Chapter introduction Preamble

The Organisation

In accordance with the provisions of the AICTE Act (1987), for the first five years after its inception in 1988, the Minister for Human Resource Development, Government of India was the Chairman of the Council. The first full time Chairman was appointed on July 2, 1993 and the Council was re-constituted in March 1994 with a term of three years. The Executive Committee was re-constituted on July 7, 1994 and All India Boards of Studies and Advisory Boards were constituted in 1994-95. Regional Offices of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, located at Kolkata, Chennai, Kanpur and Mumbai were transferred to AICTE and the staff working at these offices were also deputed to the Council on foreign service terms w.e.f. October 1, 1995. These offices functioned as secretariats of Regional Committees in the four regions (East, South, North and West). Three new Regional Committees in southwest, central and northwest regions with their secretariats located at Bangalore, Bhopal and Chandigarh respectively were also established on July 27, 1994. One more Regional Committee in South-Central region with its Secretariat at Hyderabad was notified on March 8, 2007. The names of the States/UTs falling under the jurisdiction of these eight Regional Committees are given in Appendix-1.1.

The AICTE has its Headquarters in New Delhi and is presently housed in a building having a covered area of 12187 sq. ft. located in 7^th Floor, Chanderlok Building, Janpath, New Delhi. This building is taken on lease from the NDMC. Three bureaus of the Council are housed in its own building having a covered area of 10630 sq. ft. at IV floor, East Tower, NBCC Place, Pragati Vihar, New Delhi. The Government of India has allocated 5 acres land in the campus of Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, for constructing the administrative and other buildings of the Council.

The AICTE comprises of eight Bureaus, namely, Engineering & Technology (E&T) Bureau, Management & Technology (M&T) Bureau, Quality Assurance (QA) Bureau, Planning and Co-ordination (PC) Bureau, Research and Institutional Development (RID) Bureau, Academic (Acad.) Bureau, Administration (Admin) Bureau and Finance (Fin) Bureau. Each Bureau is headed by an Adviser who is assisted by technical and other staff. The multidiscipline technical staff is taken either on deputation or on contract from various Government Departments, University Grants Commission, academic institutions etc. Computers are appropriately provided to each bureau for work. These computers are networked through LAN for retrieval and exchange of information. Cleaning and maintenance, security, transport, hospitality and canteen services are provided by external agencies.

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