Lok Sabha Question No. 3003 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-31
Subject: Status to Institutions
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: KOTHA PRABHAKAR REDDY

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3003 TO BE ANSWERED ON 31.12.2018

## Status to Institutions

## 3003. SHRI PRABHAKAR REDDY KOTHA:

Will	the	Minister	of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be	pleased	to	state : (a)	whether	his	Ministry	has	recently	awarded	Institution	of	Eminence	(IoE)	status	to	the institutions; (b)	if	so,	the	parameters	set	by	the	Ministry	to	select	these	institutions	and	total	number	of institutions	which	applied	in	this	regard;	and (c)	the	academic	and	financial	assistance	provided	by	the	Government	in	this	regard?

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

(a)	to	(c):	Yes,	Madam.	Based	on	the	advice	of	University	Grants	Commission	(UGC)	on	the report	 of	 Empowered	 Expert	 Committee	 (EEC),	 the	 Government	 issued	 Notifications declaring	3	public	Institutions	namely	(i)	Indian	Institute	of	Science,	Bangalore;	(ii)	Indian Institute	 of	 Technology,	 Delhi;	 and	 (iii)	 Indian	 Institute	 of	 Technology,	 Bombay	 as Institutions	of	Eminence	(IoEs).	Besides,	Letters	of	Intent	have	been	issued	to	three	private Institutions	 namely	 (i)	 Birla	 Institute	 of	 Technology	 &	 Sciences,	 Pilani;	 (ii)	 Manipal Academy	 of	 Higher	 Education,	 Manipal;	 and	 (iii)	 Jio	 Institute,	 Maharashtra	 under	 the Greenfield	 category.	 It	 will	 be	 set	 up	 as	 an	 Institutions	 of	 Eminence	 Deemed	 to	 be University	within	three	years	of	issuance	of	'Letter	of	Intent'. These	Institutions	have	been	recommended	and	approved	by	EEC	&	UGC	based	on their	detailed	fifteen	year	strategic	vision	plan	and	a	five	year	rolling	implementation	plan viz.	 Academic	 Plan,	 Faculty	 Recruitment	 Plan,	 Students	 Admission	 plan,	 Research	 Plan,

Networking	 Plan,	 Infrastructure	 development	 Plan,	 Finance	 Plan,	 Administrative	 Plan, Governance	Plan,	etc.	with	clear	annual	milestones	and	action	plans	on	how	the	Institutions of	Eminence	are	to	be	set	up,	with	identifiable	outputs	and	outcomes	and	how	their	plan	to meet	the	 criteria	 for	 attaining	 the	 status	 of	 an	 Institution	 of	 Eminence,	 as	 mentioned	 in their	 application	 and	 presentations	 made	 before	 the	 EEC.	 A	 total	 number	 of	 114 applications	-	74	from	public	sector	and	40	from	private	sector,	including	11	applications in	the	Greenfield	projects	have	been	received	for	grant	of	IoE	status.

Each	public	Institution	 selected	 as	 IoE	 shall	 be	 provided	 financial	 assistance	 upto Rupees	1000	Crore	over	a	period	of	five	years.	An	amount	of	Rs.	128.90	Crore	has	already been	released	to	three	selected	IoEs	as	the	first	installment.		Apart	from	this,	the	selected IoEs	 have	 been	 provided	 autonomy	 to	 admit	 foreign	 students	 up	 to	 30%	 of	 admitted students;	 to	 recruit	 foreign	 faculty	 upto	 25%	 of	 faculty	 strength;	 to	 offer	 online	 courses upto	 20%	 of	 its	 programmes;	 to	 enter	 into	 academic	 collaboration	 with	 top	 500	 in	 the world	 ranking	 Institutions	 without	 permission	 of	 UGC;	 free	 to	 fix	 and	 charge	 fees	 from foreign	students	without	restriction;	flexibility	of	course	structure	in	terms	of	number	of credit	 hours	 and	 years	 to	 take	 a	 degree;	 complete	 flexibility	 in	 fixing	 of	 curriculum	 and syllabus,	etc.

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