UGC suggested 14 more names for the Institution of Eminence tag

UGC suggested 14 more names for the Institution of Eminence tag

On Friday, the University Grants Commission (UGC) announced names of 14 another institutes which have been selected for the Institutions of Eminence (IoE) status. UGC selected 14 institutes out of the 24 institutes recommended by the government’s Empowered Expert Committee (EEC). Aligarh Muslim University, Ashoka University, KREA University and Azim Premji University are among those that failed to make to the list. Public institutions selected for the Institution of Eminence tag IIT-Madras, IIT-Kharagpur, Delhi University, Central University of Hyderabad, Jadavpur University, Anna University and Banaras Hindu University were selected by the UGC for the Institution of Eminence tag. On the other hand, AMU, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Tezpur University, Panjab University and Andhra University were left out. Private institutions selected for the Institution of Eminence tag Under the private category, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, VIT Vellore, Jamia Hamdard, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, O P Jindal University and Shiv Nadar University have been selected for the IoE status. The proposed institutions such as Satya Bharti University, backed by Satya Bharti Foundation of Bharti Airtel group has been selected under the controversial greenfield category. With this announcement, the total number of universities with the IoE tag has gone up to 20 of which 10 are public and 10 are private. EEC chairperson N Gopalaswami said, “Although we had suggested the number of IoEs be increased to 30, the government has stuck to the 10 (private) plus 10 (public) formula.” When asked why Jawaharlal Nehru University did not make the shortlist despite figuring in international rankings, he said, “We are looking at comprehensive universities which offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. JNU is primarily a postgraduate university.”

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