AICTE Restricts GB Pant Engineering College from Admitting Students Due to Poor Infrastructure

The AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education) has restricted G B Pant Engineering College, located in Delhi from admitting students for the academic session 2017-18. As per AICTE, these colleges lack basic infrastructure and facilities. The college failed to maintain facilities like placement office, common room for boys and girls, sick room and research labs. Without research labs, it is highly difficult for the college to impart practical-based education to students.

An official notice issued by AICTE to G B Pant Engineering College stated that the authorities of college have not submitted the compliance report for the irregularities and deficiencies pointed out by AICTE. Finally, the panel that inspected the college declared next admission session to be a no admission year for G B Pant Engineering College.

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On the other hand, the AICTE has issued a show cause notice to the authorities of G B Pant Engineering College, which failed to comply with the norms recommended by SAC (Standing Appellate Committee). The notice was issued in April 2017, and the college had already enrolled 200 students. AICTE permitted the college for the admissions and asked the management to submit the important documents.

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The Government of Delhi established G B Pant College ten years ago. Later, the government informed the college management to share an ITI campus in Okhla along with the engineering college. Since March 2017, the students have been protesting for a campus. They had launched their protest on March 7, 2017, by giving slogan ‘We Want Campus’. The students had allegedly slept in the classrooms at night. With the involvement of Delhi Chief Minister, Mr. Arvind Kejriwal, the protest was called off on April 29, 2017.