Lok Sabha Question No. 2381 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-14
Subject: Number of Universities
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2381 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.12.2015

## Number of Universities

†2381. SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI:

## Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of universities in the State of Rajasthan which are running B.Tech. courses without compulsory accreditation from All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE);
- (b) the action taken by the Government in this regard;
- (c) whether the delay in according the accreditation by AICTE is also one of the reason for the same;
- (d) if  so,  the  number  of  institutes  which  have  applied  for  the  same,  State-wise; and
- (e) the time by which these are likely to be granted approval?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

- (a): Accreditation of Courses is done not by AICTE, but  by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA). Accreditation is not mandatory except when the institution is proposing to expand intake or offer new courses.  Of 138 engineering colleges in Rajasthan, only 1 college has so far approached NBA for accreditation. (b)  to  (e) : Accreditation  is  a  comprehensive  process  and  is  therefore  time for The NBA has been asked to expedite the
- consuming. The State-wise number of institutions that have applied accreditation is given in the Annexure. process.

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Annexure  as  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (b)  to  (e)  of  the  Lok  Sabha Unstarred  Question  Number  2381  for  reply  on  14.12.2015  asked  by  SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI regarding Number of Universities

| Statewise list of Institution   | - State           |   Applied for Accreditation No. of Institutions |
|---------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| Sr. No. 1                       | Andaman &Nicobar  |                                               0 |
| 2                               | Andhra Pradesh    |                                              26 |
| 3                               | Arunachal Pradesh |                                               1 |
| 4                               | Assam             |                                               1 |
| 5                               | Bihar             |                                               0 |
| 6                               | Chhattisgarh      |                                               4 |
| 7                               | Delhi             |                                               7 |
| 8                               | Goa               |                                               1 |
| 9                               | Gujarat           |                                               7 |
| 10                              | Haryana           |                                               5 |
| 11                              | Himachal Pradesh  |                                               1 |
| 12                              | Jammu &Kashmir    |                                               1 |
| 13                              | Jharkhand         |                                               3 |
| 14                              | Karnataka         |                                              13 |
| 15                              | Kerala            |                                              18 |
| 16                              | Madhya Pradesh    |                                               3 |
| 17                              | Maharashtra       |                                              36 |
| 18                              | Odisha            |                                               6 |
| 19                              | Pondicherry       |                                               1 |
| 20                              | Punjab/Chandigarh |                                               8 |
| 21                              | Rajasthan         |                                              10 |
| 22                              | Sikkim/Tripura    |                                               0 |
| 23                              | Tamil Nadu        |                                              60 |
| 24                              | Uttar Pradesh     |                                              22 |
| 25                              | Uttrakhand        |                                               0 |
| 26                              | West Bengal       |                                              13 |
| Total                           | Total             |                                             247 |