The Project will focus on the following objectives:

1.         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)),
2.         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
3.         Twinning Arrangements to Build Capacity and Improve Performance of institutions and ATUs participating in focus states.

1. Only the Government and Government aided AICTE approved Engineering institutions/Engineering faculty/Engineering Teaching Department/Constituent Institutions of Universities/Deemed to be Universities and new centrally funded institutions in SCS will be the part of the project.
2. Around 200 Government and Government funded Engineering institutions including Affiliating Technical Universities (ATUs) are selected under different sub-components. Government College of Engineering, Jalgaon is selected under 1.3 sub component as MENTOR INSTITUTE for Uttar Pradesh Textile Technology Institute , Kanpur