The All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) has signed MOU with the Indian Plumbing Association (IPA) to introduce a plumbing course in engineering and architecture institutions across the country. IPA and AICTE have encouraged all educational institutions approved by the technical education regulator to offer a plumbing (water and sanitation) programme and prepare the youth for their careers in the industry.
According to the MoU signed, students pursuing architecture, engineering, and interior designing or graduates with a “major” degree in civil, environmental and architecture, mechanical engineering, or interior designing will be eligible to study a four-credit course in Plumbing (Water and Sanitation).
AICTE Chairman said at the MoU signing said, “There is a strong felt requirement of the plumbing curriculum in engineering and architecture curriculum as plumbing leads to the health of a building. The IPA and the AICTE have collaborated to create a 50-hour plumbing course that would be 80 percent theory and 20 percent practice.”
