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FDDI to get IIT like status; will grant own degrees
Published on : 09-Dec-2015 Powered by www.Opasis.com
The students of Footwear Design and Development Institute (FDDI), who have been complaining for clarity on the legality of their degrees for some time, will soon have reasons to rejoice.
The Centre, sources said, has drafted a bill that wil give the institute the status of Institute of National Importance similar to IITs, thus enabling it to grant degrees and diaplomas on its own.
The commerce ministry has circulated the draft bill wit hthe human resource development ministry for its comments and it will be sent to the cabinet for its approval soon, an official said.
The University Grants Commission (UGC) had recently termed its tie up with Rajasthan based Mewar University that granted degrees to its students, illegal.
The UGC directive, which said the Mewar University could not grant degrees to any institute out of its territorial jurisdiction as it was violation of the UGC act, had put the future of thousands of students in jeopardy.
The Noida based institute which comes under the administrative control of ministry of commerce runs eight campuses across the country and provides certificates in many courses.
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The Centre, sources said, has drafted a bill that wil give the institute the status of Institute of National Importance similar to IITs, thus enabling it to grant degrees and diaplomas on its own.
The commerce ministry has circulated the draft bill wit hthe human resource development ministry for its comments and it will be sent to the cabinet for its approval soon, an official said.
The University Grants Commission (UGC) had recently termed its tie up with Rajasthan based Mewar University that granted degrees to its students, illegal.
The UGC directive, which said the Mewar University could not grant degrees to any institute out of its territorial jurisdiction as it was violation of the UGC act, had put the future of thousands of students in jeopardy.
The Noida based institute which comes under the administrative control of ministry of commerce runs eight campuses across the country and provides certificates in many courses.
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