Hii sir, I Wants to get the Information About the Accreditation And Affiliation of the Sikkim Manipal University ?

[ReenaK]

Sikkim Manipal University is a funded, co-educational, public-private university in Gangtok, Sikkim, India. Established in 1995, the university is credited as being the first P3 education and health care initiative in the region.

Ranking :

The Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology is approved by the AICTE. It has accreditation from the National Board of Accreditation (NBA) ACCR-860/06 from January 2008.

The institute has ISO 9001 accreditation vide NS-EN ISO 9001:2008 for all the courses it offers.

It is ranked 5th among Engineering Colleges of Eminence, 6th among Leading Institutes delivering Excellence in Education,

7th among top private engineering colleges, and 20th in faculty/research and consultancy/EDP and other programs, according to a survey taken in 2015-16 by the CSR-GHRDC Engineering Colleges Survey.

Accreditation :
SMU is a UGC-recognized, Public-private university.

In 2012, Sikkim Manipal University had been ordered by the UGC to shut down all study centers outside Sikkim. In its judgement on a petition filed by SMU against the UGC order, the Sikkim high court held that SMU is bound by the order from the UGC.

SMU is a member of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) and its recognition with Distance Education Council (DEC), was pending with UGC subsequent to Sikkim high court's order dated 26.06.2015.

The UGC has now allowed admissions for the year 2016-17. Sikkim Manipal University, Gangtok is recognised by UGC to continue offering programs through Open & Distance Learning (ODL) mode for the session 2016-2017 (F.No. UGC/DEB-II/SMU/Recog./2015 Vol. V), dated 21 March 2016.

Contact Information
Sikkim Manipal University
Address: 5th Mile, Tadong, Gangtok, Sikkim 737102