AICTE approves 20 new colleges in state

The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has approved 107 new colleges across the country out of which there will be 20 new colleges in Maharashtra. Including 28 colleges approved by the AICTE in the first phase of approvals, the count now goes to 48 new colleges in the state.

Out of the newly approved colleges, there are 40 engineering colleges, 32 management institutes and the remaining will offer pharmacy and architectural courses. After approving 174 new colleges across the country in the first phase, there were total 141 applications received by AICTE for approvals.

“Initially we had received 1062 application out of which 174 were clear approval cases. After this the managements had a chance to appeal, following which 107 new colleges have been approved now. However the appealing process is still on and so there are chances of more new institutes to be approved,” informed SS  Mantha, chairman, AICTE.