Question : DEEMED UNIVERSITY STATUS TO REGIONAL ENGINEERING COLLEGES

(a) whether the Government contemplate to accord deemed university status to 17 regional engineering colleges;

(b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and

(c) the progress so far made in this regard?

MINISTER OF STATE FOR HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT ( PROF. RITA VERMA )


(a) & (b) Proposal for grant of Deemed to be University status to the 17 RECs in the country have been received in the Ministry of Human Resource Development. A State-wise list of these RECs is annexed.

(c) Declaration of institution as a Deemed to be University status is a statutory process for which several conditions have to be met. UGC has given its recommendation to the Ministry of Human Resource Development in respect of 14 RECs. RECs would be granted Deemed to be University status only after they change their Memorandum of Association and Rules.

Annexure

ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1393 ASKED BY DR. JASWANT SINGH YADAV FOR 27th NOVEMBER 2001 REGARDING DEEMED UNIVERSITY STATUS TO REGIONAL ENGINEERING COLLEGES.

State-wise list of the Regional Engineering Colleges.

S. No.	Name of Institutions
Andhra Pradesh
1 REC, Warangal.
Assam
2 Regional Engineering College, Silchar
Gujarat
3 Sardar Vallabhbhai Regional College of Engineering &
Technology, Surat.
Harayana
4 REC, Kurukshetra.
Himachal Pradesh
5 REC, Hamirpur
Jammu & Kashmir
6 REC, Srinagar.
Jharkhand
7 RIT, Jamshedpur
Karnataka
8 Karnataka REC, Surathkal.
Kerala
9 REC, Calicut.
Madhya Pradesh
10 Maulana Azad Institute of Technology (REC), Bhopal.
Maharashtra
11 Visveswaraya Regional College of Engineering,
Nagpur.
Orissa
12 REC, Rourkela.
Punjab
13 Dr. B R Ambedkar Regional Engineering College (REC),
Jalandhar.
Rajasthan
14 REC, Jaipur
Tamil Nadu
15 REC, Thiruchirapalli.
Uttar Pradesh
16 Motilal Nehru Regional Engineering College,
Allahabad.
West Bengal
17 REC, Durgapur