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F. No. AICTE/ PQ. Dy. No.384/July/2014/05 Date: 04.07.2014 To, The Under Secretary Department of Higher Education Ministry of Human Resource Development 521,C-Wing,Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi-110001 Subject: Lok Sabha Starred Question Dy. No. 384 for 9.07.2014 regarding “Mushrooming of Private Universities” raised by Sh. Kirti Azad Sir, The reply for the above mentioned Lok Sabha Question approved by Competent Authority is as follows:- S.No. Question Answer a) Whether the Government is aware of a)to d) the proliferation of sub-standard private universities in the country; Private Universities come under the purview b) If so, whether there is poor of UGC. UGC may reply. infrastructure and lack of qualified teachers in such universities and if so the details there of along with the reasons therefor; c) The efforts made by the Government to check mushrooming of such universities and the role of regulatory authorities in oversee universities adhere to certain set standard of education; d) The manner in which the audit is conducted in respect of such universities and the details of penal provisions made for not adhering to prescribed norms; and e) The details of institutes closed down Institutes closed during the last three years are during the last three years along with given in Annexure-I. the reasons therefore the control exercised by AICTE over fees to be Regarding the control exercised by AICTE charged by the private institutes/colleges? over fees to be charged by the private institutes/colleges. It is informed that : As per the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India directions in the case of T.M.A. Pai Vs State of Karnataka judgment dated October 31, 2002, Islamic Academic of Education Vs State of Karnataka dated 14.08.2003 and Inamdar Vs State of Maharashtra judgment dated August 12, 2005, a National Level Fee Committee needs to be appointed which will provide guidelines for fees in various disciplines in technical institutions. However, until such time the National Fee Committee gives its recommendations, a State Fee Level Regulatory Committee be appointed to provide the guidelines for fees to be charged in technical institutions. Most of the States have established Fee Regulatory Committee to regulate the fees that is to be charged in the technical institutions. These Committees are generally headed by retired High Court Judge; Director, Technical Education; Principal Secretary, Technical Education of the State and Chartered Accountant. However, the Union Territories are not having the Fee Regulatory Committee. AICTE had constituted a Committee under the Chairmanship of Justice Ranganathan Mishra, Former Chief Justice of India for prescribing guidelines for charging of tuition and other fees and admission of students in technical institutions. Four meetings were conducted on 12.08.2008, 14.08.2008, 08.09.2008 and 06.11.2008 respectively. However, the final report was not submitted because of illness of Chairman of the Committee. Justice Ranganathan Mishra is now no more. Hence, it was necessary that the Committee be reconstituted. Based on the Ministry of HRD letter Reference No.F.7-15/2010-TS.II dated 03.01.2014, AICTE has re-constituted the following Committee under the Chairmanship of former Supreme Court Justice Shri B.N. Srikrishna: i. Shri Kumar Jayant, IAS, Commissioner of Technical Education, Govt. of Tamil Nadu; ii. Dr. (Smt.) Jayanti Ravi, Commissioner, Education, Govt. of Gujarat; and iii. Shri Ajay Jain, Secretary, Deptt. of Education, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh; iv. Dr. M. Abdul Salam, Vice Chancellor, v. University of Calicut, Kerala; vi. Prof. S.K. Kak, Vice Chancellor,Jaypee University of I.T., Wakhnagar, Solan, H.P; vii. Shri Anilbhai T. Patel, Ganpat University, Mehsana, Gujarat; viii. Shri Yogendra Tripathi, Financial Adviser (HRD), Ministry of HRD, New Delhi; ix. Prof. V.M. Topkar, Deptt. of Civil & Environmental Engg., Mumbai. x. Dr. R. Sheoganokar, Director, IIT, Delhi The above Committee held its first meeting on 30.06.2014 and is expected to complete their report in a period of six months. AICTE have notified the regulations for the creation of Ombudsman within the Universities and Complaint Redressal Committee within the Institutions respectively. A copy of AICTE Regulations is attached herewith. (Annexure-II) The Ombudsman shall exercise powers as given in Section-IV page no.11. If grievances are received from students in the AICTE Office, the same is attended to by seeking explanation from the Institute and addressing the complaint based on the provisions of the Approval Process Handbook Chapter-IV. A copy of the provision is attached herewith (Annexure-III). Further, if no relief is provided, an action can also be initiated against the Institute. (Rajinder Kumar) Director (Admn.) Copy to: 1. PS to CM/VCM /MS F. No. AICTE/ PQ. Dy.No. 384 / July /2014/05 (2) Date: 04.07.2014 To, The Director (ICR), Ministry of Human Resource Development Department of Higher Education Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi Subject: Lok Sabha Starred Question Dy. No. 384 for 09.07.2014 regarding “Mushrooming of Private Universities” raised by Sh. Kirti Azad Madam, In continuation to the reply for the above mentioned Lok Sabha Question, please find the additional information as desired by you: Reasons for The specific reasons for closure of the institutions are as follows: closure of the institutions 1. There is less demand for institutes located in rural areas for admission, as the institutes are not able to provide an industry-institute-interface and campus placements. It may be noted that generally the students are interested in migrating to cities for education. 2. The demand for certain branches of engineering is less and institutes offering only such branches face the problem of not getting the seats filled up. 3. Attracting good faculty in educational institutions situated in rural areas is also difficult as there are no other openings for their spouses and children for employment and studies which in turn affect the quality of education and thereby the demand for such colleges is less. In general, as the demand decreases in such institutions, the viability of running the institution is difficult and hence closures. However, generally it is seen that 92% of the Institutes are in the private sector and technically anyone can apply for closure. AICTE procedure for closure requires that NOC from the State Government and the Affiliating University is required for closure. An Expert Visiting Committee is then sent to inspect the college for liabilities. Report of the Expert Visiting Committee is placed before the Regional committee for discussion Approval of the Regional Committee is placed before the Executive Committee (EC) for approval. When the EC approves the Institute is closed. (KP Isaac) Member Secretary Annexure-I Institutes Closed - Region Wise - State Wise for 2012-13 Region Permanent Institute Application Number Institute Name State Id Eastern Jharkhand 1-31784264 1-743454496 ALICE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY West Bengal 1-10164011 1-690771471 KINGSTON ENGINEERING COLLEGE 1-467357391 1-728911392 NSHM SCHOOL OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT 1-483749621 1-693703461 NIBEDITA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY North-West Haryana 1-413158532 1-716406774 JIND INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY 1-5817761 1-774100252 ANUPAMA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING 1-6704191 1-774162650 ANUPAMA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT 1-785743281 FARIDABAD INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Punjab 1-2019451 1-686340241 IITT COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING POJEWAL PB 1-481038521 1-721553472 SHRI GANAPATI POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE 1-7276421 1-738594813 CORDIA INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT Rajasthan 1-10720681 1-730519353 CEREBRAL INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & TECHNOLOGY 1-11084234 1-698972101 DEEPSHIKHA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES 1-11087153 1-754560021 JVP INSTITUTE OF MULTIMEDIA & MANAGEMENT 1-13111241 1-756280214 SWARUP COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY (SCMT) 1-15960791 1-749270622 EMINENT INSTITUTE OF MGT.& TECH. FOR WOMEN 1-19411391 1-784764724 ARAVALI INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, UDAIPUR 1-22421071 1-735740323 SHASTRI INSTITUTE OF LEARNING 1-2608031 1-693686321 LAXMI DEVI INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY 1-3456164 1-714455452 PEARL ACADEMY OF FASHION MANAGEMENT 1-4473821 1-721428772 POORNIMA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT 1-448104181 1-762901763 REGIONAL COLLEGE OF POLYTECHNIC, SARDARSHAR 1-6029481 1-729049092 SHEKHAWATI GIRLS ENGINEERING COLLEGE, DUNDLOD 1-8143246 1-736941512 SIDDHARTH COLLEGE OF PHARMACY 1-9102543 1-735637354 DEEPSHIKHA COLLEGE OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION 1-9594773 1-780961442 SOBHASARIA TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION & RESEARCH Northern Bihar 1-625637921 1-773516042 AMRAPALI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Uttar Pradesh 1-466404032 1-787535263 LUCKNOW COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT ( PHARMACY WING ) 1-466409642 1-793012302 LUCKNOW COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT ( HOTEL MANAHEMENT WING ) South-Central Andhra Pradesh 1-10006674 1-724642792 C M SCHOOL OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT 1-10037375 1-755530062 ST. FRANCIS PG (MCA) COLLEGE 1-10054017 1-714116106 ANANTAPUR INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND SCIENCES (AIMS), MBA COURSE 1-10205141 1-695377621 AL-AMEER COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND IT PG COURSES 1-10259061 1-801381339 BEST GROUP OF INSTITUTIONS 1-10364955 1-804786312 ST. MARY'S COLLEGE FOR PG COURSES (MCA) 1-10398811 1-795947452 SANA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT 1-11084181 1-753458643 HARSHAVARDHANA P.G. COLLEGE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE 1-11318961 1-691785101 AL-AMAN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING 1-11554238 1-697972571 SRI RAGHAVENDRA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES ( MCA COURSES ) 1-11642174 1-731205992 JAYAMUKHI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGICAL SCIENCES(MCA) 1-14859387 1-714115962 ANANTAPUR INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND SCIENCES (AIMS), MCA COURSE 1-17680423 1-697145514 TRINITY P.G COLLEGE 1-19503231 1-769290852 ROSORY COLLEGE OF PHARMACY 1-20083101 1-697032531 AQJ COLLEGE OF PHARMACY 1-20085234 1-697031921 AL-AMEER COLLEGE OF PHARMACY 1-21044891 1-796852227 MITHRA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT 1-21915011 1-799103032 DVR PG INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS 1-22001591 1-798961932 DVR PG INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES 1-3213861 1-742654933 C.V.L.N.R.