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The UGC, in its 542ndmeeting held on 02nd August 2019 has considered the reports of the Empowered Expert Committee (EEC) appointed by Government under the Chairmanship of Shri N Gopalaswami recommending  (15) Public institutions and (15) Private institutions for considering to give status of Institutions of Eminence. 

Since the scheme has only provided for (10) Public and (10) Private Institutions, the UGC has examined the list of (15) Public and (15) Private Institutions using transparent and verifiable criteria.

The following were the principles used for identifying the (10) Public and (10) Private Institutions, from the list of (15) Public and (15) Private Institutions recommended by the EEC:

Since the thrust of the scheme is to prepare institutions for the global rankings, no existing institution which has NOT figured in any of the global/national ranks shall be recommended for the IoE status.

Only after exhausting the above criterion, if any slot remains vacant, consideration shall be given to 'yet to be established (Greenfield)' proposals. 

Public Institutions:

In accordance with the above principles, the UGC has ranked the list of (15) recommendations as per the QS-2020 World Rankings. Wherever there is a tie, used theQS-2019 India Rankings as a tie-breaker. 

Accordingly, the following are recommended for grant of IoE status:

 

The State Universities: Jadavpur University and Anna Universitycan be considered for issue of the IoE status only after the respective State Governments have issued an official communication allocating their share of the funds (up to 50%).

Private Institutions:

UGC has ranked the list of the (15) private institutions recommended by the EEC by taking their ranking in the QS India or NIRF rankings, and NIRF ranking has been used as tie-breaker. In case there is any vacant slot after considering all the ranked institutions, the same was used for 'yet to be set up (greenfield)' institution.

S No	Institute	India Rankings (QS 2019)	India Ranking NIRF			UGC recommendation
			2019	2018
1	BITS Pilani, Rajasthan	17	23	17		Already selected and given Letter of Intent
2	Manipal Academy of Higher Education	26	09	11		Already selected and given Letter of Intent
3	Jio Institute (Reliance Foundation, Maharashtra)	Green Field (yet to be established)				Already selected and given Letter of Intent
4	Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Bangalore	40	8		8	Recommended for issue of LoI
5	VIT Vellore,Tami Nadu	44	19		16	Recommended for issue of LoI
6	Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi	51-55	18		23	Recommended for issue of LoI
7	Kalinga Instt. of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar	61-65	31		42	Recommended for issue of LoI
8	O.P JINDAL University, Haryana	66-70	-		-	Recommended for issue of LoI
9	Shiv Nadar University, Uttar Pradesh	-	52		48	Recommended for issue of LoI
10	Bharti (Satya Bharti Foundation), Delhi	Greenfield (yet to be established)				Recommended for issue of LoI in the vacant slot
11	Azim Premji University, Bangalore	Not ranked, not considered
12	Ashoka University, Sonepat, Haryana	Not ranked, not considered
13	KREA University (IFMR), Chennai, Tamil Nadu	Not ranked, not considered
14	IIHS (Indian  Institute for Human Settlements), Bangalore	Not ranked, not considered
15	Indian Institute of Public Health, Gandhinagar	Not ranked, not considered

In case of the private institutions proposed as Institutions of Eminence, there will be no financial support, but they will be entitled for more autonomy as a special category Deemed University.

The Greenfield Institutions would get 3 year period to establish and operationalise the institution, and thereafter, EEC will consider giving IoE status to such institutions.

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