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The All India Association for Christian Higher Education (AIACHE) is a professional Association of 350 higher education colleges in India. Founded in 1967, AIACHE is a voluntary organization registered under the Societies Registration Act (1860).

The Christian service of education as a process of formation for transformation is inspired by a vision of human kind and the rest of the creation and its destiny drawn from the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The vision gives Christian institutions a recognizable character and sets before their managements, staff, students, parents and the community high ideals of life and service which will inspire them continuously to strive to meet emerging needs and challenges. Moved by this vision the Christian Church in India has been active in the field of education serving the nation in the context of its plurality of religions and diversity of cultures. The Christian colleges aim at an integral and personalized education of the young. They strive to produce intellectually competent, morally upright, socially committed, spiritually inspired citizens in the service of India and the world of today and tomorrow.

AIACHE aims at the renewal and growth of member colleges as well as the promotion of the quality, value-orientation and social relevance of Indian higher education in general. Over the years AIACHE has become the symbol of the deepening spirit of ecumenism and ONENESS in the MISSION of the Churches, the new concept of mission understood as the responsibility to bring about COMMUNION among the people, to work for JUSTICE and PEACE. A priority for AIACHE is collaborative effort, working with the Governmental agencies, people of other faiths and like-minded groups, national and international, with shared values and concerns.

To promote, in general, sound education in all institutions of higher learning in India in keeping with the heritage and aspirations of the country and the needs of national development.
To promote and undertake research, pure and applied, bearing upon education and the needs of human and national development.
To undertake on its own and/or to enable member institutions to carry out or assist any programmes for promoting the welfare or the uplift of the people in any rural areas and to undertake or assist any programmes of rural development and to train the personnel for implementation of rural development;
To collect and circulate useful and worthwhile information, to publish journals, books and other literature and to arrange for meetings, seminars and workshops etc.
To co-ordinate the work of member institutions at the national, regional and local levels and to promote mutual help and support among member colleges;
To serve as a channel through which member institutions can unitedly contribute to the formation and execution of the national educational policy and to interpret to the public the role of member colleges in national life;
To collaborate, wherever possible, with other institutions and associations concerned with higher learning in these and other matters as may be approved from time to time by the Executive Board of the Society.