The new NITs will come up at Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Goa (which will also cater to UTs of Daman & Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Lakshadweep), Puducherry  (which will also cater to Andaman & Nicobar Islands), Sikkim, Delhi (which will also cater to Chandigarh  and Uttarakhand..

The admissions in these new NITs will be made from the academic session 2010-11 and NITs will start classes either in campuses taken on lease or temporarily in mentor NITs.