Reg: Advice on:

What If MBA Course Is UGC Approved But Not

AICTE?

In brief, it can be stated that the UGC or the University Grants Commission is the
highest authority as far as higher education and the universities are concerned.
A university which is approved by the UGC and listed in their list on the official website
is a genuine and legitimate university.

A university once approved, has full authority to run any courses it wants and normally
has many colleges affiliated to it for the purposes of imparting education .

If the person has to practice in that profession, it is better to ensure that the concerned
body has approval for that course. Just for example if a person is doing LLB or Bachelor
of Law course, it has to be approved by the Bar Council of India if the person has to
practice in courts of law after that.

Of course no university would normally operate courses which are not recognized by
the appropriate body for that would lead to a loss of its reputation and other issues later
on. Still in some cases it so happens that some body may or may not give approval to a
course. Here we will not focus on other professional bodies but will consider the case of
the government body AICTE or the All India Council for Technical Education .

A good example of this were the MBA and MCA courses conducted by many institutes
which required AICTE approval but the Honorable Supreme Court of India declared in a
recent judgment around last week of April 2013 that the AICTE can only act in an
advisory capacity and not a governing body which is the UGC only.

So the underlying statement is that in case anyone joining a course which is being run
by a recognized UGC approved university, one need not have to fear whether it is
AICTE approved or not. The main aim after doing the course is one or more of the
following
1. To have a legal, legitimate and valid degree
2. To join public sector
3. To join private sector job
4. To study further in India or abroad
5. To be self employed
If you are joining a UGC approved university course, even if it is not approved by AICTE
you will not suffer on any of the above accounts. Another point is that universities DO
NOT require AICTE approval compulsorily, even if they might apply and take approval
to add another feather to their cap. It is the colleges which require compulsory AICTE
approval, so if you are directly studying at the university you do not need to worry about
the above point.

A UGC Recognized University can start any Technical/Professional/Management

programme without prior approval of AICTE through its MAIN CAMPUS ONLY by
maintaining minimum standards of education as laid down by AICTE

So to summarize the above it can be said that although you can get admission to an
AICTE approved course, but if you are studying at the campus of a university
recognized by UGC, then the course is equally valid.

AICTE is a professional body and any engineering as well as management degree

(BE /B.Tech, MBA, MCA and Diploma in engineering as well as PhD in engineering.
management) must have AICTE approval in order to being eligible for public sector job,
higher education in India and abroad .

A government body AICTE is made for look after college & institute and UGC is made
for take care of University.

THE AICTE, UGC and DEC are bodies made by the government of India to evaluate the
courses and curriculums being run by different private and public educational
institutions. They determine whether the right standards of education are being
maintained or not. An initial approval by these agencies also affirms whether students
are taking admission in a decent institute or not. As far as MBA is concerned, DEC is for
distance courses, UGC is for University run MBAs and AICTE is for other technical
institutes. Regarding your question about degree or diploma, none is better than the
other. Degrees are awarded by universities and diplomas by other institutes. You should
focus on the reputation of the institute rather than whether they have degree or diploma
being awarded.

MBA is not technical course further, please do degree instead of PG Diploma, do not
think much about any other things. During placement nobody will be interested to check
candidates certificates they r interested in communication skills and knowledge about
world around us.

HENCE THE CPOP of Bharathiar University IS APPROVEWD BY UGC / DEC, it is

better we can start with an industry tie up and that industry must be of repute. I t
would not give a low image as it could be highly flexible to students needs.

We can try this and see the response or make the program a great one for the
students to accomplish the same.