Online CMAT to be held twice every year: AICTE

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 11, 2012, 18:32

AICTE has decided to conduct the online Common Management Admission Test twice a year from 2013 to make it more popular among the students.

State rejects engineering admission norms

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 4, 2011, 23:39

Tamil Nadu government, which has refused to abide by the admission norms set by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) for engineering courses, has decided to continue its own norms formulated last year.

Off-site campus of University: HC issues notices to UGC, AICTE

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 2, 2011, 23:49

Delhi HC on Wednesday sought the responses of the UGC, the AICTE and the Sikkim Manipal University on an allegation that the private varsity was illegally running its off-site campuses at various places in the national capital.

Bombay HC asks AICTE to inspect 21 engg colleges for giving approval

Last Updated: Monday, August 2, 2010, 15:50

Twenty one engineering colleges in Maharashtra may not be able to admit students this year as the Bombay HC has ordered AICTE to inspect these institutions within two months and then take a decision on granting approval to them.

AICTE approves 545 new technical institutes

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 29, 2010, 21:52

AICTE, which has revamped its approval system, on Tuesday allowed 545 new technical educational institutions to offer professional courses including engineering, management and MCA, from 2010-11 academic session onwards.

Don`t worry, government tells UGC

Last Updated: Thursday, June 24, 2010, 14:42

With the National Commission for Higher Education and Research set to administer higher education in India, the government says officials of the existing regulators have nothing to worry.

Moily hints at crackdown on DCI, AICTE

Last Updated: Sunday, June 13, 2010, 21:54

Union Law Minister M Veerappa Moily Sunday said the government would enact a law to ensure that higher education regulatory bodies function impartially and free of corruption.

HC direction to UGC, AICTE on uniform price of applications

Last Updated: Thursday, May 27, 2010, 19:45

The Madras High Court bench here on Thursday directed UGC and two others to fix uniform price for applications and prospectus sold by self-financing colleges, Deemed Universities offering self-financing courses in Tamil Nadu.

AICTE ended ‘inspector raj’ era: Kapil Sibal

Last Updated: Thursday, May 20, 2010, 18:26

All India Council of Technical Education, which has often been in news for wrong reasons, on Thursday got full marks from HRD Minister Kapil Sibal, who said the body has undergone transformation and is functioning as per norms.

CAT refuses to revoke suspension of AICTE Assistant Director

Last Updated: Saturday, January 9, 2010, 00:14

The Central Administrative Tribunal has refused to revoke the suspension of an AICTE Assistant Director, punished for allegedly abusing his position to get approval for a new engineering college.

Former AICTE regional director under CBI scanner

Last Updated: Friday, January 8, 2010, 00:29

Former regional director of AICTE has come under scanner of the CBI which filed FIRs against three private engineering colleges in Kerala for getting approval from the statutory body allegedly without having proper infrastructure.

Education reforms: AICTE to revamp its approval system

Last Updated: Thursday, January 7, 2010, 18:23

With an aim of ending scope for corruption for giving approval to institutes, the AICTE has decided to shift to online registration process and relax land requirements for new institutes.