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India Council of Technical Education Public Notice Department

To safeguard the interest of stake holders, All India Council for Technical Education has revised its existing Regulations for entry and operation of Foreign Universities in India imparting Technical Education.

Under the revised regulations, Foreign Universities / Institutions already offering Technical Programmes in India at Diploma, Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Doctoral level directly or through collaborative arrangements with Indian Institutions shall have to seek approval from AICTE within 6 months from the date of issuance of notification or before commencement of ensuing academic session whichever is earlier.

Application forms with detailed guidelines can be downloaded from AICTE website www.aicte.ernet.in.

Under the regulations, failure to seek approval of AICTE shall attract stringent penal action including action under the provisions of Indian Penal Code and other relevant Indian Laws.

Attractive advertisements luring students in the name of foreign degrees are being issued by many institutions. Students desirous of joining any technical programme of any Foreign University / Institution operating in India either directly or in collaboration with an Indian Institution must confirm the status of its approval by AICTE as joining unapproved programmes can have serious consequences in terms of eligibility for employment, higher studies etc.

AICTE has opened Student Facilitation Counters at the Headquarters and Regional Offices located at Bangalore, Bhopal, Chennai, Chandigarh, Kanpur, Kolkata and Mumbai, where all required information in respect of approved technical programmes/courses is available.

STUDENT VOICE has been added on AICTE website where students can send both their QUERIES AND SUGGESTIONS and also e-mail at ifc@aicte.ernet.in.

 

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Department of India Council of Technical Education

Technical education in India contributes a major share to the overall education system and plays a vital role in the social and economic development of our nation. In India, technical education is imparted at various levels such as: craftsmanship, diploma, degree, post-graduate and research in specialized fields, catering to various aspects of technological development and economic progress.

The beginning of formal Technical Education in India can be dated back to the mid 19 th Century. The major policy initiatives in the pre-independence period included appointment of the Indian Universities Commission in 1902, issue of the Indian Education policy resolution in 1904 and the Governor General’s policy statement of 1913 stressing the importance of Technical Education, the establishment of IISc in Bangalore, Institute for Sugar, Textile and Leather Technology in Kanpur, N.C.E. in Bengal in 1905 and Industrial schools in several provinces. Significant developments include:

• Constitution of the Technical Education Committee of the Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) of 1943;
• Preparation of the Sergeant Report of 1944; and
• Formation of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) in 1945 by the Government of India.

All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) was set-up in November 1945 as a national level Apex Advisory Body to conduct survey on the facilities on technical education and to promote development in the country in a coordinated and integrated manner. And to ensure the same, as stipulated in, the National Policy of Education (1986), AICTE be vested with statutory authority for planning, formulation and maintenance of norms and standards, quality assurance through accreditation, funding in priority areas, monitoring and evaluation, maintaining parity of certification and awards and ensuring coordinated and integrated development and management of technical education in the country.

The Government of India (Ministry of Human Resource Development) also constituted a National Working Group to look into the role of AICTE in the context of proliferation of technical institutions, maintenance of standards and other related matters. The Working Group recommended that AICTE be vested with the necessary statutory authority for making it more effective, which would consequently require restructuring and strengthening with necessary infrastructure and operating mechanisms.

Pursuant to the above recommendations of the National Working Group, the AICTE Bill was introduced in both the Houses of Parliament and passed as the AICTE Act No. 52 of 1987. The Act came into force w.e.f. March 28, 1988. The statutory All India Council for Technical Education was established on May 12, 1988 with a view to proper planning and coordinated development of technical education system throughout the country, the promotion of qualitative improvement of such education in relation to planned quantitative growth and the regulation and proper maintenance of norms and standards in the technical education system and for matters connected therewith.

The purview of AICTE (the Council) covers programmes of technical education including training and research in Engineering, Technology, Architecture, Town Planning, Management, Pharmacy, Applied Arts and Crafts, Hotel Management and Catering Technology etc. at different levels.

The Organisation

In accordance with the provisions of the AICTE Act (1987), for the first five years after its inception in 1988, the Minister for Human Resource Development, Government of India was the Chairman of the Council. The first full time Chairman was appointed on July 2, 1993 and the Council was re-constituted in March 1994 with a term of three years. The Executive Committee was re-constituted on July 7, 1994 and All India Boards of Studies and Advisory Boards were constituted in 1994-95. Regional Offices of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, located at Kolkata, Chennai, Kanpur and Mumbai were transferred to AICTE and the staff working at these offices were also deputed to the Council on foreign service terms w.e.f. October 1, 1995. These offices functioned as secretariats of Regional Committees in the four regions (East, South, North and West). Three new Regional Committees in southwest, central and northwest regions with their secretariats located at Bangalore, Bhopal and Chandigarh respectively were also established on July 27, 1994.

The AICTE has its Headquarters in New Delhi which has the offices of the Chairman, Vice-Chairman and the Member Secretary and is presently housed in a building having a covered area of 38542 sq. ft. located in Indira Gandhi Sports Complex, Indraprastha Estate, New Delhi. The present building is taken on lease from the Sports Authority of India. The Government of India has allocated 5 acres land in the campus of Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, for constructing the administrative and other buildings of the Council.

The AICTE comprises of nine Bureaus, namely:

• Faculty Development (FD) Bureau
• Undergraduate Education (UG) Bureau
• Postgraduate Education and Research (PGER) Bureau
• Quality Assurance (QA) Bureau
• Planning and Co-ordination (PC) Bureau
• Research and Institutional Development (RID) Bureau
• Administration (Admin) Bureau
• Finance (Fin) Bureau
• Academic (Acad.) Bureau

For each Bureau, Adviser is the Bureau Head who is assisted by technical officers and other supporting staff. The multidiscipline technical officer and staff of the Council are on deputation or on contract from various Government Departments, University Grants Commission, academic institutions etc.

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