Lok Sabha Question No. 199 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-18
Subject: Self-Sufficiency in Higher Education
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Parbatbhai Savabhai Patel, Naranbhai Bhikhabhai Kachhadiya

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 199 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.07.2022

## Self-Sufficiency in Higher Education

## †199.  SHRI PARBATBHAI SAVABHAI PATEL: SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) the efforts made/being made by the Government to help youth in building new future with the intellectual ability, innovation and robust policies related to education in the country;

(b) the efforts made/being made by the Government to make the country self-sufficient in higher education in the coming years, State-wise particularly for Gujarat; and

(c)  the  efforts  made/being  made  by  the  Government  to  change  the  landscape  of  brain  drain  to brain gain across the country and to make the country a knowledge hub?

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

(a) to (c): In order to help youth in building new future with the intellectual ability, innovation and  robust  policies  related  to  education,  the  Government  of  India  has  announced  the  National Education Policy 2020 on 29.07.2020. It envisions an education system rooted in Indian ethos that  contributes directly  to  transforming  India,  that  is  Bharat,  sustainably  into  an  equitable  and vibrant knowledge society by providing high-quality education to all, innovation and research and thereby  making  India  a  global  knowledge  superpower  by  equipping  its  students  with  the necessary skills and knowledge.

To make the country self-sufficient in higher education, Ministry of Education is vigorously pursuing with all stakeholders for implementation of NEP 2020, which iner-alia includes moving towards higher educational system consisting of large, multidisciplinary universities and colleges that offer medium of instruction or programmes in local/Indian languages. HEIs are focusing on research  and  innovation  by  setting  up  start-up  incubation  centres,  technology  development centres, etc. with greater industry-academic linkages. HEIs have started Internship/Apprenticeship  Embedded  Degree  Programmes  to  develop  skill,  employability  and entrepreneurship.

During the past few years, a number of educational institutions have been set up to achieve self-sufficiency in higher education sector such as 7  New IIMs (Sirmour, Nagpur, Sambalpur,

Amritsar,  Bodhgaya,  Vishakhapatnam  and  Jammu),  6  New  IITs  (Tirupati,  Palakkad,  Jammu, Bhilai,  Goa,  Dharwad)  and  ISM  Dhanbad  converted  into  IIT,  2  new  IISERs  (Tirupati  and Behrampur), 01 new NIT (Andhra Pradesh), 20 IIITs - PPP were declared as Institute of National Importance  (INI),  16  IIITs  (15  IIITs  -  PPP  &  1  IIIT  Kurnool),  01  new  Central  University  in Motihari, Bihar have been established.

The  Government  is  committed  to  not  only  retain  the  students  passing  out  of  the  premier educational  institutions  in  the  country,  but  also  attract  the  non-resident  Indians  back  to  the Country.  Under  the  Prime  Minister's  Research  Fellowship  scheme,  attractive  fellowship  is offered  to  selected  students  to  pursue  their  Ph.  D.  in  Indian  Universities/  Institutions.  The Government  has  sanctioned  establishment of Research  Parks at IITs-  Madras,  Bombay, Kharagpur, Kanpur, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Gandhinagar and IISc Bangalore to augment the  research  ecosystem  in  the  Country  to  enable  the  students  to  pursue  their  R&D  interests  in India,  through  innovative  research.  Incubation  Centres  (IC)  at  educational  institutions  seek  to nurture technology and knowledge based ventures through their start-up phase by providing the necessary  support  to  help  entrepreneurs  survive  in  the  competitive  market  and  reach  a  stage where they can scale-up their ventures further.

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