Re: 44 institutions to lose deemed varsity status

[Anonymous]

New Delhi, Jan 22 (PTI) An expert committee might have found 44 deemed universities “unworthy” for the status, but the remaining 86 may not be in safe zone.

This is because the government seeks to bring in a new regime which will require such institutions to go through entry barriers to become universities or go back to the status of colleges.

Under the proposed restructured regime of higher education, the concept of deemed university could be a passe, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal has already said.

The HRD Ministry has initiated the process for setting up an overarching body in higher education. The proposed National Commission for Higher Education and Research (NCHER) will do away with the concept of deemed university.

The draft NCHER bill, which is under consideration of a task force, prescribes entry barriers for such institutions to become full-fledged universities.