Tag: University Grant Commission

Replacing UGC, AICTE with single regulator: Govt refutes such plan

New Delhi: The Centre has no plan to merge UGC and AICTE into a single higher education regulator, Minister of State for HRD Mahenrda Nath Pandey said in a written response in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday. “No such proposal is under consideration at present, to merge the University Grants Commission (UGC) and the All […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
UGC asks Universities to take students to martyrs' houses, memorials

New Delhi: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked all universities and higher educational institutions to take students to memorials of freedom fighters and residences of martyrs in the run-up to the 70th Independence Day celebrations next week. In a communication to Vice Chancellors of all universities, UGC Secretary J S Sandhu said “Faculty should […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
UGC issues new directives to universities to check ragging in hostels

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: Taking cognizance of the increasing cases of ragging across the country, especially in hostels, the University Grant Commission (UGC) has asked universities to install alarm bells in hostels to nab the troublemakers. As part of the anti-ragging measures, UGC issued a circular on July 26 stating that stern action will be taken against […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
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