Question : Deemed Universities

(a) the norms/criterion laid down by the Government to rank the Private/ Deemed
Universities/Institutions in the country;
(b) whether the Government has inspected such Universities/Institutions to assess the
compliance of the said norms/ criterion by them across the country during each of the
last three years and the current year;
(c) if so, the details and outcome thereof, State/UT-wise and if not, the reasons therefor;
(d) whether the Government has received a number of proposals from various
Institutions for granting them Deemed University Status in the country; and
(e) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise along with the action taken/being taken by
the Government on such proposals so far?

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

(a): In order to rank Indian Higher Educational Institutions including Private
Universities & Deemed to be Universities, the India Rankings have been launched by
this Ministry under the National Institutional Rankings Framework (NIRF). The norms /
criteria used for ranking of the Universities / Institutions include ‘Teaching, Learning
and Resources’, ‘Research and Professional Practices’, ‘Graduation Outcomes’, ‘Outreach
and Inclusivity’, and ‘Perception’.
(b) & (c): No, Madam. The Universities / Institutions desirous of participating in the
ranking exercise, are required to supply the data in the given format on the NIRF portal,
before the last date specified for this purpose. The Universities / Institutions are also
required to upload the submitted data on their own publicly visible website to maintain
transparency. The NIRF checks such data with the Institution and other Regulator data.
Most of data pertaining to the research, which has a large weightage, is taken from
independent third party and other authentic sources like Scopus or Web Science.
(d) & (e): In the last four years, 16 applications have been received in the Ministry for
granting of Deemed to be University status under Section 3 of the University Grants
Commission (UGC) Act, 1956. The details of these application and action taken by the
Ministry / UGC are at Annexure-I.
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