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As a journalist, whose work has been consistently hard-hitting and scathingly critical of the ongoing 2G scam and the former Telecom Minister, I am astonished, angered and hurt to see the baseless allegations against me in sections of the media this week.

While there is no doubt that journalists must be held to the same exacting standards of accountability that we seek from others, the allegations in this instance, as they relate to me, are entirely slanderous and not backed by a shred of evidence. The edited conversations between PR Representative Nira Radia and me have been headlined to suggest that I misused my role as a journalist to "lobby" for A. Raja, a man I have never met.

While this is completely untrue, I can understand the anger and anguish that such a misrepresentation can create, among viewers who rely on me to report honestly and impartially. And I would like to address some of the questions raised by these edited transcripts.

The tapes seem to add up to hundreds of hours of conversations between Nira Radia and people from different backgrounds, including scores of well-known journalists and editors from all the major media organisations (TV and Print) in India. Despite this, much of the commentary has been strangely selective in its focus. And quite often, vindictively personal. Consider, for example, that online it is being dubbed "BarkhaGate."

I cannot speak on behalf of any other journalist on the tapes. Framed in the backdrop of a larger media debate, every journalist's conversation on these tapes must, of course, be evaluated on its own merit. So, speaking only for myself, the insinuation made by the magazines are preposterous.


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Aggressive kids don't respond to maternal affection

Aggressive and emotionally cold children make little eye contact with their mothers and also don't respond much to affection.
A healthy brain is drawn to biologically relevant cues and the eyes of other people provide so many of those, says Mark Dadds of the University of New South Wales School of Psychology in Australia, who led the research.
But this is a sub-group of kids who are quite different. They are low on emotion and they don't connect with authority figures, he said, according to a New South Wales university release.
The team, including psychiatrists John Brennan, David Hawes, University of Sydney and colleagues from the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College, London, is studying children with repetitive patterns of aggressive, hostile and anti-social behaviour.
Most are emotionally hot, they are impulsive, emotional and given to overly hostile interpretations of the world, but they have normal levels of empathy and are largely reactive in their aggression.
Those in the much smaller cold group are under-emotional, show problems with empathy and may also be proactive or even predatory in their aggression, many go on to become involved in serious crime, violence and drug-taking.
The team conducted pioneering lab experiments using eye-tracking devices and video cameras to record how much eye contact such children made while interacting with their parents.
The studies involved more than 100 British and Australian children aged between four and 16 who were diagnosed with Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) and with no other significant mental, medical or developmental issues.
They were compared with control groups of children with no mental health or behavioural problems.

Nation pays tributes to Indira Gandhi on her 93rd birthday

The nation on Friday fondly remembered former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her 93rd birth anniversary with President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh among prominent personalities who paid rich tributes to the leader.

The leaders offered floral tributes at her memorial Shakti Sthal on the banks of Yamuna.

Besides Patil and Singh, Vice President Hamid Ansari, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar were among those who visited the memorial.

Indira Gandhi, born on November 19, 1917 in the politically influential Nehru family, was the first woman Prime Minister of India. Her father Jawaharlal Nehru was a pivotal figure in the Indian independence movement and the first Prime Minister of independent India.

After Nehru's death in 1964, she became a Rajya Sabha member and was inducted in Lal Bahadur Shastri's Cabinet as minister of information and broadcasting.

She held three consecutive terms as Prime Minister from 1966 to 1977. The Congress leader was assassinated on October 31, 1984 during her fourth stint.

 

Indira Gandhi, Mother Teresa among Time's 25 most influential women

Former Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi and Albanian nun Mother Teresa, who made India her home, are among Time magazine's "25 Most Powerful Women of the Past Century."

The US news magazine's survey of "the women who have most influenced our world" is topped by Jane Addams, an outspoken advocate for women's suffrage, who was the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize and includes US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the sixth place.

Indira Gandhi ranked ninth, figured on TIME cover when she was elected prime minister in 1966 with a line reading, "Troubled India in a Woman's Hands."

"Those steady hands went on to steer India, not without controversy, for much of the next two decades through
recession, famine, the detonation of the nation's first atomic bomb, a corruption scandal and a civil war in neighbouring Pakistan that, under her guidance, led to the creation of a new state, Bangladesh," the magazine said.

"By the time she was assassinated, in 1984, Gandhi was the world's longest-serving female prime minister, a distinction she holds to this day."

Of Mother Teresa, ranked 22nd, Time said: "Her iconic white garb with its blue stripe trim is now equated with her ideals of service and charity among 'the poorest of the poor.'"

"Sometimes criticised for lacking adequate medical training, not addressing poverty on a grander scale, actively opposing birth control and abortion and even cosying up to dictators, the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize nonetheless inspired countless volunteers to serve, and will wear her white habit all the way to Catholic sainthood," it said.

Full List

1.. Jane Addams (1860-1935)

2.. Corazon Aquino (1933-2009)

3.. Rachel Carson (1907-1964)

4.. Coco Chanel (1883-1971)

5.. Julia Child (1912-2004)

6.. Hillary Clinton (1947-Present)

7.. Marie Curie (1867-1934)

8.. Aretha Franklin (1942-Present)

9.. Indira Gandhi (1917-1984)

10.. Estee Lauder (1908-2004)

11.. Madonna (1958-Present)

12.. Margaret Mead (1901-1978)

13.. Golda Meir (1898-1978)

14.. Angela Merkel (1954-Present)

15.. Sandra Day O'Connor (1930-Present)

16.. Rosa Parks (1913-2005)

17.. Jiang Qing (1914-1991)

18.. Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962)

19.. Margaret Sanger (1879-1966)

20.. Gloria Steinem (1934-Present)

21.. Martha Stewart (1941-Present)

22.. Mother Teresa (1910-1997)

23.. Margaret Thatcher (1925-Present)

24.. Oprah Winfrey (1954-Present)

25.. Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)

Apex court stops any action against 44 deemed universities

New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday stopped the central government from divesting 44 universities of their special “deemed university” status.
A bench of Justice Dalveer Bhandari and Justice A.K Patnaik ordered status quo on the special grading of the 44 deemed university on a plea by several university dons flocking to the court with the plea that the government move would create havoc and panic among the students.
“Nothing will happen to your institutions and your students till we dispose the matter,” assured Justice Bhandari as various senior counsel, representing various deemed universities, opposed the government’s move to derecognise them.
The bench also issued notices to each of the 44 deemed universities separately to have their say on the issue and adjourn the matter for next hearing on March 8.
The bench gave the order while hearing a public interest lawsuit by an advocate Viplav Sharma, questioning the government’s generous stance in according deemed university status to increasing numbers of educational institutions, which allegedly have been doubling up as educational shops.
As the bench began the hearing, Attorney General Goolam E. Vahanvati, appearing for the central government sought two weeks’ time to file a comprehensive affidavit on behalf of the government, detailing the procedures that it proposes to adopt for derecognising various deemed universities, lacking proper academic performance and poor infrastructure.
Vahanvati also told the court that the government was fully conscious of the uncertainties that the students studying in these universities may face and accordingly, the affidavit would detail the government’s “well considered steps” to ensure that the students are not disturbed.
But the very submission of the government’s top law officer made nearly half a dozen high profile senior counsel, including Fali S. Nariman, K. Parasaran, Rajeev Dhawan, Ranjit Kumar, Ayan Sundram and Dushyant Dave see red over the government’s proposed move against the education shops.
They charged that the government was taking action on the basis of a panel, Tandon Committee, which does not even have a statutory backing and wanted the court to examine if the government’s proposed action was legal.
The governments’ move would create havoc in the academic world and create panic among students, they claimed.
Some of the senior counsel contended their clients’ universities were being derecognised within months after they got the deemed university status after due inspection by the University Grants Commission.

University Balck list:44 Universities off Govt. List, 27 to be taken off the hook…

the deemed-to-be university status, if the reports are to be believed. News is also trickling in, that maybe 27 of these blacklisted universities might just be let off the hook by the Govt.
The list of all those 44 universities is listed below:
• Christ College, Bangalore, Karnataka
• Vignan’s Foundation for Science Technology and Research, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh
• Lingaya’s University, Faridabad, Haryana
• St Peter’s Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
• Noorul Islam Centre for Higher Education, Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu
• Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida, Uttar Pradesh
• Shobit Institute of Engineering and Technology, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh
• Sumandeep Vidyapeeth, Vadodara, Gujarat
• Sri Devraj Urs Academy of Higher Education and Research, Kolar, Karnataka
• Yenepoya University, Mangalore, Karnataka
• 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, Tamil Nadu.
• Chettinad Academy of Research and Education, Padur, Tamil Nadu
• HIHT University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand
• Santosh University, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
• Maharishi Matkandeshwar University, Ambala, Haryana
• Manav Rachna International University, Faridabad, Haryana
• Sri Siddhartha Academy of Higher education, Tumkur, Karnataka
• Jain University, Bangalore, Karnataka
• Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Pune, Maharashtra
• Siksha Anusandhan, Bhubaneswar, Orissa
• Janardhan Rai Nagar Rajasthan Vidyapeeth, Udaipur, Rajasthan
• Institute of Advanced Studies in Education of Gandhi Vidya Mandir, Sardarshahr, Rajasthan
• Mody Institute of Technology and Science, Sikar, Rajasthan
• Dr MGR Educational and Research Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
• Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
• Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu
• Periyar Maniammai Institute of Science and Technology, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
• Academy of Maritime Education and Training, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
• Vel’s Institute of Science, Technology and Advanced studies (VISTAS), Chennai, Tamil Nadu
• Karpagam Academy of Higher Educatioin, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
• Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
• Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Hardwar, Uttarakhand
• Graphic Era University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand
• Nehru Gram Bharati Vishwavidyalaya, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
• Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth, Puducherry
• Vinayaka Mission’s Research Foundation, Salem, Tamil Nadu
• Bharath Institute of Higher Education & Research, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
• Ponnaiyah Ramajayam Institute of Science and Technology, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu

Govt. Universities
• Nava Nalanda, Nalanda, Bihar
• Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Sriperumbudur, Tamilnadu
• National Museum Institute of the History of Art, Conservation and Museology, Delhi

New Initiatives under the 11th Plan - Academic Reform in the Universities

D.O.No.F.1-2/2008 (XI Plan) January 31, 2008
Subject :– New Initiatives under the 11th Plan - Academic Reform in the Universities
Dear
At the outset let me wish you a very happy and productive new year 2008.

You are aware that the UGC in its 11th Plan proposal and strategies has taken a number of new initiatives which involved steps for reforms in higher education. These include major emphasis on academic reforms in the central and state universities. Emanating from the consensus emerged in the National Conference of Vice-Chancellors, organised by the UGC on 10-11 October, 2007, these reform measures have general consensus and wider acceptability of the academic community.

While the UGC has set up a committee to work out an Action Plan to give effect to the academic reforms in the arena of admission policy, procedure and methods, examination reforms including continuous internal assessment, introduction of credit-based courses, semester system, mobility of students, credit accumulation and credit transfer and that the recommendations of the Committee will be shared with the universities after the submission of the report, it is felt that the Deemed Universities should take lead in this regard. I, therefore, urge upon you to initiate the process of implementing academic reforms as incorporated in the 11th Plan of the UGC. Some of the important areas that require urgent attention at your end are delineated below:
1. Admission to all courses should be determined by the past academic records of students and/or their performance in the entrance examination conducted by the university, with due provision for the government policy on reservation for Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribes, Physically Challenged and additional provisions considered appropriate and used by the universities for other disadvantaged groups.
2. The MPhil and PhD programmes need to be made formal. Admission to these programmes should be based on combined merit of entrance
examination and interviews conducted by the respective universities. The informal methods currently used in some universities for admission to Ph.D. need to be discontinued and the admission methods to these high level research courses should be made formal and transparent. There is a need to introduce course work in Ph.D, rather than making it only dissertation/thesis based.
3. The Deemed Universities in order to be national in character need to admit students on all-India basis. To this effect they need to advertise their courses and programme such as to have national reach and may hold their admission entrance examination in centres located in various parts of the country. Similarly the staff strength, of these universities should also reflect all-India character. The national and diverse character should be reflected in all India composition of students, faculty and non–teaching staff for which they need to take necessary steps for attracting and retaining talents from all over the country.
4. Annual examination with emphasis on external written examination needs to be reformed. We can make a beginning by introducing Semester system. Similarly we have to gradually move to a system which emphasises on continuous internal assessment and reduces the written examination component to a reasonable level. Duration of the semester, number of contact hour per paper, per semester and relative weightage of continuous internal assessment and semester-end examination needs to be prescribed unambiguously.
5. We also need to move away from marks and division system in evaluation and need to introduce Grading system – preferably on a 9 point scale and Cumulative Grade Point Score (CPGS) in order to make our evaluation system at par with the best practices.
6. Curricular flexibility and students’ mobility is another issue that warrants our urgent attention. These can be addressed by introducing credit based courses and credit accumulation. In order to provide with some degree of flexibility to students, we need to provide for course duration in terms of credit hours and also a minimum as well as a maximum permissible span of time in which a course can be completed by a student.
7. Continuous updating and revision of curricula is something which must be deeply ingrained in the academic culture of a university. Each individual university must ensure that the curricula development exercise leading to major revision in course contents and curricula is taken up every three years.
8. Uniform academic calendar across all institutions of higher education has already been urged upon by the UGC. Universities need to streamline their examination process such that the results are declared in a time-bound manner and no student suffers in his/her career mobility and academic progression due to delays in declaration of results and issue of mark sheet.
I hope that you will initiate the process of implementing these reforms on a priority basis and the UGC is committed to extend all the necessary support and assistance to you in this endeavour. You will agree that these reforms are long over due and can not afford further delay.
The UGC would like to reiterate here that universities are autonomous institutions and have necessary freedom to experiment new ideas and adopt practices which they consider appropriate for promoting relevance, quality and excellence and equal access, within the broad framework of the national policy. Thus, while above mentioned reforms be initiated on priority basis, the university may also combine with other best practices which the university has evolved over a period of time and found useful in promotion of relevance, quality, excellence and equal access in higher education.
You may also like to forward your considered views on the above to the UGC so that the same could be considered by the committee constituted by the UGC. The final recommendation of committee would be sent to you shortly to further help you in formulating these reforms.
With regards,
Yours sincerely,
(Sukhadeo Thorat)

Poor scoring led to blacklisting of 44 deemed universities

Failure to obtain over 40 per cent score on nine different criteria like governance, research output and faculty resources had led to the blacklisting of 44 deemed universities by a government panel.
The 44 deemed universities, which were found unworthy for the status by the committee, secured less than 19 marks out of a total of 45, according to official sources.
The committee found that the failed deemed universities were being run as family fiefdoms rather than on academic considerations. Nearly two lakh students are studying in those institutes.
Another 44 deemed universities, which have been found having deficiencies and have been told to rectify them within three years period, secured poor marks in the range of 19 to 27 out of a total of 45.
The committee, headed by P N Tandon, has submitted its report to the HRD Ministry which has accepted the findings. The matter is pending before the Supreme Court.

Don’t scrap, deemed university system: Overhaul

Overhaul, don’t scrap, deemed university system

R. Sethuraman

  

SETTING HIGHER GOALS: Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal:

To eliminate a time-tested policy without diagnosing the reason for its sickness will be counterproductive of achieving qualitative growth in higher education.

The intention of the Union Human Resource Development Minister to improve the quality of higher education is in the right direction. However, his recent announcement on the proposed National Commission for Higher Education and Research (NCHER) Bill to scrap the concept of deemed universities should be made applicable only to new institutions that aspire for this status. To apply the bill to the existing universities will mean hijacking a sound concept that has supported the growth of the higher education system. There are good deemed universities offering innovative degree programmes, engaging in quality research leading to publications, and providing high-quality teaching. The government’s role must be to identify and encourage such deemed universities and similar institutions by conferring the deemed university status. To eliminate a time-tested policy without diagnosing the reason for its sickness will be counterproductive of the main objective of achieving qualitative growth in higher education.

The Radhakrishnan Commission (1948-49) devoted a chapter in its report to deemed universities and said the government should consider a method of creating university charters similar to what obtains in many countries, where universities are set up not through acts of legislature but through charters granted by the head of the state. “This course may also be adopted in our country, at any rate, with regard to the new Universities, which are established by the conversion of existing Institutions.” Thus was born the concept of deemed university under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956.

It was in the best interest of higher education that the Commission encouraged the creation of deemed universities. It insisted on firsthand appraisal of competence, spirit and achievement and not on arbitrary rules and regulations during the time of conferment of the status. Between 1956 and 2004, 92 institutions were granted the deemed university status. Between 2004 and 2009 an additional 36 institutions, excluding NITs, were notified as deemed universities. This five-year-period saw an explosive growth (by 40 per cent) in their number.

The virus that spread during 2004-09 was in the manner the status was conferred — ignoring the conceptual purpose of deemed universities and the relevant provisions in the statutory bodies. Were not institutions that did not have adequate facilities, required faculty and were not engaged in research granted conditional deemed university status in the hope that they would make good the deficit after becoming university? Can a driver’s licence be issued conditionally, hoping that the licensee will learn to drive within one month? Off-campus centres and sister institutions run by a parent deemed university were brought within its ambit — a case of backdoor entry. It is undeniable that the ad hoc, arbitrary and non-transparent process between 2004-09 has damaged the system This is the right time to set right these anomalies and ensure that the deemed university system is put on the right track. But removing the very concept of deemed university as envisaged in the proposed bill will only perpetuate inefficiencies. The proposed bill will only put the system back in a closely regulated and regimental framework with little scope for innovation and academic independence. Just as there are bad deemed universities, there are equally bad government universities.Why should a good concept be messed up by the creators and then scrapped because it was messed up? Misuse and abuse of power (by some government and private participants) has rattled the boat. The government must steer the boat through troubled waters without destroying it. It is easy to destroy but difficult to create.

(The writer is Vice-Chancellor of SASTRA University, Thanjavur) 

Comments:

Comments:

I agree with the views of the VC. But there should be a method to monitor the overall functioning of the deemed universities by the public and by all academicians. UGC should periodically monitor all the deemed universities without any interference by any politicians. Each and every university advertisement should be approved by a committee constituted by academicians. Whenever deficiencies are pointed out, that should be immediately rectified and UGC should award grades for the deemed universities taking into account the number of publications in journals at the national and international level.

from:  Dr.M.Sridharan

Posted on: Jan 27, 2010 at 10:06 IST 

 

At a time when we go for liberalisation and globalisation, it is essential to have deemed universities in India. This will help to bring innovation, creativeness in modern education system. Because some institutions are badly managed and not up to the mark, it is not correct to abolish the whole system of deemed university. Policy makers should seriously think before taking any hasty decision as it is involved with thousands of students' life as well as India's great dream of achieving high quality higer education.

from:  K.R.Ganesh Bapu

Posted on: Jan 27, 2010 at 13:41 IST 

 

hello, May be your decision is right but what about our future........ we paid lakhs to get seat in such universities

from:  gk

Posted on: Jan 27, 2010 at 16:14 IST

Its a despicable act committed by the previous UPA dispensation purely out of political expediency.Of course,the executive at the beck and call of the HRD Ministry, and the UGC are also part and parcel in this tragic network.PIL should have been filed long back in the apex court dragging responsible agents to the dock for reversing unmatured educational policies with politial clout.After all, student community is used a laboratory to test the academic viability of such academic policies iniated by the political executive with the concurrence and cooperation of the over zealous and over obliging executive and the professionals as well.
Venkata Rama Surya Rao Duvvuri,Rajahmundry (AP)

from:  DVR.Surya Rao

Posted on: Jan 28, 2010 at 10:01 IST

Basic problem is the misconcepts about deemed universities by the UGC authorities who failed in awarding and monitoring compliance of norms by these entities.Deemed University ststus is expected only for unfettered academic growth in the speciality area identified for the concerned institute, and not for taking over multiple disciplines and faculties for commercial viability and business development as done by these deemed institutions, who whent to establishing their offcampus unauthorised franchisee shops violating the jurisdiction. This was facilitated by DEC which went to the extend of approving professional courses run by these organisations, where as its own parent organisation IGNOU itself needs National Statutory Agency's permission to run professional courses. Institute started for Journalism acquires deemed University status and starts engineering colleges and runs franchisee centres all over the country running IT programmes and even B.Tech programmes. Their UGC approvals indicate no approved Off campus. National statutory bodies declare that no admissions to be made in any study centres or even approved off campus as they are intended only for counselling.Number of consumer court cases speaks for the extend of damage done by these deemed university mafia and it is high time some thing drastic is done to stop these exploitation. Deemed university status is not for starting series of affiliated/recognised institutions violating all norms of jurisdiction as if they are doing every thing legally.

from:  Prof.G.Jayasankar

Posted on: Jan 29, 2010 at 15:39 IST

The concept of deemed universities is good. But as far as India is concerned most of them are money making ventures as illustrated by gk's comment above; Who is worried about the lakhs he and many others paid for a seat?

from:  Guptan Veemboor

Posted on: Jan 30, 2010 at 12:21 IST

The concept of deemed university is not bad, but it has been implemented badly. That is the problem with India, we have good laws, laws for betterment, but the result is the bureaucracy which fails to implement that or badly implement them. If some of the deemed universities are providing better education than the govt colleges what is the harm in that... The question is why are the state universities are out of bound of this review. Has anyone heard that a state university has been de-recognised??

from:  Akram Raja

Posted on: Jan 31, 2010 at 12:30 IST

Please try to create awareness among students who are seeking admission in deemed universities. I am one among the affected students and has been admitted in one of the worst deemed universities through one agent.I scored 90% mark in +2, but I was not aware about the deemed university system. As I am from a middle class family my mom amd dad are not well educated. I am sure I am not going to get a reply from you but I hope you will consider my request. It's really a pity the students like me are trapped every year by the dirty agents from the universities as well as private agencies.

from:  Musheer

Posted on: Feb 26, 2010 at 22:40 IST

Govt universities are useless...so we opt for better facilities and good private universities.

from:  jakky

Posted on: Mar 8, 2010 at 15:51 IST

The so called " Deemed Universitites" appoint below average faculties to save money. They enroll students from all over India and the standards of their many of the faculties are below average and many do not speak "English" language for teaching students from all over India.

Goverment should implement minimum qualifications and experience for Faculties without delay.

from:  Thomas. K

Posted on: Mar 8, 2010 at 16:24 IST

I am a retired person without a pension income. I admitted my son in a Deemed University spending lakhs of rupees for the first year with the hope that my son will get education loan from a bank for the remaining period of the course. Everything was ready but at the time of disbursement of the loan the Bank has denied as they have been instructed not to allow any loan to deemed university students. Now I am at a loss and not able to find the way of arranging for money for payment of the second year fees due by middle of March,2010. My request to the Hon'ble Minister that the fee structure of these deemed universities be reviewed whether it is justified. The Campus interview facility for placement also to be taken into consideration for reviewing the status.

from:  S.Chakrabarty

Posted on: Mar 8, 2010 at 23:03 IST

IGNOU univeristies have collaborated with many private institutes where the mode of conduct of studying was pretty bad. Who takes the responsibility of governing such private institutes undertaken by IGNOU.After studying 2 years under IGNOU in one of pvt institutes I was forced to join one of these deemed universities where I found the course and methodolgy adopted were more satisfying than that of IGNOU.

from:  Anil

Posted on: Mar 11, 2010 at 08:04 IST

The whole idea of "deemed" universities is to obtain excellence in terms of higher education and research and not just churn out software coolies,as is the case in numerous such institutions. In India, research is losing sheen, as more and more students opt to do their research abroad. Govt should consider revamping the entire universities in order to sensitise students to the need of research in India. As a deemed university passout it makes me sad to see that the government has let things slip out of hand by offering the status first and then checking. Vigilance is very essential, since this issue involves the careers and futures of millions of students studying in such institutions!

from:  Harish

Posted on: Mar 14, 2010 at 13:05 IST

Is there anybody? who can tell what is the current status regarding this issue?

from:  sujan

Posted on: Mar 17, 2010 at 12:07 IST

I fully agree that deemed universities should exiist in india to give pppotunity to maximum students pursuing higher studies with checks and balances. Studying under govt universities also needs the same checks to avoid large number of students resorting to tutions from highly paid instructors.

from:  S. PATNAIK

Posted on: Mar 25, 2010 at 11:47 IST

Deemed Universities in India

Deemed Universities in India

Recognised by UGC

Source: www.ugc.ac.in/inside/deemeduniv.html 

All the Deemed Universities can award degrees for courses which are offered at the time of conferment of the status of them and courses allied to the approved courses The Deemed Universities can also award degrees for conventional/ general degree programmes leading to B.A/ B.Com/ B.Sc or M.A. M.Sc.
News

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• Deemed Universities Students Need Not to Worry

Choose your State

Andhra Pradesh	Arunachal Pradesh
Bihar	Chandigarh
Delhi	Gujarat
Haryana	Jharkhand
Karnataka	Kerala
Madhya Pradesh	Maharashtra
Orissa	Punjab
Pondicherry	Rajasthan
Tamil Nadu	Uttar Pradesh
Uttrakhand	West Bengal

S.No.	Deemed University	Year of Establishment
	ANDHRA PRADESH	Top
1.	Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management (GITAM) Gandhi Nagar Campus, Rushikonda, Visakhapatnam-530 045 A.P.	13.08.2007
2.	International Institute of Information Technology Survey No. 25, Gachibowli, Ranga Reddy District, Hyderabad-500 032 Andhra Pradesh	21.8.2001
3.	Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth Tirupati-517 507 A.P.	16.11.1987
4.	Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning Prasanthinilayam-515 134,District-Ananthpur A.P.	10.11.1981
5.	ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education Hyderabad A.P.	16.12.2008
6.	Vignan’s Foundation of Science, Technology & Research Vallmudi, Guntur Distt A.P.
7.	Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation Kunchanapalli Post, Vaddswaram Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh
	ARUNACHAL PRADESH	Top
8.	North Eastern Regional Institute of Science & Technology Nirjuli, Itanagar, Dist – Papum Pare- 791 109 Arunachal Pradesh
	BIHAR	Top
9.	Bihar Yoga Bharati Ganga Darshan, Fort, Munger-811 201 Bihar	7.06.2000
10.	Nava Nalanda Mahavihara Nalanda – 803 111 (Bihar)	13.11.2006
	CHANDIGARH	Top
11.	Punjab Engineering College Sector -12-160 012 Chandigarh	16.10.2003
	DELHI	Top
12.	Indian Agricultural Research Institute Pusa Institute, Pusa-110 012 New Delhi	1958
13.	Indian Institute of Foreign Trade B-21, Qutub Institutional Area-110 016 New Delhi	20.05.2002
14.	Indian Law Institute Bhagwandas Road-110 001 New Delhi	29-10-2004
15.	Jamia Hamdard Hamdard Nagar-110 062 New Delhi	10.05.1989
16.	National Museum Institute of History of Art, Conservation and Musicology, National Museum Janpath-110 011 New Delhi	28.04.1989
17.	National School of Drama, Bahawalpur House 1 Bhagwandas Road-110 001 New Delhi	11.03.2005
18.	National University of Educational Planning & Administration 17-B, Sri Aurbindo Marg-110 016. New Delhi	11.08.2006
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Keywords: Kapil Sibal | Demmed University | UGC | 

Deemed universities: diagnose the malaise

Vivek Shukla, 

Deemed universities: diagnose the malaise

New Delhi: The mood among students of deemed universities studying across the length and breadth of country is gloomy and uncertain. It goes without saying that they are affected by the recent decision taken by the HRD Ministry. It has derecognise 44 deemed universities.

Reason: Damaging Tandon Committee report.The Supreme Court stayed the cancellation of licenses for  these deemed universities.Giving relief to them, the apex court issued the stay on January 25, granting time for hearing the views of students and managements of the concerned universities.The apex court assured that the future of two lakh students in 44 deemed universities will be safeguarded.

The question is that why is our HRD Minister, Kapil Sibal is in tearing hurry? His statements on this matter show some other story. Is it pre cursor to open the doors for foreign institutes in India?

All deemed universities will 'finally go': Sibal

The concept of deemed universities will be abolished in India, Mr. Sibal said on 19 Feb 2010 , a day after the government moved an affidavit in the Supreme Court seeking derecognition of 44 such institutions. He told reporters at the 10th Editor's Conference on social sector issues that it is a policy decision that all the deemed universities will finally go.

On 4 March 2010 at the Emerging Directions in Global Education (EDGE) summit 2010 in New Delhi,  HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said a bill to facilitate foreign educational institutions to operate in India is ready and would be placed before the Cabinet any time. All the discussions over the Foreign Education Providers Bill are over. The bill is ready to go to the Cabinet any day.

These are some of his recent statements. But read between the lines of Sibal’s statements. He is not consistent.  On the one hand, he wants to abolish the concept of deemed universities. And in a same breath, he wants to open the door for Foreign educational institutions in India. What does it mean? If according to Tandon committee some deemed universities are not giving quality education, then what is the guarantee that the proposed entry of Foreign educational institutions would give quality education.

It is no secret that there are umpteen number of universities in Britain, Australia and America making fool of thousand of Indian students. In the back drop of this fact, what is the guarantee that the foreign universities would provide very good education to our youngsters?

Centre had constituted the UGC committee and the Tandon committee to look into the functioning of the deemed universities. Mr Sibal ordered the UGC to take up a review of the functioning of all the ‘deemed-to-be’ universities and give a report in the next three months. He also formed Tandon committee on whose report  current situation arises.

It is alleged by representatives of various deemed universities that members of the Tandon Committee were making contradictory statements.They said the Tandon Committee has four members.

They pointed out that Goverdhan Mehta, the chairman of the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), had earlier granted A and B grades to these deemed universities, regarding their quality.

Prakash Tandon, who had earlier headed many committees, approved these universities. But after being a part of the Tandon Committee, they (Mehta and Tandon) have derecognised the same universities they had approved earlier. They also said that after the universities were blacklisted, the HRD Ministry has not communicated with any of these derecognised Universities.

It is also said while the UGC committee had teams of specialists visiting the institutions, the Tandon panel relied only on short presentations made by the universities. The UGC committee, after assessing the institutes, had sent detailed recommendations to them pointing out their strengths and weaknesses. The Tandon committee did not communicate its assessment to the universities.

In the first 10 years after the enactment of the UGC Act, eight institutions were notified as deemed universities. In the Seventies, the UGC decided that notification under Section 3 should be made only rarely in special cases and three institutions were conferred the deemed university status.

There was a slight shift in the policy in the Eighties and 18 more institutions were added under Section 3.Between 1956 and 1990, in 35 years, only 29 institutions were granted the deemed university status. In the last 15 years, 63 institutions were declared deemed universities and particularly in the last 5 years, 36 institutions excluding RECs have been notified as deemed universities. Over 200 applications are pending with the UGC.

No doubt Deemed universities are formed under the provisions of UGC, HRD Ministry, Govt. of India. Above figures shows that deemed universities are not found in a day or in hurry.They fulfilled the norms and got notified. There are provisions to check and watch.

There are norms to disqualify or to give alert notice or to give chance for improvement. Were these norms followed? If any irregularity against any deemed university was ignored then who is responsible?

Only deemed universities or our system, too? Then what steps have been taken to rectify the system or do the responsible persons or authorities on such cases get any punishment? If answer is NO, then why? Who is responsible for this? UGC, authorities of HRD Ministry or anyone else?

Then why should affected deemed universities and more than two lacks students suffer? Recent step of HRD Minister is ignoring such facts on deemed universities, why? It can not be ruled out that there are some deficiencies in some institutions. But, the universities had discussions among themselves and agreed to share their resources. Time has been given to take necessary measures for their improvement. It is better to improve the system and diagnose the reason for its sickness.

DMK sons present united face: against the weak

After months of intense rivalry over succession, Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi’s sons, Union Minister MK Alagiri and Deputy Chief Minister MK Stalin, presented a rare picture of unity on Thursday. The duo went calling on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, to invite him for the November 18

wedding of Alagiri’s film producer son, Dayanidhi, in Madurai. Their appearance together -— a rarity even in Chennai — is being seen as an attempt to present a united face of the DMK first family before the assembly polls, which are six months away, sources said.
Karunanidhi also wishes to signal that he is keen to “cement” ties with the Congress when a section of Congressmen and the AIADMK have been trying to fuel speculation on the alliance after Karunanidhi's exit. DMK circles have not hidden their anxiety over seat-sharing issues with the Congress.
Alagiri also met President Pratibha Patil and Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar to invite them for the wedding. He called on Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, accompanied by ex-Union Minister TR Baalu.
DMK leaders are sure Telecom Minister A Raja’s future did not figure in any of these interactions as “such issues” are  dealt at Karunanidhi’s level.
By their act of appearing together before the PM, the brothers were appearing to follow the dictates of Karunanidhi, who has insisted they bury the hatchet, at least for now.
Alagiri’s son Dayanidhi (26) got engaged to Anusha (24) in March, leaving the date of wedding to be worked out later. But the Union Minister’s decision to hold the event in November led to speculation that he might quit after the wedding to plunge into campaign in Tamil Nadu’s southern districts.
As DMK’s joint secretary in-charge of six districts, Alagiri’s responsibility is to deliver at least 80 of the 112 constituencies here. If he succeeds, Alagiri hopes to try for the leadership

Alagiri ‘bombards’ Raja at Delhi airport -what for Family politics dram on dalits

CHENNAI: In a shocking incident that brings to the fore the infighting in the DMK, Union minister M K Alagiri allegedly confronted his cabinet and party colleague, A Raja, at the Delhi airport on Wednesday night and abused him in public glare - much to the embarrassment of the latter and the party men around.

According to the proAIADMK channel, Jaya TV, Alagiri even raised his fist twice sitting inside the car even as Raja was standing outside pleading with him that they discuss the matter later at Alagiri's house.
Jaya TV reported that Raja had come to the airport to rec­eive Deputy Chief Minister M K Stalin when Alagiri, who had landed by another flight from Chennai, was driving out at 8.30 pm. On spotting Raja, Alagiri stopped the car, called him and reportedly asked Raja if he, a married man, was not "ashamed" to "have an affair" with a woman. He also berated him for "bri­nging a bad name" to the party by "making money" in Delhi.
Though it is confirmed that Alagiri landed at Delhi airport on Wednesday, the news, coming close on the heels of AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalithaa attacking Alagiri in Madurai, raises a few questions. Not the least of them: Why should Alagiri choose a public place to confront Raja? After all, Alagiri could have pulled him up in Chennai itself - that too long ago when the nation was rocked by the 2G spectrum scandal

No place for sheduled caste Leaders at Centre, Raja a potical ragging, and resigns

One more Head down... How long anti dalit politics..


BOFOR/UREA/BHOPAL/CWG/ADARSH SCAM, ...no progress, why not kalmadi, lalit modi,

INDIAN POLITY AND STRONG HOLD media........wants Dalit leaders to get out from the main stream politics.. started with Ambedkar, kanshi ram, mayavathi, banagaru laksham,Madhukoda, shibo soren, Now Raja....


Cynical media, and the politicains.. should focus.. on PV narisingarao Urea scam, oil scam, bofors sacandal, karigal coffin scam,,.. no numbers to count.. so unfortunate.. High media.. polity making mockery.. of the weakest...... unnecessary aggression... over dalits..
Wake up MPs .... 210 from all parties .. realise and form your own GOVT.. ...rememebr you are elected on SC /St card not on the party lines....

one day.. dalit media may emerge and pose big threat.. media sholud .....stop this witchhunt......Where is Mr Rajas Scam fund ?

strong sense........ shared among all the big wigs centre n state  ... and Raja the scape goat.......NO WORRIES

"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the grey twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat". ... Hope for better tomarrow.