Yenepoya to lose deemed university status

Yenepoya to lose deemed university status

Mangalore Today

New Delhi, January 18: The Centre has told the Supreme Court that it has decided to withdraw the "deemed" status to 44 universities in the country alleging these were being run as family fiefdoms rather than on academic considerations. Yenepoya University-Mangalore, Devaraj Urs University-Kolar,BLDE University- Bijapur, Christ University- Bangalore, Jain University- Bangalore, Sidhardh University- Tumkur are the six universities derecognised in Karnataka

However, to avoid jeopardising the future of nearly two lakhs students enrolled in these universities spread over 13 states, they would be allowed to revert back as affilated colleges of their original universities, the Centre said in an affidavit.

The affidavit filed by the HRD Ministry said the government has accepted the recommendations made in this regard by the high-powered P N Tandon committee and the Special Task Force set up to suggest measures to tackle the problem.

"The Review Committee came across several aberrations in the functioning of some of the institutions deemed to be universities. It found undesirable management architecture where families rather than professional academics controlled the functioning of institutions," the affidavit said.

According to the Centre, most of the 44 erring deemed universities were offering post-graduate and undergraduate courses that are "fragmented with concocted nomenclatures" and seats "disporortionately" increased beyond the actual intake capacity

 

 

THE VARSITIES OFF GOVT LIST

• Yenepoya University, Mangalore, Karnataka

•    BLDE University, Bijapur, Karnataka
•    Christ College, Bangalore, Karnataka
•    Sri Devraj Urs Academy of Higher Education and Reserch, Kolar, Karnataka
•    Sri Siddhartha Academy of Higher Education, Tumkur, Karnataka
•    Jain University, Bangalore, Karnataka
•    Vignan’s Foundation for Science, Technology and Research, Andhra Pradesh
•    Lingaya’s University, Faridabad
•    St Peter’s Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai
•    Noorul Islam Centre for Higher Education, Kanyakumari
•    Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida
•    Shobhit Institute of Engineering and Technology, Meerut
•    Sumandeep Vidyapeet, Vadodara, Gujarat
•    Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Satara, Maharashtra
•    D Y Patil Medical College, Kolhapur, Maharashtra
•    Meenakshi Academy of Higher Education and Research, Chennai
•    Chettinad Academy of Research and Education, Kanchipuram
•    HIHT University, Dehradun
•    Santosh University, Ghaziabad
•    Maharshi Markandeshwar University, Ambala, Haryana
•    Manav Rachna International University, Faridabad
•    Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Pune
•    Siksha "O" Anusandha, Bhubaneswar
•    Janardan Rai Nagar, Udaipur, Rajasthan
•    Institute of Advanced Studies in Education of Gandhi Vidya Mandir, Rajasthan
•    Mody Institute of Technology, Sikar, Rajasthan
•    Dr MGR Educational and Research Institute, Chennai
•    Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai
•    Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Virdhunagar, Tamil Nadu
•    Periryar Maniammai Institute of Science and Technology, Thanjavur
•    Academy of Maritime Education and Training, Chennai
•    Vel’s Institute of Science, Technology and Advanced Studies, Chennai
•    Karpagam Academy of Higher Education, Coimbatore
•    Vel Tech Rangaraja Dr Sagunthal R&D Institute of Science, Chennai
•    Gurukul Kangri, Haridwar
•    Grapich Era University, Dehradun
•    Nehru Gram Bharati Vishwavidyalaya, Allahabad
•    Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth, Puducherry
•    Vinayaka Mission’s Research Foundation, Salem, Tamil Nadu
•    Bharath Institute of Higher Education And Research, Chennai
•    Ponnaiya Ramajayam Institute of Science and Technology, Thanjavur, T N
•    Nava Nalanda Mahavira, Nalanda, Bihar
•    Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Sriperumbudur, T N
•    Institute of the History of Art Conservation and Musicology,  New Delhi