Tuesday, December 22, 2015

After HRD Request, Sanskrit Sansthan Gets UGC Exemption

After HRD Request, Sanskrit Sansthan Gets UGC Exemption

Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, which runs 10 campuses, will be able to set up new one proposed in Agartala & go ahead with its expansion plans in other states

Even as the University Grants Commission (UGC) is locking horns with some of the country's best institutions and deemed to be universities over their off-campus centres, it has gone ahead and granted exemption to a fully government funded deemed university at the request of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD).

Following a request from the ministry, the UGC in its Commission meeting, held on December 21, agreed to exempt the fully funded Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan from regulations that say that a deemed university can set up no more than six off-campus centres. It is not yet clear if government-funded institutions other than the Sansthan will benefit from the exemption or not. With the exemption, the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, which runs 10 campuses, will be able to set up the new one proposed in Agartala and also go ahead with its expansion plans in other states.

“The UGC has agreed to the HRD ministry's request on the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan at the Commission meeting. The ex emption will apply to all those institutes that are fully government funded, government-owned as well as government-managed. It is not yet clear if institutes other than the Sansthan meet that criteria,“ highly placed sources from the UGC Commission told ET.

While queries were emailed to the HRD ministry, there were no responses to them. ARINDAM V-C of the Sanskrit Sansthan, Prof Parameshwara Narayana Shastry , said any final decision on the matter was not yet conveyed to the institute.


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