MANAGEMENT
APTITUDE TEST (MAT)
Since 1988, MAT is conducted on a national basis under All India
Management Aptitude Testing Service (AIMATS). MAT
has become popular with over 100 AICTE approved Institutions &
Universities departments and is now a national-level aptitude test.
Candidate who wish to join AIMA’s Post Graduate Diploma Programmes
need Management Association (AIMA) for admission
to diploma and degree courses to institutions reconginsed by AICTE.
Programmes being in January and July.
Admission
Process:
Applicants are considered in the order in which they are received.
Therefore, applicants must submit their application as early as
possible. The Admission Process is usually held during April, May,
September and December of each year. All applicants will be personally
informed about Test Venue and Date.
All successful candidates will be sent Letter of Offer within seven
days of date of interview. Instructions on how to complete the administrative
process once on an offer has been made will be sent along with Letter.
Academic Eligibility:
Candidates should be a Graduate in any discipline form a recongised
university. Final year Degree Course students can also apply.
Admission to professional colleges in undergraduate
courses in engg/medical/dental in Karnataka….
The procedure is not very clearly spelt out for this year. CET and
COMEDK are the only two mechanisms for admission to professional
colleges in the State. For Karnataka students, CET offered Govt.
quota seats. For management seats, certain colleges accepted CET
merit only. This included Karnataka and non-Karnataka students.
But certain colleges conducted a separate examination called COMEDK.
COMEDK is an independent organization which conducted this examination
for Karnataka and non-Karnataka students. Certain colleges accepted
the merit based on COMEDK which included MSRIT, and our medical
and dental colleges. This year, Govt. has announced that CET will
be for Karnataka students only. COMEDK has not yet issued any notification.
Admission to a professional college without appearing for
CET and COMEDK….
This depends on rules made by Government. Last year, it was either
CET or COMEDK.
Reason for CET not allowing non-Karnataka
students….
If Government of Karnataka is not allowing on-Karnataka students,
the question has to be put to them. It is not possible for me to
comment on that. They may wish to take care of local students and
their conditions and may leave it to the management to cater to
non-Karnataka students.
Way out for hundreds of
students who come to Karnataka for higher education….
They will have opportunities under management quota. If some colleges
decide to conduct a separate entrance test, then students from the
State and outside will have to take that test. I am sure, there
will be some mechanism available for non-Karnataka students for
admission to private colleges. A Supreme Court decision is expected
in this regard. If it provides certain guidelines, then everybody
has to operate within them. It is a moot point that the judgment
would be unambiguous for all concerned parties to understand it
the same way.
Seat sharing ratio between Govt.
and Management….
Several private college managements feel they should have total
control over admission for all their seats. The Govt. will not accept
that as it thinks meritorious but poor students may find this disadvantageous.
So the government wants to retain some percentage of seats for such
students. The seat sharing ratio is yet to be decided for this year.
Last year it was 25% for management quota seats.
Process
for filling NRI quota seats….
CET and COMEDK tests are not available for NRI or foreign students.
AICTE had provided 15% intake in each branch to be filled by NRI
or foreign students. On receiving applications, eligibility is determined
by the University.
Reason for differential fee
structure even for Government quota seats….
For Engineering colleges to provide high quality technical education,
a lot of money is required. Certain amount of funds are required
to provide and maintain infrastructure for quality education. Colleges
have to maintain highly qualified and experienced staff. If fees
collected from students averages Rs. 50,000 per year and if Government
says it is uniform, then all students must pay the same amount.
But the Govt. thinks that for a certain segment of society, fees
should be less than the average. This difference will have to be
made good either by institutes themselves or the government. When
the latter is not in a position to subsidize, they will ask colleges
to charge higher fees from certain categories of students. This
is called cross subsidy. Last year, they made a three-tier fee structure.
For management quota seats, fees fixed was Rs. 1 lakh, Karnataka
students of higher category were charged Rs. 50,000 while poor and
meritorious students were charged Rs. 10,000. Most private management
will accept a uniform fee structure though they are aware a certain
section of students may not be able to pay the average fees. For
this, they institute scholarship schemes.
Govt.
legislation governing entrance tests….
Last year, it was agreed by all parties concerned that CET and COMEDK
would be the only valid tests. General requirement of all processes
should be transparent.
RECOGNIZING / GOVERNING
BODIES
Recognizing / Governing Bodies are responsible for recognition of
courses, promotion of professional institutions and providing grants
for undergraduate programmes and various awards. These are nodal
agencies for giving recognitions to institutions or calling for
extension of recognition. It is important that students verify if
the institutions they are joining are recognized or not. The Recognising
Bodies set the standards for institutions to carry out the courses.
The statutory professional councils are:
ALL INDIA COUNCIL FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION (AICTE)
Corporate Office:-
I.G. Sports, complex, I.P, Estate, New Delhi-110002
Ph: 011 2292563-339273-75 fax:011 3392554,
E-mail: ifc@aicte.ernet.in
Regional Office:
University Campus I1 palace road Banglore-560009\
Ph:080 22205979, 22205919
www.aicte.ernet.net, www.nba-aicte.org
AICTE was established by Act 52 of 1987 passed by parliament for
planned, coordinated and integrated development of technical education
and regulation & maintenance of standards in the technical education
system in India, AICTE is responsible for talking appropriate steps
to prevent commercialization of technical education at all levels.
It is illegal to conduct technical courses without statutory approval
from AICTE as per AICTE norms, unapproved courses are not valid
for employment in govt/govt aided organization.
·
It lay down norms and standards for courses, curriculum, physical,
institutes facilities, staff pattern and quantity, quality
instruction, assessment and examination.
·
It provides guidelines for admission, fixes norms & guidelines
for charging tuition & other fees.
·
It can withhold or discontinue approval & accreditation of courses
/ courses in institutes of university if norms are not
followed properly
The AICTE has published a directory of technical institutions
approved for conducting technical courses and is available at
its headquarters new delhi and its 7 regional offices at chandihgarh,
kanpur, kolkata, bopal, mumbai, bangalore nad chennai. The approved
list of technical institutions and courses is also available in
the AICTE website.
AICTE ‘Accreditation’: it means recognition and guarantee
of minimum quality.
National Board of Accreditation (NBA)
The AICTE’s NBA aims to make sure that programs offered
by technical institutions are on par with programs offered by
institution across USA and Europe. It periodically conducts evaluations
on basis of guideline , norms and standards specified by it and
recommends the council regarding recognition or de-recognition
of an institution or programs Its new grading system came into
effect from January 2003. programs that score more than 650-750
will be accredited for 3 years and those with score more than
650 will be not accredited institutions with a score between 650-750
will be accredited for 5 years .
NATIONAL ASSESSMENT AND ACCREDITATION COUNCIL (NAAC)
2/4, Dr. Rajkumar road p.o. box no. 1075, Rajajinaga, Bangalore
–560010, India
Ph: 080-23124045, 23120046, 23124048: fax:080-2312 4047 E-mail:naac@blr.vsnl.net.in
www.naac-india .com
NAAC was established by UGC to access and accredit institutions
of higher education in India. The National policy on education
(1986) and plan of action (POA-1992) advocated the establishment
of an independent national accreditation body. Consequantly,the
NAAC established in 1994 with its headquarters at bangalore
The vision of NAAC is to make quality the defining element of
higher education in India through a combination of self and external
quality evaluation , promotion and sustenance initiatives.
NAAC’s Mission statements define its key tasks:
To arrange for periodic assessment and accrediation of institutions
of higher education or units ther of , or specific academic programmes
or projects.
To stimulate the academic environment for promotion of quality
teaching – learning and research in higher– learning
and research in higher education institutions.
To encourage self-evaluation, accountability, autonomy and innovations
in higher education.
To undertake quality – related research studies, consultancy
and training programs
To collaborate with other stakeholders of higher education for
quality evaluation, promotion and sustenance.
Assessment & Accreditation:
Assessment is performance evaluation of an institution while Accreditation
is assessing its performances on set parameters.
Benefits of Accreditation:
ü Helps the institution to know its strengths, weakness
and opportunities
ü Provides funding agencies objective data for performance
funding.
ü Initiates institutions into innovative and modern methods
of pedagogy.
ü Provides reliable information on quality of education offered.
ü Employers have access to information on quality of education
offered to potential recruitees.
Assessment & Accreditation given by NAAC is valid for a period
of 5 years and revalidation exercise will be initiated at the
end of 4th year. Any university or colleges affiliated to the
university departments with 5 years of standing or output of 2
batches can seek departmental accreditation. NAAC has identified
these seven criteria as the basis for its assessment: Curricular
Aspects, Teaching-Learning and evaluation, research, Consultancy
and Extension, infrastructure and learning resources, Student
Support and Progression, organization and management, healthy
practices.
Type of Accreditation includes institutional Accreditation: it
evaluates overall function of the institution, its central governance
structure and all department /Centre. It has two parts :
· university: university central governance Structure a
long with all under graduate post graduate departments.
· College: any department/School /center of the University
Departmental Accreditation focuses on the functioning of the department
considering it to be an independent entity and lays emphasis on
the subject per se with the backdrop of the institution as a whole
Grading System
The 7 criteria have been allotted differential weightages. If
overall score is more than 55%, the institution gets the “Accredited”
status and any score less than that will lead to “Non Accredited”
status. The accredited institutions are graded ona nine- point
scale:
Old grading system
Institutional score
(upper limit exclusive) Grade
75-100 A*****
70-75 A****
65-70 A***
60-65 A**
55-60 A*
*Note: the grading system is not comparable with the
new.
New Grading system
Institutional score
(upper limit exclusive) Grade
95-100 A++
90-95 A+
85-90 A
80-85 B++
75-80 B+
70-75 B
65-70 C++
60-65 C+
55-60 C
Medical Council of India (MCI)
Aiwan –E- Galib Marg, kotla road, Opp. Mata sundari college
for women, near, I,T,O new delhi-110002. India Ph: 011-23232618,23236081,23235178.
Fax: 011-23236604. E-mail mci@del3.vsnl.net.in. URL: www.mciindia.org.
MCI, established in 1934 under Indian Medical Council Act. 1933,
aims to establish uniform standards of higher qualifications in
medicine and recognition of medical qualifications in India and
abroad. This Act was re-enacted in 1956 and modified in 1964,
1993 and 2001.
Functions & Objectives:
1. Inspection / Visitation:
The MCI carries out inspection/visitation to maintain proper standards
of medical education in India.
The MCI appoints medical inspector to inspect any medical institution,
college, hospital or other medical institutions or attend any
exam held, to recommend to the Central Government for recognition
of medical qualifications granted by that institution.
The medical inspectors report about staff, equipment, accommodation,
training facilities, or on sufficiency of exams they attend.
The MCI forwards a copy of any such report to the university or
medical institution concerned and also to the Central Government
2. Permission to start new medical colleges:
The following are eligible to apply for permission to set up a
medical college: A State Government /Union Territory, a University
an autonomous body promoted by Central and State Government or
under a Statute for the purpose of medical education, a society
registered under the Societies Registration Act, a public, religious
or charitable trust registered under the Trust Act.
· The medical college / institution should
be a recognized body to start higher courses in medical
colleges/institutions. The medical college/institution should
conform to MCI guidelines.
· Evaluation & grant of permission
by MCI: MCI evaluates applications as per its norms
& guidelines for medical education in India. The Central Government,
on the Council’s recommendations, may issue
a Letter of Intent to open a new medical college or
a new course and then grant formal permission.
· Withdrawal of recognition: MCI recommends
the withdrawal of recognition if it finds that courses
of study, examinations, proficiency required from candidates in
such exams or facilities for instruction provided,
do not conform to its standards.
3. Recognition / De-Recognition:
· Indian Qualifications: Recognition of
Medical Qualification is granted by universities or
medical institutions in India. Medical qualifications granted
by any university or medical institution in India
included in the first Schedule (MCI Gazette) shall be recognized.
· Any university or medical institution
which grants a medical qualification not included
in the Frist Schedule (MCI Gazette) may apply to the Central Govt.,
to have such qualifications recognized.
· Foreign Qualifications: Medical qualifications
granted by medical institutions outside India included
in Second Schedule (MCI Gazette) are recognized medical qualifications
in India. Countries, which recognized medical qualification by
MCI, have a system of reciprocality.
4. Indian Medical Register:
All India Medical Register has mentions of persons who hold any
of the recognized medical qualification or for the time being
registered with any of the State Medical Councils or Medical Council
of India.
5. Registration:
· Provisional Registration is issued to
candidates with recognized medical qualifications
from Indian Universities to undergo one year internship training.
· Permanent Registration is issued to
candidates with recognized medical qualifications
fro Indian Universities, provided he surrenders the Provisional
Registration certificate (in original) and Internship
Completion Certificate.
· Conditional Provisional Registration
is issued to candidates with recognized foreign medical
qualification to undergo one year internship Registration of Additional
Qualification: If any person whose name is already
in the Register obtains any recognized medical title,
diploma or other qualification, he shall write an application
stating the old qualification be substituted or the
new one added to the previous entries. Good Standing
Certificates are issued to doctors going abroad based on their
performance and past records.
Dental Council of India (DCI)
Aiwan-E-Galib Marg, Kotla Road, Temple lan e, New delhi-110002,
India
Ph:01123238542, 23236740, Fax:0011-23231252, E-mail:dci@dcindia.org.
url www.dcindia.org
DCI was established under The Dentists Act, 1948 (XVI of 1948)
of parliament to regulate dental education throughout India. DCI
Carries out inspection /visitation to maintain proper standards
of dental education in India.
Permission to start new course including post graduate or higher
course & increase of seats:
· The following organization can apply for permission
to set up a dental colleges: a State government/union
Territory, a university, an autonomous body promoted by central
and State government or society registered under Societies Registration
Act or a public, religious or charitable trust registered
under the trust Act.
· The dental college/institution should have recognition
and should conform to DCI guidelines. Evaluation &
grant of permission by DCI: DCI evaluates applications as per
its norms & guideline, carries out inspection and makes recommendation
to central which issues a letter of intent to open
a new college or course and grant formal permission.
· Withdrawal of recognition: The DCI recommends withdrawal
of recognition if the course of study or examinations,
condition for admission or standards of proficiency
required in these exam are not in conformity with DCI regulation
Recognition/De-Recoganition:
Indian qualification: Dental qualification granted by any authority
or institution in indian included in part I of the Schedule shall
be recognized. Any authority institution which grant a dental
qualification not included in first schedule (DCI Gazette) may
apply to the central goverment to have such qualifica recognized.
Foreign Qualificaion: Dental qualification granted by any authority
or institution outside india, included in second schedule (DCI
Gazette) shall be recognized only for purposes of registration
of citizens of india i.e. Qualification granted by countries which
has a recipocal arrangement.
There are special provisions in certain cases for recognition
of qualifications granted by dental institutions in countries
with which there is no scheme of reciprocity.
India Dental Register: The council maintains
the indian Dentists Register consisting of entreis in all State
register of Dentist.
Registration:
Any recognised dental qualification is sufficient for registration.
No one is entitled to be enrolled in any register as a dentist
ofr dental hygeinist unless he holds a recognised qualification
or as a dental mechanic unless he has undergone training which
meets the prescribed requirements.
Dental qualifications granted by any authority or institution
outside India, included in Third Schedule (DCI Gazette) shall
be recognized qualification but no person possessing any such
qualification shall be entitled for regitration unless he is a
citizen of india.
INDIAN NURSING COUNCIL (INC)
Combined Councils Building
Temple lane, New Delhi, INDIA
Ph:23235619, 23220075,
Fax: 23236140
INC, constituted under Indian Nursing Council Act, 1947, is responsible
for regulation and maintenance of a uniform standard of training
for nurses, midwives, auxilliary nurse-midwives and health visitors.
It prescribes the syllabus and regulations for various nursing
courses.
Functions & Objectives: INC appoints inspectors to inspect
any institution recoganized as a training institution,and toattend
examinations held to grant recognised qualification. Inspector
report on adequacy of training in the institution, or on sufficiency
of examination held for permission start new nursing colleges,
an institution has to provide details of facilities like accommodation
area, qualification, experience and number of teaching staff,
staff-students ratio, non teaching staff, equipment, museum, library
etc.
THe council makes enquiries to confirm if the course and exam
coforms to its regulation for purpose of registration.
T to start new course and exams to be gone through to obtain a
recognition to start higher courses and should conform to INC
guidlines.
withrawal of recoginition: The INC informs the goverment of the
state in which the authority or institution is situated if it
finds:
The Courses and exams to be gone through to obtain a recognized
qualification in any State or conditions for admission, standards
of proficiency required from candidates at these examination are
not in conformity with its regulations and that a recoganised
institutiondoes not stisfy the requirments of the Council.
Recognition/De-Recognition:
Indian Qualification: qualifications granted by any authority
or institute in india, included in part I (INC Gazette) of the
Schedule shall be recognized qualifications and qualification
included in part II (INC Gazette) of the Schedule Shall be recognized
as higher qualifications.
Foreign Qualification: INC may enter into negotiations
with a foriegn country for a sheme of reciprocity for recognised
as qualifications and in pursuance of such scheme, it may declare
a qualification granted by any authority in any country as a recognised
qualification.
Indian Nurses Register: The Council maintains
a indian Nurses Register of nurses, midwifes, auxilliary nurse
midwifes health visitors or public health nurse.
PHARMACY COUNCIL OF INDIA (PCI)
Combined Council's Building, Aiwan-E-=Galib Marg
Kotla Road, New Delhi-110002, India
Ph:011 23239184, 23231348, Fax: 011 23239184.
E-mail:pci@nbd.vsnl.net.in
The pharmacy education and profession in india upto graduate level
is controlled by pharmacy Council of india S(PCI), a statutory
body governed by the Pharmacy Act, 1948 passed by parliamnet.
The following power & responsiblities are granted PCI under
Act:
Prescribe Minimum Stadndard of Education: PCI ensure uniform implementation
of educational Standards throughout india and frame guidelines
in these areas: Establishment of facilities in instutions offering
pharmacy (2 Years course after 10+2 followed by 500 hours of practical
training spread over spread over a period of 3 months). however
B.pharm. degree holders (4 years after 10+2) can also register
a pharmacist and PCI apporves conduct of Diploma and Degree Courses
for registration as a pharmacist.
Uniform Implementation of Education Standards: PCI ensure uniform
implementation of educational standards through out india and
frames guidelines in these area: Establishment of facilities in
institions offering pharmacy courses, Conditions for admission
to courses, Duration of the Cours, Selection of students, Dental
Curriculum and Migration and Transfer of Students from one dental
College to another .
Institutions must fulfill these conditions for Approval
of Course of Study: Details of infrastructural facilities
like accommodation area, qualification, experience, number of
faculty, staff-student ratio, non teaching staff, equipments,
museum, library etc.
PCI can withdraw Approval if the approved course or exam fails
to conform to its prescribed standard. The Council issues notice
for withdrwal of approval giving 3 months time ti the institution
PCI may Approved qualification granted outside territories of
phrmancy Act including foriegn qualification if its according
to norms
Maintenance of Central register of pharmacists:PCI maintains a
register mentioning the names of registred pharmacists. registration
under the pharmacy Act, a conditions
Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences
Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka has a geographical
jurisdiction of the whole state of Karnataka covering more than
270 Health Sciences Institutions, representing faculties of Medical,
Dental, Indian System of Medicines, Pharmacy, Nursing and other
Paramedical courses.
The University was initially setup as an affiliating body and
in a phase program, it envisaged developing a campus of its own
for advanced teaching, training and research in specialized fields
of the Health Sciences. The university has established a Curriculum
Development Cell, Research Center and Library & Information
Center for the development of knowledge in the filed of health
sciences and to promote qualitative education and standards. Most
importantly, the university is striving to be a facilitator of
high quality Health Science education rather than just remaining
as an affiliating and examining body.
The objective of the University is to upgrade standards of teaching,
research, publication and dissemination of the knowledge in all
branches of health sciences and bring all health science institution
under one umbrella to standardized and upgrade education. About13,000
under graduate, 2000 post graduate students and 30 Super Specialty
students are admitted into different faculties of health sciences
from this university every year. About 10,000 teachers are engaged
in different faculties of health sciences in this university.
This section on Health Sciences will provide all relevant information
for all including those who want to come to Bangalore and Karnataka
to pursue studies in any of the Health Sciences disciplines. The
University is located at: Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences
Karnataka,Genral Hospital Complex,4th ‘T’ Block, Jayangar,Bangalore-560041.URL:www.rguhs.ac.in
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