10 MTech courses in 5 engineering colleges soon

  • | Friday | 18th January, 2019

The provisional accreditation was given by ICT on the basis of SAR report for this year. “The department has submitted the self-appraisal reports (SAR) of each college to the ICT. Since the engineering colleges have got the permission to start MTech courses, the department has instructed the institutes to pull up their socks and upgrade infrastructure and research facilities,” he added.The All India Council of Technical Education had established the National Board of Accreditation in 1994 for periodic evaluation of technical institutions and programmes according to the specified norms and standards recommended by the council.Last year, the Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology had got accreditation from NBA to start two new MTech courses. The report includes detailed information about each institute, such as the number of students and teachers, infrastructure and development, the important research and projects the departments have carried out in the recent past, a detailed report about the funds received and utilisation of the same,” Sinha said.He added members of the NBA expert committee would visit the engineering colleges in coming months for the assessment. PATNA: State science and technology (S&T) department is set to start 10 new MTech programmes in five engineering colleges from the 2019-20 academic session.The Information and Communications Technology (ICT) has given provisional permission to start the course from this academic session against 18 to 30 seats for each programme.The department had earlier sent a proposal for accreditation of 10 MTech courses (mechanical and civil) in five engineering colleges – Loknayak Jai Prakash Institute of Technology (Chhapra), Motihari College of Engineering, Gaya College of Engineering, Bhagalpur College of Engineering and Nalanda College of Engineering (Chandi) – to the ICT and National Board of Accreditation (NBA) last year.S&T director Atul Sinha told this newspaper on Thursday that a special permission has been given by the ICT to start the course from 2019.

PATNA: State science and technology (S&T) department is set to start 10 new MTech programmes in five engineering colleges from the 2019-20 academic session.The Information and Communications Technology (ICT) has given provisional permission to start the course from this academic session against 18 to 30 seats for each programme.The department had earlier sent a proposal for accreditation of 10 MTech courses (mechanical and civil) in five engineering colleges – Loknayak Jai Prakash Institute of Technology (Chhapra), Motihari College of Engineering, Gaya College of Engineering, Bhagalpur College of Engineering and Nalanda College of Engineering (Chandi) – to the ICT and National Board of Accreditation (NBA) last year.S&T director Atul Sinha told this newspaper on Thursday that a special permission has been given by the ICT to start the course from 2019. “The department has submitted the self-appraisal reports (SAR) of each college to the ICT. The provisional accreditation was given by ICT on the basis of SAR report for this year. The report includes detailed information about each institute, such as the number of students and teachers, infrastructure and development, the important research and projects the departments have carried out in the recent past, a detailed report about the funds received and utilisation of the same,” Sinha said.He added members of the NBA expert committee would visit the engineering colleges in coming months for the assessment. Since the engineering colleges have got the permission to start MTech courses, the department has instructed the institutes to pull up their socks and upgrade infrastructure and research facilities,” he added.The All India Council of Technical Education had established the National Board of Accreditation in 1994 for periodic evaluation of technical institutions and programmes according to the specified norms and standards recommended by the council.Last year, the Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology had got accreditation from NBA to start two new MTech courses.

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