PM Modi, Education minister must be held accountable for 'cover up': Congress on NTA claims on NEET examCongress criticizes NTA officials' claims of no NEET exam leak, calling it a cover-up and accusing the government of collusion with paper l...
22 May, 2026, 12.00 PM IST
Recent UGC, NCERT rows could have been avoided: Dharmendra PradhanUnion Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has labelled recent controversies surrounding UGC equity regulations and an NCERT textbook as a...
28 Mar, 2026, 01.28 PM IST
Congress says higher education Bill violative of federal structure, raises 7 'serious concerns'The Congress party has raised significant objections to the proposed Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill. They claim the bill infringes u...
19 Mar, 2026, 01.30 PM IST
Computerised or paper: UGC-NET exam flip-flop raises questionsAmid the NEET exam leak controversy, another dispute has emerged over the University Grants Commission (UGC) switching the National Eligibi...
02 Jul, 2024, 11.57 PM IST
UGC NET New Exam Date 2024: NTA announces new dates for June session. Check detailsUGC NET 2024: The National Testing Agency (NTA) has announced new dates for the UGC NET June session due to previous postponements. The NCE...
29 Jun, 2024, 11.37 AM IST
Wait for UGC approval gets longer for Azim Premji University as 'further compliance' soughtAlthough they are taken aback, APU officials said they will work on the "shortcomings" pointed out by the UGC committee.
20 Jun, 2016, 01.40 AM IST
HRD ministry, NITI Aayog examine Gautam panel report on UGCThe HRD Ministry and NITI Aayog have begun examining the report of the Hari Gautam panel, which has raised serious questions about the func...
02 Aug, 2015, 11.32 AM IST
Panel suggests replacing UGC with new statutory agencyIn far reaching recommendations, a panel set up to evaluate UGC's performance has suggested replacing the body altogether with a new statut...
01 Apr, 2015, 08.57 PM IST
UGC a failure, must be scrapped: HRD panelThe panel said that the regulator not only has "failed to fulfill its mandate but also has not been able to deal with emerging diverse comp...
01 Apr, 2015, 09.29 AM IST
UGC overlooks rules in forming panel for inspection of deemed universitiesHRD ministry sources justified the constitution of the committee on the ground that it is not a regular inspection committee but could not ...
30 Oct, 2014, 12.45 PM IST
UGC panel finds most deemed universities don’t fulfill criteriaIn January, a new committee was set up by UGC to assess 'C' grade universities. UGC will discuss the new committee report on Sept 22 and 23.
08 Sep, 2014, 12.14 PM IST
Panel set up to prepare University Grants Commission recast planHRD Minister Smriti Irani had made restructuring and revamping of the UGC one of her top priorities.
04 Aug, 2014, 04.37 AM IST
National Eligibility Test not to be conducted by UGC nowA decision to this effect was taken at the meeting of the University Grants Commission held on Tuesday. The CBSE will conduct the NET exami...
23 Jul, 2014, 11.38 AM IST
Smriti Irani to decide four-year undergraduate programme's fate on UGC committee suggestionsThe ministry will take a final call on whether the programme is to scrapped, continued or altered on the basis of the observations and sugg...
06 Jun, 2014, 04.14 AM IST
DU's 4-year UG programme: UGC names advisory panel to track progressAll speculation about the launch of the much-debated four-year under graduate programme by DU has been put to an end with UGC today constit...
04 Jun, 2013, 10.14 PM IST
- Good higher education needs better paid teachers & more research
Teaching and research must be integrated. Action at the higher education level alone will not improve the quality of our graduates.
10 Sep, 2011, 06.28 AM IST
- UGC committee recommends additional 735 universities
To increase the enrolment rate in higher education, a UGC committee has suggested starting an additional 735 universities in the country du...
03 Aug, 2008, 09.39 AM IST