Published 22:13 IST, August 2nd 2019
UGC recommends Delhi University, Madras, Kharagpur IITs for Institution of Eminence status
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has recommended that Delhi University, BHU, Hyderabad University and IIT Madras and Kharagpur be granted Institution of Eminence (IoE) status by the HRD Ministry, officials said on Friday.
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University Grants Commission (UGC) has recommended that Delhi University, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Hyderab University and IIT Mras and Kharagpur be granted Institution of Eminence (IoE) status by HRD Ministry, officials said on Friday.
Among universities that have got UGC recommendation for issuing a letter of intent are Jamia Hamdard University, OP Jindal Global University, Shiv Nar University. However, universities which failed to grab IoE status are Aligarh Muslim University, Tezpur University and Ashoka University as y couldn't make cut for IoE status, officials said. Over 20 names were anunced for IOE tag. Or table institutions on list include names like IIT-Bombay, IIT-Delhi and IISc.
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As per reports, University Grants Commission has maintained that Delhi University, BHU, Hyderab University, IIT Mras and IIT Kharagpur be granted IOE status by Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD). IoE project for modernising Indian campuses for transformation of se universities was anunced by HRD Ministry in September 2017. move was anunced to match up to status of world-class universities.
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re are or recommendations like Reliance's Jio University, Satya Bharati University which is supported by Satya Bharati Foundation of Bharti Airtel group. Andhra Presh's Krea University has also been recommended. Initially, 11 institutes were recommended in 2018 apart from six that were anunced in 2017. HRD Ministry's National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF)-ranked IIT Mras, IIT Kharagpur, Javpur University, Delhi University and Anna University.
Under private category, names like Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham in Coimbatore, VIT in Vellore, Jamia Hamdard University in New Delhi, Shiv Nar University, Azim Premji University, Ashoka University, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Techlogy in Bhubaneswar, OP Jindal Global University, Indian Institute for Human Settlements and Institute of Public Health Sciences in Telangana have come up for IoE status.
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(With Press Trust of India Inputs)
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20:01 IST, August 2nd 2019