Union Cabinet gives approval to 6 new IITs
Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved 6 new IITs at Goa, Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir), Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh), Palakkad (Kerala), Dharwad (Karnataka), and Bhilai (Chhattisgarh). It also approved the conversion of Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad to an IIT. “The approval will bring six new Indian Institutes of Technology within the ambit of The Institutes of Technology Act, 1961," officials said. 