I want to know about difference between Affiliation and Approval for colleges situated in India ?

here I am giving you difference between Affiliation and Approval for colleges situated in India .

Affiliation- the act of affiliating; state of being affiliated or associated.
Approval- feeling of liking something or someone good.

APPROVAL:- means the courses of a particular institute is approved (
from any autonomous body like AICTE or UGC.

AFFILIATION:- means you will study in that particular institute degrees of which will be issued from which the institute itself is affiliated.

AICTE approved top distance colleges in India:
Dr. B.R.Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad

Naland Open University, Patna
K.K.Handique State Open University
The Global Open University,
Indian Gandhi National Open University
Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University, Kota
Tamil Nadu Open University, Chennai
Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai
Uttar Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open University, Allahabad
Uttaranchal Open University
Netaji Subhas Open University, Kolkata
Nalanda Open University, Patna
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad
Pandit Sundarlal Sharma Open University, Bilaspur
Dr. B R Ambedkar Open University, Ahmedabad
Karnataka State Open University, Mysore
Madhya Pradesh Bhoj Open University, Bhopal
Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University, Nasik
Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University, Kota

Top UGC Universities:
Osmania University, Hyderabad-500 007
Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati-517507
Vikram Simhapuri University, Nellore
Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh-78 004
Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University, Muza
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University, Ahmedabad – 380 003
Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University, P.B. No. 21, University Road, Patan-384 265
Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar-388 120
Saurashtra University, Rajkot- 360 005
South Gujarat University, Surat-395 007
Bhagat Phool Singh Mahila Vishwavidyalaya, Khanpur Kalan Sonipat, Haryana.
Chaudhary Devi Lal University, Sirsa.
Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Darbhanga- 846008
Rajendra Agricultural University, Samastipur- 848 125
T.M.Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur-812 007
Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur- 492 006
Indira Kala Sangeet Vishwavidyalaya, Khairagarh- 491 881
Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur-492 010