Student problem 4: Is my degree valid?
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Dear Sir,
I am Suri, and I am currently doing a PGDM from . My institute has a tie-up with University of .
I am going to get a PGDM and later an MBA from . Are my degrees valid?
- Careers360 reader Amit Suri
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Core players and where they stand
AICTE
A PGDM offered by an institution approved by AICTE is equivalent to MBA for the purposes of employment. Unless AICTE has approved the tie-up even the foreign MBA is invalid for any Govt. job purpose
AIU
Citing the above judgment UGC has been issuing circulars periodically which very clearly deny permission for such centres by State-level universities as well as Deemed Universities.
Status quo
The players in this case are, in fact, more. Each regulatory agency, whether it is Medical Council or Pharmacy Council has its own norms as far as foreign degrees are concerned.
But most universities would agree to accept AIU certification, if available. Until India becomes a member of internationally-known associations like the Washington Accord, which provides reciprocal equivalence to degrees, the validity of each foreign degree is suspect in the country!
So for a student, a foreign degree may not make you eligible for a government job or to pursue higher studies unless it is from an approved or a recognised university.
In Suri’s case, both PGDM and MBA are valid. But not so for many others, since AIU is not active in obtaining reciprocal equivalences and there is no exchange of information among individual regulators.
Click the image (on the right) to view AIU website, to ensure that the foreign degree has reciprocal equivalence in India
“The accreditation system is archaic and these regulatory bodies appear to be too forbidding and not very transparent”
Namrata Suri,
Founder director and chairperson, National Institute of Advertising (NiA)
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