Department of Higher Education (India)

Higher Education Department

Department of Higher Education
Department overview
Jurisdiction	Government of India
Headquarters	New Delhi,   India
Department executive	Vineet Joshi, [1] IAS, Secretary, Department of Higher Education.
Parent department	Ministry of Education

Department of Higher Education is the department under Ministry of Education that oversees higher education in India.

The department is responsible for the overall development of the basic infrastructure of Higher Education sector, both in terms of policy and planning. It looks after expansion of access and qualitative improvement in the Higher Education, through world class Universities, Colleges and other Institutions. ^[2]

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. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Organisation

The department is divided into eight bureaus, and most of the work of the department is handled through over 100 autonomous organisations under these bureaus: ^[6]

• University and Higher Education; Minorities Education
  • University Grants Commission (UGC) ^[7]
  • Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)
  • Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR)
  • Indian Council of Philosophical Research (ICPR)
  • 7 Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISERs)
  • 38 Central Universities (including 15 new Central Universities which have been established w.e.f. 15.01.2009 by an ordinance promulgated by President of India)
  • Indian Institute of Advanced Studies (IIAS), Shimla
  • All India Survey of Higher Education (AISHE)
• Technical Education
  • All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) ^{[8] [9] [10]}
  • Council of Architecture (COA) ^[11]
  • 5 Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) (Allahabad, Gwalior, Jabalpur and Kancheepuram, Kurnool)
  • 23 Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs)
  • 20 Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs)
  • 31 National Institutes of Technology (NITs)
  • Sant longowal Institute of engineering and technology (CFTI)
  • Other CFTIes
  • 3 School of Planning and Architecture (SPAs)
  • 4 National Institutes of Technical Teachers’ Training & Research (NITTTRs)
  • 4 Regional Boards of Apprenticeship / Practical Training

• Administration and Languages
  • Three Central Universities in the field of Sanskrit, viz. Central Sanskrit University, New Delhi, Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri National Sanskrit University, New Delhi, and National Sanskrit University, 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, Mysore
• Distance Education and Scholarships
  • Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)
• 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:

• National Testing Agency(NTA)
• National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA)
• National Book Trust (NBT)
• National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (NCMEI)
• National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT)
• Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)
• Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS)
• Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS)
• National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS)
• Central Tibetan School Administration (CTSA)
• National Foundation for Teachers' Welfare
• Educational Consultants India Limited (EdCIL)

Digital Initiatives

Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education is administering ‘National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology’ (NMEICT) Scheme to leverage the potential of ICT, in providing high-quality personalized and interactive knowledge modules over the internet/ intranet for all the learners in Higher Education Institutions in anytime anywhere mode ^[12]

• NMEICT Initiatives in Technology Enabled Learning (TEL) ^[13]
  • e-ShodhSindhu
  • e-Yantra
  • National Digital Library of India
  • SATHEE
  • SAMARTH - University ERP Solution ^[14]
  • SWAYAM - Massive Online Open Courses ^[15]
  • VIDWAN - Expert Database and National Research Network ^[16]
  • Virtual Labs

Initiatives in alignment with the National Education Policy 2020

• NEP2020 Initiatives
  • Academic Bank of Credits (ABC) ^[17]
  • Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN) ^[18]

Notes and references

1. "Government reshuffles senior IAS officers; Key changes in finance, textiles, education - CNBC TV18". CNBCTV18. 25 December 2024. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
2. "Department of Higher Education(India)".
3. "The UGC Act, 1957" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 March 2015.
4. "Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IISST) Thiruvanathapuram Declared as Deemed to be University". Archived from the original on 18 May 2009.
5. "IIST gets deemed university status", The Hindu , 15 July 2008, archived from the original on 18 July 2008
6. ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE Archived 29 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine Department of Higher Education website.
7. "UGC Official Website".
8. "Government of India, All India Council for Technical Education |". www.aicte-india.org. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
9. Technical Education Overview Archived 5 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine Dept of Ed.
10. National Level Councils Archived 1 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine Tech Ed.
11. Council of Architecture website
12. Annual Report 2023-20234
13. ICT Initiatives of Ministry of Education
14. SAMARTH eGov
15. Swayam Homepage
16. VIDWAN
17. Academic Bank of Credits
18. Global Initiative of Academic Networks

See also

• List of autonomous higher education institutes in India
• Education in India
• University Grants Commission (India)
• Department of Higher Education (Tamil Nadu)
• SWAYAM
• SATHEE
• National Institute of Open Schooling
• National Academic Depository
• National Education Policy 2020

External links

• Department of Higher Education – Official website
• Niranjana, Tejaswini (2014). "EPW_report_Indian_Languages_in_Indian_Higher_Education" (PDF). pdf.js. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
• Loan Assistance for Higher Education