Lok Sabha Question No. 1079 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-17
Subject: Centres of Excellence
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: HARI BABU KAMBHAMPATI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1079

TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.12.2018

## CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE

## 1079. DR. KAMBHAMPATI HARIBABU:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Centres of Excellence are working in tandem with the Civil Society Organisations for providing extension services to the tribal communities and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) list of centres of excellence recognized by the Government, State-wise; and
- (c) the details of research/extension work carried out by the centres of excellence in Andhra Pradesh in the last four years?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS ( SHRI JASWANTSINH BHABHOR )

- (a)  &  (b):  Ministry  has  identified  and  recognized  the  following  Non-Governmental  Organizations  / Institutions / Universities etc. as Centres of Excellence (CoE):

|   Sl. No | Name of the Centre of Excellence                                                                | Located in the State   |
|----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|
|        1 | Bhasha Research &Publication Centre, Vadodara                                                   | Gujarat                |
|        2 | National Institute of Rural Development, Hyderabad                                              | Telangana              |
|        3 | BAIF Development Research Foundation, Pune, Maharashtra                                         | Maharashtra            |
|        4 | Visva Bharati, Santiniketan                                                                     | West Bengal            |
|        5 | Department of Humanities and Social Science, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha | Odisha                 |
|        6 | Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Clappanakollam                                                      | Kerala                 |
|        7 | International Crops Research Institute for the Semi - Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad         | Telangana              |
|        8 | Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak.                                           | Madhya Pradesh         |
|        9 | Vanjeevan National Scheduled Tribe Finance and Development Corporation, New Delhi               | Delhi                  |
|       10 | Institute of Human Development                                                                  | Delhi                  |
|       11 | Indian Institute of Public Administration                                                       | Delhi                  |
|       12 | Council of Analytical tribal Studies (COATS), Koraput                                           | Odisha                 |

Financial support is provided to these Organisations by Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) for following activities  based  on  the  project  proposal  received  from  them  with  the  approval  of  duly  Constituted Committee chaired by Secretary (Tribal Affairs):

- (i) Conducting qualitative, action oriented and policy research on tribal communities.
- (ii) Evaluation studies,
- (iii) Workshops / Seminars helpful in orienting developmental programmes for the Scheduled Tribes and disseminating knowledge and experience concerning tribal people and their areas, and
- (iv) Publication of literature on tribal development.

Details regarding CoEs working in tandem with Civil Society Organisations is not maintained in the Ministry.

(c): MoTA has provided funds to the 12 CoEs for undertaking studies related to Scheduled Tribes. So far, no proposal has been received in this Ministry from these COEs to carry out research work in Andhra Pradesh during last four years. The details of research work carried out by these CoEs outside the grant given by MoTA is not maintained in the Ministry.

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