1. Overview of Information market
in India

3. Educational facts on India
 India have the third largest higher education system in the world, behind China and the United
States.
 More than 630 universities, over 33000 affiliated colleges, 22000 professors and 1,69,74,883
students including 16,602 research students.
 The national annual budget for education is USD 10.30 billion.
 Commanding market force: India’s GDP is projected to surpass that of the US and Japan and be
second only to China by 2050.
 Growing budgets: The institutional market in India for journal subscriptions is estimated at $175
million and growing.
 Investment in R&D: In 2011, India pledged to double its R&D expenditures to 2% of GDP over the
next five years.
 New institutions: The Indian government has announced the building of some five dozen new
institutions of higher learning.
 New library consortia: Newly formed consortia are improving access to and increasing demand for
scholarly publications.

4. Type-wise Distribution of Degree awarding
Universities/ University level Institutions
State
Universities
297(47%)
Private
Universities
100 (16%)
Central
Universities
43 (7%)
Deemed Universities
129 (20%)
Institute of National
Importance & Other
University Level
Institutions 65 (10%)

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6. State-wise number of Colleges
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7. Student Enrolment by stages in
Higher Education 2010-11
Graduate, 146164
73 (86%)
Post-
Graduate, 204912
4 (12%)
Research, 137668
(1%)
Diploma/Centifica
te
171618 (1%)

8. Students Enrolment in Higher Education 2010-11
Arts, 6177730
(36.39%)
Science, 3127042
(18.42%)
Commerce/Manag
ement, 2904752
(17.11%)Education, 569961
(3.36)
Engineering/Techn
ology, 2862439
(16.86)
Medicine, 652533
(3.86%)
Agriculture, 93166
(0.55%)
Veterinary, 27423
(0.16%)
Law, 327146
(1.93%) Others, 232691
(1.37%)

9. Faculty-wise Doctorate Degrees (Ph.D) awarded
during 2010-11
Arts, 3490 (31%)
Science, 3742 (34%)
Commerce &
Management, 767
(7%)
Education, 469 (4%)
Engineering &
Technology, 1007
(9%)
Medicine, 337 (3%)
Agriculture, 573 (5%) Veterinary
Science, 150 (1%)
Law, 123 (1%) Others, 503 (5%)
 Arts includes Humanities, Social Sciences, Languages etc.
Science includes Basic Science, Home Science, Computer Science and Computer
Application
 Medicine includes Ayurveda, Dentistry, Homeopathy, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public
Health/Social Preventive Medicine, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and Siddha
Medicine etc.
 Others includes Library and information Science, Fine Arts, Journalism and Mass
Communication, Physical Education, Social Work etc.

10. Expenditure on Higher Education in India
(As % of GDP)
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2.5
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3.5
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2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10
3.64
3.4
3.77 3.85
1.14 1.09
1.23 1.25
Expenditure on Education (as % of GDP Higher Education as % GDP

11. Public Expenditure on Education- Sector-wise
(Estimated): 2010-11
Elementary
Education
41.8%Secondary
Education
25.6%
Higher and
Technical
Education
32.3%
Adult Education
0.3 %

12. Publically Funded R&D Organizations
 Government Departments
• Dept. of Science & Technology, Atomic
Energy, Space, Electronics, Oceanography, Biotechnology.
 Govt. Research Laboratories
• Council of Scientific and Industrial Research ,
• Indian Council of Medical Research,
• Indian Council of Agricultural Research,
• Indian Council of Social Sciences Research,
• Defence Research and Development Organisation,
• Indian Space Research Organisation.
 Institutions of Higher Learning
• IISc, IITs, IISERs, IIITs, NITs, IIMs, Universities

13. Major Consortia in India
• NKRC (CSIR – DST)
• INDEST – AICTE Consortium
• UGC-INFONET Digital Library Consortium
• N – LIST (National Library and Information Services Infrastructure for Scholarly
Contents
• DAE Consortium
• CeRA (Consortium for e-Resources in Agriculture)
• DRDO E-Journals Consortium (DESIDOC)
• DeLCON (DBT Electronic Library Consortium)
• Electronic Resources in Medicine (ERMED)
• Health Science Library and Information Network (HELINET)

14. Growth Drivers in India
• About 50 billion Rupees (USD 1 Billion) is being spent annually on research and development in
our country.
• The third largest scientific and technical manpower in the World, accounts for 3% of the world’s
publication output.
• It is estimated that there are 3,000-4,000 active scientists in India working in about 200
laboratories.
• Number of S&T personnel has been increasing @6% / year*.
Digital Library Support in India (Fund Sources)
• Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD)
• Department of Scientific & Industrial Research (DSIR-TRP)
• All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)
• Ministry of Communication & Information Technology (MIT)
• University Grants Commission (UGC)
• Manuscript Mission

15. Yogesh Chander
Publishing Expert
E-mail: yogeshchander.jp@gmail.com
Ph: 91-8447675116