs they require to meet their
expected outcomes

11. Memorandum of Understanding
Institution
to sign with
MHRD and
GoK
Setout expected outcomes, common indicators, institutional indicators
Common indicators
Progress
towards
accreditation
Enhancing
faculty
qualification
Improving
transition and
employment
rate
Institutional indicators
Increasing no
of Ph.Ds in a
particular
department
creating a
Centre of
Excellence in
a multi-
disciplinary
topic area
building smart
classrooms,
publishing
academic
papers,
establishing a
wifi-campus
with 24/7
broadband
connectivity.

12. Funding
Autonomous colleges under
this component will receive
INR 12.5 crores
non-autonomous colleges will
receive INR 10 crores (which
will be increased to INR 12.5
crores if they attain autonomy

13. Eligibility criteria
Institutional level
Academic
autonomy
from UGC
Minimum %
of faculty
positions
filled
Full time
Principal
Functioning
Board of
Governors
State level
Delegate
sufficient
administrative
and financial
autonomy to
Colleges
Appoint an
academic as
Chair

14. Main steps in selection of Institutions
Request to
participate from
eligible institutions.
Preparation of
Institutional
Development Plans
(IDPs) by eligible
institutions
Evaluation of IDPs
and selection of the
best proposals by a
national panel of
experts
Agreement of
performance
indicators with
selected institutions
and signing of MOUs.

15. Two rounds of applications
First round
• TEQIP II Institutions
• Performed well in the three rounds of
benchmarking prior to project closure
• 100 Institutions
Second
round
• all remaining institutions
• Expected to be completed within
one year of the first round
• 100 Institutions

16. Ultimate goals:
improving the
learning outcomes
and employability of
undergraduates:
improve the research
pursued under post-
graduate programs
Courses in
collaboration with
industry to enhance
employabilty
support student
internships and
projects with
industry
faculty development
programs
acquiring new
learning materials
and equipment
remedial courses

17. Ultimate goals:
improving the
learning outcomes
and employability of
undergraduates:
improvethe research
pursued under post-
graduate programs
coaching on
employability
skills
patenting and
other IPR
related costs
ITSS
minor civil
works
student and
faculty
exchange
programs.

18. Board of Governors
Chairperson
2-5 members
nominated by
Government
Nominee of
AICTE
An Industrialist /
technologist
Nominee of
University
Director of
Technical
Education
2 Members
nominated by
Principal
Principal
(Member
Secretary)
• All decisions related to implementation of the activities will rest with an
institution’s BoG,
 subject to any requirements set out in the Procurement and Financial Management Manual or the
Project Implementation Plan.
 Any government rules or order related to the enhanced academic, administrative and financial
autonomy of an institution will apply to all the activities of a given institution, not just to those activities
funded under the Project.

19. Sub
component
3.2: ATU
promote autonomy
and accreditation
closely mentoring 10-
20 colleges
design/review
curriculum + exams;
faculty development
build strong
leadership teams;
industry linkage
entrepreneurship
development;
research hubs;
short-term
courses/diplomas;

20. Sub
component
3.2: ATU
preparation of
MOOCs
facilitating access
of institutions to
MOOCs,
credit-based
systems to select e-
learning courses
greater access to
digital resources.
establishing/improving
ERP/management
information system improving financial
management and
procurement;
a modern HR
system for efficient
personnel
management;
and improving
institutional
governance.
pilot reforms in
assessment of
student learning
outcomes

21. Project Costs
Project Components Project cost
(US$ M)
IBRD Financing
(US$ M)
%Financing
Improving quality and equity in low
income and special category states
110 55 50
System-level initiatives to strengthen
sector governance and performance
33 66 50
Sustaining excellence and widening
impact through competitively selected
colleges
457 228 50
Total 600
(INR 4020 Crores)
300 50

22. Project beneficiaries
Baseline data Project closing
UG students 2507949 14550901
Female 30 35
SC/ST/OBC 15 20
PG Students 363789 2110672
Female 30 35
SC/ST/OBC 15 20
Faculty 255174 1354494
Female 30 35
SC/ST/OBC 6.7 20

23. Discussion

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