BANGALORE: Beware: 169 institutes are offering courses without AICTE’s permission and 104 collaborating with foreign universities without its consent. The All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), through a public notice, has warned students against joining these institutes.
“They are cautioned that joining unapproved programmes can have serious consequences in terms of eligibility for employment, higher studies etc. Students desirous of joining any technical programme of any institution must confirm the status of approval…,” K Narayana Rao, member-secretary, AICTE, has stated.
Karnataka alone is home for 21 such technical institutes.
As per the AICTE Act (52) of 1987, approval is mandatory for any institution offering technical education programmes in engineering and technology, management, computer applications, architecture and town planning, pharmacy, hotel management and catering technology, applied arts and craft in India with or without foreign university collaboration.
The AICTE has also listed nine institutes which have tied up with foreign universities in Karnataka without its nod. Most of these institutes are offering twinning degrees, dual degrees in management, engineering in collaboration with universities in the US, the UK and France.
AICTE, while admitting that the list is not exhaustive, has asked students to confirm the status of approval before seeking admission at its regional offices in Bangalore, Bhopal, Chennai, Chandigarh, Kanpur, Kolkata and Mumbai.
The entire list of approved and unapproved institutes has been uploaded on its website www.aicte.ernet.in Visvesvaraya Technological University, which administers approved engineering and management colleges, was quick to act.
“We have written letters to the state government to take action against colleges which are not affiliated to VTU or any recognised university,” M S Shivakumar, VTU registrar, said. Colleges, however, are not panicking.
“One of the reasons we did not seek affiliation was that we were exploring various options including seeking deemed university status.We are aware of the rules and most of the courses are industry-recognised,” Subhash Sharma, dean, Indian Business Academy, which is offering unapproved courses told TOI
Source: Times of India
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