CBI seeks complaints against AICTE on web.THE CBI CBI abbr. cumulative book index CBI Confederation of British Industry CBI n abbr (= Confederation of British Industry) → C.E.O.E. has appealed to the public to lodge complaints on its website regarding corruption in the All India Council for Technical Education The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), is the statutory body established for proper planning and co-ordinated development of the technical education system in India. It was established in November, 1945. . The AICTE AICTE All India Council Technical Education grants approval to technical and management institutions. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. CBI sources, the agency has received 53 complaints from the public. Senior officials in the CBI said they were still in the process of investigating the complaints. This is one of the rare occasions when the CBI and the human resource development ministry are jointly working on the investigations. The CBI posted a link on its website -- " Complaints against AICTE" -- in July for people to lodge complaints. CBI sources said the maximum complaints they have received pertained to violations by AICTE officials while sanctioning approval to technical institutes. At times, institutes which do not meet the required parameters of built- up area, laboratory facilities or faculty have been given approval by the AICTE. Similarly, there are instances when AICTE officials demanded money from institutes to grant approval. " The details mentioned in the complaints are being investigated by us. We are also taking the help of the ministry as we need to obtain the particular files in the cases which are at the AICTE office," said a CBI officer. In fact, the CBI said the fact that tainted AICTE chairman professor R. A. Yadav was suspended helped instill in·still v. To pour in drop by drop. in  stil·la tion n. confidence in the
public. Yadav was removed by the ministry as it was felt that his
continuing in office might affect the investigations.
DEEMED UNIVERSITIES Even as an independent review of the deemed universities is underway, the HRD HRD Human Resource Development HRD Human Resources Department HRD Hurricane Research Division HRD Hoge Raad Voor Diamant (Diamond High Council, Belgium) HRD hypothetical reference decoder (digital TV) ministry has referred cases involving two deemed universities to the CBI for thorough investigation. Officials of Chennai Sri Ramachandra University and Sree Balaji Medical College and Research Institute were caught on camera demanding capitation fee for admission to MBBS MBBS, MBChB n abbr (BRIT) (= Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery) → título universitario MBBS, MBChB n abbr (Brit) (= Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery) → course. This prompted the ministry to order a review of 123 deemed universities. Copyright 2009 India Today Group. All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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