Lok Sabha Question No. 2048 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-30
Subject: World Class University
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: KULAMANI SAMAL, SUDHEER GUPTA, SANTOSH AHLAWAT, MANOJ KUMAR TIWARI, OM PRAKASH YADAV, PRASUN BANERJEE, T. RADHAKRISHNAN, GAJANAN CHANDRAKANT KIRTIKAR, KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH, CH. MALLA REDDY, K. C. VENUGOPAL, BALKA SUMAN, RAMACHANDRAN MULLAPPALLY, VIJAY KUMAR S.R., S. RAJENDRAN, HARI OM PANDEY, RODMAL NAGAR, SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI, MUTHAMSETTI SRINIVASA RAO (AVNTHI), RANJANBEN BHATT, PROF. RAM SHANKAR

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2048 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.07.2018

## World Class University

2048. DR. KULAMANI SAMAL:

SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR:

SHRI MULLAPPALLY RAMACHANDRAN:

SHRI OM PRAKASH YADAV:

SHRI K.C. VENUGOPAL:

SHRI MUTHAMSETTI SRINIVASA RAO (AVANTHI):

SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARSWATI:

SHRIMATI SANTOSH AHLAWAT:

SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

SHRI SUMAN BALKA:

KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH:

SHRI CH. MALLA REDDY:

SHRIMATI RANJANBEN BHATT:

SHRI HARI OM PANDAY:

SHRI MANOJ TIWARI:

SHRI S. RAJENDRAN:

SHRI PRASUN BANERJEE:

DR. RAM SHANKAR KATHERIA:

SHRI S.R. VIJAYAKUMAR:

SHRI NAGAR RODMAL:

SHRI T. RADHAKRISHNAN:

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

- (a)	whether	the	Government	has	constituted	Empowered	Expert	Committee	for	selection	of educational	 institutions	 for	 World	 Class	 University	 tag	 and	 if	 so,	 the	 details	 thereof	 along with	the	terms	of	reference	of	the	same;
- (b)	whether	the	Committee	has	submitted	its	report	to	the	Government	and	if	so,	the	details thereof	and	if	not,	the	reasons	for	delay;
- (c)	the	name	of	the	educational	institutions	that	are	recommended	by	the	Committee	to	be designated	as	institute	of	excellence	and	the	facility	that	are	extended	by	the	Government	to said	educational	institutions	in	this	regard;
- (d)	whether	the	Committee	in	its	report	recommended	selection	of	six	institutions	including 'Jio'	Institute	and	if	so,	the	details	thereof;

(e)	 the	 other	 recommendations	 made	 by	 the	 Committee	 along	 with	 the	 response	 of	 the Government	thereto;	and (f)	 the	steps	taken/being	taken	by	the	Government	to	enable	Indian	students	to	get	world

- class	education	and	research	facilities	in	the	country?

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

(a):	University	Grants	Commission	(UGC)	has	constituted	an	Empowered	Expert	Committee (EEC)	consisting	of	Shri	G.	Gopalaswami,	former	Chief	Election	Commissionor;	Shri	Pritam Singh,	former	Director	MDI	&	IIM	Lucknow;	Shri	Tarun	Khanna,	Professor,	Harvard	Business School	&	Ms.	Renu	Khator,	Chancellor	of	the	University	of	Houston	System	for	identifying	the Institutions	of	Eminence	(IoEs).	The	powers	and	functions	of	EEC	are	as	under:

- i. Scrutinizing	and	appraising	the	proposals	submitted	for	IoEs
- ii. Making	recommendations	to	the	Commission	for	the	purposes	of	selection	of	IoEs.
- iii. Monitoring	and	reviewing	of	implementation	plans	of	IoEs.
- iv. Conducting	review	of	IoEs	in	order	to	ensure	quality.
- v. Evolving	such	other	monitoring	and	review	systems	with	the	objective	of	guiding	and supervising	the	growth	of	IoEs.
- vi. Deciding	 on	 changes	 in	 transfer	 of	 sponsorship	 from	 any	 or	 all	 of	 the	 original sponsors	of	IoEs.
- vii. Making	recommendations	to	the	Commission	with	respect	to	the	liquidation	of	the Corpus	Fund	of	an	IoE.
- viii. Assessing	 deviations	 from	 the	 goals	 of	 IoEs	 and	 making	 recommendations	 to	 the Commission	regarding	Penalties	for	the	same.
9. (b)	to	(d):	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:
10. (i) Indian	Institute	of	Science	(IISc),	Bangalore
11. (ii) Indian	Institute	of	Technology	(IIT),	Delhi
12. (iii) Indian	Institute	of	Technology	(IIT),	Bombay
13. In	 addition,	 the	 following	 three	 Private	 Institutions	 have	 been	 recommended	 for issuance	of	Letter	of	Intent:
14. (i) Birla	Institute	of	Technology	&	Sciences	(BITS),	Pilani
15. (ii) Manipal	Academy	of	Higher	Education	(MAHE),	Manipal
16. (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'.

Under	this	scheme,	the	selected	IoEs	will	be	provided	greater	autonomy	such	as	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.	 Each	 public	 Institution	 selected	 as	 IoE shall	be	provided	financial	assistance	upto	Rupees	1000	Crore	over	a	period	of	five	years.

(e):	 Apart	 from	 identifying	 Institutions	 as	 IoEs,	 EEC	 has	 suggested	 that	 the	 Central Government	may	consider	establishing	a	separate	program	to	invest	in	them	with	a	different set	 of	 defined	 goals	 and	 expectations	 especially	 for	 sectoral	 Institutions	 and	 standalone Institutions/Universities.	 	 At	 present,	 no	 decision	 has	 been	 taken	 by	 this	 Ministry	 in	 this regard.

(f):	 Apart	from	the	scheme	of	establishment	of	'Institutions	of	Eminence',	the	Government has	taken	several	steps	to	address	the	issue	of	improving	the	quality	of	higher	education	in the	country	so	as	to	enable	Indian	students	to	get	quality	education	and	research	facilities within	 the	 country.	 These	 include	 launching	 of	 both	 Centrally	 sponsored	 schemes	 like Rashtriya	 Uchchtar	 Siksha	 Abhiyaan	 (RUSA)	 and	 targeted	 projects	 such	 as	 increasing	 the number	 of	 Institutes	 of	 National	 Importance,	 launching	 of	 Global	 Initiative	 of	 Academic Networks	(GIAN)	(to	engage	talented	pool	of	international	scientists	and	entrepreneurs	with Higher	Educational	Institutes	in	India	to	augment	the	country's	existing	academic	quality), National Institutional Ranking Framework	 (NIRF) (to enable Institutions to assess themselves	 and	 get motivated	 to improve),	 an	 Impacting	 Research	 Innovation	 And Technology	(IMPRINT)	 scheme	 (for	 Research	to	 solve	 major	 engineering	 and	 technology challenges	in	selected	domains	needed	by	the	country),	SWAYAM	&	SWAYAM	PRABHA	(to take	the	best	teaching	learning	resources	to	all,	including	the	most	disadvantaged	students), Uchhatar	Avishkar	Yojana	(UAY)	(to	promote	innovation	and	to	bring	coordinated	action	in those	areas	which	have	direct	relevance	to	the	manufacturing	and	design	industry),	etc.

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