The Ministry of Human Resource Development 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 and secondary education, adult education and literacy, and the Department
of Higher Education, which deals with university education, technical education, scholarship
etc.
The erstwhile Ministry of Education now functions under these two departments, as of 26 September
1985.
The ministry is headed by the cabinet-ranked Minister of Human Resources Development, a
member of the Council of Ministers.
The current HRD minister is Smriti Irani, the youngest ever to hold the office.
Department of School Education and Literacy The Department of School Education and Literacy
is responsible for development of school education and literacy in the country.
It works on “universalisation of education” and for making better citizens out of youth.
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 of India, under Section 3 of the University
Grants Commission Act, 1956.
The Department of Higher Education takes care of one of the largest higher education systems
of the world, just after the United States and China.
The department is engaged in bringing world-class opportunities of higher education and research
to the country so that Indian students are not found lacking when facing an international
platform.
For this, the government has launched joint ventures and signed MoUs to help the Indian
student benefit from the world opinion.
The technical education system in the country can be broadly classified into three categories
– Central Government funded institutions, State Government/State-funded institutions
& Self-financed institutions.
The Centrally funded institution of technical and science education are as under: List of
CFTIs: IIITs, IITs, IIMs, IISc, IISER, NITs, NITTTRs, and 9 others
Organisational Structure 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
University Grants Commission Indian Council of Social Science Research
Indian Council of Historical Research Indian Council of Philosophical Research
39 Central Universities Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla
Technical Education All India Council of Technical Education
Council of Architecture 4 Indian Institutes of Information Technology
3 School of Planning and Architecture 16 Indian Institutes of Technology
5 Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research
13 Indian Institutes of Management and Engineering Studies
30 National Institutes of Technology Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and
Technology 4 National Institutes of Technical Teachers’
Training & Research 4 Regional Boards of Apprenticeship / Practical
Training
Administration and Languages Three Deemed Universities in the field of
Sanskrit, viz.
Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan in New Delhi, Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit
Vidyapeeth New Delhi, Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth Tirupati
Kendriya Hindi Sansthan, Agra English and Foreign Language University, Hyderabad
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language National Council for Promotion of Sindhi Language
Three subordinate offices: Central Hindi Directorate, New Delhi; Commission for Scientific & Technological
Terminology, New Delhi; and Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore
Distance Education and Scholarships 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,
SCOBC Others:
National University of Educational Planning and Administration
National Book Trust National Board of Accreditation
National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions
National Council of Educational Research and Training
Central Board of Secondary Education Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan
Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti National Institute of Open Schooling
Central Tibetan Administration National Foundation for Teachers' Welfare
a public sector enterprise, Educational Consultants Limited
Central Tibetan Administration,(Buearu of HH the Dalai Lama),(Lajpat nagar),Delhi
National Open School Institute References
External links Official website
Department of School Education and Literacy, website