19 Indian Colleges have Received ‘Heritage’ Status from the UGC

University Grants Commission has bestowed 'heritage' status and financial grants to 19 colleges , older than a 100 years.

By Surabhi Katyal

July 6, 2015

The UGC has granted ‘heritage’ status to 19 colleges which are more than 100 years old, with the aim of conserving college campuses.

In 2013, the Central Government brought forward the idea of granting a ‘heritage’ status to a few colleges so that their campuses could be upgraded and academic disciplines be improved. Now, in what is being called the ‘Heritage College Scheme‘, the University Grants Commission (UGC) received proposals from 60 colleges for the heritage tag, out of which 19 have been selected and granted financial aid.

All the colleges are more than 100 years old and a Selection Committee has approved of granting the status to 19 of them.

Xaviers_college — St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai.

Source: Wikipedia

The beneficiaries are:

St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai
CMS College, Kottayam
St. Joseph College, Trichy
Khalsa College, Amritsar
St. Bede’s College, Shimla
Christ Church College, Kanpur
Old Agra College, Agra
Meerut College, Meerut
Langat Singh College, Muzaffarpur, Bihar
Govt.Brennan College, Kerala
University College, Mangalore
Cotton College, Guwahati
Midnapore College, West Bengal
Govt. Medical Science, Jabalpur
Deccan Education Society’s Fergusson College, Pune
Hislop College, Nagpur
Govt. Gandhi Memorial Science College, Jammu
Kanya Mahavidyalya, Jalandhar
St. Xavier’s College in Kolkata

The grant differs from college to college, with the maximum financial aid being Rs. 4.35 crore which has been given to Cotton College of Guwahati. Langat Singh College has received Rs. 15 lakh for upgradation to a digital library. Meerut College is receiving 1.35 crores which will be used in their art gallery and geological museum. St. Xavier’s College in Mumbai is a recipient of the sum of 1.53 crores. The funds are expected to be used for conservation work and to run diploma and certificate courses in ‘Maintaining Heritage of India‘.

jlyeegyjjvhqoaz — Langat Singh College in Bihar.

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A few notable colleges that were not included in the list of 19 are TNB College, Bhagalpur; St John’s College, Bareilly; Shiv Sanatan Dharm Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya, Sultanpur (UP); Darwin Christian College, Allahabad; Vasanta College for Women, Varanasi and DAV College, Dehradun.

The UGC will now also evaluate 160 fresh proposals that have been sent to the commission.

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