Question

Which Empowerment Expert Committee (EEC) has been constituted by the University Grants Commission (UGC)? [Feb 2018]

• A. Pritam Singh committee
• B. Jorge Paulo Lemman committee
• C. Tarun Khanna committee
• D. N Gopalaswami committee

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

N Gopalaswami committee

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has recently constituted a four-member Empowered Expert Committee (EEC), which is being entrusted to conduct the appraisal of applications for short listing 20 Institutions of Eminence. N Gopalaswami, former Chief Election Commissioner of India is the Chairperson of the committee. The government is likely to announce the names of the selected institutions by April 2018. The committee was constituted by the UGC after the approval of the central government, as per the UGC (Institutions of Eminence Deemed to be Universities) Regulation, 2017, and UGC (Declaration of Government Educational Institutions as Institutions of Eminence) Guidelines, 2017.