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New Delhi : Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhariyal ‘Nishank’ chaired a review meeting on the progress of works sanctioned under the Institute of Eminence (IoE) Scheme on June 5, 2020, in New Delhi.
MoS for HRD Sanjay Dhotre co-chaired the meeting. Amit Khare, Secretary, Higher Education, and Chandra Sekhar, JS (IOE), were also present at the meeting. Bureau Heads of MHRD, Directors of different institutions, and Vice Chancellors of various IoEs were also present through Video Conferencing.
During the meeting, Pokhariyal congratulated IISC Bangalore and other IIT’s which figured in the top 100 in the recently released Times Higher Education (THE) Asia rankings. He urged other institutes to emulate and compete with others to improve their rankings. He urged the institutions to work hard to make the dream of the Prime Minister true to build a New India.
Pokhariyal said that a team of Directors of IITs may be constituted which may suggest ways to improve the perception of the institutions and how they can improve their international rankings. He said that we should make action plan for Brand Building of the Study in India scheme.
The HRD Minister said that a Project Management Unit should be established in MHRD for monitoring the works of the IoEs and HEFA in 15 days. Pokhariyal assured that a commitment letter from MHRD will be issued to various public institutions of IoEs that funds will be released for expenditure done as per the MoU of IoE. He also said that construction activities had been opened now and work may be expedited in IoEs, according to a PIB release.
Pokhariyal said that a vision document of three years may be prepared by each institute and sent to MHRD for compilation. He added that the work-related to research and innovations being done in various institutions can be obtained from various institutes and should be uploaded on YUKTI portal for wider publicity and dissemination. The issues related to draft MoU and the inspection of private institutions were also discussed at the meeting.