The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has withdrawn the deemed university tag from 44 such universities, and urged the Supreme Court of India to de-recognize them. Out of the 44 of these doomed universities, 41 of them have several institutions under them and have a combined undergraduate and postgraduate regular student enrolment of 1,19,363, over 2000 doing PhD and MPhil, plus nearly 75,000 students pursuing distant education from them. This means nearly 200,000 students will be affected following the Centres move.
The list of the universities that the Centre has withdrawn the deemed university tag from and urged the Supreme Court to de-recognize them is as follows:
1. Christ College, Bangalore
2. Jain University, Bangalore
3. Yenepoya University, Mangalore
4. Sri Devraj Urs Academy of Higher Education and Reserch, Kolar, Karnataka
5. BLDE University, Bijapur, Karnataka
6. Sri Siddhartha Academy of Higher Education, Tumkur, Karnataka
7. Meenakshi Academy of Higher Education and Research, Chennai
8. Dr MGR Educational and Research Institute, Chennai
9. Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai
10. Academy of Maritime Education and Training, Chennai
11. Vels Institute of Science, Technology and Advanced Studies, Chennai
12. Vel Tech Rangaraja Dr Sagunthal R&D; Institute of Science, Chennai
13. Bharath Institute of Higher Education And Research, Chennai
14. St Peters Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai
15. Noorul Islam Centre for Higher Education, Kanyakumari
16. Chettinad Academy of Research and Education, Kanchipuram
17. Karpagam Academy of Higher Education, Coimbatore
18. Periryar Maniammai Institute of Science and Technology, Thanjavur
19. Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu
20. Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Virdhunagar, Tamil Nadu
21. Vinayaka Missions Research Foundation, Salem, Tamil Nadu
22. Ponnaiya Ramajayam Institute of Science and Technology, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
23. Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth, Puducherry
24. Vignans Foundation for Science, Technology and Research, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh
25. National Museum, Institute of the History of Art Conservation and Musicology, Janpath, New Delhi
26. Lingayas University, Faridabad
27. Manav Rachna International University, Faridabad
28. Maharshi Markandeshwar University, Ambala, Haryana
29. Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida
30. Santosh University, Ghaziabad
31. Shobhit Institute of Engineering and Technology, Meerut
32. Nehru Gram Bharati Vishwavidyalaya, Allahabad
33. Gurukul Kangri, Haridwar
34. Grapich Era University, Dehradun
35. HIHT University, Dehradun
36. Nava Nalanda Mahavira, Nalanda, Bihar
37. Siksha O Anusandha, Bhubaneswar
38. Sumandeep Vidyapeet, Vadodara, Gujarat
39. Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Pune
40. Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Satara, Maharashtra
41. D Y Patil Medical College, Kolhapur, Maharashtra
42. Janardan Rai Nagar, Udaipur, Rajasthan
43. Institute of Advanced Studies in Education of Gandhi Vidya Mandir, Sardarshahr, Rajasthan
44. Mody Institute of Technology, Sikar, Rajasthan
The MHRD review committee found the following shortcomings in the 44 aforementioned universities:
1. Undesirable management structure where families rather than professional academics controlled the functioning
2. Several institutions had violated the principles and guidelines prescribing excellence in teaching and research and were engaged in introduction of thoughtless programmes
3. Little evidence of noticeable efforts in case of emerging areas of knowledge
4. Little evidence of commitment towards research
5. Institutions increased their intake capacity disproportionately
6. Undergraduate and post-graduate courses were fragmented with concocted nomenclatures
7. Higher fee structure than prescribed