Jalandhar: Five colleges of Punjab Technical University (PTU) have now been selected for Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP), collaboration between the Central Government and the World Bank.

The National Project Implementing Unit constituted by the State Project Implementing Unit and Ministry of Human Resource Development will sign a MoU on July 31, following which grants will be given to the five colleges.

The selected colleges include: SBS College of Engineering and Technology, Ferozepur, Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana, Beant College of Engineering and Technology, Gurdaspur, Giani Zail Singh College of Engineering and Technology, Bathinda, (all government aided colleges) and Chandigarh Engineering College, Mohali.

A grant of Rs 10 crore will be received by each college for developing infrastructure for graduate and undergraduate courses. While 25 per cent of the cost would be borne by the PTU on behalf of the state government, the rest would be paid by the Centre through the World Bank.

PTU Vice Chancellor Dr Rajneesh Arora said the project was started last year. A decision in this regard was taken during the 5th National Steering Committee meeting held on June 29 at Delhi. Applications from 89 state-funded engineering colleges from 18 states and two Union Territories were selected, he added.