All but one deemed varsities score a,

1. All But One Deemed Varsities
Score A, B
BLACKLISTED TO STAR PERFORMERS 17 of 38 deemed to be univs
found deficient earlier have now earned an `A' rating from NAAC

2. Contd…
An autonomous body set up by the country's top higher education agency has
given a near green signal to all 38 deemed universities that had been blacklisted in
2009 for failing to meet a range of quality parameters. The National Assessment &
Accreditation Council (NAAC), established by the University Grants Commission, in
a report submitted last month to the Supreme Court, placed 17 of the 38 deemed
universities in Category A and assigned one Nehru Gram Bharti University in
Allahabad to Category C. The NAAC report was reviewed by ET.
The NAAC's recommendations come almost a year after a UGC report had given a
clean chit to all except seven of the deemed universities that had been blacklisted
six years ago.
The NAAC, which assesses and accredits institutions of higher education in the
country , also placed these seven institutions in Category A or B. The panel
awarded Category A rating to Bharath University, Chennai; Maharishi
Markandeshwar University, Ambala, and Manav Rachna International University ,
Faridabad.

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Ponnaiyah Ramajayam Institute of Science and Technology (PRIST) University,
Thanjavur; Vinayaka Missions University, Salem; Academy of Maritime Education
and Training, Chennai, and Institute of Advanced Studies in Education , Sardarshahr,
Rajasthan, got a Category B rating.
Institutions graded A, B and C are considered very good, good and satisfactory ,
respectively , and are accredited, while grade D is an `unsatisfactory' rating and not
accredited, according to the NAAC website.
The latest development could mean a complete reprieve for the deemed
universities that had been declared severely quality deficient in 2009 by a
committee headed by PN Tandon.
“With the Supreme Court accepting NAAC's new gradation, the human resource
development ministry should instruct UGC to take all policy decisions based on
NAAC accreditation and not the Tandon classification,“ Dr S Vaidhyasubramaniam,
dean of SASTRA University in Thanjavur, told ET.

4. Contd..
The quality of deemed varsities has been questioned repeatedly. During the
second stint of the Congress-led UPA government, then HRD minister Kapil
Sibal ordered a review through the Tandon committee, which found 44 of
the 126 deemed universities to be seriously deficient.
These institutions challenged the Tandon committee report in court, while
some of them opted out of the deemed varsity system and applied instead
for Institute of National Importance status, after which 38 of the 44 varsities
have been under the scanner.
A UGC panel set up in 2014 to examine afresh the 44 blacklisted varsities
effected a surprising U-turn, saying that no more than seven of them were
found to be inadequate on specified standards and should face action. The
report of the committee headed by UGC vice chairman H Devaraj was
accepted by the UGC.

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