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{{Infobox organisation
|name = All India Council for Technical Education
|image = All India Council for Technical Education logo.png
|abbreviation = AICTE
|leader_title = Chairman
|leader_name = [[Anil Sahasrabudhe]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Prof. Anil D. Sahasrabudhe joined All India Council for Technical Education as Chairman on 17th July 2015|url=https://www.aicte-india.org/leadership/prof-anil-d-sahasrabudhe|website=www.aicte-india.org|access-date=8 September 2020|language=en}}</ref>
|leader_title2 = Member Secretary
|leader_name2 = Rajive Kumar <ref name=team>{{cite web|title=Leadership Team|url=https://www.aicte-india.org/about-us/leadership-team|website=www.aicte-india.org|access-date=8 September 2020|language=en}}</ref>
|leader_title3 = Vice Chairman
|leader_name3 = M P Poonia <ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.aicte-india.org/leadership/prof-mp-poonia|website=www.aicte-india.org |title=Prof. M.P. Poonia | Government of India, All India Council for Technical Education }}</ref>
|formation = November 1945
|headquarters = New Delhi
|location = [[Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Kolkata]], [[Chennai]], [[Kanpur]], [[Mumbai]], [[Vadodara]], [[Chandigarh]], [[Guwahati]], [[Bhopal]], [[Bangalore]], [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]], [[Gurgaon]]<ref>[http://www.aicte-india.org/office.htm Regional Offices] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100119043200/http://www.aicte-india.org/office.htm |date=19 January 2010 }} AICTE website.</ref>
|main_organ = Council
|affiliations = [[Department of Higher Education (India)|Department of Higher Education]], [[Ministry of Education (India)|Ministry of Education]]
|website = {{url|http://www.aicte-india.org}}
|remarks =
}}

The '''All India Council for Technical Education''' ('''AICTE''') is a statutory body, and a national-level council for technical education, under the [[Department of Higher Education (India)|Department of Higher Education]].<ref>[http://www.education.nic.in/tech/tech_overview.asp Technical Education Overview] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005200745/http://www.education.nic.in/tech/tech_overview.asp |date=5 October 2011 }} [[Department of Higher Education (India)|Department of Higher Education]]</ref> Established in November 1945 first as an advisory body and later on in 1987 given statutory status by an Act of Parliament, AICTE is responsible for proper planning and coordinated development of the [[Vocational education|technical education]] and [[Business education|management education]] system in [[India]].

It is assisted by 10 Statutory Boards of Studies, namely, UG Studies in Eng. & Tech., PG and Research in Eng. and Tech., Management Studies, Vocational Education, Technical Education, Pharmaceutical Education, Architecture, Hotel Management and Catering Technology, Information Technology, Town and Country Planning. The AICTE has its new headquarters building in Delhi on the Nelson Mandela Road, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, 110 067, which has the offices of the chairman, vice-chairman and the member secretary, plus it has regional offices at Kanpur, Chandigarh, Gurgaon, Mumbai, Bhopal, Vadodara, Kolkata, Guwahati, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai and Thiruvananthapuram.<ref>[http://www.education.nic.in/tech/tech_if-nlc.asp National Level Councils] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100201175923/http://education.nic.in/tech/tech_if-nlc.asp |date=1 February 2010 }} Tech Ed., [[Department of Higher Education (India)|Department of Higher Education]].</ref>

In its 25 April 2013 judgment the [[Supreme Court of India|Supreme Court]] said "as per provisions of the AICTE Act and [[University Grants Commission Act, 1956|University Grants Commission (UGC) Act]], the council has no authority which empowers it to issue or enforce any sanctions on colleges affiliated with the universities as its role is to provide only guidance and recommendations. Subsequently AICTE was getting approval from the Supreme court to regulate technical colleges on a year to year basis till January 2016, when AICTE got blanket approval for publishing the Approval Process Handbook and approve technical colleges including management for the session 2016-17 and in all future sessions."<ref>{{cite news | title = AICTE to appeal Supreme Court order stating its role as 'advisory' | date = 30 April 2013| publisher = PTI | url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-30/news/38929467_1_mba-and-mca-courses-colleges-universities | work = The Times of India | access-date = 11 January 2014 }}</ref>

==Objectives==

According to the ''All India Council for Technical Education, 1987'', the AICTE is vested with statutory authority for planning, formulation and maintenance of norms and standards, quality assurance through [[school 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.<ref name=act>{{cite web |title=All India Council for Technical Education, 1987 |url=https://www.aicte-india.org/downloads/aicteact.pdf |publisher=[[Government of India]] |access-date=7 March 2019}}</ref> In the words of the Act itself:

{{quote|To provide for establishment of an All India council for Technical Education with a view to the proper planning and co-ordinated development of the technical education system throughout the country, the promotion of qualitative improvement of such education in relation to planned quantitative growth and the regulation and proper maintenance of norms and standards in the technical education system and for matters connected therewith.}}

==AICTE bureaus==
{{prose|section|date=November 2013}}
The AICTE comprises following bureaus, namely:
* e-Governance (e-Gov) Bureau
* Approval (AB) Bureau
* Planning and Co-ordination (PC) Bureau and Academic (Acad) Bureau
* University (UB) Bureau
* Administration (Admin) Bureau
* Finance (Fin) Bureau
* Research, Institutional and Faculty Development (RIFD) Bureau
* Apart from this there are 10 Board of Studies dealing with technician, vocational, undergraduate engineering, postgraduate engineering and research, architecture, town and country planning, pharmacy, management, applied arts and crafts, hotel management and catering technology education.

For each bureau, adviser is the bureau head who is assisted by technical officers and other supporting staff. The multidiscipline technical officer and staff of the Council are on deputation or on contract from government departments, University Grants Commission, academic institutions, etc.

==Increase in approved institutions==
'''Growth of Technical Institutions in the Country<ref name="AICTE Report">http://www.aicte-india.org/downloads/Approval_Process_Handbook_091012.pdf</ref>'''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Engineering !! Management !! MCA !! Pharmacy !! Architecture !! HMCT !! Total
|-
| 2006–07 || 1511 || 1132 || 1003 || 665 || 116 || 64 || 4491
|-
| 2007–08 || 1668 || 1149 || 1017 || 854 || 116 || 81 || 4885
|-
| 2008–09 || 2388 || 1523 || 1095 || 1021 || 116 || 87 || 6230
|-
| 2009–10 || 2972 || 1940 || 1169 || 1081 || 106 || 93 || 7361
|-
| 2010–11 || 3222 || 2262 || 1198 || 1114 || 108 || 100 || 8004
|-
| 2011–12 || 3393 || 2385 || 1228 || 1137 || 116 || 102 || 8361
|-
| 2012–13 || 3495 || 2450 || 1241 || 1145 || 126 || 105 || 8562
|-
| 2013–14 || 3384 || 2450 || 1241 || 1031 || 105 || 81 || 8562
|-
| 2014–15 || 3392 || 2450 || 1241 || 1025 || 114 || 77 || 8562
|-
| 2015–16 || 3364 || 2450 || 1241 || 1027 || 117 || 77 || 8562
|-
| 2016–17 || 3288 || 2450 || 1241 || 1034 || 115 || 74 || 8562 |
|-
|}

'''Growth of Seats in different Programs in Technical Institutions<ref name="AICTE Report"/>'''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Engineering !! Management !! MCA !! Pharmacy !! Architecture !! HMCT !! Total
|-
| 2005–06 || 499697 || – || – || 32708 || 4379 || 4435|| 541219
|-
| 2006–07 || 550986 || 94704 || 56805 || 39517 || 4543 || 4242 || 750797
|-
| 2007–08 || 653290 || 121867 || 70513 || 52334 || 4543 || 5275 || 907822
|-
| 2008–09 || 841018 || 149555 || 73995 || 64211 || 4543 || 5794 || 1139116
|-
| 2009–10 || 1071896 || 179561 || 78293 || 68537 || 4133 || 6387 || 1408807
|-
| 2010–11 || 1314594 || 277811 || 87216 || 98746 || 4991 || 7393 || 1790751
|-
| 2011–12 || 1485894 || 352571 || 92216 || 102746 || 5491 || 7693 || 2046611
|-
| 2012–13 || 1761976 || 385008 || 100700 || 121652 || 5996 || 8401 || 2236743
|}

== Reforms ==
In 2016, three important initiatives were taken up by AICTE. First one was a responsibility given by MHRD to evolve a national MOOCs platform SWAYAM. Second one is that of launching a Smart India Hackathon-2017 challenging the young bright talented students of technical colleges to solve the 598 problems of 29 different Government departments. Third one is that of launching of an AICTE's Student Start up Policy by Hon. President on 16 Nov, during visitors conference from rashtrapati Bhavan. In 2009, the Union Minister of Education formally communicated his intentions of closing down AICTE and related body, the [[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission]] (UGC).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://igovernment.in/site/UGC-AICTE-to-be-scrapped-Sibal/ |title=UGC, AICTE to be scrapped: Sibal |publisher=iGovernment.in |access-date=29 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009152552/http://igovernment.in/site/UGC-AICTE-to-be-scrapped-Sibal |archive-date=9 October 2011 }}</ref> This later led to reforms in the way the AICTE approves institutes, and to establishing the [[National Board of Accreditation]] (NBA) as an independent body.<ref name=bs-accredit>{{cite web|url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/aicte-to-revamp-its-approval-system-next-week/382076/ |title=AICTE to revamp its approval system next week |work=Business Standard |access-date=29 November 2011}}</ref>

On 6 June 2017, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the AICTE along with the University Grants Commission would be scrapped and replaced by a new body called Heera (Higher Education Empowerment Regulation Agency (HEERA).<ref>{{cite news |title=Modi's HEERA likely to replace UGC, AICTE soon |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/education/ugc-aicte-to-be-history-soon-govt-to-bring-new-higher-education-regulator/story-Z6ydwR5JWVAn649EgTsl1N.html |access-date=4 January 2020 |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=6 June 2017 |language=en}}</ref> This has been done in a bid to simplify the excessive regulations that exist due to both these bodies. According to the draft of law backed on the ideas of [[NITI Aayog]] and the Prime Minister Office, the [[National Council for Teacher Education]] was also planned to be subsumed by HEERA.<ref>{{cite news |title=Why Modi government is replacing UGC with a new higher education regulator |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/et-explains/why-modi-government-is-replacing-ugc-with-a-new-higher-education-regulator/articleshow/64787346.cms |access-date=4 January 2020 |work=[[The Economic Times]] |date=29 June 2018}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Regional accreditation]]
* [[Education in India]]
* [[DOEACC]]
* [[Science and technology in India]]
* [[Indian Institute of Technology]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{official|http://www.aicte-india.org}}

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