Which of the following committees recommended setting up the National Commission for Higher Education and Research (NCHER) for prescribing standards of academic quality and defining policies for the advancement of knowledge in higher educational institutions?

The Yashpal Committee proposed a National Commission for Higher Education and Research to set academic-quality standards and guide the advancement of knowledge.

Sam Pitroda's Knowledge Commission suggested an independent regulatory authority for higher education rather than this NCHER.

The M. M. Sharma Committee dealt with other academic matters and did not frame the NCHER.

The Gnanam Committee examined the governance of universities, a different remit.

NCHER was envisaged as an overarching body replacing several existing regulators.

The idea fed into later debates on a single higher-education regulator.