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of the recommendations of the Committee grants amounting to Rs. 143.16
lakhs were paid by the UGC for campus development of various universities.
A sum of Rs. 1456.06 lakhs was provided as assistance to the universities for
science education and research during 1984-85. Grants amounting to
Rs. 702.35 lakhs were provided for the development of humanities and
social sciences. Assistance was also provided to the various universities for
(i) developing expertise in archaeology; (ii) development of performing arts;
(iii) development of areas studies; and (iv) strengthening/establishment of
archival cells.
(ii) Development of Engineering and Technology : The Commission
provides financial assistance to university-maintained Institutes in Engi-
neering & Technology for the development of higher education and research.
At present, there are 32 universities/institutions deemed to be universities
which are getting financial assistance. These institutions provide facilities
for a variety of post-graduate courses, besides offering facilities for under-
graduate education.
The Commission has enhanced during the year the value of Post-Graduate
Scholarship/Senior Research Fellowship with a view to attracting talented
scholars in this field. The present value of the P.G. Scholarship is Rs. 1000/-
p.m. and that of Senior Research Fellowship is Rs. 1200/- p.m. A Senior
Research Fellow is also entitled to house rent allowance and medical faci-
lities.
During the year 1984-85 the Commission released grants to the univer-
sities for the development of engineering and technology amounting to
Rs. 307.96 lakhs.
(iii) Development of Computer Facilities and Computer Education for
Manpower Training : The Commission, in consultation with the Electronics
Commission, has agreed to provide medium-sized computers to selected
universities.
The Computer Development Committee of the UGC has so far recom-
mended installation of computer system in 58 universities. Computer systems
which have already been installed in 35 universities are fully functional. The
remaining 23 universities are in the process of procuring the system and get-
ting them installed.
Development of Development of affiliated colleges which are mainly responsible for under-
Colleges graduate education and to a certain extent even for post-graduate education
is an important area in higher education from the point of view of mainte-
nance of proper standards, ensuring optimum utilisation of facilities, promot-
ing innovation and change, relating education to emerging occupational
pattern, viability and equalisation of eduactional opportunities for weaker
sections of society, in particular the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes,
in educationally back-ward areas of the country.
Grants paid to colleges for general development and other schemes
during 1984-95 were as under
Item Assistance Provided
(in lakhs)
Development of Affiliated Colleges 1778.59
College Science Improvement Programme 22.52
College Humanities & Social Science
improvement Programme 87.87
Centenary Grants 0.50
Development of Post-graduate studies in
Humanities & Social Sciences 73.27
Development of Post-graduate Studies in Science 138.57
Strengthening of Under-graduate Teaching
Institutions 0.90
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The concept of autonomous colleges by which universities could give a
few carefully selected colleges the much needed autonomy in formulating
curricula and courses of study, evaluation methods and other related matters
is an important step in the improvement of collegiate education. The Com-
mission has agreed to provide assistance for another live years to the auto-
nomous colleges of Madras University. Review of the autonomous colleges
of other universities is under the consideration of the Commission. It is
proposed to consolidate and strengthen the scheme during the years ahead
and also to bring more universities within the told of the scheme.
Other Schemes Special assistance is provided for schemes instituted for (i) the welfare
of the weaker sections of the minority communities; (ii) scheduled castes/
scheduled tribes; and (iii) development of programmes relating to women's
studies. The details axe as under:
Coaching Classes for Competitive The Commission continued to provide assistance to universities/colleges
Examinations for Weaker Sections for coaching classes for competitive examinations for weaker sections
Amongst Minority Communities amongst minority communities.
Upto 31st March, 1985, as many as 19 universities and 15 colleges
were receiving assistance from the UGC for running coaching classes for
minorities and a grant of Rs. 23.77 lakhs was paid for the purpose during
1984-85.
Facilities The Commission has decided to provide assistance on cent per cent
for Scheduled basis to the universities for the creation of special cells as a measure for
Castes & strengthening the implementation machinery for planning, evaluation and
Scheduled Tribes monitoring the programmes for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Com-
munities. The Commission has accepted the proposal of 65 universities for
the setting up of special cells upto the period ending 31st March, 1985.
In addition to the Junior Research Fellowships reserved for SC/ST out
of the total number of such fellowships available with the universities the
Commission is awarding directly 50 junior research fellowships annually.
The Commission has also reserved 40 research associateships for the Sche-
duled Castes/Scheduled Tribes. During the year under review only 13 appli-
cations were received and all the applicants have been awarded research
associateship. In order to provide opportunities to teachers of affliated
colleges belonging to Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe categories, for im-
proving their qualifications by doing M.Phil. or Ph. D., 50 teacher fellow-
ships are awarded annually to these candidates.
Women's The University Grants Commission has agreed to extend financial sup-
Studies port to the universities for undertaking well-defined projects for research in
Women's Studies as also for the development of curriculum and relevant
extension activities. The UGC has accepted an offer of $ 1,00,000 made by
Ford Foundation to be utilised to provide support largely for urban collec-
Lions on Women's studies in a limited number of universities and colleges
and also for consultancy by Indian scholars.
Five research projects on Women's Studies were assisted during the year
and a grant of Rs. 0.38 lakhs, was paid for the purpose. The Commission
also agreed to the setting up of a Centre for Research in Women Studies at
S.N.D.T. Women's University, Bombay, and a grant of Rs. 2.15 lakhs was
paid for the purpose.
B. CENTRAL UNIVERSITIES
Aligarh Muslim The number of students on rolls during the academic year 1985-86 was
University 17,421, out of which about 7,000 were in residence in 55 hostels grouped
in 13 Halls of Residences. The number of students in faculties was 6,041,
in Colleges 5,511, in Schools 5,750, and in Professional Courses 119.
Shri Syed Hashim Ali, I.A.S., and ex-Vice-Chancellor, Osmania Univer-
sity, joined on 8th April, 1985, as its Vice-Chancellor. The atmosphere of
normalcy in pursuit of studies and research continued to be maintained in
the University. The University made endeavours to give more stress on
research and publications.
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During the year under report, the University introduced several new
courses, viz., (i) Diploma in Engineering (Architectural Assistantship),
(ii) Diploma in Engineering (Electrical Instrumentation), (iii) Diploma in
Electronics Engineering (T.V. Technology), (iv) Postgraduate Diploma in
Teaching English language and literature, (v) Post M.A Diploma in Urdu
Translation, (vi) M.D. (Kulliyat wa Ilmul Amraz), (vii) and M.D. Moali-
jat.
The Bio-Technology Institute, first of its kind in the country, started
functioning during the current year. The Institute will concentrate in the
thrust areas like, Genetic Engineering, Enzyme Engineering and Fermenta-
tion Technology to solve major problems of hunger, disease, population
explosion, etc.
The University established a centre for promotion of science with a view
to creating awareness among Indian Muslims about the developing scientific
knowledge and for searching Muslim talent for scientific research.
The Protein Research Laboratory of the Department of Bio-Chemistry
made significant contribution in the areas of protein conformation. It trained
73 students for their Ph.D. and M.Phil. degrees. The research activities in
the Department of Microbiology have led to its recognition as a Seminal
Centre by the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) in
collaboration with the, World Health Organisation. The University has
generated infrastructural base to develop Remote Sensing Application Centre
for Resource Evaluation and Geo-engineering. The Fisheries Division of the
Department of Zoology has earned recognition as a member of the "Inter-
national Network of Feed Information Centres (INFIC)".
The Central Library of the University, which is amongst the best in the
country, contains, inter-alia, very valuable manuscripts and rare books of
Urdu, Persian and Arabic languages. The total collection of volumes in the
library presently stands at 6,13,297.
Eight seminars/conferences were organised by the various Faculties of
the University. Three Professors, one each from Saudi Arabia, U. K. and
Canada, were invited to deliver lectures. The University celebrated Sir Syed
Day on 17th October to perpetuate the memory of its founder.
University of During the year 1985-86 there were 95186 students on rolls in the
Delhi regular courses offered by the University Departments and Colleges. The
number of students on rolls as Non-Collegiate Women's students was 13175,
while the External Candidates Cell registered 16,595 as private candidates.
The School of Correspondence Courses and Continuing Education had an
enrolment of 91355 students. Thus, the total number of students on the rolls
of the University was 1,46,311, registering an increase of nearly 3500
students as compared to the enrolment in the year 1984-85. The number of
students enrolled for Ph.D. students was 2481 and that for the M. Phil.
Courses 802.
The total strength of the teaching staff of the University was as
follows :-
Professors 228
Readers 302
Lecturers 157
Research Associates 11
TOTAL 698
The university started postgraduate inter-disciplinary courses in Bio-
Chemistry, Electronics Science, Genetics, Micro-Biology and Master of Fine
Arts. In addition, the Post-Graduate Diploma Course in International Mar-
keting and the post-Graduate Diploma in Administrative Management were
introduced.
The University decided to introduce some new Courses, viz., Post-
Graduate Course in Applied Psychology, Environmental Biology and Certi-
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ficate, Diploma and Advanced Diploma Course in Finnish and Spanish
Languages.
A new Faculty of Inter-Disciplinary and Applied Sciences and Depart-
ment of Adult Continuing Education and Extension, and Department of
Punjabi were established during the year. The University approved the pro-
posal to establish a Department of Electronics and Communication Engineer-
ing under the Faculty of Technology.
The University instituted some new medals, fellowships and scholar-
ships, donated by individuals and organisations.
The University continued to participate in the national and international
games. Miss Asha Aggarwal of the University earned the unique distinction
by winning a Gold Medal in the Eighth International Women's Marathon
held at Hong Kong.
Prof. Moonis Raza, joined the University as Vice-Chancellor.
The University hosted the NAMYFEST and the 73rd Indian Science
Congress Session and organised several lectures during the year by emi-
nent scholars both from India and abroad. Several teachers of the
University were honoured by professional organisations in their respective
fields. PC
University of During the year 1985-86 the student strength on rolls of the University
Hyderabad recorded an increase to 928 as against 746 of the previous year (1984-85).
of these 98 belonged to Scheduled Caste, 13 Scheduled Tribes and
16 Physically Handicapped categories. 162 students qualified for the
award of M.A./M.Sc. degree, 55 for M.Phil. degree, and 25 for Ph.D.
degree.
The faculty strength of the University during the year was 128 included
31 Professors, 48 Readers, and 49 Lecturers. Many faculty members
actively participated in collaborative research programmes and some of
them were awarded national awards.
Financial assistance to the students in the form of Merit Scholarships,
Merit-cum-Means Scholarships and Freeships was continued as in the
previous years. Be-sides, 50 students were awarded Fellowships valued at
Rs. 600/- per month and 40 students enjoyed Junior/Senior Research
Fellowships under the UGC scheme of 'any given time basis'.
During the year 1985-86 a number of developmental projects were
taken up. Three new hostel buildings, providing accommodation for
300 students, were completed. A building for the Health Centre at an
estimated cost of Rs. 16.18 lakhs is in the advanced stage of construction.
Construction of an Open Air Theatre at a cost of Rs. 7.25 lakhs was
taken up and is progressing well. An additional hostel for 100 more
students at a cost of about Rs. 31.00 lakhs was also approved during the
year 1985-86. Construction work of several on-going projects, like the
Administrative Building, Science School Complex, Computer Centre, Build-
ing and Building for the School of Chemistry under the special assistance
programme of University Grants Commission, was well under way.
The first convocation of the University was held on 6th April, 1985.
Shri P. V. Narsimha Rao, the then Union Defence, Minister, attended the
function as the Chief Guest. As many as 1252 students were awarded
degrees at the convocation.
Since 1984-85, admissions to various Programmes offered by the
Jawaharlai Nehru University are made on merit adjudged on the basis of a uniform all-India
University examination held at 21 centres throughout the country. 15% seats are
reserved for scheduled Castes, 7.5% for Scheduled Tribes, and
3% for physically handicapped students.
For the 1985-86 admissions, there were 16,596 applicants of whom
7,681 actually took the test. From among the candidates qualified in the
test and offered admission, 856 candidates actually joined the University.