Colleges need to get NOC from AU to start new courses

Colleges need to get NOC from AU to start new courses

Ragu.Raman@timesgroup.com

Chennai:27.06.2021 

As per the All India Council for Technical Education's (AICTE) new norm, engineering colleges in the state need to get no objection certificate (NOC) from Anna University to start new courses from 2021-22. As per the earlier practice, colleges get approval from AICTE and apply to the university for affiliation to the new course.

According to the corrigendum issued by the council to its approval process handbook 2021-22, the NOC from affiliating body was made mandatory along with the overall 50% admissions norm in the previous academic year to apply for a new course.

Due to declining admissions in traditional engineering courses such as civil engineering, electrical and electronics engineering and mechanical engineering, the engineering colleges want to start new courses in emerging areas to attract more students.

"Many colleges have got approval to start new courses in emerging areas last year. However, the universities were not giving permission to start the new courses. So many colleges approached the council last year. So, the council made it mandatory to get the no objection certificate from the affiliating university before applying for a new course to avoid any issue in the future," an official from AICTE said.

SRMIST offers MSc in atmospheric science

Chennai:

SRM Institute of Science and Technology (SRMIST) is offering MSc in Atmospheric Science from 2021-22 academic year. The course will help students to have careers in climate change and weather forecasting. The programme offered by the department of physics in the school of applied sciences at the institute allows students to carry out projects in the national scientific laboratories and institutions for an entire semester. For more details students can visit university's website www.srmist.edu.in

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