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The University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued circular to vice chancellors of all the universities and provided the list of activities which maybe undertaken on September 29 following Government of India’s decision to celebrate it as ‘Surgical Strike Day’. However, sources in the HRD Ministry clarified that the circular is only advisory in nature, and […]

In a major development, University Grant Commission (UGC) recently issued a notification for the regulation of Online Courses. This regulation lay down the minimum standards of instruction for the grant of Certificate or Diploma or Degree, through online mode, delivered through interactive technology using internet. Also Read: UGC Introduces Monthly PG Scholarship For University UG Rank […]

New Delhi: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has decided to appoint an Accreditation Advisory Council (AAC) which will help the commission set up more agencies in order to increase the number of accreditation and assessment agencies (AAAs) for higher education institutes in the country. “To enhance the existing capacity of accreditation for meeting the requirement […]

New Delhi: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has sought proposals from institutions for extension of their vocational courses and community college programmes. “The UGC has invited proposals from those institutions which have been running Bachelor of Vocational Courses (BVoc) and community college programmes in order to consider extension of courses being run under the said […]

New Delhi: In view of recent news articles on ‘Recognition of Distance Education Programmes’ by the UGC / ‘Open courses of 35 universities ‘derecognised’ published in media/newspapers, it is clarified that process of recognition of Distance Education programmes of universities submitted applications for recognition for the year 2018-19 and onwards is still on, and so […]

The Higher Education has had played a very vital role in the history of nation building all over the world. It is amply clear that no rise in general standards of living and culture is possible without strengthening the higher education system in the country. The UGC has therefore introduced a Post-Graduate Merit Scholarship Scheme […]

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has informed that it has decided to grant Autonomy to 62 Universities (5 Central Universities, 21 State Universities, 34 Deemed to be Universities and 2 Private Universities) across the Country. These Universities have been selected on the basis of National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) ratings. The Institutions having a […]

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has notified UGC (Minimum Qualifications for Appointment of Teachers and other Academic Staff in Universities and Colleges and other Measures for the Maintenance of Standards in Higher Education) Regulations, 2018, in the Gazette of India on July 18, 2018. As per these regulations, the National Eligibility Test (NET) or an […]

New Delhi: In a major development, the HRD Ministry approved new regulations drafted by the University Grants Commission (UGC) as student researchers found guilty of plagiarism may lose their registration and teachers could lose their jobs now. The ministry had notified the UGC (Promotion of Academic Integrity and Prevention of Plagiarism in Higher Education Institutions) […]

In a major announcement today, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has decided to offer 83 Under Graduate (UG) and 40 Post Graduate (PG) Non-Engineering MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) in the July 2021 semester on its SWAYAM platform.

The Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD), Department of School Education and Literacy is implementing ‘National Scheme of Incentive to Girls for Secondary Education (NSIGSE)’. The objective of the scheme is to establish an enabling environment to reduce the drop outs and promote the enrolment of girl child belonging to SC/ST communities in secondary schools […]

New Delhi: Out of 24 universities listed as “fake” on its website, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has taken legal action against only two of them, while being satisfied with serving only “show cause and warning notices” to most of them. This came in a written reply in Parliament on Thursday by Satya Pal Singh, […]

UGC NET Exam 2019: The National Testing Agency (NTA), the institution that has been conducting the UGC NET exams since 2018, has brought in changes in the syllabus for all the subjects. The University Grants Commission’s (UGC) National Eligibility Test (NET), which is expected to be conducted from June 20 to June 29 will now […]

Bhubaneswar: The University Grants Commission (UGC) is taking all measures to improve the quality of higher education and research in India, informed UGC Secretary Rajnish Jain on the sideline of the 93rd Annual General meeting of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) here on Saturday. Jain said that UGC is drawing up a more comprehensive […]

New Delhi: The University Grants Commission (UGC) today issued a notification to all varsities mentioning that the National Authority for Chemical Weapons Convention (NACWC) has initiated an Internship Scheme for the students and young professionals in the field of chemical safety and security. The details of the scheme are available on the website of NACWC. […]