Proposal to convert PEC to IIT already sent to Centre: Badnore

The Chandigarh administration has submitted a proposal to the Centre to convert PEC University of Technology here into an IIT, city's administrator V P Singh Badnore said here today.
"A proposal to convert PEC University of Technology into an IIT has already been sent to the Union government," Badnore said while addressing a press conference here on the completion of one year in office as Chandigarh Administrator and Punjab Governor.
"Besides expanding primary and secondary education by opening new schools, I want to focus on the quality of education being imparted at every level," he said.
The idea to convert PEC University into an IIT has been a long-standing one. After being shelved for years, the issue has picked steam again in the last three years.

If PEC manages to gain the IIT status, it will be equipped with better facilities and get independent funding, although the institute will then have to do away with the 50 per cent reservation for applicants from Chandigarh union territory.
Badnore also said Chandigarh should assess the total carbon footprint and make an action plan of reduction of carbon footprint in accordance with the steps taken by various developed cities in the world conforming to the principles of climate change.