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Saturday, November 2, 2024
TopicUniversity Grants Commission

Topic: University Grants Commission

‘Need to see exact regulations’ — UK universities await UGC’s final norms for foreign campuses

UGC chairman Professor M. Jagadesh Kumar says regulations for foreign universities looking to set up campuses in India 'in final stage & will be announced soon'.

BS for arts courses & ‘Hons with Research’: UGC expert panel suggests new degree nomenclature

Recommendations released by UGC Thursday. They come at a time when the implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 is afoot.

UGC asks higher institutes to create 25% extra seats for international students

The UGC guidelines said these additional seats will not include international students under exchange programmes or/and through MoUs.

Practice makes perfect? How you can be a professor with just your work experience

Professionals with 15 years of experience may be initially hired in universities and colleges for up to one year and their term can later be extended to a maximum of 4 years, says UGC.

Students can now get joint & dual degrees from Indian & foreign institutes, UGC approves rules

According to draft UGC regulations, higher education institutions in India can collaborate with foreign counterparts for credit recognition and transfer, twinning arrangements.

Pursuing maths & music degrees together? Why UGC’s 2-degree programme has divided professors

UGC Wednesday sent official guidelines on its proposed two-degree programme, a policy change that will allow students to pursue two degrees at once, to colleges and universities.

Students will now be able to pursue two degrees together, UGC finalises guidelines

UGC has been planning this move for a long time, received a go-ahead for it in 2020. Guidelines were finalised and made official Tuesday by UGC chairman M. Jagadesh Kumar. 

CUET 2022 registration to begin from 2 April, NTA issues guideline

University Grants Commission Chairman M. Jagadesh Kumar said with CUET in place there was no need for students to write multiple exams for admission in UG programs.

Lateral entry in teaching? UGC working to bring in experts without PhD or NET qualification

UGC has proposed allowing industry experts in fields like engineering, policy, communications, among others, to teach as full-time and part-time faculty members in colleges & universities.

IITs to offer medicine courses? Draft UGC rules call for phasing out domain-specific institutes

University Grants Commission draft guidelines released Saturday seek to potentially transform the higher education system as seen today.

On Camera

As a Hindu Canadian, I am deeply hurt by cancellation of Diwali. My community is now sidelined

Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

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.

Indian firms sanctioned by US didn’t violate laws, says MEA. Hyderabad firm that supplied to Army on list

Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

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.