ANU gets AICTE nod to set up engg. college

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ANU gets AICTE nod to set up engg. college

GUNTUR: Acharya Nagarjuna University on Thursday received the Letter of Approval from the All India Council for Technical Education for establishing a College of Engineering on the campus from the 2009-10 academic year.

University Vice-Chancellor Y.R. Haragopal Reddy told The Hindu from New Delhi over phone that he collected the Letter of Approval from the AICTE on Thursday.

"As per the Supreme Court decision, university colleges do not require approval from the AICTE. But, ANU decided to go for the approval on its own so that students taking up M.Tech courses will get a stipend of Rs.8,000 and undergraduates will be assured of quality," Prof. Reddy said.
Inspection

ANU Engineering College would admit 240 students through Web-based counselling to be conducted during this month. It got the nod for offering ECE, EEE, CSE and Civil streams.

Meanwhile, the Centre for Distance Education applied for approval of its courses from the Distance Education Council, and based on that an eight-member committee would inspect the CDE on the campus in the first or second week of August to accord recognition for all its courses.

The team would be led by Pro Vice-Chancellor of IGNOU Latha Pillai. The CDE offers more than 100 courses to students from all over Andhra Pradesh.

The CDE will incidentally be the temporary building for the engineering college on the campus.

The construction of the college building with latest laboratory equipment was in progress and would be completed within 10 months.