UGC recommends 20 institutions for 'Institutes of Eminence'

3 Aug 2019

UGC recommends 20 institutions for ‘Institutes of Eminence’

UGC recommends 20 institutions for ‘Institutes of Eminence’The University Grants Commission (UGC) has recommended 20 Indian educational institutes for the status of Institute of Eminence (IoE).  The list includes the IITs, Madras and Kharagpur, Delhi University and more.

Former Chief Election Commissioner N. Gopalaswami heads the expert panel that has made the recommendations.

The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development will now make the final decision.

Institutes of Eminence

The Institutes of Eminence scheme aims to develop 20 world-class educational institutions in India.
 	The selected institutes will be given greater freedom to decide fees, course duration, etc.
 	The government will also give a grant of ₹1,000 crore to the selected government institutions.

What is the process of selection?

The UGC panel considered two types of institutions for the status - those who are already ranked well and those which have potential.
 	The panel used the QS-2020 world rankings to make the decisions, with the QS-2019 India rankings and NIRF rankings used as a tie-breaker.
 	Any institution that did not figure in any rankings were not considered for the list.

The panel has recommended Anna University and Jadavpur University on a conditional basis. The final decision will come later.

The UGC also decided not to include five private universities on the list. They include Azim Premji University and Ashoka University. Five public universities also were not selected, including Panjab University and Tezpur University.

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