Lok Sabha Question No. 1257 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-10
Subject: Sanskrit University
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Parvatagouda Chandanagouda Gaddigoudar

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No.1257 TOBE ANSWERED ON 10.02.2020

## Sanskrit University

## 1257.    SHRI P.C. GADDIGOUDAR:

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

- (a) the number of Sanskrit Universities presently located in the country, State-wise;
- (b) the grants made to each of them during the last three years, year-wise;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  any  proposal  to  grant  Central  University  status  to  some  of  the Sanskrit  Universities in the country; and
- (d) the time by which the above proposal is likely to be implemented?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) A list is placed at Annexure-I.
- (b) There are three Sanskrit Deemed to be UniversiƟes which are fully funded by the Central Government. The funds provided to these three insƟtuƟons are as under :

(Rs. in lakhs)

| Sl.   | Name of the Institution and State                                       | Grant allocation   | Grant allocation   | Grant allocation   |
|-------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
| No.   |                                                                         | 2016-17            | 2017-18            | 2018-19            |
| 1.    | Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan(RSKS), Delhi                                | 19831.06           | 21437.99           | 23115.00           |
| 2.    | Sri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha (SLBSRSV), Delhi | 3259.37            | 3833.53            | 4802.23            |
| 3.    | Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha (RSV), Andhra Pradesh                    | 2391.12            | 3800.91            | 3753.41            |

Apart from the above, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has provided one Ɵme grant of Rs.140.00  lakh  in  2017-18  to  Kavi  Kulguru  Kalidas  Sanskrit  University,  Ramtek,  Maharashtra which  is  a  State  University. Grants  to  other  UniversiƟes which  are  State UniversiƟes are provided by the respecƟve State Governments .

- (c) &(d): Yes Sir, There is a proposal to convert three Sanskrit Deemed to be UniversiƟes namely Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (RSKS), Delhi, Sri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha (SLBSRSV), New Delhi and Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidypeetha (RSV), Tirupati to Central University. A Bill in this regard has already been passed in the Lok Sabha.

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## Annexure-I

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHAUNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1257 FOR ANSWER ON 10.02.2020 ASKED BY SHRI P.C. GADDIGOUDAR REGARDING SANSKRIT UNIVERSITY.

State-Wise List of Sanskrit Universities

| Sl. No.   | State          | Name of the Sanskrit Universities and Deemed to be Universities (DTBU) in the country         | Type of Universities               |
|-----------|----------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| 1.        | Bihar          | Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University, Darbhanga                                      | State University                   |
| 2. 3.     | Andhra Pradesh | Shri Venkateswara Vedic University, Tirupati Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati         | State University Deemed University |
| 4.        | Delhi          | Sri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, New Delhi Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan | - do - - do -                      |
| 6.        | Uttar Pradesh  | Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya, Varanasi                                               | State University                   |
| 7.        | Odisha         | Shri Jagannath Sanskrit Vishvavidyalaya                                                       | - do -                             |
| 8. 9.     | Kerala         | Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit., Kalady Chinmaya Vishva Vidyapeetha, Cochin        | - do - - do -                      |
| 10.       | Maharashtra    | Kavi Kulguru Kalidas Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya, Ramtek                                         | - do -                             |
| 11.       | Rajasthan      | Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Rajasthan Sanskrit University, Jaipur                               | - do -                             |
| 12.       | Gujarat        | Shri Somnath Sanskrit University, Veraval                                                     | - do -                             |
| 13.       | Uttarakhand    | Uttarakhand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar                                                | - do -                             |
| 14.       | Karnataka      | Karnataka Sanskrit University, Bengaluru.                                                     | - do -                             |
| 15.       | Assam          | Kumar Bhaskar Varma Sanskrit and Ancient Studies University                                   | - do -                             |
| 16.       | West Bengal    | The Sanskrit College and University, Kolkata                                                  | - do -                             |
| 17.       | Madhya Pradesh | Maharishi Panini Sanskrit Evam Vedic University University                                    | - do -                             |
| 18        | Haryana        | Maharishi Balmikit Sanskrit University                                                        | - do -                             |