MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
( SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR )
(a): As per the reports of the All India Survey on Higher Education, state-wise number of
Universities, Colleges and Standalone Institutions established in the country during 2013, 2014 &
2015 is at Annexure-I.
(b): The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) through the University Grants
Commission (UGC) provides adequate infrastructure support to various universities. The
University Grants Commission (UGC) is providing General Development Assistance (GDA) to
Universities and Colleges declared fit to receive grants under section 12B of the UGC Act, 1956.
The UGC has been providing development and maintenance assistance to eligible universities and
colleges for upgrading infrastructure and for the expansion and consolidation of facilities,
improvement of standards through modernization etc.
The funds amounting to Rs. 2800, 2500, 2000, 1500 and 500 Lakhs have been released as
on 15.07.2016 to 5 new IITs set up at Tirupati, Palakkad, Jammu, Bhilai and Dharwad in Andhra
Pradesh, Kerala, Jammu & Kashmir, Chattisgarh and Karnataka respectively. No fund has yet
been released to IIT Goa.
In pursuance to the 13th Schedule of A.P Reorganisation Act, 2014, a Centrally Funded
IIIT was set up in 2014-15 in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh, which is presently functioning
from its temporary campus at IIIT D &M, Kancheepuram. An amount of Rs. 1,510 lakh has been
released to the Institute as on date.
Indian Institutes of Information Technology in Public –Private Partnership Mode set up
under the scheme of “Setting of 20 new IIITs in PPP Mode” with the support of State
Governments, during the last three years are as follows:-
<pre>
Year Name of the
Institute
State Date of conveying
approval for
setting up of IIIT
Funds released
by MHRD to the
institution
(Rs)
2013-14 IIIT Una Himachal Pradesh 27-02-2013 2,03,75,000/-
IIIT Chittoor Andhra Pradesh 24-06-2013 21,57,37,000/-
IIIT Sonepat Haryana 24-06-2013 -
IIIT Vadodara Gujarat 24-06-2013 6,80,00,000/-
IIIT Dharwad Karnataka 23-08-2013 -
2014-15 IIIT Kalyani West Bengal 21-01-2014 7,00,00,000/-
IIIT Lucknow Uttar Pradesh 27-01-2014 -
IIIT Pune Maharashtra 30-01-2014 -
IIIT Kakinada Andhra Pradesh 17-01-2014 -
IIIT Senapati Manipur 28-02-2014 9,93,69,000/-
2015-16 IIIT Ranchi Jharkhand 22-04-2015 97,00,000/-
IIIT Surat Gujarat 07-05-2015 -
IIIT Nagpur Maharashtra 01-05-2015 3,00,00,000/-
</pre>
The funds released by Ministry of Human Resource Development to the following
institutions set up during 2015-16 and 2016-17 are as under:
<pre>
(Rs. in lakh)
S.No. Name of the Institute 2015-16 2016-17
(Provisional)
1. IIM Amritsar, Punjab 1,300.00 500.00
2. IIM Bodhgaya, Bihar 1,000.00 500.00
3. IIM Nagpur, Maharashtra 1,400.00 500.00
4. IIM Sambalpur, Odisha 1,000.00 500.00
5. IIM Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh 1,000.00 500.00
6. IIM Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh 1,300.00 500.00
7. IISER Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh 2,300.00 650.00
8. NIT Andhra Pradesh 1,000.00 -
</pre>
No fund has been allocated during the year to IIM Jammu in Jammu & Kashmir and
IISER Berhampur in Odisha, which have started academic sessions during the year 2016-17.
(c) to (e): At present there is no proposal to set up new Central Universities in the country.
However, the Andhra Pradesh Re-organisation Act 2014 envisages establishment of one Central
Tribal University each in State of Andhra Pradesh and in the State of Telangana and one Central
University in the successor state of Andhra Pradesh in the 12th and 13th Plans. Further the Prime
Minister has announced a package for Bihar on 18.8.2015. This package includes establishment
of a Central University near Bhagalpur at the historic site of Vikramshila University.
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