SELECTION OF COLLEGES UNDER CPE SCHEME

With a view to encourage the Excellence in the Colleges the UGC introduced a Scheme during X Plan period entitled
“Colleges with Potential of Excellence”. In Phase-I, 47 Colleges were selected during the year 2004-05.

During Phase-II, proposals from the colleges under the Scheme were invited through the universities on 19-01-2005. The
Universities were requested to shortlist the best six colleges and forward the proposals alongwith the minutes of the Screening
Committee to the UGC, which is the first level of selection of the proposals. It was also indicated to the Vice-Chancellors of the
Universities that the colleges will be selected under CPE Scheme, keeping the quota fixed for each state intact which is in
proportion to the number of colleges included under Section 2 (F) & 12(B) of the UGC Act in a State.

In response to the letter of UGC, proposals from 333 colleges covering 65 Universities, 20 States/Union Terrorities
were received. All the proposals were evaluated by a working Group constituted by the Chairman UGC on a Scoring Scales
devised for the purpose. The report of the Working Group on CPE alongwith the analysis made by the office were placed before the
Standing Committee on CPE. The Standing Committee recommended 50 (fifty) colleges for the award of CPE status during
Phase-II which covers colleges spread over 17 States/Union Territories and coming under 36 Universities. The
recommendations of the Standing Committee were approved by the Commission at its meeting held on 7.04.2006. The names of
the colleges as approved by the Commission for the awards of CPE status are given in ANNEXURE-A.

ANNEXURE-B gives the status regarding the slots filled up during Phases I & II and the balance slots to be filled up.
Wherever the quota fixed for a state has not been filled up.

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 ANNEXURE - B

STATE WISE QUOTA FIXED FOR THE AWARD OF CPE STATUS AND CONSUMPTION OF THE QUOTA DURING PHASE-I AND II.

Sl. No. Sate / union No. of College included No. of slots No. of slots consumed during Total No. of Balance slots to be filled up
Territory under section 12 B as on allotted to the slots consumed during Phase-III
31.12.2005 State Phase-I Phase-II so far

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)

1. Andhra Pradesh 402 12 6 4 10 2
2. Assam 176 5 Nil 5 5 Nil
3. Bihar 290 9 2 Nil 2 7
4. Chattisgarh 140 5 Nil 1 1 4
5. Delhi * 74 2 2 Nil 2 Nil
6. Goa * 19 1 1 Nil 1 Nil
7. Gujarat 339 9 Nil 1 1 8
8. Haryana 144 4 1 1 2 2
9. Himachal Pradesh 46 1 Nil Nil Nil 1
10. Jammu & Kashmir 38 1 Nil Nil Nil 1
11. Jharkhand 81 2 Nil 2 2 Nil
12. Karnataka 465 14 3 5 8 6
13. Kerala * 210 6 6 Nil 6 Nil
14. Madhya Pradesh 379 11 2 1 3 8
15. Maharashtra ** 693 19 9 11 20 Nil
16. Manipur 47 1 Nil 1 1 Nil
17. Meghalaya 12 1 Nil 1 1 Nil

* Quota Consumed during Phase-I itself

** The Quota fixed for Maharashtra has exceeded by one slot as there was a tie at the cut-off score due to which both the colleges
have been selected [vide item No.4 in the minutes of the Standing Committee (Annexure-II) for details]

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 ANNEXURE - B

STATE WISE QUOTA FIXED FOR THE AWARD OF CPE STATUS AND CONSUMPTION OF THE QUOTA DURING PHASE-I AND II.

Sl. Sate / union No. of College No. of slots allotted No. of slots consumed during Total No. of slots Balance slots to be filled up
No. Territory included under to the State consumed so far during Phase-III
section 12 B as on Phase-I Phase-II
31.12.2005
18. Mizoram 10 1 Nil Nil Nil 1
19. Nagaland 08 1 Nil Nil Nil 1
20. Orissa 257 8 3 2 5 3
21. Punjab 210 6 Nil 5 5 1
22. Rajasthan 188 5 1 1 2 3
23. Tamil Nadu * 280 8 8 Nil 8 Nil
24. Tripura 13 1 Nil Nil Nil 1
25. Uttar Pradesh 437 13 2 5 7 6
26. Uttranchal 39 1 Nil 1 1 Nil
27. West Bengal 366 11 1 3 4 7
28. Andean & Nicobar 02 1 Nil Nil Nil 1
Island
29. Chandigarh 18 1 Nil Nil Nil 1
30 Daman & Diu 01 Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil
31 Pondicherry 11 1 Nil Nil Nil 1

Total 5403 161 47 50 97 65-1=64

• Quota Consumed during Phase-I itself

 Press release on selection of colleges under the scheme “Colleges with
Potential for Excellence”

During the X Plan period the UGC has taken several initiatives to assist the
colleges. Some of them are: to assist the colleges located in the backward regions of the
country, to assist those colleges which have been recently established (during 9th Plan)
under the Scheme “Young Colleges”, to assist old colleges (50 years & above), to
provide internet connectivity under UGC Infonet initiative, to provide computers to the
colleges, etc. Apart from the above schemes, the Commission has been promoting,
from V Plan, the scheme of “Autonomy to the Colleges” so as to enable them to
introduce innovations in the field of curriculum designing, teaching and evaluation.
While the General Developmental grant is given to all the colleges, those colleges
which are awarded autonomous status are given additional funds so as to implement the
objectives listed above. With the establishment of National Assessment and
Accreditation Council (NAAC) by UGC in the year 1994, the colleges have been
encouraged to find out their strengths and weaknesses through a peer team visit to the
colleges and make necessary improvements.
During the IX Plan period, the Commission had introduced a scheme entitled, "
Universities with Potential for Excellence" to encourage selected universities to reach
world class standard in their chosen field. Five universities were identified and Rs. 30
Crores were allotted to each of the Universities. During X Plan period, four
Universities have also been identified under the above scheme. The Commission has
been contemplating to introduce a corresponding scheme in respect of colleges.
Accordingly, during X Plan period the UGC introduced a new Scheme entitled
“Colleges with Potential for Excellence” (CPE) to identify the colleges which are doing
good work and have the potential to do excellent work in teaching and research and
award them the CPE status. Since around 16,100 colleges are eligible to receive
financial assistance from UGC, it was desired that at least 1% of the colleges (161) may
be identified as CPE colleges in respect of college sector. As per the guidelines
prepared for the above scheme, each college which is awarded CPE status will be
eligible for financial assistance ranging from Rs.35 lakhs to Rs.100 lakhs depending
upon whether they are affiliated, autonomous and/or accredited colleges.

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In 2004, 47 Colleges have been identified under the scheme, which is referred
to as Phase-I. During Phase-II of the programme, the Vice-Chancellors of the
Universities were requested to recommend the names of the best six colleges within
their jurisdiction to the UGC after necessary screening is done at the university level.
In response to this, 65 Universities spread over 20 States and Union Territories
had recommended 333 proposals of the colleges.
At the second level of selection, a Standing Committee on CPE was constituted
by the UGC to process the proposals received from the colleges. The Standing
Committee had approved a scoring scale based on 48 parameters to evaluate the
proposals of the colleges. A working group on CPE evaluated the proposals of the
Colleges as per the scoring scale approved by the Standing Committee on CPE. The
scores awarded to the proposals and the analysis of the scores thus made was
considered by the Standing Committee which recommended that 50 colleges spread
over 17 States/ Union Territories and 36 Universities may be awarded CPE
status. The Commission at its meeting held on 7.04.2006 approved the
recommendations of the Standing Committee.
The list of colleges that have been selected for the award of CPE status during
Phase-II is given in Annexure-A.
The quota fixed for various States and consumed during the first and second
Phases are given in Annexure-B. The Vice-Chancellors of the concerned Universities
and the Principals of the selected Colleges are being informed separately. Action plans
alongwith budget requirements are being obtained from the Colleges, which will be
discussed with the Principals of the Colleges and finalized. Fifty percent of the
allocated grant is being released to the Colleges separately.
The proposals from the colleges for filling up of the vacant slots in the various
states will be invited during 2006-07.

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 ANNEXURE – A

DETAILS OF THE COLLEGES RECOMMENDED FOR SELECTION

UNDER CPE SCHEME DURING PHASE-II

Sl. Proposal State Name of the College

No. No.

1 1.4 Andhra Loyola Academy Degree & P. G. College

2 1.8 Ch. S.D.St. Theresa’s College for Women,
3 1.14 Maris Stella College (Autonomous)
4 1.31 Sri Ramakrishna Degree College
5 2.39 Sibsagar College, P.O. Joysagar
6 2.40. Cotton College
7 2.41 Assam Handique Girls College
8 2.42 M.N.C. Balika Mahavidyalaya
9 2.46 Gurucharan College
10 4.61 Chhattisgarh Govt. V.V.T. P.G. Autonomous College
11 5.65 Gujarat St. Xavier’s College
12 6.104 Haryana Guru Nanak Khalsa College
13 9.122 St. Xavier’s College
Jharkhand
14 9.126 Jamshedpur Women’s College
15 10.136 K.L.E. Society’s P.C. Jabin Science College
16 10.140. Mount Carmel College
17 10.142 Karnatak Christ Educational Society’s Christ College
18 10.151 Karnatak Arts, Science & Commerce College
19 10.156 St. Agnes College
Madhya
20 11.167 Pradesh St. Aloysius College
Maharashtra St. Xavier’s College of Arts, Science &
21 12.184 Commerce
22 12.185 The Institute of Science
Padmashri Vikhe Patel College of Arts &
23 12.197 Science

24 12.202 Sri Vithaldas Thackersey College of Home

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 Sl. Proposal State Name of the College
No. No.

Science
Chhatrapati Shahu Central Institute of
25 12.215 Business Education & Research
Rajasthan Aryan Arts Shri Mithulalji, kachaliya
26 12.220 Commerce
Swatantrya Sainik (late) Shri Kanhaiyalaji
Maharashtra
27 12.222 Ramchandra Innani Mahavidyalaya, Karanja
Jai Hind College of Arts Science & Commerce,
28 12.226 Deopur
SSVP Sanstha’s Late Karmveer Dr. P.R. Ghogrey
29 12.228 Science College
30 12.231 Rajarshi Shahu Mahavidyalaya, Chandranagar
Dnyanopasak Shikshan Mandal’s College of Arts,
31 12.234 Commerce & Science
32 13.247 Manipur S.Kula. Women’s College
33 14.249 Meghalya St. Anthony’s College
34 15.250. Khallikote Autonomous College
Orrisa
35 15.253 Fakir Mohan (Auto.) College
36 16.265 Goswami Ganesh Dutta Sanatan Dharma College
37 16.271 Govt. Mohindra College
38 16.277 Punjab Hans Raj Mahila Mahavidyala
39 16.280 BBK DAV College for Women
40 16.282 Khalsa College
41 17.296 Rajasthan S.G.N. Khalsa (P.G.) College
42 18.297 Ewing Christian Autonomous College
43 18.299 Vidyavati Mukund Lal Girls College
44 18.300 Raghunath Girls (Post Graduate) College
Uttar Pradesh
45 18.302 Meerut College, Meerut
Kulbhasker Ashram Degree Postgraduate
46 18.312 College
47 19.314 Uttranchal Pt. L.M.S. Govt. Post Graduate College
48 20.315 Scottish Church College
49 20.317 West Bengal St. Xavier’s College
50 20.319 Loreto College

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