Centres of Advanced Study in Indian Universities

Abstract

From Introduction: An urgent need in the field of higher education in India is the strengthening of postgraduate teaching and research and channelling the existing rather limited resources effectively .for the purpose. The University Grants Commission has therefore undertaken in consultation with the universities a scheme for developing a limited number of university departments for advanced training and research in certain selected fields. The scheme is intended to encourage the pursuit of ‘excellence’ and team-work in studies and research and to accelerate the realisation of ‘international standards’ in specific fields. With this object in view it is proposed to give active support and substantial assistance to promising departments in the universities carefully selected on the basis of quality and extent of work already done by them, their reputation and contribution to research, and their potentiality for further development.