AGC-Best Autonomous College

Certain Specialized Skills are required in higher education to earn high efficiency at the workplace providing the scope for better serving our community and working towards its development. The Indian Higher Education system has been widely influenced by globalization and liberalization. The impact of technology on educational delivery, the increasing private participation in higher education, and the impact of globalization have necessitated several changes in the Indian higher education system.  Amritsar Group of Colleges is one of the best autonomous colleges in India which offers the best quality education to its students nurturing the finest engineers and technocrats of the country.

In India, we are offered admission into two types of colleges; one is, “Affiliated” while the other is, “Autonomous”. Now, there is uncertainty among the students seeking admission into any of the courses. But here, all the perplexity regarding “Autonomous” will be made clear. So let us know the difference between the two. The first type is affiliated with some other university. For, they have to follow the syllabus prescribed by the university and also all the terms & conditions, etc. The university itself possesses the authority to initiate the whole admission process. The exams are conducted by the university meaning that the colleges that are affiliated with this university will be having the same question papers and the same marking criteria would be followed while making the results.

And, talking about the Autonomous colleges, they are granted freedom and in some or all the matters such as the syllabus, evaluation pattern, etc. will be decided independently by that particular college. Well, getting autonomy is not an easy process and an easy task though, currently, only a college having accreditation by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council of India (NAAC) with a higher grade is given the status of the autonomous college. This assessment is five-yearly. Granting college autonomy is under the whole discretion of UGC (University Grants Commission) i.e. UGC may or may not grant accord the status of being autonomous to a college. What rights does a college possess being an autonomous college?

• Conduct its house examination at any time of the year without the affiliating university’s consent.
• Conduct admission events, without any intimation or permission from the affiliating university.
• Modify the intake capacity of the programs.
• Include/exclude any specific program at the Autonomous campus. 

Moreover, the syllabus for the entire course also plays a significant role in the accreditation of the college. Autonomous colleges have their own syllabus which means the whole curriculum is different from the other universities. The most beneficial thing is that the autonomous colleges can update their course curriculum as per the requirements of the industry. This means that a student can get updated as per the demands of the industry. Talking Amritsar Group of Colleges, Being one of the Top Autonomous Colleges in Amritsar,  AGC the syllabus for the courses is industry-oriented and it is revised annually as per the market needs and demands moreover due to the rapid advancement in technology, there is a drastic change in the demands of the industry but the syllabus of many universities is still not updated from the past ten years. This only fact of regular revision in the syllabus and the appointment of faculty accordingly is hard for the universities. But, thanks to autonomy that enables AGC- an autonomous college to easily adapt to new courses or changes in syllabus every semester or year according to the trend.