AICTE directs PGDM colleges to apply for approval before starting admission 2022-23

NEW DELHI: The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has directed Postgraduate Diploma Management (PGDM) institutions to apply for its approval before starting admission for the academic year 2022-23.

“It has come to notice of AICTE from newspaper advertisements that some institutions are admitting students for Postgraduate Diploma in Management courses in Ay 2022-23 without taking approval of AICTE. The PGDM institutes are standalone institutes and the norms of AICTE for PGDM are given in appendix 9 of APH 2021'22 are strictly to be followed,” said AICTE in a statement.

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The Council warned that a legal action will be taken against any institution offering any technical course or programme in violation of regulations or approval process handbook.

Therefore, all PGDM institutions are directed to admit the students after obtaining Approval from AICTE. All such institutions are directed to apply for AICTE approval for Academic year 2022-23 on portal after AICTE notification, said the Council.

Earlier, AICTE said it has decided that no partial approval of technical courses will be given to universities in order to avoid confusion among stakeholders, according to officials.

All universities have to take either full approval of AICTE for technical courses or continue without its approval, it said. All Deemed to be Universities which have not obtained approval so far are required to obtain AICTE approval in the academic year 2022-23, otherwise the Council will be constrained to stop giving approval obtained partially to only few technical programmes, it said.