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The Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) is an Indian government ministry, responsible for the development of human resources. The ministry is divided into two departments: the Department of School Education and Literacy, which deals with primary education and literacy, and the Department of Higher Education, which deals with secondary and post-secondary education. Erstwhile Ministry of Education now functions under these two departments, as of September 26, 1985 [1].
The Ministry of Human Resources Development is headed by a minister of cabinet rank as a member of the Council of Ministers. The current Minister of Human Resource Development is Kapil Sibal. The minister is assisted by two Ministers of State, one for each department: Ali Ashraf Fatmi (Minister of State for School Education and Literacy) and Daggubati Purandeswari (Minister of State for Higher Education).
Minister of Human Resource Development
Department of School Education and Literacy
The Department of School Education and Literacy is responsible for primary education, both formal and non-formal. Its stated goal is the universalization of elementary education (UEE). The department originated as the Indian Education Department in the 1910 under the British Raj. After independence, a full-fledged ministry, the Ministry of Education, was created in 1947. The Ministry of Education was merged with the newly-created Ministry of Human Resources Development in 1985. The department aims to achieve universal access and enrollment, universal retention of children up to 14 years of age, and substantial improvement in the quality of education to enable all children to achieve essential levels of learning.
Department of Higher Education
The Department of Higher Education is in charge of secondary and post-secondary education. The department is empowered to grant deemed university status to educational institutions on the advice of the University Grants Commission (UGC) of India, under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission (UGC) Act, 1956 [2][3].
Organisation
The Department is divided into eight bureaus, and most the work of the department is handled through over 100 autonomous organisations under the these bureaus [4]
- University and Higher Education; Minorities Education
- Technical Education
- Administration and Languages
- Three Deemed Universities in the field of Sanskrit, viz. Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (RSkS), New Delhi, Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth (SLBSRSV), New Delhi, and Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth (RSV), Tirupati
- Kendriya Hindi Sansthan (KHS), Agra
- English and Foreign Language University (EFLU), Hyderabad
- National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (NCPUL)
- National Council for Promotion of Sindhi Language (NCPSL)
- Three subordinate offices: Central Hindi Directorate (CHD), New Delhi; Commission for Scientific & Technological Terminology (CSTT), New Delhi; and Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysore
- Distance Education and Scholarships
- UNESCO, International Cooperation, Book Promotion and Copyrights, Education Policy, Planning and Monitoring
- Integrated Finance Division.
- Statistics, Annual Plan and CMIS
- Administrative Reform, North Eastern Region, SC/ST/OBC
Others:
University Grants Commission
The University Grants Commission (UGC) is responsible for coordination, determination and maintenance of standards, release of grants. For this prpose it has established Professional councils, fifteen autonomous institutions established by the University Grants Commission, responsible for recognition of courses, promotion of professional institutions and providing grants to undergraduate programmes and various awards [8][9]:
Inter-university centres (IUCs)
State wise distribution of Institutions
| State |
IIM |
IIT |
NIT |
IISER |
IIEST |
National Law School |
Other |
| Andhra Pradesh |
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Hyderabad |
Warangal |
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Nalsar University of Law, Hyderabad |
SPA, 2 IIESTs, Central univ.2 Central univ., |
| Arunachal Pradesh |
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NE Regional Inst. of Sc., Central Univ |
| Assam |
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Guwahati |
Silchar |
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NIPER, 2 Central univ. |
| Bihar |
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Patna |
Patna |
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Chanakya National Law University, Patna |
NIPER |
| Chhattisgarh |
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Raipur |
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Hidyatullah National Law University, Raipur |
| Delhi |
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Delhi |
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National Law University, Delhi |
AIIMS, SPA, 4 Central univ. |
| Goa |
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BITS |
| Gujarat |
Ahmedabad |
Gandhinagar |
Surat |
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Gujarat National Law University |
NIPER, NID |
| Haryana |
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Kurukshetra |
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NITTR |
| Himachal Pradesh |
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Mandi |
Hamirpur |
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Indian Inst. of Adv. Studies |
| Jammu & Kashmir |
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Srinagar |
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| Jharkhand |
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Jamshedpur |
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Indian School of Mines, NIFFT |
| Karnataka |
Bangalore |
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Surathkal |
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National Law School of India University, Bangalore |
IISc,ISI, IIIT |
| Kerala |
Kozhikode |
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Calicut |
Thiruvananthapuram |
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National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi |
SCT Instt. of Med. Sc., IIST |
| Madhya Pradesh |
Indore |
Indore |
Bhopal |
|
Bhopal |
National Law Institute University, Bhopal |
SPA,AIIMS, NID, World Class Univ, Central Univ, IIITM, NITTR, IIITD&M |
| Maharashtra |
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Bombay |
Nagpur |
Pune |
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NITIE, BOAT, AFMC, Central univ., IISER |
| Manipur |
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Central Agr. Univ.Central univ. |
| Meghalaya |
Shillong |
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| Mizoram |
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| Nagaland |
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| Orissa |
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Bhubaneshwar |
Rourkela |
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(NID, AIIMS)(NISER,ILS, IIIT, Bhuv, IIIT, Behrampur) |
| Punjab |
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Rupnagar |
Jalandhar |
Mohali |
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Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala |
NIPER, SLIET, NITTR, IISER |
| Rajasthan |
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Jaipur |
Jaipur |
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National Law University, Jodhpur |
AIIMS |
| Sikkim |
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| Tamil Nadu |
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Madras |
Tiruchirappalli |
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IIIT, NITTR, BOAT, Central univ. |
| Tripura |
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Agartala |
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| Uttarakhand |
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Roorkee |
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| Uttar Pradesh |
Lucknow |
Kanpur |
Allahabad |
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Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University, Lucknow |
IIEST, IIIT, BOAT, 3 Central univ. |
| West Bengal |
Calcutta |
Kharagpur |
Durgapur |
Kolkata |
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The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata |
ISI, Central univ |
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