Calcutta University stands nowhere among the top: AICTE head

AICTE Chairman Anil Dattatraya Sahasrabudhe today said it was a matter of regret that centuries-old institutions like the University of Calcutta "stand nowhere" among the top-ranked institutions of India.

Sahasrabudhe, while delivering a lecture at the International Management Institute (IMI) here, said, "I normally don't talk of poor examples... But among the first three universities today - the University of Calcutta, University of Bombay and University of Madras... they stand nowhere among the institutions of excellence."
Citing examples of institutons that have "slipped and been resurrected to glory," he referred to IIEST, Shibpur, which "had at one time been a great institution, then slipped and thanks to the autonomy granted to it, became BESU and then IIEST. Now, it has been transformed and competing with IITs."
He said the AICTE was set to give autonomy to stand-alone PG diploma instutions "who have got excellent accreditation score through NAAC."