A total of 36 engineering colleges in the State have received the ‘No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the Technical Education Department for inviting admissions for BE, Diploma, ME and M.Tech seats besides seeking affiliation from the Technical University.
The engineering colleges could not admit students for the aforesaid courses as they did not have affiliation from the Technical University during the past two years, official sources said
On the other hand , the Technical University had informed that the facilities availabel at engineering colleges would be inspected to find out whether they meet the required parameters for getting an affiliation and then the matter would be put up before the University Working Council for its consideration.
The Technical Education Department has decided to extend its NOC for 2013-14 from what it offered during 2011-12 and 2012-13 for increasing the number of seats in first year of diploma in engineering following the old syllabus besides the new syllabus followed by the BE course apart from having 500 seats for ME and M.Tech courses.
The NOC was demanded by the engineering colleges for providing admissions in the aforementioned courses. The demand was made for more than 1,500 seats for the BE and Diploma courses and 500 seats for ME and M.Tech courses.
The list of colleges which had demanded introduction of new courses besides seat capacity expansion apart from NOC for the post graduate courses during the past two years are—Central College, Columbia, Disha Institute, BIT, Durg, Shankaracharya , Bhilai, Durg, Choksey, Bilaspur, O P Jindal Institute, Raigarh, Chhattisgarh Engineering College, Durg, Garv Institute, Durg, Bharti College, Durg, Rungta , Bhilai and Raipur, Rawatpura, Durg, Columbia Pharmacy, Christian College, Bhilai, M M College, Raipur Institute, Chatrapati Shivaji, Durg, J K Institute, Bilaspur, Yugantar Institute, Rajnandgaon, Pragati College, Raipur, School of Pharmacy and Krishna Engineering College, Bhilai.
The NOC had been sent to all the 36 engineering colleges in the State by the Technical Education Department.
According to Registrar of Technical University Ashok Dube, the matter on affliiation of all the 36 engineering collges would be put up before the Working Council after inspections are carried out in the colleges to find out whether they have the required facilities.
The AICTE endorsement is also required for the colleges getting affiliation from the University, he said.