36 Mumbai Colleges Eligible for Autonomy, 12 MU Colleges in List

According to sources, after 13 colleges affiliated to the prestigious Mumbai Universities that were given an autonomous status, a fresh set of 12 colleges are found to be eligible for autonomous status. If granted, these colleges will also become free to handle their own examination system, devise own curriculum etc. The degree, however, will be issued by the premier university itself. In all. 36 colleges located in Mumbai are eligible for autonomous status.

The following are some of the colleges among 36 that were found to be eligible for UGC autonomous status -

• College of Social Work
• Guru Nanak Khalsa College of Arts, Science and Commerce
• KPB Hinduja College of Commerce
• HR College of Commerce and Economics

Recently, some of the Mumbai University colleges applied for autonomy. Some of these colleges are accredited by 'A' grade by NAAC. The names of colleges include

• Narsee Monjee College of Commerce & Economics
• K J Somaiya College of Arts & Science
• DG Ruparel College of Arts, Science & Commerce ,
• RA Podar College of Commerce & Economics
• Nirmala Niketan College of Social Work .

UGC had earlier mentioned that the universities with ‘A’ grade in three consecutive National Assessments & Accreditation Council (NAAC) cycles will be eligible and could be awarded an autonomous status. This was done only to reduce the burden of universities with hundreds of colleges affiliated to it. Check the complete list of colleges affiliated to Mumbai University here. However, there were some changes made in these rules and the number of colleges applying for autonomy has increased.

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Under the new guidelines by UGC, referred to as University Grants Commission (Conferment of Autonomous Status upon Colleges and Measures for Maintenance of Standards in Autonomous Colleges) Regulations, 2018, only the colleges having NAAC score of or above 3.51 will be granted autonomous status without any onsite visit by the Expert Committee.

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Sobhana Vasudevan, principal of RA Podar College in Matunga said that the college had been granted an ‘A’ grade since the last three years and that they have been assured that the process for attaining autonomy status will be a little less hefty for them. She further said that the college has plans to re-introduce mid-term assessments and alongside introduce changes in the system, making them more student-friendly.