Question : DEEMED UNIVERSITY STATUS TO NCHMCT

(a) whether the application of the National Council for Hotel Management and Catering Technology (NCHMCT) seeking Deemed University status was rejected by the UGC in 2005;

(b) if so, the reasons therefor;

(c) whether the Government proposes to seek a reconsideration of the matter;

(d) if so, the details thereof;

(e) whether the Government further proposes to rename all the Government run Institutes of Hotel Management as National Institutes of Hotel Management as has been done in the case of Regional Engineering Colleges which have been converted into National Institutes of Technology by the Central Government;

(f) if so, the details thereof; and (g) if not, the reasons therefor?

THE MINISTER OF TOURISM AND CULTURE (SMT. AMBIKA SONI)

(a) & (b): The UGC, while appreciating the infrastructure of the National Council for Hotel Management & Catering Technology, did not recommend its application for conferment of Deemed to be University status on the ground, amongst others, that it is a confederation of 24 institutions located in 23 States in the country.

(c) to (g): There are no such proposals and hence do not arise.