it is not recognised. While Jindal says it has on campus class or contact classes, these are done for a few hours in a trimester (upgrad courses are run on a trimester basis). this is in clear violation of the UGC norms. even the IOE documents requires the university not to violate the norms laid down by the respective regulatory authorities.
IoE status allows universities to commence programs without seeking UGC approval.
However, it doesn’t free them from UGC per se. Therefore, were the UGC to bring in rules curtailing certain types of programs, IoE will have to comply.
There is a catch there. The IoE status may mean that the UGC cannot penalise them for these courses. However, the UGC is not bound to recognise these degrees either, which means that the LLM may not be recognised by any other university in India for PhD or recruitment purposes. Jindal usually engages in a lot of PR, but so far it has not highlighted a single instance of their online LLM students having got any job in India (that requires LLM) or being accepted for PhD here in the last two years, which is rather suspicious.
Jindal claims that it doesn't need the UGC any more after being an IOE. It is already offering several programmes that are illegal as per UGC norms, like the online LLM, which nobody in India outside Jindal recognises, and so on.
I have seen colleges turn away SJD's because they were not PhDs.
However, it doesn’t free them from UGC per se. Therefore, were the UGC to bring in rules curtailing certain types of programs, IoE will have to comply.
What happens to Jindal LLM with Upgrad?