Jaipur: Jaipur Engineering College and Research Centre (JECRC) has become the first institution in the state to be accreditation by the National Board Accreditation (NBA).

The institute got the NBA accreditation for its qualified faculty, well equipped laboratories and faculty development programmes, its Director Arpit Agarwal today told reporters here.

'This has become possible through several accomplishments like high standards of academics, large placements, conducting several add-on industry oriented courses and encouraging research and development work,' he claimed.

The NBA accreditation will help the institute as now it can get more grants from various national and international funding agencies for research and development, Agrawal said.

The College has bagged financial support for research and development projects from AICTE and Department of Science and Technology, he said.

NBA is an autonomous body which periodically evaluates technical institutions and awards accreditation to them.