IMPLEMENTATION OF MAJOR INITIATIVES IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE XI PLAN

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IMPLEMENTATION OF MAJOR INITIATIVES IN HIGHER
EDUCATION IN THE XI PLAN

• Ministry Human Resource Development
• Department of Higher Education

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SETTING UP OF 30 NEW CENTRAL UNIVERSITIES (CUs)-
I

• 16 CUs one in each of the States so far
  uncovered
• 3 existing universities Sagar University in
  Madhya Pradesh, Bilaspur University in
  Chhatisgarh and Goa University proposed to be
  upgraded as Central Universities.
• Remaining 13 new universities are to be set up in
  Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, Gujarat, Haryana,
  Punjab, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Uttrakhand,
  JK, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
• The Chief Secretaries of these States have been
  requested to identify the suitable piece of land.

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14 W0RLD CLASS UNIVERSITIES

• Locations has been finalised as under
• 1. Maharashtra - Pune
• 2. West Bengal - Kolkata
• 3. Tamil Nadu - Coimbatore
• 4. Karnataka - Mysore
• 5. Andhra Pradesh - Vishakapatanam
• 6. Gujarat - Gandhinagar
• 7. Rajasthan - Jaipur
• 8. Bihar - Patna
• 9. Madhya Pradesh - Bhopal
• 10. Kerala - Kochi
• 11. Punjab - Amritsar
• 12. Orissa - Bhubaneshwar
• 13. Uttar Pradesh - Greater NOIDA
• 14. North Eastern Region - Guwahati

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ESTABLISHMENT OF 370 NEW DEGREE COLLEGES - I

• 373 districts having GER lower than the national
  average identified by the UGC.
• Out of 373 districts, 11 districts have lower
  than 3 GER, 79 districts have GER between 3.1 to
  6 and 143 districts have GER between 6.1 to 9.
• 140 districts have a GER above 9 but below the
  national average.
• 91 districts proposed to be covered on priority
  as they have less than 4 colleges per 1 lakh of
  student population.
• The above 373 districts also have 88 districts
  having a high minority concentration.

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ESTABLISHMENT OF 370 NEW DEGREE COLLEGES - II

• Upto Rs. 2.5 Crore or one-third cost is proposed
  as Central contribution with the balance being
  met by the State Government or Private
  participation.
• Non central Government share could include
  share of the state govt. as well as private not
  for profit contribution.
• HRM has written to the concerned State
  Governments to identify location and their
  willingness to arrange for the balance of capital
  cost (non-recurring), to provide land free of
  cost and to meet the running and maintenance
  expenditure on these colleges.

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ESTABLISHMENT OF 370 NEW DEGREE COLLEGES - III

• 8 States viz Bihar, Nagaland, Orissa, West
  Bengal, Maharashtra, Haryana, Assam, Tripura have
  sent interim replies to HRMs letter of
  31.10.2007.
• However, Tripura has stated that the funding
  pattern should be revised with 90 of the capital
  expenditure being met by the GoI.
• UGC is preparing the Model DPR for such colleges
  and will submit the same to MHRD.
• States to indicate as to whether they would like
  this assistance to be given from UGC to the State
  Universities or it should be given as Additional
  Central Assistance through the Planning
  Commission to the State Governments directly for
  starting Government Colleges.

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OTHER MAJOR INITIATIVES PROPOSED IN HIGHER
EDUCATION - I

• A new scheme for incentivising State Govts for
  expansion and starting of new institutions of
  Higher Education proposed.
• Under this Centrally Sponsored Scheme, GOI will
  give one third of the capital cost of
  establishing new institutions or expansion by the
  State Govts.
• Rs. 7000 crore provided in XI Plan for this
  scheme.

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OTHER MAJOR INITIATIVES PROPOSED IN HIGHER
EDUCATION - II

• UGC coverage of over 8000 degree colleges and
  over 170 Universities, which are not receiving
  UGC grant at present.
• 50 sharing basis to be strengthened to get
  eligibility for 12B recognition under UGC Act.
• Scheme of construction of Women hostels in
  Colleges/ Universities with 100 UGC grant is
  being given impetus.

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IITs -I

• 7 IITs at present
• XI Plan envisages 8 New IITs
• Three new IITs - in Bihar, AP and Rajasthan are
  expected to commence their academic Session in
  August 2008.
• It has been decided to set up other 5 IITs in
  Himachal Pradesh, Orissa, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh
  and Gujarat.
• Each of the concerned State Government is being
  requested to offer land, free of cost for opening
  the new IITs.
• Also proposed to upgrade Engineering College of
  BHU as IIT.
• States to propose 2/3 alternative locations of
  500 to 600 acres of land free of cost with good
  air, rail and road connectivity.
• Also to offer accommodation on temporary basis
  for starting the courses.

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IITs -II

• About Rs. 800 crores each required during XI
  Plan.
• Land for IITs , Hyderabad Patna - identified.
  However, Bihata near Patna is low lying and they
  have to suggest alternative location.
• Temporary campuses for them being identified.
• Also proposed to make the existing IITs act as
  mentor institutions for new IITs.
• It is proposed that the Director of the Mentor
  IIT, will act as Director of the new IIT for 3
  years, with a separate campus Director / or
  Associate Director.
• Efforts will be made to have common Chairman and
  many common members in the BoGs of the Mentor
  IIT and the new IIT.

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IISERs - I

• IISERs, Pune and Kolkata, became functional in
  2006-07, and IISER, Mohali, in 2007-08.
• Construction of permanent campuses for the first
  two IISERs to begin shortly as possession of
  land already taken.
• Transfer of land to IISER, Mohali, by Government
  of Punjab expected shortly
• IISERs, Thiruvananthapuram, and Bhopal

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IISERs - II

• Action being taken to register societies,
  constitute BoGs and appoint Directors.
• Chairman and Members for BoGs of IISER, Tpuram
  and Bhopal finalised.
• Expected to become functional from the academic
  year 2008-09.
• Engineering colleges of Shibpur and Cochin
  proposed to be taken over and run as IIEST(
  Indian Institute of Engineering Science
  Technology).

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IIITs

• 4 IIITs (Indian Institute of Information
  Technology) at present at Allahabad, Jabalpur,
  Gwalior and Kanchipuram.
• XI Plan envisages 20 new IIITs - as far as
  possible in the PPP mode.
• A model DPR being proposed by NASSCOM, is
  expected to be available by end of April 2008.
• Proposed model
• Centre, State and Industry to contribute Rs. 15
  Cr. each
• Remaining capital cost about Rs. 80 Cr. to
  be either given as interest free Government loan
  on ITI pattern
• or otherwise interest subsidy to be given for the
  loans as may be taken.
• Recurring expenses to be met out of fees and
  internal accruals.
• Some of the new IIITs proposed to be set up in
  Govt. Sector in States where PPP mode does not
  work out.

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SCHOOL OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE

• One SPA at present at Delhi.
• XI Plan envisages 2 new SPAs at Bhopal and
  Vijayawada

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IIMs

• 6 IIMs at present
• XI Plan envisages 7 new IIMs
• IIM, Shillong First Batch proposed to be
  admitted in 2008.
• Remaining 6 IIMs Tamil Nadu, Jammu Kashmir,
  Jharkhand, Chattisgarh (Raipur), Uttarakhand,
  Haryana
• State Governments are being requested to allot
  200 acres of land, free of cost.

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Polytechnics - I

• Ratio of Diploma to Degree level seats in India
  roughly 12, while it should be 31 or even
  higher.
• Unlike Engineering Colleges, only about 15 to 20
  of Polytechnics in Private Sector.
• XI Plan envisages establishment of one
  Polytechnic in each of the 200 Districts not
  having one at present.
• Ministry has proposed at least 1000 Polytechnics
  in XI Plan
• 300 in Govt. Sector
• 300 in PPP
• 400 in Private Sector

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Polytechnics - II

• Scheme of Community Polytechnics which covered
  669 Polytechnics upto X Plan under review,
  with a view to being revamped in the XI Plan.
• Existing Govt. Polytechnics will be strengthened.
• Support will be given for construction of
  Womens Hostels in Polytechnics.
• Introduction of Diploma Courses in the existing
  Engineering Institutions as well as running of
  2nd shifts in existing polytechnics to augment
  intake capacity.

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DETAILS OF THE NEW INSTITUES PROPOSED TO BE
SETUPNORTHERN STATES
State Higher Technical Institutes Educationally Backward Districts Districts not having any Polytechnic
J K 1 IIM, 1 CU 11 18
Punjab 1 IIT, 1 IISER, 1 CU, 1 WCCU 13
Haryana 1 CU, 1 IIM 7
Himachal Pradesh 1 IIT, 1 CU 4 5
NCT of Delhi A South Asian Univ under SAARC is likely to come up 3
Uttar Pradesh 1 WCCU, 1 IIT 39 13
Uttarakhand 1 IIM, 1 CU 2
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DETAILS OF THE NEW INSTITUES PROPOSED TO BE
SETUPWESTERN STATES
State Higher Technical Institutes Educationally Backward Districts Districts not having any Polytechnic
Rajasthan 1 IIT, 1 NIT, 1 CU, 1 WCCU 30 1
Gujarat 1 IIT, 1 CU, 1 WCCU 20 4
Maharashtra 1 WCCU 7 4
Madhya Pradesh 1 IISER, 1 SPA, 2 CU (incl.1 IGTU), 1 WCCU 39 12
Chhattisgarh 1 CU,1 IIM 15 9
Goa 1 CU
Dadra N.H. (UT) - 1
Daman Diu (UT) - 2
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DETAILS OF THE NEW INSTITUES PROPOSED TO BE
SETUPSOUTHERN STATES
State Higher Technical Institutes Educationally Backward Districts Districts not having any Polytechnic
Andhra Pradesh 1 IIT, 1 WCCU 11
Karnataka 1 CU, 1WCCU 21
Tamil Nadu 1 IIM, 1 WCCU, 1 CU 27
Kerala 1 WCCU, 1 NIT (Up grd. of cochin Univ.) 20
PUDDUCHERY - 1
A N (UT) - 2 2
Ldweep (UT) - 1
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DETAILS OF THE NEW INSTITUES PROPOSED TO BE
SETUPEASTERN STATES
State Higher Technical Institutes Educationally Backward Districts Districts not having any Polytechnic
BIHAR 1 IIT, 1CU, 1WCCU 25 27
JHARKHAND 1 IIM, 1 CU, 12 11
ORISSA 1 IIT, 1 CU, 18 11
WEST BENGAL 1 WCCU 17 2
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DETAILS OF THE NEW INSTITUES PROPOSED TO BE
SETUPNORTH - EASTERN STATES
State Higher Technical Institutes Educationally Backward Districts Districts not having any Polytechnic
ASSAM 1 WCCU 12 13
MEGHALAYA 5 4
MIZORAM 7 6
MANIPUR 2
TRIPURA 2 3
NAGALAND 1 8
ARUNANCHAL PRADESH 12 14
SIKKIM - 4 2
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