What are the Incentives Proposed to be given to the Institutes of Eminence by the Ministry of HRD?:
The Government owned Institutions including Government controlled Deemed to be Universities, which are declared Institutions of Eminence, would be allowed for the following, subject to the same being compliant to the rules and regulations of their Professional Regulatory Councils:
a. The Institutions of Eminence would be free to admit additionally foreign students on merit subject to a maximum of thirty percent of the strength of admitted domestic students.
b. The Institutions of Eminence would be free to fix and charge fees from foreign students without restriction.
c. The Institutions of Eminence would have the freedom to determine the domestic student fees, subject to the condition that no student who gains admission should be turned away for lack of finance. This should be accompanied with a credible programme of scholarships and loans to ensure that the needy are able to pursue higher studies without any financial problems.
d. The Institutions would have the freedom to offer courses within a program as well as to 
offer degrees in newer areas, including inter-disciplinary ones, after approval of its Governing Council and broadly conforming to the minimum prevailing standards which shall be intimated to the Commission or Professional Regulatory Councils. 
offer degrees in newer areas, including inter-disciplinary ones, after approval of its Governing Council and broadly conforming to the minimum prevailing standards which shall be intimated to the Commission or Professional Regulatory Councils.
e. The Institutions of Eminence will have the flexibility of course structure in terms of the number of credit hours and years to take a degree, after approval of their Governing 
Council and broadly conforming to the minimum prevailing standards. 
Council and broadly conforming to the minimum prevailing standards.
f. The Institutions of Eminence shall have complete flexibility in fixing of curriculum and syllabus, with no UGC mandated curriculum structure.
g. The Institutions of Eminence will have the freedom to offer online courses as part of their programmes with the restriction that not more than twenty percent of the programme should be in online mode. However, this twenty percent restriction would not preclude the Institutions from offering certificate courses entirely through online mode.
h. 
Institutions would have the freedom to recruit faculty from outside India subject to the 
limit of twenty-five percent of its faculty strength.
Institutions would have the freedom to recruit faculty from outside India subject to the limit of twenty-five percent of its faculty strength.
i. The Institutions of Eminence will be permitted to hire personnel from industry, etc, as faculty who, though being experts in their areas, may not have the requisite higher academic qualifications.
j. Academic collaborations with foreign higher educational institutions ranked in top 500 in global rankings would be exempt from government approvals, except with institutions from negative list of countries determined by Ministry of External Affairs/Ministry of Home Affairs.
k. The Institutions of Eminence shall be free to enter into academic collaborations with other Institutions within the country.
l.The Institution of Eminence will have complete financial autonomy to spend the resources raised and allocated, subject to general restrictions of the Statutes and
m. The institution of eminence shall follow the pay scales of that category of public 
institutions to which they belong. However, they may build in an incentive structure to attract talented faculty, with the condition that the incentive structure would have to be paid from their own revenue sources and not from government funds.
institutions to which they belong. However, they may build in an incentive structure to attract talented faculty, with the condition that the incentive structure would have to be paid from their own revenue sources and not from government funds.
n. The institutions will have the freedom to hire foreign faculty/foreign qualified faculty on "tenure/ contract" basis as per the terms & conditions, approved by its governing council.
2 Financial Assistance:
- Financial Assistance would be provided to Government Institutions which have been declared Institutions of Eminence.
The assistance would be up to an amount of Rupees One thousand Crore or 50 to 75% of the requirement projected in the perspective and detailed plans submitted by the institution, whichever is less, to each Institution in a span of five years starting from the financial year of the declaration of Institute as Institution of Eminence. The exact amount to be given and the exact percentage in the 50 to 75% band would depend on the perspective and detailed plan proposal of the institution and assessed and accepted by the Empowered Expert Committee.- The annual release would be dependent on the institution achieving the financial and physical outcomes laid down in its implementation plan.
- However, if any Institution shows the capacity to absorb the funds earlier and is able to give the expected outcomes, an accelerated pace of funding would also be allowed.
- The funding under these guidelines would be in addition to the existing funding to which they are entitled to.
- The funds provided under these guidelines shall not be used for the purchase of any land or taking land on lease.
- Apart from this, the Institution would have the full freedom to mobilize resources from the industry or alumni or other donors and utilize it in accordance with its implementation plan without having to seek any permission from any authority.
This was released by the Ministry of Human Resource and Development, Government of India.
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