Samir V Kamat, DRDO chairman, obtained his BTech (Hons) in 1985 from IIT Kharagpur and, in the next three years, completed his PhD from the Ohio State University in 1988. Amit Kumar at IIT Delhi did his BTech from IIT Kanpur in 1997 and obtained his PhD in 2002 from Cornell University. He is a […]
Tag Archives: UGC
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The University Grants Commission (UGC) through its recent directive has to smoothen the process for private universities to get the status of ‘deemed to be universities. As per the newly modified draft of ‘deemed to be universities, institutions with as many as five departments that have secured NAAC accreditation of 3.1 consecutively for three years […]
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University Grants Commission, UGC has asked all colleges and universities to work towards making changes in ordinances and statutes. Indian varsities have been asked to do this in order to work towards hiring more Professors of Practice. As per an official notice released by UGC, dates November 14, 2022, “Vice-Chancellors of Universities and Principals of […]
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Celebrating the democratic traditions of India, the University Grants Commission (UGC) in collaboration with the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) is planning to organize special lectures, starting from 15th November to 30th November 2022, in 45 central universities and 45 deemed to be universities across the country, UGC Chairman M Jagadesh Kumar said on […]
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On Saturday, the Union Education Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, launched a 100-day reading campaign titled ‘Padhe Bharat’. The launch of the campaign is in alignment with the National Education Policy 2020 that lays emphasis on the promotion of joyful reading culture for children by ensuring the availability of age-appropriate reading books for children in the local/mother tongue/regional/tribal language.
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In the Central Universities across India, there are a total of 313 professor-level posts. These posts are being authorized for the applicants belonging to Other Backward Classes (OBCs). But recently it has been found that appointments of OBC professor for the professor-level post have only been made for 2.8 percent of the total posts as of August 2020.
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The University Grants Commission warned the universities and colleges against retaining the original documents of the faculty members. The act of retaining original documents is similar to denying them their rights. The University Grants commission warned the universities and colleges against retaining the original documents of the faculty members. It is being said that […]
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The UGC (Open and Distance Learning Programmes and Online Degree Programmes) Regulations, 2020, were informed on Friday. It laid the framework for online degrees as well as distance learning programmes. On 6th September the higher education regulator University Grants Commission (UGC) released directives for online degree programmes. It laid the framework for online degrees as […]
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Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Madras Study) researchers have shown that spike protein vaccines may be effective against multiple variants of Coronavirus (SARS COV-2). The results of the IIT Madras study suggest that the attack by selected variants Delta plus, Gamma, Zeta, Mink and Omicron may be dealt with by vaccine-induced T-cell responses despite the compromised neutralising antibodies responses.
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From perceptible macro-level reforms to subtle nuanced shifts, India’s education system is undergoing a sea change under the New Education Policy (NEP), 2020. The University Grants Commission (UGC) is now aiming at combining NEET and JEE (Main) with the CUET to create a One Nation One Exam for all purposes. Talking to Vibha Sharma, UGC Chairman M Jagadesh Kumar spoke about important issues concerning the students. Excerpts: