Institute of Eminence status to 5 public institutions

The Human Resource Development Ministry has awarded the Institute of Eminence status to 5 public institutions. The status was awarded to the following institutions:
IIT Madras
IIT Kharagpur
Delhi University
Benares Hindu University
University of Hyderabad
Each of the above university has to sign an MoU with the HRD Ministry and will lay out its plan to achieve the objective of becoming a world-class institution. The public institutions on the list will then be eligible for a government grant of Rs 1,000 crore.