Autonomous status for Jindal Global University

O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) Haryana has been granted autonomous status by the University Grants Commission (UGC) under graded autonomy Regulations 2018, a spokesperson said on Wednesday.

This announcement was made by Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar in New Delhi.

JGU has become the first and only private university in Haryana and also one among the two private universities in India to be granted autonomy.

"In an endeavour to introduce a liberalised regime in the higher education sector and emphasizing linking autonomy with quality, UGC and MHRD granted autonomy to 52 universities, out of which 5 are central universities, 21 state universities, 24 deemed and two private universities," a university spokesperson said in a statement.

"There are more than 300 private universities in India but only two have been granted this special status, one of them being O.P. Jindal Global University," the statement read.

Naveen Jindal, Founding Chancellor, O. P. Jindal Global University said, "This feat reiterates JGU's commitment to shaping India's aspirations of building world-class universities through comparative and international dimensions. We are grateful to MHRD and UGC who have appreciated our endeavour."

--IANS

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