The Delhi government on Monday decided to set up an exclusive women’s technical university in the city.
“In order to focus on participation of women engineers in nation building, encouraging technical education among women and to meet the growing needs of industry for relevant technology and product innovation, it is necessary to establish institutions and universities exclusively for women. The Cabinet has given its approval to the draft of the Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University Bill-2012 which will be introduced in the Legislative Assembly,” chief minister Sheila Dikshit told reporters after a Cabinet meeting on Monday.
Ms Dikshit said that Delhi will become the first state to have an exclusive technological university for women.
“To make this university functional the existing Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology will be upgraded. The upgradation will provide the opportunity for accelerated growth of women in technical education, technology incubation and product innovation vital for women empowerment and the growth of industries in the NCR and the country at large. It will also facilitate enrolment of women in technological courses as parents are often reluctant to send their daughters outside Delhi for higher education,” she added.
The government has also approved certain amendments in guidelines for allotment of flats constructed under JNNURM Scheme for eligible slum-dwellers in the city to facilitate grant of ownership rights to the allottees.
The Delhi Cabinet has also given its approval to extension of financial assistance for purchase of stationery to SC/ST/OBC/Minorities students in primary classes and enhancement of monthly financial assistance to students from Classes 6 to 12.
The decisions were taken in a Cabinet meeting presided over by chief minister Sheila Dikshit.