Ø                The department of Technical Education has conducted counseling for more then 50000 candidates for admission to degree/diploma level courses in Govt./Private engineering and pharmacy as well as Craftsman certificate courses in it is during the current session.

Ø               Tuition Fee Waiver Scheme as per AICTE guidelines has been implemented in Govt. Engineering/Pharmacy College and Polytechnics.

Ø                The Govt. has conveyed the approval for establishment of Himachal  Pradesh Technical University at Hamirpur from the current academic session 2010-11 alongwith filling up of 25 posts of different categories.

Ø                Two new B.Tech Courses in Electronics & Communication Engineering and Civil Engineering with an intake of 60 students in each course has been started from the current academic session i.e. 2010-11. Besides, intake capacity of existing B.Tech. Courses of Mechanical Engineering and Textile Engineering has been increased from 40 to 60 students from the current academic session. 10 new posts has been created  in Govt. Engg. College Sundernagar for starting these courses.

Ø                An Institute of Engineering & Technology, Shimla at Pragatinagar is to be established in collaboration with SJVNL.

Ø                 An Engineering college on aspects related to Hydro Power is to be established at Bandla in District Bilaspur in collaboration with NHPC and NTPC.

Ø                 Notification for opening of  4 new ITIs at Tikkar in district Shimla, Sandhole and Bhadrota in district Mandi and Ghumawin in District Bilaspur  has been issued alogn with 63 posts of different categories by the Govt. Two ITIs namely Tikkar in district Shimla and Bhadrota in district Mandi will start functioning from the current academic session, whereas remaining two ITIs at Ghumarwin and Sandhole will become operational in phased manner.

Ø                 05 new Polytechnic will be opened in phased manner within two years in the left out districts of Sirmour, Bilaspur, Kullu, Kinnaur and Lahul & Spiti.

Ø                 Sanction for filling up of 187 vacant posts has been received from the Govt. Requisition for filling up of these posts  have been sent to the Govt. as well HPSSB Hamirpur.

Ø                The services of 17 Instructors, who have completed eight years service on contract basis as on 31st March,2010 have been regularized. The cases for regularization of 5 Class-I Lecturers working on contract basis in the polytechnics have been sent to the Govt. for necessary regularization.

Ø                In all 2830 students out of 3740 appeared in campus interviews at degree/diploma and certificate level courses were placed during the year 2009-2010.

Ø                 Against the Administrative approval of Rs. 37.15 Crore, a sum of Rs. 23.31 Crore has been deposited with the HPPWD for construction of JN Govt. Engineering College Sundernagar. Besides budget of Rs. 9.50 Crore has been provided during the current financial year. Three multistoried Blocks which are under construction will be completed and likely to be inaugurated during the current financial year.   

Ø               Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme(TEQIP-II),  State Eligibility Proposal has been approved by the World Bank and  Jawahar Lal Nehru, Govt. Engineering College Sundernagar has been allowed to participate in the said programme for which Rs. 10.00 Crore will be released after the approval of Institutional Eligibility Proposal.

Ø                Central Grant of Rs. 1.00 Crore per polytechnic has been sanctioned for the  construction of Girls Hostel at Sundernagar, Hamirpur, Ambota, Chamba, Banikhet and Talwar for which 1st installment of Rs. 20.00 Lac per polytechnic has been released by GOI.

Ø               The GOI has granted its approval in principle to provide Rs. 2.00 Crore for up-gradation of each existing Polytechnic. The 1st installment Rs. 10.00 Lac each for Govt. Poly. Kangra and Banikheth has been released. 

Ø              All the Govt. Polytechnics have been covered under Community Development Through Polytechnic(CDTP), out of which 6 polytechnics namely Sundernagar, Hamirpur, Kandaghat, Rohroo, Ambota and Kangra have received 1st installment of Central grant of Rs. 10.25 Lacs per polytechnic.

Ø                Rs. 36.10 Crore has been sanctioned under  Centre of Excellence (COE) Scheme in existing 14 Govt. ITIs in the State, out of which Rs. 23.75 Crore, has been received from GOI.

Ø                Rs. 75.00 Crore has been sanctioned and released to 30 existing ITIs  under  Public Private Partnership (PPP) Mode.

Ø                Rs. 2.33 Crore has been sanctioned and released to 39 ITIs of the State under Modular Employable Skill Programme.

Ø                Administrative approval amounting to Rs. 97.26 Crore has been accorded for construction of new institutional/hostel buildings during the years 2008-09 & 2009-10.

Ø               The budget outlay of the department both for Plan and Non-plan was Rs. 3899.83 lac during the year 2006-07, which has been increased to Rs. 8299.70 lac during the year 2010-11. Thus there is a remarkable increase of  more than 110% in the budget outlay.