AICTE is revising the academic calendar for the academic year 2024-25. The new schedule can be found here.

The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has updated the academic calendar for the academic year 2024-25. As per the revised schedule, the last date for admission of freshers to vacant seats has been extended to October 23. Moreover, the start of classes for freshers in technical courses has also been postponed to October 23.

This adjustment comes in response to a Supreme Court ruling that allowed an extension of the application deadline for technical colleges to October 23, originally set for September 15.

However, this extension does not apply to independent institutions offering Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) and Post Graduate Certificate in Management (PGCM) programmes. These institutions must adhere to their original admission plans, which remain unchanged.

In addition, the AICTE has extended the deadline for admission to the second year of engineering courses from the previously fixed date of September 15 to October 23. The updated academic timetable for the academic year 2024-25 is available on the official AICTE website at aicte-india.org.

According to the latest notification, educational institutions also do not require prior approval or NOC from AICTE to offer Bachelor’s, Master’s and Postgraduate Diploma courses in the fields of Management, Computer Application and Travel and Tourism through ODL and/or online mode.

The official notification states, “The Commission has taken into consideration the notification of AICTE stating that as per the judgment of the Supreme Court in Bharathidasan University and Another Vs. All India Council for Technical Education and Others (2001) 8 SCC 676, government/private universities do not necessarily require the approval of AICTE for conducting technical courses.”

The AICTE has also maintained its stance against unaccredited educational institutions offering engineering courses. Institutions operating without due approval from the Council or in unaccredited locations will be marked as ‘unaccredited’ and may be closed or penalised.

Any institution seeking approval will have to follow the procedures outlined by the AICTE and students who were enrolled prior to the approval will have to be re-admitted as per the new guidelines.

For more information, candidates are advised to visit the official website of All India Council for Technical Education at aicte-india.org.