AICTE nod for 7 institutes,3 of them in state to shut shop

Citing low admission rates,the Council had received applications for permission from 138 institutes across the country to shut shop.

This includes 15 engineering,65 management and 29 MCA institutes,many of them in states like Andhra Pradesh,Maharashtra,Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. For instance,after the admission process for technical institutes was over in Maharashtra last year,32,000 seats in engineering and 16,000 seats in management were vacant. Similarly,22,000 engineering seats could not be filled up in the state in 2010.

“The market scenario is tough and there’s a lot of competition. Only those institutes that can offer quality faculty and good academic standards will be able to survive.”

It’s not surprising that so many institutes want to shut shop. Poor teaching standards,low campus placement,little or no collaboration/interaction with the industry and other factors have led to vacancies in these institutes. You cannot lure students with false promises as they are now more aware of what’s happening around them,” said a senior faculty of engineering.

The remaining applications cannot be sanctioned unless AICTE gets no-objection from the state governments and universities concerned.

“The number of approvals for closure of institutes will go up as and when states or affiliating universities give us their no-objection certificates,” said Mantha.