ParliamentPosted at: Dec 17 2018 6:32PM Significant rise in Ph.D enrolments in last 4 yrs: GovtNew Delhi, Dec 17 (UNI) The Government on Monday informed the Lok Sabha that a substantial increase in the Ph.D enrolments has been witnessed during the last four years."As per the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) report 2017-18, the total enrolment for Ph.D in 2014-15 was 1,17,301 which increased to 1,61,412 in 2017-18."The Government has been committed to ensure improvement in the Higher Education Sector in the country. In order to promote innovative and cognitive thinking and improve the quality of Ph.D Programmes, IMPRINT (Impacting Research Innovation and Technology), IMPRESS (Impactful Policy Research in Social Science), SPARC (Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration) have been launched and STARS (Scheme for Transformational and Advanced Research in Fundamental Sciences) is under active consideration," stated Minister of State (HRD), Dr. Satya Pal Singh in a written reply to a Lok Sabha question.Please log in to get detailed story.Tags: #Significant rise in Ph.D enrolments in last 4 yrs: Govt