ISB, ICFAI among 201 institutes running without approval: HRD minister Sibal

In what seems like a warning to students of several private institutions, government has said that there are a number of private colleges that have been imparting technical and management courses without the mandatory approval from the All India Council for Technical Education.
As per HRD minister Kapil Sibal, there are 201 such intuitions across the country, quotes a report in a national daily.
The big names include Indian School of Business, Hyderabad( Admission through GMAT); ICFAI Business School, Delhi, Gurgaon and Chandigarh; Ansal Institute of Technology, Gurgaon; Indian Institute of Planning and Management, Delhi; K R Mangalam Global Institute of Management, New Delhi; J K Business School Gurgaon; M B Birla Institute of Management Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bangalore; and Sikkim Manipal University, Bangalore.
As per Sibal, AICTE regulations say that no technical institution shall be started and no new courses or programmes shall be introduced without obtaining prior approval of the council.
As per a study conducted by the government, Maharashtra tops the list with 74 such institutions followed by 24 in Delhi, 22 in Karnataka, 19 in Tamil Nadu and 13 each in West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh.
Students have also been warned by UGC to stay clear of 21 fake universities running in violation of provisions of the UGC Act. The 21 fake universities include eight in Uttar Pradesh and seven in Delhi.



Talking to the media on how to tackle with these ‘fake’ universities, Sibal told media that AICTE and UGC have been taking the aid of media to caution students and parents against enrolling themselves in these universities. He added, “Statutory bodies have also been advised to launch effective campaigns against such institutions which are fake and to take appropriate action under law. The media has also been requested to refuse to publish misleading ads by such institutions.”
He also said government is considering to bring in a law to check unfair practices in educational institutes. According to this legislative proposal, those institutions will be punished which claim to be recognised by statutory authorities.