Chennai: The power to approve and giving affiliation to engineering colleges would be vested with the respective state technical universities, Dr H Devaraj, Vice-Chairman of UGC said.
Speaking at the Indian Science and Engineering Fair, organised by a city based college of technology in association with the Science Society of India here, Devaraj said henceforth engineering colleges need not queue up before the All India Council for Technical Education for renewal of approval every year.
A total of 50 students, who had already won the regional fairs held in Chennai, Mumbai, Rajkot and Mangalore, had displayed science projects such as remote piloted aerial vehicle, artificial intelligence robots, low cost bio gas plant, hybrid bicycle and herbal mouthwash, said R N Jayaprakash, managing trustee of Agni College of Technology.