New Delhi, September 18: The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has recognised the O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) as the ‘Institution of Eminence’ (IoE). “Our commitment to excellence is deeply embedded in the vision and mission of our university. The recognition of the JGU as an IoE in its first decade of existence is a tribute to the outstanding contribution of its faculty, students and staff,” the founding Chancellor and benefactor of JGU, Naveen Jindal, has been quoted as saying to a national daily.
Encouraging excellence and innovation
“This will create new opportunities for expanding the university while breaking new grounds in promoting excellence and innovation. It heralds a new era in our journey towards nation-building,” Jindal told a news daily.
20 institutions recommended
The University Grant Commission (UGC) had recommended a total of twenty institutions for the IoE status earlier this month. On August 2 in its 542nd meeting, the UGC discussed the N. Gopalaswami-headed empowered expert committee’s report recommending fifteen public institutions and fifteen private institutions for the award of the IoE status.
The JGU said that it will be freed from regulatory control and given full autonomy with its entry into a select list of top ten private institutions in India.
“This is a red-letter day for the JGU and is truly remarkable that the recognition of the JGU as an ‘Institution of Eminence’ has come during our 10th-anniversary celebrations. Our entire university community is committed to achieving the IOE mandates and targets, and to meet the overall goal of JGU being ranked a top global university,” said C. Raj Kumar, Founding Vice-Chancellor of the JGU.
Located in Sonipat, Haryana, the JGU has eight inter-disciplinary schools. The University submitted a fifteen-year vision to enter the world university rankings as a part of its application. It will be addressing academic matters, faculty recruitment, student admissions and scholarship, research, collaborations, infrastructure development and governance, and a lot more.
This year in July, the JGU was ranked by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) in the top 150 global universities that are under 50 years of age. The JGU broke into top 1,000 in the QS World University Rankings 2020 in June 2019. It was the youngest university in the list of the 50 new entrants
