The National Board of Accreditation (NBA), India was initially established by the AICTE (All India Council of Technical Education) in order to assess the qualitative competence of the programs offered by educational institution. NBA came into existence as an independent autonomous body with effect from 7th January 2010 with the objectives of assurance of quality and relevance to technical education, especially of the programs in professional and technical disciplines, through the mechanism of accreditation of programs offered by technical institutions. The NBA conducts evaluation of programs of technical institutes on the basis of laid down norms. This may include, but not limited to institutional missions and objectives, organization and governance, infrastructure facilities, quality of teaching and learning, curriculum design and review and support services (library, laboratory, instrumentation, computer facilities, etc.)