Department of Higher Education (India)

Higher Education Department
Department of Higher Education
Department overview
JurisdictionGovernment of India
HeadquartersNew Delhi,  India
Department executive
  • Vineet Joshi, IAS, Secretary, Department of Higher Education.
Parent departmentMinistry of Education

Department of Higher Education is the department under Ministry of Education that oversees higher education in India.

The department is responsible for the overall development of the basic infrastructure of Higher Education sector, both in terms of policy and planning. It looks after expansion of access and qualitative improvement in the Higher Education, through world class Universities, Colleges and other Institutions.

The department is empowered to grant deemed university status to educational institutions on the advice of the University Grants Commission (UGC) of India, under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission (UGC) Act, 1956.

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