Tougher norms for deemed varsities

Updated on: Monday, June 14, 2010

The HRD ministry has started a crackdown on deemed universities charging exorbitant fees and appoints administrators to the detriment of their functioning as independent institutions.

Along with the direction provided to these varsities to adhere to the fee structure determined by the government, the HRD ministry has also published new norms under which the president of the trust that runs a university, or any of his close relatives, cannot be appointed chancellor.

Eminent educationists or distinguished public figures should be appointed chancellors, the ministry added. It has also done away with the post of pro-chancellors.

As per the guidelines, the fees charged for courses in deemed universities should be fixed in accordance with regulations framed by the government or by the University Grants Commission (UGC).

It also added, deemed universities that offer courses in engineering, technology or medicine have to maintain a corpus fund of Rs 8 crore and those that offer both professional and other programmes will have to maintain a Rs 10 crore corpus fund.

Tougher norms for deemed varsities

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