Two MP engineering colleges get NBA accreditation

The mechanical course of Ujjain Engineering College and civil, mechanical and electrical engineering courses of Rewa Engineering College have received accreditation from the NBA. 

Two engineering colleges of Madhya Pradesh have received National Board of Accreditation (NBA) recognition for four courses till 2022-23 academic year. These are engineering colleges of Rewa and Ujjain. The mechanical course of Ujjain Engineering College and civil, mechanical and electrical engineering courses of Rewa Engineering College have received accreditation from the NBA.  

Rewa Engineering College was not getting recognised by the NBA due to lack of infrastructure facilities. The matter has been impending for the past three years. The principal in charge of the college, Dr Sandeep Pandey, said the engineering college management had applied for NBA grading three years ago. After that, the college was closed due to COVID-19, hence the work could not proceed. As soon as the college reopened, the college administration invited the NBA team for its recognition. 

As per a report published in Times of India, Technical Education Minister Yashodhara Raje Scindia said the education of these courses in Rewa and Ujjain engineering colleges would now be considered on par with national-level institutions such as Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and National Institutes of Technology (NITs). She said these colleges were visited by an eight-member team of the NBA. 

Scindia said with this, the chances of students from these colleges getting placements in reputed companies of the country had become strong. With this accreditation, grants and facilities would be increased to both colleges from the University Grants Commission (UGC) and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi, the report added. 

NBA is an autonomous body that periodically evaluates technical institutions and programmes according to specified norms and standards recommended by AICTE council. 

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