The task force that drafted the Bill will weigh criticisms made
against the proposed collegium and the registry for appointment
of vice-chancellors. The reworked Bill is expected to be ready
within two weeks.  After many rounds of discussions held nation-
wide, the task force which drafted the National Commission for
Higher Education and Research (NCHER) Bill, 2010 has decided to
rewrite the Bill drastically.  The task force was set up in
September 2009 after the Committee to Advise on the Renovation
and Rejuvenation of Higher Education in India, popularly known
as the Yash Pal committee, recommended the setting up of such an
omnibus organisation which will subsume bodies such as the
University Grants Commission and the All India Council of
Technical Education.  Though the intention of setting up a
national commission was welcomed by a large number of academics
in various States who interacted with the task force members,
certain provisions of the Bill came in for sharp criticism. The
message that the academic