UGC granted autonomy to 62 Universities and 14 Colleges: HRD Minister

New Delhi: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has informed that it has decided to grant Autonomy to 76 Educational Institutions including 62 Universities (5 Central Universities, 21 State Universities, 34 Deemed to be Universities and 2 Private Universities) and 14 Colleges across the Country. This information was given by the Minister of State (HRD), Dr. Satya Pal Singh today in a written reply to a Rajya Sabha question.

These Universities/Institutions have been selected on the basis of National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) ratings. The Institutions having a NAAC score of 3.5 and above, have been placed in Category I, the Institutions having a NAAC score of 3.26 to 3.5 have been placed in Category II and the remaining are placed in Category III.

Granting Autonomy to institutions considering their applications is a continuous process. The updated information regarding names of Universities and Colleges which have been granted Autonomy, so far have been given in the Annexure.

S. No.	Name of the University	Category I	Category II
	CENTRAL UNIVERSITIES
1.	Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi	I
2.	University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad	I
3.	Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi		II
4.	Aligarh Muslim University , Aligarh		II
5	The English and Foreign Languages University, Telengana		II
	STATE UNIVERSITIES
1.	Jadavpur University, Jadavpur, Kolkata	I
2.	Algappa University, Karaikudi	I
3.	NALSAR University of Law, Telangana	I
4.	SavitribaiPhule Pune University, Pune	I
5.	Andhra University, Visakhapatnam	I
6.	National Law University Delhi, Dwarka	I
7.	Utkal University, Bhubaneswar	I
8.	Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra	I
9.	Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati	I
10	Osmania University, Hyderabad	I
11.	Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar	I
12.	University of Jammu, Jammu	I
13.	University of Mysore, Mysuru		II
14.	Anna University, Chennai		II
15.	Punjab University, Chandigarh		II
16.	Kakatiya University, Warangal		II
17.	Punjabi University, Patiala		II
18.	Rajiv Gandhi University of Law, Patiala		II
19.	National Law University Odisha, Cuttack		II
20.	University of Madras, Chennai		II
21.	Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar		II