Question : RECOGNITION TO TECHNICAL INSTITUTES

(a) Whether a large number of technical and professional Institutes are functioning in various parts of the country without recognition from the All India Council of Technical Education and other Apex Professional Regulatory Organisations;

(b) If so, the number of such unrecognized technical/professional educational institutes, State-wise and location-wise particularly in Maharashtra;

(c) The action taken/proposed to be taken in this regard and also in regard to regularize them on meeting the requirement of prescribed norms for recongnition; and

(d) The details of fresh initiatives taken/proposed to upgrade the technical/professional education and higher education facilities including R&D?

MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI JAYSINGRAO GAIKWAD PATIL)

(a) & (b): All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) does not have any specific information regarding the number of technical institutions functioning in the country without its recognition.

(c) AICTE encourages technical professional institutions to apply for its approval and accreditation subject to their meeting the specified norms and standards.

(d) To upgrade the technical/professional education facilities including R&D, AICTE operates a number of schemes, namely, Career Awards for young teachers, Grants for organizing professional seminars, Travel Grants to faculty for presenting research papers at international conferences, Emeritus Fellowships, Visiting Professorship, besides providing research grants to faculty under the scheme of Research & Development and support for industry- sponsored research projects.