UGC urges colleges, varsities to send ideas for state-of-the-art digital experience for G20 meetings

UGC urges colleges, varsities to send ideas for state-of-the-art digital experience for G20 meetings

The University Grants Commission (UGC) today asked varsities, colleges to encourage their students and faculty to come up with ideas for the creation of state-of-the-art digital experience for G20 meetings. National e-Governance Division (NeGD), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India are now inviting applications for expression of interest from interested Indian […]

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UGC changes PhD requirements, DU Admissions 2022, NEET counselling and more — Education news this week

UGC changes PhD requirements, DU Admissions 2022, NEET counselling and more — Education news this week

A lot has happened in the education sector in the week gone by. The Supreme Court gave several order regarding NEET PG counselling, EWS quota and asked the Centre about the status of Ukraine-returned students. The UGC scrapped the mandatory rule for getting research paper published in peer-reviewed journals and a lot more. Check the […]

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UGC: Not mandatory to publish in journals before final PhD thesis

UGC: Not mandatory to publish in journals before final PhD thesis

IN NEW regulations for doctoral programmes notified Monday, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has scrapped the mandatory requirement of getting research papers published in peer-reviewed journals before the final submission of a PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) thesis. So far, it was mandatory for M.Phil (Master of Philosophy) scholars to present at least one research paper […]

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UGC, AICTE asks affiliated institutions to celebrate ‘Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas’ on November 15

UGC, AICTE asks affiliated institutions to celebrate ‘Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas’ on November 15

The UGC in the notice said that they want education institutions to carry out activities like debate competitions among students on the theme ‘Contribution of Janjati Heroes in Freedom Struggle’. Students shall be felicitated for their work. Spread the legacy of tribal leaders like Birsa Munda and other personalities and unsung tribal heroes. “All the […]

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UGC issues revised guidelines for ‘deemed to be universities’

UGC issues revised guidelines for ‘deemed to be universities’

The University Grants Commission (UGC) today announced modified regulations for deemed to be universities to make them in tune with the broader policies of higher education as contained in the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. According to the revised regulations, multi-disciplinary institutions with minimum five departments (eitherUG/ PG/ integrated/ research or a combination of these) […]

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Imbibe spirit of ‘Panch Pran’: UGC to educational institutes

Imbibe spirit of ‘Panch Pran’: UGC to educational institutes

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked all higher educational institutions (HEIs) to work on modalities to imbibe the spirit of the ‘Panch Pran’ and Lifestyle for the Environment (LiFE) mission, that was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 15. UGC has urged HEIs to follow the ‘panch pran’ as, guided by the […]

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Vice Chancellors to ‘politely’ respond to Kerala Governor citing University Acts and Statutes

Vice Chancellors to ‘politely’ respond to Kerala Governor citing University Acts and Statutes

Vice Chancellors informed The Hindu that once Governor Arif Mohammed Khan decides to cancel their appointments, legal recourse would be a definite option Vice Chancellors informed The Hindu that once Governor Arif Mohammed Khan decides to cancel their appointments, legal recourse would be a definite option The Vice Chancellors who had received notices from Kerala […]

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UGC directs institutes to register students at ABC portal: How to login, participating universities

UGC directs institutes to register students at ABC portal: How to login, participating universities

The University Grants Commission (UGC) will soon ask all higher education institutes (HEIs) offering online and ODL programmes to mandatorily register their students at the Academic Bank of Credit (ABC) portal — abc.gov.in. What is ABC portal? ABC portal is a national-level facility to promote flexibility of curriculum framework and interdisciplinary/ multidisciplinary academic mobility of […]

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Online PhD programmes offered by edtech firms with foreign varsities not recognised: UGC, AICTE

Online PhD programmes offered by edtech firms with foreign varsities not recognised: UGC, AICTE

THE UNIVERSITY Grants Commission (UGC) and the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) have issued a notice advising people against signing up for online PhDs offered by edtech companies in collaboration with foreign educational institutions, saying such programmes are not recognised by it. In the notice, the higher education regulators said students and the […]

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