Ministry of Human Resources has decided to give Institute of eminence (IoE) award to Jio Institute, which does not exists.
The Jio institute will be owned by the Reliance Foundation, and will start in 3 years time. It has been learnt that The Government of India will provide 1000 crores funding to this privately held institute.
In a statement issued on July 10, Students Federation of India called it a “daylight robbery of public resource”.
"The Jio Institute is yet to be established but will already be marketed as a world class institution by the government. Can't we see the conflict of interest," JNU professor Ayesha Kidwai said.
According to The Times of India, “A professor from IISc-Bangalore, which was also accorded the "Institute of Eminence" (IoE) tag, said, "How did Prakash Javdekar evaluate this Jio Institute to decide it was better than IIT M or IIT KGP or so many other Institutions? How can an Institution that is in the process of being set up be declared Institution of Eminence? What are we missing here?"
“The HRD ministry responded to criticism on social media by issuing a clarification about how the decision on IoE tag was taken. The ministry shared the list of the clarifications on twitter, "in response to some misinformation campaign in social media" regarding the IoE tag.”, reported The Times of India.
