Affiliation & Approval
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Mahatma Gandhi University , Kottayam
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The Mahatma Gandhi University was established on October 2nd 1983 by the Government
of Kerala through an Act of the Legislativ
e Assembly.
It was formally inaugurated
by Sri. Gyani Zail Singh the H.E, President of India on 26th the same month. The
University is funded by the University Grants Commission and Government of Kerala.
It is a member of the Association of Indian Universities and the Association of
Commonwealth Universities. Spread over Kottayam, Ernakulam, Idukki and some parts
of Alappuzha and Pathanamthitta districts,
the M G University is the largest of the
seven Universities in Kerala having affiliated colleges. Kottayam, the first town
in India to achieve total literacy, has been playing a pioneering role for the spread
of higher education in Kerala, a state that has achieved total literacy. Presently
the University has 21 teaching and research departments/schools and 183 affiliated
colleges, six information centres, three study centres and several campuses. The
University Library is the first in Kerala, to set up the on-line information retrieval
facility
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Jurisdiction & Location
Entire Revenue Districts of Kottayam, Ernakulam and Idukki and a few taluks
of other Districts like Alapuzha (Kuttanad Taluk), Pathanamthitta District (Kozhancherry,
Mallappally, Ranny and Tiruvalla Taluks).
The University campus is located at the Priyadarsini Hills which is 13 km away from
Kottayam Railway Station and 4 km away from Ettumannoor. In order to reach the campus
one should take deviation from Ettumannor or Gandhi Nagar (from M. C. Road). The
nearest airport is at Cochin (Nedumbassery) which is about 80 km away. |
AICTE
All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) was set-up in November 1945 as
a national level Apex Advisory Body to conduct survey on the facilities on technical
education and to promote development in the country in a coordinated and integrated
manner. And to ensure the same, as stipulated in, the National Policy of Education
(1986), AICTE be vested with statutory authority for planning, formulation and maintenance
of norms and standards, quality assurance through accreditation, funding in priority
areas, monitoring and evaluation, maintaining parity of certification and awards
and ensuring coordinated and integrated development and management of technical
education in the country.
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