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TopicM jagadesh kumar

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What Oxford & other foreign universities have suggested to UGC to pave way for their entry into India

UGC's draft norms for foreign universities to set up India campuses came out in Jan. Feedback includes suggestions like spelling out faculty eligibility criteria, cluster college approval.

UGC to set up committee of academics to monitor faculty appointments & awarding of PhDs

University Grants Commission has found instances of appointment norms being violated & regulatory bodies getting complaints. Committee will recommend action in case of violations.

UGC launches common portal for faculty recruitment in central universities

The 'CU-Chayan' portal will enable universities to list vacancies and track applications. Applicant can search for jobs using filters like university name, subject, experience etc.

Tech, management courses focus of foreign universities setting up India campus, UGC chief cites ‘job prospects’

Courses offered could include cybersecurity, AI, machine learning, biotechnology, financial management & business analytics chairperson M Jagadesh Kumar told ThePrint.

If it ain’t in ‘national interest’, can’t teach it — UGC’s foreign university rules stump academics

UGC draft rules for foreign universities entering India include clause that they cannot teach courses that jeopardise ‘national interest’, but there is no clarity on what this means.

CUET-UG 2022 results at 10 pm on 15 Sept, candidates can download scorecard from official site

The National Testing Agency conducted the first-ever common entrance test to the country’s central universities in July and August this year.

Common University Entrance Test coming soon for postgraduate courses too, says UGC chairman

UGC also thinking of holding test twice a year, says M. Jagadesh Kumar. CUET announced in March for UG admissions to central universities, but other institutions are also adopting it.

On Camera

Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.