The All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) has asked all its affiliate institutions to set up innovation clubs to foster ÔÇÿout-of-the-boxÔÇÖ thinking in a bid to boost the CentreÔÇÖs Make in India initiative.

To promote a culture of innovation and research in higher education, the Union government has introduced Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARRIA), Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar announcement today.

The All India Council for Technical Education has sent a proposal to all technical colleges and institutes to provide mandatory training for teachers as per the councilÔÇÖs new curriculum. Vice-chairman of AICTE, Dr M P Poonia, said only those who clear this training should be kept and rest should be let go.

The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has been focusing on making students set up their own businesses rather than be job seekers, said AICTE advisor Dileep Malkhede on Saturday. ÔÇ£We have been promoting activities such as incubation centre and to promote entrepreneurship we have several initiatives such as giving funds for SC/ST students to start their own businesses,ÔÇØ he said. AICTE has also started having courses on entrepreneurship which has been adopted by universities. He was responding to a question on the nature of current job market where graduates find it difficult to get jobs.

Last date for online applications under AICTE AQIS-Hostel for SC/ST Students Scheme under A/Y 2017-18 is 20th October 2017.

Students of the upcoming academic year across engineering and technical institutions will be the first batch to be introduced to the model curriculum of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).

From addressing underemployment among engineering graduates to handing them degrees only on completion of four months of internship, some overarching changes are in the pipeline in technical education in India.