Business Schools

The number of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) approved business schools functioning till 2011-12 in the country are 3644 in Master of Business Administration (MBA) and 308 in Post Graduate Diploma Management (PGDM).  The State-wise details are available on web-portal of AICTE (www.aicte.india.org).

          As per the mandate given to AICTE in the AICTE Act, 1987, norms and standards are framed by the Council to regulate the technical institutions, including management institutions in the country for maintaining quality in these institutions.  The approvals for establishing new institutions etc. are granted on the basis of prescribed norms for infrastructure facilities and faculty etc.  These norms and standards are uniformly applicable to all the colleges, irrespective of their location.

         This information was given by the Minister of State for Human Resource  Development, Dr. D. Purandeswari, in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.