AICTE approves 12 new colleges

Updated on: Sunday, June 27, 2010

With 12 new engineering colleges getting consent of AICTE, uncertainty prevails in the total number of seats available for counseling this year, 2010.

Apart from existing 454 colleges in the State, 12 new engineering colleges have got the consent of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).

The State, in its submission to the Madras High Court on Friday stated that counselling would begin on June 28 as proposed. But, Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions official said instructions on the number of seats and other details were awaited.

In a bid to resolve the issue P. Mannar Jawahar, Vice-Chancellor, Anna University, Chennai, held discussions with Higher Education Minister K. Ponmudy, Principal Secretary for Higher Education K. Ganesan and Commissioner of Technical Education Kumar Jayant and other officials till late on Friday night.

He said the decision would be made after considering legal issues as well.

Without including the new colleges and any reduction in seats due to the approval process or other reasons nearly 1.08 lakh seats had earlier been estimated by officials to be available under single window counselling this year.

Dr. Mannar Jawahar, who is also the southern regional chairman, AICTE, said 94 new technical institutions had applied for approval this year, of which 63 had cleared the scrutiny.

Among these, 13 institutions including 10 engineering colleges, two integrated campuses (offering engineering as well as MBA courses) and 1 institution for management studies had been cleared by AICTE.

As per the schedule, counselling for sports quota is scheduled for June 28, for vocational candidates between June 29 and July 3, and for differently abled persons on July 4. General counselling for academic candidates would start on July 5.

AICTE approves 12 new colleges

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