Lok Sabha Question No. 3585 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-21
Subject: Approval to Educational Institutions
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: HARINDER SINGH KHALSA, CHANDRAKANT RAGHUNATH PATIL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3585

TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.12.2015

## Approval to Educational Institutions

3585. SHRI HARINDER SINGH KHALSA: SHRI C.R. PATIL:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the educational institutes and organisations which are awarding degrees or diplomas to the students in the country;
- (b) whether those institutions are meeting all the procedural and statutory requirements/clearances  such  as  recognition  and  approval  from  University  Grants Commission (UGC)/All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)/Medical Council of India (MCI)/Dental Council of India (DCI), etc.;
- (c) if so, the details thereof indicating names of the courses, details of the approval of the respective regulating agency and number of students studying at present;
- (d) whether scanned copies of such approvals have been uploaded on the websites of the institutes prominently for the information of the people at large; and
- (e) if not, the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

- (a): The University Grants Commission (UGC) has informed that at present there are 740 Universities (46 Central Universities, 342 State Universities, 227 Private Universities and 125 Deemed to be Universities) which are awarding degrees or diplomas to the students in the country.  There were 40760 Colleges in the country as on 31 st March, 2015. A total of 5749 stand alone institutions responded to the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) during 2012-13.
- (b) & (c): Universities are established either by the Act of Parliament or by the Act of the
- concerned State Legislature. UGC is maintaining a list of Universities at www.ugc.ac.in . The name of a University is included in the UGC list on the basis of the Act as passed by the  Parliament  or  by  the  concerned  State  Legislature  and  notification  issued  by  the concerned Government. Professional Colleges seek the approval of concerned regulatory council(s) for offering professional courses. The list of colleges approved by these councils are available at their websites viz. http://mciindia.org for Medical Council

of India; www.aicte-india.org for All India Council for Technical Education; http://dciindia.org.in for Dental Council of India; etc. As per the AISHE Report for 2012-13 there were 3,01,52,417 students enrolled in Indian  Universities/Institutions/Colleges  at  different  levels  i.e.  Graduate,  Post-graduate, Research    (M.  Phil.  /Ph.D.)  &  Diploma.  The  Report  is  at  http://aishe.gov.in/aishe/ viewDocument.action?documentId=194 . (d) & (e): The UGC has informed that it has conveyed to Vice Chancellors of Universities on  2 nd July,  2015  to  display  all  information  regarding  the  University  and  its  affiliated Colleges on their website for the benefit of the students and parents.  The information required to be displayed includes information about courses and relevant approvals from statutory bodies.

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