Lok Sabha Question No. 2555 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-12
Subject: Institutions of Eminence
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: PRATHAP SIMHA, (ADV.) JOICE GEORGE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2555

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.03.2018

## World Class Universities

## 2555. SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA: ADV. JOICE GEORGE:

Will	the	Minister	of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be	pleased	to	state :

(a)	whether	the	Government	is	recently	planning	to	select	Institutions	of	Eminence	from public	or	private	which	have	applied	for	the	status	and	if	so,	the	details	thereof;

(b)	whether	the	Government	has	appointed	a	committee	in	this	regard	and	if	so,	the	details thereof	along	with	the	composition	of	the	said	committee	and	the	time	by	which	it	is	likely to	submit	its	report;

(c)	 whether	 the	 selected	 institutions	 would	 be	 free	 to	 decide	 their	 fee	 for	 domestic	 and foreign	 students	 and	 have	flexible	 course	 duration	 and	 structure	 and	 if	 so,	 the	 details thereof;

(d)	whether	they	would	be	exempted	from	approvals	of	Government	or	University	Grants Commission	(UGC)	for	academic	collaborations	with	foreign	institutions,	except	institutions in	Ministry	of	External	Affairs	(MEA)	and	Ministry	of	Home	Affairs	(MHA)	list	of	negative countries;	and

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. SATYA PAL SINGH)

(e)	if	so,	the	details	thereof?

(a)	&	(b)	Yes	Madam,	University	Grants	Commission	(UGC)	has	issued	/	notified	enabling regulatory	architecture	in	the	form	of	UGC	(Declaration	of	Govt.	Educational	Institutions	as Institutions	of	Eminence)	Guidelines,	2017	and	UGC	(Institutions	of	Eminence	Deemed	to be	 Universities)	 Regulations,	 2017	 to	 enable	 10	 public	 and	 10	 private	 institutions	 to emerge	 as	 World	 Class	 Teaching	 and	 Research	 Institutions	 named	 as	 'Institutions	 of Eminence'	(IoEs).

As	 per	 the	 Guidelines	 and	 Regulations,	 an	 Empowered	 Expert	 Committee	 (EEC)	 has been	constituted	to	select	10	Private	and	10	Public	Institutions	of	Eminence	(IoEs)	from	the 114	 applications	 which	 have	 been	 received	 in	 the	 Ministry	 for	 the	 status	 of	 IoEs.	 No timeline	has	been	prescribed	in	the	Regulations	for	selection	of	IoE.	The	composition	of	the said	committee	is	as	under:

- I. Shri	N	Gopalaswami	(Chairman)-	former	Chief	Election	Commissioner	(EEC)
- II. Professor	 Tarun	 Khanna	 (Member)-	 Director	 of	 South	 Asia	 Institute	 at	 Harvard University
- III. Ms.	Renu	Khator(Member)-President	of	University	of	Houston
- IV. Shri	Pritam	Singh(Member)-	former	Director	of	IIM	Lucknow.

(c)	&	(d)	The	selected	IoEs	will	have	freedom	to	fix	and	charge	fee	from	foreign	students without	restriction	and	would	have	the	freedom	to	determine	the	domestic	students	fees, subject	to	the	condition	that	no	student	who	gains	admission	should	be	turned	away	for lack	of	finance.

The	 IoEs	 shall	 have	 flexibility	 of	 course	 structure	 in	 terms	 of	 credit	 hours	 and number	of	years	to	take	a	degree,	after	the	approval	of	its	Governing	council	and	subject	to broadly	conforming	the	minimum	prevailing	standards.

The	IoEs	will	have	freedom	to	enter	into	academic	collaboration	with	top	500	Global ranking	institutions	without	approval	of	the	Government	or	UGC	except	with	institutions from	 negative	 list	 of	 countries	 determined	 by	 the	 Ministry	 of	 External	 Affairs	 or	 the Ministry	of	Home	Affairs.

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