Central university, India

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University of Allahabad, oldest among all central universities in India.

A central university or a union university in India is established by Act of Parliament and are under the purview of the Department of Higher Education in the Union Human Resource Development Ministry.[1] In general, universities in India are recognised by the University Grants Commission (UGC), which draws its power from the University Grants Commission Act, 1956.[2] In addition, 15 Professional Councils are established, controlling different aspects of accreditation and coordination.[3] Central universities, in addition, are covered by the Central Universities Act, 2009, which regulates their purpose, powers governance etc., and established 12 new universities.[4] The list of central universities published by the UGC includes 46 central universities as on 31 December 2015.

The types of universities controlled by the UGC include:

  • State universities are run by the state government of each of the states and territories of India, and are usually established by a local legislative assembly act.[5]
  • Deemed university, or "Deemed-to-be-University", is a status of autonomy granted by the Department of Higher Education on the advice of the UGC, under Section 3 of UGC Act, 1956.[6][7]
  • Private universities are approved by the UGC. They can grant degrees but they are not allowed to have off-campus affiliated colleges.[8]

Apart from the above universities, other institutions are granted the permission to autonomously award degrees. These institutes do not affiliate colleges and are not officially called "universities" but "autonomous organisations" or "autonomous institutes". They fall under the administrative control of the Department of Higher Education.[9] These organisations include the Indian Institutes of Technology, the National Institutes of Technology, the Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research, the Indian Institutes of Engineering Science and Technology, the Indian Institutes of Management (though these award diplomas, not degrees),[10] the National Law Schools, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, and other autonomous institutes.

Universities by state

The regions with the most central universities in India are Delhi (namely University of Delhi, Jamia Millia Islamia, Jawaharlal Nehru University, IGNOU, South Asian University) While Uttar Pradesh with Six central universities namely BHU, AMU, Allahabad University, BBAU, Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation Institute, Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University. There are central universities in all of the states of India except Goa ,Andhra Pradesh and UT of Chandigarh. Of the union territories, there are central universities in Delhi and Puducherry.

Main building of the University of Delhi
The University of Delhi is one of the five central universities in Delhi.
Central universities by state
State Central
universities
Andhra Pradesh 0
Arunachal Pradesh 1
Assam 2
Bihar 3
Chhattisgarh 1
Delhi 5[11]
Goa 0
Gujarat 1
Haryana 1
Himachal Pradesh 1
Jammu and Kashmir 2
Jharkhand 1
Karnataka 1
Kerala 1
Madhya Pradesh 2
Maharashtra 1
Manipur 2
Meghalaya 1
Mizoram 1
Nagaland 1
Odisha[12] 1
Puducherry 1
Punjab 1
Rajasthan 1
Sikkim 1
Tamil Nadu 2
Telangana 3
Tripura 1
Uttar Pradesh 5
Uttarakhand 1
West Bengal 1
Total 46

List of central universities in India

File:Renovated gate of Tezpur University.png
Renovated gate of Tezpur University, a central university established in 1994
File:Strachey.jpg
Strachey Hall and the university mosque at Aligarh Muslim University, one of the four central universities in Uttar Pradesh
Central universities of India
University State Location Established Specialization Sources
Rajiv Gandhi University Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar 1985 (CU wef 2007) General [11][13]
Assam University Assam Silchar 1994 General [14]
Tezpur University Assam Tezpur 1994 General [15]
Central University of South Bihar# Bihar Gaya 2009 General [16]
Mahatma Gandhi Central University North Bihar# Bihar Motihari 2016 General
Nalanda University# Bihar Rajgir near Nalanda 2010-[11] General
Guru Ghasidas University Chhattisgarh Bilaspur 1983 (2009dagger) General [17]
Indira Gandhi National Open University Delhi New Delhi 1985 Distance education [18]
Jamia Millia Islamia Delhi New Delhi 1920 (1988dagger) Islam [19]
Jawaharlal Nehru University Delhi New Delhi 1969 General [20]
University of Delhi Delhi New Delhi 1922 General [21]
Central University of Gujarat# Gujarat Gandhinagar 2009 General [22]
Central University of Haryana# Haryana Mahendragarh 2009 General [23]
Central University of Himachal Pradesh# Himachal Pradesh Dharamsala 2009 General [24]
Central University of Jammu# Jammu and Kashmir Jammu 2011 General [25]
Central University of Kashmir# Jammu and Kashmir Srinagar 2009 General [26]
Central University of Jharkhand# Jharkhand Ranchi 2009 General [27]
Central University of Karnataka# Karnataka Gulbarga 2009 General [28]
Central University of Kerala# Kerala Kasaragod 2009 General [29]
Dr. Hari Singh Gour University Madhya Pradesh Sagar 1946 General [30]
Indira Gandhi National Tribal University Madhya Pradesh Amarkantak 2007 General [31]
Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya Maharashtra Wardha 1997 Hindi [32]
Central Agricultural University Manipur Imphal 1993 Agriculture [33]
Manipur University Manipur Imphal 1980 (2005dagger) General [34]
North Eastern Hill University Meghalaya Shillong 1973 General [35]
Mizoram University Mizoram Aizawl 2000 General [36]
Nagaland University Nagaland Lumami 1994 General [37]
Central University of Orissa# Odisha Koraput 2009 General [38]
Pondicherry University Puducherry Pondicherry 1985 General [39]
Central University of Punjab# Punjab Bathinda 2009 General [40]
Central University of Rajasthan# Rajasthan Ajmer 2009 General [41]
Sikkim University Sikkim Gangtok 2007 General [42]
Central University of Tamil Nadu# Tamil Nadu Tiruvarur 2009 General [43]
Indian Maritime University Tamil Nadu Chennai 2008 Marine science [44]
English and Foreign Languages University Telangana[45] Hyderabad 1958 (2007dagger) English and Foreign languages [46]
Maulana Azad National Urdu University Telangana[45] Hyderabad 1998 Urdu [47]
University of Hyderabad Telangana[45] Hyderabad 1974 General [48]
Tripura University Tripura Agartala 1987 General [49]
Aligarh Muslim University Uttar Pradesh Aligarh 1920 General [50]
Allahabad University Uttar Pradesh Allahabad 1887 General [51]
Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University Uttar Pradesh Lucknow 1996 General [52]
Banaras Hindu University Uttar Pradesh Varanasi 1916 General [53]
Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University Uttar Pradesh Jhansi 2014 Agriculture
Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University Uttar Pradesh Raebareli 2013

[11]

 General
Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University Uttarakhand Srinagar 1973 (CU wef 2009) General [11][54]
Visva-Bharati University West Bengal Santiniketan 1921 General [55]

dagger Granted central university status

# Established by the Central Universities Act, 2009[4]

See also

References

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