-20- af 744 ANNEXURE=I TO ITEM NO.7.05 eS REPORT OF THE VISITING COMMITTEE FOR DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY STATUS TO RASHTRIYA SANSKRIT SANSTHAN, NEW DELHI SUBMITTED TO UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION NEW DELHI - 110 002 ON 2" MARCH, 2002eee 745 REPORT OF THE VISIT OF THE COMMITTEE TO RASHTRIYA SANSKRIT SANSTHAN, DELHI TO CONSIDER ITS PROPOSAL FOR THE STATUS OF DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY To evaluate the proposal of Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansathan for the Status of deemed to be university. The Chairman, UGC constituted a Committee consisting of the following members:- 1. Prof. Sureshwar Sharma 2 Convenor (Former Vice Chancellor Jabalpur University) Udayachal 1881, Gupteshwar Jabalpur ~ 482 001 2. Prof. Kapil Kapoor : Member Rector Jawaharlal Nehru Uriiversity New Mehrauli Road New Delhi ~ 110 067, 3. Prof. K.N. Pathak > Member Vice Chancellor Panjab University Chandigarh ~ 160 014 4) Prov. V.N, Jha Member Former Director CAS in Sanskrit University of Pune Pune — 411 007 Chairperson, Centre for Sanskrit Studies Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi - 110 087 5. Prof. Devendra Misra Member HOD Sanskrit University of Delhi Delhi - 110 007746 6. Dr. V.R. Panchmukhi Member : Chancellor ) Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha Tirupati — 517 507 7. Prof. (Dr.) A.C. Sarangi Member Vice Chancellor Shri Jagannath Sanskrit Vishvavidyalaya Srivihar Puri - 752 003 8. Dr. (Mrs.) Pankaj Mittal Member Secretary Joint Secretary University Grants Commission Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg New Delhi - 110 002 Shri D.D. Mehta Under Secretary University Grants Commission Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg New Delhi — 110 002 The Central Sanskrit Board set up by the Central Government in 1956 decided to establish one Central Organisation under which various Kendriya Sanskrit Vidyapeethas could be established and to coordinate their work. As a consequence the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan came into existence in October 1970 as an autonomous body registered under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860 under the Ministry of Education and Culture, Government of India. Immediately after its formation, the Kendriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati and Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Kendriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha and three more Sanskrit Institutions at Jammu, Allahabad and Puri were taken over and converted into Kendriya Sanskrit Vidyapeethas in 1971. Subsequently, five more Vidyapeethas were established However, in the year 1989 Tirupati Vidyapeetha and Shri Lal Bahadur Kendriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha at New Delhi were given Deemed University status and hence became independent