Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering

Date: 14/11/2018
To,
The Principal,
ATME College of Engineering,
Mysuru-28

Subject: Regarding applying for AQIS proposal

Respected Sir,
As per the AICTE invitation for applications for financial assistance under
various AQIS Schemes, below is the table showing the eligibility criteria for various
schemes and also last column indicates for which our department is applying.

Schemes/ Eligibility
Eligibility Criteria Status
Programme’s (Yes/No)

(a) The Host Institution must be an

AICTE approved Institute/AICTE
approved University Department.
(b) Coordinator must be full time
regular faculty with adequate
experience in teaching and research
SEMINAR GRANT (SG) with publications.
No -
(c) Maximum two proposals per
institute per year including
sanctioned but not completed would
be considered.
(d) The applicant Host Department
should be preferably from NBA
accredited.

(a) AICTE approved Technical

Institutions / University
Departments with at least 10
years of existence.
(b) Coordinator must be a full time
FACULTY DEVELOPMENT
regular faculty with adequate
PROGRAMME (FDP) No -
experience in teaching and research
with publications.
(c) Maximum 2 proposals per institute
per year including sanctioned,
earlier but not completed, would be
considered.
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(a) AICTE approved

institutions/University departments
imparting technical education are
entitled
(b) Coordinator must be a full time
regular faculty with adequate
experience in teaching and research
AICTE – ISTE
with publications.
ORIENTATION/
(c) Maximum 2 proposals per institute
REFRESHER Yes Applying
would be considered in a year.
PROGRAMME
(d) Preferably one self-financing
program should have been arranged
in last 12 months by the college.
(e)  ISTE will charge Rs.1500/- per
proposal as processing fee. The
proposals will be accepted only if
institute pays the processing fee
through RTGS/NEFT.

(a) AICTE approved Technical

Institutions / University
Departments with at least 7 years of
existence.
(b) All teachers, supporting technical
and administrative staff in areas of
SHORT TERM TRAINING technical education in AICTE
PROGRAMME (STTP) approved institutions are eligible to Yes Applying
participate
(c) Maximum 5 proposals per institute
per year including sanctioned,
earlier but not completed, would be
considered. However, maximum 3
proposal per institute shall be
approved.

(a) AICTE approved Technical

Institutions/University
Departments with relevant PG
programme with at least 10 years
of existence.
(b) Full time regular faculty with
research experience and
publications.
(c) The preliminary research facilities
RESEARCH PROMOTION
should be available in the institute.
SCHEME (RPS) No -
(d) One proposal from one PI (Principal
Investigator) will be sanctioned at
any point of time within the
duration of project.
(e) Maximum number of proposals
acceptable per institute (including
sanctioned earlier but not
completed) shall be five and three
from Govt. institute and Pvt.
Institute respectively.
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(a) The institute must be an AICTE

approved Institutes/AICTE
approved University Department.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP (b) The Coordinator shall be Full time
DEVELOPMENT CELL regular faculty. To be Applied
Yes
(EDC) (c) Only one proposal per institute shall by ED cell
be considered for funding.
(d) Existing AICTE sponsored EDC
Institutes are not eligible to apply
again.

(a) Government/Government-aided
technical/engineering
colleges/University Departments.
E- SHODH SINDHU
(b) The Institute must have digital No -
library network having internet
bandwidth (in mbps) and Wi-Fi
bandwidth

(a) The Host Institution must be an

AICTE approved Institute/ AICTE
approved University Department
with at least 10 years of
existence.
(b) Coordinator must be full time
GRANT FOR ORGANISING regular faculty with adequate
CONFERENCE experience in teaching and research No -
with publications.
(c) Maximum one proposal per
Institute per year would be
considered.
(d) The applicant Host Department
should be preferably from NBA
accredited.

(a) The mentor Institution/ University

Departments must be Government
or Government Aided/Self Financed
institute.
(b) AICTE approved institutes/
University Departments can
participate.
SHARE AND MENTOR (c) The Mentor Institute/ University
INSTITUTIONS Departments should have been
No -
(MARGDARSHAN) before established 15 years.
(d) The Mentor institute should be
conducting PG/UG courses of which
at least fifty percent of the courses
should be NBA Accredited and total
NBA accredited UG/PG courses
should not be less than three each.
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(a) The Apex Institution should be an

AICTE approved Institute/AICTE
approved University Department.
(b) The Apex Institution should be
Government or Government Aided
institute.
(c) Only one proposal per institute
UNNAT BHARAT
should be forwarded for funding for
ABHIYAN No -
this scheme.
(d) The applicant Apex Institute
should have identified a program
to achieve a specific set of goals
as per the guidelines of Unnat
Bharat Abhiyan of Government of
India.

(a) AICTE approved Technical

Institutions / University
Departments with at least 10
years of existence.
(b) For self financing/Institutes:
MODERNISATION AND Maximum 3 proposals per institute
REMOVAL OF per year including sanctioned
OBSOLESCENCE earlier but not completed would be No -
(MODROBS) considered.
(c) For Govt. /Govt. aided Institutes:
Maximum 5 proposals per institute
per year including sanctioned
earlier but not completed would be
considered.

(a) AICTE approved institutions/ AICTE

approved University Departments.
(b) Institute/ University Departments
SKILL AND PERSONALITY
must be in existence for at least five
DEVELOPMENT
years. Infrastructure
PROGRAMME CENTRE Yes
(c) The Institute/ University department
FOR SC/ST STUDENTS
Departments should ample built-up
accommodation with proper
infrastructure of its own to start the
centre.
(a) Government / Government-aided
engineering colleges/ University
Departments are entitled for the
grant.
(b) The Institutes located in Punjab,
Haryana, Arunachal Pradesh,
HOSTELS FOR SC/ST Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland &
STUDENTS UTs are not covered for grant under No -
SCA to Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP).
(c) The Institute must be in existence
for last five years.
(d) The Institute other than NE must
have more than 150 SC/ST students
on roll per year during last 3 years.
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The proposal for the following schemes will be applied as early as possible.
1. AICTE – ISTE ORIENTATION/ REFRESHER PROGRAMME
2. SHORT TERM TRAINING PROGRAMME (STTP)

Thank You,

Dr. Mahesh P.K.

Prof. and HOD,
Department of Electronics and Communication,
ATME College of Engineering,
Mysuru-28