OBJECTIVES

Main objectives of the Department of Higher Education of the Government of India can be stated to be the following: Laying down of National Policy on Education, and overseeing its implementation Planned development (including expansion of access and qualitative improvement) of: University & Higher Education, and Technical Education with special attention to disadvantaged groups, e.g. Scheduled Castes Scheduled Tribes Girls Minorities and Disabled

Development of Indian Languages Scholarships to deserving students Promotion of Books and administration of Copyrights Act International Cooperation in the field of Education, including with UNESCO

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
The Ministry of Human Resource Development functions under the overall charge of the Human Resource Development Minister who is assisted by two Ministers of State, one each for the two Departments, namely, the Department of School Education and Literacy and the Department of Higher Education. Each Department is headed by a Secretary to the Government of India. The Secretary, Department of Higher Education is assisted by an Additional Secretary, 4 Joint Secretaries, 1 Economic Advisor and 1 Deputy Director General (Statistics). In addition, there is one Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser, common to both of the Departments. The Departments are organized into Bureaux, Divisions, Branches, Desks, Sections and Units. Each Bureau is under the charge of a Joint Secretary assisted by Divisional Heads at the level of Director/Deputy Secretary/Deputy Education Advisors. At present, work of the Department is divided into eight Bureaux as follows: University & Higher Education, Minorities Education Technical Education Administration and Languages Distance Education & Scholarships UNESCO, Int'l Cooperation, Book Promotion & Copyrights, Education Policy, Planning and Monitoring Integrated Finance Division

Statistics, Annual Plan and CMIS Administrative Reform, North Eastern Region, SC/ST/OBC Broad Structure of the Department of Higher Education may be seen in the Organogram. The Department of Higher Education carries out substantial part of its work through more than 100 autonomous organisations, chiefly the following:

University & Higher Education University Grants Commission (UGC) Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) Indian Council of Philosophical Research (ICPR) 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 Technical Education All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) 13 Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) (including 6 new IITs set up during 2008-09) 5 Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISERs) 7 Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) 20 National Institutes of Technology (NITs) 4 Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) 4 National Institutes of Technical Teachers Training & Research (NITTTRs) 4 Regional Boards of Apprenticeship / Practical Training 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 of Central Hindi Directorates (CHD), Commission for Scientific & Technological Terminology (CSTT) and Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL) Distance Education Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Miscellaneous National University of Educational Planning & Administration (NUEPA) National Book Trust (NBT)

National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (NCMEI) In addition to the above, the Department also has one Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) as given below: PSU Educational Consultants (India) Limited (EdCIL)

Sector Overview
Education in Post-Independence India: Some Milestones Stages of Education in India Responsibility of the Centre, States and Local Bodies for Education Policy Framework Size of the Indian Education System Important Achievements Quantitative Expansion Capacity Building Standard-setting Institutions Premier Institutions Inclusion Challenges