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University
Education in India |
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India has a large
higher education system. It has
237
10600
70.78
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Universities
Colleges
lakh students
lakh teachers |
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The system is
monitored by University Grants
Commission (UGC) which coordinates, maintains standard and
gives grants to universities and colleges.
There are 16 Central
Universities in the country which are funded by the Union
Government. Another one is being planned for Mizoram.
Besides, there are 37 institutions which have been accorded
university status and are called "Deemed Universities".
The state governments, under law, are entitled to establish their
own universities, funded by the respective state government which
provides maintenance as well as development grant to them. The
coordination and cooperation between the Union and the States is
brought about by the Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE).
Academic Structure
There are three levels
of qualifications in the higher education system.
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Bachelor /
Undergraduate level
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Master's /
Post-graduate level
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Doctoral /
Pre-doctoral level
Diploma courses are
also available at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
The Bachelor's degree
in arts, commerce and sciences is of three years (after 12 years
of school education). In some places there are honours and special
courses available. These are not necessarily longer, but indicate
greater depth of study. Bachelor's degree in professional fields
like agriculture, dentistry, engineering, pharmacy, technology and
veterinary medicine generally take four years, while architecture
and medicine may take five years, or a little more. Bachelor's
degree in law can either be taken up as an integrated degree
lasting five years, or as a three-year course.
The Master's degree is normally of two-years. It could be
coursework based without thesis or research. Admission to
postgraduate programmes in engineering and technology is done on
the basis of Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) or
Combined Medical Test (PMT) respectively.
A pre-doctoral programme - Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) is taken
after completion of the Master's Degree. This can either be
completely research based or can include course work as well.
Ph.D. is awarded two year after the M.Phil. or three years after
the Master's degree. Students are expected to write a substantial
thesis based on research.
UNIVERSITY GRANTS
COMMISSION
Objective
The University Grants Commission (UGC)
was established by an Act of Parliament in 1956. It
monitors, coordinates with the states and helps maintain standard
of teaching, examination and research in Higher Education. It
disburses grants to universities and colleges, advises Union and
State Governments on measures to improve university education and
frames rules and regulations for teaching and research.
Composition
The Commission is an autonomous
body comprising the Chairperson, a Vice-Chairperson and ten
members appointed by the Union Government. The Chairperson is
normally an eminent academician, appointed for a term of five
years. Of the ten members, two are government officials, four
university teachers while the rest are educationists. Except the
Chairperson, the rest of the members are appointed for a term of
three years --- and they can all have a maximum of two terms.
Present composition
Dr. Hari Pratap Gautam -
Chairperson, UGC (Term up to 6.4.2002)
Vice-Chairperson - Vacant
Mr M.K. Kaw - Education Secretary
(up to 17.5.2002)
Mr C.M. Vasudev - Secretary
(Expenditure)
Dr. Kunhaman - Deptt. of
Economics, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala -
693 034. (up to 3.2.2002)
Dr. R.C. Tripathi - Professor,
Allahabad University, Allahabad (up to 3.2.2002)
Prof. Kumud N. Sarma, Head of
Deptt. of Law, Gauhati University, Gopinath Bardoloi Nagar,
Guwahati – 781 014, Assam (up to 3.2.2002)
Dr Kamleshwar Bora, former
Vice-Chancellor, Dibrugarh University (up to 4.2.2000)
Dr. Om Nagpal, former Chairman,
Higher Education Grants Commission, Bhopal (up to 3.2.2002)
three memberships vacant
Funding
The UGC has no funds of its own. It
receives both Plan and Non-Plan grants from the Union Government
to carry out the responsibilities assigned to it by law. It
allocates and disburses full maintenance and development grants to
the Central Universities, the colleges affiliated with Delhi and
Banaras Hindu Universities and some ‘Deemed Universities’. The
universities and colleges established by the state governments do
get UGC funds (non-Plan) but for specific programmes or a
development scheme.
The following table gives details
of grants provided by the Union Government to UGC. |
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(Rs. In crores)
| Year |
Plan
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Non-Plan
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| 1992
– 1993 |
137.14
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308.09
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| 1993
– 1994 |
141.50
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336.95
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| 1994
– 1995 |
234.20
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345.59
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| 1995
– 1996 |
207.77
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450.82
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| 1996
– 1997 |
201.50
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465.00
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| 1997
– 1998 |
352.20
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545.00
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| 1998
– 1999 |
260.35
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1009. 00
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| 1999
– 2000 |
380.00
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640.00
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Regional Offices -
Six UGC Regional Offices are : -
Six UGC Regional Offices are :
| Name
of Regional Office |
States |
Address |
| Southern
Regional Office |
Andhra
Pradesh
Kerala
Karnataka
Pondicherry
Tamil Nadu |
Mr
K. Gunasekharan
Joint Secretary
SRO, UGC
A.P. State Finance Corp. Building, Post Box No. 125,
5-9-194, Chirag Ali Lane, Hyderabad-500001
Tele:042-320 4735 (O) -783 4266 (R)
Fax :042-320 4734 |
| Northern
Regional Office |
Jammu
& Kashmir
Himachal Pradesh
Punjab
Haryana
Uttar Pradesh |
Dr
(Mrs) Kanta Kumari
Joint Secretary & NRO,UGC
Nehru Vikas Minar
Nehru Parivahan Commercial Complex, G.T. Road, Ghaziabad
– 201 001.
Tele: 91- 73 5968 (O)
22 99142 (R)
Fax : 91- 73 5968 |
| Central
Regional Office |
Madhya
Pradesh
Rajasthan |
Dr.
Kamlakar Singh
Joint Secretary & CRO UGC
Tawa Complex, Bitton Market, E-5, Arera Colony,
Bhopal – 462 016.
Tele: 0755 – 567 892 (O)
550 892 (R)
Fax : 0755 – 567 893
555 414 |
| Eastern
Regional Office |
West
Bengal
Bihar
Orissa
Sikkim |
Dr.
S. Bhattacharya
Joint Secretary & ERO UGC
LB-8, Sector – III, Salt Lake
Calcutta – 700 091.
Tele: 033 – 358 0586 (O)
440 5552 (R)
Fax : 033 – 358 0586 |
| North
Eastern Regional Office |
Assam
Meghalaya
Manipur
Arunachal Pradesh
Tripura
Nagaland |
Dr.
B.N. Roy Chaudhry
Joint Secretary & NERO UGC
3rd Floor, House Fed, Rental Block – 5,
Beltola Baristha Road, Dispur,
Guwahati – 781 006.
Tele : 0361 – 564 818 (O) 569
131 (R)
Fax : 0361 – 567 056 |
| Western
Regional Office |
Goa
Gujarat
Maharashtra |
Dr.
N.K. Jain
Joint Secretary & WRO UGC
Ganeshkhind, Pune – 441 007.
Tele : 020 – 350 477 (O)
350 476 (R)
Fax : 020 – 350 477 |
Inter University Centres (IUCs)
Under Section 12 (ccc) of the UGC
Act, the Commission has established the following
Inter–University Centres to provide common facilities, service
and programmes to universities as investment in infrastructure and
inputs have made it beyond the reach of individual universities to
obtain these facilities:-
| Centre |
Objective |
Contact
person & Address |
| Nuclear
Science Centre, New Delhi (1984*) |
Accelerator
oriented research |
Prof.
G.K. Menon
Director, NSC,
NSC Campus,
Post Box No. 10502
Aruna Asaf Ali Marg,
New Delhi – 110 067
Tele: 011- 683 955
Fax : 011- 6893666
6121960 |
| IUC
for Astronomy an Astrophysics, Pune |
State-of-the-art
instrumentation for research in astronomy |
Prof.
J.V. Narlikar
Director, IUCAA,
Post Bag 4, Ganeshkhind
Pune – 411 007
Tele: 020 – 31414 (O)
359415
Fax :91-212-356417 (Direct)
350760 (General) |
| Inter
– University Consortium for DAE facilities, Indore
(1989*) |
Use
of facilities of Department of Atomic Energy |
Dr.
B.N. Dasanacharya,
Director, University Campus, Khandura Road
Indore – 452 017
Tele: 0731 – 462265 (O)
463913 |
| Information
and Library Network (INFLINET) Ahmedabad (1996*) |
Networking
of libraries through electronic media |
Mr.
Pramod Kumar
Director,
INFLIBNET Centre, Near Gujarat University Guest House,
P.B. No. 4116,
Navrangpura
Ahmedabad.
Tele: 079 – 6569702 (O)
6746078 ®
Fax : 079 – 6560990 |
| Consortium
for Educational Communication (CEC) New Delhi (1993*) |
To
disseminate Countrywide programme through television |
Dr.
M.M. Chaudhury
Director, CEC
NSC Campus,
Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi – 110 067.
Tele: 011-689 6637 (O)
Fax : 011 – 689 7416 |
| National
Assessment & Accreditation Council (NACC) Bangalore
(1994*) |
To
assess and accredit public & Private institutions of
higher learning |
‘Aragini
Bhavana’
2/4, Dr. Rajkumar
Post Box No. 1075
Rajajinagar,
Bangalore-560 010
Tele:3384045,46,47,48,49
Fax: 91-080-338 4047 |
National Facilities
The UGC has set up National
Facility Centres in some Universities:-
| Centre |
Objective |
| Western
Regional Instrumentation Centre, Bombay |
Design
and development of indigenous equipment and training to
staff in instrumentation. |
| Regional
Instrumentation Centre, Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore |
Design
and development of indigenous equipment and training to
staff in instrumentation. |
| Crystal
Growth Centre, Anna University, Madras |
Research
and dissemination of knowledge and oorganization of
training programme in crystal growth. |
| M.S.T.
Radar Centre SriVenkateswara Tirupati |
Studies
in atmospheric Dynamics to enable teachers to use
MST/Radar facility. |
| Eastern
Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Calcutta University |
Research
in Astrophysics |
| Japal
– Rangapur observatory, Osmania University, Hyderabad |
Science
Research Observatory |
| Centre
for Science Education & Communication, New Delhi |
Popularization
of Science |
University
Grants Commission
Bahadurshah Zafar Marg
New Delhi - 110002
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