Author: Dr. S. S. Mantha Chairman, AICTE
Publishing year: 2013.
All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of Empires depend on the education of youth. – Aristotle.
The book is handbook giving information on the set of guidelines, rules , regulations for getting approval to start a higher education college specially technical. The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) is a Apex Advisory body since November 1945. Its mission is of developing and promoting quality technical education in India in a coordinated manner. The Council looks after the technical education of engineers, pharmacists, managers, architects and scientist.
Pg 2-6 : Background and Statutory Provision under AICTE Act regarding Planning, Promotion and Regulation of Technical Education.
It describes the background of the AICTE and technical education, its role in expansion of professional fields such as pharmacy, applied arts &crafts. It describes the growth of technical education in government and private colleges with respect to region, state, institution type and no. of diploma, post diploma, no of PGDM institutes, MBA Institutes, Engineering institutes, Architecture Institutes etc.
It states The AICTE Act, 1987 passed by Parliament and its important provisions on approval process. It gives the detailed view towards AICTE’s profile, its vision of being world class organization, its mission of Facilitating world-class Technical Education .Its objective of promotion Planning and Coordinated Development of Technical Education System. It has taken responsibility of policy direction, review of norms and standards. It stresses on list of major function like approval, accreditation, research, grant, awards development programme etc.
Definition- pg 24: It defines all the possible terms used in the handbook such as shift,