Department of Higher Education (Tamil Nadu)

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Department of Higher Education of State of Tamil Nadu
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Agency overview
Formed 1811
Jurisdiction Tamil Nadu
Headquarters Chennai
Minister responsible
  • P. Palaniappan,[1], Minister for Higher Education (including Technical Education, Electronics, Science and Technology)
Agency executive
Parent agency Government of Tamil Nadu
Website http://www.tn.gov.in/departments/hedu.html

The Department of Higher Education of state of Tamil Nadu is one of the Department of Government of Tamil Nadu

History

  • The Directorate of Technical Education was established on 14 October 1957
  • The Higher Education Department was formed in 1997, after bifurcation from the Education, Science & Technology Department of Secretariat [3]

Objective of the Department

The basic objective of the Department is to formulate polices, laws, regulations and various programmes based on the needs of the society now and then, for achieving the following goals of the Government in the field of Higher Education in Tamil Nadu:

  • To provide Higher and Technical Education.
  • To provide higher education for the youth from poor families to have an equal opportunity to pursue higher education.
  • To achieve the Higher Education access rate 25% by 2020.
  • To improve the infrastructure facilities in colleges.
  • To improve and enrich the syllabus.
  • To improve the quality of Higher Education and Technical Education
  • To popularize Science and Technology among the people in General and students in particular in Urban and Rural areas in this State.
  • To create Scientific temper among the students and encourage research activities in Science and Technology in this State.

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Sub - Departments

Name Website
The Directorate of Collegiate Education (Department of Collegiate Education) http://www.tndce.in/
The Directorate of Technical Education (Department of Technical Education) http://www.tndte.com/
Department of Archives and Historical Research http://www.tnarchives.tn.gov.in/

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Undertakings & Bodies

Name Website
Tamil Nadu Science and Technology Centre http://tnstc.gov.in/outreach.html
Science City Chennai http://www.sciencecitychennai.in/
Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology http://tanscst.nic.in/
Tamil Nadu State Council for Higher Education (TANSCHE) http://www.tnuniv.ac.in/tansche.html
Tamil Nadu State Council for Technical Education http://tnstc.gov.in/outreach.html
Tamil Nadu Urdu Academy

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Present Ministers (2016-Till)

  • Thiru K.P. Anbazhagan - Minister for Higher Education (including Technical Education, Electronics, Science and Technology)

Former Ministers

  • [P. Palaniappan] - (2011-2016)

See also

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