Education in India After Independence
University Education
This massive system of higher education in India constitutes of 342 universities (211 State, 18 Central, 95 deemed universities) 13 institutes of national importance, 17,000 colleges and 887 polytechnics. University Grant Commission (UGC), a national body, coordinates and looks after the maintenance of standard of university education in India. The university education in India starts with undergraduate courses. Depending upon the nature of course pursued its duration may vary from three to five and a half years.
Academic Degree Course
This undergraduate course in India is of three years' duration. After completing this course student get a Bachelor's degree in the subject studied such as Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Commerce or Bachelor of Science.
Professional Course
There are large numbers of professional courses at the undergraduate level. Student may opt for any of it depending upon their interest and condition of eligibility.
Medical Courses
This course at undergraduate level is known as MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery). It is of four and a half year's duration plus one year of obligatory internship. Various medical colleges conduct entrance examination for admission to this course. An all India level examination is also conducted by CBSE for admission to colleges all over India based over 15% reserved seats. The important medical colleges of India are:
- All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS), New Delhi
- Air Force Medical College (AFMC), Pune
- Christian Medical College (CMC), Ludhiana
- Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore
- Grants Medical College, Mumbai
- Institute of Medical Science (BHU), Varanasi
- Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry
- Maulan Azad Medical College (MAMC), Delhi
- Lady Harding Medical College (LHMC), Delhi (for girls only)
- Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Science , Wardha
Engineering Course
The bachelor of Engineering (BE) or bachelor of Technology (B Tech) is a four-year course. It has wide range of options. Some of them are:
- Aeronautical and Aerospace engineering
- Agriculture engineering
- Computer engineering
- Electronic and electrical engineering
- Industrial engineering
- Marine engineering
- Mining engineering
The best engineering colleges of India are:
- Delhi college of Engineering, Delhi
- Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
- Indian Institute of Technology, KANPUR
- Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
- Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai
- Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai
- Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
- Institute of Technology, BHU
- NIT Karnataka, Surathkal
- National Institute of Technology, Warangal
Management Course
In India education in management is one of the most sort out courses. The institutes, which impart education in management, are known as "Business Schools". In India management education is given at two levels, undergraduate and post-graduate. Undergraduate degree courses include BBA, BBS, BBM. Postgraduate degree course is known as MBA (Masters of Business Administration). Some of the important Business schools of India are:
- Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
- Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
- Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata
- Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow
- Indian Institute of Management, Indore
- Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi
- Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Delhi
- Symbiosis, Pune
- JBIMS, Mumbai
- XLRI, Jamshedpur
The other professional courses offered by Indian universities include, Architecture, Dental, Fashion Designing, Travel and Tourism.
Some important facts about Indian education:
- Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to the world and 'charaka' is known as the father of Ayurveda. He developed this system some 2500 years back.
- Takshila was the first university of world established in 700 B.C.
- Nalanda University, built in 4 AD, was considered to be the honor of ancient Indian system of education as it was one of the best Universities of its time in the subcontinent.
- Indian language Sanskrit is considered to be the mother of many modern languages of world.
- Place value system was developed in India in 100 B.C.
- India was the country, which invented number system.
- Aryabhatta, the Indian scientist, invented digit zero.
- Trigonometry, algebra and calculus studies were originated in India.
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