Who is Padma Jaiswal? IAS officer dismissed over corruption charges; a look at her career and education qualificationsA 2003-batch IAS officer, Padma Jaiswal, has been dismissed by the Centre over corruption charges dating back to 2007-08. The action follow...
UGC notice to Haryana's Al Falah University over 12(B) claimsThe University Grants Commission has issued a notice to Al Falah University in Haryana. The varsity is accused of falsely claiming recognit...
MCI and UGC completely outdated, worst kind of institutions: Amitabh Kant"We have reached a stage where you can’t get into a 9% to 10% growth unless you restructure your institutions. Many of our institutions are...
Why Modi government is replacing UGC with a new higher education regulatorHECI will be a new avatar of UGC with a different vision, focus and powers. While UGC has been vested with grant-giving powers, HECI will h...
Majority of university vacancies to be filled up this year: Prakash JavadekarIn addition to the vacancies at Delhi University, at present 3,315 teaching positions are lying vacant in UGC- funded colleges affiliated t...
Against UGC stand, HRD ministry writes to CAG for audit of deemed universitiesThe ministry and the UGC are caught in a tussle over the legality of auditing private deemed varsities that receive no government funding.
Tamil Nadu Open university gives 12-B statusAccording to an official document available here the infrastructure of the university had been ugraded and new streams of courses had been ...
Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan gets UGC exemption on off-campus centres on HRD ministry's requestIt is not yet clear if government-funded institutions other than the Sanskrit Sansthan will benefit from the exemption or not.
TISS flounders as government fails to bolster it with fundsIn a letter dated April 29, 2015, Parasuraman told the higher education secretary that funds were insufficient even to pay salaries.
18 central varsity introduce choice-based credit systemThe UGC would also conduct eight regional workshops from March 20 to April 16 so that all the universities can be prepared.
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.
UGC to probe sanction of grant to ineligible colleges: GovernmentThe Ministry has also asked the UGC chairman to ensure submission of reply on irrigularities pointed by DG of Audit, Central Expenditure in...
UGC sets 2015 deadline for accreditation by Indian varsitiesUniversity Grants Commission (UGC) has warned higher educational institutes across the country about getting themselves accredited by June ...
- UGC behind 'mediocre varsities & colleges', says House panel
A parliamentary panel has found that only 30% of the universities and 10% of the colleges are of high quality.
- Self-financing institutions can now get UGC grants
Unaided self-financing institutions can now get grants from the University Grants Commission (UGC).
‘UGC funded undeserving universities’UGC has over the years generously funded the dreams of many a deemed university.
- UGC for pvt funding of higher education
Human resource development minister Arjun Singh seems to have finally swallowed the bitter pill of public-private partnership.