Universities in India are creatures of the Acts of Parliament/State Legislatures. There are no non-statutory universities; none can be recognised according to the University Grants Commission (UGC) Act, 1956. There are, however, some non-statutory institutions like the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Bombay or the Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Pune which are recognised as 'deemed to be universities' by the UGC. [...]
In India the relationship between governments and universities is conditioned by three major factors viz.: (i) That universities are established by statutes of the Central or State Legislatures or, in some cases are recognized as 'deemed to be universities' under provisions of the University Grants Commission Act; (ii) That universities depend to the extent of about 30-50 per cent (sometimes [...]
The Education Commission was fully justified in calling its Report, Education and National Development, to highlight the interdependence of education and development. It also tried to indicate how Indian education will have to be transformed, improved and expanded to promote national development. This attempt was only a limited success and gives several pointers for making a second and better planned [...]