HUMAN RESOURCE

DEVELOPMENT MINISTRY
Presentation by
Shivangi Verma
BJMC II
INTRODUCTION
 The Ministry of Human Resource Development
(HRD) is an Indian Government Ministry,
responsible for the development of human
resources.
 The ministry is divided into two departments:

 Department of School Education and Litracy

 Department of Higher Education
o As of now the Ministry of Education functions

under these two departments as of Sept. 26th 1985.

INTRODUCTION
 The Ministry of Human Resource Development is
headed by a minister of cabinet rank as a member
of the Council of Ministers.
 Kapil Sibal is the current minister of HRD.
INTRODUCTION
 The minister is further assisted by two Ministers of
State; one for each department:
- Ali Ashraf Fatmi (Ministry of State for School
Education and Litracy)
- Daggubatti Purandeswari (Ministry of State for
Higher Education)
DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL
EDUCATION AND LITRACY
 The Department of School Education and Literacy
is responsible for primary education, both formal
and non-formal.
 Its stated goal is the universalization of elementary
education (UEE).
 The department originated as the Indian Education
Department in the 1910 under the British Raj.
 After independence, the Ministry of Education,
was created in 1947.
DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL
EDUCATION AND LITRACY
 The Ministry of Education was merged with the
newly-created Ministry of Human Resources
Development in 1985
 The department aims

 to achieve universal access and enrollment

universal retention of children up to 14 years of age,
 substantial improvement in the quality of education
to enable all children to achieve essential levels of
learning.
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION
 The Department of Higher Education is in charge of
secondary and post-secondary education.

 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
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION
 The department is divided into 8 bureaus, most the work of the
department is handled through over 100 autonomous
organizations under the these bureaus :

1. University and Higher Education; Minorities 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
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION
2 . Technical Education:
- All Idia Council of Technical Education (AICTE)
- Council of Architecture
- 19 Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT)
- 5 Indian Institutes of Science Education and
Research(IISERs)
- 7 Indian Institutes of Management ( IIMs)
- 20 National Institutes of Technology (NIT)
- 4 Indian Institues of Information Technology (IIIMs)
- 4 National Institutes of Technical Teachers’ Training &
Research (NITTTRs)
- 4 Regional Boards of Apprenticeship / Practical Training
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION
3. Administration $ Languages:
- Three Deemed Universities in the field of Sanskrit.
- 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: Central Hindi Directorate
(CHD), New Delhi Commission for Scientific &
Technological Terminology (CSTT) New Delhi; and
Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysore
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION
4. Distance Education and Scholarships
- Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)
5. UNESCO, International Cooperation, Book
Promotion and Copyrights, Educational Policy,
Planning and Monitoring
6. Integrated Finance Division
7. Statistics, Annual Plan and CIMS
8. Administrative Reform, North Eastern Region,
SC/ST/OBC
UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION
(UGC)
 The UGC is responsible for coordination,
determination and maintenance of standards,
release of grants.
 For this purpose it has established

-Professional councils
-15 autonomous institutions
established by the University Grants Commission,
responsible for recognition of courses, promotion of
professional institutions and providing grants to
undergraduate programmes and various awards
UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION
(UGC)
1. All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)
2. Distance Education Council (DEC)
3. Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR)
4. Bar Council of India (BCI)
5. National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE)
6. Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI)
7. Medical Council of India (MCI)
8. Pharmacy Council of India (PCI)
9. Indian Nursing Council (INC)
10. Dental Council of India (DCI)
UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION
(UGC)
11. Central Council of Homeopathy (CCH)
12. Central Council of Indian Medicine (CCIM)
13. Rehabilitation Council
14. National Council for Rural Institutes
15. State Councils of Higher Education
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