NCERT’s deemed university status to promote research, innovation: Govt

The deemed university status granted to NCERT will strengthen it to promote educational research and innovation and collaborate with national and international agencies, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday.

In a written reply, Minister of State for Education Sukanta Majumdar said the status would further reinforce NCERT’s role as a think tank and a national resource institution in providing technical support to the Central Government as well as State Governments.

The application of the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), New Delhi, for grant of Institution Deemed to be University status was examined by the University Grants Commission (UGC) through its expert committee as per the provisions of the UGC (Institutions Deemed to be Universities) Regulations, 2023, Majumdar said.

The minister said the committee, after an overall assessment, recommended granting NCERT the status of an Institution Deemed to be University.

“Considering the advice of UGC, the Ministry of Education, vide notification dated March 30, 2026, declared NCERT, New Delhi, as an Institution Deemed to be University under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956,” Majumdar said. 

“The said declaration was subject to the condition that it shall take appropriate steps to commence research programmes as well as doctoral and innovative academic programmes,” he added.