Directorate of Higher Education Tripura/উচ্চশিক্ষা দপ্তর ত্রিপুরা 

Hon'ble Minister for Education

Ph : +91 381 241 4043

E-mail : ednminoffice18@gmail.com

Directorate of Higher Education Tripura

Secretary

Smt. Saumya Gupta, IAS

Ph : +91 381 241-3357

E-mail : saumya.edu.tr@gmail.com

Directorate of Higher Education Tripura

Director

Ph : +91 381 232 4689

E-mail : dir.hed-tr@gov.in

About Directorate of Higher Education Tripura

The role of Directorate of Higher Education in sustainable economic and social development increase year by year and this will continue over the next decades. Directorate of Higher Education can be seen as a focal point of knowledge and its application, an institution which makes a great contribution to the economic growth and development through fostering innovation and increasing higher skills.

The scope of higher education in Tripura started in 1947 with the establishment of Maharaja Bir Bikram College at Agartala.  After that, three private Colleges namely – Ramakrishna Mahavidyalaya in Kailashahar, Ramthakur College in Agartala and another College in Belonia, South Tripura District were set up, which were taken over by the State Government in 1982. The students are allowed to study and perform their activities in democratic environments. For opening of new institutions, priority is given to the unserved and underserved Sub-Divisions, Districts and rural areas, where there is demand for enrolment in higher education. In due course of time different General Degree Colleges were set up in Udaipur, Sonamura, Khowai, Sabroom, Amarpur, Fatikroy, Kamalpur, Dharmanagar, LT Valley, Kanchanpur, Teliamura, Bishalgarh, Mohanpur, Santirbazar, Gandacherra, Sub-Divisions and Khumulwng to cater the need of local students.  Steps have been taken to set up 7 new General Degree Colleges in Old Agartala, Jirania, Kadamtala, Panisagar, Udaipur, Salema and Karbook areas. There is plan to introduce B.Ed course in four existing General Degree Colleges viz. BBM College, Agartala, Women College, Agartala(for women candidates only), GDC, Dharmanagar and ICV College, Belonia in order to create opportunity to make the candidates eligible for the posts of school teacher. 

There are 62 institutions of higher learning in the State which are registered under All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE). Out of that 34 Government institutions including one State University is under control of Directorate of Higher Education Department Besides there are one private engineering College (Techno India), Two General Degree Colleges run by Holy Cross and Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan and four private B.Ed Colleges run by Bhavans (two), Holy Cross and ICFAI University.

A good number of technical and professional institutions have come up, which include National Institute of Technology (NIT), Tripura Institute of Technology (TIT), Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), two Medical Colleges, Fishery College, Agriculture College, Veterinary College, 6 Polytechnics including one Women’s Polytechnic Institute.

The total enrolment in 34 institutions (under Higher Education Deptt.) of higher learning in the State is 49,212 for the year 2018-19. It is found that every year roughly 1,500 to 2,000 intake of students is required to be increased.

The Department of Higher Education, Tripura is responsible for the overall development of the basic infrastructure of Higher Education sector, both in terms of policy and planning under a planned development process. The Department of Higher Education, Tripura looks after expansion of access, equity, increase of GER (at present 21.2 as per AISHE Report, 2017-18) and qualitative improvement in the Higher Education through various Universities, Colleges and other institutions. Further growth of institutions would require lot of planning to make provision for additional infrastructure including additional faculty & support staff to achieve the target of quality education.

Department of Higher Education, Tripura Vision:-

To realize the human resource potential of the State to its fullest within the teachingsector, with equity and inclusion.

Department of Higher Education, Tripura Mission:-

• To enhance access to educational activity, ensuring equity, and specifically to the vulnerable sections of the society.

• To improve employability of scholars graduating from higher educational institutions

• To promote quality of upper Education

• Development of vocational training and skill education

• To frame policies and programmes for strengthening research & innovations and encourage higher educational institutions – public or private – to have interaction with industry and society.

Name of officer/officials in Department of Higher Education, Tripura 

1.  Sri Saju Vaheed A.                             0381-232-4689.        

      Director

2.  Sri Rajesh Bhattacharjee.                  0381-232-6787

     Joint Director

3.   Sri Dhirendra Debbarma                    0381-232-3776

       Joint Director

4.   Sri Partha Bhattacharjee.                   9436300149

       Deputy Director

5.   Sri Habul Lodh.                                         8257828299

      Deputy Director(On deputation)

Department of Higher Education, Tripura SCHOLARSHIPS :-

In order to market the upper education among the economically backward classes no matter SC, ST and General students pursuing higher study inside and outdoors the State in several stream the upper Department of Higher Education, Tripura  is providing stipend & scholarship from Diploma level to the Master Degree and Ph.D. level. Under the upper Department of Education there are 2 (two) Central schemes namely NEC & Dr. Ambedkar Post Matric Scholarship to EBC for general category students directly sponsored by the upper Department of Higher Education, aside from the above mentioned scheme the upper Department of Education is additionally sponsoring other centrally sponsored schemes sponsored by the ST, SC & OBC Welfare Department for the scholars of technical courses likewise as for the coed of other Humanities and Professional courses for the Institutes of inside and outdoors the State.

 Other than it there are 6 (six) nos. State schemes namely – Tripura Post Madhyamik Stipend, Scheme of Post Matric Scholarship, Tripura Govt. Merit-Cum-Means Scholarship Scheme, Institution of Scholarship, Stipend for Education of ladies at Degree stage, Tripura Post Graduate Research Fellowship and Financial Assistance to Blind Students also are being awarded by the upper Department of Education for the scholars pursuing studies in Diploma and Degree level. The NEC and Dr. Ambedkar Post Matric Scholarship to EBC scheme are run under national scholarship portal NSP 0.2 by inviting application through online system and also the other scheme sponsored by the ST, SC & OBC Welfare Department are being awarded through NSP 0.2 portal. For implementing online system for the State schemes the Finance Department has opened a portal as named CITOS to increase the advantage of the State scheme among the scholar through online system.

Synopsis of Stipend  and Scholarship (State)Scheme

Sl No.	Name of the scheme	Eligibility	Course of studies	Rate of stipend
				Hosteler	Day Scholar
1	Tripura Govt. Merit-Cum-Means Scholarship scheme 1977	1.Marks required 55% for general category and 50% for S.T/S.C students     2.No income bar	1)1stsyr general degree courses	Rs.90/-P.M	Rs.60/-P.M
			2)2nd yr onwards general Degree courses	Rs.140/-P.M	Rs.90/-P.M
			3)Post Graduate courses	Rs.160/-P.M	Rs.130/-P.M
2	Tripura Post Madhyamik stipend (for Professional courses out side the state of Tripura) rules –1986.	1)Marks required 50%   2)No Income bar   3)No Marks bar for S.C/S.T students	Professional Degree Courses viz B.E./B.Tech./B.Sc(Agri)/  B. Sc. of Horticulture/ Degree course of 2 years Engg. Tech..of NERIST/ Degree courses in applied Science of 4 years in Agriculture / animal husbandry/ Veterinary Science/ 4 years Degree courses in Forestry/ MBBS/Agri Engg./ Diary Tech./ B.Sc(Nurshing)/ B.Lib.Scince./ Bachelor of Pharmacology/ B.E Arch./ B. Homoeopathic Science/ BDS for studying  both inside and out side the state in institutions recognized by concerned council of Government of India.	Rs.375/-P.M(Rupees three hundred seventy five)
3	Institution of Scholarships and stipend for education of Girls at Degree stage.	1)pass in 2ndndDivision 2)No Income bar.	1) pass in 2ndnd Division 2) No Income bar.	Rs.50/-P.M (both Host & D/S)

 

Sl No.	Name of the scheme	Eligibility	Course of studies	Rate of stipend
				Hosteler	Day Scholar
4	Scheme of Post Matric scholarship to Lower Income Group students for studies in India	1.No marks bar.   2.income bar up to Rs.5,000/- P.M	a) B.A/B.Sc/B.Co/FineArts  etc.	Rs.90/-P.M	Rs.50/-P.M
			b) M.A/M.Sc/M.Com/L.L.B/ Fine Arts    etc.	Rs.100/-P.M	Rs.60/-P.M
			c)Ph.D/P.G courses in Agri/D.Sc/ D.Lit. etc.	Rs.110/-P.M	Rs.70/-P.M
			d) Diploma/Certificate course Engg. Tech Archi.& courses for overseer/ Draftsman /Suveyor.etc.	Rs.120/-P.M	Rs.80/-P.M
			e) Degree in engineering/Tech./Arch & Medicine courses etc..	Rs.130/-P.M	Rs.90/-P.M
	Students of polytechnic institute	1.No marks bar. 2.income baar upto Rs.5,000/- P.M	Students of polytechnic institute	Rs.190/-P.M	Rs.130/P.M
	Students of Tripura Engg.College	1.No marks bar. 2.income baar upto Rs.5,000/- P.M	Students of Tripura Engg. College	Rs.220/-P.M	Rs.190/-P.M
5	Tripura Post Graduate Research Fellowship Rules,1987.	1).50% Marks required in M.A/M.Sc/M.Com with Hons in Degree.	M.Phil//Ph.D	Rs.400/-P.M
6	Financial Assistance for Blind Students	1.Blind students only.	Diploma/Degree.	Rs.5,000/-P.M

 

Sl No.	Name of the scheme	Eligibility	Course of studies	Rate of stipend
1	“NEC MERIT SCHOLARSHIP” New increased rate wef.01.04.2017.	1.   Eligibility cut off marks would be 70% for General and  60% for ST/SC category.   2.  The income ceiling of the beneficiary’s parents/guardians should not exceed Rs.4.5 lakhs per annum.	1. Diploma level.	Rs.20,000.00 P.A
			2. Degree level.	Rs.22,000.00 P.A
			3. Post Graduate level	Rs.25,000.00 P.A
			4. M.Phil.	Rs.30,000.00 P.A
			5. Ph.D. (the subject topics for M.Phil and Ph.D should invariable be directly specifically and currently relevant to the NER Region.)	Rs.30,000.00 P.A

 

2	Dr.Ambedkar Post Matric Scholarship for Economically Backward Classes (EBC) General Category students	1.      No Marks Bar. 2.      Income 1.oo lakh per year of parents, 3.      Government Institution only.	Group-A.   1.  Engineering Degree & Post  Graduate Level     courses including M.Phil, Ph.D. 2.Commercial Pilot license (including Helicopter Pilot & Multiengine rating) courses. 3.Post Graduate Diploma courses in various branches of Management. 4. L.L.M.	Rs. 750/-             Rs.350/-
			Group-B. Post Graduate courses M.A./M.Sc./M.Com/ M.Ed etc.	Rs.510/-            Rs.335/-
			Group- C All other courses leading to a Graduate Degree B.A/B.Sc./B.Com. etc.	Rs.400/-            Rs.210/-
			Group-D All Post Matriculation level non Degree courses for which entrance qualification is High School (class-X), e.g. senior secondary certificate (class-XI & XII) both General & Pocational stream, I.T.I course, three (3) years Diploma courses in polytechnics, etc.	Rs.260/-            Rs.160/-

List of institutions of higher education in Tripura

Universities

• Maharaja Bir Bikram University

• ICFAI University, Tripura

• Tripura University

Engineering and Polytechnic Institutes

• National Institute of Technology, Agartala

• Indian Institute of Information Technology, Agartala

• Tripura Institute of Technology

• Techno India, Agartala

• Women's Polytechnic

• Gomati District Polytechnic

• Dhalai District Polytechnic

• TTAADC Polytechnic Institute, Khumulwng

• North Tripura District Polytechnic

• National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology

Medical and Paramedical Institutes

• Agartala Government Medical College

• Tripura Medical College

College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry

• Tripura Institute of Paramedical Sciences

• Tripura College of Nursing

• Institute of Nursing Science

Other Professional Degree Institutes College of Agriculture, Tripura

• College of Fisheries, Tripura

Regional Institute of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology

• Regional College of Physical Education

• Tripura Government Law College

Institute of Advance Studies in Education

• College of Teacher Education, Kumarghat

• Bhavan’s Tripura College of Teacher Education

• Holy Cross College of Teacher Education

• Sachin Deb Barman Memorial Government Music College

• Government College of Art & Craft, Tripura

• Tripura Tribal Folk Music College

Tripura State Academy of Tribal Culture General Degree Colleges

• Maharaja Bir Bikram College

• Women's College, Agartala

• Bir Bikram Memorial College

• Ramthakur College

• Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar College

• Kabi Nazrul Mahavidyalaya

• Dasaratha Deb Memorial College

• Netaji Subhash Mahavidyalaya, Udaipur

• Michael Madhusudan Dutta College

• Ambedkar College

• Adwaita Malla Barman Smriti Mahavidyalaya

• Swami Vivekananda Mahavidyalaya

• Government Degree College, Kamalpur

• Government Degree College, Dharmanagar

• Government Degree College, Santirbazer

• Government Degree College, Longtarai Valley

• Government Degree College, Teliamura

• Government Degree College, Khumulwng

• Government Degree College, Kanchanpur

• Government Degree College, Gandacharra

• Rabindranath Thakur Mahavidyalaya, Bishalgarh

• Ramkrishna Mahavidyalaya

• Bhavan’s Tripura College of Science and Technology

• Holy Cross College