New Delhi: A memorandum of understanding signed between OP Jindal Global University and the Ministry of Education has officially recognised the varsity as an ‘Institution of Eminence’ on Thursday.
The university was selected by Union Grants Commission (UGC) along with 13 other higher education institutions for the IoE status last year. However, official confirmation was pending as certain legislative and procedural requirements had to be fulfilled by the institution.
“With the conferment of the status of an ‘Institution of Eminence’ to JGU, we have entered into India’s own ‘Ivy League’ equivalent of top 10 public and top 10 private institutions,” Vice-Chancellor C Raj Kumar said, reported Indian Express.
The university will now receive full autonomy and untangle from regulatory control.
Launched in February 2016 by the then Union Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley, the Institution of Eminence policy empowers universities and higher educational institutions to become world-class teaching and research institution.
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