Parliament Question: Enrolment of Tribhuvan Sahkari University

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COOPERATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2586 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04th AUGUST, 2026 Enrolment of Tribhuvan Sahkari University

2586. Shri Naveen Jindal:

Will the Minister of COOPERATION (सहकारिता मंत्री) be pleased to state:

(a) the current status and enrolment progress of Tribhuvan Sahkari University;

(b) whether the Government plan to ensure that the University successfully faces the immense challenge of scaling its training infrastructure to match the sector's size and that its curriculum translates into a trained workforce for grassroots cooperative institutions, especially in States with weak cooperative penetration; and

(c) if so, the details thereof? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF COOPERATION सहकारिता मंत्री (SHRI AMIT SHAH)

(a): The current enrolment in the University for the academic year 2026–27 is as follows:

Academic Programme Number of Students Enrolled Year MBA in Agribusiness Management 53 MBA in Cooperative Banking and Finance 50 2026-27 MBA in Cooperative Management 23 MBA in Rural Management 224 TOTAL 350

(b) and (c): The “Tribhuvan” Sahkari University has been mandated under the “Tribhuvan” Sahkari University Act, 2025, to provide qualified and trained manpower to meet the present Page 1 of 3and future needs of the co-operative sector and to also provide training, education and capacity building to the employees and board members of co-operative societies by creating a pan-India network of affiliated institutes and its own outlying campuses.

In line with the mandate, the University has expanded its network by affiliating 16 institutions across 10 State/UTs. The list of affiliated institutions is enclosed as Annexure-1. ***** Page 2 of 3Annexure-1 S. No. Name of Institution State 1 VAMNICOM (Vaikunth Mehta National Institute of Cooperative Maharashtra Management), Pune 2 Institute of Cooperative Management – Jaipur Rajasthan 3 Institute of Cooperative and Corporate Management, Research Uttar Pradesh and Training (ICCMRT) – Lucknow 4 Regional Institute of Cooperative Management – Chandigarh Chandigarh 5 Mansinhbhai Institute of Dairy and Food Technology (MIDFT), Gujarat Mehsana 6 Institute of Cooperative Management – Imphal – Manipur Manipur 7 National Institute of Cooperative Management – Gandhinagar Gujarat 8 D. N. S. Regional Institute of Cooperative Management – Patna Bihar 9 Cooperative Training Centre – Ranchi Jharkhand 10 Sikkim State Cooperative Union Sikkim 11 Indira Gandhi Institute of Cooperative Management, Lucknow Uttar Pradesh 12 National Institute of Post-Harvest Technology, Pune Maharashtra 13 Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI), Hyderabad Telangana 14 Food and Agri Business School (FAB School), Sagar Group of Telangana Institutions (SGI), Hyderabad 15 Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH), Noida Uttar Pradesh 16 Gujarat State Cooperative Union (Centres: Ahmedabad, Nadiad, Gujarat Bhavnagar, Surat) ***** Page 3 of 3