(a) whether a large number of private educational
institutions in the country have been prefixing the words
‘Indian Institute’ or ‘National’ along with their names;
(b) if so, whether the Government has taken any
initiative/action to stop such a misuse of words; and
(c) if so, the details thereof?
THE MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT ( DR. MURLI MANOHAR JOSHI )
(a), (b) & (c) : Government is aware of the fact that a
number of private educational institutions in the country
have been prefixing the words ‘ Indian Institute’ /
‘National Institute’. This is prohibited under the Emblems
and Names ( Prevention of Improper Use ) Act, 1950 since
this gives an impression of the patronage of the Central
Government. The competent authority has been approached to
initiate action under this Act and not to register a new
society or a company with these names and advise the
companies or societies already registered with these names
to change their names. It has also been decided to give
wide publicity to the specific provisions of this Act to
avoid improper use of such names.