Lok Sabha Question No. 1082 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-29
Subject: Setting up of Universities in Bihar
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Sudhakar Singh

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-1082

ANSWERED ON- 29/07/2024

## SETTING UP OF UNIVERSITIES IN BIHAR

## † 1082 SHRI SUDHAKAR SINGH:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) the number of new Universities opened in Bihar during the last ten years;

(b) the details of the Universities opened or proposed to be opened in Bihar during the last ten years;

(c) whether there is a proposal to open a University in Buxar, Bihar which is gurukul, school of Lord Ram and even the first school in the known history of India;

(d)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  time  by  which  the  university  is  likely  to  be functional;

(e) if not, whether the Government proposes to open a university in Buxar, Bihar; and (f) is so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR)

(a) and (b): As per All India Survey on Higher Education Report 2021-22, fourteen (14)  universities  and  two  (02)  Institute  of  National  Importance  (INI)  have  been established  in  Bihar  during  the  last  10  years.  In  addition  to  this,  Ministry  of Agriculture  and  Farmers  Welfare  has  established,  Dr.  Rajendra  Prasad  Central Agricultural  University  (erstwhile  State  University)  by  conversion  of  the  existing Rajendra  Agricultural  University,  Pusa,  Bihar.  The  list  of  these  Universities  is annexed.

(c) to (f):  State Public and Private Universities are established by the Act passed by the concerned State Legislatures. Central Universities are established by an Act of the Parliament  and  the  Institutions  of  Higher  Education  are  declared  as  Deemed  to  be Universities by the Government of India, on the advice of UGC, under Section 3 of the  UGC  Act,  1956.  At  present,  there  is  a  proposal  under  consideration  of  this Ministry for establishment of a new Central University near Bhagalpur at the historic site  of  Vikramshila University  as  announced in  PM Package for Bihar in 2015. No other  proposal  for  establishment  of  a  new  Central  University  in  Bihar  is  under consideration of this Ministry.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (A) AND (B) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1082 ANSWERED ON 29 TH  JULY 2024 ASKED BY HONORABLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT SHRI SUDHAKAR SINGH REGARDING 'SETTING UP OF UNIVERSITIES IN BIHAR'

List of  Universities set up in Bihar during last 10 years

| S. No.                                                       | University Name   | Establishment                    |   University Type |
|--------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|----------------------------------|-------------------|
| Mahatma Gandhi Central University, Motihari                  | 2014              | Central University               |                 1 |
| K K University                                               | 2017              | State Private University         |                 2 |
| Dr. C.V. Raman University                                    | 2018              | State Private University         |                 3 |
| Amity University Patna                                       | 2017              | State Private University         |                 4 |
| Patliputra University, Patna                                 | 2018              | State Public University          |                 5 |
| Munger University                                            | 2018              | State Public University          |                 6 |
| Al-Karim University                                          | 2018              | State Private University         |                 7 |
| Bihar Animal Sciences University                             | 2016              | State Public University          |                 8 |
| Purnea University, Purnia                                    | 2018              | State Public University          |                 9 |
| Sandip University                                            | 2017              | State Private University         |                10 |
| Gopal Narayan Singh University                               | 2019              | State Private University         |                11 |
| Mata Gujri University                                        | 2018              | State Private University         |                12 |
| Bihar Engineering University                                 | 2021              | State Public University          |                13 |
| Bihar University Of Health Sciences                          | 2021              | State Public University          |                14 |
| Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bodh Gaya              | 2015-16           | Institute of National Importance |                15 |
| Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Bhagalpur | 2017              | Institute of National Importance |                16 |
| Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa    | 2016              | Central University               |                17 |