Dear seniors,

I want to know whether it is essential for an Open University to get AICTE approval. Someone just told me it's not essential for open universities. I went through the AICTE site but couldn't find any information regarding this. Please guide.

Aparajita

From India, Calcutta
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If you want the course to have value and acceptance everywhere, you need to study a course and attend a college approved by AICTE. If there is no approval from AICTE, please do not choose that college or course. I have gathered enough cases from students who joined colleges that falsely claimed to have the affiliation and approval from AICTE, which later turned out to be false.

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Keshava

From India, Bangalore
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Hello,

Either AICTE or HRD approval is required for a university; otherwise, it should be a deemed university. An open university without AICTE or HRD sanction is useless and not valid.

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Octavious

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thanx a lot for the quick replies. now let me put forward d specific case i am talking about. this uni is a well known open uni in the eastern part of the country.it is recognized by:
-University Grants Commission of India Under section – 2(f)of the UGC Act
-Distance Education Council,Govt. of India, the regulatory apex body of ODL in India, from which the University receives grants for its different developmental activities
The University receives financial assistance from the State Government towards its maintenance and developmental activities
The uni is a member of :
-Association of Indian Universities (AIU)
-Association of Asian Open Universities (AAOU)
-Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU)
it does not hav aicte approval till date.
please throw some light

From India, Calcutta
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A university covered by UGC can design and run its own course after getting approved by UGC.

Technical Education provided by Open university must be accredited by a competent body like AICTE/DOEACC/MCI.

It is also true if a college runs a particular technical course, even if it is affiliated with some university covered by UGC.

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thnx again for the answer. still i am not clear about the status. will the students enrolled in the mba course run by the above mentioned uni face any prob later on in their career?
From India, Calcutta
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Dear Airavat,

Being associated with a body does not necessarily mean that it is a legal entity or a body with quasi-statutory powers recognized by the Government of India. In the case of UGC, HRD, DOEACC, they are recognized accreditations provided by law or the government.

Kindly review the above statements along with Arvind's statements. I hope this information aids you.

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Octavious

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i have already taken admission in a college which is ugc approved but not aicte.... will i be facing problem??? please reply.....
From India, New Delhi
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Hi,

While going through your problems and the replies that I have seen, before giving my view, I would like to ask in which program you have taken admission. As I am running an institute, maybe I would be able to help you.

Please let me know more details so I can assist you effectively.

Thank you.

From India, New Delhi
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Thanks for all these replies, but I am still confused over this matter. Let me put it in one line: Will the students of MBA from an open university, which is recognized by UGC and Distance Education Learning, Government of India, but not by AICTE, face any problems in their careers?
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