Eight Chennai deemed universities to lose their status

Around 44 deemed universities will lose its ‘deemed’ status according to the affidavit filed by Ministry of Human Resource and Development. The affidavit was filed based on the findings of the PN Tandon Committee and the Special Task Force which was appointed to look into the issue.

In the report, it was stated that the deemed universities were more a family-oriented business than run for academic purposes.

Based on this, 44 universities will be derecognized and around two lakh students who belong to these universities will now study under the affiliated colleges of their original universities.

The affidavit stated, “The Review Committee came across several aberrations in the functioning of some of the institutions deemed to be universities. It found undesirable management architecture where families rather than professional academics controlled the functioning of institutions.”

The Centre also stated that these deemed universities had increased the seats beyond their original capacity.

Around 126 deemed universities came under the scanner and of them 44 were found unfit, another 44 were asked to set right their infrastructure and the remaining 38 were found to be fit.

The list of deemed universities to be derecognized are:

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 Sagunthala 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.