Ashutosh Jha's Page

Centre Derecognizes 44 Deemed Universities

The Centre has told the Supreme Court that it has decided to withdraw the “deemed” status to 44 universities in the country alleging these were being run as family fiefdoms rather than on academic considerations.

However, to avoid jeopardising the future of nearly two lakhs students enrolled in these universities spread over 13 states, they would be allowed to revert back as affilated colleges of their original universities, the Centre said in an affidavit.
The affidavit filed by the HRD Ministry said the government has accepted the recommendations made in this regard by the high-powered P N Tandon committee and the Special Task Force set up to suggest measures to tackle the problem.
“The Review Committee came across several aberrations in the functioning of some of the institutions deemed to be universities. It found undesirable management architecture where families rather than professional academics controlled the functioning of institutions,” the affidavit said.
According to the Centre, most of the 44 erring deemed universities were offering post-graduate and undergraduate courses that are “fragmented with concocted nomenclatures” and seats “disporortionately” increased beyond the actual intake capacity.

Following are the universities which are to be stripped of their deemed status:

Christ College, Bangalore

Vignan’s Foundation for Science, Technology and Research, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh

Lingaya’s University, Faridabad

St Peter’s Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai

Noorul Islam Centre for Higher Education, Kanyakumari

Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida

Shobhit Institute of Engineering and Technology, Meerut

Sumandeep Vidyapeet, Vadodara, Gujarat

Sri Devraj Urs Academy of Higher Education and Reserch, Kolar, Karnataka

Yenepoya University, Mangalore

BLDE University, Bijapur, Karnataka

Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Satara, Maharashtra

D Y Patil Medical College, Kolhapur, Maharashtra

Meenakshi Academy of Higher Education and Research, Chennai

Chettinad Academy of Research and Education, Kanchipuram

HIHT University, Dehradun

Santosh University, Ghaziabad

Maharshi Markandeshwar University, Ambala, Haryana

Manav Rachna International University, Faridabad

Sri Siddhartha Academy of Higher Education, Tumkur, Karnataka

Jain University, Bangalore

Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Pune

Siksha “O” Anusandha, Bhubaneswar

Janardan Rai Nagar, Udaipur, Rajasthan

Institute of Advanced Studies in Education of Gandhi Vidya Mandir, Sardarshahr, Rajasthan

Mody Institute of Technology, Sikar, Rajasthan

Dr MGR Educational and Research Institute, Chennai

Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai

Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Virdhunagar, Tamil Nadu

Periryar Maniammai Institute of Science and Technology, Thanjavur

Academy of Maritime Education and Training, Chennai

Vel’s Institute of Science, Technology and Advanced Studies, Chennai

Karpagam Academy of Higher Education, Coimbatore

Vel Tech Rangaraja Dr Sagunthal R&D Institute of Science, Chennai

Gurukul Kangri, Haridwar

Grapich Era University, Dehradun

Nehru Gram Bharati Vishwavidyalaya, Allahabad

Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth, Puducherry

Vinayaka Mission’s Research Foundation, Salem, Tamil Nadu

Bharath Institute of Higher Education And Research, Chennai

Ponnaiya Ramajayam Institute of Science and Technology, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu

Nava Nalanda Mahavira, Nalanda, Bihar

Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu

National Museum, Institute of the History of Art Conservation and Musicology, Janpath, New Delhi

Related Websites

• World Water Day at the Elmvale Community Centre March 28 ELMVALE ONTARIO -  Building on the United Nation’s 2010 World Water Day (WWD) theme of Clean Water for a Healthy World, the Elmvale Foundation (EF) will be hosting World Water...
• Coin Grading 101 Coin grading is the process of assessing the value of a coin, an important practice for beginning coin collectors to learn. There are several factors to take into account when...
• Student Loan Follow-Up: Switching Careers This is a guest post from Jamie of Eventual Millionaire. Last week Daniel talked about Student Loans, and I wanted to follow that up with some information about situations he...
• Adult Education Classes in Central Florida In this uncertain economic climate, it’s a good idea to consider ways that you can increase your value as an employee. You want to give your bosses lots of reasons...
• Free Retirement Investor Education I came across a few opportunities this week for retirement investors to obtain information and education.  Some of these resources are new and others are just new to me.  The...

Tags: deemed, university
Posted in Engineering Institutes | 1 Comment »