TEQIP-III
The Project, Third phase of Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (referred to as TEQIP-III) is fully integrated with the Twelfth Five-year Plan objectives for Technical Education as a key component for improving the quality of Engineering Education in existing institutions with a special consideration for Low Income States and Special Category States and support to strengthen few affiliated technical universities to improve their policy, academic and management practices.

Project Objectives:
The Project will focus on the following objectives:

• Improving quality and equity in engineering institutions in focus states viz. 7 Low Income States (LIS1), eight states in the North-East of India, three Hill states viz. Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand and Andaman and Nicobar Islands (a union territory (UT)),
• System-level initiatives to strengthen sector governance and performance which include widening the scope of Affiliating Technical Universities (ATUs) to improve their policy, academic and management practices towards affiliated institutions, and
• Twinning Arrangements to Build Capacity and Improve Performance of institutions and ATUs participating in focus states.

Project Design:
TEQIP seeks to enhance quality and equity in participating engineering education institutions and improve the efficiency of the engineering education system in focus states. The Project will support two components:

To focus on improving quality and equity in engineering education in all government and government-aided institutions and technical universities, including ATUs, in seven low-income states (LIS), three hill states, all states in the North-East of India, and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

Sub-component 1.2: Widening Impact through ATUs focus States

Objective:
To support the Affiliated Technical Universities (ATUs) in seven LIS, eight states in the North-East of India, three Hill states and Andaman and Nicobar Islands (a union territory (UT)) to implement the reforms in the areas like academic, learning assessment and examination, student placement, personnel management and improving data management and administration.

Sub-component 1.3 : Twinning Arrangements to Build Capacity and Improve Performance of Participating Institutions and ATUs

Objective:
To support the priorities identified by Sub-component 1.1 and 1.2 institutions in their IDPs and Action Plans through twinning arrangements to build capacity and improve performance.

To build the capacity of technical education policy planners, administrators and implementers at the central, state, and institutional levels. In particular, capacity building is intended to support the effective implementation of reforms, innovative management initiatives, and knowledge sharing workshops between TEQIP institutions and non-TEQIP institutions.