123 Indian institutes to lose 'university' from their names
Tuesday, November 14, 2017 IST
A whopping 123 higher education institutes in India have been asked by the UGC to drop the word 'university' from their names.
They can only use the phrase 'deemed to be university' (within parenthesis) under UGC rules.
The list of the 123 institutes includes some reputed ones including BITS Pilani, Christ University (Bengaluru), Symbiosis International University (Pune) and the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (Delhi).
Order
UGC notification came after SC prodded it to take action
The notification came after the SC observed that use of 'university' in their names by deemed-to-be-varsities violates Section 23 of the UGC Act.
The UGC has now given these institutes a month to change their names.
Those institutes which had their 'deemed' status notified by the government with 'university' in their name can "also apply for an alternative name with the HRD Ministry".
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