Lok Sabha Question No. 1297 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-25
Subject: Central Universities in Backward Areas
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SANTOSH KUMAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1297 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.07.2016

## Central Universities in Backward Areas

## † 1297. SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR:

- Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state: (a)  the number of Central Universities set up in backward and neglected regions of the country; (b) if so, the details thereof State-wise including Bihar along with the number of backward regions in respect of which proposals for opening of Central Universities are lying pending with the Government, State-wise; and (c)  whether  any  proposal  regarding  opening  of  a  Central  University  in  Purnia  in  the

Seemanchal areas of Bihar is lying pending with the Government?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## (DR. MAHENDRA NATH PANDEY)

(a) to (c): At present, there are 41 Central Universities in the country including backward and  neglected  regions,  under  the  purview  of  this  Ministry.    In  the  State  of  Bihar,  two Central Universities have already been set up. State-wise details of Central Universities are annexed.

In addition, there are proposals for setting up of one Central University at Vikramshila in Bihar, one Central University in Andhra Pradesh and one Tribal University each in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

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Annexure as referred to in reply to parts  (a)  to  (c)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  no.  1297  for  reply  on 25.7.2016 asked by Shri Santosh Kumar regarding Central Universities in backward areas.

## State-Wise list of existing Central Universities

| Central University                                              | Year of establishment   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
| Telangana                                                       |                         |
| 1. University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad.                          | 1974                    |
| 2. Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad.            | 1997                    |
| 3. The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad.     | 2007                    |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                               |                         |
| 4. Rajiv Gandhi University, Itanagar.                           | 2007                    |
| Assam                                                           |                         |
| 5. Assam University, Silchar.                                   | 1994                    |
| 6. Tezpur University, Tezpur.                                   | 1994                    |
| Bihar                                                           |                         |
| 7. Central University of Bihar, Patna.                          | 2009                    |
| 8. Mahatma Gandhi Central University, Motihari                  | 2015                    |
| Chhattisgarh                                                    |                         |
| 9. Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur.                     | 2009                    |
| Delhi                                                           |                         |
| 10. Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.                     | 1968                    |
| 11. Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi.          | 1985                    |
| 12. Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.                            | 1988                    |
| 13. University of Delhi, Delhi                                  | 1922                    |
| Gujarat                                                         |                         |
| 14. Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar                  | 2009                    |
| Haryana                                                         |                         |
| 15. Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh.                | 2009                    |
| Himachal Pradesh                                                |                         |
| 16. Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Kangra              | 2009                    |
| Jammu &Kashmir                                                  |                         |
| 17. Central University of Kashmir, Srinagar.                    | 2009                    |
| 18. Central University of Jammu                                 | 2011                    |
| Jharkhand                                                       |                         |
| 19. Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi                     | 2009                    |
| Karnataka                                                       |                         |
| 20. Central University of Karnataka, Gulbarga.                  | 2009                    |
| Kerala                                                          |                         |
| 21. Central University of Kerala, Kasargod.                     | 2009                    |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                  |                         |
| 22. Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak        | 2008                    |
| 23. Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar.                  | 2009                    |
| Maharashtra                                                     |                         |
| 24. Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya, Wardha | 1997                    |
| Manipur                                                         |                         |

| 25. Manipur University, Imphal.                            | 2005   |
|------------------------------------------------------------|--------|
| Meghalaya                                                  |        |
| 26. North Eastern Hill University, Shillong.               | 1973   |
| Mizoram                                                    |        |
| 27. Mizoram University, Aizawl.                            | 2001   |
| Nagaland                                                   |        |
| 28. Nagaland University, Kohima.                           | 1994   |
| Odisha                                                     |        |
| 29. Central University of Orissa, Koraput                  | 2009   |
| Puducherry                                                 |        |
| 30. Pondicherry University, Pondicherry.                   | 1985   |
| Punjab                                                     |        |
| 31. Central University of Punjab, Bhatinda.                | 2009   |
| Rajasthan                                                  |        |
| 32. Central University of Rajasthan, Jaipur.               | 2009   |
| Sikkim                                                     |        |
| 33. Sikkim University, Gangtok.                            | 2007   |
| Tamil Nadu                                                 |        |
| 34. Central University of Tamil Nadu, Tiruvarur.           | 2009   |
| Tripura                                                    |        |
| 35. Tripura University, Agartala.                          | 2007   |
| Uttar Pradesh                                              |        |
| 36. Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi                     | 1916   |
| 37. Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh                     | 1920   |
| 38. Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow.        | 1996   |
| 39. University of Allahabad, Allahabad.                    | 2005   |
| Uttarakhand                                                |        |
| 40. Hemawati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Srinagar. | 2009   |
| West Bengal                                                |        |
| 41.Visva Bharati, Shanti Niketan                           | 1951   |