India, Feb. 5 -- The National Council of Assessment and Accreditation (NAAC) has debarred seven members of its inspection committee, who were arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) last week for bribery and favourable ratings, from further visits to colleges and universities for evaluation and the Council is probing their past visits, NAAC executive committee chairman Prof. Anil D Sahasrabudhe said on Wednesday.

Calling the bribery incident "deeply unfortunate" and "shocking", Sahasrabudhe also said that the physical inspection of higher education institutes by inspection committees for data verification will soon be replaced with digital methods in line with the recommendations of the Radhakrishnan Committee's report subm...