Punes Pimpri ChichwadCollegeofEngineering(PCCOE) may become the first college inMaharashtrato impart engineering Education inMarathifrom the 2021-22 academic year.
Four colleges from Uttar Pradesh, two from Rajasthan, two from Maharashtra, two from Nadu and one each from Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh have applied for it. While most colleges have proposed to start a batch in computer science, there are proposals for electrical, mechanical and civil engineering as well, with some proposing two batches in different streams, according to data shared by Sahasrabudhe.
It is still to be seen how many of the proposals materialise. College of Engineering Pune (CoEP) is the other college in contention from Maharashtra.