Recognised by N.C.T.E., New Delhi, Basic Teachers Training College started in 1953 with TTC course. In 1954, the course was replaced by Basic STC. The degree courses were started in 1956, postgraduate in 1958 and the facility for Ph.D. added in 1968. In 1993, the Institute of Advanced Studies in Education (IASE) came into being, under the centrally sponsored scheme. Today, it is reckoned as India's premiere institute of Education, facilitating teachers' training from pre-primary to doctoral stage