Hindustan
Times: New Delhi: Thursday, 02 July 2015.
In its
response to an RTI application filed by HT’s Jeevan Prakash Sharma, the
University Grants Commission had no information to share on approvals for
collaborations between Indian and international institutes. Here is the full
text of the RTI application and UGC’s response,
signed by Mriganka Sekhar Sarma, education officer, and Dharam Vir Yadav,
section officer.
According to
section 4 of University Grants Commission (Promotion and Maintenance of
Standards of Academic Collaboration between India and Foreign Educational
Institution Regulations 2012), Which was notified in the Gazette on September
21, 2013, any Indian educational institution collaborating with foreign
educational institutions should have prior approval of the draft MoU or
agreement from the UGC. How many Indian educational institutions have obtained
UGC’s approval of the draft MoU or agreement till date?
UGC’s
reply: No information is available
How many
foreign educational institutions have followed the procedure of taking UGC’s
approval, ie under section 5 of University Grants Commission (Promotion and
Maintenance of standards of Academic Collaboration between India and Foreign
Educational Institution Regulations 2012)? In how many cases has the UGC issued
letters of approval to MoUs signed between foreign educational institutions and
Indian educational institutions? Kindly name all such Indian educational
institutions and name of the respective foreign educational institutions with
whom they have collaborated.
UGC’s
reply: No information is available
Has UGC
approved collaborations between (a) Pearl Academy with Nottingham Trent
University, UK (b) Modart Academy/Vogue Academy with Istituto Modartech, Italy
(c) International Institute of Hotel Management, Badarpur, with Edinburgh
Napier University or University of West London,
(d) Indian Institute of Art & Design from Kingston University,
London, (e) Lisaa Institute with Lisaa (France), (f) GD Goenka Fashion School
with Politecnico di Milano (g) JD Institute of Fashion Technology with Istituto
Marangoni (h) INIFD with Istituto di Moda, Burgo, Milan, Italy.
UGC’s
reply: No information is available
If an Indian
educational institution collaborates with a foreign institute to grant degree through an MoU
which doesn’t have UGC’s approval, what will be the status of such degrees?
UGC’s reply:
No information is available
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