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          आपने मुझे बोलने का अवसर दिया, उसके लिए बहुत-बहुत धन्यवाद।
                                                                                                               
DR. THOKCHOM MEINYA (INNER MANIPUR):  Madam Speaker, I would like to thank you for giving me this opportunity to speak on this Bill.
          I rise to support the Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2010. The Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha by the hon. Minister in the month of August, 2010. Actually, the main aim of the Bill is to look into the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961. This particular Act has declared the IITs, which are seven in number, which are at Kharagpur, Mumbai, Delhi, Kanpur, Chennai, Guwahati and  Roorkee, as institutes of national importance. Now, the Government feels that we require more IITs. So, in the year 2008, it was decided to establish eight more IITs at  Bhubaneswar, Gandhinagar, Hyderabad, Patna, Jodhpur, Ropar, Mandi and Indore. Now, this particular Act of 1961 should take into its fold these IITs so that they also become institutes of national importance. At the same time, the Government also feels that there are many institutes in the country which have got their own qualities. They wanted to study which of these institutes can be converted into IITs.