Professional Councils
Professional councils
are responsible for recognition of courses, promotion of professional institutions and
providing grants to undergraduate programmes and various awards.
The statutory professional councils are:
University
Grants Commission (UGC)
The University Grants Commission (UGC) was formally established in
November 1956 as a statutory body of the Government of India through an Act of Parliament
for the coordination, determination and maintenance of standards of university education
in India.
http://ugc.ac.in
All
India Council of Technical Education (AICTE)
All India council for Technical Education has been established under
the AICTE Act, 1987. The council is authorised to take all steps that are considered
appropriate for ensuring coordinated and integrated development of technical education and
for maintenance of standards.
For more info: http://www.aicte.ernet.in
Medical Council
of India (MCI)
The Medcial Council of India (MCI) was set up by the Indian Medical
Council Act, 1956, amended in 1993. The council is empowered to prescribe minimum
standards for medical education required for granting recognised medical qualifications by
universities or medical institutions in India. The Council is also responsible to give its
recommendations to the Central Government for establishing new medical colleges, opening
of new or higher courses of study and increase in admission capacity in any courses of
study or training.
For more info: http://www.mciindia.org
Indian Council
for Agricultural Research (ICAR)
ICAR has established various research centres in order to meet the
agricultural research and education needs of the country. It is actively pursuing human
resource development in the field of agricultural sciences by setting up numerous
agricultural universities spanning the entire country. It provides funding to Agricultural
Universities.
For more info: http://www.icar.org.in
National
Council for Teacher Education (NCTE)
The National Council for Teacher Education is a statutory body set
up under the National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993 to facilitate planned and
coordinated development of the teacher education system in the country, and for regulation
and proper maintenance of norms and standards in the teacher education system. The Council
is empowered to grant recognition of institutions offering courses or training in teacher
education.
For more info: http://www.ncte-in.org
Dentists
Council of India (DCI)
Dentists Council of India, constituted under the Denstists Act,
1948, is a Statutory Body incorporated under an Act of Parliament to regulate the dental
education and the profession of Dentistry throughout India. The Council is responsible for
according recognition to dental degree awarded by various universities and also for
maintaining uniform standards of dental education in India.
For more info: http://www.dciindia.org
Pharmacy Council of
India (PCI)
The Pharmacy Council of India (PCI),
also known as Central council, was constituted under section 3 of the Pharmacy Act, 1948.
The PCI controls pharmacy education and profession in India up to graduate level. The
Council prescribes the minimum standard of education for qualification as pharmacist.
For more info: http://www.pci.nic.in
Indian Nursing
Council (INC)
The Indian Nursing Council is a statutory body constituted under the
Indian Nursing Council Act, 1947. The Council is responsible for regulation and
maintenance of a uniform standard of training for Nurses, Midwives, Auxilliary
Nurse-Midwives and Health Visitors.
For more info: http://mohfw.nic.in/kk/95/ib/95ib0301.htm
Bar Council of India
(BCI)
The Bar Council of India is empowered
to make rules to discharge its functions under the Advocates Act 1961. An important
rule-making power is with reference to laying down guidelines for the standards of
professional conduct and etiquette to be observed by advocates.
Central Council of Homeopathy (CCH)
The Central Council of Homoeopathy was
establishedunder the Homoeopathy Central Council Act, 1973. The Council prescribes and
recognises all homeopathic medicine qualifications. Any university or medical institutions
that desires to grant a medical qualification in homeopathy is required to apply to the
Council.
For more info: http://www.cchindia.com
Central Council for
Indian Medicine (CCIM)
The Central Council of Indian Medicine is
the statutory body constituted under the Indian Medicine Central Council Act, 1970. This
Council prescribes minimum standards of education in Indian Systems of Medicine.
For more info: http://www.ccimindia.org
Council of
Architecture
The Council of Architecture (COA) was constituted under the
provisions of the Architects Act, 1972, enacted by the Parliament of India.The Act
provides for registration of Architects, standards of education, recognised qualifications
and standards of practice to be complied with by the practicing architects.
For more info: http://www.coa-india.org/
Distance
Education Council
Distance Education Council was constituted under statute 28 arising
from Section 25 of the Indira Gandhi National Open University Act, 1985. The Distance
Education Council (DEC) is responsible for the promotion and coordination of the open
university and distance education system and for determination of its standards.
For more info: http://www.ignou.ac.in/dec/
Rehabilitation
Council
The Rehabilitation Council of India was set up as a registered society in 1986. The
Rehabilitation Council of India become Statutory Body on 22nd June 1993. The RCI Act was
amended by the Parliament in 2000 to work it more broad based. The Council has the twin
responsibility of standardising and regulating the training of personnel and professional
in the field of Rehabilitation and Special Education.
For more info: http://rehabcouncil.nic.in
National
Council for Rural Institutes
National Council of Rural Institutes is an autonomous society fully
funded by the Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India. Registered on 19th October, 1995 with its
Headquarter at Hyderabad, It was established with a main objective of promoting Rural
Higher Education for advancing rural livelihoods with the instrument of education on the
lines of Mahatma Gandhiji's revolutionary concept of Nai Talim, a functional education
based on the values proposed by Gandhiji. Other objectives of the council include teachers
training, extension and research by networking with policy making bodies such as UGC,
AICTE and research organizations like CSIR, AICTE etc., in addition to encouraging other
educational institutions and voluntary agencies to develop in accordance with Gandhian
Philosophy of education.
For more info: http://www.ncri-mhrd.org/
State Councils
of Higher Education
Following the National Policy on Education, respective state
governments have established State Councils of Higher Education (SCHE). These councils
prepare coordinated programmes of development of higher education in each state. Thus they
seek to consolidate the efforts and investments of institutions of higher education with
the state.
Tamil Nadu State Council for Higher Education (TANSCHE)
http://www.tnuniv.ac.in
UP State Council for Higher
Education
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