NHERC- INDIA'S HIGHER Education regulatory Reform

NEP 2020 Interactive

Meet NHERC

India's Unified Higher Education Regulator

The Old Chaos

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Currently, colleges must answer to multiple different regulatory bodies, leading to overlapping rules, heavy bureaucracy, and contradictory compliance standards.

The 4 Pillars of NHERC

Regulatory Council

Acts as the single overarching regulator. It sets the baseline rules for all higher education institutions (excluding medical and legal), focusing on light-but-tight regulation.

Accreditation Council

A completely independent body responsible for evaluating and grading institutions based on actual educational outcomes and quality, replacing process-heavy inspections.

Grants Council

Takes over the funding responsibilities. It will transparently disburse scholarships and developmental funds to universities and colleges.

Academic Council

Frames expected learning outcomes. It ensures that students across different universities are learning skills relevant to the modern 21st-century workforce.

Compare Systems

Multiple portals and repetitive paperwork for approvals.

Strict micromanagement of daily college operations.

Heavy focus on process compliance over actual student learning.

Fragmented rules that prevent multidisciplinary courses.

Single-window clearance system for all approvals.

Greater autonomy granted to highly-rated institutions.

"Light but tight" regulation based on public disclosures.

Unified rules making it easy to study arts and sciences together.