The proposed Jio Institute had not been granted the Institution of Eminence status, as only a Letter of Intent had been issued, Union Human Resources Development Minister Prakash Javadekar informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
HRD minister Prakash Javadekar said a committee of experts had made the selections after a thorough scrutiny. Mr Javadekar categorically told the House that the Jio Institute has not been declared an ‘Institution of Eminence’.
Elaborating on the rationale behind selecting Jio Institute, Mr. Javadekar said the proposed university was among 11 such application received. “A Letter of Intent has been awarded and it will be reviewed after three years based on the way the university comes up,” he said.
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A committee headed by N. Gopalaswami was set up to bring Indian Universities on a par with world universities, Mr. Javadekar said, adding that funding of Rs. 1000 crore would be granted only to public universities.
“None of the Indian universities made it to the list of top 100 world Universities, so we wanted to improve the conditions of 10 universities in the first phase. More universities will be added in future,” he added.
When CPI leader D Raja sought to know why top performing institutions like the IIT Chennai or JNU were not included, Javadekar said a panel had carried out the scrutiny and the government had maintained an arm’s length.
Raja put up another supplementary question, but before Javadekar could reply, Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu said the questions should be directed through the chair.
“The mantri (minister) need not respond just because the Raja (King) has asked,” Naidu commented in a lighter vein.
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