According to the chairperson, the initial approval will be valid for 10 years. It will be renewed in the ninth year if certain requirements are met.
According to a formal order, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has further extended the time for receiving comments. These comments are on the proposed rules for the establishment of foreign university campuses in India and the deadline is February 20.
UGC Secretary Rajnish Jain said that stakeholders requested an extension of the deadline.
“In response to requests from stakeholders to extend the last date for submitting feedback, comments, and suggestions on the draft regulations titled ‘Setting up and Operations of Foreign Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in India, Regulations, 2023’, we have extended the deadline to February 20,” Jain stated in an official order.
The commission had previously extended the deadline to February 3. Now, the commission has extended it a second time.
The UGC had last month announced that foreign universities will be able to set up their campuses in India for the first time. They unveiled draft norms, under which these varsities can also decide on the admission process, fee structure, and repatriate their funds back home.
Noting that foreign universities with campuses in the country can only offer full-time programmes in offline mode and not online or distance learning, UGC Chairperson M. Jagadesh Kumar said the foreign universities and HEIs will need a nod from the UGC to set up their campuses in India.
The UGC will grant initial approval for 10 years. It will renew it in the ninth year if the institution meets certain conditions. He had said and clarified that these institutions shall not offer any such study programme that jeopardises the national interests of India.
(Source: The Telegraph)
