50 foreign universities to set up campuses in India

About 50 foreign universities have shown interest in setting up campuses in India. The foreign institutions mostly from the U.S., the UK and Australia have approached the HRD Ministry in the last three months, according to a senior official.HRD Minister Kapil Sibal has said non-profit making institutions would be allowed to set up campuses in the country. The government is all set to introduce a bill allowing the entry of such institutions. The Foreign Education Providers Bill is before the Cabinet, which is expected to take it up tomorrow. "Institutions can make surplus money. But they cannot distribute it among their shareholders. They can spend it for further expansion of the institution," said Sibal

Universities like the Duke University, a renowned private university in the U.S. which offers courses in various streams and research studies, has evinced interest to position campus in the country. To take forward the process of engaging their institutions in education sector in India, a number of foreign dignitaries, including British Trade and Investment Minister Mervyn Davies and Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed, have visited India.

Hrd Ministry De-recognised Deemed Universities in India, UGC Recognised Universities, List of 44 deemed universities

UGC Recognised Universities, Hrd Ministry De-recognised 44 Deemed Universities in India. List of 44 deemed universities or List of de recognized Deemed Universities in India is as follows.

These 44 deemed universities have 1,19,363 students at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. In addition, there are 2,124 students pursuing research at MPhil and PhD levels and another estimated 74,808 students pursuing distance education programmes. As many as 41 of the 44 deemed universities have several constitutent institutions under them, which would further swell the number of affected students.
The HRD ministry’s review committee found following glaring omissions in case of 44 deemed universities:
* Undesirable management structure where families rather than professional academics controlled the functioning
* Several institutions had violated the principles and guidelines prescribing excellence in teaching and research and were engaged in introduction of thoughtless programmes
* Little evidence of noticeable efforts in case of emerging areas of knowledge
* Little evidence of commitment towards research
* Institutions increased their intake capacity disproportionately
* Undergraduate and post-graduate courses were fragmented with concocted nomenclatures
* Higher fee structure than prescribed

List of de recognized Deemed Universities
* Christ College, Bangalore
* Vignan’s Foundation for Science, Technology and Research, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh
* Lingaya’s University, Faridabad
* St Peter’s Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai
* Noorul Islam Centre for Higher Education, Kanyakumari
* Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida
* Shobhit Institute of Engineering and Technology, Meerut
* Sumandeep Vidyapeet, Vadodara, Gujarat
* Sri Devraj Urs Academy of Higher Education and Reserch, Kolar, Karnataka
* Yenepoya University, Mangalore
* BLDE University, Bijapur, Karnataka
* Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Satara, Maharashtra
* D Y Patil Medical College, Kolhapur, Maharashtra
* Meenakshi Academy of Higher Education and Research, Chennai
* Chettinad Academy of Research and Education, Kanchipuram
* HIHT University, Dehradun
* Santosh University, Ghaziabad
* Maharshi Markandeshwar University, Ambala, Haryana
* Manav Rachna International University, Faridabad
* Sri Siddhartha Academy of Higher Education, Tumkur, Karnataka
* Jain University, Bangalore
* Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Pune
* Siksha “O” Anusandha, Bhubaneswar
* Janardan Rai Nagar, Udaipur, Rajasthan
* Institute of Advanced Studies in Education of Gandhi Vidya Mandir, Sardarshahr, Rajasthan
* Mody Institute of Technology, Sikar, Rajasthan
* Dr MGR Educational and Research Institute, Chennai
* Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai
* Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Virdhunagar, Tamil Nadu
* Periryar Maniammai Institute of Science and Technology, Thanjavur
* Academy of Maritime Education and Training, Chennai
* Vel’s Institute of Science, Technology and Advanced Studies, Chennai
* Karpagam Academy of Higher Education, Coimbatore
* Vel Tech Rangaraja Dr Sagunthal R&D Institute of Science, Chennai
* Gurukul Kangri, Haridwar
* Grapich Era University, Dehradun
* Nehru Gram Bharati Vishwavidyalaya, Allahabad
* Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth, Puducherry
* Vinayaka Mission’s Research Foundation, Salem, Tamil Nadu
* Bharath Institute of Higher Education And Research, Chennai
* Ponnaiya Ramajayam Institute of Science and Technology, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
* Nava Nalanda Mahavira, Nalanda, Bihar
* Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu
* National Museum, Institute of the History of Art Conservation and Musicology, Janpath, New Delhi