Odisha Govt increases seats at College of Engineering and Technology

The state government on Wednesday announced increase in B Tech and M Tech seats at the College of Engineering and Technology (CET), one of the premier state-run institutes. However thousands of seat are lying vacant in private colleges.

 B Tech seats were increased from 390 to 470, while M Tech seats were increased from 127 to 178.

“The seats in CET were increased because there was a huge demand for seats in government colleges.

In civil engineering and instrumentation and electrical engineering, seats increased from 30 to 120 while in mechanical and electrical branches, seats increased from 45 to 120.

Justifying the increase, Deb said, "A high-level committee headed by the secretary of the department made a study of the demand and found that there is a huge demand for core subjects in government run technical colleges. One can get quality education at a lower price there."

The minister said the state government would spend Rs 10 crore for development of infrastructure in the college. This is the first time seats in the college increased since its inception in 1981.