The Union Ministry for Human
Resource Development, has constituted a Task Force to examine applications from
‘institutions that need to take corrective measures to several criteria for
satisfying the Deemed University status’ regarding rectification of the
deficiencies mentioned in the Report of the Committee constituted to review
functioning of institutions deemed to be universities.
The Central Government
had constituted a Committee of Experts to review the functioning of the
existing institutions ‘deemed-to-be-universities’ vide its notification No.
F.9-26/2009-U3A dated 6/7/2009
so as to satisfy itself of the justification of their continuance as
institutions ‘deemed to be universities’. The
Review Committee (i.e., the Committee of Experts) had submitted its Report to
the Government on 20/10/2009
which was accepted, in principle, by the Government.
The Review Committee had,
after assessment of the institutions deemed to be universities, placed 44
institutions in the category of institutions which on an aggregate were found
to be deficient in some aspects which need to be rectified over a three year
period for them to transit into the category of ‘institutions satisfying most
of the criteria for the Deemed University status’.Deficiencies found in these institutions
vis-à-vis the parameters used in the Review are already available in the public
domain in the website of the Ministry of Human Resource Development at http://education.nic.in.
The issues regarding
expansion of these institutions can be considered by the Government only when
these institutions rectify the deficiencies found in the Review within the
stipulated period of three years from the date of the Report, as otherwise,
expansion of such institutions would further enhance their deficiencies.
Some of the above-mentioned
institutions deemed to be universities have represented claiming to have
overcome the deficiencies within the stipulated period three years.
In order to assess
whether, and if so how, the deficiencies have been rectified by these
institutions within the prescribed timeframe as mentioned in the Report of the
Review Committee, the Government would require the advice of the Task Force as
the deficiencies were found in these institutions, by the Review Committee
(which consisted of the same members as that of the Task Force mentioned in the
following para).
The Government has
constituted the Task Force comprising the following experts to examine
applications from institutions deemed to be universities so as to assess
whether deficiencies pointed out in the Review have been overcome by these
institutions and whether the institutions are eligible to continue as
institutions deemed to be universities, and advise the Government accordingly:
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Prof. P.N. Tandon, Professor Emiretus Department of Neurosurgery AIIMS
New Delhi
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Member
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Prof. Goverdhan Mehta, National research professor and Lilly Jubilant
Chair, University
of Hyderabad.
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Member
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Prof. Anandakrishnan, Chairman IIT
Kanpur
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Member
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Prof. Mrinal Miri, Former Vice Chancellor NEHU
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Member
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The frequency of the
meetings and procedure to be adopted including venue, etc. shall be left to the
Task Force itself, provided that it meets as often as it can and well within
the stipulated period of three years from the date of submission of the Report.
The entire process of
the aforementioned examination shall be video-recorded live and the findings of
the Task Force shall be put in the public domain on the Ministry’s website http://education.nic.in in addition to
informing the applicants individually.
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