Unapproved Courses

The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has identified 309 Technical Institutions offering Management, Hotel Management, Fashion Technology, etc. as on date, without the approval of AICTE.  The state wise list of institutions running technical programmes/courses without the prior approval of AICTE is available on its website www.aicte-india.org/misunapproved institutions.htm.  

The University Grant Commission (UGC) has received complaints against the State Universities, Private Universities and Deemed to be Universities relating to Non-refund of fee, Violation of UGC Regulations, Mental Harassment, running of Illegal Centres, Violation of Selection Procedure, Non-receipt of Degrees, etc. during the last three years. The number of complaints received by UGC during the last three years are as under :

	2010	2011	2012
State Universities	08	16	38
Private Universities	19	22	63
Deemed to be Universities	58	131	118

After receipt of the complaint, a copy of the complaint is sent to the concerned University for redressal of the grievance. Complaints against courses run under the distance mode are forwarded to the DEC as approval is granted by them. The Universities take action for the redressal of the complaint. The action-taken reports on complaints are being closely monitored by UGC and AICTE respectively