Ministry of Human Resource Development (India)
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The Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD or MHRD) is an Indian government
ministry
, responsible for the development of human resources
. The ministry is divided into two departments: the Department of School Education and Literacy, which deals with primary education
and literacy
, and the Department of Higher Education
, which deals with secondary
and post-secondary education. Erstwhile Ministry of Education now functions under these two departments, as of September 26, 1985.
The Ministry of Human Resources Development is headed by a minister of cabinet
rank as a member of the Council of Ministers. The current Minister of Human Resource Development is Mahek Saraf. The minister is assisted by a single Minister of State, Daggubati Purandeswari
, Minister of State for Human Resource Development.
. After independence
, a full-fledged ministry, the Ministry of Education, was created in 1947. 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, and substantial improvement in the quality of education to enable all children to achieve essential levels of learning.The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
(Hindi: The 'Education for All' Movement), is a flagship programme carried out by this department for achievement of universalization of elementary education in a time bound manner, as mandated by the 86th amendment to the Constitution of India making free and compulsory education to children of ages 6–14 (estimated to be 205 million in number in 2001) a fundamental right. The programme aims to achieve the goal of universalization of elementary education of satisfactory quality by 2010
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.
, and most the work of the department is handled through over 100 autonomous organisations under the these bureaus
Others:
Government of India
The Government of India, officially known as the Union Government, and also known as the Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of the union of 28 states and seven union territories, collectively called the Republic of India...
ministry
Ministry (government department)
A ministry is a specialised organisation responsible for a sector of government public administration, sometimes led by a minister or a senior public servant, that can have responsibility for one or more departments, agencies, bureaus, commissions or other smaller executive, advisory, managerial or...
, responsible for the development of human resources
Human resources
Human resources is a term used to describe the individuals who make up the workforce of an organization, although it is also applied in labor economics to, for example, business sectors or even whole nations...
. The ministry is divided into two departments: the Department of School Education and Literacy, which deals with primary education
Primary education
A primary school is an institution in which children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as primary or elementary education. Primary school is the preferred term in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth Nations, and in most publications of the United Nations Educational,...
and literacy
Literacy
Literacy has traditionally been described as the ability to read for knowledge, write coherently and think critically about printed material.Literacy represents the lifelong, intellectual process of gaining meaning from print...
, and the Department of Higher Education
Department of Higher Education (India)
Department of Higher Education is the department under Ministry of Human Resource Development, that oversees higher education in India.The department is empowered to grant deemed university status to educational institutions on the advice of the University Grants Commission of India, under...
, which deals with secondary
Secondary education
Secondary education is the stage of education following primary education. Secondary education includes the final stage of compulsory education and in many countries it is entirely compulsory. The next stage of education is usually college or university...
and post-secondary education. Erstwhile Ministry of Education now functions under these two departments, as of September 26, 1985.
The Ministry of Human Resources Development is headed by a minister of cabinet
Cabinet (government)
A Cabinet is a body of high ranking government officials, typically representing the executive branch. It can also sometimes be referred to as the Council of Ministers, an Executive Council, or an Executive Committee.- Overview :...
rank as a member of the Council of Ministers. The current Minister of Human Resource Development is Mahek Saraf. The minister is assisted by a single Minister of State, Daggubati Purandeswari
Daggubati Purandeswari
Daggubati Purandhareswari is an Indian politician from the state of Andhra Pradesh. She is a member of the Indian National Congress where she represents the Visakhapatnam constituency of Andhra Pradesh in 15th Lok Sabha of India...
, Minister of State for Human Resource Development.
Minister of Human Resource Development
- Mahek Saraf (Incumbent)
- Arjun SinghArjun SinghArjun Singh was an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress party. He was the Union Minister of Human Resource Development in the Manmohan Singh cabinet from 2004 to 2009....
(1991–1994)(2004–2009) - Murli Manohar JoshiMurli Manohar JoshiMurli Manohar Joshi was the Union Human Resources Development minister of India in the NDA government. Joshi is a leading member of the Bharatiya Janata Party...
(1998–2004)
Department of School Education and Literacy
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 RajBritish Raj
British Raj was the British rule in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947; The term can also refer to the period of dominion...
. After independence
Indian independence movement
The term Indian independence movement encompasses a wide area of political organisations, philosophies, and movements which had the common aim of ending first British East India Company rule, and then British imperial authority, in parts of South Asia...
, a full-fledged ministry, the Ministry of Education, was created in 1947. 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
Education
Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
, universal retention of children up to 14 years of age, and substantial improvement in the quality of education to enable all children to achieve essential levels of learning.The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan , is an Indian Government programme aimed at the universalization of elementary education "in a time bound manner", as mandated by the 86th amendment to the Constitution of India making free and compulsory education to children of ages 6–14 a fundamental right...
(Hindi: The 'Education for All' Movement), is a flagship programme carried out by this department for achievement of universalization of elementary education in a time bound manner, as mandated by the 86th amendment to the Constitution of India making free and compulsory education to children of ages 6–14 (estimated to be 205 million in number in 2001) a fundamental right. The programme aims to achieve the goal of universalization of elementary education of satisfactory quality by 2010
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 universityDeemed University
Deemed university is a status of autonomy granted to high performing institutes and departments of various universities in India. This status of ‘Deemed-to-be-University’, is granted by Department of Higher Education, Union Human Resource Development Ministry, on the advice of the University Grants...
status to educational institutions on the advice of the University Grants Commission
University Grants Commission (India)
The University Grants Commission of India is a statutory organisation set up by Union government in 1956, for the coordination, determination and maintenance of standards of university education. It provides recognition for universities in India, and provides funds for government-recognised...
(UGC) of India, under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission (UGC) Act, 1956.
Organisation
The Department is divided into eight bureausGovernment agency
A government or state agency is a permanent or semi-permanent organization in the machinery of government that is responsible for the oversight and administration of specific functions, such as an intelligence agency. There is a notable variety of agency types...
, and most the work of the department is handled through over 100 autonomous organisations under the these bureaus
- University and Higher EducationDepartment of Higher Education (India)Department of Higher Education is the department under Ministry of Human Resource Development, that oversees higher education in India.The department is empowered to grant deemed university status to educational institutions on the advice of the University Grants Commission of India, under...
; Minorities Education- University Grants CommissionUniversity Grants CommissionUniversity Grants Commission may refer to:* University Grants Commission * University Grants Commission * University Grants Commission * University Grants Commission...
(UGC) - Indian Council of Social Science ResearchIndian Council of Social Science ResearchIndian Council of Social Science Research was established in the year of 1969 by the Government of India to promote research in social sciences in the country...
(ICSSR) - Indian Council of Historical ResearchIndian Council of Historical ResearchThe Indian Council of Historical Research is a Society . The ICHR is registered under Societies registration Act 1860 with the Department of Industries of Delhi Government, Delhi.Role...
(ICHR) - Indian Council of Philosophical Research (ICPR)
- 39 Central Universities (including 12 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
- University Grants Commission
- Technical EducationDepartment of Technical Education (India)The Bureau of Technical Education is one of several bureaus under the Department of Higher Education of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Union Government. It is a department of each state government in India. It is responsible for technical education in each respective state. The bureau...
- All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE)
- Council of Architecture (COA)
- 13 Indian Institutes of TechnologyIndian Institutes of TechnologyThe Indian Institutes of Technology are a group of autonomous engineering and technology-oriented institutes of higher education. The IITs are governed by the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961 which has declared them as “institutions of national importance”, and lays down their powers, duties,...
(IITs) (including 6 new IITs set up during 2008-09) - 5 Indian Institutes of Science Education and ResearchIndian Institutes of Science Education and ResearchThe Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research , and the related National Institute of Science Education and Research are a group of premier institutes being created by the Government of India, through the Ministry of Human Resource Development , to promote education and research in the...
(IISERs) - 7 Indian Institutes of ManagementIndian Institutes of ManagementThe Indian Institutes of Management , are graduate business schools in India. They were set up with the objective of providing management education and to assist the industry through research and consulting services. The IIMs award diplomas and not degrees.- Institutes :Indian Institute of...
(IIMs) - 30 National Institutes of TechnologyNational Institutes of TechnologyThe National Institutes of Technology , are a group of higher education engineering institutes in India. Comprising thirty autonomous institutes, they are located in one each major state/territory of India. On their inception decades ago, all NITs were referred as Regional Engineering Colleges ...
(NITs) - 4 Indian Institutes of Information TechnologyIndian Institutes of Information TechnologyIndian Institutes of Information Technology are a group of four institutes of higher education in India, focused on information technology...
(IIITs) - 4 National Institutes of Technical Teachers’ Training & Research (NITTTRs)
- 4 Regional Boards of Apprenticeship / Practical Training
- Administration and Languages
- Three Deemed Universities in the field of SanskritSanskritSanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...
, viz. Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (RSkS), New Delhi, Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth (SLBSRSV), New Delhi, and Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth (RSV), Tirupati - 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
- Three Deemed Universities in the field of Sanskrit
- Distance Education and Scholarships
- Indira Gandhi National Open UniversityIndira Gandhi National Open UniversityThe Indira Gandhi National Open University , known as IGNOU is a national university with its headquarters in New Delhi, Delhi, India. Named after former Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi, the university was established in 1985 with a budget of 2000 crore, when the Parliament of India passed...
(IGNOU)
- Indira Gandhi National Open University
- UNESCO, International Cooperation, Book Promotion and Copyrights, Education Policy, Planning and Monitoring
- Integrated Finance Division.
- Statistics, Annual Plan and CMIS
- Administrative Reform, North Eastern Region, SC/ST/OBC
Others:
- National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA)
- National Book TrustNational Book TrustNational Book Trust, is an Indian publishing house, founded in 1957 as an autonomous body under the Ministry of Education within the Government of India....
(NBT) - National Board of AccreditationNational Board of AccreditationThe National Board of Accreditation , India was established by AICTE as an autonomous body under section 10 of AICTE act, 1987 for periodic evaluations of technical institutions & programmes basis according to specified norms and standards as recommended by AICTE council...
(NBA) - National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (NCMEI)
- National Council of Educational Research and TrainingNational Council of Educational Research and TrainingThe National Council of Educational Research and Training is an apex resource organization set up by the Government of India, with headquarters at New Delhi, to assist and advise the Central and State Governments on academic matters related to school education.it was Established in the year of...
(NCERT) - Central Board of Secondary EducationCentral Board of Secondary EducationThe Central Board of Secondary Education is a Board of Education for public and private schools, under the Union Government of India.-History:...
(CBSE) - Kendriya Vidyalaya SangathanKendriya VidyalayaKendriya Vidyalaya, is a system of central government schools under the Ministry of Human Resource Development ....
(KVS) - Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS)
- National Institute of Open SchoolingNational Institute of Open SchoolingThe National Institute of Open Schooling , is the Board of Education for open schools in India. It was established by the Ministry of Human Resource Development of the Government of India in 1989 to provide education inexpensively to remote areas...
(NIOS) - Central Tibetan School Administration (CTSA)
- National Foundation for Teachers' Welfare
- a public sector enterprise, Educational Consultants (India) Limited (EdCIL)
Inter-university centres (IUCs)
- Nuclear Science Centre, New Delhi
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and AstrophysicsInter-University Centre for Astronomy and AstrophysicsThe Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics is an autonomous institution set up by the University Grants Commission to promote nucleation and growth of active groups in astronomy and astrophysics in Indian universities...
(IUCAA), Pune - Inter–University Consortium for DAE Facilities, Indore
- Information and Library NetworkINFLIBNETInformation and Library Network Centre is an Autonomous Inter-University Centre of University Grants Commission , Government of India, involved in creating infrastructure for sharing of library and information resources and services among Academic and Research Institutions...
(INFLIBNET), Ahmedabad - Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC)
- National Assessment and Accreditation CouncilNational Assessment and Accreditation CouncilThe National Assessment and Accreditation Council is an organization that assesses and accredits institutions of higher education in India. It is an autonomous body funded by University Grants Commission of Government of India headquartered in Bangalore.-History:NAAC was established in 1994 in...
(NAAC), Bangalore