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OU eyes Institution of Eminence status
Osmania University is now eyeing on “Institution of Eminence” status and to join the league of top educational institutions in the country after achieving A+ grade by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC).
Hyderabad: Osmania University is now eyeing on “Institution of Eminence” status and to join the league of top educational institutions in the country after achieving A+ grade by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC).
The “Eminence” status is part of a new government scheme to push the relatively better educational institutions to break into top-500 and top-100 world rankings by providing more funds and autonomy.
Being graded A+ for seven years by the NAAC recently, Osmania University qualifies to apply for the above status. The University meets the other criteria as it is placed at 23rd position in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) among universities. Institutions in the top 50 of the NIRF rankings are eligible to apply. OU Vice-Chancellor Prof S Ramachandram disclosed that the UGC had given a 90-day deadline for Universities to submit their proposals.
“The A+ grading has given a fillip to our efforts. We would like to sustain the same momentum and scale-up our academic and research activities to meet the stipulated conditions of the UGC,” he said.
The “Eminence” status is open to both public and private institutions. Twenty institutions — 10 public and 10 private — will be selected, and these “Institutions of Eminence” will be free from the regular regulatory mechanisms.
The institutions which can apply are divided into three categories — existing government educational institutions , existing private higher educational institutions and sponsoring organisation for setting up of private institutions.
The status will be accorded after HRD Ministry-constituted Empowered Expert Committee processes the applications. Once selected, the 10 state-run institutions will have an additional benefit — provision of Rs 10,000 crore over a period of 10 years, over and above the regular grants. By March-April 2018, the chosen institutions will be accorded the status of “Institutions of Eminence” with a mandate to achieve world-class status over 10 years.
The mission is to set up universities with all-India character and with international standards. Also, for a large country like India, this opens up the possibility of providing globally recognised best education.
