New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government has appointed two panels to look into modalities of setting up five universities for minorities and offer grant-in-aid to madarsas offering mainstream education, a move that comes ahead of polls in five states including Uttar Pradesh which has a sizeable Muslim population.
The 10-member committee on varsities, formed at the fag end of the last month, is expected to submit its report in the next two months to Maulana Azad education foundation, which comes under minority affairs ministry, sources said.
Former secretary to Government of India, Afzal Amanullah, is the convener of the committee. Aligarh Muslim University Vice-Chancellor Lt general Zameeruddin Shah, his Jamia Milia Islamia University counterpart professor Talat Ahmed, are among other members of the panel.
