The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), which is now known as Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India (GOI) has established the National Testing Agency (NTA) as an independent, autonomous, and self-sustained premier testing organization under the Societies Registration Act (1860) for conducting efficient, transparent and international standards tests in order to assess the competency of candidates for admissions to premier higher education institutions.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has been entrusted by the National Council for Hotel Management and Catering Technology (NCHMCT), an Autonomous Body of the Ministry of Tourism, Government of Indida, with the task of conducting the National Council for Hotel Management Joint Entrance Examination (NCHM JEE) w.e.f 2019.