Model Act for Universities

Towards Formulation of Model Act for Universities of the 21^st Century in India

A CONCEPT PAPER

Executive Summary

Model Act for Universities is a useful frame work which enables them to have some uniformity in their governance, organization and management to conduct their functions smoothly and discharge their responsibilities to the stake holders in an effective manner. This has now become more important in the 21^st century due to the many challenges, both national and international, being faced by the University system in the country. This Paper, which is the result of deliberations of a Committee appointed by the University Grants Commission on this subject, has been prepared to provide the concept of a Model Act for Universities of the 21^st century in India. The Paper is divided into two parts: Part I, entitled "Towards Guidelines for a Model Act", presenting the various issues concerned with this subject in five sections, viz., Introduction, Model Act for Universities, Universities in India, A Generalized University of the 21^st Century and Guidelines for formulating Model Act for the 21^st Century Universities; and Part II, entitled "Towards Formulation of a Model Act", giving a Questionnaire relating to the contents of Part I and seeking feedback responses from all the constituents of the University system in the country. It is hoped that the Paper will be discussed widely in the University community and feedback provided to the UGC in a time bound manner, so that the Committee can make use of the feedback responses to refine and improve its thought processes to finally work out a Model Act for Universities of the 21^st century in India. This is expected to be of considerable use for the Indian University system in introducing suitable reforms for accelerating its pace of orderly development to meet the challenges of the present competitive environment.

PART I : Towards Guideines for a Model Act

PART II : Towards Formulation of a Model Act Questionnaire

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