Lok Sabha Question No. 299 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-05
Subject: Functional Central Universities
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Anto  Antony

## MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No.299 ANSWERED ON 05.02.2024

## Functional Central Universities

## 299. SHRI ANTO ANTONY:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has any statistics regarding the number of Central Universities which have been sanctioned and functioning in the country during the last ten years;
- (b) if so, the details of Central Universities sanctioned and functioning in the country during each of the last ten years, State-wise;
- (c) the details of total number of posts of teaching and non-teaching staff working in each of the Central Universities; and
- (d)  the  details  of  number  of  posts  lying  vacant  including  Vice  Chancellor,  teaching  and  nonteaching staff in each of the Central Universities?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  to  (d)  Yes,  Sir.  Central  Universities/institutions  are  established  with  the  vision  to  function more as pace setter institutions to provide academic leadership to other institutions in the region as per the need. The 11th Five Year Plan (2007-2012), as approved by the National Development Council (NDC), had envisaged setting up of one Central University each in States which did not have  any  Central  University  till  then.  Accordingly,  a  number  of  Central  Universities  were established in different un-served States.

The  following  Central  Universities  have  been  established  under  the  purview  of  Ministry  of Education during the last ten years:-

|   Sl. No. | State/ UT   | Name of Central University established   |   Year of establish ment |   Total number of posts of teaching staff working in Central Universities |   Total number of posts of non-teaching staff working in Central Universities |   No of teaching posts lying vacant in Central Universities |   No of non- teaching posts lying vacant in Central Universities | VC post lying vacant in Central Universities   |
|-----------|-------------|------------------------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Bihar       | Mahatma Gandhi Central University        |                     2016 |                                                                       111 |                                                                            10 |                                                          29 |                                                               62 | Filled                                         |

|   Sl. No. | State/ UT      | Name of Central University established                |   Year of establish ment | Total number of posts of teaching staff working in Central Universities   | Total number of posts of non-teaching staff working in Central Universities   | No of teaching posts lying vacant in Central Universitie s   | No of non- teaching posts lying vacant in Central Universitie s   | VC post lying vacant in Central Universities   |
|-----------|----------------|-------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh | Central Tribal University of Andhra Pradesh           |                     2019 | 18                                                                        | 11                                                                            | 0                                                            | 1                                                                 | Filled                                         |
|         3 | Andhra Pradesh | Central University of Andhra Pradesh                  |                     2019 | 13                                                                        | 6                                                                             | 3                                                            | 3                                                                 | Filled                                         |
|         4 | Andhra Pradesh | National Sanskrit University                          |                     2020 | 100                                                                       | 101                                                                           | 9                                                            | 3                                                                 | Filled                                         |
|         5 | Delhi          | Central Sanskrit University                           |                     2020 | 242                                                                       | 246                                                                           | 16                                                           | 59                                                                | Filled                                         |
|         6 | Delhi          | Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri National Sanskrit University |                     2020 | 111                                                                       | 111                                                                           | 28                                                           | 25                                                                | Filled                                         |
|         7 | Ladakh         | Sindhu Central University                             |                     2022 | NA                                                                        | NA                                                                            | NA                                                           | NA                                                                | Vacant                                         |
|         8 | Telangana      | Sammakka Sarakka Central Tribal University            |                     2023 | NA                                                                        | NA                                                                            | NA                                                           | NA                                                                | Vacant                                         |

Note:-(i)  In  respect  of  Sindhu  Central  University,  considering  the  remote  and  challenging geographical terrain of the university, the university has been running from transit campus and with academic infrastructure of its mentor institutions-IIT Kanpur and IIT Madras from 2023-24.

(ii)  Sammakka  Sarakka Central Tribal  University  has  been  established  by  Central  Universities Amendment Act 2023, which has been assented to by the President of India on 17.12.2023 and it has come into force from 24.01.2024.

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