Education in India

INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK

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Special Institutions - In additions to the above institutions there are certain specialised institutions which offer education/training in specific fields-

Indian Institutes of Management - Three Institutes of Management have been established at Ahmedabad, Calcutta and Bangalore. Ahemdabad, and Calcutta Institutes were established quite some time ago and the Bangalore Institute has just graduated its second batch of full time students for the M.B.A. programme. These Institutes, in addition to the offering of the M.B.A. courses at pre-employment stage for fresh University graduates, offer advanced fellowship programmes in various areas of their specialisation. They also conduct a number of in-service Executive Development Programmes and are concentrating on different sectors of the economy such as Rural Development, Energy, Transportation, etc.

National Institute for Training in Industrial Engineering, Bombay - offers a two years post-graduate programme in Industrial Engineering as also a number of Executive Development Programmes and Unit based programmes in various areas of specific interest to specific employing agencies.

National Institute of' Foundry and Forge Technology, Ranchi - offers a special post-graduate training programme of 12-18 months duration in Advanced Foundry and Forge techniques for personnel from the industry.

Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad - which has been declared a deemed University is a specialised Centre for Undergraduate and Post- graduate studies and research in Mining, Applied Geology, Petroleum Technology and Geo-Physics. Technical Teacher's Training Institutes - at Bhopal, Calcutta, Chandigarh and Madras offer special 'training' to serving teachers of polytechnics.

Other Institutions - There are also other institutions offering courses in architecture and town planning (such as School of Planning and Architecture at New Delhi which offers degree course in Architecture and Post-graduate course in Town Planning with specialisation in Urban Design, Housing and Community Planning, Transportation and Traffic Engineering). Sugar Technology. (National Institute of Sugar Technology, Kanpur), Food Technology Industrial Design (National Institute of Industrial Design, Ahmedabad), Marine Engineering (College of Marine Engineering, Bombay), etc.