According to the draft, private universities will have to give an undertaking that their campuses will not be allowed to be used for "any a...

"The varsity is facing funds crunch due to seizure of bank accounts and has taken a loan of Rs 15 crore. It has no funds to pay the next mo...

The institute completed the ‘switch-over process’ to become the Mody University of Science and Technology in September 2013.

The instruction came during a review meeting on the functioning of private varsities in the state which was chaired by Education Minister H...

The issue of auditing accounts of such universities has been a contentious one, with the regulator University Grants Commission and the HRD...

The Comptroller & Auditor General of India has finally opened a window which could allow for a government audit of private deemed to be uni...

"We shall have to find out our appropriate place in the realm of higher education and occupy our rightful place in the comity of nations," ...

The ministry and the UGC are caught in a tussle over the legality of auditing private deemed varsities that receive no government funding.

A probe ordered by the vice-chancellor is underway while several private college authorities are expected to land in jail for gross irregul...

Any file which lands up at Jawaharlal Nehru University Vice Chancellor's desk for his approval is now greeted with a stamp which says "kind...

Private varsities seek to woo the aspirants with sprawling campuses, heated pools, beauty salons and even shopping arcades.

Jamia, which already has a dental college and a 100-bed Ansari Health Centre, will need a functional 300-bed hospital to run medical colleg...

Varsity Education provides operational and support services to more than 210 institutes — both schools and junior colleges with 2 lakh stud...

Meghalaya government has issued show cause notice to the CMJ University for closure in view of the irregularities with which the private va...

The proposal to allow private universities in the state got mired in controversy over caste reservations.

Maharashtra Government is likely to issue an ordinance on setting up private universities in the state after the ongoing monsoon session of...

Even though a law on allowing FDI in higher education may still take some time to materialise, higher educational institutes abroad have st...