National Council of Distance Education (NCODE) is a 'management educational institution assessment and certification body and established under the aegis of its parent body National Council of Accreditation and Assessment (NCAA).

NCAA assesses and certifies the client's management system according to the standard and scope applied by client. The scope of assessment is "Provision for Management Education".

Once NCAA is satisfied that the systems and processes are well established and properly followed, the NCAA commission issues the NCODE course registration letter to the Institution/College/University offering management education in distance mode and grants permission to use the logo's of NCAA and NCODE on their website, mark-sheets, certificates, and any other official literature.