Overseas universities will want the College Grants Fee’s approval to arrange campuses in India and the preliminary approval can be for 10 years, the panel’s chairperson M Jagadesh Kumar stated on Thursday.
He additionally harassed that international varsities with campuses within the nation can solely provide full-time programmes in bodily mode and never on-line or distance studying.
These universities could have the liberty to plan their very own admission course of and payment construction, Kumar stated because the UGC on Thursday introduced the draft laws for ‘Organising and Operation of Campuses of Overseas Larger Academic Establishments in India’.
He added that international varsities may also have to make sure high quality of schooling imparted at their Indian campuses is on par with their foremost campus.
On issues associated to funds and funding, he stated that cross-border motion of funds can be based on the Overseas the Change Administration Act. The ultimate norms be notified by the month’s finish after considering suggestions from stakeholders, Mr Kumar stated and added that the approval granted to international varsities can be renewed within the ninth yr topic to assembly of sure circumstances.
