All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)

Abbreviation	AICTE
Formation	November 1945
Headquarters	New Delhi
Chairman	Anil Sahasrabudhe
Member Secretary	Rajive Kumar
Vice Chairman	M P Poonia
Main organ	Council
Affiliations	Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education
Website	www.aicte-india.org

"Technical education in India contributes a major share to the overall education system and plays a vital role in the social and economic development of our nation".

About The Organisation

In accordance with the provisions of the AICTE Act (1987), for the first five years after its inception in 1988, the Minister for Human Resource Development, the
Government of India, was the Chairman of the Council. The first full-time Chairman was appointed on July 2, 1993 and the Council was reconstituted in March 1994 with a term of three years. The Executive Committee was re-constituted on July 7, 1994 and All India Board of Studies and Advisory Boards were constituted in 1994-95. Regional Offices of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, the Government of India, located in Kolkata, Chennai, Kanpur, and Mumbai were transferred to AICTE and the staff working in these offices were also deputed to the Council on foreign service terms w.e.f. October 1, 1995.

These offices functioned as secretariats of regional Committees in the four regions (North, East, West and South). Three new regional Committees in southwest, central, and northwest regions with their secretariats located in Bangalore, Bhopal, and Chandigarh, respectively, were also established on July 27, 1994. One more regional committee in South-Central region with its Secretariat in Hyderabad was notified on March 8, 2007.

Initial Set-up

All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) was set up in November 1945 as a national-level apex advisory body to conduct a survey on the facilities available for technical education and to promote development in the country in a coordinated and integrated manner. And to ensure the same, as stipulated in the National Policy of Education (1986), AICTE was vested
with:

Statutory authority for planning, formulation, and maintenance of norms & standards
Quality assurance through accreditation
Funding in priority areas, monitoring, and evaluation
Maintaining parity of certification & awards
The management of technical education in the country