Ministry of Human Resource Development (India)

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: 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 KapilSibal. The minister is assisted by a single Minister of State, Daggubati Purandeswari, Minister of State for Human Resource Development.

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 Raj. 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.

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.

ORGANIZATION

The Department is divided into eight bureaus, and most the work of the department is handled through over 100 autonomous organisations under the these bureaus

• University and Higher Education; Minorities Education
o University Grants Commission (UGC)
o Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)
• Technical Education
o All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE)
o Council of Architecture (COA)
o 7 Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs)
o 30 National Institutes of Technology (NITs)
• Distance Education and Scholarships
o Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)
• 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

University Grants Commission

The University Grants Commission (UGC) is responsible for coordination, determination and maintenance of standards, release of grants. For this purpose it has established Professional councils, fifteen 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:

• All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)

• Distance Education Council (DEC)

• Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)
• Bar Council of India (BCI)

• National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE)

• Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI)

• Medical Council of India (MCI)

• Pharmacy Council of India (PCI)
• Indian Nursing Council (INC)

• Dental Council of India (DCI)

• Central Council of Homoeopathy (CCH)

• Central Council of Indian Medicine (CCIM)

• Rehabilitation Council

• National Council for Rural Institutes

• State Councils of Higher Education

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