(a) whether any policy has been formulated for
restructuring of the Regional Engineering colleges; and
(b) if so, the details thereof ?
(a) whether any policy has been formulated for
restructuring of the Regional Engineering colleges; and
(b) if so, the details thereof ?
MINISTER OF STATE FOR HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (PROF. RITA VERMA)
(a) & (b): Yes, Sir. The Government of India had
constituted a High Powered Review Committee under the
Chairmanship of Dr. R.A. Mashelkar in June,1996. To consider
the recommendations of the Review Committee, an Empowered
Committee was set up. The Empowered Committee examined the
recommendations in detail and felt that the similar
objective of academic/administrative autonomy can be
achieved by declaring the RECs as Deemed to be Universities.
On the basis of the recommendations of the Committees, the
Department has circulated a new draft Memorandum of
Association (MOA) and Rules to all the 17 RECs and requested
them to adopt the same with the approval of their Board
of Governors. After adoption of the new MOA and Rules by all
the RECs action will be initiated to give them a status of
Deemed to be University.