NAAC - National Assessment and Accreditation Council

The National Assessment And Accreditation Council (NAAC) is an autonomous body established by the University Grants Commission (UGC) of India to assess and accredit institutions of higher education in the country. It is an outcome of the recommendations of the National Policy in Education (1986) that laid special emphasis on upholding the quality of higher education in India.

The NAAC functions through its General Council (GC) and Executive Committee (EC) where educational administrators, policy makers and senior academicians from a cross-section of the system of higher education are represented. The Chairperson of the UGC is the President of the GC of the NAAC, the Chairperson of the EC is an eminent academician in the area of relevance to the NAAC.

Vision

To make quality the defining element of higher education in India through a combination of self and external quality evaluation, promotion and sustenance initiatives.

Mission

To arrange for periodic assessment and accreditation of institutions of higher education or units thereof, or specific academic programme or projects.
To stimulate the academic environment for promotion of quality of teaching-learning and research in higher education institutions.
To encourage self-evaluation, accountability, autonomy and innovations in higher education.
To undertake quality-related research studies,consultancy and training programme.
To collaborate with other stakeholders of higher education for quality evaluation, promotion and sustenance.

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National Board of Accreditation (NBA) of

All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE)

National Board of Accreditation is a constituent of All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) the quality regulation arm of Human Resources and Higher Education Ministry of Government of India. It was constituted as an autonomous body under Section 10(u) of the AICTE Act,1987 "To periodically conduct evaluation of technical Institutions or Programmes on the basis of guidelines; norms and standards specified by it and to make recommendation for recognition or de-recognition of the institution or programme." To develop a Quality Conscious system of Technical Education where excellence, relevance to market needs and participation by all stake holders are prime the major determinants.

NBA is dedicated to building a technical education system, as vendors of human resources, that will match the national goals of growth by competence, contributions to economy through competitiveness and compatibility to societal development. It is to provide the Quality bench marks targeted at Global and National Stockpile of human capital in all fields of technical education.

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