New Session to Begin in September, AICTE Releases New Academic Calendar For 2021-22 Session

The new sessions for AICTE-approved colleges will begin in September. The entire academic year is deferred due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The All India Concil for Technical Education (AICTE) has released the academic calendar for 2021-22 adn as per teh calendar the classes for existing students of technical courses will begin from September 1 while for the new students the session will commence from September 15. Due to the pandemic, the classes can take in online or blended form.

AICTE in its recent notice stated that the process of the grant of approval for the institutions, other than the standalone PGDM and PGCM colleges, will be completed by June 30. Further, the affiliation process by the respective universities and boards have to be completed by July 15.

The last date for the completion of the first round of counselling and admission is August 31 and the commencement of classes for the existing students of the technical courses should be September 1. The second round of counselling have to be completed by September 9. The cancellation of seats for technical courses with full fee refund is September 10.

AICTE has also released a set of Covid-19 guidelines for institutes and colleges to follow. This includes payment of fees, payment of salary to faculty, discouraging fake news, and sharing of internet bandwidth with other college/institute.

The notification has been sent to the Department of Technical Education of all states/Universities. The academic calendar may be subject to change due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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