Lok Sabha Question No. 718 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-21
Subject: Private Universities
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: DILIP PATEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 718 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.11.2016

## Private Universities

## 718. SHRI DILIP PATEL:

Will	the	Minister	of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be	pleased	to	state : (a)	the	total	number	of	private	universities	currently	functioning	in	the	country,	Statewise; (b)	the	total	number	of	Ph.D.	holders	employed	in	those	universities; (c)	whether	there	is	any	guidance	from	the	Government	for	their	salary	structure	and	if so,	the	details	thereof;	and (d)	whether	there	is	any	proposal	from	Government	to	fix	minimum	salary	payable	for those	Ph.D.	holders	engaged	by	private	universities?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. MAHENDRA NATH PANDEY)

(a):	 Presently,	 247	 State	 Private	 Universities	 and	 88	 Private	 Deemed	 Universities	 are functioning	in	the	country.	State-wise	breakup	of	these	Universities	is	at Annexure -I. (b):	No	such	data	is	maintained	centrally. (c)	&	(d):	No,	Madam.

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## ANNEXURE -I

## ANNEXURE IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.718 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.11.2016 REGARDING 'PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES' ASKED BY SHRI DILIP PATEL

| Sl No.   | Name of State     | No. of State Private Universities   | No. of privately managed Deemed to be Universities   |
|----------|-------------------|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh    | -------                             | 4                                                    |
| 2.       | Arunachal Pradesh | 7                                   | ------                                               |
| 3.       | Assam             | 4                                   | ------                                               |
| 4.       | Bihar             | ------                              | ------                                               |
| 5.       | Chandigarh        | ------                              | ------                                               |
| 6.       | Chhattisgarh      | 8                                   | ------                                               |
| 7.       | Delhi             | ------                              | 2                                                    |
| 8.       | Gujarat           | 27                                  | 2                                                    |
| 9.       | Haryana           | 19                                  | 3                                                    |
| 10.      | Himachal Pradesh  | 17                                  | ------                                               |
| 11.      | Jammu &Kashmir    | ------                              | ------                                               |
| 12.      | Jharkhand         | 6                                   | 1                                                    |
| 13.      | Karnataka         | 12                                  | 12                                                   |
| 14.      | Kerala            | ------                              | ------                                               |
| 15.      | Madhya Pradesh    | 21                                  | ------                                               |
| 16.      | Maharashtra       | 6                                   | 14                                                   |
| 17.      | Manipur           | 1                                   | ------                                               |
| 18.      | Meghalaya         | 8                                   | ------                                               |
| 19.      | Mizoram           | 1                                   | ------                                               |
| 20.      | Nagaland          | 2                                   | ------                                               |
| 21.      | Odisha            | 3                                   | 2                                                    |
| 22.      | Punjab            | 13                                  | 1                                                    |
| 23.      | Pondicherry       | ------                              | 1                                                    |
| 24.      | Rajasthan         | 42                                  | 8                                                    |
| 25.      | Sikkim            | 5                                   | ------                                               |
| 26.      | Tamil Nadu        | ------                              | 27                                                   |
| 27.      | Telangana         | ------                              | 2                                                    |
| 28.      | Tripura           | 1                                   | ------                                               |
| 29.      | Uttar Pradesh     | 25                                  | 6                                                    |
| 30.      | Uttarakhand       | 11                                  | 2                                                    |
| 31.      | West Bengal       | 8                                   | 1                                                    |
| Total    | Total             | 247                                 | 88                                                   |