Lok Sabha Question No. 1909 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-13
Subject: Government/Non-Government Universities/ Colleges in Chhattisgarh
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Gomati Sai

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-† 1909

ANSWERED ON- 13/03/2023

## GOVERNMENT/NON-GOVERNMENT UNIVERSITIES/COLLEGES IN CHHATTISGARH

## † 1909. SHRIMATI GOMATI SAI:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the number and the details of the recognized Government/non-Government Universities/colleges in Chhattisgarh;
- (b)  whether  the  adequate  number  of  teachers/professors/principals  and  basic  infrastructure  are available  in  the  said  Universities/  college/  institutions  as  per  the  guidelines  issued  by  the Government; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (DR. SUBHAS SARKAR)

- (a) Sir, presently, there are total 32 Universities and 276 Colleges in the State of Chhattisgarh recognized u/s 2(f) of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 as per the details below:

| Universities in Chhattisgarh   |   Total No. |
|--------------------------------|-------------|
| State Public Universities      |          16 |
| State Private Universities     |          15 |
| Deemed to be Universities      |           0 |
| Central Universities           |           1 |
| Total                          |          32 |

| Colleges in Chhattisgarh   |   Total No. |
|----------------------------|-------------|
| Govt. Colleges             |         201 |
| Non-Govt. Colleges         |          74 |
| Constituent Colleges       |          01 |
| Total                      |         276 |

List of the recognized Universities and Colleges is available on the UGC website.There is one Central University in the state of Chhattisgarh i.e. Guru GhasidasVishwavidyalaya established by the Act of Parliament in the year 2009 under the purview of this Ministry.

- (b) & (c) Teaching position as on 01-02-2023 in respect of  Guru GhasidasVishwavidyalaya  is as under:

| Name of the post   |   Sanctioned Strength |   Filled up Post |   Vacant Posts |
|--------------------|-----------------------|------------------|----------------|
| Professor          |                    58 |               19 |             39 |
| Associate Prof.    |                   107 |               60 |             47 |
| Asst. Prof.        |                   269 |              248 |             21 |

The colleges are established by a society / trust / company as per the norms specified by the State Government  where  the  college  is  established.  They  fall  under  the  administrative  control  of respective State Governments. The posts in affiliated colleges are sanctioned and filled by the State Governments, which is a dynamic process.  The details of sanctioned and vacant posts of colleges are not centrally maintained. As per All India Survey on Higher Education report 202021, there are 22,613 teachers in position in Chhattisgarh. The development and maintenance of infrastructure in the State Universities and Colleges comes under the purview State Government and is responsibility of the State Government. This Ministry under the Scheme RashtriyaUchchatarShikshaAbhiyan    has  released  Rs.  220.13  crore    so  far  to  the  State  of Chhattisgarh .

*****