The proposed nine colleges would be opened in East Champaran, West Champaran, Katihar, Sitamarhi, Sheohar, Madhepura, Araria, Supaul, and Madhubani, state Science and Technology Minister Dr. Anil Kumar said adding the government would maintain control over the institutes.
While the Central government would pay for the construction of the buildings and the campuses, the state government would be responsible for running them on a daily basis and footing all the teaching and other expenses, Kumar said.
Meanwhile, the fate of an IIT, IIM, or an IISER in Bihar remains fuzzy at best and unlikely in the worst scenario given the Center's aversion to raise the standard of higher education in Bihar.
Source: http://www.patnadaily.com/news2007/nov/111407/nine_new_polytechnique_colleges.html
