Under the scheme, 20 institutes were to receive the tag, but only 12 have between 2018 and 2021, with Reliance’s Jio Institute in Mumbai yet to be granted the status formally.
JNU applied for IoE tag in 2022. Parliamentary standing committee's report also highlights that nearly 8 yrs after IoE scheme's launch, only 12 of 20 institutes have been notified.
Education ministry informed parliamentary panel that UGC has recommended against West Bengal’s JU, while Tamil Nadu government has withdrawn proposal for AU.
Institutes had complained that flow of funds under Institutions of Eminence (IoE) scheme was patchy from 2019 to 2021. Pending portion of aid is for infrastructural development.
Oberoi, who belonged to the Assam-Meghalaya cadre, retired in 2017. After his retirement, he kept his passion for the northeast alive through his camera.
IIT-Madras, IIT-Kharagpur, Delhi University, Banaras Hindu University and University of Hyderabad were recommended for the 'eminence' status by the UGC.
UGC said private institutes on the list have been denied Institute of Eminence status because they did not figure in national or international rankings.
Mihir Shah taught a popular course on Political Economy of India’s Development. Ashoka University students & alumni have started a reinstatement petition.
Ventures by Japan, South Korea and Taiwan illustrate how the race for REE security is accelerating, powered by both geopolitical tension and industrial strategy.
ThePrint had previously reported that India & Russia are talking about 5 more regiments of the S-400, but no contracts are to be signed during the Russian president's visit.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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