<p>Ten of these colleges will also be helped financially to set up centres of excellence for research in various fields, he told reporters.<br /><br />The bank is extending the finances as part of the central government’s scheme of Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQUIP), intended to encourage post-graduate education in engineering and research, development and innovation, the minister added. <br />Karnataka has over 180 engineering colleges, 14 government and the rest private. Around 60,000 students, several thousand from outside the state, get admitted every year into these colleges.</p>
<p>Ten of these colleges will also be helped financially to set up centres of excellence for research in various fields, he told reporters.<br /><br />The bank is extending the finances as part of the central government’s scheme of Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQUIP), intended to encourage post-graduate education in engineering and research, development and innovation, the minister added. <br />Karnataka has over 180 engineering colleges, 14 government and the rest private. Around 60,000 students, several thousand from outside the state, get admitted every year into these colleges.</p>