Under the Section 10(u) of All India Council for Technical education(AICTE) act.
It became autonomous in January 2010.
Also in April 2013, the Memorandum of Association. Now, NBA is completely independent of AICTE, financially as well as administratively.
NBA does not receive any grant either from the any regular body or higher education and from the government.
ACCREDITATION
Accreditation is a process of quality improvement and assurance, by which a programme in an approved Institution is demanding appraised to verify that the programme or Institution continuous to meet or exceed the standard and norms prescribed by regulator from time to time.
NBA is a kind of recognition which indicate that the institution or programme fulfills certain standards.
GENERAL APPROACH ON ACCREDITATION
Educational Institutions and programms considering for accreditation.
Programs to be accreditation must be provided by an educational Institution.
For Accreditation, educational Institution programs from which at least two batches of students have to graduated.
BENEFITS OF ACCREDITATION
Recognizes the innovations/achievement
Demonstrate the loyalty/commitment to excellence.
Facilities continuous quality improvement.
Improves staff morale.
Facilities information sharing.
Helps the institution to know its weakness, strengths and opportunities.
Initiates institutions into modern method of training and innovations
Gives institutions to new sense of identity and directions.
Promotes inter and intra-institutional interactions.
PROCEDURE OF ACCREDITATION
Request for registration
Issue of temporary login ID and password.
Fees to be paid by institute/college.
Permanent user id and password allotted.
Fill the application form online.
Approval of NBA
Payment of fees
Institution to submit e-SAR choose five sets as date requested by NBA.
Visit date communicated by NBA.
Structure of visiting team
Visit to the institution
NBA'S CRITERIA OF ACCREDITATION
Institution vision, mission and programme educational objectives
Programme outcome
Students performance
Programme curriculum
Technical support and facilities
Faculty contributions
Teaching learning process and academic support units
Improvement in achievement of outcomes
Institutional support, governance and financial resources