tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273139713770751485.post2539181796169152151..comments2024-03-27T14:43:28.040+05:30Comments on Musings of Dheeraj Sanghi: AICTE has only an advisory roleDheeraj Sanghihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06367519409840642182noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273139713770751485.post-30480659555408505432013-05-19T13:46:14.176+05:302013-05-19T13:46:14.176+05:30Very good judgement ...The contributions of AICTE ...Very good judgement ...The contributions of AICTE in india is destroyed science education &Research ....and introduced corruption to academic field...........Strictly compartmentalized engg education from science and so fundamental development, Interdiciplinary research in engg has been stopped ...........One example is status of quantum computer research in india.....sureshkumarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11674979072408850113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273139713770751485.post-3316264533108490432013-05-03T22:08:33.763+05:302013-05-03T22:08:33.763+05:30This is nothing new. There are a large number of i...This is nothing new. There are a large number of institutions who are not "approved" by AICTE and they are "legal". If I am not mistaken, ISB (in Management, and of course the IIMs) are not "approved" by the AICTE, and yet it is doing very well. As you have mentioned in your post, education is in the "concurrent" list and so State Govts can approve Univs who in turn can affiliate colleges. So how does AICTE get its teeth? By the Govt's support. If you want a job in a govt, in PSUs, in govt autonomous institutes (including IITs), or PG admission to a Central Education Institute (CEI, which includes IITs), you have to graduate from a AICTE "approved" institution. So institutions which cater to the private sector, do not need to worry about AICTE approval. But you will notice my examples are from Management, not in Engineering. This is due to market dynamics.<br />Re: UGC - the same logic applies. The UGC cannot do anything if a Univ is approved by a State legislature and it "misbehaves". It can of course blacklist it, stop giving it funds and so on. This works, as students do not want to go to such a univ or its colleges. The recent matter of the UGC removing recognition of some 44 Univs, is to do with "deemed Univs", which are declared so by the UGC, and not by any State Govt.<br />Gautam Barua<br /><br />gautam baruahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00395342178251076987noreply@blogger.com