{ "dataset": "bihar_tech_education", "record_type": "institution_profile", "schema_version": "2.0", "as_of": "2026-09-30", "research_principles": { "evidence_policy": "Every fact comes from the institution's own site, a government document, NIRF, or established news. Wikipedia is not cited.", "inclusion_policy": "Institutions in Bihar that offer technology, computing, AI, data or electronics programmes, plus statewide tech skilling programmes.", "dating_policy": "Undated official pages carry the access date (30 Sep 2026) and say so in the source." }, "institutions": [ { "id": "BIHAR-INST-001", "name": "Indian Institute of Technology Patna", "short_name": "IIT Patna", "type": "central_institute", "ownership": "central_government", "location": { "state": "Bihar", "country": "India", "city": "Bihta" }, "established": 2008, "tech_programmes": [ "B.Tech Computer Science and Engineering", "B.Tech Electrical Engineering", "B.Tech Artificial Intelligence and Data Science (curriculum document on academics.iitp.ac.in)", "4-year BS in Artificial Intelligence and Cyber Security (CET)", "4-year BS in Computer Science and Data Analytics (CET)" ], "nirf": { "year": 2025, "category": "Engineering", "rank": 19, "band": null }, "incubator_or_centre": "Incubation Centre IIT Patna (IC IITP): ESDM, medical electronics and ICT, supported by MeitY and the Government of Bihar; FIST IIT Patna (DST NIDHI-TBI incubator)", "website": "https://www.iitp.ac.in/", "description": "Institute of National Importance set up by an Act of Parliament in 2008. It is one of the top-20 engineering institutions in NIRF 2025.", "what_is_confirmed": [ "Established by an Act of Parliament on 6 August 2008", "NIRF 2025 Engineering rank 19 (score 64.52)", "NIRF 2025 Overall rank 36 (score 57.63)", "IC IITP focuses on ESDM, medical electronics and ICT, with MeitY and Government of Bihar support", "IC IITP says it has worked with more than 60 startups", "CET offers 4-year BS programmes in AI & Cyber Security and in CS & Data Analytics", "MeitY approved the IC IITP project in 2014 at Rs 47.1 crore, including a Rs 22.1 crore MeitY grant-in-aid.", "It returned to the NIRF Engineering top 20 in 2025 at rank 19, the same rank it held in 2017, after falling to 41 in 2023.", "NIRF 2025 also placed it in the Innovation band 11-50 and at rank 39 among Research Institutions. Those are separate rankings from Engineering and Overall." ], "what_is_not_yet_confirmed": [ "Current intake per programme", "Homepage figures ('98.5% placement', '17+ startups') are self-reported and unaudited", "The B.Tech branch list comes from a 2020-21 placement brochure plus the AI-DS curriculum document; the current full list is not verified", "The first admitting session of the B.Tech in AI and Data Science. Reporting in November 2021 describes the courses as announced for an early-2021 session while a January 2023 report calls the programme 'recently launched', and the curriculum document on academics.iitp.ac.in carries no session or senate date.", "The start date of the CET four-year BS in AI and Cyber Security. Its course-structure document is also undated.", "Sources conflict on when IC IITP began: reporting in November 2018 says it started under the institute's incubation society in 2016, while a July 2016 report describes it as inaugurated the previous year. Both are recorded.", "A founding date for FIST IIT Patna (DST NIDHI-TBI).", "The 2016 NIRF Engineering list published no rank column, so its entry is a position in a score-ordered list of 100 rather than a published rank, and is excluded from the series below. Note also that the nirfindia.org URL for 2016 serves 2017 data." ], "nirf_history": [ { "year": 2017, "category": "Engineering", "rank": 19, "band": null }, { "year": 2017, "category": "Overall", "rank": 83, "band": null }, { "year": 2018, "category": "Engineering", "rank": 24, "band": null }, { "year": 2018, "category": "Overall", "rank": 69, "band": null }, { "year": 2019, "category": "Engineering", "rank": 22, "band": null }, { "year": 2019, "category": "Overall", "rank": 58, "band": null }, { "year": 2020, "category": "Engineering", "rank": 26, "band": null }, { "year": 2020, "category": "Overall", "rank": 54, "band": null }, { "year": 2021, "category": "Engineering", "rank": 21, "band": null }, { "year": 2021, "category": "Overall", "rank": 51, "band": null }, { "year": 2021, "category": "Research", "rank": 47, "band": null }, { "year": 2022, "category": "Engineering", "rank": 33, "band": null }, { "year": 2022, "category": "Overall", "rank": 59, "band": null }, { "year": 2022, "category": "Research", "rank": 41, "band": null }, { "year": 2023, "category": "Engineering", "rank": 41, "band": null }, { "year": 2023, "category": "Overall", "rank": 66, "band": null }, { "year": 2024, "category": "Engineering", "rank": 34, "band": null }, { "year": 2024, "category": "Overall", "rank": 73, "band": null }, { "year": 2025, "category": "Engineering", "rank": 19, "band": null }, { "year": 2025, "category": "Overall", "rank": 36, "band": null }, { "year": 2025, "category": "Innovation", "rank": null, "band": "11-50" }, { "year": 2025, "category": "Research", "rank": 39, "band": null } ], "sources": [ { "source_id": "bihar-inst-001-s1", "publisher": "NIRF, Ministry of Education", "source_type": "ranking_body", "publication_date": "2026-09-30", "url_reference": "https://www.nirfindia.org/Rankings/2025/EngineeringRanking.html", "supports": [ "Engineering rank 19, score 64.52 (accessed 30 Sep 2026)" ] }, { "source_id": "bihar-inst-001-s2", "publisher": "NIRF, Ministry of Education", "source_type": "ranking_body", "publication_date": "2026-09-30", "url_reference": "https://www.nirfindia.org/Rankings/2025/OverallRanking.html", "supports": [ "Overall rank 36, score 57.63 (accessed 30 Sep 2026)" ] }, { "source_id": "bihar-inst-001-s3", "publisher": "IIT Patna", "source_type": "official_institution", "publication_date": "2026-09-30", "url_reference": "https://cep.iitp.ac.in/BS-BS-MS%20-%20IITP_AUTUMN%202026.pdf", "supports": [ "Established by an Act of the Indian Parliament on 6 August 2008 (search excerpt; accessed 30 Sep 2026)" ] }, { "source_id": "bihar-inst-001-s4", "publisher": "IIT Patna CET", "source_type": "official_institution", "publication_date": "2026-09-30", "url_reference": "https://cet.iitp.ac.in/", "supports": [ "BS AI & Cyber Security and BS CS & Data Analytics programmes (accessed 30 Sep 2026)" ] }, { "source_id": "bihar-inst-001-s5", "publisher": "IIT Patna", "source_type": "official_institution", "publication_date": "2026-09-30", "url_reference": "https://academics.iitp.ac.in/files/btech_syllabus/Curriculumn_CSE_Btech_AI_DS.pdf", "supports": [ "B.Tech AI & Data Science curriculum document exists (accessed 30 Sep 2026)" ] }, { "source_id": "bihar-inst-001-s6", "publisher": "Incubation Centre IIT Patna", "source_type": "official_institution", "publication_date": "2026-09-30", "url_reference": "https://iciitp.com/", "supports": [ "IC IITP focus domains, MeitY and Government of Bihar support, 60+ startups worked with (accessed 30 Sep 2026)" ] } ], "confidence": "very_high" }, { "id": "BIHAR-INST-002", "name": "National Institute of Technology Patna", "short_name": "NIT Patna", "type": "central_institute", "ownership": "central_government", "location": { "state": "Bihar", "country": "India", "city": "Patna" }, "established": 1886, "tech_programmes": [ "Computer Science and Engineering (department)", "B.Tech dual degree CSE with specialization in Data Science (syllabus page marked 'old')" ], "nirf": { "year": 2025, "category": "Engineering", "rank": 53, "band": null }, "website": "https://www.nitp.ac.in/", "description": "Institution of National Importance that traces its origin to the Bihar School of Engineering (1886). It is now the 18th NIT.", "what_is_confirmed": [ "Established in 1886 as Bihar School of Engineering; the 18th NIT recognised by MHRD", "Offers 10 UG and 21 PG programmes plus PhDs across 11 departments, per the official site", "NIRF 2025 Engineering rank 53 (score 53.89)", "125-acre Bihta campus dedicated to the nation on 4 October 2025", "Upgraded to NIT in 2004. The Times of India (8 February 2004), quoting the director-designate, reports the conversion from Bihar College of Engineering took effect on 28 January 2004, making it the 18th NIT, with assets and personnel deemed transferred from that date.", "Its NIRF Engineering rank has improved in every edition since 2019: 134, 92, 72, 63, 56, 55 and 53." ], "what_is_not_yet_confirmed": [ "No MHRD or nitp.ac.in dated notification of the 28 January 2004 conversion was found; the date comes from contemporaneous reporting, so the conversion is established at year level and the day is attributed.", "The intermediate 'Bihar College of Engineering' name and the date of that renaming.", "Whether the National Institutes of Technology Act, 2007 is the instrument that made it an Institution of National Importance; we did not retrieve the Act or its schedule.", "Whether the Data Science dual degree still admits students", "Full current list of UG branches" ], "nirf_history": [ { "year": 2017, "category": "Engineering", "rank": null, "band": "101-150" }, { "year": 2018, "category": "Engineering", "rank": null, "band": "151-200" }, { "year": 2019, "category": "Engineering", "rank": 134, "band": null }, { "year": 2020, "category": "Engineering", "rank": 92, "band": null }, { "year": 2020, "category": "Overall", "rank": null, "band": "151-200" }, { "year": 2021, "category": "Engineering", "rank": 72, "band": null }, { "year": 2022, "category": "Engineering", "rank": 63, "band": null }, { "year": 2023, "category": "Engineering", "rank": 56, "band": null }, { "year": 2024, "category": "Engineering", "rank": 55, "band": null }, { "year": 2025, "category": "Engineering", "rank": 53, "band": null } ], "sources": [ { "source_id": "bihar-inst-002-s1", "publisher": "NIRF, Ministry of Education", "source_type": "ranking_body", "publication_date": "2026-09-30", "url_reference": "https://www.nirfindia.org/Rankings/2025/EngineeringRanking.html", "supports": [ "Engineering rank 53, score 53.89 (accessed 30 Sep 2026)" ] }, { "source_id": "bihar-inst-002-s2", "publisher": "NIT Patna", "source_type": "official_institution", "publication_date": "2026-09-30", "url_reference": "http://nitp.ac.in/", "supports": [ "Established 1886 as Bihar School of Engineering, 18th NIT; 10 UG, 21 PG programmes, 11 departments (search excerpt; accessed 30 Sep 2026)" ] }, { "source_id": "bihar-inst-002-s3", "publisher": "NIT Patna", "source_type": "official_institution", "publication_date": "2025-12-27", "url_reference": "https://convocation.nitp.ac.in/", "supports": [ "Bihta campus dedicated 4 October 2025" ] }, { "source_id": "bihar-inst-002-s4", "publisher": "NIT Patna", "source_type": "official_institution", "publication_date": "2026-09-30", "url_reference": "https://nitp-backup.nitp.ac.in/Department/CSE/syllabus/dual-ds-old", "supports": [ "Dual degree CSE with Data Science specialization (search excerpt; accessed 30 Sep 2026)" ] } ], "confidence": "very_high" }, { "id": "BIHAR-INST-003", "name": "Indian Institute of Information Technology Bhagalpur", "short_name": "IIIT Bhagalpur", "type": "central_institute", "ownership": "central_government", "location": { "state": "Bihar", "country": "India", "city": "Bhagalpur" }, "established": 2017, "tech_programmes": [ "B.Tech Computer Science & Engineering", "B.Tech Electronics & Communication Engineering", "B.Tech Mechatronics and Artificial Intelligence Engineering", "M.Tech CSE / ECE / Mechatronics and AI Engineering", "PhD CSE / ECE / Mechatronics and AI Engineering" ], "nirf": null, "website": "https://www.iiitbh.ac.in/", "description": "IIIT set up by MHRD in public-private partnership mode, running since the 2017 academic year.", "what_is_confirmed": [ "Set up by MHRD, Government of India in PPP mode", "Started functioning from academic year 2017", "Lists B.Tech in CSE, ECE, and Mechatronics & AI Engineering" ], "what_is_not_yet_confirmed": [ "Whether the M.Tech/PhD programmes (listed as 'proposed from 2020') are running", "NIRF status (not found in the 2025 Engineering lists checked)", "PPP partner shareholding" ], "sources": [ { "source_id": "bihar-inst-003-s1", "publisher": "IIIT Bhagalpur", "source_type": "official_institution", "publication_date": "2026-09-30", "url_reference": "https://www.iiitbh.ac.in/", "supports": [ "PPP IIIT set up by MHRD; functioning since 2017 (accessed 30 Sep 2026)" ] }, { "source_id": "bihar-inst-003-s2", "publisher": "IIIT Bhagalpur", "source_type": "official_institution", "publication_date": "2026-09-30", "url_reference": "https://www.iiitbh.ac.in/programmes", "supports": [ "Programme list (accessed 30 Sep 2026)" ] } ], "confidence": "very_high" }, { "id": "BIHAR-INST-004", "name": "Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya", "short_name": "IIM Bodh Gaya", "type": "central_institute", "ownership": "central_government", "location": { "state": "Bihar", "country": "India", "city": "Bodh Gaya" }, "established": 2015, "tech_programmes": [ "MBA (Digital Business Management) with tracks in Fintech, Analytics, Digital Marketing, and Strategy & Consulting for Digital Business" ], "nirf": { "year": 2025, "category": "Management", "rank": 31, "band": null }, "website": "https://iimbg.ac.in/", "description": "IIM set up by the Ministry of Education in 2015. Its tech link is an MBA in Digital Business Management with Analytics and Fintech tracks.", "what_is_confirmed": [ "Established in 2015 by the Ministry of Education", "NIRF 2025 Management rank 31 (score 59.65; listed city Gaya)", "MBA (Digital Business Management) offered for 2024-25, with Fintech and Analytics tracks", "The Indian Institutes of Management Act, 2017 received assent on 31 December 2017, declaring the scheduled IIMs institutions of national importance.", "Its NIRF Management rank has improved at every appearance: 73 (2022), 53 (2023), 33 (2024) and 31 (2025)." ], "what_is_not_yet_confirmed": [ "Details of the 'MBA-DBAI' programme (its 2026 policy PDF was blocked, HTTP 403)", "Whether the DBM programme continues in 2026-27", "The commencement date of the IIM Act, 2017. Section 1(2) leaves it to a Central Government notification and allows it to differ by provision, so assent is not commencement.", "That IIM Bodh Gaya is named in the Act's Schedule; we read the Act's opening but not the Schedule itself.", "The start session of the MBA (Digital Business Management).", "It is absent from the published NIRF Management lists before 2022, but those lists ran only to the top 50 (2017-18) and top 75 (2019-21), so absence is not the same as being unranked." ], "nirf_history": [ { "year": 2022, "category": "Management", "rank": 73, "band": null }, { "year": 2023, "category": "Management", "rank": 53, "band": null }, { "year": 2024, "category": "Management", "rank": 33, "band": null }, { "year": 2025, "category": "Management", "rank": 31, "band": null } ], "sources": [ { "source_id": "bihar-inst-004-s1", "publisher": "NIRF, Ministry of Education", "source_type": "ranking_body", "publication_date": "2026-09-30", "url_reference": "https://www.nirfindia.org/Rankings/2025/ManagementRanking.html", "supports": [ "Management rank 31, score 59.65 (accessed 30 Sep 2026)" ] }, { "source_id": "bihar-inst-004-s2", "publisher": "IIM Bodh Gaya", "source_type": "official_institution", "publication_date": "2026-09-30", "url_reference": "https://iimbg.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/DBM_02-Brochure.pdf", "supports": [ "MBA (DBM) for 2024-25 with Fintech, Analytics, Digital Marketing, Strategy & Consulting tracks (accessed 30 Sep 2026)" ] }, { "source_id": "bihar-inst-004-s3", "publisher": "IIM Bodh Gaya", "source_type": "official_institution", "publication_date": "2026-09-30", "url_reference": "http://iimbg.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Newsletter-January-March-26-Publication-Cell_5-Vol-7-Issue-1.pdf", "supports": [ "Established in 2015 by the Ministry of Education (search excerpt; accessed 30 Sep 2026)" ] } ], "confidence": "very_high" }, { "id": "BIHAR-INST-005", "name": "National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology, Patna Centre", "short_name": "NIELIT Patna", "type": "central_institute", "ownership": "central_government", "location": { "state": "Bihar", "country": "India", "city": "Bihta" }, "established": 2008, "tech_programmes": [ "Course on Computer Concepts (CCC)", "Certificate in C++ programming", "Certificate in Advanced Java (J2EE)", "Certificate in PHP", "Certificate in System Administration using Linux", "Certificate in Electronic Production Technician", "NIELIT 'A' Level Software", "NIELIT 'O' Level Software", "NIELIT 'O' Level Hardware", "NIELIT 'O' Level Multimedia", "Advanced Diploma in Hardware, Networking and Information Security (ADHNS)" ], "nirf": null, "website": "https://nielitpatnaonline.in/", "description": "NIELIT centre set up in 2008 and run from a permanent campus at Bihta near IIT Patna. It offers IT, electronics and ESDM skill courses.", "what_is_confirmed": [ "Established 2008; operates from its permanent campus at Bihta, near IIT Patna", "Coordinates NIELIT centres in the Eastern Region", "Offers NSQF-aligned software, hardware and ESDM courses, including online and blended modes", "Short- and long-term course list as above" ], "what_is_not_yet_confirmed": [ "Cyber Security Lab inauguration on 2 Dec 2025 (seen only in a search excerpt; the nielit.gov.in page failed to load)", "Current enrolment numbers", "How current the course list is (page undated)" ], "sources": [ { "source_id": "bihar-inst-005-s1", "publisher": "NIELIT Patna", "source_type": "official_institution", "publication_date": "2026-09-30", "url_reference": "https://nielitpatnaonline.in/", "supports": [ "Established 2008, Bihta campus, NSQF/ESDM courses (accessed 30 Sep 2026)" ] }, { "source_id": "bihar-inst-005-s2", "publisher": "NIELIT", "source_type": "official_institution", "publication_date": "2026-09-30", "url_reference": "https://www.nielit.in/hi/content/courses-offered-nielit-patna", "supports": [ "Course list for Patna centre (accessed 30 Sep 2026)" ] } ], "confidence": "very_high" }, { "id": "BIHAR-INST-006", "name": "Aryabhatta Knowledge University", "short_name": "AKU", "type": "state_university", "ownership": "state_government", "location": { "state": "Bihar", "country": "India", "city": "Patna" }, "established": 2008, "tech_programmes": [], "nirf": null, "website": "https://akubihar.ac.in/", "description": "State university created by the Aryabhatta Knowledge University Act, 2008. It affiliates professional institutions, including in engineering, IT, nanotechnology and biotechnology.", "what_is_confirmed": [ "Established by the Government of Bihar through the Aryabhatta Knowledge University Act, 2008 (Bihar Act 24 of 2008)", "Mandate covers affiliation of professional education institutions, including Engineering & Technology, IT, Nanotechnology and Biotechnology" ], "what_is_not_yet_confirmed": [ "Which tech/computing programmes AKU's own centres currently run (not verified on an official page)", "Year the university began operating (the Act is from 2008)", "Current affiliated engineering colleges, since engineering affiliation may now sit with BEU" ], "sources": [ { "source_id": "bihar-inst-006-s1", "publisher": "Aryabhatta Knowledge University", "source_type": "official_institution", "publication_date": "2026-09-30", "url_reference": "https://akubihar.ac.in/", "supports": [ "Act 2008 (Bihar Act 24 of 2008); affiliation mandate incl. Engineering & Technology, IT, Nanotechnology (accessed 30 Sep 2026)" ] } ], "confidence": "very_high" }, { "id": "BIHAR-INST-007", "name": "Bihar Engineering University", "short_name": "BEU", "type": "state_university", "ownership": "state_government", "location": { "state": "Bihar", "country": "India", "city": "Patna" }, "established": 2021, "tech_programmes": [], "nirf": null, "website": "https://beu-bih.ac.in/", "description": "State affiliating university for engineering colleges in Bihar, created by the Bihar Engineering University Act, 2021.", "what_is_confirmed": [ "Created by the Bihar Engineering University Act, 2021 (Bihar Act No. 20 of 2021)", "Governor's assent 6 August 2021; published in the Bihar Gazette on 9 August 2021", "beu-bih.ac.in is the university's official results site (TOI, Mar 2026)" ], "what_is_not_yet_confirmed": [ "Number of affiliated colleges", "Date it began functioning", "Whether all Bihar engineering colleges are now required to affiliate with BEU (seen only on Wikipedia)" ], "sources": [ { "source_id": "bihar-inst-007-s1", "publisher": "PRS Legislative Research (copy of Bihar Gazette)", "source_type": "official_government", "publication_date": "2021-08-09", "url_reference": "https://prsindia.org/files/bills_acts/acts_states/bihar/2021/Act%20No.%2020%20of%202021%20Bihar.pdf", "supports": [ "Act No. 20 of 2021; assent 6 Aug 2021; Gazette 9 Aug 2021" ] }, { "source_id": "bihar-inst-007-s2", "publisher": "The Times of India", "source_type": "established_news", "publication_date": "2026-03-13", "url_reference": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/beu-result-for-various-ug-programmes-released-at-beu-bih-ac-in-direct-link-to-access-scorecards-here/articleshow/129551056.cms", "supports": [ "beu-bih.ac.in is BEU's official site" ] } ], "confidence": "very_high" }, { "id": "BIHAR-INST-008", "name": "Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology", "short_name": "MIT Muzaffarpur", "type": "state_engineering_college", "ownership": "state_government", "location": { "state": "Bihar", "country": "India", "city": "Muzaffarpur" }, "established": 1954, "tech_programmes": [ "B.Tech Computer Science & Engineering", "B.Tech Information Technology", "B.Tech Electronics & Communication Engineering", "B.Tech Biomedical & Robotic Engineering" ], "nirf": null, "website": "https://www.mitmuzaffarpur.org/", "description": "Government engineering college in Muzaffarpur founded in the 1954-55 session. It offers computing and electronics branches.", "what_is_confirmed": [ "Year of establishment 1954-55 (Bihar government college list)", "2019-20 intake: ECE 40, IT 40 (275 total across branches)", "UGEAC 2025 first round allotted seats in CSE, IT, ECE and Biomedical Robotic Engg" ], "what_is_not_yet_confirmed": [ "Current intake per branch", "NIRF participation" ], "sources": [ { "source_id": "bihar-inst-008-s1", "publisher": "Bihar Council on Science & Technology, Govt of Bihar", "source_type": "official_government", "publication_date": "2026-09-30", "url_reference": "http://bcstpatna.bihar.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ListofGovt_Engg_College.pdf", "supports": [ "Established 1954-55; 2019-20 branches and intake (uploaded July 2020 per URL; accessed 30 Sep 2026)" ] }, { "source_id": "bihar-inst-008-s2", "publisher": "BCECE Board, Govt of Bihar", "source_type": "official_government", "publication_date": "2026-09-30", "url_reference": "https://bceceboard.bihar.gov.in/pdf_Web/UGEAC2025_FCOFF.pdf", "supports": [ "UGEAC 2025 first-round branches (accessed 30 Sep 2026)" ] } ], "confidence": "very_high" }, { "id": "BIHAR-INST-009", "name": "Bhagalpur College of Engineering", "short_name": "BCE Bhagalpur", "type": "state_engineering_college", "ownership": "state_government", "location": { "state": "Bihar", "country": "India", "city": "Bhagalpur" }, "established": 1960, "tech_programmes": [ "B.Tech Computer Science & Engineering", "B.Tech Electronics & Communication Engineering" ], "nirf": null, "website": "https://www.bcebhagalpur.ac.in/", "description": "Government engineering college in Bhagalpur founded in the 1960-61 session.", "what_is_confirmed": [ "Year of establishment 1960-61", "2019-20 intake: CSE 60, ECE 60 (300 total)", "UGEAC 2025 first round allotted CSE and ECE seats" ], "what_is_not_yet_confirmed": [ "Current intake", "Website content (returned HTTP 403)" ], "sources": [ { "source_id": "bihar-inst-009-s1", "publisher": "Bihar Council on Science & Technology, Govt of Bihar", "source_type": "official_government", "publication_date": "2026-09-30", "url_reference": "http://bcstpatna.bihar.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ListofGovt_Engg_College.pdf", "supports": [ "Established 1960-61; branches/intake 2019-20; website (accessed 30 Sep 2026)" ] }, { "source_id": "bihar-inst-009-s2", "publisher": "BCECE Board, Govt of Bihar", "source_type": "official_government", "publication_date": "2026-09-30", "url_reference": "https://bceceboard.bihar.gov.in/pdf_Web/UGEAC2025_FCOFF.pdf", "supports": [ "UGEAC 2025 branches (accessed 30 Sep 2026)" ] } ], "confidence": "very_high" }, { "id": "BIHAR-INST-010", "name": "Gaya College of Engineering", "short_name": "GCE Gaya", "type": "state_engineering_college", "ownership": "state_government", "location": { "state": "Bihar", "country": "India", "city": "Gaya" }, "established": 2008, "tech_programmes": [ "B.Tech Computer Science & Engineering", "B.Tech Electrical & Electronics Engineering" ], "nirf": null, "website": "https://www.gcegaya.ac.in/", "description": "Government engineering college in Gaya founded in the 2008-09 session.", "what_is_confirmed": [ "Year of establishment 2008-09", "2019-20 intake: CSE 60, EEE 60 (240 total)", "UGEAC 2025 first round allotted CSE and EEE seats" ], "what_is_not_yet_confirmed": [ "Any newer AI/data branches", "Current intake" ], "sources": [ { "source_id": "bihar-inst-010-s1", "publisher": "Bihar Council on Science & Technology, Govt of Bihar", "source_type": "official_government", "publication_date": "2026-09-30", "url_reference": "http://bcstpatna.bihar.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ListofGovt_Engg_College.pdf", "supports": [ "Established 2008-09; branches 2019-20 (accessed 30 Sep 2026)" ] }, { "source_id": "bihar-inst-010-s2", "publisher": "BCECE Board, Govt of Bihar", "source_type": "official_government", "publication_date": "2026-09-30", "url_reference": "https://bceceboard.bihar.gov.in/pdf_Web/UGEAC2025_FCOFF.pdf", "supports": [ "UGEAC 2025 branches (accessed 30 Sep 2026)" ] } ], "confidence": "very_high" }, { "id": "BIHAR-INST-011", "name": "Darbhanga College of Engineering", "short_name": "DCE Darbhanga", "type": "state_engineering_college", "ownership": "state_government", "location": { "state": "Bihar", "country": "India", "city": "Darbhanga" }, "established": 2008, "tech_programmes": [ "B.Tech Computer Science & Engineering", "B.Tech CSE (Cyber Security)", "B.Tech Electrical & Electronics Engineering" ], "nirf": null, "website": "https://www.dce-darbhanga.org/", "description": "Government engineering college in Darbhanga founded in the 2008-09 session. It now offers a cyber security specialisation.", "what_is_confirmed": [ "Year of establishment 2008-09", "2019-20 intake: CSE 60, EEE 60 (240 total)", "UGEAC 2025 first round allotted CSE, CSE (Cyber Security) and EEE seats", "CSE (Cyber Security) is absent from the UGEAC-2023 seat matrix and present at 60 seats in UGEAC-2024, so its first admitting session was 2024-25.", "B.Tech Mathematics and Computing first appears in the UGEAC-2026 round-1 allotment, so its first session is 2026-27." ], "what_is_not_yet_confirmed": [ "Whether the CSE (Cyber Security) intake has changed since 2024-25.", "These dates come from the year-by-year state counselling seat matrices. A branch present in a year’s matrix is positive evidence it admitted that session; a branch absent is weak evidence, because a branch can exist with no seats allotted in a round.", "The UGEAC 2021 and 2022 prospectuses and allotment documents could not be retrieved, so the 2021 to 2023 window cannot be closed. Neither AI, data science, cyber security nor IoT appears anywhere in the 2019-20 or 2020-21 counselling documents." ], "sources": [ { "source_id": "bihar-inst-011-s1", "publisher": "Bihar Council on Science & Technology, Govt of Bihar", "source_type": "official_government", "publication_date": "2026-09-30", "url_reference": "http://bcstpatna.bihar.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ListofGovt_Engg_College.pdf", "supports": [ "Established 2008-09; branches 2019-20 (accessed 30 Sep 2026)" ] }, { "source_id": "bihar-inst-011-s2", "publisher": "BCECE Board, Govt of Bihar", "source_type": "official_government", "publication_date": "2026-09-30", "url_reference": "https://bceceboard.bihar.gov.in/pdf_Web/UGEAC2025_FCOFF.pdf", "supports": [ "UGEAC 2025 branches incl. CSE (Cyber Security) (accessed 30 Sep 2026)" ] }, { "source_id": "ugeac-2023", "publisher": "BCECEB, UGEAC-2023 prospectus", "source_type": "official_government", "publication_date": "2026-09-30", "url_reference": "https://bceceboard.bihar.gov.in/pdf_Pros/PROS_UGEAC23.pdf", "supports": [ "Undated page, accessed 30 Sep 2026", "College-wise branch and intake seat matrix for 2023-24" ] }, { "source_id": "ugeac-2024", "publisher": "BCECEB, UGEAC-2024 prospectus", "source_type": "official_government", "publication_date": "2026-09-30", "url_reference": "https://bceceboard.bihar.gov.in/pdf_Pros/PROS_UGEAC24.pdf", "supports": [ "Undated page, accessed 30 Sep 2026", "College-wise branch and intake seat matrix for 2024-25" ] }, { "source_id": "ugeac-2026-r1", "publisher": "BCECEB, UGEAC-2026 round-1 allotment", "source_type": "official_government", "publication_date": "2026-09-30", "url_reference": "https://bceceboard.bihar.gov.in/pdf_Web/UGEAC26_OCR_R1.pdf", "supports": [ "Undated page, accessed 30 Sep 2026", "Branch list allotted in the 2026-27 first round" ] }, { "source_id": "ugeac-2019", "publisher": "Bihar Combined Entrance Competitive Examination Board (BCECEB), UGEAC-2019 college list", "source_type": "official_government", "publication_date": "2026-09-30", "url_reference": "https://bceceboard.bihar.gov.in/pdf_Web/UGEAC19_ENGG_CLIST.pdf", "supports": [ "Undated page, accessed 30 Sep 2026", "No AI, data science, cyber security or IoT branch in the 2019-20 counselling", "Year of establishment and intake per college" ] }, { "source_id": "ugeac-2020", "publisher": "BCECEB, UGEAC-2020 opening and closing ranks", "source_type": "official_government", "publication_date": "2026-09-30", "url_reference": "https://bceceboard.bihar.gov.in/pdf_Web/UGEAC20_SEC_OCR.pdf", "supports": [ "Undated page, accessed 30 Sep 2026", "No AI, data science, cyber security or IoT branch in the 2020-21 counselling" ] } ], "confidence": "very_high" }, { "id": "BIHAR-INST-012", "name": "Nalanda College of Engineering, Chandi", "short_name": "NCE Chandi", "type": "state_engineering_college", "ownership": "state_government", "location": { "state": "Bihar", "country": "India", "city": "Chandi" }, "established": 2008, "tech_programmes": [ "B.Tech Computer Science & Engineering", "B.Tech Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning", "B.Tech Electrical & Electronics Engineering" ], "nirf": null, "website": "https://www.ncechandi.ac.in/", "description": "Government engineering college at Chandi, Nalanda district, founded in the 2008-09 session. It now offers an AI & ML branch.", "what_is_confirmed": [ "Year of establishment 2008-09", "2019-20 intake: CSE 60, EEE 60 (240 total)", "UGEAC 2025 first round allotted CSE, AI & ML and EEE seats", "AI & ML is absent from the UGEAC-2023 seat matrix and present at 60 seats in UGEAC-2024, so its first admitting session was 2024-25." ], "what_is_not_yet_confirmed": [ "Whether the AI & ML intake has changed since 2024-25.", "These dates come from the year-by-year state counselling seat matrices. A branch present in a year’s matrix is positive evidence it admitted that session; a branch absent is weak evidence, because a branch can exist with no seats allotted in a round.", "The UGEAC 2021 and 2022 prospectuses and allotment documents could not be retrieved, so the 2021 to 2023 window cannot be closed. Neither AI, data science, cyber security nor IoT appears anywhere in the 2019-20 or 2020-21 counselling documents." ], "sources": [ { "source_id": "bihar-inst-012-s1", "publisher": "Bihar Council on Science & Technology, Govt of Bihar", "source_type": "official_government", "publication_date": "2026-09-30", "url_reference": "http://bcstpatna.bihar.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ListofGovt_Engg_College.pdf", "supports": [ "Established 2008-09; branches 2019-20 (accessed 30 Sep 2026)" ] }, { "source_id": "bihar-inst-012-s2", "publisher": "BCECE Board, Govt of Bihar", "source_type": "official_government", "publication_date": "2026-09-30", "url_reference": "https://bceceboard.bihar.gov.in/pdf_Web/UGEAC2025_FCOFF.pdf", "supports": [ "UGEAC 2025 branches incl. AI & ML (accessed 30 Sep 2026)" ] }, { "source_id": "ugeac-2023", "publisher": "BCECEB, UGEAC-2023 prospectus", "source_type": "official_government", "publication_date": "2026-09-30", "url_reference": "https://bceceboard.bihar.gov.in/pdf_Pros/PROS_UGEAC23.pdf", "supports": [ "Undated page, accessed 30 Sep 2026", "College-wise branch and intake seat matrix for 2023-24" ] }, { "source_id": "ugeac-2024", "publisher": "BCECEB, UGEAC-2024 prospectus", "source_type": "official_government", "publication_date": "2026-09-30", "url_reference": "https://bceceboard.bihar.gov.in/pdf_Pros/PROS_UGEAC24.pdf", "supports": [ "Undated page, accessed 30 Sep 2026", "College-wise branch and intake seat matrix for 2024-25" ] }, { "source_id": "ugeac-2019", "publisher": "Bihar Combined Entrance Competitive Examination Board (BCECEB), UGEAC-2019 college list", "source_type": "official_government", "publication_date": "2026-09-30", "url_reference": "https://bceceboard.bihar.gov.in/pdf_Web/UGEAC19_ENGG_CLIST.pdf", "supports": [ "Undated page, accessed 30 Sep 2026", "No AI, data science, cyber security or IoT branch in the 2019-20 counselling", "Year of establishment and intake per college" ] }, { "source_id": "ugeac-2020", "publisher": "BCECEB, UGEAC-2020 opening and closing ranks", "source_type": "official_government", "publication_date": "2026-09-30", "url_reference": "https://bceceboard.bihar.gov.in/pdf_Web/UGEAC20_SEC_OCR.pdf", "supports": [ "Undated page, accessed 30 Sep 2026", "No AI, data science, cyber security or IoT branch in the 2020-21 counselling" ] } ], "confidence": "very_high" }, { "id": "BIHAR-INST-013", "name": "Motihari College of Engineering", "short_name": "MCE Motihari", "type": "state_engineering_college", "ownership": "state_government", "location": { "state": "Bihar", "country": "India", "city": "Motihari" }, "established": 2008, "tech_programmes": [ "B.Tech Computer Science & Engineering", "B.Tech CSE (Artificial Intelligence)", "B.Tech Electrical & Electronics Engineering", "B.Tech Civil Engineering with Computer Application" ], "nirf": null, "website": "https://www.mcemotihari.ac.in/", "description": "Government engineering college in Motihari founded in the 2008-09 session. It now offers a CSE (AI) branch.", "what_is_confirmed": [ "Year of establishment 2008-09", "2019-20 intake: CSE 60, EEE 60 (240 total)", "UGEAC 2025 first round allotted CSE, CSE (AI), EEE and Civil with Computer Application seats", "CSE (Artificial Intelligence) is already present in the UGEAC-2023 seat matrix at 30 seats and was raised to 60 in UGEAC-2024, so its first admitting session was 2023-24 or earlier." ], "what_is_not_yet_confirmed": [ "Whether CSE (AI) admitted before 2023-24. The 2021 and 2022 counselling documents could not be retrieved, and the branch is absent from the 2019-20 and 2020-21 documents.", "These dates come from the year-by-year state counselling seat matrices. A branch present in a year’s matrix is positive evidence it admitted that session; a branch absent is weak evidence, because a branch can exist with no seats allotted in a round.", "The UGEAC 2021 and 2022 prospectuses and allotment documents could not be retrieved, so the 2021 to 2023 window cannot be closed. Neither AI, data science, cyber security nor IoT appears anywhere in the 2019-20 or 2020-21 counselling documents." ], "sources": [ { "source_id": "bihar-inst-013-s1", "publisher": "Bihar Council on Science & Technology, Govt of Bihar", "source_type": "official_government", "publication_date": "2026-09-30", "url_reference": "http://bcstpatna.bihar.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ListofGovt_Engg_College.pdf", "supports": [ "Established 2008-09; branches 2019-20 (accessed 30 Sep 2026)" ] }, { "source_id": "bihar-inst-013-s2", "publisher": "BCECE Board, Govt of Bihar", "source_type": "official_government", "publication_date": "2026-09-30", "url_reference": "https://bceceboard.bihar.gov.in/pdf_Web/UGEAC2025_FCOFF.pdf", "supports": [ "UGEAC 2025 branches (accessed 30 Sep 2026)" ] }, { "source_id": "ugeac-2023", "publisher": "BCECEB, UGEAC-2023 prospectus", "source_type": "official_government", "publication_date": "2026-09-30", "url_reference": "https://bceceboard.bihar.gov.in/pdf_Pros/PROS_UGEAC23.pdf", "supports": [ "Undated page, accessed 30 Sep 2026", "College-wise branch and intake seat matrix for 2023-24" ] }, { "source_id": "ugeac-2024", "publisher": "BCECEB, UGEAC-2024 prospectus", "source_type": "official_government", "publication_date": "2026-09-30", "url_reference": "https://bceceboard.bihar.gov.in/pdf_Pros/PROS_UGEAC24.pdf", "supports": [ "Undated page, accessed 30 Sep 2026", "College-wise branch and intake seat matrix for 2024-25" ] }, { "source_id": "ugeac-2019", "publisher": "Bihar Combined Entrance Competitive Examination Board (BCECEB), UGEAC-2019 college list", "source_type": "official_government", "publication_date": "2026-09-30", "url_reference": "https://bceceboard.bihar.gov.in/pdf_Web/UGEAC19_ENGG_CLIST.pdf", "supports": [ "Undated page, accessed 30 Sep 2026", "No AI, data science, cyber security or IoT branch in the 2019-20 counselling", "Year of establishment and intake per college" ] }, { "source_id": "ugeac-2020", "publisher": "BCECEB, UGEAC-2020 opening and closing ranks", "source_type": "official_government", "publication_date": "2026-09-30", "url_reference": "https://bceceboard.bihar.gov.in/pdf_Web/UGEAC20_SEC_OCR.pdf", "supports": [ "Undated page, accessed 30 Sep 2026", "No AI, data science, cyber security or IoT branch in the 2020-21 counselling" ] } ], "confidence": "very_high" }, { "id": "BIHAR-INST-014", "name": "Bakhtiyarpur College of Engineering", "short_name": "BCE Bakhtiyarpur", "type": "state_engineering_college", "ownership": "state_government", "location": { "state": "Bihar", "country": "India", "city": "Bakhtiyarpur" }, "established": 2016, "tech_programmes": [ "B.Tech Computer Science & Engineering", "B.Tech CSE (Internet of Things)", "B.Tech Electrical & Electronics Engineering" ], "nirf": null, "website": "https://bcebakhtiyarpur.org/", "description": "Government engineering college founded in the 2016-17 session. It first ran from a temporary campus at the old IIT campus in Patliputra, Patna.", "what_is_confirmed": [ "Year of establishment 2016-17", "2019-20: temporary campus at old IIT campus, Patliputra, Patna; CSE 60, EEE 60", "UGEAC 2025 first round allotted CSE, CSE (IoT) and EEE seats" ], "what_is_not_yet_confirmed": [ "Whether it has moved to a permanent campus at Bakhtiyarpur" ], "sources": [ { "source_id": "bihar-inst-014-s1", "publisher": "Bihar Council on Science & Technology, Govt of Bihar", "source_type": "official_government", "publication_date": "2026-09-30", "url_reference": "http://bcstpatna.bihar.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ListofGovt_Engg_College.pdf", "supports": [ "Established 2016-17; temporary campus; branches (accessed 30 Sep 2026)" ] }, { "source_id": "bihar-inst-014-s2", "publisher": "BCECE Board, Govt of Bihar", "source_type": "official_government", "publication_date": "2026-09-30", "url_reference": "https://bceceboard.bihar.gov.in/pdf_Web/UGEAC2025_FCOFF.pdf", "supports": [ "UGEAC 2025 branches incl. CSE (IoT) (accessed 30 Sep 2026)" ] } ], "confidence": "very_high" }, { "id": "BIHAR-INST-015", "name": "Government Engineering College, Munger", "short_name": "GEC Munger", "type": "state_engineering_college", "ownership": "state_government", "location": { "state": "Bihar", "country": "India", "city": "Munger" }, "established": 2019, "tech_programmes": [ "B.Tech CSE (Artificial Intelligence)", "B.Tech CSE (Data Science)", "B.Tech Mathematics and Computing" ], "nirf": null, "website": "https://www.gecmunger.ac.in/", "description": "State government engineering college set up in 2019 under the Saat Nischay programme. It is affiliated to BEU.", "what_is_confirmed": [ "Established 2019; runs under DSTTE, Government of Bihar; affiliated to BEU", "Offers six B.Tech programmes, including CSE (AI), CSE (Data Science) and Mathematics & Computing", "UGEAC 2025 first round allotted CSE (AI) and CSE (DS) seats", "CSE (Artificial Intelligence) is present in the UGEAC-2023 seat matrix at 60 seats, so its first admitting session was 2023-24 or earlier.", "CSE (Data Science) is absent from UGEAC-2023 and present at 60 seats in UGEAC-2024, so its first admitting session was 2024-25.", "B.Tech Mathematics and Computing first appears in the UGEAC-2026 round-1 allotment, which is why it was not in the 2025 list: its first session is 2026-27." ], "what_is_not_yet_confirmed": [ "The Mathematics and Computing intake, which the round-1 allotment does not state.", "These dates come from the year-by-year state counselling seat matrices. A branch present in a year’s matrix is positive evidence it admitted that session; a branch absent is weak evidence, because a branch can exist with no seats allotted in a round.", "The UGEAC 2021 and 2022 prospectuses and allotment documents could not be retrieved, so the 2021 to 2023 window cannot be closed. Neither AI, data science, cyber security nor IoT appears anywhere in the 2019-20 or 2020-21 counselling documents." ], "sources": [ { "source_id": "bihar-inst-015-s1", "publisher": "GEC Munger", "source_type": "official_institution", "publication_date": "2026-09-30", "url_reference": "https://www.gecmunger.ac.in/", "supports": [ "Established 2019; DSTTE; BEU affiliation; programme list (accessed 30 Sep 2026)" ] }, { "source_id": "bihar-inst-015-s2", "publisher": "BCECE Board, Govt of Bihar", "source_type": "official_government", "publication_date": "2026-09-30", "url_reference": "https://bceceboard.bihar.gov.in/pdf_Web/UGEAC2025_FCOFF.pdf", "supports": [ "UGEAC 2025 branches (accessed 30 Sep 2026)" ] }, { "source_id": "ugeac-2023", "publisher": "BCECEB, UGEAC-2023 prospectus", "source_type": "official_government", "publication_date": "2026-09-30", "url_reference": "https://bceceboard.bihar.gov.in/pdf_Pros/PROS_UGEAC23.pdf", "supports": [ "Undated page, accessed 30 Sep 2026", "College-wise branch and intake seat matrix for 2023-24" ] }, { "source_id": "ugeac-2024", "publisher": "BCECEB, UGEAC-2024 prospectus", "source_type": "official_government", "publication_date": "2026-09-30", "url_reference": "https://bceceboard.bihar.gov.in/pdf_Pros/PROS_UGEAC24.pdf", "supports": [ "Undated page, accessed 30 Sep 2026", "College-wise branch and intake seat matrix for 2024-25" ] }, { "source_id": "ugeac-2026-r1", "publisher": "BCECEB, UGEAC-2026 round-1 allotment", "source_type": "official_government", "publication_date": "2026-09-30", "url_reference": "https://bceceboard.bihar.gov.in/pdf_Web/UGEAC26_OCR_R1.pdf", "supports": [ "Undated page, accessed 30 Sep 2026", "Branch list allotted in the 2026-27 first round" ] }, { "source_id": "ugeac-2019", "publisher": "Bihar Combined Entrance Competitive Examination Board (BCECEB), UGEAC-2019 college list", "source_type": "official_government", "publication_date": "2026-09-30", "url_reference": "https://bceceboard.bihar.gov.in/pdf_Web/UGEAC19_ENGG_CLIST.pdf", "supports": [ "Undated page, accessed 30 Sep 2026", "No AI, data science, cyber security or IoT branch in the 2019-20 counselling", "Year of establishment and intake per college" ] }, { "source_id": "ugeac-2020", "publisher": "BCECEB, UGEAC-2020 opening and closing ranks", "source_type": "official_government", "publication_date": "2026-09-30", "url_reference": "https://bceceboard.bihar.gov.in/pdf_Web/UGEAC20_SEC_OCR.pdf", "supports": [ "Undated page, accessed 30 Sep 2026", "No AI, data science, cyber security or IoT branch in the 2020-21 counselling" ] } ], "confidence": "very_high" }, { "id": "BIHAR-INST-016", "name": "Birla Institute of Technology, Patna Campus", "short_name": "BIT Patna", "type": "private_institute", "ownership": "private", "location": { "state": "Bihar", "country": "India", "city": "Patna" }, "established": 2006, "tech_programmes": [], "nirf": null, "website": "https://www.bitmesra.ac.in/", "description": "Patna campus of BIT Mesra (a deemed university), set up in 2006 in collaboration with the Government of Bihar.", "what_is_confirmed": [ "Established 2006 through a collaboration between the Government of Bihar and BIT Mesra", "Offers UG, PG and PhD programmes in engineering and technology", "Hosts IMPACT 2026, a conference on AI, ML and Data Science (4-5 Dec 2026)" ], "what_is_not_yet_confirmed": [ "Specific branches offered at the Patna campus (the documents I found covered only the Mesra campus)", "Whether NIRF ranks the Patna campus separately (BIT Mesra is ranked as one institution)" ], "sources": [ { "source_id": "bihar-inst-016-s1", "publisher": "BIT Mesra", "source_type": "official_institution", "publication_date": "2026-09-30", "url_reference": "https://impact.bitmesra.ac.in/", "supports": [ "Established 2006 with Govt of Bihar; UG/PG/PhD; IMPACT 2026 (accessed 30 Sep 2026)" ] } ], "confidence": "very_high" }, { "id": "BIHAR-INST-017", "name": "Government Women's Polytechnic, Patna", "short_name": "GWP Patna", "type": "polytechnic", "ownership": "state_government", "location": { "state": "Bihar", "country": "India", "city": "Patna" }, "established": 1984, "tech_programmes": [ "Diploma in Information Technology" ], "nirf": null, "website": "https://www.gwpp.ac.in/", "description": "State women's polytechnic in Patna under the State Board of Technical Education, founded in 1984-85. It offers a diploma in IT.", "what_is_confirmed": [ "Established 1984-85 (govt notification no. 4202 dated 12.10.84)", "Works under the State Board of Technical Education, Department of Science & Technology, Govt of Bihar", "Diploma in Information Technology with intake of 60", "AICTE had approved Electronics Engineering and CSE diplomas, with admission pending when the document was written" ], "what_is_not_yet_confirmed": [ "Whether the Electronics and CSE diplomas now admit students", "The RTI document's content may predate its 2026 upload" ], "sources": [ { "source_id": "bihar-inst-017-s1", "publisher": "Government of Bihar (state portal, RTI disclosure)", "source_type": "official_government", "publication_date": "2026-02-12", "url_reference": "https://betastate.bihar.gov.in/file_2/FileUpload/2026/Feb/12-Feb-2026/1/DyPage/RTI-GWP-Patna.pdf", "supports": [ "Establishment, governing board, IT diploma intake, AICTE-approved courses (date taken from upload path)" ] } ], "confidence": "very_high" }, { "id": "BIHAR-INST-018", "name": "Kushal Yuva Program (Bihar Skill Development Mission)", "short_name": "KYP", "type": "skilling_programme", "ownership": "state_government", "location": { "state": "Bihar", "country": "India" }, "established": null, "tech_programmes": [ "Basic computer literacy / digital literacy component" ], "nirf": null, "website": "https://skillmissionbihar.org/", "description": "BSDM employability programme that combines life skills, communication skills and basic computer literacy, delivered through block-level skill development centres.", "what_is_confirmed": [ "Launched by the Bihar Skill Development Mission", "Curriculum: life skills, communication skills (English & Hindi), basic computer literacy", "Target of at least one Skill Development Centre in each of 534 blocks", "In 2019: 1,795 approved centres, 7.29 lakh enrolled, 4.83 lakh certified" ], "what_is_not_yet_confirmed": [ "Launch year", "Current (2025-26) centre and enrolment figures", "Official BSDM site content (www.skillmissionbihar.org failed DNS lookup)" ], "sources": [ { "source_id": "bihar-inst-018-s1", "publisher": "DMEO, NITI Aayog", "source_type": "official_government", "publication_date": "2026-09-30", "url_reference": "https://dmeo.gov.in/sites/default/files/2021-08/Package8_SkillDevelopment_CaseStudy14.pdf", "supports": [ "Programme design and 2019 figures (document marked Copyright 2020; accessed 30 Sep 2026)" ] } ], "confidence": "very_high" } ] }