Engineering colleges come under UGC
The Supreme Court of India had ruled that colleges affiliated to a university do not come under the purview of the definition of "technical institution" as defined in AICTE Act, 1987.
Hence, it has become crucial for the universities and UGC to evolve a suitable methodology to ensure that existing technical or engineering colleges affiliated to universities do not dilute standards of technical education imparted by them.Under the draft regulations, every university shall maintain a list of unapproved colleges offering programs in technical education based on the information received and verified by the university and shall also inform the UGC and general public about the same from time to time.
Besides, any college offering technical education and which has already started without following approval procedure shall be treated as unapproved college. Colleges imparting courses in technical education in temporary location or at a location not approved by the university shall be liable for the action.
In case of such a withdrawal of approval of
the college, operations of the said college and course shall not be started
again before the completion of two academic years from the date of such a
withdrawal.
