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University Grants Commission (UGC) has warned leading educational institutes like Symbiosis University, Teri University, Manipal University among many others of losing their ‘deemed to be’ status if they fail to comply with UGC’s directive to drop ‘university’ from their names. UGC has given them deadline till today evening to remove the title of ‘university’ from the institute’s name where thousands of students are enrolled. The higher education regulator issued two notices on Wednesday to 29 such institutes and has asked them to email the compliance report by 4 pm on Thursday, November 30 or ‘necessary action would be initiated against the institution which may include recommending withdrawal of the declaration’. In a circular issued by UGC on November 10, as many as 123 education facilities of higher education which are deemed to be universities to stop using the word ‘university’ in their names.
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The higher education regulator also through the notice directed the institutes to use ‘deemed to be’ with the institute name within parenthesis. The November 10 and Wednesday’s directives stemmed from the November 3 Supreme Court order asking the UGC to direct deemed-to-be-universities from refraining to use the word ‘university’ in their names. The UGC, earlier, had mentioned that universities who will fail to comply will invite necessary action against the deemed to be university in accordance with UGC. (Photo: IE)
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In the two notices issued by UGC, the first listed Pune’s Symbiosis International University, the Bengaluru-based Christ University and Jain University asking them to change their names. The second notice had Manipal University, Delhi’s Teri University, KLE University in Belagavi and 19 other institutes. Teri, which was earlier known as Teri School of Advanced Studies will revert back to the previous name with which they started back in 1999. Even, Manipal has also decided to comply with the UGC directive and would name Manipal Academy of Higher Education. (Photo: Symbiosis Website)
The names of the Deemed to be University listed in the latest notice are-Lingaya's Univemig, Maharishi Markandeshwaruniversity, Christ University, Jain University, Yenepoya University, SYMBIOSIS Intemational University, Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Punjab Engineering College, National University of Educational Planning & Administration, TERI School of Advanced Studies, K.L.E. Academy of Higher Education and Research, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Kalinga Insitute of lndustrial Technology, Thapat Institute of Engineering & Technology, Banasthali Vidyapith, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, B.S. Abdur Rahman Institute of Science & Technology, Meenakshi Academy of Higher Education and Research, Ponnaiyah Ramajayam Institute of Science & Technology (PRIST), Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology & Research Academy (SASTRA), S.R.M Institute of Science and Technology, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Vinayaka Mission's Research Foundation, Centraf lnstitute of Higher Tibetan Studies, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences, Shobit Institute of Engineering & Technology, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute. (Photo: Manipal University Website) -
The education facilities said that they were taking time as they had to go through name approval process emphasising that their status as deemed to be universities has not changed. The deemed status is provided to the institutes which does quality work in a specified stream and cannot be named as universities as their work is not multidisciplinary but the deemed tag would bring them benefits of a university. (Photo: Christ University)
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Other institutions asked to remove 'university' name include the National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal; Forest Research Institute, Dehradun; BIT Mesra (Ranchi); Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai; Symbiosis International University, Pune are some among others. (Photo: KIIT)
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