He said at present more than 300 colleges are affiliated under each university which means they are busy looking at administrative issues without much time for research and impart quality education.
"We want to reduce it to an average of about 100 (colleges per university)", Thakur said.
Raju said several reforms in the regulatory framework are currently underway such as a proper accreditation structure, quick redress of disputes through educational tribunals and prevention of malpractices and establishment of National Commission on Higher Education and Research (NCHER).
The Minister said there are 306 state universities and about 8,500 colleges that can be covered under RUSA, a scheme which would have a completely new approach towards funding higher education in state universities.
"It (RUSA) will be based on key principles of performance-based funding, incentivising well performing institutions and decision-making through clearly defined norms", Raju added.
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