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Department of Higher Education (India)

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]

Others:

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]

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