Institutions and Universities engaged in Scientific Research in India

Several universities were established in the post-Independence period to train young people in various branches of knowledge including natural sciences, social sciences and humanities. Beginning in the 1960s, professional courses that drew inputs from social sciences such as the management education, mass communications and social work were initiated. On the one hand, Table 3 indicates that there has been a substantial growth in the number of universities that initiated scientific research in India. On the other, Table 4 gives us the classification of universities – central and deemed on the basis of region.

Table No. 3

Growth of Institutions engaged in Scientific Research in India

Period	Number	Percentage
19 th century	9	2.8
1900-1947	22	6.9
After 1947 till date	225	71.42
Data on year of establishment could not be ascertained	59	18.73
Total	315	100.0

  Source: Directory to R&D in Sociology and Social Anthropology (2005)