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The relevance of a degree is to be judged by a wider spectrum consisting of academics, policymakers and VCs and not merely by an agency like the UGC, which is more of a funding body

The All India Students’ Federation (AISF) Osmania University council Friday demanded a thorough investigation into the irregularities in the promotions of senior professors in the university.

The Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, proposed in the 12th FYP, is yet to be established in many HEIs, especially in IITs

Students can now equip themselves with industry and market driven skills in three months to six months, receive certification and also use credits earned from such skill development courses for obtaining their degrees/diplomas.

UGC is set to host an event, 'G20 University Connect,' on Tuesday, September 26, facilitating an interaction between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the academic community

A team of anti-ragging cell of the UGC is likely to arrive here next week to probe the August 10 ragging-related death at Jadavpur University.

Earlier in the week, the JU authorities had sent its first round of clarifications to UGC on actions taken by the university to prevent ragging and harassment of the fresher or first-year students within the university campus and students' hostels.

Qualification obtained from off-shore campuses, according to the UGC, under dual degree or joint degree programmes will only be recognised if the academic programmes satisfy the accreditation requirements in the country where the offshore campus is located and in the country of origin.

The UGC had sought a factual and action-taken report from the varsity after the 17-year-old student died after falling from a second-floor balcony of a hostel last week. His family alleged he was a victim of ragging.

Swapnadip Kundu, a first year student of Bengali honours, had died under mysterious circumstances after falling from the balcony of a students’ hostel on the JU campus on August 10.

The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Wednesday declared 20 universities as "fake" and not empowered to confer any degree with Delhi having eight such institutions, the highest.

Three Government Degree Colleges in erstwhile Khammam district are planning to apply for autonomous status from the UGC

To boost the R&D, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has come out with guidelines on ‘Sustainable and Vibrant University-Industry (UI) Linkage for Indian Universities’.

Association general secretary Dr Mamidala Estari has called for registration of a cheating case against officials who provided false information to NAAC during their three-day visit to the university in May last week

To facilitate HEIs get experienced professional experts in the required area to teach in institutions, the UGC is launching the Professors of Practice (PoP) portal

All HEIs have been directed to come up with an online portal, within three months, where an aggrieved student can submit an application seeking redressal of grievance

Offering courses in coordination with regional universities will help overcome the issues faced by SWAYAM portal, including reach among rural students

The move comes following a letter from the ICMR that suggested for inclusion of sickle cell disorder in the curricula of both school and higher educational institutions

UGC Chairman, Prof. M Jagadesh Kumar said that the Commission would soon launch the ‘UTSAH’ portal to gather information related to qualitative reforms introduced by Higher Educational Institutions

Asking the HEIs to make their state-of-the art resources available to the needy ones, the UGC has authorized the HEIs i.e., host institutions to charge a nominal amount from the guest institutions