Govt had sought suggestions from higher education institutions after Radhakrishnan committee, tasked with strengthening accreditation system, submitted its report.
Last month, NAAC chairman Bhushan Patwardhan resigned after highlighting ‘problems’ plaguing accreditation process. Now the body’s responding with immediate, short-term solutions.
New guidelines will help Sanskrit universities and colleges get NAAC accreditation, which will help them be included in national and international rankings.
The extreme degree of centralisation in the UGC system that has grown 60-fold since 1950 has had negative effects on the quality of higher education in India.
Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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