Question: Which institution gives land, sea and space grants, the University of Maine, or the University of Houston?

Context articles: V. N. Rajasekharan Pillai
COMM-IT Career Academy
North Carolina State University
Medical deemed universities
Texas A&amp;M University
Buxi Jagabandhu Bidyadhar College
List of Presidents of the University of Houston
University of Maine
Playboy Foundation
University of Houston

Prof. V. N. Rajasekharan Pillai (; born 20 October 1949) is President of Mewar University, Chiittorgarh, Rajasthan, India.
 Concurrently he serves as the Honorary President of the Human Development Foundation India, a Civil Society Organisation in the National Capital Region, New Delhi.
 He was Executive Vice-President of the Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment, Govt of Kerala during the period 2011-2014.
 Simultaneously he held positions as the Principal Secretary, Science & Technology Dept of the Govt of Kerala, Chairman of the Kerala Coastal Zone Management Authority and the Kerala Biotechnology Commission.
 Prior to that Prof. Pillai was the Vice-Chancellor of the Indira Gandhi National Open University ( IGNOU ), New Delhi ( 2006-2011) holding simultaneously the position of the Chairman, Distance Education Council, Govt of India.
 He served as Vice-Chairman & Chairman of the University Grants Commission, Govt of India, New Delhi during the period 2003-2006.
 He was the Executive Director of the National Assessment and Accreditaition Council ( NAAC), Govt of India, during the period 2000-2003.
 Prior to that Prof. V. N. Rajasekharan Pillai was the Vice-Chancellor of the Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Govt of Kerala and held additional charge of the Cochin University of Science and Technology (1996-2000).
 In 2000 he was on a Visiting Research Professor assignment in the University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
 From 1983 to 1986, Dr. Pillai worked in various academic and research executive positions in the Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam such as the Founder Professor and Director of the School of Chemical Sciences, Dean of Faculty of Science, Founder Director of the School of Professional Distance Education, Director, College Development Council and Controller of Examinations of the University.
 During the period 1977-1983, Dr. Pillai worked as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, on deputation from Calicut University, Kerala, in the Universities of Tubigen and Mainz, Germany.
 From 1971 to 1983, he worked in the Universities of Kerala and Calicut University as UGC/CSIR Junor and Senior Research Fellow, Assistant Professor and Associate Professor in the area of Chemical Sciences.
 Professor Rajasekharan Pillai is an Elected Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences.
 Distinguished Fellow of the Kerala Academy of Sciences, and an Honorary Fellow of the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers ( IETE), New Delhi.
 He was also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and an Honorary Senior Fellow of the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Banaglaore.
COMM-IT Career Academy is an educational institution which grants bachelor's degree in Computer Applications.
 It is situated in Awadh Bhawan FC-31, Institutional Area, Sheikh Sarai-II, New Delhi, India.
 It has a campus spread over one acre of land.
 The college is affiliated to Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University under the name of COMM-IT Career Academy (Minority Educational Institution) .
North Carolina State University (also referred to as NCSU, NC State, or just State) is a public research university located in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States.
 It is part of the University of North Carolina system and is a land, sea, and space grant institution.
 The university forms one of the corners of the Research Triangle together with Duke University in Durham and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
In India, a Deemed university is an institution that has attained status of university in particular area of specialization recognised by the University Grants Commission (UGC) on recommendation of statutory council (for example Medical Council of India (MCI) Delhi for medical education, All India Council for Technical Education Delhi for technical education, Dental Council of India Delhi for dental education, Council of Architecture Delhi for architecture and design education, Central Council of Homoeopathy Delhi for homeopathic medical education, CCIM Delhi for education in Indian system of medicine, Indian Nursing Council Delhi for nursing education, National Council for Teacher Education delhi for education in teacher training, Distance Education Council Delhi for distance education, Pharmacy Council of India) hence Medical deemed university means a medical institution attains the status of university by UGC in area of medical sciences as specialisation on recommendation of Medical Council of India to award degrees and diplomas in medicine.
Texas A&M University (Texas A&M, TAMU , or A&M) is a coeducational public research university in College Station, Texas, United States.
 It is a state university and is a member of the Texas A&M University System.
 The Texas A&M system endowment is one of the 10 biggest in the nation.
 Texas A&M's student body is the largest in Texas and one of the largest in the United States.
 Texas A&M's designation as a land, sea, and space grant institution–the only university in Texas to hold all three designations–reflects a range of research with ongoing projects funded by organizations such as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the Office of Naval Research.
 In 2001, Texas A&M was inducted as a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities.
 The school's students, alumni—over 450,000 strong—and sports teams are known as Aggies.
 The Texas A&M Aggies athletes compete in 18 varsity sports as a member of the Southeastern Conference.
Buxi Jagabandhu Bidyadhar College, better known as BJB College(Odia: ),is a college in Bhubaneswar in Odisha, India that offers courses at primarily the higher secondary and undergraduate levels.
 The courses at the higher secondary level are affiliated to the Council of Higher Secondary Education, Odisha, and courses at the undergraduate and postgraduate level are offered in affiliation with Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
 It is an autonomous institution recognised by the University Grant Commission (UGC) of India and enjoys the status of an A-Grade college as assessed by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), an autonomous institution for assessment of educational institutions established by the University Grants Commission (UGC).
The office of the President of the University of Houston, currently held by Renu Khator, was created with the founding of the University of Houston (then known as Houston Junior College) in 1927 as the chief executive officer of the school.
 From 1927 until 1945 when UH separated from Houston Independent School District, the university's president also held the position of Superintendent of Schools of that school district.
 In 1956, the duties of president were divided into two positions.
 The position of Chancellor was created to fulfill past presidential duties regarding external affairs, while the president remained responsible for internal affairs of the university.
 This leadership structure lasted until 1961, when the university became a state-run, public institution.
 The duties of the chancellor and president became re-consolidated back into the sole position of president.
The University of Maine (also referred to as UMaine, Maine or UMO) is a public research university in Orono, Maine, United States.
 The university was established in 1865 as a land grant college and is the flagship university of the University of Maine System.
 The University of Maine is one of only nine land, sea and space grant institutions in the nation.
The Playboy Foundation is a corporate-giving organization that provides grants to non-profit groups involved in fighting censorship and researching human sexuality.
 It is currently on hiatus.
 It gives grants and in-kind contributions, such as advertising space in the "Playboy" magazine to organizations concerned with US First Amendment freedoms.
 The Playboy Foundation was founded in 1965.
 The Playboy Foundation also provided $5000 seed money to found NORML.
The University of Houston (UH) is a Carnegie Tier One state research university and the flagship institution of the University of Houston System.
 Founded in 1927, UH is the third-largest university in Texas with nearly 43,000 students.
 Its campus spans 667 acres in southeast Houston, and was known as University of Houston–University Park from 1983 to 1991.
 The Carnegie Foundation classifies UH as a doctoral degree-granting institution with "highest research activity."
 The "U.S. News & World Report" ranks the university No. 194 in its National University Rankings, and No. 103 among top public universities.