UGC’s Power Over Deemed Universities May Be Curtailed

The government decision is an attempt to clear confusion created by the regulator, according to reports in the Mint.

Faculty of Arts, University of Delhi. (Courtesy: flickr.com)

The government may curtail University Grants Commission’s (UGC) regulatory power over deemed universities to clear confusion created by the regulator, reports the Livemint.

The government is of the view that the higher education regulator has mishandled some of the issues related to deemed universities and has not put in place a proper system for these institutions.

Government officials 

The UGC is in a legal tussle with some known private universities like the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani; Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai; and Tata Institute of Fundamental Research over their off-campus centres and expansion plans.

Read the full report here.