All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) was established by an Act of Parliament in 1987 with a view to promote proper planning and coordinated development of technical education system throughout the country. AICTE helps promotion of qualitative improvements in technical education in relation to the planned quantitative growth.
The Faculty Development activities of AICTE are geared to ensure quality, relevance, excellence and equity in Technical Education through the technical teachers. The objectives envisaged are to support programmes aimed at promoting quality of teachers; to promote programmes that facilitate career and faculty development; to recognize and support meritorious teachers; to provide opportunities and upgradation of knowledge and skills of technical teachers and working professionals; to encourage research and development; and to formulate schemes for facilitating participation of women in Technical Education.