The HRD ministry has decided to de-recognize as many as 44 "deemed universities", spelling uncertainty for nearly two lakh students who are enrolled with them. The ministry's decision amounts to an acknowledgement of irregularities in conferring the "deemed" tag to these institutions under the first UPA government in which Arjun Singh was the HRD minister.
Here is the list of black listed universities.
Vignan’s Foundation for Science, Technology and Research | Guntur
St Peter’s Institute of Higher Education & Research | Chennai
Noorul Islam Centre for Higher Education | Kanyakumari
Sumandeep Vidyapeeth University, Piparia | Vadodara
Shri Devraj Urs Academy of Higher Education and Research | Kolar
Yenepoya University, University Road | Mangalore
BLDE University, Solapur Road | Bijapur
Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences | Satara
DY Patil Medical College, Kolhapur | Maharashtra
Meenakshi Academy of Higher Education & Research Chennai
Chettinad Academy of Research & Education (CARE) Kancheepuram
Sri Siddharth Academy of Higher Education, Tumkur | Karnataka
Jain University | Bangalore Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth | Pune
Siksha “O’’ Anusandhan, Khandagiri Square |Bhubaneswar
Institute of Advanced Studies in Education (IASE) of Gandhi Vidya Mandir | Sardarshahr
Mody Institute of Technology and Science, district Sikar |
Rajasthan Dr MGR Educational & Research Institute | chennai
Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences | Chennai
Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Virudhunagar | Tamil Nadu
Periyar Maniammai Institute of Science and Technology (PMIST) | Thanjavur
Academy of Maritime Education and Training (AMET) | Chennai
Vel’s Institute of Science, Technology and Advanced Studies | Chennai
Karpagam Academy of Higher Education | Coimbatore
Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology | Chennai
Nehru Gram Bharati Vishwavidyalaya | Allahabad
Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth | Puducherry
Vinayaka Mission’s Reearch Foundation | Salem, Tamil Nadu
Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research | Chennai
Ponnaiyah Ramajayam Institute of Science and Technology | Thanjavur
Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (RGNIYD) | Sriperumbudur
Shobhit Institute of Information Tech| Meerut
Jaypee Institute of Information Tech| Noida
Manav Rachna International University | Faridabad
Santosh Univ | Ghaziabad
Lingaya’s Univ | Faridabad
Maharishi Markandeshwar Univ, Maullana | Ambala
Janardan Rai Nagar, Udaipur |Rajasthan
Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya | Haridwar
Graphic Era University | Dehradun
Nava Nalanda Mahavihara | Nalanda
National Museum Institute of the History of Art, Conservation and Museology | New Delhi
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It is the news that is effecting more than 2 lacs of Indian students. I completely agree that it is essential to de recognize the Indian universities that are not following the rules and regulation or do not full fill the criterion of a deemed university set by HRD Ministry. What bothers me is the way we operate or announce a policy? The Ministry should have addressed the effected students simultaneously while de recognizing the universities.
ReplyDeleteNevertheless, I support our Minister Kapil Sibal in initiating the bold changes in our higher education system.
The universities run by some of the top guns in Tamil Nadu, such as Union minister S. Jagathrakshakan, AIADMK Lok Sabha member M. Thambidurai and the Dravida Kazhagam leader K. Veeramani have been recommended for withdrawal of the ‘deemed university’ status by the Union HRD ministry, as the state earned the dubious distinction of earning the ‘highest score’ of 16 of its varsities in the national ‘black-list’ of 44. The HRD ministry has drawn its list after its review committee came across “several aberrations” in their functioning. The review committee had “found undesirable management architecture where families rather than professional academics controlled the functioning of institutions,” according to the affidavit filed on Monday by the ministry in the Supreme Court in a PIL filed by advocate Viplav Sharma. The HRD ministry also told the Supreme court that its review committee had found that “several institutions had violated the principles and guidelines and were engaged in thoughtless introduction of unrelated programmes and proliferation of degrees beyond the mandate...”. Once the colleges got their deemed university status, they indiscriminately increased the fees and the intake of students, the committee found.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely, a good step in de recognizing the 44 universities but why not regulate the system altogether? Why not penalise the people who granted the status of deemed universities to these institutes?
Another fact that needs to be taken care of is the STUDENTS. The STUDENTS should come first and above all; in the whole scenario the end sufferers are the end users is students. Let HRD clear the air soon on how these so called deemed universities (now in the black list) will deal with the situation.
I would like to mention that the Ministry of HRD has made it clear that the students, who are enrolled in these blacklisted deemed Universities, won't suffer, as they can study in the colleges under the previous affiliations held by these institutions.
ReplyDeleteAn estimated 1,19,363 students enrolled in these 44 institutions at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. In addition, 2,124 students are doing research in M.Phil and Ph.D. programmes and 74,808 students are pursuing distance education programmes.
The students would continue their studies, as the colleges would continue to be affiliated to the universities to which they were earlier affiliated.
So, it very clear that our HRD Minister Mr. Kapil Sibal is on the right track in cleaning the mess of Indian Higher Education system. I'll further wish that foreign universities be welcomed in opening the campuses in India; this will bring more competition to the industry and will ensure that students get the best education at their doors.
Great done, HRD Ministry! 44 universities de recognized. A very bold step. It requires courage as most of these universities are of the bigwigs politicians.
ReplyDeleteA big question is what will happen to the students who have already obtained degrees from these black listed universities. The government has already addressed the problem of students who are studying in these deemed universities but we'll need to hear from the HRD Ministry on a proper solution for the students who already are holding the degree from these so called deemed universities.
ReplyDeleteDegrees were up for sale! This is how it sounds when Ministry had to de recognize 44 universities at one go. Out of 40 erring universities, about 16 are from Tamil Nadu. It needs to observed that many other universities are still being run by families of influential politicians. Some more bolder steps would clean up the Indian education system completely. That is what we expect from our minister, Shri Kapil Sibal.
ReplyDeleteThese Institutes were granted the status of deemed universities by HRD Ministry itself,their recognition should not be withdrawn suddenly.They should have been given a warning and sufficient time to improve infrastructure as well as quality of education. The Ministry should also clear what exactly was going wrong in all these universities to the public.
ReplyDeleteGood news. These universities were charging high fees coz' they were deemed. Should be shut down completely.
ReplyDelete44 deemed universities blacklisted by HRD Ministry without warning is not a wise act. You have to have a warning process as in the western world. You cannot come one fine day and say YOU ARE NOT A DEEMED UNIVERSITY FROM TODAY. Is it not bullying? Think of people who have invested so much on it. Such kind of bully acts will discourage people to invest in the education sector. Do you think foreign universities will like to come to India. Any fine day, our ministry can wake up and say NO BUSINESS FROM TODAY. YOU ARE BLACKLISTED.
ReplyDeleteThe crux is it has to come with a WARNING. Tell me, if I 'm wrong.
it is sad to hear such news that still such derogatory act on the part of education happens in our india.I applaud ministry of education for taking such a step but the main issue still remains , why this issue is uncovered now not earlier? what will hapeen to such students who were studying in those 44 black listed unversities ?At last i can say it is the failure of Government system to allow such problems to emerge.
ReplyDeletelooks like we'll have a very happening year with mr. sibal. be alert DEEMED UNIVERSITIES. You are today a DEEMED UNIVERSITY but tomorrow you may not. your life may be cut short any moment.
ReplyDeleteOffsetting the panic created by the news that 44 deemed universities would lose their deemed status, Minister of Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal today said no varsity had so far been de-recognised and the future course of action in the matter would be decided by the Supreme Court which is hearing a civil writ petition on the issue. The next hearing in the case is January 25. Source The Tribune
ReplyDeleteI would like to throw some light on the Tamil nadu universities that have been blacklisted; the fact is that most of the erring universities had been admitting as many students as possible in courses that were in high demand. Even the fee structure was fixed by them and they had a free run with many people from rural areas admitting their wards in those ‘universities’ without even knowing that they were not affiliated to Anna University. It was the game of selling more seats rather than focus on quality education. It is an open secret that many politicians and slimy businessmen managed to earn the respectable title of ‘ educationalist’ by starting colleges and made money by charging high fees and milking students by collecting ‘fines’ and ‘deposits’. I strongly have started getting vibes that the downfall of these educationalists have started and the responsibility lies on to the public as well to throw them out from the education field.
ReplyDeleteOf the 44 institutes set to lose deemed-to-be university status — this has been conveyed to the Supreme Court by the HRD Ministry — at least 27 were accorded the status during the term of Arjun Singh as HRD Minister in the UPA I government.
ReplyDeleteWhile NDA’s HRD Minister Murli Manohar Joshi started the trend of making deemed university status more common than rare, it gained momentum once Arjun Singh and his team of officers took charge of HRD in 2004. This was his team:
* Sudeep Banerjee, HRD Additional Secretary who went on to become Higher Education Secretary. Known to Singh since his Madhya Pradesh days, Banerjee joined the HRD Ministry after Singh became Minister in 2004. Banerjee, who served as Chancellor of National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA) after retirement, passed away last year.
* Joint Secretary, Higher Education, Sunil Kumar’s association with Arjun Singh goes back nearly 20 years. He was PS to Singh when he first became HRD Minister in 1991 in the Narasimha Rao government. Kumar is still in the Ministry on an extension.
Source: Indian Express
You see that we are a democratic country, the government cannot cancel the licenses of the deemed universities without even issuing a notice. Even, a drivers license is not revoked this way. If we need to clean up the mess, it has to be the right way. Our HRD Ministry needs to understand that the problem actually has arisen due to the HRD Ministry itself. It was no one other than HRD Ministry who had issued licenses of deemed universities to these institutes.
ReplyDeleteUnion HRD minister Kapil Sibal has been at pains to allay fears of students enrolled in the 44 deemed universities that are under a cloud,but there is still ambiguity regarding the future of those enrolled in unconventional courses unique to these institutions. While the minister has emphasised that affected students would get their degrees from other state universities, many of the deemed universities offer programmes with degrees that do not figure in the list specified under the UGC Act or follow syllabi that is not approved by state universities.
ReplyDeleteFor example, several deemed universities blacklisted by the HRD ministry's review committee have been offering academic programmes with fancy names through the distance education mode with the University Grants Commission (UGC) and the Distance Education Council (DEC) not even batting an eyelid. The Ponnaiyah Ramajayam Institute of Science and Technology (PRIST) University in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, even offers an MBA degree in journalism and mass communication!
Similarly, stretching innovation in correspondence education, Vinayaka Missions University in Salem, which has study centres almost all over India and even abroad, had launched a Master of Arts degree in Distance Education! The university also enrolled students for courses like MBA (Core Dual specialisation), MBA (Telecom Management), B.Sc (Medical Records Management), BA (Cooperative Management), B.Com (International Business) and B.Sc (Marine).
PRIST offers M.Com (International Business Opportunities) and half-a-dozen one-year executive MBA courses including one in Pharmaceutical Management.
Significantly, some of these nomenclatures do not even figure in the latest list of 163 specified degrees under Section 22 off the UGC Act, which was updated in November last. It remains unexplained as to how students who had enrolled in these novel academic programmes will be accommodated by the Indira Gandhi National Open University or state open universities.
Quite a few deemed universities had also audaciously offered engineering degree courses, which require considerable exposure to real time laboratory environments, through the distance education mode.
The Vinayaka Missions University alone offers 39 M.Phil degree programmes including one in Dairy Science, 73 postgraduate degree courses and 62 bachelor's degree programmes through distance education. Some of the M.Phil courses were offered in Hindi medium too.
Ironically, the Distance Education Council had unhesitatingly granted ex-post-facto approval for courses conducted by some deemed universities without the mandatory approval for over three years.
Many deemed universities including those run by politicians like Dravidar Kazhagam leader K Veeramani (Periyar Maniammai University) had within a short period to time established hundreds of study centres in the country including the metropolitan cities and second tier cities such as Pune, Coimbatore and Nagpur.
Vinayaka Missions University registrar Y Abraham, however, defended the decision to offer multiple courses saying "the DEC had granted us approval after due inspection, verification of faculty and study materials supplied by us. We are offering all these courses only with the approval of the DEC and UGC joint committee."
Academic observers are sore that the UGC and DEC had conveniently shed their responsibility in monitoring these institutions and looked the other way after granting approval to conduct distance education courses, at the cost of the welfare of thousands of students.
Source: The Times of India
The Centre plans to bar all deemed universities from offering distance- education courses under new regulations after a review of these institutions found widespread abuse of quality norms.
ReplyDeleteThe regulations, currently being finalised by a human resource development ministry task force, intend to bring down the shutters on distance education courses offered by deemed varsities, top sources have confirmed to The Telegraph.
These regulations will be valid for all such universities, including those found by the review to be fit for the status.
A central review into India’s 130 deemed varsities ordered by HRD minister Kapil Sibal found 44 unfit for the tag, another 44 short of standards but capable of improving in three years and 38 fit for the status.
The ministry on Monday had submitted an affidavit before the Supreme Court listing the 44 deemed universities found unfit for the tag. The affidavit states that the government intends to strip these institutions off the deemed tag.
These 44 blacklisted institutions alone have an estimated 74,808 students enrolled in distance education programmes.
Government sources said close to another 1 lakh students could be enrolled in the programmes at the remaining deemed universities.
The move to bar deemed universities from offering such programmes followed the review panel’s findings that these institutions were offering courses like engineering and even medicine through the distance mode.
These courses by their very nature require hands-on laboratory work, which the distance education programmes often did not provide for.
Some deemed universities were found to be offering long- distance PhD programmes. The review found one deemed university allowing distance PhD students to even pick their own guide. Some of the deemed universities quizzed about their distance programmes did not provide full details.
Under the planned regulations, deemed universities currently running distance education courses will be asked to seek affiliation from state open universities (SOUs) or the Indira Gandhi National Open University (Ignou).
Affiliation will ensure that the future of distance-education students currently enrolled at these deemed universities is not in peril. Students will receive degrees from the recognised open university that grants affiliation — an SOU or Ignou.
But once the regulations are notified, deemed universities will no longer be allowed to enrol fresh students in distance -education courses.
The move could, however, prove controversial and might be contested by deemed universities on the ground of discrimination as full-fledged universities would retain the right to offer distance courses, the sources said.
Deemed varsity status allows institutions the power to award degrees and grants them autonomy from universities to which they would otherwise need to be affiliated as colleges. (Source- The Telegraph)
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ReplyDeleteThe Supreme Court has come as a respite to the students studying at the 44 universities. The Supreme Court had temporarily restrained the Centre from acting against 44 blacklisted deemed universities by ordering status quo.
ReplyDeleteSo, the students and parents.......don't worry! You have a someone who takes care of your interests...Our honourable Supreme Court of India!!!
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The faculty strength in deemed universities is very poor and it is mockery to note that one deemed univ include in their compliance report staff those have resigned or on long leave(?) or those who are working in sister organisation. UGC and MHRD must collect the appointment letters and the service condition for the staff. One should honour the teaching job and expose crass commercialiation of higher education
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The new education bill was suppose to pass in the last session of the parliament. It is delayed by almost an year. If the present Indian government is sincere enough for the welfare of the country; they should table the bill to be passed in the parliament in the ongoing parliament session. All of us need to come together to fight the ongoing corruption in education.
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ReplyDelete36 deemed university is clear from the blacklisted deemed university status
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