Higher Education In India

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The department of higher education, one hand of the Ministry of Human Resource Development — MHRD is the government body that supervises higher education in India. The ministry was a single unit until it bifurcated on 26th September 1985, to the department of school education and literacy, which deals with primary, secondary and higher secondary education, adult education and literacy, and the department of higher education, which deals with the university education, technical education, scholarships, etc. A cabinet-ranked member of the council of ministers heads the HRD ministry, who may be assisted by deputy ministers called ministers of state.

For ease of governance, the department of higher education is divided into eight bureaus which are,

• University and Higher Education; Minorities Education
• Technical Education
• Administration and Languages
• Distance Education and Scholarships
• UNESCO, International Cooperation, Book Promotion and Copyrights, Education Policy, Planning, and Monitoring
• Integrated Finance Division.
• Statistics, Annual Plan and CMIS
• Administrative Reform, North Eastern Region, SC/ST/OBC

Under each of these bureaus there are several autonomous institutions, sum up to more than 100 in number, through which the department implements its day to day functions. Among those, the University Grants Commission (UGC) comes under the ‘University and Higher Education; Minorities Education’ bureau whereas IITs, NITs, IIMs, and IISERs come under the ‘Technical Education’ bureau.

India has the third-largest higher educational system in the world, next to the United States of America and China, and it comprises 45 Central Universities, 318 State Universities, 185 State Private universities, 129 Deemed-to-be-Universities, 51 Institutions of National Importance under MHRD, and four Institutions established under various State legislations as per the latest data available from Ministry of HRD. The number of Universities/University level institutions has grown 34 times and the number of colleges became 74 times compared to the numbers reported in 1950. In India, “University” means a ‘University established or incorporated by or under a Central Act, a Provincial Act or a State Act and includes any such institution as may, in consultation with the University concerned, be recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC) in accordance with the regulations made in this regard under the UGC Act, 1956’ (Adapted from UGC Act, 1956). University/University-level Institutions are categorized into six; (Information adapted from http://mhrd.gov.in)

Central University: A university established or incorporated by a Central Act.

State University: A university established or incorporated by a Provincial Act or by a State Act.

Private University: A university established through a State/Central Act by a sponsoring body viz. A Society registered under the Societies Registration Act 1860, or any other corresponding law for the time being in force in a State or a Public Trust or a Company registered under Section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956.
Deemed-to-be University: An Institution Deemed to be University, commonly known as Deemed University, refers to a high-performing institution, which has been so declared by Central Government under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission (UGC) Act, 1956.
Institution of National Importance: An Institution established by Act of Parliament and declared as Institution of National Importance.
Institution under State Legislature Act: An Institution established or incorporated by a State Legislature Act.

Both the central government and the provincial state governments share the responsibility of higher education in India. UGC is the main governing and coordinating body at tertiary level education in the country. It advises the department of higher education in making various policies, enforce its standards on courses and curriculum offered by universities, and helps in the coordination between the center and the provincial states. The motto of UGC is ‘Gyan-Vigyan Vimuktaye’ which translates to knowledge liberates. As of 2013 data, there are 37,204 colleges as Government Degree Colleges and Private Degree Colleges, functioning under universities and institutions reported to UGC. There are 14 autonomous institutions established by the University Grants Commission to oversee the accreditation of higher learning.

• All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)
• Distance Education Council (DEC)
• Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)
• Bar Council of India (BCI)
• National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC)
• National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE)
• Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI)
• Medical Council of India (MCI)
• Pharmacy Council of India (PCI)
• Indian Nursing Council (INC)
• Dental Council of India (DCI)
• Central Council of Homeopathy (CCH)
• Central Council of Indian Medicine (CCIM)
• Veterinary Council of India (VCI)

All India survey of higher education conducted by MHRD reports, the total enrollment in higher education has been estimated to be 28.56 million with 15.87 million boys and 12.69 million girls. Girls constitute 44.4% of the total enrollment. At the undergraduate level, the highest percentage of students are enrolled in Arts (34%) followed by Engineering & Technology (19%), Commerce (14.5%), and Science (12%). At the Ph.D. level, the enrollment percentage is less than 1% only.

The rapid development of technical education is clearly visible as the country is capable of graduating above 500,000 engineers per year. In addition, around 350,000 students enroll in engineering diploma programs every year.

UGC has introduced a new graduate-level program in vocational/skill-based education with lateral entry and multiple exit options (diploma in one year and an advanced diploma in two years) named Bachelor of Vocational Studies (B.Voc) recently. 60% of this program is vocational exposure implemented via industrial projects and hands-on experiences.

India has signed Several Educational Exchange Programme (EEP)/Memorandum of understanding (MOU) for cooperation in the field of education with multiple countries leading in education such as Germany, Sweden, Australia, UK, and the USA. MHRD lists 54 partner countries in their websites.

Top universities of India such as Jawaharlal Nehru University, Anna University, and the University of Calcutta have been internationally recognized and offers world-class education. Indira Gandhi National Open University provides distance education, a remarkable feature of India’s higher education to approximately 3.5 million students across the globe, which makes it the largest university in the world in terms of number of students.

IITs, IIMs, and AIIMS are the nation’s prestigious institutions, from which the graduates are readily placed in various jobs in the private sector. Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs) established to integrate graduate level science education with scientific research are emerging to be global standard institutions in terms of cutting-edge research. Institutes under CSIR and TIFR are also contributing their part to the advancement of higher education and scientific research in India.

While a few of our universities and Institutions of National importance provide world-class education and facilities, the state universities and other educational institutions are lacking behind in terms of quality and professionalism. In the era of e-learning and modern educational models, they are yet to implement the advanced methods in research and training. The major hurdles are lack of proper infrastructure, less number of experts, and deficiency of progressive thinking. Because of this, bright students of our nation are going abroad to pursue their higher education and most of them never return. European countries such as Britain, Germany, and Spain are ready to absorb Indian students as per the report of Firstpost.com. Fee waivers, easy visa, and special policies attract Indian students to the international universities of Europe.

The developed countries of America and Europe brought up their universities into an international standard by giving special emphasis to them. We can also model this and make our universities international. Promoting e-learning via National Knowledge Network (NKN) can ensure the reach of quality education in various parts of India. NKN is a Research and Education Network that is dedicated to providing a unified high-speed network backbone for educational institutions in India. The high-speed network enables a student sitting in the ‘e-class room’ of a state university, say in Sikkim to attend the lecture given by an eminent professor of the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru situated thousands of kilometers away. Live interaction between the lecturer and students is possible via NKN which will give the experience of a real classroom. Besides this, online courses offered by top universities of the world are now available through Massive Open online courses (MOOC) which can be effectively exploited for better learning. SWAYAM (Study Webs of Active -Learning for Young Aspiring Minds) is the MOOC portal launched by the Ministry of HRD.

If we uplift our universities at least to the level of our own leading educational institutions, India can become a global educational destination. Non-extreme climate, low living cost, and low cost — high-quality education will attract students from various foreign countries. The government of India has already started a consultation service for international students through Educational consultants of India ( Ed CIL). Unique courses offered in India such as Ayurveda, Yoga, and Hindi language can also bring international students.

The average age of an Indian is decreasing. By 2030, we will become the youngest nation in the world. Without quality education and training, this youthfulness will go in vain. With the third-largest system of higher education, India has the responsibility to provide well-educated and qualified human resources to the world. For this, we have to radically reform our higher education and implement world-class standards without fail.

References :
 All India survey of higher education conducted by MHRD
 UGC, Act 1956
 Website of MHRD
 Website of UGC
 Wikipedia, article on Higher Education in India
 Wikipedia, article on UGC

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India, the homeland for 1.3 Billion people, is emerging as a powerful nation in the fields of economy, defense, and science. The constitutional guarantee of equity is unveiling the hidden talents in the diversified society, where ‘graded inequality’ prevailed for generations. Yet we keep our 50-60 million disabled children behind the closed doors.

Majority of the disabled citizen of this country are living in a murky environment of domestic abuses, sexual assaults and disrespect from the surrounding fellow humans. Ensuing a struggling uprise of a small number of disabled people, a new type of violence transpires in the form of denial of equal opportunity.

Knowing the unease of proper implementation of equality, freedom, justice and dignity for all individuals, our constitution made certain provisions to equalize our society. Article 41 is a perfect example which states that "The State shall, within the limits of its economic capacity and development, make effective provision for securing the right to work, to education and to public assistance in cases of unemployment, old age, sickness and disablement, and in other cases of undeserved want".




All the constitutional rights including liberty, education, religious and linguistic freedom, participation in government, judicial rights and freedom of having a life with dignity anywhere in India without being a victim of discrimination are equally applicable to disabled citizen. The laws including health laws, family laws, labour laws and succession laws do not exclude persons with disabilities.

Difficulty in distributing constitutional justice for disabled persons has led the government to pass 'The persons with disabilities (PWD) (equal opportunities, protection of rights and full participation) act in 1995. The law emphasizes on prevention and early detection of disabilities, education, employment, non-discrimination, research and manpower development, affirmative action, social security, grievance redressal for persons with mental and physical disabilities. Education of disabled children, prevention of violence against women and assurance of 3% reservation in government jobs for disabled citizens are also stressed in this law.

The mental health act,1987, the rehabilitation council of India act,1992 and the national trust for the welfare of persons with autism, cerebral palsy, mental retardation and multiple disabilities act, 1999 are other major laws furnished by the government to fortify the rights of disabled citizens.

PWD act 1995 was the book of jurisprudence for persons with disabilities until India ratified United Nation’s Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD 2006) in 2007. Drawbacks of existing PWD act including the selective recognition of some rights and confinement of disabled persons to certain categories steered the government to pass a revised law. The rights of persons with disabilities act, 2011 is in harmony with UNCRPD which stands for civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights for 'differently abled' persons.

Why do we need the laws timely revised? Do the beneficiaries sum up to 60 million? Still a number of families in India hide the mentally disabled children from the society for maintaining ‘social status’. Society needs to be changed. For that, each and every citizen should see every other one with respect and compassion.

Veg or Non-Veg?

Being a vegetarian is absolutely fine for health, if you can find enough alternatives for, obtaining sufficient cholesterols, minerals, vitamin B12, and omega 3 fatty acids. But being an anti non-vegetarian is a 'crime'.

Shortage of nutritious food is one of the major global issues. Children of many underdeveloped countries die due to malnutrition everyday. Imagine, what will happen if all the non vegetarians and mixed eaters turn to vegetarian diet only..! Who will make the required amount of food materials in this era of treating agriculture as a low dignity profession?

Eat both vegetarian and non vegetarian food, be healthy and save the world from hunger deaths!

Waterborne Deadly Disease: WHO Visits Today

New Delhi: Representatives of the World Health Organization (WHO) are expected to visit areas affected by the unknown Waterborne disease that took lives of more than a hundred thousand people across the nation. This deadly disease is spreading in no time directly through the drinking water and the food cooked using contaminated water.

According to the government data, 1213 people lost their lives including a two years old child who died yesterday in a private hospital here in the city. All the public and private hospitals are filled with the patients showing similar disease symptoms, across the nation.

Yesterday the health ministry, in a circular banned the use of Bore well water and packaged drinking water after the laboratory of AIIMS reports alarming level of contamination in them. Secretary of the ministry strictly advised the citizens to use pure water distributed via government agencies only. "Ban of using or even touching water from various natural sources like rivers, ponds, and wells will be continued till further notice" he added.

Yesterday, the prime minister also expressed his worries about the increasing death toll. He appealed the citizens to take atmost care. "The government will soon launch a scheme to distributed pure water through Public Distribution System (PDS). All the BPL card holders will be eligible to get water for RS.50 per liter" He said.

Researchers across the world are working hard to elucidate the cause of the new waterborne disease and many of them are nearing to the success. "Finding the disease-causing agent is just the preliminary phase of our research, we are almost there. Our real aim is to develop drugs and treatment methods for this disease" said one of the leading scientist of AIIMS, New Delhi.
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 Yes, This is a cooked up news and it seems highly exaggerated. But, When someone said "packaged drinking water" few decades ago, people laughed at him incredulously. Now we are hearing the news about, Multinational Companies are planning to sell oxygen bottles here in India. Yes, whatever we thought to be free for use are no longer free.

Water is contaminated exponentially along with the soil and air. Our Rivers are dying due to the City life, industries and agriculture. Unscientific digging of septic tanks are contaminating wells and ponds. Flora and fauna of water bodies are rapidly disappearing. The millimeters of downpour that we get, seeks a new low number every year. But, do we really care about these? No, we are just growing in population without thinking about any long term remedies for these issues. Poisoning of drinking water and the droughts happening in every year are creating a new water conundrum.

People are already in fight and kill for water. Large scale protests are happening in connection with inter-state river water disputes. People are asking government to rethink over providing water of river Sindhu to Pakistan. China is planning to construct huge dams in the tributaries of Brahmaputra river. But still we hesitate to think about a world war for water! And still we hesitate to say a word against polluting water.

It is believed that life was first formed in water. If we continue to pollute "our precious" like this, life will be washed out from the earth by water itself.

What's happening to the sports in India?

• We have no sports culture.
•  Majority of Indian parents want their children to become engineers, doctors or government employees.
• Religions and blind faiths restrict women from pursuing sport's related careers.
• Marriage after education, finishes the sports activities of women.
• Misconception of 'damage to uterus by sports activities' still persist among lot of people in India.
• We give maximum importance to glamorous sports which bring lot of money and our interest in other sports diminishes after each Olympics.
• Political foul play in team selections.
• Lack of international quality in training and facilities.

The most prominent cause of stunted growth of sports is corruption. The money spent by government usually goes into pockets of politicians and greedy administrators. We have seen its terrifying form in 2010 Commonwealth games.

Even after 70 years of Independence, 2/3 of Indians are poor. Majority among them are deprived of nutritious food and pure drinking water. Social and economic discrimination along with corruption prevent their progress. From such communities, how do great sports persons emerge?

When the allocated fund is not properly utilized in every field, why the hell people criticizing 'Caste based reservation system' for the lack of good sports facilities in India.

It is good sign that, even after facing hardships a number of athletes with their individual efforts are forward to save the pride of our nation. It is the time to support them.

We, as a nation have dreams; but most of them remain as dreams, since we restrict ourselves only in fulfilling our individual dreams.

Take Care of Our Healthcare

An auto rickshaw is moving swiftly through the potholes of a country-side road early in the morning. A woman is crying loudly from the rickshaw and the noise is blending with the sounds of the dawn. Radha is pregnant and is carried to the hospital by her husband Raghav, in his Auto Rickshaw. Raghav, a poor Rickshaw driver is worried and nervously speeding the vehicle to the government hospital far away from his home. Radha needed immediate medical attention. But, she delivered her baby and died inside the auto rickshaw before they reach the hospital.

Another cry is arising from somewhere near the hilltop. This time, it’s a silent weep but like the previous case,  there is a birth here and a death too. Died is a newborn. And it is nothing unusual here. Yes, we are at ‘Attappady tribal colonies’, where malnutrition and anemia cause massive infant and neonatal deaths.

Above mentioned incidents point towards one of the roadblocks, ahead of the development of our nation. The grand challenges in the healthcare sector which explode into a number of challenges:


1) Population growth

It’s beyond the control. The scarcity of resources causes undernutrition and diminished quality of life. Social issues like Gender inequality, child labor, lack of education along with economic deprivation retard the developments in the healthcare sector.

2) Infrastructure

Healthcare infrastructure is well developed in urban areas. But 70% of the population spanning the Rural India is still to receive modern treatments and facilities that are available in cities. No investors are ready to spend in rural areas. Poor, living in villages are unaware of modern medicine and they depend on alternatives.

3) Economic deprivation

Regardless of city or village, poor people never get access to ultra-modern medical equipment and quality treatment. The high cost of modern treatment methods and medicine make the below poverty line population inaccessible to it. Due to the greater cost of diagnosis and prognosis, poor people leave curable diseases untreated. This counts up disease related deaths in poor.

4) Diseases and health issues

Contagious diseases such as HIV, malaria, Tuberculosis and diarrhea and non-contagious diseases like hypertension, diabetes, cancer, and heart diseases are invading the country’s population. Re-emergence of diseases and the rapid changes in the disease profile are challenging our healthcare for past few years. Underweight of newborn children, neonatal, infant and pregnancy deaths are still shadowing our path to the success in healthcare.

5) Sanitation, drinking water and waste management

Poor sanitation and improper waste management systems cause spreading of epidemics. Medical waste disposal in many cities of India is also at stake. Pure drinking water is far away from an immense population of India, especially in drought-hit areas.

6) Paucity of manpower

According to world bank's survey, our doctors to 10000 people is 7. And we also face a shortage in number of nursing and paramedical professionals. The rural areas never attract good doctors and other health workers due to lesser payments.

7) Lack of awareness and importance of health insurance

Most of the people are unaware of quality healthcare. While lifestyle diseases are shooting up among the middle and upper-class population, lower class and poor are affected by communicable diseases due to lack of preventive measures. National commission report on macro-economics says that only 5% of Indians are protected by health insurance policies. For 70% of us healthcare is out of pocket expenditure. Amid spending crores by the government, we are far behind the world health organization’s ranking of healthcare systems.


New ideas and proper implementation of schemes are required for tackling these issues:

1) Investment in health care sector

The government should build policies which attract investors in the healthcare sector that cover both urban and rural areas. Per capita expenditure in healthcare is growing up and more people are getting aware of health checkups and quality healthcare. This is a green signal for investors in the healthcare sector. Pharmaceutical companies, NGOs, and the government should collaborate to reach poor and make them avail modern treatments. New hospitals and health centers should be made in rural areas.

2) Attract healthcare professionals

More investments will naturally attract fresh graduates and new health practitioners. Give quality training to them. Government schemes should make sure that the medical professionals in rural areas are skilled.

3) Mass awareness programs

The population cannot be controlled easily, but the lifestyle of people can be changed. Large scale awareness programs about lifestyle diseases, epidemics and pregnancy care and health checkups should be initiated. NGOs and local governing bodies should volunteer for this. Disease preventions methods including vaccination and infection-free environment creation will make a pronounced effect in the betterment of healthcare.


Why doesn't the government launch an “insurance for all” program like “bank account for all”? This will help more and more private insurance companies to expand their business. Millions of people will benefit from it and it also adds up to our GDP as service sector develops.

Science and technology are the 'air and water' of modern medicine. Pharmaceuticals, clinical equipments, diagnostic methods, therapy methods and much more in the field are the result of hard work of researchers and technology experts. Funding the research in medical sector will ultimately cure the current 'health problems' of Indian healthcare.

Vast research is going on, in the field of drug discovery from natural products and scientific validation of traditional medicine. Combinatorial methods of traditional medicine and modern biomedicine are effectively tested in Rheumatoid Arthritis (Journal of Ayurveda and integrative medicine 2010). There exists immense hope for Integrative medicine as we have the legacy of a number of long practiced traditional medicines.

India is the third largest exporter of pharmaceutical products. But our production of medical devices is very low. Government’s policies like “Make in India” should extend to medical device sector. India's inclusive innovation funds can also help in this. Like Jaipur foot, an 'inclusive innovation', we can make our own low-cost quality products that are affordable for the large low income population.

Other government schemes such us ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan’ can be collaborated with healthcare development to provide better sanitation and adequate medical waste disposal.

We have ideas but implementation with care is the way to success.

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-This was my third prize-winning essay entry, in Healthcare Domain of National Essay Competition organized by Impacting Research Innovation & Technology (IMPRINT), MHRD, Govt. of India. By winning the prize, I got an opportunity to visit Rashtrapati Bhavan as an invitee for the First ever Visitors Conference held at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 05 November 2015.

COWITY > HUMANITY ?

Dadri incident is violation of a citizen’s constitutional ‘right to life’ and shame to the nation. Cow is sacred symbol of wealth, strength, abundance and selfless giving in Hinduism. While cow is mother to so many children including some human beings in India, it is widely butchered for delicious red meat called beef across the world. In fact, the majority of the world population are beef eaters.

Beef is defined as the flesh of cow, bull or buffalo used for food. Prohibition of cow slaughter in India is a directive principles of state policy contained in Article 48 of the constitution. That means, each of the state can take their decision on it considering the regional animal husbandry. States, except Kerala, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim have either completely prohibited or allowing controlled Cattle slaughter.

We have nearly hundred thousand slaughtering houses across the country that is legal or illegal. Beef is one of the major trade items regardless the cattle(cow, bull or buffalo)being slaughtered, in every city of India.

‘Beef ban’ is an ambiguous statement since its necessity is unjustified. Do these people hate non-vegetarian food and call for beef ban or do they demand it because of the holiness of cow? The former case is itself debatable. In the latter case, why the cow-worshiping people (Don’t want to call them Hindus, since not all the Hindus are believers of ‘cow-god) need the ‘beef ban’? Are they also considering bull and buffalo as other family members?

People in Kerala enjoy buffalo meat as beef. Buffalo is the major cattle slaughtered in Kerala for centuries, yet people consider beef as cow flesh.

Anyway, banning beef is certainly a sword against the choice of food. Intervention in food choice is a fascist thought. Religious intolerance in the name of cow and pig should not be allowed in the society (remember how first war of Independence occurred). These issues are growing rapidly in optimally fertilized political soil of the country. Some selfish politicians have redefined beef as only cow-flesh. They inject venom of religious intolerance across the country. This has to be stopped.

Let's Have a Moon Ride !

Google is going to test its self driving car in Bhopal.The car will start from MP Nagar, and will reach at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research(IISER) Bhopal, Main campus in Bhauri Village riding via Chetak Bridge, Raisen road, JK road , Airport and Indore by pass road. Scientist and technical experts from Google have set up a temporary lab in IISER and are ready to demonstrate their new invention in India.

Place: IISER Bhopal

Message from car: 3,2,1... go..!

Scientist 1: Car is slowly accelerating and is in right direction.

Scientist 2: vow..! Its going to achieve a speed of 50 km/hrs.

Scientist 1: Nice and smooth. No doubt we will succeed again.

Scientist 2: Wait. The car is slowing down!

Scientist 1: Oh! the LIDAR system recognize a traffic signal light 2 kilometer ahead.

Scientist 2: There is a shortcut. Can we send a signal to change the route?

Scientist 1: Why not ? Send signal “Turn right”

Message from car: No road exists!

Scientist 2: What? But there is a road in this map!

Scientist 1: I think that road has been washed away last night in heavy rain!

Scientist 2: Then give signal “Keep the route”

Scientist 1: Car is approaching the signal and stopped.

Scientist 2: 60 seconds remaining.

Scientist 1: 59,58,57,56....

Scientist 2: 10,9,8,7,6

Scientist 1: Oh my god ! All other vehicles are accelerating. But the car will start only at 0 seconds on the signal board.

Scientist 2: No....! why did you do that? In Indian traffic system 5 is equal to zero.

Scientist 1: Then give signal “Start”

Scientist 2: Started. luckily its out of danger now...

Scientist 1: Car is now on Raisen road moving towards JK road Junction.

Message from car: Detecting unknown surface.

Scientist 2: unknown surface? Is the car running out of the road?

Scientist 1: No. Car is still on the road. But I don't understand what is happening. Lets take the images and have a Google search

Scientist 2: 98 percent match found with Lunar surface !

Scientist 1: How the hell it reached moon....?

Scientist 2: It's not reached the Moon. It's there only in the JK road. This road is almost similar to the Lunar surface with a number of potholes

Scientist 1: What should we do now?

Scientist 2: Yes.. I have an Idea. Lets overlap Google Earth map with Google Moon Map and update the roadmap on car's system

Scientist 1: good idea. Done!

Message from car: Accomplished.

Scientist 2: Now the car is running smoothly with constant speed.

Scientist 1: I think the road is good now. Its passing People's hospital.

Message from car: Undefined obstruction of approximately one kilometer length is identified.

Scientist 2: Now what? What kind of an obstruction has a kilometer length? Check the images.

Scientist 1: Its a herd of sheep, moving on the road blocking all the vehicles.

Scientist 2: Is there any alternative path?

Scientist 1: No.

Scientist 2: Damn! Now we got trapped. It will take time.

Scientist 1: Really? Then let's go and have some food.

After 1 hour:

Scientist 1: Car is still in queue!

Scientist 2: But there is a left turn soon.

Scientist 1: Good. Now we are out of it.

Scientist 2: The car is now on Indore bypass road and only 5 kilometers left to reach here.

Message from car: People in Police uniform waving their hands, giving stop signal.

Scientist 1: Give signal “Stop”

Scientist 2: It's stopped there. But why they are stopping the car? Any problem?

Scientist 1: No idea.
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Road. Car is parked in front of the Police Vehicle.

Cop 1: Sir, this car has no number plate or seat belts.

Cop 2: See even it does not have driver or steering!

Cop 1: Its written “GOOGLE” on it.

Cop 2: Seize the car! Clamp its tire. Let the Google come here.

Cop 1: OK sir.

Team of Google reaches there. What happened after that? Unfortunately the story ends here.
In this story, anything can happen like an ordinary ride on Indian roads. Eventhough the story is imagination, the Driverless car is not fictitious. Google has already tested their self-driving cars in few states of America. After the partial success of it, they are trying to fix all the drawbacks and planning to launch it by 2020.

Light Detection And Ranging a.k.a LIDAR based, steering-less self-driving cars will be a wonder of near future and technology after a quarter century. If science and technology go hand in hand and build such cars in perfection, the road accidents due to carelessness can be avoided. Good traffic systems can be implemented.

No doubt, it's going to happen. But sorry for us.. Unless we make good roads here, we Indians will have to wait for a long time.

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