UGC Grants Central, State and Private Universities Permission to Start Online Distance Courses without AICTE Approval

New Delhi: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has announced that central, state and private universities will no longer require approval from All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), along with their application to UGC, for offering UG, PG and PG diploma programmes in management, computer application and, travel and tourism in open distance learning and/or online mode.

However, deemed to be universities will require AICTE’s approval or no-objection certificate (NOC) for offering such programmes in ODL and/or online mode. The commission added that central, state and private universities can only start courses mentioned in provision 2 of UGC (ODL Programmes and Online Programmes) Regulations, 2020, following the approval, recommendation , or no-objection certificate from AICTE.

According to the official statement, “The Commission considered the communication received from AICTE stating that as per Hon’ble Supreme Court Judgement in Bharathidasan University and Another Vs. All India Council for Technical Education and Others (2001) 8 SCC 676, it is not mandatory for the State/Private Universities to take AICTE approval to run Technical programmes.”.

The decision was taken by the UGC in its 578th meeting. The commission discussed the letter received from AICTE regarding granting approval or recommendations to the state and private universities offering professional programmes in technical and management education in ODL/OL mode.

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