The Hindu Business Line : AICTE to form board for registering of engineers

THE winds of globalisation are sweeping across the engineering profession in the country. To enable the profession face the challenges of globalisation, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) will constitute a National Engineers Registration and Licensing Board (NERLB) to provide registration and licences for practice of this profession to desiring engineers.

AICTE is regulator for technical education in the country. It has already undertaken the responsibility of accreditation of engineering educational programmes through the National Board of Accreditation (NBA).

Informed sources said that a 31-member governing body would govern NERLB.

The principal objective behind the creation of NERLB is for providing registration to the engineering graduates from the recognised institutions and to issue licences for the practice of profession in India with a view to enhance the level of proficiency and ethics .

Besides supporting engineers in career development, NERLB would among other things represent the engineering profession at national and international levels. It would also facilitate international mobility of Indian engineers.

The NERLB would be headquartered in the Capital and seven regional offices of NERLB will be established at places where AICTE regional offices are already functioning.

The technical disciplines and subjects for registration and licensing include mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, electrical, electronics and communication, chemical engineering, civil engineering, mining, textile and information technologies.

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