To encourage women and the differently-abled to pursue research, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has relaxed norms allowing students eight years instead of present six to complete Ph.D and three years instead of two to complete M.Phil degrees.
New Delhi: Though the UGC has assured the agitating students of reviewing the decision of scrapping the non-NET fellowship, the protesters from universities across Delhi have decided to continue with their agitation.Hundreds of students from
New Delhi: A protest by students here against the UGC's move to scrap non-NET fellowship escalated today and led to police detaining scores of them as they tried to enter the premises of the academic
New Delhi: Protests over scrapping of non-National Eligibility Test (NET) fellowship by UGC continued for the second day today with students from different academic institutions staging protests and demanding resumption of the fellowship.Large number of
New Delhi: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has been sanctioned Rs 6.18 crore for providing Wi-Fi facility in universities, parliament was informed on Wednesday.Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani, in a written reply to the
New Delhi: The HRD ministry on Friday set up a committee to attract and retain talented teachers in the central government funded educational institutions to combat the problem of teacher vacancies.The committee will also be
New Delhi: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked universities to consider using handloom fabric for ceremonial dresses prescribed for occasions like convocations.The directive has been issued in the light of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal
New Delhi: With an aim of conserving college campuses which are more than 100 years old, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has granted "heritage" status to 19 institutions across the country and has approved financial
Warning students to refrain from enrolling in fake institutions, the UGC has released a list of 21 bogus varsities of which eight are in Uttar Pradesh and six in Delhi.In a notification issued on Wednesday,
New Delhi: Warning students to refrain from enrolling in fake institutions, the UGC has released a list of 21 such bogus varsities of which eight are in Uttar Pradesh and six in Delhi.In a notification
The University Grants Commission (UGC) is actively considering relaxing its norms which would enable distance education institutions to offer MPhil and PHD programmes, benefiting nearly 10,000 students.The matter will be put before the next meeting
Guwahati: Concerned about the honour and identity of the people of northeast region living in the national capital, the Centre has set up a special security cell and asked CBSE and UGC to incorporate lessons
CBSE is all set to announce the board results of the XIIth standard by the end of this month. This is the time when, apart from the results, choosing a college, university, and course worries
New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir Education Minister Naeem Akhtar today met HRD Minister Smriti Irani here and sought her intervention in expediting the release of special fund to rebuild the flood-hit infrastructure in education sector
New Delhi: The Human Resource Development Ministry of Narendra Modi government has upheld its predecessor UPA government's decision to blacklist 44 universities and has rejected University Grants Commission (UGC)'s recommendations to clear 34 of them.The
Congress accepted Sonia Gandhi as leader because of her 'white-skin', says Giriraj SinghUnion Minister Giriraj Singh today courted another controversy by making a shocking remark about colour of Congress president Sonia Gandhi's skin.He said that
New Delhi: A HRD panel, set up to review the working of the University Grants Commission (UGC), has suggested scrapping of the regulator citing its failure to fulfill its mandate and not being able to
New Delhi: The UGC has set up an expert committee to review the existing syllabus of defence and strategic studies in the country, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar told the Lok Sabha today.In a written reply,
Bengaluru: Dissatisfied with the Centre for not fulfilling their demand for a hike in scholarship and fellowship stipends; the research students across India continue to carry out protests and hunger strikes across the country.Another government
New Delhi: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has directed the introduction of Grading system in all Indian universities from 2015-16. The universities have also been mandated to standardize their examinations and follow a semester pattern
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