Interesting facts of Indian universities!

City with most universities
New Delhi has 26 Universities- the maximum in any city followed by Jaipur (25) and Chennai (22). Most of the private and deemed universities are in Jaipur (18) and Chennai (12) respectively. In contrast, the Union Territories of Lakshwadeep, Daman & Diu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Dadar and Nagar Haveli do not have a single university.

For the  minorities
Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi is the only central university that has a 50% reservation for Muslims, yet has all the privileges and rights of a central university in the country.   

Name-Game
Did you know that there are 22 universities in the name of Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi-8, Rajiv Gandhi-8, Indira Gandhi- 5 and Sanjay Gandhi-1). 11 universities are named after Dr. BR Ambedkar while 8 are named after Jawaharlal Nehru.

Chai & Why? at TIFR
How does a body cell know that it has to become a skin cell or a heart cell? This was a query that made scientists at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai know about a valuable finding about selective unlocking of cells segments. And it was posed at ‘Chai and Why?’ - an informal forum for science geeks organised by TIFR along with Prithvi Theatre twice a month. It tries to engage people interested in science and keen to discuss their views. Anyone can pose any question around interesting scientific issues that may be topical, or from their daily life reflections such as global warming, space exploration, stem cells etc. The idea is to respect the notion that some queries are invariably not stupid, but are often insightful. The 100th session is due on May 5. There is no entry fee. So just turn up and you will get a cup of tea, that too for free!

3,000 crore
is the budget for Nalanda University, which is the most recent University set up in Bihar through an Act of Parliament. This money could easily bank roll three IITs or five IISERs. One wishes we have a few more Nalandas.

Language Universities
Did you know there are 21 universities dedicated to specific languages? Sanskrit has 14 while there are two in Urdu and Hindi and one each in Tamil, Telugu and English.