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St. Aloysius (Deemed to beryllium University), Mangaluru, has secured the Category-I presumption nether the University Grants Commission (UGC) Graded Autonomy Regulations, according to the university’s Vice-Chancellor Praveen Martis.
Addressing presspersons present connected Monday helium said that the class has placed the assemblage among an elite radical of India’s highest-performing higher acquisition institutions.
He said the instauration becomes the 2nd Deemed to beryllium University successful Karnataka to beryllium granted Category-I presumption by the UGC. The different 1 being S-VYASA, Bengaluru.
Among the 157 Deemed to beryllium Universities successful the country, lone 26 institutions person earned Category-I presumption and among 1,292 universities successful the state lone astir 45 universities person earned Category -I status, Mr. Martis said.
The Category-I designation has been conferred based connected the University’s show successful prime appraisal and accreditation. The assemblage holds a NAAC A++ Grade with a CGPA of 3.67 connected a four-point scale.
Under the UGC Regulations, Category-I universities bask important state successful world decision-making and organization development. The assemblage tin present caller world programmes, departments, schools, centres, diploma courses, certificate programmes, and interdisciplinary initiatives without requiring anterior support from the UGC. This flexibility volition let St. Aloysius to rapidly respond to emerging disciplines, manufacture requirements, technological advancements, and societal needs, the Vice-Chancellor said.
The assemblage tin besides found constituent units and off-campus centres wrong its geographical jurisdiction without anterior approval, thereby expanding entree to prime higher education, helium said.
One of the astir transformative aspects of Category-I autonomy is the state to found probe parks, incubation centres, innovation hubs, entrepreneurship ecosystems, and university-society linkage centres.
The regulations further empower the assemblage to enlistee internationally renowned module members from globally ranked institutions, thereby enriching world prime and strengthening internationalization efforts.
The assemblage tin besides name overseas module members up to 20% implicit and supra its sanctioned module strength, creating opportunities for planetary cognition speech and world-class world engagement, helium said.
The Category-I presumption besides enhances the university’s quality to pull planetary students by permitting admissions beyond the approved home intake, the Vice-Chancellor said.
Another important payment is the state to found world collaborations with starring planetary universities without anterior UGC approval, provided they conscionable prescribed planetary ranking criteria. This proviso volition facilitate the improvement of associated probe projects, collaborative world programmes, module exchanges, pupil mobility initiatives, dual-degree programmes, twinning arrangements, and planetary centres of excellence, Mr. Martis said.
The assemblage besides gains greater flexibility to present skill-based programmes aligned with the National Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF), connection innovative certificate and diploma programmes, found industry-oriented learning pathways, and research opportunities successful unfastened and region learning, helium said.
Universities nether this class are automatically deemed to beryllium covered nether Section 12B of the UGC Act and are exempted from respective regular regulatory approvals and inspections, the Vice-Chancellor said.
