Objectives

To improve the overall quality of existing higher education institutes.
To upgrade high potential existing colleges into Universities or Model Degree Colleges.
To identify and fill critical infrastructural gaps in higher education.
To ensure adequate availability of quality faculty.
Facilitate research & innovation in the State /higher Education institutions.
Improve equity in higher education by providing adequate opportunities of higher education to backward classes and women.
To improve the status of Gross Enrolment Ratio.
To correct the regional imbalance

Principles

Quality & Research Focus
Norm based & Outcome dependent funding
Demand Driven & Competitive
Apolitical decision- making
Autonomy in decision making