New Delhi: Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal has assured that students studying in Deemed Universities will not suffer due to de-recognition.

"Technically, we have not de-recognized any deemed university. We have moved the Supreme Court with an affidavit and a report by the expert committee on deemed universities. Let me assure, no student will suffer," Sibal said at the 10th Editor's Conference on social sector issues.

The HRD Minister, however, also admitted that the findings of the committee on de-recognition have been accepted by the Government.

Sibal said that all students will get a degree and the Ministry will ensure that no student faces any problem.

The fate of nearly 2 lakh students across the county hangs in the balance with the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) announcing de-recognition of 44 deemed universities, which were found to be deficient on many grounds.

Citing the reason that these universities are being run as "family fiefdoms" rather than "institutions of academic excellence", Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium made this submission to a bench of Justice Dalveer Bhandari and Justice Mukundkam Sharma, during the hearing of a 2006 lawsuit, questioning the misuse of the deemed university status by glut of educational shops.

Out of the 44 universities listed for de-recognition, Tamil Nadu alone has 16, followed by Karnataka (6), Uttar Pradesh (4) and Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Haryana (3).