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Rajasthan is going to witness a major technical education boom. Thirty new engineering colleges will start functioning in the state when the next academic session opens March-April, the state education department said on Thursday.

With the opening of these institutes, the number of seats in technical education colleges is expected to increase by 4,500. Ten of the proposed colleges are private enterprises to be located in Baran, Churu, Dholpur, Dungarpur, Hnumangarh, Jaisalmer, Pali, Sawai Madhopur, Sirohi and Tonk.

At present, the state has 48 engineering colleges in the state, excluding the ones that were given permission in August last year. Of these 48 colleges, seven are public sector institutes and 41 privately run. Totally, they account for 16,000 seats.

Besides opening of new colleges, several existing engineering colleges in Jaipur are also planning to set up branches in other parts of the state, sources added. Twenty self-financing private universities are also awaiting clearance from the state government. Most of these universities will be established in Jaipur and Alwar districts.

These universities run various technical and non-technical courses, including medicine, information technology, financial management, homoeopathy and various other technical subjects. The state government has already given permission to five private universities to set up shop in the state.