Ugc News

State Andhra Pradesh may very soon have its own Teacher Education centre in state. The UGC Commission has decided to set up an Inter University Teacher Training Centre in Andhra Pradesh. The main purpose of this centre is to conduct ...

The Bihar Government has directed all the Universities across the state to apply for NAAC accreditation (National Assessment and Accreditation Council) for availing development grants from the UGC and other funding agencies, at the earliest. The Universities have been asked ...

Following the approval of National Forest Commission (NFC), the University Grants Commission (UGC) has notified various universities and institutions to encourage Research and Ecology. The notification says, the UGC deputy secretary Shakeel Ahmad, has made it clear that the move ...

Kolkata, Aug (IANS): Sam Pitroda, adviser to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Thursday voiced concern over the quality of education in India and called for educational reforms by replacing age-old systems and changing mindsets. Some people in authority are living in ...

UGC (University Grants Commission) has sent a letter to the education ministry stating that private universities cannot run outer campus, as it violates the rules of 'Private University Act 2010'. Hereby, the UGC has recommended the ministry to take legal ...

A bill seeking to set up country's first university exclusively for women at Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh was introduced in the Lok Sabha. The university, which would focus on advanced disciplines of education, would be named after late Prime ...

New Delhi, Aug (IANS): The University Grants Commission (UGC) would again conduct the national eligibility test (NET) Sep 8 for students of Delhi and Ranchi who could not appear when it was originally held on June 30, an official statement said ...

The University Grant Commission (UGC) and the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) have asked Universities and Technical Institutions to introduce Cyber Security and Information Security as a subject at the Under-Graduate and Post-Graduate levels. This was stated by ...

The Government has decided to set up a Committee for recommending changes to the provisions of the Universities for Research and Innovation Bill, 2012 and suggest a roadmap for future. The ten member Committee will by headed by Prof. Ramakrishna ...

After observing that the country is facing shortage of quality teachers, both in schools and colleges/universities, the UGC (University Grants Commission) is all set to improve the quality of teachers. For this, the centre is contemplating setting up an Inter-university ...

New Delhi,(IANS): The Delhi University Teacher's Association (DUTA) held a protest Monday against the human resource development ministry's decision to introduce the point system for teachers' appointment and promotions and granting autonomy to some colleges under the varsity. DUTA also ...

We have thousands of Indian students settled in the US, who have embraced the customs and traditions of America whole-heartedly. Now, it is time for American students to know about India; our culture, art and growth story. The UGC (University ...

The program aims to encourage research cooperation between Israeli and Indian scientists. The program is activated due to an agreement of cooperation between the University Grant Council (UGC) and the Israel Science Foundation(ISF) and is funded by the Indian and ...

University Grants Commission (UGC) is actively considering to outsource the UGC-NET (National Eligibility Test) exam held for candidates who wish to qualify for university level teaching jobs or for junior research fellowship. The matter came up for exhaustive deliberation today ...