The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) is the statutory body and a national-level council for technical education, under Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development.

It was established in 1945 first as an advisory body and later on in 1987 given statutory status by an Act of Parliament.

It is responsible for proper planning and coordinated development of the technical education and management education system in India.

It accredits postgraduate and graduate programs under specific categories at Indian institutions as per its charter.

It is assisted by 10 Statutory Boards of Studies, namely, UG Studies in Eng. & Tech., PG and Research in Eng. and Tech., Management Studies, Vocational Education, Technical Education, Pharmaceutical Education, Architecture, Hotel Management and Catering Technology, Information Technology, Town and Country Planning.

It has its headquarters in New Delhi, which has the offices of the chairman, vice-chairman and the member secretary. It has regional offices at Kolkata, Chennai, Kanpur, Mumbai, Chandigarh, Guwahati, Bhopal, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Gurgaon.

Its objective is promotion of Quality in Technical Education; planning and co-ordinated development of Technical Education System and regulations and maintenance of norms and standards.

Its vision is to be a world class organization leading technological and socioeconomic development of the Country by enhancing the global competitiveness of technical manpower and by ensuring high quality technical education to all sections of the society.

Mission

Planned and coordinated development of Technical Education in India by ensuring world-class standards of Institutions through accreditation
Facilitating world-class Technical Education through:
Making Indian Technical Education globally acceptable
Networking of Institutions for optimum resource utilization;
Dissemination of knowledge;
Technology forecasting and global manpower planning;
Promoting industry-Institution interaction for developing new products, services, and patents;
Inculcating entrepreneurship;
Encouraging indigenous technology;
Focusing on non-formal education;
To be a forward-looking organization that has an efficient, flexible and empowered manpower, sensitive to stakeholders’ expectations.
A true facilitator and an objective regulator
Transparent governance and accountable approach towards the society
Emphasis on developing high quality Institutions, academic excellence and innovative research and development programmes;
Providing affordable education to all

AICTE Bureaus

The AICTE comprises ten bureaus, namely:
• e-Governance (e-Gov) Bureau
• Faculty Development (FD) Bureau
• Undergraduate Education (UG) Bureau
• Postgraduate Education and Research (PGER) Bureau
• Quality Assurance (QA) Bureau
• Planning and Co-ordination (PC) Bureau
• Research and Institutional Development (RID) Bureau
• Administration (Admin) Bureau
• Finance (Fin) Bureau
• Academic (Acad) Bureau

For each bureau, adviser is the bureau head who is assisted by technical officers and other supporting staff.

The multidiscipline technical officer and staff of the Council are on deputation or on contract from government departments, University Grants Commission, academic institutions, etc.