Overview
- Governor Acharya Devvrat directed every university to constitute a task force that files progress reports to the Raj Bhavan every 15 days.
- Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis called for digital monitoring of each university and backed the creation of an online dashboard to track quality and rankings.
- Higher education officials set a 15-day window to operationalize an integrated dashboard, with a November 30 cutoff to clean up data and a mandate for error-free reporting.
- The state will deploy small guidance teams to visit campuses, verify data and run quarterly reviews as the dashboard becomes the transparency hub for performance.
- Priorities include lifting NIRF standings, expanding internships and apprenticeships, aligning courses with industry, building technology schools, boosting research output and patents, and attracting NRI and foreign students.