Education Scenario

After China and the United States, India has the largest higher education system governed by the University Grants Commission to enforce and regulate the standards at the centre and state levels.  Volume of higher education in India is enormous comprising of 20 central universities, 215 state universities, 100 deemed universities, 5 institutions established and functioning under the State Act, and 33 institutes which are of national importance and more than 16000 colleges. Notable amongst all the higher education institutes are 16 Indian Institutes of Technology, linked together through common IIT Council for effective administration. However, the IITs have by-far concentrated on technology and management while science has taken a back seat in many of the IITs. There are specialized institutes of repute purely concentrating on research in basic sciences and mathematics like Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Indian Institute of Science and Tata Institute of Fundamental Research.