Recent Advances in Accreditation Systems in Higher Agricultural Educational Institutes (HAEI) in India: A Review

Nimai Chand Patra
2021 International Journal of Life-Sciences Scientific Research  
Accreditation is a self-realization and peer review process to improve and sustain the quality and relevance in higher educational institutes (HEI) as well as in higher agricultural educational institutes (HAEI). In India, like NAAC under UGC, the accreditation is carried out in agricultural institutes in the three-tier system like degree programmes, college and university under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) by the National Agricultural Education Accreditation Board (NAEAB)
more » ... with its secretariat. ICAR belongs to an autonomous organization of the Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE), Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India. ICAR accreditation is a voluntary process and an institution and or different programmes can be accredited by more than one accreditation body. An agricultural college/university may be recognized first as schedule 2F/12B under UGC Act, along with Technology/ Engineering subjects by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA) of AICTE and Veterinary and Animal Sciences subjects by Veterinary Council of India (VCI). Being the non-statutory status, the ICAR does not provide the status "Recognition" or "Affiliation" to any organization/ institution/ university or any course/ programme/ degree offered by such institution but needs to comply with minimum requirement and academic regulations prescribed by ICAR. Accreditation is provided to an HAEI for five years and the mid-term review committee of NAEAB reviews the status of accreditation after completion of 2.5 years as post-accreditation monitoring process. Thus, the NAEAB accreditation is a recurring process and is intended to improve the marketability of students for national and international employment.
doi:10.21276/ssr-iijls.2021.7.5.3 fatcat:gr5smiudibbg3h4gu5vjh6kdue