URL copied Image Source : PTI/REPRESENTATIONAL This is the first year that AICTE has permitted engineering colleges to offer B.Tech programmes in 11 regional languages. The All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) has permitted fourteen engineering colleges across eight states to collectively admit over 1,000 students in undergraduate programmes, who will be taught in regional languages starting the new academic year. The decision is in tune with provisions of the National Education Policy (NEP). At least half of the engineering colleges â four from Uttar Pradesh, two from Rajasthan and one each from Madhya Pradesh and Uttarakhand â will teach in Hindi. The remaining colleges â from Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu â will offer the programme in Telugu, Marathi, Bengali and Tamil, respectively.