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UGC Set to Launch Five Schemes To Boost Research on Varsity Campuses: M Jagadesh Kumar

UGC Set to Launch Five Schemes To Boost Research on Varsity Campuses: M Jagadesh Kumar

India’s higher education sector regulator University Grants Commission (UGC) is set to launch a gamut of schemes to encourage scholars – ranging from women experts to skilled faculty members – to engage in cutting-edge research so that Indian institutions surge ahead in the field of knowledge creation. In an exclusive interaction with TOI, UGC chairperson […]

United States To Co-Operate With Kerala In Higher Education Sector

United States To Co-Operate With Kerala In Higher Education Sector

The United States of America will co-operate with Kerala in its activities in the higher education sector. The US Consul General in Chennai, Judith Ravin informed her consent in this regard during her meeting with Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan here on Wednesday, a CMO release said. Kerala is going to focus on the higher education […]

UGC Asks HEIs to Follow Educational Recommendations in NITI Aayog’s Urban Planning Reforms

Tie-ups Between Indian and Foreign Universities Simplified

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has directed all colleges, universities, and higher education institutions to comply with the recommendations in ‘Reforms in Urban Planning Capacity in India’, a report by NITI Aayog’s advisory committee. The report lists down a set of 14 recommendations for reforms. Some of these are pertaining to higher education. The Advisory […]

JNU Vice-Chancellor Says Holistic Nature Of Knowledge Very Important, Indian Tradition Has Seen It

JNU Vice-Chancellor Says Holistic Nature Of Knowledge Very Important, Indian Tradition Has Seen It

Jawaharlal Nehru University Vice-Chancellor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit on Thursday said holistic nature of knowledge is very important, adding it was the Indian way of gaining knowledge. Addressing an event here, she contended that “we have come from a unique civilization where our narrative, unlike Abrahamic civilization, is feminist”. She was speaking at the valedictory session […]

Delhi University Executive Council To Meet Friday; Admissions Based On CUET On Agenda

Delhi University Asks Students To Wear Indian Attire With 'Angvastra' For Convocation

The Delhi University’s executive council is scheduled to meet on Friday to discuss a host of issues, including a Rs 1,000 crore loan from HEFA and admissions solely based on Common University Entrance Test (CUET) scores. The university’s academic council, in its meeting held on Monday, approved that admissions to the varsity be held solely […]

NIIT University Wins The Prestigious TERI Water Sustainability Award Under Domestic Water Users Category

NIIT University Wins The Prestigious TERI Water Sustainability Award Under Domestic Water Users Category

Established with a vision to bring about innovation in higher education and learning in emerging areas of the knowledge society, the not-for-profit NIIT University (NU) wins the first Water Sustainability Award 2021-2022. The award, which has been instituted by TERI in association with UNDP, to initiate a dialogue to encourage the Sustainable Development of Water, […]

UGC Draft Framework Would be Disastrous for Research, Say Academics

Tie-Ups Between Indian And Foreign Universities Simplified

After much speculation, University Grants Commission (UGC), the regulatory authority for central universities in the country, released its draft curriculum framework for four-year undergraduate programmes and the stakeholders can submit their comments till April 4, 2022. The final framework will be put in place to be taught at educational institutions in accordance with the New […]

Education Reforms To Meet Global Standards In Education In India

Dharmendra Pradhan

The Ministry of Education has announced the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 on 29.07.2020 after obtaining approval from the Union Cabinet. The NEP-2020, inter-alia, envisions setting up of Model public Universities for holistic and multidisciplinary education, at par with IITs, IIMs, etc., called MERUs (Multidisciplinary Education and Research Universities) which will aim to attain the […]

Mixed Response from Educationists on UGC’s 4-Year UG Programme

UGC India’s Official Twitter Handle Hacked, Account Restored

The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Thursday invited comments/suggestions/feedback from all stakeholders on the draft framework ‘Curricular Framework and Credit System for Four Year UG Programme’. This has evoked a mixed response from the educationists of the state. The four-year undergraduate program (FYUGP) draft prepared by the UGC seeks to equip students with capacities in […]

AICTE, UGC To Organise National-Level Crossword Contest

The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and the University Grants Commission (UGC) are organizing a national-level crossword contest called National Inter-college Crossword Contest 2022 (NICE-22) for students of higher education. The NICE-22 crossword contest will be held between March and August 2022 in three stages. The crossword contest will be conducted in a […]