What are the types of Awarding Body recognition?

There are two main types: Standard (authorized to award certificates for approved qualifications) and Dual (authorized to train, assess, and certify in their own campuses).

Can an Awarding Body develop its own qualifications?

Yes, an Awarding Body can develop its own qualifications and submit them for NSQF alignment and approval, or adopt existing approved qualifications.

What is the role of an Awarding Body in assessments?

Awarding Bodies are responsible for ensuring reliable assessments. They often onboard third-party Assessment Agencies to conduct these assessments, or in the case of Dual recognition, may conduct them internally.

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Overview

Definition of an Awarding Body

Awarding Body means an entity which awards or proposes to award certification to trainees for an NSQF aligned and approved qualification either developed or adopted by it as per policy on adoption of Qualifications by ensuring quality training and reliable assessments.

NCVET Recognition

Recognition of an entity as an Awarding Body entitles the Awarding Body to award NCVET certificate to trainees/ learners after successful completion of training and assessment of NSQF aligned and approved qualifications which are either developed or adopted by the Awarding Body.

Types of Recognition

1 Standard

Recognition of an entity as an Awarding Body by NCVET means that the entity has been authorized to award certificates to trainees/ learners after successful completion of training and assessment for an approved qualification along with performing all such other functions of an Awarding Body as specified in the Awarding Body Guidelines and Operation Manual.

2 Dual

Recognition means the entity can award, assess and certify learners where training is directly being imparted by the Awarding Body in campuses or training centres owned or fully managed by it.

Can conduct assessments for training in owned/managed campuses.
Can award certificates in NSQF aligned and approved qualifications.
Can certify learners where training is imparted through third party agencies (Only Government ABs).
Can undertake assessments themselves without onboarding third party AAs.

Functions of an
Awarding Body

Award certification to learners in approved qualifications.
Creation of qualifications and related learning material.
Development of affiliation norms for training partners.
On-boarding assessment agencies to ensure fair assessments.
Monitor the functioning of training partners and assessment agencies.

General Functions

Set up a system of redressing grievances.
Submit information to skill related information providers.
Develop norms for Training of Trainers and Assessors.
Co-operate with the Council in any inspection or audit.

Awarding Bodies (Standard)

Sr.	Name	Status	Jurisdiction
1	Beauty & Wellness Sector Skill Council (B&WSSC)	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
2	Electronics Sector Skill Council of India (ESSCI)	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
3	Skill Council for Green Jobs (SCGJ)	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
4	Handicrafts and Carpet Sector Skill Council (HCSSC)	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
5	Automotive Skills Development Council (ASDC)	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
6	Food Industry Capacity and Skill Initiative (FICSI)	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
7	Rubber, Chemical & Petrochemical Skill Development Council (RCPSDC)	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
8	Sports, Physical Education, Fitness and Leisure Skills Council (SPEFL-SC)	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
9	Management and Entrepreneurship and Professional Skills Council (MEPSC)	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
10	Apparel Made-Ups & Home Furnishing Sector Skill Council	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
11	Capital Goods & Strategic Skill Council	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
12	Media and Entertainment Skills Council (MESC)	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
13	Power Sector Skill Council	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
14	Textile Sector Skill Council (TSC)	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
15	Agriculture Sector Skill Council (ASCI)	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
16	Hydrocarbon Sector Skill Council (HSSC)	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
17	Healthcare Sector Skill Council	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
18	Construction Skill Development Council of India	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
19	Instrumentation Automation Surveillance & Communication Sector Skill Council (IASC)	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
20	Telecom Sector Skill Council	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
21	Tourism and Hospitality Skill Council (THSC)	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
22	Water Management & Plumbing Skill Council (Indian Plumbing Skills Council)	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
23	Furniture and Fittings Skill Council (FFSC)	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
24	Domestic Workers Sector Skill Council (DWSSC)	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
25	National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM)	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
26	Logistics Sector Skill Council (LSC)	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
27	Aerospace and Aviation Sector Skill Council (AASSC)	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
28	Gems and Jewellery Sector Skill Council (GJSCI)	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
29	Skill Council for Person with Disability (SCPwD)	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
30	Infrastructure Equipment Sector Skill Council (IESC)	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
31	Indian Iron and Steel Sector Skill Council	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
32	Skill Council For Mining Sector (SCMS)	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
33	Banking, Financial Services and Insurance Sector Skill Council (BFSI SSC)	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
34	Life Sciences Sector Skill Development Council (LSSSDC)	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
35	Leather Sector Skill Council (LSSC)	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
36	Retailers Association's Skill Council of India (RASCI)	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
37	Safety Skill Dev Foundation	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
38	Medhavi Skill University	Agreement Signed	SIKKIM
39	Centurion University of Technology and Management	Agreement Signed	ODISHA & ANDHRA PRADESH
40	Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
41	Samadhan Samiti	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
42	Integrated Council for Entrepreneurship and Skilling (ICES)	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
43	Microsoft	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
44	Career Park Trust	Agreement Signed	Jammu & Kashmir
45	Dattopant Thengadi National Board for Workers Education and Development	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
46	Jindal Steel & Power Limited	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
47	Adani Skills and Education Foundation	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
48	Labournet Livelihood Foundation	LoI Issued	PAN INDIA
49	G D Goenka University	LoI Issued	HARYANA
50	Dr Reddys Foundation	LoI Issued	PAN INDIA
51	Orion Educational Society	LoI Issued	PAN INDIA

Awarding Bodies (Dual)

Sr.	Name	Status	Jurisdiction
1	Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering & Technology (CIPET)	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
2	National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
3	National Film Development Corporation (NFDC)	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
4	Indian Air Force	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
5	Indian Navy	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
6	Directorate General of Armoured Corps	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
7	Corps of Military Police	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
8	Directorate General of Artillery	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
9	Army Medical Corps	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
10	Remount Veterinary Corps	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
11	Directorate General of Army Air Defence	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
12	Electrical & Mechanical Engineering	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
13	Directorate General of Army Aviation	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
14	Corps of Signals	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
15	Corps of Engineers	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
16	Directorate General of Mechanised Infantry	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
17	Directorate General of Infantry	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
18	Army Ordinance Corps	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
19	Army Service Corps	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
20	Army Intelligence Corps	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
21	Army Physical Training Corps (APTC)	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
22	Directorate General of Army Education Corps	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
23	Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
24	Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS)	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
25	National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS)	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
26	National Academy of RUDSETI	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
27	Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Limited (BECIL)	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
28	Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
29	International Automobile Centre of Excellence (iACE)	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
30	Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
31	Maharshi Sandipani Rashtriya Ved Vidya Pratishthan	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
32	The Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICAI)	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
33	Ganpat University	Agreement Signed	GUJARAT
34	Gujarat Council of Vocational Training	Agreement Signed	GUJARAT
35	Maharashtra State Board of Skill, Vocational Education and Training	Agreement Signed	MAHARASHTRA
36	Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
37	UP Skill Development Mission (UPSDM)	Agreement Signed	UTTAR PRADESH
38	Additional Skill Acquisition Programme (ASAP)	Agreement Signed	KERALA
39	Karnataka Skill Development Corporation	Agreement Signed	KARNATAKA
40	State Council for Technical Education & Vocational Training (SCTEVT)	Agreement Signed	ODISHA
41	Shri Vishwakarma Skill University (SVSU)	Agreement Signed	HARYANA
42	West Bengal State Council of Technical and Vocational Education and Skill Development	Agreement Signed	WEST BENGAL
43	Haryana State Electronics Development Corporation Limited (HARTRON)	Agreement Signed	HARYANA
44	Nettur Technical Training Foundation (NTTF)	Agreement Signed	KARNATAKA
45	Mewar University	Agreement Signed	RAJASTHAN
46	Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Technical University (MRSPTU)	Agreement Signed	PUNJAB
47	Centre for Development of Advanced Company (CDAC)	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
48	HCL Technologies	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
49	Tamil Nadu Skill Development Corporation	Agreement Signed	TAMIL NADU
50	Indian Jute Industries' Research Association (iJIRA)	Agreement Signed	WEST BENGAL & ASSAM
51	MSME Technology Centre	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
52	Centre for Research and Industrial Staff Performance (CRISP)	Agreement Signed	MADHYA PRADESH
53	The National Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (NIESBUD)	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
54	IT Development Agency (ITDA), Govt. of Uttarakhand	Agreement Signed	UTTARAKHAND
55	Directorate of Special Operations and Diving (DSOD), Indian Navy	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
56	Delhi Metro Rail Academy (DMRA)	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
57	National Institute of Wind Energy	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
58	Bajaj Finserv	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
59	Divya Yog Mandir Trust (DYMT)	Agreement Signed	Multi-State
60	Footwear Design & Development Institute(FDDI)	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
61	Sri Sri University	Agreement Signed	Odisha
62	Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC)	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
63	State Council for Vocational Training, Uttar Pradesh	Agreement Signed	Uttar Pradesh
64	Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN - SPACe)	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
65	Karmayogi Bharat	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
66	Lamrin Tech Skills University, Punjab	Agreement Signed	Punjab
67	Skill Development Department, Govt. of Sikkim	Agreement Signed	NE States
68	IBM	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
69	Vidya Bharti Akhil Bhartiye Shiksha Sansthan	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
70	National Institute of Social Defence	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
71	Tata Power Company Ltd.	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
72	The Institution of Engineers (India)	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
73	NITTTR, Chandigarh	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
74	Skill Development Network (SDN)	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
75	Indian Institute of Banking and Finance (IIBF)	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
76	Ratan Tata Maharashtra State Skills University	Agreement Signed	Maharashtra
77	West Bengal State Council for Vocational Training	Agreement Signed	West Bengal
78	Infosys Tech	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
79	Uttarakhand Open University	Agreement Signed	Uttarakhand
80	Scope Global Skill University	Agreement Signed	Madhya Pradesh
81	State Board of Technical Education, AP	Agreement Signed	Andhra Pradesh
82	NIGST, Survey of India	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
83	DFCCIL	Agreement Signed	PAN INDIA
84	Hindustan Aeronautics Limited	LoI Issued	PAN INDIA
85	Council of Architecture	LoI Issued	PAN INDIA
86	National Communication Academy-Technology	LoI Issued	PAN INDIA
87	M. P. Bhoj Open University	LoI Issued	Madhya Pradesh
88	Flipkart Internet Private Limited	LoI Issued	PAN INDIA
89	NITTTR, Chennai	LoI Issued	PAN INDIA
90	Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University	LoI Issued	Gujarat
91	Board of Intermediate Education, AP	LoI Issued	Andhra Pradesh
92	Government Tool Room and Training Centre	LoI Issued	PAN INDIA
93	Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University	LoI Issued	Assam
94	BESTIU	LoI Issued	Andhra Pradesh
95	NITTTR Kolkata	LoI Issued	PAN INDIA
96	NIRDPR	LoI Issued	PAN INDIA
97	JAIN Deemed to be University	LoI Issued	Karnataka
98	Himachal Pradesh Kaushal Vikas Nigam	LoI Issued	Himachal Pradesh
99	Haryana Knowledge Corporation Ltd (HKCL)	LoI Issued	PAN INDIA
100	Karnataka State Open University	LoI Issued	KARNATAKA
101	Sant Shiromani Ravidas Global Skills Park	LoI Issued	MADHYA PRADESH
102	Max Healthcare	LoI Issued	PAN INDIA
103	Department of Employment and Training, Telangana	LoI Issued	TELANGANA