How will this impact UGC and the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)?
We also need to ensure that uniform principles are applied across various disciplines. The commission has, therefore, proposed one body for facilitating the establishment of new universities, which will be independent of the government and will adopt a comprehensive policy for all stakeholders. This body would rationalise the existing system, which is over-regulated but under-governed and where mandates are both confusing and overlapping. Currently, the only route for private players is the deemed university one, which is ad hoc, cumbersome and entails continuing control and supervision by the UGC. As the umbrella organisation for the coordination and maintenance of standards of higher education, UGC and other professional statutory councils—such as the AICTE, MCI, BCI and NCTE—have played a crucial role in laying down a strong foundation of higher professional and technical education. However, in view of the changing structural paradigm of domestic education, their role needs to be re
