Lok Sabha Question No. 1373 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-27
Subject: NIPER Council
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Bhola Singh, Sukanta Majumdar, Rajveer (Raju Bhaiya) Singh, Raja Amareshwara Naik, Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo, Vinod Kumar Sonkar, Jayanta Kumar Roy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACEUTICALS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1373 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 27 TH  JULY, 2021

## NIPER Council

## 1373.   DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR:

SHRI RAJVEER SINGH (RAJU BHAIYA):

SHRI RAJA AMARESHWARA NAIK:

SHRIMATI SANGEETA KUMARI SINGH DEO:

SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR:

DR. JAYANTA KUMAR ROY:

SHRI BHOLA SINGH:

Will the Minister of CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZAERS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is planning to bring a legislation the NIPER (Amendment) Bill
- 2021 to establish the NIPER Council and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has reviewed the functioning of the NIPER and if so, the details of achievements made and funds spend so far, Institutewise;
- (c) whether the Government propose to set up four new NIPER and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the details of vacancies of posts in NIPER, Institute-wise;
- (e) whether same NIPER do not have its own campuses and are running in temporary buildings and if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) the other steps being taken by the Government to strengthen the NIPER?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS (SHRI MANSUKH MANDAVIYA)

(a): Yes Sir. Government has introduced NIPER (Amendment) Bill 2021 in the Lok Sabha on 15 th March, 2021. The provisions of the Bill include setting up a NIPER Council under the chairmanship of Hon'ble Minister  (Chemicals  &  Fertilizers)  to  coordinate  the  activities  of various NIPERs and ensure planned and coordinated development of pharmaceutical education and research and maintenance of standards thereof.

- (b):  NIPERs  are  autonomous  institutions  having  their  own  Board  of  Governors,  which  are responsible for the general superintendence, direction and control of the affairs of the Institute. As  the  institutes  are  mainly  funded  by  the  Government,  it  periodically  reviews  their functioning. The annual accounts of the Institute are also audited by the office of CAG. A thirdparty  evaluation  of  NIPERs  through  a  private  party  has  also  been  conducted.  Further,  the Expenditure  Finance  Committee  (EFC)  under  the  Ministry  of  Finance  also  appraise  the functioning of NIPERs for their continuation/ expansion.

Ministry  of  Education  publishes  annual  National  Institutional  Ranking  Framework  (NIRF) ranking public and private Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) in the country under various categories. The ranking of NIPERs under the 'Pharmacy' category during last four years is as under:

| NIPERs    | 2017   | 2018   | 2019   | 2020   |
|-----------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| Mohali    | 2 nd   | 1 st   | 3 rd   | 3 rd   |
| Hyderabad | 5 th   | 6 th   | 6 th   | 5 th   |
| Ahmedabad | -      | 14 th  | 9 th   | 8 th   |
| Guwahati  | -      | -      | -      | 11 th  |
| Raebareli | -      | -      | -      | 18 th  |
| Kolkata   | -      | -      | -      | 27 th  |

The institute-wise details of students passed out, research papers published, patents filed and MOUs signed are as under:

| NIPER     | Students passed out   | Research Papers published   |   Patents filed |   MoU signed |
|-----------|-----------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------|--------------|
| Mohali    | 3,735                 | 2,777                       |             198 |           23 |
| Ahmedabad | 619                   | 594                         |              21 |           23 |
| Hyderabad | 1113                  | 786                         |              32 |           52 |
| Guwahati  | 400                   | 301                         |              20 |           24 |
| Kolkata   | 479                   | 204                         |              02 |           23 |
| Raebareli | 385                   | 238                         |              20 |           15 |
| Hajipur   | 333                   | 134                         |              03 |           10 |
| Total     | 7,064                 | 5,034                       |             296 |          178 |

The institute-wise details of funds released to each NIPERs since their inception (upto June, 2021) are as under:

| NIPER     |   Funds released (Rs. in crore) |
|-----------|---------------------------------|
| Mohali    |                          406.54 |
| Ahmedabad |                          195.77 |
| Hyderabad |                          310.45 |
| Guwahati  |                          298.59 |
| Kolkata   |                          117.37 |
| Raebareli |                          113.29 |
| Hajipur   |                           80.55 |
| Total     |                         1522.56 |

- (c): EFC proposal has been sent to the Ministry of Finance for setting up five new NIPERs in the states of Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Karnataka.
- (d): While, NIPER-Mohali already has sanctioned posts and regular faculty/ non-faculty posts, the Ministry of Finance approved 156 faculty and 190 non-faculty posts in the year 2019 for other six NIPERs, viz., Ahmedabad, Guwahati, Hajipur, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Raebareli. After framing recruitment rules for various posts, the process for filling up the faculty/ nonfaculty posts in these Institutes has been initiated and the same would be completed soon. The institute-wise status of sanctioned/ filled up posts are as under:

|           | Faculty     | Faculty   | Faculty       | Faculty   | Non-Faculty   | Non-Faculty   | Non-Faculty    | Non-Faculty   |
|-----------|-------------|-----------|---------------|-----------|---------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|           | Sanctio ned | Filled    | Under process | Vacant    | Sanctioned    | Filled        | Under proces s | Vaca nt       |
| Mohali    | 62          | 26        | -             | 36        | 224           | 120           | -              | 104           |
| Ahmedabad | 33          | 23        | -             | 10        | 37            | 17            | -              | 20            |
| Hyderabad | 33          | 23        | -             | 10        | 37            | 16            | -              | 21            |
| Guwahati  | 33          | 20        | -             | 13        | 37            | 17            | 18             | 02            |
| Kolkata   | 19          | 12        | 04            | 03        | 27            | 13            | 05             | 09            |
| Hajipur   | 19          | 04        | 08            | 07        | 26            | 05            | 10             | 11            |
| Raebareli | 19          | 16        | -             | 03        | 27            | 06            | 15             | 06            |
| Total     | 218         | 124       | 12            | 82        | 415           | 194           | 48             | 173           |

(e)  and  (f):  While  NIPER  Mohali  and  NIPER  Guwahati have own permanent  campus, the construction  of  NIPER  Ahmedabad  has  started  in  full  swing.  At  present,  NIPERs  at Ahmedabad, Hajipur, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Raebareli are functioning from rented premises. A consolidated EFC proposal with an outlay of Rs. 4,300 crore for the period 2020-21 to 202425 has been sent to the Ministry of Finance for strengthening and equipping of the existing seven NIPERs and setting up of five new NIPERs. The proposal also includes construction of the campuses, up-gradation of laboratories, setting up Centres of Excellences, etc.

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