The government has named three private and three public universities as "Institutions of Eminence" which will receive special funding and complete autonomy in an attempt to raise their standards as world-class institutions in the coming years. The list - which includes two IITs - features the Jio Institute of the Reliance Foundation, which is yet to be launched. As the government faced questions and was attacked by the Congress, the University Grants Commission - a panel of which carried out the selections - said the institution made the cut under the greenfield category for new or proposed institutions.
The Congress tweeted, "The BJP Govt favours Mukesh & Nita Ambani yet again. The illusionary JIO Institute which is yet to see the light of day has been declared as an 'eminent' institute. The Govt needs to clarify the basis of classification for granting such a status. #SuitBo..."
The UGC said the Jio Institute was selected under rules for greenfield institutions. According to officials, 11 such institutions had applied for the Institute of Eminence and Jio was selected from among them.
The institutes, he said, have been selected by an experts' panel. IIT Bombay and Delhi, he said, will receive government funding, "because public sector institutes which are granted status of Institutes of Eminence will get govt grant of Rs 1000 crore in next five years".
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