The University Grants Commission (UGC) has finalised its draft regulations for granting autonomous status to colleges and has proposed to remove the eight pre-requisites that institutes have to fulfil now, such as academic reputation, adequate infrastructure, financial strength, and motivation levels of the faculty.
The draft regulations are expected to be made public this week for stakeholders’ comments. Once finalised, they will replace the University Grants Commission (Conferment of Autonomous Status Upon Colleges and Measures for Maintenance of Standards in Autonomous Colleges) Regulations, 2018.
The draft has removed all the eight criterion laid down in the existing regulations, which also include quality and merit in the selection of students and teachers, research achievements, and infrastructure facilities such as classrooms, library, e-resources, laboratories and equipment, sports facilities, and residential accommodation for faculty and students.
