About A.I.C.T.E
All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) was set-up in November 1945 as a national
level Apex Advisory Body to conduct survey on the facilities on 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 be vested with
statutory authority for planning, formulation and maintenance of norms and standards,
quality assurance through 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.
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