MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
(DR. SATYA PAL SINGH)
(a) &(b) :
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S.No. Name of the Institute Established/
Functioning under
Higher Education in
the Country
Number of
students availing
benefits of
education in these
Institutes
1. Universities 865 70,72,284
2. Indian Institutes of Technology
(IITs)
23 85,453
3. Indian Institutes of Management
(IIMs)
20 8, 996
4. National Institute of Technology
(NIT)
31 99,749
5. Indian Institute of Information
Technology (IIIT)
23 3,949
Total 962 72,61,435
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(c): The details of budget allocation made and the expenditure incurred during last three years is
as follows:
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(Rs. in Crores)
S.No. Name of the Institute Financial
Year
Budget
Estimate
Revised
Estimate
Actuals
1. Universities 2015-16 10000.45 9842.96 9841.45
2016-17 10902.87 10902.87 10882.17
2017-18 11237.87 12328.36 12031.27
2. Indian Institutes of
Technology (IITs)
2015-16 4973.35 4422.35 4422.20
2016-17 4983.71 5388.71 5379.70
2017-18 7856.00 8394.30 8337.21
3. Indian Institutes of
Management (IIMs)
2015-16 345.00 411.10 406.90
2016-17 730.00 857.78 722.55
2017-18 1030.00 925.13 821.40
4. National Institute of
Technology (NIT)
2015-16 3248.88 3637.39 3611.06
2016-17 3735.40 3938.37 3915.20
2017-18 4594.10 4576.07 4466.29
5. Indian Institute of 2015-16 531.93 502.73 494.64
Information
Technology (IIIT)
2016-17 637.08 591.80 439.45
2017-18 812.48 809.28 721.58
Total 65619.12 67529.2 66493.07
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(d) & (e): Various measures have been taken by Institutes to attract quality faculty, which
include year-round open advertisements, invitation through search-cum-selection procedures to
alumni/ scientists/ faculty, advertisements in international journals, and appointment of Non-
Resident Indian (NRI) and Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) to faculty positions on the same
terms as applicable to regular faculty, mobility of faculty from one Central Educational Institute
to another in order to protect their pensioner benefits, and pay parity to faculty. The Government
has also launched the Global Initiative for Academic Networks (GIAN) to enable foreign faculty
to teach some courses in Higher Educational Institutions. Government has launched Prime
Minister’s Research Fellows (PMRF) Scheme to attract bright students into Ph.D programmes,
which will improve the quality of research and address shortage of faculty.
Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers & Teaching has been
launched by the Government for building a strong professional cadre of teachers by setting
performance standards and creating top class institutional facilities for innovative teaching and
professional development of teachers. Teachers in technical education discipline shall
mandatorily undergo an Annual Refresher Course delivered through Study Webs of Active-
Learning for Young Aspiring Minds (SWAYAM) portal, encapsulating all the major advances in
the field of their study. Various other schemes have been launched by the Government to
facilitate upgradation of knowledge and skills of teachers like Faculty Development Programme
(FDP), Short Term Training Programme (STTP), AICTE-ISTE Induction/ Refresher
Programmes, Emeritus Professor (Distinguished Practising Engineer) Fellowship etc.
(f): Many encouraging policies under the initiative of the Research and Innovation have been
launched by the Government like Establishment of Research Parks in Indian Institutes of
Technology (IITs), Impacting Research Innovation and Technology (IMPRINT) to provide
solutions to the most relevant engineering challenges and translating knowledge into viable
technology, Uchhatar Avishkar Yojana(UAY) to promote innovation of a higher order that
impacts the needs of the Industry and thereby improving the competitive edge of Indian
manufacturing, In addition, Universities with Potential for Excellence (UPE) to strengthen the
academic and physical infrastructure for achieving excellence and innovation in teaching,
learning, research & outreach programmes, Centres with Potential for Excellence in Particular
Area (CPEPA) to support the development of inter-and/or multi-disciplinary areas and specific
research projects in these areas at the selected Centers, Special Assistant Programme (SAP) to
identify and support University Departments which have the potential to undertake quality
teaching and research programmes in various educational and allied disciplines etc. are some
more initiatives undertaken.
(g) : There is no such Agency.
(h): Unnat Bharat Abhiyan aims to involve Higher Educational Institutions (both central and
state; public and private) to engage with rural areas and understand the pressing issues of the
people. The Higher Education Institutions are expected to adopt about 5 villages and customize
the available technologies or develop new technologies as per the local needs and improve the
implementation of existing Government programmes. Subject Expert Groups (SEG) have been
created to devise and suggest possible solutions for improvement in strategy adopted under
different subjects like rural education, energy, water conservation etc which will be valuable for
improvement in service delivery in rural areas and also enable students to obtain a better
understanding of rural India. The sensitization of students and faculty with ground realities of
rural India is expected to be reflected in the curriculum design and research activities.
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