UGC allowed the Symbiosis Institute to open an off site campus in Noida
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has allowed the Symbiosis Institute to open an off-site campus in Noida for teaching law.
A review committee of the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry had earlier listed Symbiosis among the 44 deemed universities which had been given a three year deadline by the ministry to fulfill the criteria to be tagged a deemed university.
Another list of 44 varsities consisted of deemed universities that did not qualify the criteria. Symbiosis had earlier been allowed to carry out its current activities without being deemed a university. The committee had given Symbiosis a zero while judging whether it qualified the criterion for being called a university.
It is being speculated that UGC’s vice-chairperson Ved Prakash had opposed the move by UGC to grant Symbiosis permission to set up the off-site campus in Noida. However, the decision had been backed by UGC Chairperson Sukhdeo Thorat.
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