deemed

To judge, to pass judgment on; to doom, to sentence.

To adjudge, to decree.

To dispense (justice); to administer (law).

(ditransitive) To hold in belief or estimation; to adjudge as a conclusion; to regard as being; to evaluate according to one's beliefs; to account.

“She deemed his efforts insufficient.”

To think, judge, or have or hold as an opinion; to decide or believe on consideration; to suppose.

An accreditation awarded to higher educational institutions in India.