Govt to derecognise 44 Deemed Universities

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,

1. Academy of Maritime Education and Training, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
2. Bharath Institute of Higher Education
3. BLDE University, Bijapur, Karnataka
4. Chettinad Academy of Research and Education, Padur, Tamil Nadu
5. Christ College, Bangalore, Karnataka
6. D.Y. Patil Medical College, Kolhapur, Maharashtra
7. Dr MGR Educational and Research Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
8. Graphic Era University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand
9. Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Hardwar, Uttarakhand
10. HIHT University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand
11. Inst. of Advanced Studies in Education of Gandhi Vidya Mandir,Sardarshahr, Rajasthan
12. Jain University, Bangalore, Karnataka
13. Janardhan Rai Nagar Rajasthan Vidyapeeth, Udaipur, Rajasthan
14. Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida, Uttar Pradesh
15. Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu
16. Karpagam Academy of Higher Educatioin, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
17. Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Satara, Maharashtra
18. Lingaya’s University, Faridabad, Haryana
19. Maharishi Matkandeshwar University, Ambala, Haryana
20. Manav Rachna International University, Faridabad, Haryana
21. Meenakshi Academy of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
22. Mody Institute of Technology and Science, Sikar, Rajasthan
23. National Museum Institute of the History of Art, Conservation and Museology, Delhi
24. Nava Nalanda, Nalanda, Bihar
25. Nehru Gram Bharati Vishwavidyalaya, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
26. Noorul Islam Centre for Higher Education, Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu
27. Periyar Maniammai Institute of Science and Technology, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
28. Ponnaiyah Ramajayam Institute of Science and Technology, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
29. Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Sriperumbudur, Tamilnadu
30. Santosh University, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
31. Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
32. Shobit Institute of Engineering and Technology, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh
33. Siksha Anusandhan, Bhubaneswar, Orissa
34. Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth, Puducherry
35. Sri Devraj Urs Academy of Higher Education and Research, Kolar, Karnataka
36. Sri Siddhartha Academy of Higher education, Tumkur, Karnataka
37. St Peter’s Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
38. Sumandeep Vidyapeeth, Vadodara, Gujarat
39. Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Pune, Maharashtra
40. Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr Sagunthala R&
41. Vel’s Institute of Science, Technology and Advanced studies (VISTAS), Chennai, Tamil Nadu
42. Vignan’s Foundation for Science Technology and Research, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh
43. Vinayaka Mission’s Research Foundation, Salem, Tamil Nadu
44. 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.

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