The 19-member panel, which comprises industry captains, heads of reputed technical institutions and senior government officials among others, will serve as a consultant body for the state government.

The panel is expected to meet at least twice in every academic year. DTE acting joint director, Mumbai region, SP Yavalkar, who is an ex-officio member-secretary of the core advisory committee, on Sunday, said that the panel would have long-term positive impact on technical education as the committee is expected to help the DTE fine-tune and shape policies.
He added that technical institutions offering both degree and diploma programmes would fall under the panel’s ambit.