Sonipat: O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) has marked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Education, Government of India and has been conferred the status of an Institution of Eminence (IoE).
This is a historic recognition for JGU as all administrative, regulatory, and procedural prerequisites under the IoE regulations have been appropriately met, empowering JGU to function as an ‘Institution of Eminence’. The IoE Policy was dispatched to implement the commitment of the Government of India to empower Universities and Higher Educational Institutions to help them become world-class instructing and research institutions. The responsibility of the selection and recommendation of ‘Institutions of Eminence’ was endowed to an Empowered Experts Committee that was appointed by the Honorable Prime Minister of India, Mr. Narendra Modi.
With the confirmed status as an ‘Institution of Eminence’, JGU has entered a coveted group of top 10 private institutions in the country to be unshackled from regulatory controls and be given full autonomy. The quest for ‘Institutions of Eminence’ began in the year 2017 with the introduction of the ‘UGC (Institutions of Eminence Deemed to be Universities) Regulations, 2017’ for private institutions and ‘UGC (Declaration of Government Educational Institutions as Institutions of Eminence) Guidelines, 2017’ for public institutions.
On this historic occasion, the Founding Chancellor and benefactor of O.P. Jindal Global University, Mr. Naveen Jindal observed, “I am tremendously charmed that JGU has been conferred with the status of an Institution of Eminence. This is an unfathomable recognition for JGU and is an incredible accolade for the extraordinary accomplishments of the university. JGU was set up in the memory of my dad, Shri O.P. Jindal who believed in education, entrepreneurship, philanthropy, and nation-building.
Our vision is to produce outstanding pioneers who will have a genuine effect on the communities wherein they live. I congratulate the Vice-Chancellor, employees, understudies, parents of our understudies, and the staff of JGU for their difficult work, commitment, and dedication, which prompted this phenomenal recognition in 10 years since its inception. In our journey towards becoming a world-class university, we will investigate every possibility and bend over backward to empower JGU with resources, scholastic freedom, and autonomy that will help JGU flourish further. I am confident that this will help us accomplish the best expectations of institutional greatness on a global platform.”
In October 2020, a Review Meeting was hung on ‘Institutions of Eminence’ under the Chairmanship of the Union Cabinet Minister for Education, Mr. Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, following which JGU got the official letter from the Ministry of Education, Government of India conferring the status of the ‘Institution of Eminence’ (IoE). The marking of the MoU with the Ministry of Education of the Government of India was held today, 29 October 2020.
Professor (Dr.) C. Raj Kumar, Founding Vice-Chancellor of O.P. Jindal Global University stated, “Today is a special occasion in the history of JGU. With the conferment of the status of an ‘Institution of Eminence’ to JGU, we have gone into India’s own ‘Elite level’ likeness top 10 public and top 10 private institutions.
Therefore, JGU is exempted from most regulatory controls and has been given full autonomy. At the point when JGU was set up in 2009, the goal was extremely simple: to construct a world-class university in India. The way that we have gotten this recognition is minimal over 10 years speaks volumes about the extraordinary contributions of the understudies, employees, and staff of JGU. It is our aspiration to accomplish greatness while benchmarking JGU with driving institutions around the world.
Our founding Chancellor, Mr. Naveen Jindal had set a global benchmark for Indian philanthropy by building up JGU and empowering it to accomplish incredible statures of greatness in a short span of time and we are thankful to him for his transformative leadership in promoting philanthropy in advanced education.”
Professor C. Raj Kumar, pondering JGU’s formidable presence in global rankings of universities observed, “JGU broke into the QS World University Rankings on every one of the three levels – Asia Rankings, BRICS Rankings, and the World Rankings, having been recognized as India’s Number 1 Ranked Private University as per the most recent QS World University Rankings and among the top 150 in the world in the most recent QS World ‘Young’ University Rankings. However, being recognized by our own country for what we remain, for what our vision is, for what we have accomplished, and for what we mean to accomplish in the years to come is profoundly encouraging for us. This recognition will fill in as an inspiration for us and JGU will continue to arrive at new pinnacles of achievement in learning and knowledge creation and will be a benchmark for greatness as India’s Global University.”
The quest for the Institutions of Eminence began in the year 2017 with the introduction of ‘UGC (Institutions of Eminence Deemed to be Universities) Regulations, 2017’ for private institutions and ‘UGC (Declaration of Government Educational Institutions as Institutions of Eminence) Guidelines, 2017’ for public institutions. University Grants Commission was entrusted with choosing 10 public universities and 10 private universities that would be leading the vision of expanding the global footprint of Indian advanced education.
A definitive objective for these Institutions of Eminence was to procure world-class status in a couple of years. The University Grants Commission (UGC) got over 100 applications from various educational institutions across the country for the Ministry of Human Resource Development’s (MHRD) ambitious 20 world-class institutions project by December 2017. The Empowered Expert Committee considered a total of 114 applications, 74 from public institutions, and 40 from private institutions, including institutions that were yet to be set up (greenfield category) and shortlisted eight public institutions and three private institutions. Further to which nineteen more institutions were proposed later.
Professor Dabiru Sridhar Patnaik, Registrar, JGU stated, “JGU has consistently aspired to make a world-class university in India and help make global pioneers. To be recognized as an ‘Institution of Eminence’ has been an important milestone to additional our vision of expanding the global footprint of Indian advanced education. This particular effort has been a three-year project, which has at last finished into the most elevated status of IoE being conferred to JGU by the Government of India. This is a recognition of our pursuit of greatness in the field of education where our long term journey has today finished into 10 between disciplinary schools, with more than 6500 understudies and over 730 full-time employees.”
Institutions that found a place among the top 50 in the National Institute Ranking Framework rankings or those figuring in the top 500 in certain reputed international evaluations were qualified to apply. In the end, only 10 public and 10 private institutions were chosen. The public universities will get money-related support from the government and on account of the private institutions proposed as Institutions of Eminence, there will be no budgetary support, however, they will be qualified for more autonomy as a special category Deemed University.
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