West Bengal government urges UGC on Jadavpur University eminence tag

As per the reports, the recommendations of the EEC have now been forwarded to the Ministry of Education for further necessary action/direction.

The West Bengal Government has reached out to University Grants Commission (UGC) to reconsider its decision to remove Jadavpur University from the list of institutions of eminence. In 2018, UGC had considered Jadavpur University for the status. UGC in July had decided to consider the recommendations of the empowered expert committee (EEC) to release Jadavpur University from the list of institutions recommended for the Institution of Eminence (IoE).  

As per the reports, the recommendations of the EEC have now been forwarded to the Ministry of Education for further necessary action/direction. The State Education Department sources told TelegraphIndia that HIgher Education Regulator has denied Jadavpur University the status because the state government declined to share the burden of funding JU’s IoE status.

West Bengal Higher Education Department Secretary Manish Jain has now urged UGC to keep Jadavpur University in the eminent institutions, as per the revised scheme submitted by JU. The JU had sent a revised scheme of Rs 606 crore to UGC last year, of which it sought only Rs 454 crore from the Centre and proposed to raise the remaining Rs 152 crore. Originally, the tag of IoE made an institution eligible for a grant of Rs 1,000 crore from the Centre over five years, said a JU official.

JU vice-chancellor Suranjan Das said: “ It will be an injustice and unfair to deny that status to the university.” An official of the state education department said it was unfortunate that JU was not considered for the status despite the university trimming the budget.

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