ANNUAL REPORT 2019-2020 ( April, 2019 - March, 2020 ) (In Compliance with Section 18 of the UGC Act,1956 (No. 13 of 1956) UGC have the honour to present to the Central Government the Annual Report of the University Grants Commission for the year 2019-20 to be laid before the Parliament) University Grants Commission Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi-110002 (India) Website : www.ugc.ac.in University Grants Commission Composition 1. The Commission shall consist of- (i) A Chairman (ii) A Vice- Chairman, and (iii) ten other members, to be appointed by the Central Government. 2. The Chairman shall be chosen from among persons who are not officers of the Central Government or of any State Government. 3. Of the other members referred to in clauses (iii) of sub-section (1): (a) two shall be chosen from among the officers of the Central Government, to represent that Government.; (b) not less than four shall be chosen from among persons who are at the time when they are so chosen, teachers of Universities; and (c) the remainder shall be chosen from among persons:- (i) who have knowledge of, or experience in, agriculture, commerce, forestry or industry; (ii) who are members of the engineering, legal, medical or any other learned profession; or (iii) who are Vice-Chancellors of Universities or who, not being teachers of Universities, are in the opinion of the Central Government, educationists of repute or have obtained high academic distinctions. Provided that not less than one-half of the number chosen under this clause shall be from among persons who are not officers of the Central Government or of any State Government. 4. The Vice-Chairman shall exercise such of the powers, and discharge such of the duties, of the Chairman as may be prescribed. 5. Every appointment under this section shall take effect from the date on which it is notified by the Central Government in the Official Gazette. Composition of the Commission during 2019-20 1. Chairman Prof. Dhirendra Pal Singh 2. Vice-Chairman Prof. Bhushan Patwardhan Members 3 Shri R. Subrahmanyam(*) Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, New Delhi 4 Shri Amit Khare(**) Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, New Delhi 5 Shri Pramod Kumar Das (%) Additional Secretary, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, New Delhi-110001 6 Shri Rajeev Ranjan (@) Additional Secretary, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, New Delhi-110001 7 Prof. M. Jagadesh Kumar (+) Vice-Chancellor, JNU, New Delhi 8 Prof. Ramesh Chander Kuhad ($) Vice-Chancellor, Central University of Haryana, Jant-Pali, Mahendergarh, Haryana 9 Dr. G. Gopal Reddy(#) Former Dean, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Palamuru University, Telangana and former Principal , Osmania University PG College, Hyderabad 10 Prof. (Ms.) Sushma Yadav (&) Professor of Public Policy & Governance, Indian Institute of Public Administration, Indraprastha Estate, Ring Road, Mahatma Gandhi Marg, New Delhi 11 Prof. Raghavendra P. Tiwari Vice Chancellor, Dr. Hari Singh Gaur University, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh 12 Dr. (Ms.) Uma Chandrashekhar Former Vice-Chacellor, Kavikulguru Kalidas Sanskrit University, Nagpur, Vaidya Maharashtra 13 Dr. Kiran Hazarika Principal, Tengakhat College, Assam 14 Dr. Nagesh Thakur Professor, Department of Physics, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh Secretary Prof. Rajnish Jain (*) upto 13th December,2019 (**) w.e.f 2nd January,2020 (%) upto 16th August,2019 (@) w.e.f. 11th December,2019 (+) upto 23rd June,2019 ($) upto 27th June,2019 (#) upto 19th January,2020 (&) upto 27th February,2020 iii © University Grants Commission February, 2021 Printed and Published by : Secretary, University Grants Commission, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi- 110002 Designed and Printed by : Chandu Press D-97, Shakarpur, Delhi-110092 Ph. : +91 9810519841, 011-22526936 | E-mail : [email protected] iv Annual Report 2019-20 CONTENTS Page Number(s) Foreword vii Executive Summary 2019-2020 1 1 Introduction 21 1.1 Role and Organization of UGC 21 1.2 Special Cells Functioning in the UGC 23 1.3 Publications 32 1.4 Budget and Finances of UGC 32 Joint Cadre Review Committee (JCRC) for Central and UGC Maintained Deemed to 61 1.5 be Universities 1.6 Major Decisions of the Commission during the year 61 1.7 Special Activities / Initiatives 86 2 Statistics: Growth of Higher Education System 99 2.1 Gross Enrolment Ratio 100 2.2 Universities / Institutions / Colleges 101 2.3 Students Enrolment 148 2.4 Out-Turn / Pass Outs 153 2.5 Teaching Staff: Universities & Colleges 156 3 Development Schemes and Assistance to Universities 159 3.1 Assistance to Universities 159 3.2 Central Universities 159 3.3 State Public Universities 175 3.4 Institutions Deemed to be Universities 177 3.5 State Private Universities 180 4 Development Schemes and Assistance to Colleges 181 4.1 Development of Colleges 181 4.2 Colleges Recognized by UGC for Financial Assistance 181 4.3 181 Grants to Colleges by the UGC Regional Offices (General Development Assistance) 4.4 Scheme-wise release of Grants by the UGC Regional Offices 185 4.5 Grants to Delhi Colleges and Constituent Colleges of Banaras Hindu University 196 5 Quality and Excellence 205 5.1 Potential for Excellence –Teaching & Research 205 5.2 Special Assistance Programme (SAP) 213 5.3 Autonomous Colleges 214 5.4 Human Resource Development Centres (HRDC) and Regional Centre of Capacity 215 Building (RCCB) 5.5 Promotion of Rajbhasha (Hindi) 216 5.6 Bilateral Cultural and Educational Exchange Programmes 218 5.7 National Educational Testing : Development of Human Resource for Teaching and 221 Research 5.8 Travel Grant 227 5.9 Inter-University Centres (IUCs) 227 5.10 National Facilities Centre 256 5.11 Development of Sports Infrastructure and Equipment in Universities 260 5.12 Swatchta Ranking 260 v 6 Promotion of Research 261 6.1 Major Research Projects for Teachers 261 6.2 Research Awards/Research Scientist 262 6.3 Post Doctoral Fellowships 262 6.4 Research Fellowships (for M.Phil/Ph.D) 264 6.5 Post Graduate Scholarships 268 6.6 Under Graduate Scholarships 269 6.7 Basic Scientific Research Programmes in Universities 273 7 Gender and Social Equity 277 7.1 Development of Women’s Studies in Indian Universities and Colleges 277 7.2 Programmes for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes 278 (Excluding Creamy Layer), Economically Weaker Section , Minorities & Persons with Disabilities 7.3 Representation of Social Category, Minority & PWD Students & Teachers in Higher 289 Education 8 Relevant and Value Based Education 291 8.1 Area Study Centers in Universities 291 8.2 Epoch Making Social Thinkers of India 292 8.3 Human Right Value Education 294 9 Integration of Information and Communication Technologies 295 9.1 UGC Website 295 9.2 Productivity by engaging in online Learning 299 9.3 National Academic Depository (NAD) 302 10 Skill Development Initiatives 305 10.1 National Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF) 305 10.2 Career Oriented Courses (COC) 307 11 Open Distance Education Programmes & Online Learning 308 11.1 Open and Distance Education Programmes 308 11.2 On line Learning 312 12 UGC-Quality Mandate-Academic Activities Initiatives. 314 12.1 Students Induction Programme 314 12.2 Learning Outcome based Curriculum Framework (LOCF) 314 12.3 Evaluation Reforms 314 12.4 Life Skills 315 12.5 Scheme for Trans -disciplinary Research for India’s Developing Economy(STRIDE) 315 12.6 Consortium for Academic and Research Ethics - CARE 316 12.7 Faculty Induction Programme 317 12.8 “Paramarsh” - Mentoring of non-accredited institutions to enable them to get 317 accreditied by 2022 12.9 Inculcation of Values & Professional Ethics 317 12.10 Guidelines for Eco–friendly and Sustainable Campus 318 12.11 Enabling and Enhancing University and Industry linkage 318 12.12 Students Career Progression and Alumni Network 318 vi Annual Report 2019-20 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 2019-2020 provides the major initiatives taken by the UGC as the apex body for coordinating and maintaining standards of higher education in the country, including the Quality Mandate initiative with its comprehensive focus on improving teaching learning and innovative skills, critical thinking, inclusiveness, employability, learning outcomes curriculum framework, gender sensitization, social connect, sustainable development competitiveness, and skill development of students in higher education system in India. The new initiatives undertaken with a view to ensuring excellence and equity driven expansion of higher education are also highlighted in the Report. 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 Dr. N. Gopu Kumar, Joint Secretary, UGC; Shri Subhash Chandra, Ex-Coordinator, UGC; Dr. Diksha Rajput, Deputy Secretary for their valuable contributions and untiring efforts to give proper shape to the Annual Report. New Delhi Prof. Dhirendra