(a) hether the Government has received any proposal for granting university status to
Kerala Kalamandalam at Vallatho Nagar,Trissur in Kerala;
(b) if so,the details and status thereof;
(c) the total number of Institutions associated with teaching of arts granted university status
during the last five years;
(d) whether the Government has fixed any parameters for the grant of university status to
institutions which are closely associated with teaching of arts;and
(e) if so,the details thereof?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT(SMT. D. PURANDESWARI)
(a) & (b): On receipt of a proposal seeking status of ‘Deemed to be University’, the
Central Government,on the advice of the University Grants Commission(UGC),has declared Kerala
Kalamandalam, Vallathol Nagar,Cheruthuruthy,Thrissur as an institution ‘deemed to be university’
under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956.
(c): As gathered from the UGC, during the last five years two institutions,which are exclusively
associated with teaching of Arts, have been declared as institution ‘deemed-to-be-university’.
(d) & (e): As per the provisions of Section 3 of the UGC Act,1956,the Central Government,on the
advice of the UGC,declares an institution for higher education,other than a University,as an
institution ‘deemed-to-be-university’.The UGC considers applications from institution that seek
declaration as an institution ‘deemed-to-be-university’ on the basis of its extant guidelines
available at UGC’s website www.ugc.ac.in/financialsupport/guidelinepdf/deemed_to_be.pdf.