User talk:Muhandes/List of state universities in India

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The column Fit? should probably be renamed to Assistance, since "declared fit to receive Central/UGC assistance under Section 12 (B) of the UGC Act–1956" probably means that the university is receiving assistance of some sort. Naming the column "Fit?", although technically correct with the explanation provided in the lead, seems to suggest (to someone who skips the lead) that the universities are not "fit", i.e not good/healthy in some (administrative/financial/other) way.

If we do add a column for assistance (the current Fit? column), its better if we provide more information than just a yes/no. If information on where the assistance is from (Center/State) is availaible; it'd be a good addition.

And maybe we should move the last paragraph of the lead (the one describing column headings) to the "List of Universities" section since it concerns that section only.--Siddhartha Ghai (talk) 15:21, 20 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the feedback.
 * Good point about the column title. I'm going to be extra accurate and replace "Fit?" with "Section 12 (B)?" which explains exactly what it means. It's a formal definition, just like being "deemed-to-be-university". It does not mean actually receiving UGC/central assistance.
 * As for your suggestion of how to expand this information, I do not object to a separate funding column (it has to be separate since, like I explained above, the formal definition does not say where funding comes from), but I have no information about it. If you have a source for such information I'd be happy to have a look and see if we can add it now or later and how.
 * Good point about the last paragraph, I moved it. --Muhandes (talk) 16:17, 20 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Hmm, I thought the source which contained the information for the Section 12 (B) column would also carry the information about where the funding comes from. If it doesn't (meaning there's no single source for all the universities funding info), it will be hard to find that information from individual sources for each university.--Siddhartha Ghai (talk) 06:30, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
 * PS:This supreme court judgement might be relevant.--Siddhartha Ghai (talk) 06:53, 21 February 2012 (UTC)


 * The source for that information is the list itself and the minutes of the 482nd meeting, as the lead elaborates. They don't supply any other information except whether the institute was declared fit. --Muhandes (talk) 08:16, 21 February 2012 (UTC)