Monday, 9 December 2013

Ministry of HRD Constitutes Higher Education APEX Coordination Committee

The Ministry of Human Resource Development has constituted an overarching coordinating body named Higher Education Apex Coordination Committee in October, 2013. The Committee is chaired by the Human Resource Minister with Chairman, University Grants Commission (UGC); Secretary, Higher Education; Chairman, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and President, Council of Architecture (COA) as members. 

The essential mandate of the Committee is to remove the conflicts arising out of regulatory and other provisions of the regulatory bodies and professional councils. The Committee would also work towards finding common ground and take measures to promote inter-disciplinary learning and research, especially in the new and emerging fields of knowledge. 

This information was given by Minister of State for HRD, Dr Shashi Tharoor in a written reply to a Rajya Sabha question today. 

Courtesy: Press Information Bureau (pib.nic.in)

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