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Annual Report 2013-2014 ANNUAL REPORT 2013-2014 1953-2013 University Grants Commission Bahadurshah Zafar Marg, New Delhi-110 002 (India) Website: www.ugc.ac.in ANNUAL REPORT 2013-2014 HFT-faWH f^Ppfriif University Grants Commission Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi-110 002 (INDIA) (Website: www.ugc.ac.in) Commission Members of UGC During 2013-2014 Chairman Prof. Ved Prakash Vice-Chairman Prof. H. Devaraj# Members 1. Sh. Ashok Thakur 2. Mrs. Anjuly Chib Duggal 3. Prof. Achyutananda Samanta* 4. Prof. (Dr.) Seyed E Hasnain* 5. Prof. Meenakshi Gopinath* 6. Dr. Indu Shahani 7. Prof. Yogendra Yadav* * 8. Dr. V. S. Chauhan 9. Prof. D. Narasimha Reddy 10. Prof. M.M. Ansari 11. Prof Sanjay Govind Dhande® 12. Prof. Mohammad Miyan®® 13. Dr. K.N. Shanti@@ 14. Sh. Patanjali (Patu) G. Keswani' Secretary Dr. Akhilesh Gupta® Prof. (Dr.) Jaspal Singh Sandhu55 * w.e.f. 25th June, 2013 * upto 24lh February, 2014 * * upto 18lh September, 2013 @ w.e.f. 25th September, 2013 @@ w.e.f. 26th February, 2014 $ upto 21 November, 2013 $$ w.e.f. 3rd March, 2014 Printed & Published by Secretary, University Grants Commission Bahadurshah Zafar Marg, New Delhi - 110 002 Designed and Printed by M/s Jeewan Offset Press 18/36, Street No. 5, Railway Line Side, Anand Parbat Industrial Area, New Rohtak Road, New Delhi - 110 005 Tel.: 9873870464 | E-mail : [email protected] iv Annual Report 2013-2014 CONTENTS Page Number(s) Foreword ix Executive Summary 2013-2014 1 1. Introduction 20 1.1 Legend 20 1.1(a) Role and Organization of UGC 20 1.2 About Twelfth Plan 23 1.3 Special Cells Functioning in the UGC 25 (a) Right to Information Act (RIA) Cell 25 (b) Pay Scale Cell 26 (c) SC/ST/OBC Cell 26 (d) Minorities Cell 27 (e) Vigilance Cell 27 (f) Legal Cell 28 (g) Desk : Parliament Matters 28 (h) Cell Against Malpractices 29 (i) Cell against Sexual Harassment of Women at Work Place 29 (j) Anti-Ragging Cell 30 1.4 Publications 32 1.5 Budget and Finances of UGC 33 1.6 Joint Cadre Review Committee (JCRC) for Central and Deemed to be Universities 37 1.7 Diamond Jubilee: 60 Years of UGC 38 1.8 Major Decisions during the year 43 2. Growth of Higher Education System : Some Statistics 50 2.1 Institutions 50 2.2 Students Enrolment 62 2.3 Faculty Strength 70 2.4 Research Degrees 74 2.5 Growth in Enrolment of Women in Higher Education 75 2.6 Distribution of Women Enrolment by State and Faculty 76 2.7 Women Colleges 77 2.8 Condensed Statistics on Growth of Higher Education 78 Development (Plan) and Maintenance (Non-Plan) Assistance to Universities 79 3.1 Assistance to Universities 79 3.1(a) Central Universities 79 3.1(b) State Universities 95 3.1(c) Deemed to be Universities 104 Development (Plan) and Maintenance (Non-Plan) Assistance to Colleges 111 4.1 Thrust of Twelfth Plan for the Development of Colleges 111 4.2 Colleges Recognized by UGC for Financial Assistance 111 4.3 Grants to Colleges by the UGC Regional Offices 111 4.4 Scheme-wise position of release of Grants by the UGC Regional Offices 113 4.5 Grants to Delhi Colleges and Constituent Colleges of Banaras Hindu University 122 Quality and Excellence 124 5.1 Universities with Potential for Excellence (UPE) 124 5.2 Colleges with Potential for Excellence (CPE) 126 5.3 Centres with Potential for Excellence in a Particular Area (CPEPA) 126 5.4 Establishment of New Centres/Institutes 130 5.5 Special Assistance Programme (SAP) 130 5.6 Innovative Programme - Teaching and Research in Emerging & Inter-disciplinary Areas 132 5.7 Autonomous Colleges 132 5.8 Academic Staff Colleges (ASC) 134 5.9 Promotion of Rajbhasha (Hindi) 134 5.10 Bilateral Cultural and Educational Exchange Programmes 136 5.11 National Education Testing for Development of Human Resource for Teaching and Research 142 5.12 Travel Grant 149 5.13 Inter-University Centres (lUCs) 150 5.14 National Facilities Centre 166 5.15 Career Advancement Scheme (CAS) 168 Promotion of Research 169 6.1 Research Projects for Teachers: Major and Minor 169 vi Annual Report 2013-2014 6.2 Research Awards 171 6.3 Emeritus Fellowships 172 6.4 Incentivisation of Teachers, Subject/Discipline-based Association for Organization of various Academic & Research Activities 173 6.5 Junior Research Fellowships (JRFs) and Research Associateships (RAs) for Foreign Nationals 173 6.6 Junior Research Fellowships for Indian Nationals 174 6.7 Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowships for SC/ST Candidates 175 6.8 Post-Doctoral Fellowships for SC/ST 178 6.9 Post-Graduate Scholarships for SC/ST students in Professional Courses 180 6.10 Research Scientists (Pre-revised) 183 6.11 Post-Doctoral Fellowships for Women 183 6.12 P.G. Scholarship for GATE qualified students of M.E/M.Tech/M. Pharma 184 6.13 Indira Gandhi Post-Graduate Scholarships for Single Girl Child 185 6.14 Post-Graduate Merit Scholarship for University Rank Holders at Undergraduate Level 188 6.15 Maulana Azad National Fellowship for Minority Students 191 6.16 Basic Scientific Research in Universities 194 6.17 Networking Research Centres : Summer-Winter School 195 6.18 Dr.D.S.Kothari Post Doctoral Fellowships 196 6.19 Research Fellowship in Science for Meritorious Students 197 6.20 Operation Faculty Recharge 198 6.21 UGC-BSR Faculty Fellowship Scheme 198 6.22 One Time Grant to Teachers under BSR Programme 199 6.23 Start up Grant for Newly Recruited Faculty 200 Gender and Social Equity 201 7.1 Development of Women's Studies in Indian Universities and Colleges 201 7.2 Establishment of Centres in Universities for Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy 201 7.3 Establishment of Special Cells for SC/ST 203 7.4 Equal Opportunity Cell in Universities/Colleges 205 7.5 Coaching for SC/ST/OBC (Non-Creamy Layer) & Minority Community Students 206 7.5(a) Remedial Coaching 206 7.5(b) NET/SET Examination Coaching 206 7.5(c) Coaching Classes for Entry in Services 206 7.6 Facilities for Persons with Disabilities 207 7.6(a) Teacher Preparation in Special Education (TEPSE) 207 7.6(b) Higher Education for Persons with Special Needs (HEPSN) 208 7.6(c) Financial Assistance to Visually Challenged Teachers 209 8. Relevant and Value Based Education 210 8.1 Introduction of Career Oriented Courses in Universities and Colleges 210 8.2 Area Study Centres in Universities 211 8.3 Special Studies on Epoch Making Social Thinkers of India 214 8.4 Human Rights Education (HRE) 215 9. Integration of Information and Communication Technologies 217 9.1 E-Governance 217 9.2 Production of Courseware E-Content for Postgraduate Subjects 217 10. New Initiatives 218 10.1 Community Colleges 218 10.2 Distance Education 220 10.3 B.Voc Degree Programme 222 List of Appendices I. State-wise list of the Central, State, State private Universities, Institutions established under State Legislature Act and Institutions Deemed to be Universities (as on 31.03.2014) 223 II. List of State Universities which are included under section 12B of the UGC Act, 1956 and are eligible to receive Central Assistance (as on 31.03.2014) 252 III. List of Delhi Colleges and BHU Colleges getting Maintenance Grants from UGC: 2013-2014 260 IV. List of Autonomous Colleges: State-wise: as on 31.03.2014 263 V. State-wise list of Academic Staff Colleges: 2013-2014 267 VI. List of Centres for UGC-NET Examination in India: 2013-2014 270 VII. List of UGC-NET subjects: 2013-2014 272 VIII. Statement Showing the Grants paid to Universities and Colleges during the year 2013-2014 (Major Head-wise) under Non-Plan 276 IX. Statement Showing the Grants paid to Universities and Colleges during the year 2013-2014 (Major Head-wise) under General Plan 290 viii Annual Report 2013-2014 Foreword The publication of the Annual Report of the University Grants Commission (UGC) has been a regular feature since the inception of UGC in 1953. The Annual Report for 2013-2014 provides not only the major initiatives taken by the UGC as the apex body for coordinating and maintaining standards of higher education in the country, but also highlights the initiatives undertaken by the UGC to promote the general development of universities and colleges culminating in enhancing access, equity, relevance and excellence. During the second year of the XII Plan, the UGC has undertaken a number of new initiatives with a view to ensuring excellence and equity driven expansion of higher education. I do hope that the data/information provided in this Annual Report will be useful for the teachers, students, researchers, administrators and stakeholders in higher education. I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere thanks and gratitude to all the members of the Commission for their unstinted support in carrying forward the agenda of the UGC. I would also like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the valuable contributions made by my colleagues in bringing the Annual Report in the present form. My special thanks are due to Prof. H. Devaraj, Vice-Chairman; Dr. (Mrs.) Pankaj Mittal, Joint Secretary; Shri Subhash Chandra, Ex-Coordinator; Dr. Diksha Rajput, Publication Officer and Shri Piyush Kumar, Project Officer, INFLIBNET, for supervising the printing of the Report. Feedback for improving the contents of the Annual Report would be more than welcome. New Delhi Prof. Ved Prakash Chairman Executive Summary: 2013-2014 The Executive Summary of the UGC Annual Report 2013-2014 encapsulates not only the activities of the UGC to achieve its mandatory objectives but also physical targets achieved under its various schemes / programmes and the expenditure entailed on the same, besides the statistical growth in the higher education sector.
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