The Chhattisgarh Government has given nod for the creation of an extension centre of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Raipur district of the state.
The technical education department of the state government will sign an MoU with IIT Kharagpur. The centre will facilitate the engineering teachers in Chhattisgarh to get the training from the faculty at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. Earlier, in January 2012, the Board of Governors of IIT Kharagpur has approved the creation of an Extension Centre at Andaman and Nicobar Islands.