hrd ministry appoints central public information officers for secondary and higher education

Monday, September 26, 2005

The Ministry of Human Resource Development has appointed the Central Public Information Officers (CPIOs) in respect of Department of Secondary and Higher Education.

As required under the provision of Section 5 (2) of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005, the Department of Secondary and Higher Education has designated all Directors/Deputy Secretaries/equivalent level Officers as Central Public Information Officers (CPIOs) in respect of work being handled by them. The Order to this effect was issued on September 22, 2005 and the same is available on the website of the Department.

Joint Secretaries concerned with the Department will act as Appellate Authorities under Section 19 (1) of the Act, in respect of order passed by respective CPIOs’ functioning under them.

In terms of Section 5(2) of the Right to Information Act,2005, the following officers of Department of Secondary & Higher Education are hereby designated as Central Public Information Officers (CPIOs) in respect of the specific subject matters mentioned against their names:-


S.No Designation

Name of Officer occupying the post on the date of Order
Telephone

Number
Subject matter


I
Secondary Education Bureau
1.
Director (UT)
Sh. Kamal Chowdhery
23389553
Matters concerning

i) Kendriya Vidyalaya,

ii) Navodaya Vidyalayas,

iii) Education Matters of Union Territories (UTs),

iv) Implementation of recommendations of National Commission of Teachers.

v) National Awards for Teachers

2.
Director
Sh. B. Anand,
23381695
Matters concerning

i) National Council for Educational Research & Training (NCERT),

ii) School Curriculum,

iii) Educational Survey,

iv) Three Language Formula,

v) Integrated Education of Disabled Children (IEDC)

3.
Director (SE)
(Post vacant on the date of Order)
23381484
Matters concerning

i) Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE),

ii) National Institute of Opening Schooling (NIOS),

iii) Central Tibetan Schools,

iv) Council for Indian School Certification Examination,

v) Information and Communication Technology in Schools.

vi) National Foundation for Teachers’ Welfare.

4.
Dy. Secretary
Sh.P.R.Ramaswamy,
23387961
Matters concerning

i) Hostel Scheme for Girls Studying in Secondary & Higher Secondary Schools,

ii) Universalisation of Secondary Education,

iii) Coordination and International Collaboration in Secondary Education.

5.
Dy. Secretary
Sh. R. Chakravarty

Matters concerning

i) Quality Improvement Scheme in Schools,

ii) Environmental Education,

iii) International Science Olympiads,

iv) Population Education Project,

v) Establishment of Libraries and Laboratories in Schools and their upgradation

II University & Higher Education Bureau
6.
Dy. Secretary (U-I)
Sh. Sunil Tated

(additional charge)
23070989
Matters concerning

i) Higher Education Policy,

ii) University Grants Commission (UGC) Act, Rules and Regulations and related issues,

iii) Parliamentary Committee on HRD for Higher Education,

iv) EDUSAT.

7.
Dy.

Secretary (U.II)
Sh. Sunil Tated

23070989
Matters relating to

i) UGC academic programmes/schemes,

ii) Scheme of National Research Professorship,

iii) Policy matters of Higher Education,

iv) Issues concerning State Universities /Colleges including Punjab University,

v) Substance Abuse in Universities / Colleges,

vi) Revision of Pay scales of University/College Teachers


8
Dy. Secretary Ms. Anupama Bhatnagar
23388641
Matters concerning

i) Clearances in respect of research visas,

ii) University Teachers attending conferences abroad,

iii) Foreign Scholars visiting India,

iv) Coordination in University & Higher Education Bureau.

9.
Dy. Secretary (CU)
Sh. R.D. Sahay
23384861
All matters concerning

i) Central Universities & Autonomous Colleges,

ii) National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC),

iii) Commonwealth of Learning,

iv) Release from Non-lapsable Central Pool of Resources (NLCPR) for North East.

v) Financing of Education

10.
Deputy Educational Advisor (ICR)
Dr.D.K.Paliwal 23385489
All matters relating to

i) Institutions Deemed to be Universities,

ii) Councils of Higher Education and Research namely Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), Indian Council of Philosophical Research (ICPR), Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR), Indian Institute of Advance Studies (IIAS), Association of Indian Universities (AIU),

iii) Scheme of Assistance to institutions of Higher Learning,

iv) Project of History of Indian Science, Philosophy & Culture.


11.
Dy. Secretary (MC)
(Post vacant on the date of Order)

Matters concerning

i) Educational issues of Minorities,

ii) National Commission on Minority Educational Institutions,

iii) Modernization of Madrasas.

12.
Director (BP)
Sh. Shailendra Sharma
23389375
Matters concerning

i) National Book Trust (NBT),

ii) Book Promotion,

iii) Book Fairs

13.
Director (CR)
Sh. Madhukar Sinha

23386561
i) Registration of Copyrights

ii) Matters related to Copyrights Board

iii) Nodal work relating to Copyrights Act, 1957

III Technical Education Bureau
14.
Director
Smt. Irina Garg
23381894
Matters concerning

i) Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs),

ii) Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

iii) Institutes of Information Technology,

iv) All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE),

v) Central Legislation regarding Admission / fees in Professional Institutes,

vi) Indian National Digital Library in Science and Technology Consortium,

vii) Networking of Premier Institutions and CSIR Labs

15.
Director
Sh. Puran Singh
23387153
Matters concerning

i) All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE),

ii) Indian Schools of Mines, Dhanbad

iii) Technical Institutes of UTs

iv) Coordination in Technical Education Bureau.

16.
Director
Sh. Vijay Bharat
23384721
Matter concerning

i) National Institutes for Technical Teachers’ Training & Research (NITTTRs),

ii) Community Polytechnics,

iii) Vocational Education,

iv) Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering & Technology,

v) North Eastern Regional Institute of Science & Technology (NERIST)

17.
Deputy Educational Advisor (T)
Sh. G. L. Jambulkar
23384276
Matters concerning

i) National Institutes of Technology (NITs),

ii) Reservation of seats in degree and diploma level courses for States/UTs lacking in such facilities

iii) Recognisition of Degrees for jobs.

18.
Deputy Educational Advisor (T)
Dr. C.T. Mahajan
23385744
Matters concerning

i) Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs),

ii) Modernization & Removal of Obsolescence Scheme,

iii) National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai,

iv) School of Planning & Architecture (SPA), New Delhi,

v) Council of Architecture,

vi) National Institute of Foundry & Forge Technology, Ranchi

vii) Educational Consultant of India Limited (Ed.CIL) ,

viii) Technical Education, Quality Improvement Programme (TEQUIP),

ix) International Cooperation.



IV
Planning Bureau
19.
Director (P)
Sh. S. N. Burman 23070837
i) Administrative & Financial matters of National Institute of Educational Planning & Administration (NIEPA)

ii) Scheme of Studies, Seminars Evaluation etc., for implementation of the Education Policy

iii) Women’s Component of Plan Allocation in respect of the Department.

iv) SC/ST matters relating to Education.

20.
Dy. Secretary (NER)
Sh S.M. Abbas
23381397
i) Nodal Responsibility for North Eastern Region (NER).

ii) Maters relating to Non-lapsable Central Pool of Resources (NLCPR) for the NE Region

iii) Human Rights Education

iv) Educational Development in J&K

21.
Dy. Secretary (PN)
Sh. Anil Kapoor
23074159
i) National Policy on Education (NPE)

ii) Programme of Action (POA)

iii) Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE)

iv) Indian Education Service

v) Finance Commission – Education related matters

vi) Inter-State Council – Education related matters.

vii) Coordination of Government’s National Common Minimum Programme (NCMP)

viii) Prime Minister’s Thrust Areas

ix) National Commission on Education

x) Bharat Shiksha Kosh (BSK)

xi) Central Plan

xiii) Annual Action Plans

xiv) State Plans

xv) Twenty Point Programme

xvi) Compilation of Budget Documents.

xvii) Monitoring of Central and Centrally-Sponsored Schemes

xviii) Coordination in Planning Bureau.

22.
Joint Director (P)
Sh. Chandrakant

23381877
All work relating to Educational Statistics.

23.
Dy. Secretary (CDN)
Sh. R.C. Pandey
23073815
i) Coordination work relating to Deptt. of S&HE, as a whole.

ii) Standing Committee of Parliament

V Language Bureau
24.
Director (ES)
Sh. S.K. Biswas
23384501
All matters concerning

i) Foreign Scholarships,

ii) Agatha Harrison Memorial Fellowship

25.
Director (NS)
Sh. Arvind Suri
23381728
Matters concerning

i) Authentication of Educational Documents of applicants going aboard for seeking employment or higher education and allied issues ,

ii) National Merit Scholarship Scheme

iii) Scheme of Scholarship to students from Non-Hindi Speaking States for post Matric studies in Hindi.

26.
Director (UNESCO)
Sh. Shailendra Sharma
23389375
Matters concerning

i) UNESCO –incl.

Coordination activities relating to nomination in UNESCO related Seminars / Conferences / Workshops / Prizes and Fellowships,

ii) Auroville Foundation

27.
Director (OL)
Sh. D.P. Bandooni
23382921
Implementation of Official Language Policy and supervision of the Hindi Translation Unit

28.
Dy. Secretary (Languages)
Sh. S. Mohan
23397984
i) Development & Propagation of Indian and Foreign Languages through nine Language Institutions, viz.

1) Kendriya Hindi Sansthan, Agra

2) Central Hindi Directorate, New Delhi.

3) Commission for Scientific and Technical Terminology, New Delhi.

4) National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, New Delhi.

5) National Council for Promotion of Sindhi Language, Vadodara

6) Central Institute of English and Foreign Language, Hyderabad (CIEFL)

7) Central Institute of Indian Languge, Mysore (CIIL),

8) Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, New Delhi.

9) Maharishi Sandipani Rashtriya Ved Vidya Prashithan, Ujjain.

ii) Coordination work in Language Bureau

29.
Dy. Secretary (IC Cell)
Smt. Indumathy
23383193
i) Education Exchange Programmes (EEPs) and Education component of Cultural Exchange Programmes (CEPs) with various countries

ii) Collaboration in Education Sector with foreign countries, visits, etc.

30.
Dy. Secretary (EHV)
Sh. Satish Kumar
23381264
Scheme of Financial Assistance for Strengthening Education in Human Values

VI
ADMINISTRATION
31.
Dy. Secretary (A)
Sh. Madan Mohan
23385915
Following matters related to Deptts. of S&HE and EE & L :

i) Personnel & Establishment matters,

ii) House keeping activities, Services & Supply

iii) Parliament Unit

iv) Office Council

v) Employees’ Welfare



2. It is further declared for general information that concerned Joint Secretaries in the Department will act as the Appellate Authority under Section 19(1) of the RTI Act in respect of Dy. Secretaries / Directors, etc. functioning under them, as CPIOs.


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