The National Board of Accreditation (NBA) was set up in the year 1987 by

The National Board of Accreditation was set up in 1987 by the All India Council for Technical Education.

The University Grants Commission set up NAAC rather than the NBA.

The Ministry of Education oversees policy but did not establish the NBA.

IGNOU is an open university, unconnected with founding the NBA.

NBA became an autonomous body in 2010, separate from AICTE.

It accredits programmes rather than whole institutions.