Indian Top Schools : All India Council for Technical Education

By admin on August 21st, 2008

The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) was established in 1945 by Government of India. The organization was set up as an Apex Advisory Body to conduct survey on facilities on technical education and to promote and develop technical education in the country. National policy of Education (1986) defines AICTE as the 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.
Technical education plays an important role in the overall development of a nation and so has been its role in our country too. In India, Technical education is imparted at different levels- certificate, diploma, degree, post graduate diploma, post graduate degree, research, post doctoral research etc.

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.
http://www.aicte.ernet.in/