BANGALORE: Great news for IIIT aspirants! The parliament has given the nod to establish 14 new Indian Institutes of Information Technology across various parts of the country, reports IANS.

In a written reply in Lok Sabha, the Minister of state for human resource development, Shashi Tharoor said, "Under the approved scheme of setting up 20 IIITs on a not-for-profit public-private partnership, the central government has given approval for establishment in 14 states."

Students from Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Tripura are most likely to benefit from these latest developments.

It was also revealed that, 50 to 100 acres of land will be transferred free of cost by the concerned state government for setting up of these revered institutions.

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