<span style="color: #222222;">The University Grants Commission (UGC) has released a list of 20 institutes – 10 public and 10 private for the grant of the status of Institutions of Eminence (IoE).<br />'' <br />'' The institutions which are given IoE status from public category includes, Delhi University, BHU, Hyderabad University and IIT Madras and Kharagpur. An official release said, the UGC made the recommendations on the report of the Empowered Expert Committee set up by the government under the chairmanship of N Gopalaswami.<br />'' <br />''<br />'' Jadavpur University and Anna University can be considered for issue of the IoE status only after the respective State Governments have issued an official communication allocating their share of the funds (upto 50%).</span><br />