Agra: A four-member panel formed by the UGC has recommended the names of 19 more educational institutions, including Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), for the status of Institutes of Eminence (IoE). The Empowered Expert Committee (EEC) was formed early this year to find 20 institutes in the country which will be accorded the high-value statues. The IoE project was launched by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) in September 2017 for selecting and creating world-class universities in the country.So far, six institutes have been given the IoE tag. The expert panel was originally asked to select 20 institutes, 10 from the public sector and 10 private institutes. But, it had only selected six institutes. The Centre then asked the panel to suggest more names from which 14 institutes will be selected.So, in its second report to the HRD ministry, the panel has suggested 19 names for the coveted list.Apart from AMU, the committee has recommended the names of Banaras Hindu University, Assam’s Tezpur University, Savitribai Phule Pune University, University of Hyderabad, Panjab University and Andhra University, in the government sector.Aligarh Muslim University’s vice chancellor Prof Tariq Mansoor has expressed happiness over the development and said that this will widen the research arena in the varsity and provide the faculty members with better opportunities to carry out innovative researches.As many as 114 institutions had applied or the status of Institute of Eminence with applicants including the likes of IITs and NITs, IIMs, IISERs, Indian Statistical Institute, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research and Tata Institute of Social Sciences.These IoE institutes will have the freedom to enter into academic collaboration with top 500 global ranking institutions without waiting for approval from the government or UGC.The selected institutes will have the freedom to determine the fees for domestic students, on the condition that no student who clears the criteria for admission is turned away due to lack of money. These top class institutes can also fix and charge fee from foreign students without restriction.

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