Introduction
Institutions of Eminence scheme was launched primarily to provide world class facilities for higher education leading to excellence and innovations, to provide for high quality teaching and research. The Institutions of Eminence scheme primarily aims to implement the commitment of the Government to empower the Higher Educational Institutions and to help them become world class teaching and research institutions, as announced by the Hon’ble Finance Minister in his budget speech of 2016. As per the scheme, Ten public and ten private institutions are to be identified to emerge as world-class Teaching and Research Institutions. This will enhance affordable access to high quality education for ordinary Indians.
IoE
The objectives of the Institutions of Eminence scheme are as follows:
- To provide for higher education leading to excellence and innovations in such branches of knowledge as may be deemed fit at post-graduate, graduate and research degree levels and award degrees, diplomas and other academic distinctions.
- To engage in areas of specialization to make distinctive contributions to the objectives of the university education system wherein the academic engagement is clearly distinguishable from programs of an ordinary nature and is tuned to developing the capacity of the students and the researchers to compete in the global tertiary education marketplace through the acquisition and creation of advanced knowledge in those areas.
- To provide for high-quality teaching and research and for the advancement of knowledge and its dissemination through various research programs undertaken in-house by a substantial number of full-time faculty and research scholars in diverse disciplines.
- To pay special attention to teaching and research in unique and emerging areas of knowledge, including interdisciplinary areas, which are regarded as important for strategic needs of the country but are not being pursued by conventional or existing institutions so far, and award degrees, diplomas and other academic distinctions.
- To aim to be rated internationally for its teaching and research as a top hundred Institution in the world over time
Notable features present in existing international institutions of global repute, which figure at the top in all reputed ranking frameworks, include the following:
- Existence of academic, administrative and financial autonomy;
- Excellence in research;
- High Quality of teaching;
- High levels of funding;
- Adequate financial assistance to meritorious students to support a need-blind admissions process;
- Selection of students through a transparent system so as to ensure intake of meritorious students;
- A significant proportion of international students;
- Autonomous governance structures;
- Well-equipped facilities for teaching, research, administration, and student life;
- Tangible and intangible contribution to the society; and
- Ability to leverage alumni and alternative funding sources, and the autonomy to utilize these resources
- It should preferably be multi-disciplinary or inter-disciplinary and have both teaching and research focus of exceptionally high quality.
- It should offer interdisciplinary courses, including in areas of emerging technology and interest as well as those of relevance to the development concerns of countries like India and also award degrees, diplomas and other academic distinctions in such interdisciplinary areas.
- It should have a good proportion of foreign or foreign qualified faculty.
- There should be a reasonably good mix of Indian and foreign students.
- There should be a transparent merit-based selection in admissions so that the focus remains on getting meritorious students.
- The admission process should be need-blind – so that once a student gets admission purely on merit, such a meritorious student should not be turned away for lack of financial ability.
- The faculty-student ratio should not be less than 1:20 at the time of notification issued declaring an Institution as an Institution of Eminence and should increase over time so as not to be less than 1:10 after five years of this date. The faculty for this purpose includes the regular faculty, adjunct faculty, and long term faculty (for at least three years). Part-time faculty shall not be counted for the purpose.
- There should be laboratory facilities to undertake cutting-edge scientific research for those Institutions of Eminence Deemed to be Universities doing scientific research. In the case of humanities, social science and other interdisciplinary areas, the faculty should be engaged in research and fieldwork in frontier areas using the latest methodologies.
- The Institution of Eminence should strive to achieve social impact by engaging in applied research and innovation in issues of concern to developing societies.
- The Institution of Eminence should develop teaching and research collaborations with a reasonable number of global universities figuring in the most reputed global rankings.
- The Institution of Eminence should be known for promoting a culture where faculty are encouraged to publish regularly in peer-reviewed journals and engage academically with the issues of concern to the society. It should have a record of research publications at the mean rate of at least one per faculty member each year in reputed peer-reviewed international journals based on publication made by top 100 global Universities in these journals. For this purpose:
- The Institution of Eminence should have a world-class library with subscriptions to reputed journals in the areas of courses it is offering.
- The Institution of Eminence should have student amenities comparable with that of globally reputed institutions.
Applications are invited from the eligible and interested applicants to become Institutions of Eminence (IOEs) under the following categories:-
- Existing Government educational institutions.
- Existing private higher educational institutions to upgrade themselves to Institutions of Eminence.
- Sponsoring organizations for setting up of new Institutions of Eminence
2019
| S.No | Institution | World Rankings (QS 2020) | India Rankings (QS 2019) | Recommendation of UGC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | IIT Bombay (INI) | 152 | 1 | Already declared IoE |
| 2. | IIT Delhi (INI) | 182 | 4 | Already declared IoE |
| 3. | IISC Bangalore (Deemed Univ) | 184 | 2 | Already declared IoE |
| 4. | IIT Madras (INI) | 271 | 3 | Recommended for declaring as IoE |
| 5. | IIT Kharagpur (INI) | 281 | 5 | Recommended for declaring as IoE |
| 6. | Delhi University (Central Univ) | 474 | 8 | Recommended for declaring as IoE |
| 7. | University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad (Central Univ) | 601-650 | 7 | Recommended for declaring as IoE |
| 8. | Jadavpur University, Kolkata (State Univ) | 651-700 | 12 | Needs consultation with State Govt. prior to consideration |
| 9. | Anna University, Chennai (State Univ) | 751-800 | 13 | Needs consultation with State Govt. prior to consideration |
| 10. | BHU, Varanasi (Central Univ) | 801-1000 | 15 | Recommended for declaring as IoE |
| 11. | Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune (State Univ) | 801-1000 | 19 | |
| 12. | AMU, Aligarh (Central Univ) | 801-1000 | 33 | |
| 13. | Tezpur University (Central Univ) | Not ranked | 36 | |
| 14. | Panjab University, Chandigarh (State/Central Univ) | Not ranked | 49 | |
| 15. | Andhra University, Visakhapatnam (State Univ) | Not ranked | 46 |
| S.No | Institute | India Rankings (QS 2019) | India Ranking NIRF(2019) | India Ranking NIRF(2018) | UGC recommendation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | BITS Pilani, Rajasthan | 17 | 23 | 17 | Already selected and given Letter of Intent |
| 2. | Manipal Academy of Higher Education | 26 | 9 | 11 | Already selected and given Letter of Intent |
| 3. | Jio Institute (Reliance Foundation, Maharashtra) | Green Field (yet to be established) | Already selected and given Letter of Intent | ||
| 4. | Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Bangalore | 40 | 8 | 8 | Recommended for issue of LoI |
| 5. | VIT Vellore,Tami Nadu | 44 | 19 | 16 | Recommended for issue of LoI |
| 6. | Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi | 51-55 | 18 | 23 | Recommended for issue of LoI |
| 7. | Kalinga Instt. of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar | 61-65 | 31 | 42 | Recommended for issue of LoI |
| 8 | O.P JINDAL University, Haryana | 52 | 48 | Recommended for issue of LoI | |
| 9. | Shiv Nadar University, Uttar Pradesh | - | 52 | 48 | Recommended for issue of LoI in the vacant slot |
| 10. | Bharti (Satya Bharti Foundation), Delhi | Green Field (yet to be established) | Recommended for issue of LoI in the vacant slot | ||
| 11. | Azim Premji University, Bangalore | Not ranked, not considered | |||
| 12. | Ashoka University, Sonepat, Haryana | Not ranked, not considered | |||
| 13. | KREA University (IFMR), Chennai, Tamil Nadu | Not ranked, not considered | |||
| 14. | IIHS (Indian Institute for Human Settlements), Bangalore | Not ranked, not considered | |||
| 15. | Indian Institute of Public Health, Gandhinagar | Not ranked, not considered | |||
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