DEEMED UNIVERSITIES TO FOCUS ON RATINGS AND FINANCES
Private universities aspiring to get deemed to be status and retain it for consecutive years will have to follow regulations by the UGC. As per the new regulations, instructions with as many as five departments that have NAAC accreditation of 3.1 consecutively for three years for two thirds of their eligible programs will get the deemed to be university status. Now, the HEIs would not have to wait for 20years to get the status. In addition to this, the account books will have to be maintained and operated in the name of deemed universitiy, to avoid financial irregularities. This decision by the UGC is progressive and will enable more universities to get deemed to be University status. In the the past many private universities failed to get the status and the status and had to suffer long waiting periods. The universities will have to focus on retaining the NAAC grade of 3.1 in three consecutive accreditation cycle and to fulfill these criteria, the universities would nee