University Grants Commission

UGC directs universities, colleges to mark Bharatiya Bhasha Utsav on 11 December

Bharatiya Bhasha Utsav will be observed as part of the Central Government’s Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat initiative

Professors of Practice: Varsities able to hire experts as 10% faculty, degree & publications not mandatory, says UGC

According to new guidelines notified by the University Grants Commission on Friday, experts from fields such as engineering, science, media, literature, entrepreneurship, social sciences, fine arts, civil services, and armed forces among others will be eligible to be hired under the category

25% extra seats, no entrance test for foreign students:UGC's plan to increase international outreach

The supernumerary seats for international students will not include the international students under exchange programmes and through Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between institutions or between Indian government and other countries

CUET-UG 4th phase: Students claim centres changing at last minute, seek clarity on retest

The University Grants Commission announced that the candidates affected on Wednesday will get a chance for retest on 25 August

UGC directs colleges to attend virtual meeting on onion processing hackathon

The grand challenge or hackathon initiated by the MoCAFPD is seeking ideas and solutions for the development of technologies for process storage and valorisation of onions.

PM to inaugurate summit to discuss education policy in Varanasi tomorrow

The three-day seminar will bring together over 300 vice chancellors and directors from public and private universities, educationists, and others to deliberate on how the National Education Policy 2020 can be taken further across the country

Teacher was ad-hoc, suspended: Sharda University tells UGC over question comparing Hindutva, fascism

UGC, which regulates higher education in India, had sought a detailed action-taken report from the Greater Noida-located private university over the last week's issue

Now, Indian and foreign colleges can offer joint, dual, twinning degrees: What is this and how will it work?

The UGC believes that this regulation will provide access to 'high-quality education' to all Indian students and lead to the 'internationalisation of higher education'

24 cases of suicides by students of central universities in 5 years: Govt tells Lok Sabha

Rajkumar Ranjan Singh said the central government and the University Grants Commission (UGC) have taken several initiatives to check the incidents of harassment and discrimination of students

UGC warns students against taking admission in programmes offered by Annamalai University

The Annamalai University was only recognised to offer any programme in ODL mode till academic session 2014-15 and accordingly, all ODL programmes offered by the university now are invalid, UGC said