Abbreviations:
IoE - Institute of Eminence
CEC - Chief Election Commissioner
HRD - Human Resource Development
IISc - Indian Institute of Science
IIT - Indian Institute of Technology
UGC - University Grants Commission
MEA - Ministry of External Affairs
MHA - Ministry of Home Affairs
NIRF - National Institutional Ranking Framework
BITS - Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences
Union HRD Ministry granted IoE to 6 educational institutions
- 3 are private and 3 are public
- Selected by Empowered Expert committee headed by Former CEC N. Gopalaswami.
Selected Institutions:
Public Sector:
- IISC, Bangaluru
- IIT Bombay
- IIT Delhi
Private Sector:
- BITS, Pilani, Rajasthan
- Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipa, Karnataka
- Proposed Jio Institute of Reliance Foundation in Pune (Maharashtra) under green field Project
IoE:
- The scheme of IoE was rolled out by UGC
- Aims to help 20 higher education (10 Public and 10 Private) Institutions from Country break into top 500 global rankings in 10 years and then eventually break into top 100 over time.
Benefits:
- These selected institutions have greater autonomy compared to other higher educational institutions.
- They will be free to decide their fee for domestic and foreign students and have flexible course duration and structure.
- They will be exempted from approvals of Government or UGC for academic collaborations with foreign institutions , except institutions in MEA and MHA's list of negative countries.
- 10 Government institutions selected will also get Rs. 1000 crore each from HRD Ministry to achieve world class status.
- There will be no financial assistance to the private institutions.
Performance:
- Once identified, IoE are targeted must target break into top 100 bracket in one internationally reputed ranking framework in 10 years.
Eligibility:
- Only Higher education institutions, currently placed in the top 500 of global rankings or top 50 of NIRF, are eligible to apply for eminence tag.
- The private IoE can also come up as green field ventures provided sponsoring organization submits convincing perspective plan for 15 years.
