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All India Council of Technical Education(AICTE)
The genesis of All India Council of Technical Education can be traced back to 1945 primarily to maintain the standard of technical education in the country. But in independent India, AICTE Act came into force from 28th March 1988 and he statutory All India Council for Technical Education came into existence on 12th May 1988.
AICTE is primarily responsible 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.
As technical education constitutes of engineering education, pharmacy courses, hotel management and catering technology courses, Architecture and applied arts courses, management courses and Town Planning AICTE is the sole
authority that recognizes institutes that offer diploma in engineering, degree in engineering, postgraduate courses in engineering, master of computer application (MCA), Master of Business Administration, Pharmacy courses, Hotel Management & Catering Technology Courses and post gradate courses in Engineering, Technology, Architecture and Pharmacy.
Besides, AICTE also approves institutes that can admit Persons of Indian Origin and Foreign Nationals. Those technical institutes that wish to start collaboration with foreign universities also need to get the approval from All India Council of Technical Education.
AICTE initiatives to help students: In order to help the students find out the AICTE institutes and courses AICTE has opened Student Facilitation Counters at the Headquarters and Regional Offices located at Bangalore, Bhopal, Chennai, Kanpur, Kolkata and Mumbai.
In order to promote research in technical education, AICTE also offers 50 National Doctoral Fellowship for a period of three years. However, the NDF is available only for students of certain selected institutes.
Contact Details:
All India Council of Technical Education
Indira Gandhi Sports Complex,
Indraprastha Estate,
New Delhi.
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