Universities in India, List of Universities in India

Universities in India

Universities in India provide the highest level of education. Highest level of education translates into educational programs leading to grant of Masters and Doctorate Degrees like Ph.D. But Indian Universities are not limited to providing just the above mentioned programs, they also offer undergraduate programs. Most of the Universities in India are indirectly controlled by the Ministry of Human Resource Development and set up by the Central and the State Governments. Because of their establishing authorities, they are respectively termed as ‘Central Universities’ and ‘State Universities’. Apart from these types of Universities, there are other Universities which are – i) Private Universities ii) Deemed Universities iii) Open Universities iv) Agricultural Universities and National Institutes of Importance - IIT's and IIM's.  Universities are monitored under various authorities some of which are -  AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education), NAAC (National Assessment and Accreditation Council), UGC (University of Grants Commission) and AIU (Association of Indian Universities). These agencies are involved in monitoring different aspects of a University.  The only grant-giving agency in India is, University of Grants Commission (UGC). It is also  vested with responsibility of maintaining coordination, determination and maintenance of standards in institutions of higher education. In a step to take the Universities to the next level, there are plans for establishing Navratna Universities. These are based on the famous Ivy League Institutions. The proposed Universities are slated to be totally autonomous, free from government control with generous financial support and freedom in accessing external funding.