Lok Sabha Question No. 164 (STARRED), answered on 2018-07-30
Subject: Institutions of Eminence
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: PRASUN BANERJEE, SAUGATA ROY

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

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED	QUESTION	NO.*164 TO	BE	ANSWERED	ON	30.07.2018

## Institutions of Eminence

## *164. SHRI PRASUN BANERJEE: PROF. SAUGATA ROY:

Will	the	Minister	of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be	pleased	to	state: (a)	 the	 criteria	 considered/adopted	 for	 granting	 the	 'Institutions	 of	 Eminence'	 (IoE) tag/status; (b)	 whether	 the	 Government	 has	 received	 applications	 from	 several	 institutions	 for creation	 of	 world	 level	 universities	 in	 the	 country	 and	 if	 so,	 the	 details	 of	 such institutions	which	have	submitted	applications	for	this	purpose	along	with	the	details	of institutions	which	have	been	granted	IoE	tag; (c)	 whether	 certain	 institutes	 which	 are	 yet	 to	 be	 set	 up	 have	 been	 granted	 IoE tag/status	and	if	so,	the	details	thereof	including	the	names	of	such	institutes	along	with the	reasons	therefor; (d)	the	names	of	applicants/institutes	which	had	applied	for	IoE	tag/status	under	Green Field	category;	and (e)	the	details	of	private	and	Government	sector	institutions	which	have	been	granted the	status	of	IoE	as	on	date	along	with	the	conditions	imposed	thereunder? ANSWER MINISTER	OF	HUMAN	RESOURCE	DEVELOPMENT (SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

- (a)	to	(e):	A	statement	is	laid	on	the	Table	of	the	House.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *164 FOR 30.07.2018 ASKED BY HON'BLE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT SHRI PRASUN BANERJEE AND PROF. SAUGATA ROY REGARDING INSTITUTIONS OF

EMINENCE (a):	The	Empowered	Expert	Committee	(EEC)	and		the	University	Grants	Commission (UGC)	 considered	 and	 approved	 the	 Institutions	 for	 recognition	 as	 Institutions	 of Eminence	 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	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. (b):	 As	 per	 the	 provisions	 of	 the	 UGC	 (Declaration	 of	 Government	 Educational Institutions	as	Institutions	of	Eminence)	Guidelines,	2017	and	the	UGC	(Institutions	of Eminence	Deemed	to	be	Universities)	Regulations,	2017,	applications	were	invited	by UGC	 by	 its notification dated 13 th September, 2017	 from	 existing	 Government Institutions	and	existing	Private	Institutions	as	well	as	from	Sponsoring	Organizations which	 intend	 to	 set	 up	 new	 Institutions	 of	 Eminence	 Deemed	 to	 be	 University. Accordingly,	 114	 applications	 -	 74	 from	 public	 sector	 and	 40	 from	 private	 sector, including	 11	 applications	 in	 the	 Greenfield	 Sector	 have	 been	 received.	 The	 details	 of these	Institutions	are	at Annexure . These	 applications	 had	 been	 entrusted	 to	 an	 Empowered	 Expert	 Committee (EEC)	constituted	for	this	purpose.		The	EEC,	after	thorough	examination	of	applications and	presentations	made	by	the	institutions,	made	its	recommendations	to	UGC.	The	UGC in	 its	 meeting	 held	 on	 9 th 	 July,	 2018	 considered	 and	 approved	 the	 report	 of	 EEC	 and recommended	that	the	following	3	institutions	from	the	public	category	for	issuance	of Orders	as	Institutions	of	Eminence: (i) Indian	Institute	of	Science	(IISc),	Bangalore (ii) Indian	Institute	of	Technology	(IIT),	Delhi (iii) Indian	Institute	of	Technology	(IIT),	Bombay

In	 addition,	 the	 following	 three	 Institutions	 from	 private	 category	 have	 been recommended	for	issuance	of	Letter	of	Intent:

- (i) Birla	Institute	of	Technology	&	Sciences	(BITS),	Pilani
- (ii) Manipal	Academy	of	Higher	Education	(MAHE),	Manipal
- (iii) Jio	Institute	under	the	Greenfield	category.	It	will	be	set	up	of	an	Institutions of	 Eminence	 Deemed	 to	 be	 University	 within	 three	 years	 of	 issuance	 of 'Letter	of	Intent'.

(c):	Letter	of	Intent	has	been	issued	to	only	one	Institution	namely	Jio	Institute	under Greenfield	category	for	setting	up	'Institution	of	Eminence	Deemed	to	be	University'	in the	next	three	years.	This	Institution	has	been	recommended	and	approved	by	EEC	and UGC	 based	 on	 its	 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	Institution	of	Eminence	Deemed	to	be	University	is	to	be	set	up,	with identifiable	 outputs	 and	 outcomes	 and	 its	 plans	 to	 meet	 the	 criteria	 for	 attaining	 the status	 of	 an	 Institution	 of	 Eminence	 Deemed	 to	 be	 University,	 as	 mentioned	 in	 its application	and	presentations	made	before	the	EEC.

(d):	11	Institutions/Sponsoring	Organizations	had	applied	for	Institutions	of	Eminence Deemed	to	be	Universities	tag/status	under	Green	Field	category.	The	details	of	which are	as	under:

(i) Acharya Institutes, Bangalore, Karnataka; (ii) DICE Knowledge Foundation, Maharashtra;	(iii)	Indian		Institute	for	Human	Settlements	(IIHS),	Bangalore,	Karnataka; (iv)	Indian	School	of	Business,	Hyderabad;	(v)	KREA	University	(IFMR),	Chennai,	Tamil Nadu;	 (vi)	 Maharashtra	 Institute	 of	 Technology,	 Pune;	 (vii)	 Bharti	 (Satya	 Bharti Foundation),	Punjab;	(viii)	Indian	Institute	of	Public	Health,	Gandhinagar,	Gujarat;	(ix) Indus	 Tech	 University,	 Delhi;	 (x)	 Jio	 Institute	 (Reliance	 Foundation	 Institution	 of Education	&	Research),	Maharashtra;	and	(xi)	Vedanta	University,	Odisha.

(e): The Central Government, after considering the report of EEC and the recommendations	of	UGC	and	also	after	considering	the	fulfilment	of	various	conditions of	the	UGC	Regulations,	has	issued	Orders	to	3	Public	Institutions	(IISc	Bangalore,	IIT Delhi	&	IIT	Bombay)	to	submit	the	draft	Memorandum	of	Understanding	(MoU)	to	be signed	with	the	Government.	Further,	Letters	of	Intent	have	been	issued	to	2	Private Institutions	namely	Manipal	Academy	of	Higher	Education,	Karnataka	and	Jio	Institute (Reliance	 Foundation	 Institution	 of	 Education	 &	 Research),	 Maharashtra	 with	 the condition	that	they	will	submit	a	report	to	this	Ministry	indicating	their	readiness	for commencing	the	academic	programmes	under	the	Institutions	of	Eminence	tag,	within three	 years	 of	 this	 Letter	 of	 Intent.	 However,	 the	 said	 report	 of	 readiness	 to	 be submitted	shall	be	subject	to	the	verification	and	approval	of	the	following	conditions by	EEC	&	UGC:

- i. The	 Institution	 shall	 have	 created	 a	 completely	 independent	 fund	 for	 the Institutions	of	Eminence	Deemed	to	be	University.
- ii. The	 Institution	 shall	 have	 a	 fully	 independent	 Governance	 structure	 from	 its Sponsoring	Organization.
- iii. There shall be mechanism of funding through diversified portfolio by engagement	with	alumni	/	donors	or	other	sources	in	order	to	shift	the	burden from	students'	fees.
- iv. There	 shall	 have	 a	 mechanism	 to	 provide	 the	 wherewithal	 for	 sustaining research	activities.
- v. The	faculty	student	ratio	shall	not	be	less	than	1:20	(faculty	has	been	defined	in the	Regulations).
- vi. The	Institution	shall	have	initial	Corpus	fund	of	Rs.	60	Crore.
- vii. The	members	of	the	Sponsoring	Organization	shall	have	net	worth	of	at	least	Rs 3000	Crore	for	existing	Institution	and	Rs.	5000	Crore	for	Greenfield	Institution.
- viii. Action	initiated	 by	 the	 Sponsoring	 Organization	as	per	 its	detailed	 fifteen	year strategic	 vision	 plan	 and	 a	 five	 year	 rolling	 implementation	 plan	 with	 clear annual	 milestones	 and	 action plans on	 how	 the	 proposed	 Institution of Eminence	Deemed	to	be	University	is	to	be	set	up	with	identifiable	outputs	and outcomes	 and	 how	 it	 plans	 to	 meet	 the	 criteria	 for	 attaining	 the	 status	 of	 an Institution	of	Eminence	Deemed	to	be	University	as	mentioned	in	its	application and	presentations	made	before	the	EEC.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *164 FOR 30.07.2018 ASKED BY HON'BLE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT SHRI PRASUN BANERJEE AND PROF. SAUGATA ROY REGARDING INSTITUTIONS OF EMINENCE

## List of applications received for Institutions of Eminence

|   Sl No. | Nameof the institution                                           | Type of Institution (Govt./Pvt.)   |
|----------|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|        1 | Aligarh Muslim University, Uttar Pradesh                         | Govt. (Central)                    |
|        2 | Banaras Hindu University, Uttar Pradesh                          | Govt. (Central)                    |
|        3 | Central University of Rajasthan, Rajasthan                       | Govt. (Central)                    |
|        4 | Delhi University, Delhi                                          | Govt. (Central)                    |
|        5 | Dr. Hari Singh Gaur Central University,Sagar, Madhya Pradesh     | Govt. (Central)                    |
|        6 | Hyderabad University, Telangana                                  | Govt. (Central)                    |
|        7 | Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi                                   | Govt. (Central)                    |
|        8 | Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi                               | Govt. (Central)                    |
|        9 | Pondicherry University, Puducherry                               | Govt. (Central)                    |
|       10 | Tezpur University, Assam                                         | Govt. (Central)                    |
|       11 | Vishwa Bharati University, West Bengal                           | Govt. (Central)                    |
|       12 | Gandhigram Rural Institute, Tamil Nadu                           | Govt. (Central)                    |
|       13 | Indian Agriculture Research Institute, Delhi                     | Govt. (Central)                    |
|       14 | Indian Institute of Science, Bagalore                            | Govt. (Central)                    |
|       15 | JAWAHARLAL Nehru Centre for Adv. Scientific Research, Bangalore  | Govt. (Central)                    |
|       16 | Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai                   | Govt. (Central)                    |
|       17 | Dr B R Ambedkar National Instt, of Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab | Govt. (Central)                    |
|       18 | IIM Ahmedabad                                                    | Govt. (Central)                    |
|       19 | IIM Banglore                                                     | Govt. (Central)                    |
|       20 | IIM Calcutta                                                     | Govt. (Central)                    |
|       21 | IISER Kolkata                                                    | Govt. (Central)                    |
|       22 | IISER Pune                                                       | Govt. (Central)                    |
|       23 | IIT Bhubneshwar                                                  | Govt. (Central)                    |
|       24 | IIT Bombay                                                       | Govt. (Central)                    |
|       25 | IIT Delhi                                                        | Govt. (Central)                    |
|       26 | IIT Gandhinagar, Gujarat                                         | Govt. (Central)                    |
|       27 | IIT Guwahati                                                     | Govt. (Central)                    |
|       28 | IIT Hyderabad                                                    | Govt. (Central)                    |
|       29 | IIT Indore                                                       | Govt. (Central)                    |
|       30 | IIT Kanpur                                                       | Govt. (Central)                    |
|       31 | IIT Kharagpur                                                    | Govt. (Central)                    |
|       32 | IIT Madras                                                       | Govt. (Central)                    |
|       33 | IIT Roorkee                                                      | Govt. (Central)                    |

|   34 | IIT Ropar, Punjab                                                      | Govt. (Central)   |
|------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|   35 | Indian Institute of Engineering Science &Research, Sibpur, West Bengal | Govt. (Central)   |
|   36 | Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata                                  | Govt. (Central)   |
|   37 | Malviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, Rajasthan            | Govt. (Central)   |
|   38 | NIT Calicut                                                            | Govt. (Central)   |
|   39 | NIT Kurukshetra                                                        | Govt. (Central)   |
|   40 | NIT Rourkela                                                           | Govt. (Central)   |
|   41 | NIT Tiruchirapalli                                                     | Govt. (Central)   |
|   42 | NITK Surathkal Mangalore, Karnataka                                    | Govt. (Central)   |
|   43 | VNIT Nagpur                                                            | Govt. (Central)   |
|   44 | National Rail &Transportation Institute, Vadodara                      | Govt. (Central)   |
|   45 | Institute of Chemical technology. Mumbai                               | Govt. (State)     |
|   46 | College Of Engineering Pune                                            | Govt. (State)     |
|   47 | Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, Delhi.                      | Govt. (State)     |
|   48 | Alagappa University, Tamil Nadu                                        | Govt. (State)     |
|   49 | Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat                          | Govt. (State)     |
|   50 | Andhra Univetrsity, Visakhapatanam                                     | Govt. (State)     |
|   51 | Anna University,Chennai                                                | Govt. (State)     |
|   52 | Bharathiar University, Coimbatore                                      | Govt. (State)     |
|   53 | Cochin University of Science &Technology, Kerala                       | Govt. (State)     |
|   54 | Goa University, Goa                                                    | Govt. (State)     |
|   55 | Guru Jambeshwar Univ. of Sc. &Tech.Hisar, Haryana                      | Govt. (State)     |
|   56 | Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab                            | Govt. (State)     |
|   57 | Guwahati University, Assam                                             | Govt. (State)     |
|   58 | Jadavpur University, Kolkata                                           | Govt. (State)     |
|   59 | King Georges Medical University, Lucknow                               | Govt. (State)     |
|   60 | Mahrishi Dayanand University, Rohtak                                   | Govt. (State)     |
|   61 | Osmania University, Telangana                                          | Govt. (State)     |
|   62 | Panjab University, Chandigarh                                          | Govt. (State)     |
|   63 | Periyar University, Tamil Nadu                                         | Govt. (State)     |
|   64 | Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhatisgarh                 | Govt. (State)     |
|   65 | Punjab Agricultural University, Punjab                                 | Govt. (State)     |
|   66 | Sanjay Gandhi PGIMS, Lucknow                                           | Govt. (State)     |
|   67 | Savitri Phule Pune University, Maharashtra                             | Govt. (State)     |
|   68 | Shivaji University, Maharashtra                                        | Govt. (State)     |
|   69 | Sri Venkateswara University,Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh                   | Govt. (State)     |
|   70 | Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu             | Govt. (State)     |
|   71 | University of Calcutta, West Bengal                                    | Govt. (State)     |
|   72 | University of Kerala, Thiruvananthpuram, Kerala                        | Govt. (State)     |
|   73 | University of Madras, Tamil Nadu                                       | Govt. (State)     |
|   74 | University of Mysore, Karnataka                                        | Govt. (State)     |
|   75 | Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Bangalore                                  | Private           |
|   76 | Bharath Institute of Higher Education &Research, Chennai, Tamil Nadu   | Private           |
|   77 | Birla institute of Technology &Sciences (BITS),                        | Private           |

|     | Pilani, Rajasthan                                                           |                    |
|-----|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
|  78 | Chettinad Academy of Research and Education, Tamil Nadu                     | Private            |
|  79 | Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra                                       | Private            |
|  80 | Gandhi Institute of Technology &Management, Visakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh    | Private            |
|  81 | Jagadguru Sri Shivarathreeshwara Univ., Mysore, Karnataka.                  | Private            |
|  82 | Jamia Hamdard, NewDelhi                                                     | Private            |
|  83 | Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Higher Education, Tamilnadu            | Private            |
|  84 | Kalinga Instt. of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar                        | Private            |
|  85 | KLE Academy of Hr. Ed.and Res., Belgaum, Karnataka                          | Private            |
|  86 | Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Karnataka                              | Private            |
|  87 | Narsee Mongee Institute of Management &Studies, Mumbai, Maharashtra         | Private            |
|  88 | Siksha O Anushandhan, Odisha                                                | Private            |
|  89 | Sri Ramachandra Medical College &Research Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu    | Private            |
|  90 | SRM Institute of Science &Technology, Tamil Nadu                            | Private            |
|  91 | Tata Institute of Social Science, Mumbai                                    | Private            |
|  92 | Thapar Institute of Engineering& Technology, Patiala, Punjab                | Private            |
|  93 | Vels Institute of Science Technology &Advanced Studies, Chennai, Tamil Nadu | Private            |
|  94 | VIT Vellore,Tami Nadu                                                       | Private            |
|  95 | Ahmedabad University, Ahmedabad                                             | Private            |
|  96 | Anant national University Ahmedabad                                         | Private            |
|  97 | Ashoka University, sonepat, Haryana                                         | Private            |
|  98 | Azim Premji University, Bangalore                                           | Private            |
|  99 | Flame University, Pune, Maharashtra                                         | Private            |
| 100 | Nirma University, Gujarat                                                   | Private            |
| 101 | O.P JINDAL University, Haryana                                              | Private            |
| 102 | Pandit Deen Dayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat                | Private            |
| 103 | Shiv Nadar University, Uttar Pradesh                                        | Private            |
| 104 | Acharya Institutes, Bangalore, Karnataka                                    | Private-Greenfield |
| 105 | DICE Knowledge Foundation, Maharashtra                                      | Private-Greenfield |
| 106 | IIHS (Indian Institute for Human Settlements), Bangalore, Karnataka         | Private-Greenfield |
| 107 | Indian School of Business, Hyderabad                                        | Private-Greenfield |
| 108 | KREA University (IFMR), Chennai, Tamil Nadu                                 | Private-Greenfield |
| 109 | Maharashtra Institute of Tech., Pune                                        | Private-Greenfield |
| 110 | Bharti (Satya Bharti Foundation), Punjab                                    | Private-Greenfield |
| 111 | Indian Institute of Public Health, Gandhinagar                              | Private-Greenfield |
| 112 | Indus Tech University, Delhi                                                | Private-Greenfield |
| 113 | Reliance Foundation Institution &Research, Maharashtra                      | Private-Greenfield |
| 114 | Vedanta University, Odisha                                                  | Private-Greenfield |

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