Anna varsity to grant affiliation to 525 colleges

Anna varsity to grant affiliation to 525 colleges

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:09.07.2021

Anna University will grant affiliation to 525 engineering colleges, standalone architecture, MBA and MCA colleges for 2021-22 based on the online scrutiny of applications in view of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Earlier, the university said it would conduct physical verification of colleges. However, due to the pandemic situation and less than a week’s time to grant affiliation to the technical institutions, the university plans to grant affiliation based on approval from AICTE and online scrutiny of applications.

In a circular to principals of all engineering colleges, the centre for affiliation of institutions at Anna University asked them to submit the soft copy of AICTE for approval for 2021-22.

“Grant of affiliation will be considered for the applied intake or new courses which are approved by the centre for academic courses and also by the AICTE. The non-applied courses and any modifications in intake submitted after the deadline of applications for affiliation will not be considered,” the circular said.

Further, the university also released instructions to colleges on how to pay affiliation fee online for 2021-22.

As of April 2021, 525 colleges applied for affiliation and around 16 colleges, including 14 engineering colleges, had not applied for affiliation for 2021-22.