Deemed to be Universities under Ministry of Culture

There are no institutions under the administrative control of Ministry of Culture named as Cultural Universities. However, there are four teaching institutions declared as deemed to be Universities under Ministry of Culture, Government of India.

These Universities are fully funded by the Ministry of Culture. The details of funds allocated/released (Plan and Non- Plan Head) during the current financial year i.e. 2016-17 are as under:-

(Rs. in lakhs)

Sl. No.	Name of the Institute/University	Budget Allocated	Funds Released
i	Nava Nalanda Mahavihara (NNM),  Nalanda	2096.00	900.34
ii	Central Institute of Buddhist Studies (CIBS), Leh, Ladakh, J&K	1834.00	1286.83
iii	Central University of  Tibetan Studies (CUTS), Sarnath, Varanasi, U.P	3045.00	1884.88
iv	National Museum Institute, New Delhi	1559.50	834.17

All these universities are affiliated by Government and UGC and the details are as under :

Sl. No.	State	Name of the Institute/University	Date of declaration of Deemed to be University
i	Bihar	Nava Nalanda Mahavihara (NNM),  Nalanda	13th November, 2006
ii	Jammu & Kashmir	Central Institute of Buddhist Studies (CIBS), Leh, Ladakh, J&K	15th January, 2016
iii	New Delhi	National Museum Institute, New Delhi	28th April 1989
iv	Uttar Pradesh	Central University of  Tibetan Studies (CUTS), Sarnath, Varanasi, U.P	5th April 1988

This information was given by Minister of State for Culture and Tourism (Independent Charge) Dr. Mahesh Sharma in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.

Courtesy: pib.nic.in