Lok Sabha Question No. 729 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-23
Subject: Number of Universities
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: JAYSHREEBEN  PATEL

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 729 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.07.2018

## Number of Universities

## † 729. SHRIMATI  JAYSHREEBEN PATEL:

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

- (a) the total number of Universities, Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), Indian Institutes of Managements  (IIMs),  National  Institute  of  Technology  (NIT),  Indian  Institute  of  Information Technology (IIIT) established/ functioning under the Higher Education in the country;
- (b) the number of students availing benefits of education in these institutes;
- (c) the details of the budget allocation made and the expenditure incurred during the last three years;
- (d) the details of the action plan regarding Principal, Professor, Assistant Professor therein;
- (e) the details of the training programme for the teachers;
- (f) the details of the Encouragement Policy under the initiative of the research and Innovation;
- (g) the details of the action plan of the National Training Agency; and
- (h)  the  action  plan  formulated  for  the  improvement  in  higher  education  under  Unnat  Bharat Abhiyan?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. SATYA PAL SINGH)

## (a) &(b) :

|   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 |

## (c):  The details of budget allocation made and the expenditure incurred during last three years is as follows:

(Rs. in Crores)

|   S.No. | Name of the Institute                  | Financial Year   |   Budget Estimate |   Revised Estimate |   Actuals |
|---------|----------------------------------------|------------------|-------------------|--------------------|-----------|
|       1 | Universities                           | 2015-16          |          10000.5  |            9842.96 |   9841.45 |
|       1 | Universities                           | 2016-17          |          10902.9  |           10902.9  |  10882.2  |
|       1 | Universities                           | 2017-18          |          11237.9  |           12328.4  |  12031.3  |
|       2 | Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) | 2015-16          |           4973.35 |            4422.35 |   4422.2  |
|       2 | Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) | 2016-17          |           4983.71 |            5388.71 |   5379.7  |
|       2 | Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) | 2017-18          |           7856    |            8394.3  |   8337.21 |
|       3 | Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) | 2015-16          |            345    |             411.1  |    406.9  |
|       3 | Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) | 2016-17          |            730    |             857.78 |    722.55 |
|       3 | Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) | 2017-18          |           1030    |             925.13 |    821.4  |
|       4 | National Institute of Technology (NIT) | 2015-16          |           3248.88 |            3637.39 |   3611.06 |
|       4 | National Institute of Technology (NIT) | 2016-17          |           3735.4  |            3938.37 |   3915.2  |
|       4 | National Institute of Technology (NIT) | 2017-18          |           4594.1  |            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                           |           | 65619.1  | 67529.2  | 66493.1  |

(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  NonResident  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  ActiveLearning 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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