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National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research (NITSER) amendment bill has been passed by Rajya Sabha on July 26, 2017.
Whereas, in Lok Sabha the bill was passed in March 28, 2017.
Mahendra Nath Pandey, Minister of state (HRD) in Rajya Sabha informed that the Bill proposes to introduce two new institutions namely Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati and IISER Berhampur in the second schedule of the NITSER Act, 2007.
Five IISERS are at Kolkata (2006), Pune (2006), Mohali (2007), Bhopal (2008) and Thiruvananthapuram (2008) mandated with promoting quality education and research in the sciences were established. With the establishment of the two new IISERs there are now seven IISERs.
