Lok Sabha Question No. 63 (STARRED), answered on 2022-12-12
Subject: Tribal Universities
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Sarmistha Sethi, Guman Singh Damor

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 63 ANSWERED ON 12.12.2022

## Tribal Universities

- *63. SHRIMATI SARMISTHA SETHI: SHRI GUMAN SINGH DAMOR:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the  total  number  of  Central  Tribal  Universities  in  the  country  along  with  the  number  of Tribal students studying therein, State-wise;

- (b) whether  the  Government  has  any  proposal  to  set  up  Tribal  Universities  in  the  country including Odisha and if so, the details thereof;

- (c) whether the Union Government has received any proposal from State Governments in this regard and if so, the details thereof and the action taken thereon;

- (d) the standards prescribed to open Central Tribal University;

- (e) the names of the subjects being taught in the Tribal Universities, University-wise; and

- (f) whether the facility of perusing Ph.D is available in these Tribal Universities and if so, the details  of subject being offered for study in Ph.D, university-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a) to (f): A statement is laid on the table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (f)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO.63  FOR  ANSWER  ON  12.12.2022  REGARDING  TRIBAL UNIVERSITIES  ASKED  BY  SHRIMATI  SARMISTHA  SETHI  AND  SHRI  GUMAN SINGH DAMOR, HON'BLE MPs

(a): There are two Central Tribal Universities in the country namely Indira Gandhi National Tribal  University  (IGNTU),  Amarkantak,  Madhya  Pradesh  and  Central  Tribal  University  of Andhra  Pradesh  (CTUAP),  Vizianagram,  Andhra  Pradesh  wherein  523  tribal  students  are studying.

(b) to (d): Setting up of a Central University is a continuous process  and is set up as and when need arises. There is no prescribed standard for setting up such university. At present, there is  no  proposal received from any State Government including Odisha, for setting up a Central University.

(e): The  names  of  the  subjects  being  taught  in  the  above  mentioned  tribal  universities  are given at Annexure-I.

(f): The details of subject being offered for study in Ph.D in IGNTU are given at AnnexureII. Whereas no Ph.D is offered in CTUAP as this is just three (03) years old.

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ANNEXURE  AS  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (e)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO.63  FOR  ANSWER  ON  12.12.2022  REGARDING  TRIBAL UNIVERSITIES  ASKED  BY  SHRIMATI  SARMISTHA  SETHI  AND  SHRI  GUMAN SINGH DAMOR, HON'BLE MPs

## Indira Gandhi National Tribal University (IGNTU)

|   S.No. | Courses/Programme Name                                                         |
|---------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Under Graduate Ancient Indian History, Culture &Archaeology                    |
|       2 | Under Graduate B. Pharm.                                                       |
|       3 | Under Graduate B.Pharm (Lateral Entry)                                         |
|       4 | Under Graduate Biotechnology                                                   |
|       5 | Under Graduate Botany                                                          |
|       6 | Under Graduate Business Administration                                         |
|       7 | Under Graduate Chemistry                                                       |
|       8 | Under Graduate Commerce                                                        |
|       9 | Under Graduate Computer Science                                                |
|      10 | Under Graduate Economics                                                       |
|      11 | Under Graduate English                                                         |
|      12 | Under Graduate Environmental Science                                           |
|      13 | Under Graduate Geography                                                       |
|      14 | Under Graduate Hindi                                                           |
|      15 | Under Graduate History                                                         |
|      16 | Under Graduate Journalism And Mass Communication                               |
|      17 | Under Graduate Linguistics And Contrastive Study Of Tribal Languages           |
|      18 | Under Graduate Mathematics                                                     |
|      19 | Under Graduate Museology                                                       |
|      20 | Under Graduate Philosophy                                                      |
|      21 | Under Graduate Physics                                                         |
|      22 | Under Graduate Political Science                                               |
|      23 | Under Graduate Psychology                                                      |
|      24 | Under Graduate Sanskrit                                                        |
|      25 | Under Graduate Sociology                                                       |
|      26 | Under Graduate Statistics                                                      |
|      27 | Under Graduate Tourism Management                                              |
|      28 | Under Graduate Yogic Science                                                   |
|      29 | Vocational Programme Agricultural Sciences                                     |
|      30 | Vocational Programme Software Development                                      |
|      31 | Vocational Programme Theatre, Stagecraft, Film Production And Media Technology |
|      32 | Vocational Programme Tourism And Hospitality Management                        |
|      33 | Under Graduate Zoology                                                         |
|      34 | Under Graduate Tribal Studies-Art Culture &Folk Literature                     |
|      35 | Bachelor Of Education(Education)                                               |
|      36 | Master Of Pharmacy((Pharmaceutical Chemistry))                                 |
|      37 | Master Of Pharmacy((Pharmaceutics))                                            |

|   38 | M.Voc In Media Technology                                            |
|------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   39 | M.Voc In Software Development                                        |
|   40 | Master Of Arts (Journalism)(M.A. In Journalism &Mass Communication ) |
|   41 | Master Of Arts(Ancient Indian History, Culture &Archaeology )        |
|   42 | Master Of Arts(Economics)                                            |
|   43 | Master Of Arts(History)                                              |
|   44 | Master Of Arts(Linguistics )                                         |
|   45 | Master Of Arts(Literature)(English)                                  |
|   46 | Master Of Arts(Literature)(Hindi)                                    |
|   47 | Master Of Arts(M.A. In Political Science-Rcm)                        |
|   48 | Master Of Arts(M.A./ M.Sc In Yogic Science)                          |
|   49 | Master Of Arts(M.A./M.Sc. In Geography)                              |
|   50 | Master Of Arts(M.A./M.Sc. In Mathematics)                            |
|   51 | Master Of Arts(M.A./M.Sc. In Psychology)                             |
|   52 | Master Of Arts(Museology)                                            |
|   53 | Master Of Arts(Political Science)                                    |
|   54 | Master Of Arts(Sociology)                                            |
|   55 | Master Of Arts(Sociology-Rcm)                                        |
|   56 | Master Of Arts(Tribal Studies -Rcm)                                  |
|   57 | Master Of Arts(Tribal Studies, Art, Culture And Folk Literature )    |
|   58 | Master Of Business Administration                                    |
|   59 | Master Of Commerce(Commerce)                                         |
|   60 | Master Of Computer Application(M.C.A. -Rcm)                          |
|   61 | Master Of Computer Application(M.C.A.)                               |
|   62 | Master Of Science(Biotechnology)                                     |
|   63 | Master Of Science(Botany)                                            |
|   64 | Master Of Science(Chemistry )                                        |
|   65 | Master Of Science(Environmental Science)                             |
|   66 | Master Of Science(Geology)                                           |
|   67 | Master Of Science(M.Sc. In Zoology)                                  |
|   68 | Master Of Science(Physics)                                           |
|   69 | Master Of Science(Statistics )                                       |
|   70 | Master Of Social Work(Social Work (Msw))                             |
|   71 | Master Of Social Work(Social Work (Msw)-Rcm)                         |
|   72 | MBA(Torism &Travel Management)                                       |
|   73 | M.A In (Philosophy)                                                  |
|   74 | M.A. In Sanskrit                                                     |
|   75 | Master Of Education(Education)                                       |

## Central Tribal University of Andhra Pradesh (CTUAP)

|   Sl.No. | Course/Programme            |
|----------|-----------------------------|
|        1 | M.Sc. Chemistry             |
|        2 | Master of Social Work (MSW) |
|        3 | M.A English                 |
|        4 | MBA                         |

|   5 | MASociology                        |
|-----|------------------------------------|
|   6 | M.A JMC                            |
|   7 | M.Sc Bio-Technology                |
|   8 | M.A Tribal Studies                 |
|   9 | Integrated B.Sc.+ M.Sc. Chemistry  |
|  10 | IntegratedBBA+MBA                  |
|  11 | Integrated B.Sc.+ M.Sc. Botany     |
|  12 | Integrated B.Sc + M.Sc Geology     |
|  13 | B.Sc. AI (Artificial Intelligence) |
|  14 | B.Com Vocational                   |

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ANNEXURE  AS  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (f)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO.63  FOR  ANSWER  ON  12.12.2022  REGARDING  TRIBAL UNIVERSITIES  ASKED  BY  SHRIMATI  SARMISTHA  SETHI  AND  SHRI  GUMAN SINGH DAMOR, HON'BLE MPs

|   S.No. | Ph.D. Programme                                               |
|---------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Ph.D in Ancient Indian History, Culture &Archaeology          |
|       2 | Ph.D in Applied Psychology                                    |
|       3 | Ph.D in Biotechnology                                         |
|       4 | Ph.D in Botany                                                |
|       5 | Ph.D in Business Management                                   |
|       6 | Ph. D in Chemistry                                            |
|       7 | Ph.D in Commerce                                              |
|       8 | Ph.D in Communication And Media Studies                       |
|       9 | Ph.D in Computer Science                                      |
|      10 | Ph.D in Computer Science (RCM)                                |
|      11 | Ph.D in Economics                                             |
|      12 | Ph.D in Education                                             |
|      13 | Ph.D in English                                               |
|      14 | Ph.D in Environmental Sciences                                |
|      15 | Ph.D in Geography                                             |
|      16 | Ph.D in Geology                                               |
|      17 | Ph.D in Hindi                                                 |
|      18 | Ph.D in History                                               |
|      19 | Ph.D in Linguistics And Contrastive Study of Tribal Languages |
|      20 | Ph.D in Mathematics                                           |
|      21 | Ph.D in Museology                                             |
|      22 | Ph.D in Pharmacy                                              |
|      23 | Ph.D in Physics                                               |
|      24 | Ph.D in Political Science &Human Rights                       |
|      25 | Ph.D in Political Science &Human Rights(RCM)                  |
|      26 | Ph.D in Social Work                                           |
|      27 | Ph.D in Social Work (RCM)                                     |
|      28 | Ph.D in Sociology &Social Anthropology                        |
|      29 | Phd in Tourism Management                                     |
|      30 | Ph.D in Tribal Art Folk Literature And Culture                |
|      31 | Ph.D in Zoology                                               |
|      32 | Ph.D in Philosophy                                            |