Deemed Universities in India
The human resource development ministry under, Mr Kapil Sibal, in a virtual rebuff to his predecessor, Mr Arjun Singh’s policy of conferring “deemed university” status to 126 institutions, submitted in the Supreme Court that only 36 institutions were fully qualified to be upgraded.
Here's the list of universities,
- Academy of Maritime Education and Training, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- Bharath Institute of Higher Education
- BLDE University, Bijapur, Karnataka
- Chettinad Academy of Research and Education, Padur, Tamil Nadu
- Christ College, Bangalore, Karnataka
- D.Y. Patil Medical College, Kolhapur, Maharashtra
- Dr MGR Educational and Research Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- Graphic Era University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand
- Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Hardwar, Uttarakhand
- HIHT University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand
- Inst. of Advanced Studies in Education of Gandhi Vidya Mandir,Sardarshahr, Rajasthan
- Jain University, Bangalore, Karnataka
- Janardhan Rai Nagar Rajasthan Vidyapeeth, Udaipur, Rajasthan
- Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida, Uttar Pradesh
- Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu
- Karpagam Academy of Higher Educatioin, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
- Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Satara, Maharashtra
- Lingaya's University, Faridabad, Haryana
- Maharishi Matkandeshwar University, Ambala, Haryana
- Manav Rachna International University, Faridabad, Haryana
- Meenakshi Academy of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
- Mody Institute of Technology and Science, Sikar, Rajasthan
- National Museum Institute of the History of Art, Conservation and Museology, Delhi
- Nava Nalanda, Nalanda, Bihar
- Nehru Gram Bharati Vishwavidyalaya, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
- Noorul Islam Centre for Higher Education, Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu
- Periyar Maniammai Institute of Science and Technology, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
- Ponnaiyah Ramajayam Institute of Science and Technology, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
- Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Sriperumbudur, Tamilnadu
- Santosh University, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
- Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- Shobit Institute of Engineering and Technology, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh
- Siksha Anusandhan, Bhubaneswar, Orissa
- Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth, Puducherry
- Sri Devraj Urs Academy of Higher Education and Research, Kolar, Karnataka
- Sri Siddhartha Academy of Higher education, Tumkur, Karnataka
- St Peter's Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- Sumandeep Vidyapeeth, Vadodara, Gujarat
- Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Pune, Maharashtra
- Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr Sagunthala R&
- Vel's Institute of Science, Technology and Advanced studies (VISTAS), Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- Vignan's Foundation for Science Technology and Research, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh
- Vinayaka Mission's Research Foundation, Salem, Tamil Nadu
- Yenepoya University, Mangalore, Karnataka
Trying to get legal sanction to Mr Sibal’s action of revoking the deemed university status to those institutions, which had “abysmal” infrastructure facilities, the government counsel stated that such institutions were not eligible to be elevated to the level of university in any manner.
The government counsel told Justices Dalveer Bhandari and A.K. Patnaik that while approving the grant of deemed university status to only 36 institutions, 44 others had been put on “watch list” for three years to see whether they improve their standard, infrastructure and teaching facilities.
But the deemed university status of 44 other institutions had been “derecognised” as they did not qualify for elevation by any standard.
Universities run by some of the top guns in Tamil Nadu, such as Union minister S. Jagathrakshakan, AIADMK Lok Sabha member M. Thambidurai and the Dravida Kazhagam leader K. Veeramani have been recommended for withdrawal of the “deemed university” status by the Union HRD ministry, as the state earned the dubious distinction of earning the “highest score” of 16 of its varsities in the national ‘black-list’ of 44.
