Lok Sabha Question No. 4765 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-23
Subject: Number of Assistant Professors/Professors
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Dharmendra Kumar Kashyap, Girish Chandra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4765 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.03.2020

## Number of Assistant Professors/Professors

† 4765. SHRI DHARMENDRA KASHYAP : SHRI GIRISH CHANDRA:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  number of Assistant Professors/Professors in all Central Universities, category-wise (UR/OBC/SC/ ST);
- (b) the names of the Central Universities set up from 2013 till date;
- (c) the number of students in the said newly set up Universities category-wise (UR/OBC/SC/ST); and
- (d) the number of Universities proposed to be set up in the year 2020, State-wise?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

- (a):  The  category-wise  number  of  Assistant  Professors/Professors  in  respect  of  40  Central Universities  and  Indira  Gandhi  National  Open  University  (IGNOU)  under  the  purview  of Ministry of Human Resource Development are given hereunder.

## As on 01.01.2020

| Category of the Post   | Number of Sanctioned Faculty Posts   | Number of Sanctioned Faculty Posts   | Number of Sanctioned Faculty Posts   | Number of Sanctioned Faculty Posts   |
|------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|                        | UR                                   | OBC                                  | SC                                   | ST                                   |
| Assistant Professor    | 5805                                 | 2178                                 | 1352                                 | 696                                  |
| Professor              | 1660                                 | 269                                  | 297                                  | 133                                  |

## IGNOU (As on 01.01.2020)

| Category of the Post   | Number of Sanctioned Faculty Posts   | Number of Sanctioned Faculty Posts   | Number of Sanctioned Faculty Posts   | Number of Sanctioned Faculty Posts   |
|------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|                        | UR                                   | OBC                                  | SC                                   | ST                                   |
| Assistant Professor    | 137                                  | 44                                   | 36                                   | 18                                   |
| Professor              | 39                                   | 8                                    | 10                                   | 5                                    |

- (b) & (c): The names of Central Universities set up from 2013 till date are as under:-
- (i)  Mahatma Gandhi Central University
- (ii)  Central University of Andhra Pradesh
- (iii) Central Tribal University of Andhra Pradesh

Category-wise number of students in the newly set up Universities is as under:-

| Sl.No.   | Name of the Central University              | Number of Students   | Number of Students   | Number of Students   | Number of Students   |
|----------|---------------------------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|          |                                             | UR                   | OBC                  | SC                   | ST                   |
| 1.       | Mahatma Gandhi Central University           | 468                  | 228                  | 58                   | 16                   |
| 2.       | Central University of Andhra Pradesh        | 31                   | 28                   | 20                   | 10                   |
| 3.       | Central Tribal University of Andhra Pradesh | 17                   | 49                   | 12                   | 44                   |

(d): The setting up of institutions of higher education is an ongoing process. A number of higher educational institutions including Central Universities have already been established. Following the 12th Plan (2012-17), as approved by the National Development Council, the thrust  is  on  consolidation  of  higher  education  system.  Expansion  is  to  be  done  mainly  by scaling up capacity of the existing institutions in place of setting up new institutions. Further, 'Education'  being  a  concurrent  subject,  the  State  Governments  are  also  taking  various initiatives.

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