Commonly known as PGDM institutions, standalone institutions offer a range of open and distance learning and postgraduate diploma and certificate programmes without being affiliated with any universities.
The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) in its latest official notice has invited applications from standalone institutions offering a PG diploma in management for approval of “graded autonomy” for this academic year. The last date to submit the application online is September 6, 2021. Institutions must note that in order to be eligible for graded autonomy, they must comply with AICTE’s standalone institutions (SIs) for Grant of Graded Autonomy] Guidelines that were revised in October 2019.
Commonly known as PGDM institutions, standalone institutions offer a range of open and distance learning and postgraduate diploma and certificate programmes without being affiliated with any universities. Like the University Grants Commission (UGC), guidelines released by AICTE enable the grading of each institution into one of three categories according to its ranks in international and domestic ranking and accreditation systems.
Institutions fulfilling the criteria of being in the top two categories will get liberty in decision making such as while introducing new courses, intake capacity, grants, etc. The guidelines released by the Council read, “AICTE shall periodically review the functioning of standalone institutions which have been granted autonomy at least once in five years.” Check out the official notice below
Institutions running three or more courses with a minimum 75 percent score from the National Board of Accreditation would fall in the first category, the guidelines state. B-schools running five or more courses with at least 80 percent with NBA accreditation also fall under this category. Institution ranked within the first 100 ranks in Global MBA Rankings in at least one of the rankings such as the Financial Times Global MBA Ranking or the QS Global MBA Ranking will also be considered in the first category.
The second category includes institutions offering three or more courses with NBA accredited with a 67.5% or more score. These PGDM institutions enjoy privileges such as launching new courses without AICTE approval but they should not number more than the total number of NBA-accredited courses they are already running. These institutes are also allowed to recruit teachers and admit students independently.
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