New Delhi: The UGC`s instruction to Delhi
University to get assessed by NAAC has been rejected by the
institutions which said there was no need for such a measure.
The Academic Council, the apex decision-making body of
the university, yesterday decided in a meeting not to allow
National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) to assess
and accredit its institutions.
At the meeting, it was felt that the university has a
mechanism to achieve the objectives of NAAC. The council
decided that the university will create its own Internal
Quality Assurance Cell for assessment. The Vice Chancellor
will form a committee to chalk out the modalities.
Earlier, the UGC had asked the university to comply with
NAAC decisions. The NAAC is meant for giving accreditation to
institution created in the last 50 years, an AC member said.
DU was set up in 1920s.
The council also decided that professors A L Nagar,
Upendra Baxi, Indira Goswami and AN Moitra be conferred the
status of Emeritus Professor.
The Academic Council proposed that Deshbandhu College
(Evening), which is going to be a day college shortly, should
be renamed to `Ramanujan College`.
Bureau Report
