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 | SC order may hit quality of MBA courses | | published on : 08/10/2013 | | Category : All India Council for Technical Education | | HYDERABAD: The steadily depleting powers of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) have raised concerns of the possible mushrooming of colleges running MBA and MCA courses without having the requisite infrastructure and teachers.
In a judgment passed a few months ago, the Supreme Court had stated that no polytechnic institution affiliated with a university was obligated to seek recognition from the AICTE to run MBA courses. The SC verdict had reduced the role of the AICTE to an advisory and recommendatory body.
Meanwhile, the AICTE had been on a 'cleansing' spree, calling for the shutdown of 13 technical colleges in this academic year due to outdated curriculum and sub-standard infrastructure. With the regulatory body losing teeth, there is a strong possibility that colleges with inadequate qualifications may re-emerge with offers of MBA programmes. Of the 3,200 polytechnic colleges in the country, only 1,000 will now be under the AICTE's purview. Of these, around 30-40% is in Andhra Pradesh.
"HAs far as deciding course curriculum goes, it should be left to individual colleges as MBA courses should be taught based on local market conditions. However, for maintenance of infrastructure and teaching facilities, it is necessary to have a regulatory body," said Prasant Samal, central manager, Institute for Technology and Management, Hyderabad.
The flailing powers of AICTE have had its effect on its state arm, which has kept pending decisions on recognition of colleges and future of community colleges. An announcement had been made last year to set up 12 new community colleges in the state. These colleges help in non-formal skill development to make students more employable. While the AICTE has approved the setting up of 69 such colleges in the country, the state branch continues to remain in the dark. "The decision regarding community colleges can be taken only after there is clarity from the head office in Delhi. Till then, we can only wait for further intimation," said SK Jena, regional officer of AICTE, Hyderabad. | | Related Keywords : | | colleges running MBA and MCA courses without having the requisite infrastructure and teachers. The project to be taken up under this consortium is named 'EUPHRATES' | | SC order may hit quality of MBA courses | | published on : 08/10/2013 | | Category : All India Council for Technical Education | | VADODARA: M S University (MSU) has become a full partner in the prestigious European Union (EU)-funded Erasmus Mundus higher education consortium of Euros 3 million.
The project to be taken up under this consortium is named 'EUPHRATES'. The consortium has eight European universities and 10 Indian universities as its partners. MSU is the only institute from the whole of Gujarat to get the Erasmus Mundus funding partnership and that too for the second consecutive year.
"The project focuses on enhancing co-operation for fostering excellence in training and research, promoting exchange of students and researchers between India and the EU," professor Sharad Bansal, director of international affairs at MSU, told TOI.
The consortium is led by Spain-based The University of Santiago de Compostela and has universities from France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal and Slovenia as European partners. The Indian universities in the consortium include IIT Bombay, IIT Guwahati, Central University of Orissa, Doon University, National Institute of Technology, Warangal apart from MSU.
Under the scheme, students and staff of Indian partner universities will be awarded 140 scholarships to visit eight European partner universities under the Erasmus Mundus fellowship programme. Each awardee under the Erasmus Mundus EUPHRATES project will receive the reimbursement towards travel and insurance costs and a monthly allowance.
While the scholarship for undergraduates and masters students for ten months and 19 months is worth 1,000 Euros per month, that of doctorates (six to 24 months) is worth 1,500 Euros per month. Similarly, the post doctoral scholarship for six months is 1,800 Euros per month and that for staff for a period of one month is 2,500 Euros per month.
Last year, MSU became a full partner in the EU-funded Erasmus Mundus consortium named GATE. The consortium has seven European universities and 12 Asian universities as its partners with a total budget allocation of Euros 2.5 million Euros.
"In the first round, under the GATE project, two masters students, one post-doctoral student and one staff member have already been awarded Erasmus Mundus scholarships worth over Rs 50 lakh to visit European partner universities. The second round of GATE project will commence from November," informed Bansal. | | Related Keywords : | | colleges running MBA and MCA courses without having the requisite infrastructure and teachers. The project to be taken up under this consortium is named 'EUPHRATES' |
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