UG students to soon get option to shorten, extend duration of degree courses: UGC chief Jagadesh KumarThe University Grants Commission (UGC) has announced new regulations allowing undergraduate students to accelerate or extend their degree p...
28 Nov, 2024, 07.06 PM IST
Draft UGC norms: One-year PG may be allowed for those with 4-year UG; PG students may change discipline, modeAccording to recommendations made in the new National Education Policy (NEP), for students completing a four-year bachelor's programme with...
16 Nov, 2023, 10.49 PM IST
From Learning to Leading: The Comprehensive Scope of a PhD Programme in HR ManagementVarious colleges across India offer a three to five-year-long PhD program in human resource management. The curriculum emphasizes communica...
17 Aug, 2023, 06.22 PM IST
Decision on mandatory PhD for asst professors reversed; UGC decides on NET to be minimum criteriaThe University Grants Commission (UGC) has reversed its previous decision on mandatory PhD qualifications for assistant professors, making ...
05 Jul, 2023, 05.19 PM IST
DU, AMU, Visva Bharti among 105 varsities introducing 4-year UG courses from new session: UGCThe Central universities opting for the four-year UG courses are -- Delhi University, Aligarh Muslim University, Viswa Bharti university, A...
14 Jun, 2023, 05.10 PM IST
University of Melbourne to offer Bachelor of Science dual degree with three Indian varsitiesIn addition, Indian students can study up to six masters subjects in their final year so they can fast-track a masters degree from a suite ...
09 Mar, 2023, 07.18 PM IST
2022: CUET's rocky debut, delayed academic session, return to single term board exams few education sector highlightsWhile the CBSE and CISCE board exams returned to the format of one single exam in a year rather than split terms, the NCERT dropped portion...
31 Dec, 2022, 01.38 PM IST
Jamia Millia sets up panel to look into implementation of UGC directive on 4-year UG programmesJamia Millia Islamia has set up a committee to look into implementation of the University Grants Commission's directive on rolling out four...
26 Dec, 2022, 03.40 PM IST
Multidisciplinary degrees for college students and NEP enabled higher education pathwaysOver 94% of the learners stated that they would like to pursue multidisciplinary degrees which allowed them to choose subjects from differe...
26 Dec, 2022, 02.31 PM IST
UGC new draft norms: UG 'honours' degree only after completing 4 years and not threeThe draft 'curriculum and credit framework for four-year undergraduate programmes' prepared in accordance with National Education Policy is...
10 Dec, 2022, 10.23 AM IST
Agniveers can become graduates; UGC to allow 50% credits for in-service trainingThe University Grants Commission and the Indira Gandhi National Open University have also started working together to recognise the skills ...
16 Jun, 2022, 12.18 AM IST
UGC allows students to pursue dual degree programmes simultaneously"As announced in the new National Education Policy (NEP) and in order to allow students to acquire multiple skills, UGC is coming up with n...
13 Apr, 2022, 03.38 PM IST
Education institutes ordered to cut ties with edtech firmsIn a red-letter notice issued on Sunday, University Grants Commission and the All India Council for Technical Education asked higher educat...
17 Jan, 2022, 02.38 PM IST
IIMs defend single-year MBA Degree citing IIM Act, National Education PolicyIn July this year, the education ministry had told the IIMs that their decision to award a degree instead of diploma for the course violate...
27 Nov, 2020, 04.18 PM IST
UGC to work on plan to make father's name optional on degrees"We are okay with the idea. Whether the student wants to mention mother's name or father's name should be his or her choice," Prakash Javad...
30 May, 2017, 03.22 PM IST
Give 3-year degree for non-tech courses: UGCUniversity has been asked to either make the course for three years or make the fourth year optional only for those who want to undertake r...
23 Aug, 2014, 10.43 AM IST
- Indian animation industry set to grow to $2.9 bn by 2015
The fastest growing animation industry is set to grow to USD 2.9 billion by 2015 from the present USD 1.8 billion.
08 Jul, 2012, 06.04 PM IST