ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
THE author expresses his gratitude to Dr. Shib K. Mitra, the then Director, National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) for giving him the opportunity of compiling this bibliography which will serve as a reference guide to scholars interested in this field. To Shri Jaipal Nangia, Head, Publication Department, and Shri R. S. Saxena, Editor, for their useful advice and suggestions in the course of compiling the bibliography. The author is thankful to Shri M. N. Nagaraj, Deputy Librarian. National Library, for his encouragement and cooperation in compiling the work, and also to Smt. Anima Das, Assistant Librarian, for taking interest in the progress of the work. The author is also thankful to Dr. Haraprasad Chatterjee and Shri Benoy Bhusan Roy who rendered their voluntary services to make the project a worthwhile study. He is also thankful to Shri Bimalendu Dey, who took the trouble of typing the entire manuscript and to Sarvashri P. K. Chanda, Suresh Dutta, N. N. Pramanik, Damodar Jana and R. K. Mishra for their valuable assistance.
Contents
FOREWORD V
PREFACE Vii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ix
PART I : COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNMENTS OF INDIA
1947
1 Overseas Scholarship Committee, 1947 1
1948
2 Committee on Secondary Education in India, 1948 2
3 Committee on the Ways and Means of Planning Educational Development 4
in India, 1948
4 Indian University Education Commission, 1948 5
1951
5 Committee on the Relationship between State Governments and Local
Bodies in the Administration of Primary Education, 1951 7
1952
6 Secondary Education Commission, 1952-53 13
1954
7 Committee on Higher Education for Rural areas, 1954 21
8 Committee to Examine the Problem of Instruction at the University
Stage and Recommend the Ways and Means of Securing Adequate 24
Proficiency in English, 1954
1955
9 Committee to Study and Report on the Question of Establishing Uniform
Standards in Respect of Education and Practice of Vaidyas, Hakims and
Homoeopaths, 1955 25
10 Education Committee for the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, 1955 27
11 Study Team on General Education, 1955 31
1956
12 Assessment Committee on Basic Education, 1956 32
13 Sanskrit Commission, 1956 37
14 Three-Year Degree Course Committee, 1956 41
1957
15 Banaras Hindu University Enquiry Committee, 1957 42
16 Committee for the Integration of Post-Basic and Multipurpose
Schools, 1957 46
17 Committee on Rural Education, 1957 47
18 Examination Committee, 1957
1958
19 Committee on Fisheries Education, 1958 52
20 Committee on General Education, 1958 55
21 National Committee on Women's Education, 1958 57
22 Special Committee for Commerce Education, 1958 59
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1959
23 Committee for Coordination and Integration of Schemes Operating
in the Field of Physical Education, Recreation, and Youth
Welfare, 1959 63
24 Committee on Religious and Moral Instruction, 1959 66
25 Committee on Postgraduate Engineering Education and Research, 1959 68
26 Committee on the Problem of Students Indiscipline in Indian Universities,
1959 71
27 Review Committee for Mathematics in Indian Universities, 1959 72
28 Review Committee on Biochemistry, 1959 74
29 Review Committee on Botany, 1959 76
1960
30 Review Committee for English in Indian Universities, 1966 79
31 Review Committee for Chemistry in Indian Universities, 1960 82
32 Review Committee for Education in Indian Universities, 1960 83
33 Review Committee on Social Work Education, 1960 85
1961
34 Committee on Differentiation of Curricula for Boys and Girls, 1961 89
35 Committee on Model Act for Universities, 1961 90
36 Committee on Plan Projects Panel for Science Laboratories and Equipment,
1961 91
37 Committee on Plan Projects Study Team for Selected Educational Scheme,
1961 93
38 Committee on Plan Projects Study Team for Selected Educational Scheme,
1961 95
39 Committee on Plan Projects Study Team for Selected Educational Scheme,
1961 97
40 Committee on Standards of University Education, 1961 98
41 Expert Committee on Correspondence Courses and Evening Colleges, 1961 98
42 Indian Parliamentary and Scientific Committee, 1961 99
43 Review Committee for Philosophy in Indian Universities, 1961 100
44 Review Committee for Sociology in Indian Universities, 1961 102
1962
45 Committee on Residential Accommodation for Students and Teachers, 1962 105
1963
46 Committee of Members of Parliament on Higher Education, 1963 106
47 Committee on Education as an Elective Subject at the Undergraduate
Stage, 1963 107
48 Committee on Setting up a University for the North-Eastern Region of
India, 1963 108
49 Committee to look into the Causes for Lack of Public Support
Particularly in Rural Areas for Girls Education and to Enlist Public
Cooperation, 1963 109
1964
50 Committee on Colleges, 1964 110
51 Committee on Plan Projects, Panel for Science Education in Secondary
Schools, 1964 110
52 Committee to Examine the Extent of Malpractices in the Universities,
1964 111
53 Education Commission, 1964 112
54 Mathematics Reforms Committee, 1964 113
1965
55 Committee on Physical Education, 1965 114
56 Committee on Students' Welfare and Allied Matters, 1965 114
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1966
57 Committee on Examination Reform in Central Universities, 1966 115
58 Committee on Improvement of Art Education, 1966 117
59 Committee on School Textbooks, 1966 118
60 Review Committee on Political Science in Indian Universities, 1966 119
1967
61 Committee on Audio-Visual Aids in Higher Education, 1967 121
62 Committee of Member of Parliament on Education, 1967 123
63 Committee on Rural Higher Education, 1967 124
64 Committee on Workers' Education, 1967 125
1968
65 Review Committee on Future Development of National Council of
Educational Research and Training, 1968 127
1969
66 Banaras Hindu University Inquiry Committee, 1969 130
67 Committee on Governance of Universities, 1969 131
68 Study Group on Supervision and Inspection, 1969 132
1970
69 Committee on Examinations, 1970 135
70 Committee on School Buildings, 1970 136
71 Special Committee on Reorganisation and Development of Polytechnic
Education in India, 1970 137
1972
72 Committee on Calcutta University, 1972 139
73 Reviewing Committee of Regional Engineering College, 1972 141
1974
74 Committee on the Status of Teaching of Sociology and Social
Anthropology, 1974 143
75 Committee on Visva Bharati, 1974 145
76 Review Committee on the University Grants Commission, 1974 146
1977
77 Committee on Adult Education Programmes for Women, 1977 150
78 National Review Committee on Higher Secondary Education with Special
Reference to Vocationalisation, 1977 151
79 Working Group on Organisation of Vocational Education, 1977 153
80 Working Group on Universalisation of Elementary Education, 1977 154
PART II : COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS APPOINTED BY THE STATE GOVERNMENTS
Andhra Pradesh
1962
81 State Evaluation Committee, 1962 157
1964
82 State Evaluation Committee, 1964 158
Bihar
1972
83 University Reforms Committee, 1972 159
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Bombay
1947
84 Local Advisory Committee for the Survey of Education Facilities 162
in the District of Ratnagiri, 1947 162
85 Secondary Schools Committee, 1947 163
1948
86 Backward Area Education Survey Committee for Nasik District,
1948 166
87 Committee Appointed for a Programme of Education in the Backward Area
of the Panch Mahal District, 1948 167
194
88 Committee to make an Educational Survey of Kanara District,
1949 168
89 Survey Committee on the Educational Survey of Kollaba District
Backward Area Education, 1949 169
1952
90 Committee on National College of Physical Education and
Recreation, 1952 170
1957
91 Marathwada University Committee, 1957 173
1958
92 Integration Committee for Secondary Education, 1958 175
1959
93 Committee to Make Recommendations Regarding Pay Scales, Fixation
of Pay etc. of the Staff in Technical and Industrial Institutions,
1959 177
Gujarat
1967
94 Committee appointed by the Government to go into the Question
of the Secondary Schools Fees and Grants to Secondary Schools, 1967 179
1970
95 Commission on Modernisation of University Acts, 1970 181
96 Committee to Examine the Question of Vocationalisation of
Secondary Schools, 1970 183
1971
97 Committee on College Finance, 1971 185
Jammu and Kashmir
1972
98 Committee on Development of Education in Jammu and Kashmir, 1972 187
Madhya Pradesh
1962
99 Select Committee on the Gwalior University Bill, 1962 190
100 Select Committee on the Indore University Bill, 1962 191
101 Select Committee on the Raipur University Bill, 1962 192
102 Select Committee on the University for Agricultural and Allied
Sciences Bill, 1962 193
Madras
1950
103 Committee Appointed to Study Basic Education in the Madras State and
to Offer Suggestions for Its Expansion and Improvement, 1950 194
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1953
104 Committee on Elementary Education in Madras, 1953 195
1954
105 Elementary Education Reform Committee, 1954 196
1965
106 Joint Select Committee on the Madras University (Amendment) Bill, 1965 198
1966
107 Joint Select Committee on the Madras Private Educational Institutions
(Regulation) Bill, 1966 199
Maharashtra
1960
108 Committee on Medium of Instruction, 1960 201
1961
109 Backward Class Hostels Committee, 1961 202
110 Basic Education Review Committee, 1961 203
1964
111 Committee on Night High Schools, 1964 204
1965
112 Committee on Teacher Education in Maharashtra, 1965 205
1971
113 Committee on Vocational Orientation, 1971 206
Punjab
1948
114 Committee to Review the System of Grants to Local Bodies for
Vernacular Education, 1948 207
Uttar Pradesh
1952
115 Secondary Education Reorganisation Committee, 1952 209
West Bengal
1949
116 Calcutta University Enquiry Committee, 1949 212
1954
117 Secondary Education Commission, 1954 214
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