Reconstitution of National Mission Authority and Project Approval Board for PM USHA

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-16012024-251382 EXTRAORDINARY PART I-Section 1 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 14] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2024/PAUSHA 26, 1945 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (Department of Higher Education) RESOLUTION New Delhi, the 15th January, 2024 F. No. 24-3/2023-U.Policy.—The third phase of Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan in the form of Pradhan Mantri Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan has been approved by the Government for the period 2023-24 to 2025- 2026 to cater to needs of educationally unserved/ underserved areas. The Scheme envisages improvement in access, equity and excellence in State Higher Education system through support under various components. It covers government and government-aided educational institutions of the States and the Union Territories. 2. The Pradhan Mantri Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan shall be implemented and monitored through an institutional structure of bodies with clearly defined roles and powers at the Central, State and institutional levels. All the bodies shall monitor the progress of the Scheme at their respective levels, starting right from the institutional level up to the national level. Atthe Central level the Scheme shall be monitored by National Mission Authority and the Project Approval Board and other subordinate bodies. 3. In order to facilitate the successful implementation of the Scheme, the Government of India has decided to re- constitute the National Mission Authority for Pradhan Mantri Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan as the Apex Body in the Ministry of Education (Departmentof Higher Education). The National Mission Authority will review the functioning of the Scheme. It will delineate the overall policy and planning and, based on the felt needs of the Scheme, will be empowered to make necessary revisions in the programmatic norms and parameters for planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation within the overall framework of the Scheme so as to enable the National and State level implementing bodies to implement the Scheme efficiently and effectively. The National Mission Authority shall meet at such time and place as may be fixed by the Chairperson. Accordingly, National Mission Authority of Pradhan Mantri Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan is, hereby, reconstituted as per the composition given in the Table below: TABLE +-----+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------+ | 1 | Hon'ble Education Minister, Government of India | Chairperson | +-----+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------+ | 2 | Secretary, Department of Higher Education,Ministry of Education | Vice-Chairperson | +-----+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------+ | 3 | Chairperson, University Grants Commission | Co Vice-Chairperson | +-----+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------+ | 4 | Member, National Institution for Transforming India Aayog (in charge of Higher Education) | Member | +-----+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------+ | 5 | Chairperson, All India Council for Technical Education | Member | +-----+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------+ | 6 | Chairpersons of the State Higher EducationCouncils | Members | +-----+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------+ | 7 | Professor Bharat Bhasker, Director, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Ahmedabad, Gujarat | Nominated ExpertMember | +-----+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------+ | 8 | Professor Shashikala Wanjari, Vice Chancellor, National Institute of Educational Planning andAdministration, New Delhi | Nominated ExpertMember | +-----+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------+ | 9 | Dr. Virander S. Chauhan, Chancellor, Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management and Former Director, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi | Nominated ExpertMember | +-----+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------+ | 10 | Financial Advisor, Ministry of Education | Member | +-----+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------+ | 11 | Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India or representative not below the rank of Joint Secretary | Member | +-----+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------+ | 12 | Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India or representative not below the rank of Joint Secretary | Member | +-----+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------+ | 13 | Secretary, Department of Youth Affairs, Government of India or representative not below the rank of JointSecretary | Member | +-----+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------+ | 14 | Representative of Ministry of Finance, Government ofIndia | Member | +-----+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------+ | 15 | Joint Secretary level officer in charge of Pradhan Mantri Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (also National Mission Director), Ministry ofEducation | Member Secretary | +-----+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------+ 4. There shall also be a Project Approval Board at the national level below the National Mission Authority. The Project Approval Board would undertake evaluation of the State Higher Education Proposals submitted by the States/ Union Territories. Based on such evaluation, these proposals would be approved by the Project Approval Board and funds released to States asper norms. The Project Approval Board may, during the course of such evaluation, suggest certain changes to these proposals in which case the States/ Union Territories would carry out the necessary changes and resubmit the same to Project Approval Board for consideration and evaluation. To enable the National and State level implementing bodies to implement the Scheme efficiently and effectively, the Project Approval Board will delineate the overall policy and planning and, based on the felt needs of the Scheme, will be empowered to make necessary revisions in the programmatic norms and parameters for planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation within the overall framework of the Scheme. It will review functioning of the Scheme. The Project Approval Board and other national implementing bodies would be assisted by a Technical Support Group to be established for providing professional, strategic, logistic and other support as may be required for implementing the project. Accordingly, the Project Approval Board of Pradhan Mantri Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan is, hereby, reconstituted as per the composition given in Table below: TABLE +-----+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------+ | 1 | Secretary, Higher Education, Ministry of Education | Chairperson | +-----+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------+ | 2 | Chairperson, University Grants Commission | Co-Chairman | +-----+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------+ | 3 | Chairperson, All India Council for Technical Education | Member | +-----+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------+ | 4 | Secretary, University Grants Commission | Member | +-----+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------+ | 5 | Representative of State Higher Education Council (of the concerned State whose plans are to beconsidered) | Member | +-----+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------+ | 6 | Secretary, Higher Education of the State concerned | Member | +-----+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------+ | 7 | Professor Nageshwar Rao, Vice Chancellor, Indira Gandhi National Open University, NewDelhi | Nominated ExpertMember | +-----+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------+ | 8 | Professor Varadraj Bapat, Vice Chancellor, Shailesh J Mehta School of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay | Nominated ExpertMember | +-----+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------+ | 9 | Financial Advisor in Ministry of Education | Member | +-----+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------+ | 10 | Advisor (Higher Education), National Institution for Transforming India Aayog | Member | +-----+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------+ | 11 | Joint Secretary level officer in charge of Pradhan Mantri Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (also National Mission Director), Ministry ofEducation | Member-Secretary | +-----+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------+ 5. This Resolution supersedes the previous Resolution No. 4-9/2013-U.II dated the 6th November 2013 regarding Setting Up of National Mission Authority for Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan notified by the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development (now Ministry of Education). MANMOHAN KAUR, Adviser (Cost) Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.