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University Grants Commission (UGC; ISO: Viśvavidyālaya Anudāna Āyōga) is a statutory body under Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Government of India. It was set up in accordance to the UGC Act 1956 [ 2 ] and is charged with coordination, determination and maintenance of standards of higher education in India.
After completing a postgraduate degree, one of the options is to pursue a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) program. These Ph.D programs cost money and time. To help a scholar there are many Research Fellowship Schemes in India funded by either a government agency or a private one.
The University Grants Commission Act, 1956 [1] is an Act of the Parliament of India. [2] The Act is sometimes referred to as "the UGC Act" and, among other things, regulates central assistance for public universities.
The repository has a collection of over 500,000 theses and 13000 synopses. The Shodhganga repository was created consequent on the University Grants Commission making it mandatory through regulations issued in June 2009 for all universities to submit soft copies of PhD theses and MPhil dissertations to the UGC for hosting in the INFLIBNET. [2] [3]
The regulatory infrastructure for the Institutes of Eminence (IoE) plan was provided by the University Grants Commission (UGC) through the UGC (Declaration of Government Institutions as Institutions of Eminence) Guidelines, 2017 [4] for public institutions and UGC (Institutions of Eminence Deemed to be Universities) Regulations, 2017 [5] for private deemed to be university institutions.
Section 12 (B) of the UGC Act of 1956 also grants the UGC the right to "allocate and disburse, out of the Fund of the Commission, grants to Universities..." [3] As such, the UGC may declare a state private university as "Included under 12(B) of the UGC Act, 1956". Updates to these declarations are done in meetings of the UGC and published in ...
The University Grants Commission–National Eligibility Test (UGC–NET) is a standardised test in India conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on behalf of the University Grants Commission. It is designed to determine the eligibility of candidates for: awarding of the Junior Research Fellowship (JRF), appointment as assistant professor ...
On 1 July 2021, the university grants commission approved the institute for the Deemed University status under section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956. [7] On 23 February 2024, the institute got upgraded as Deemed to be University by the Ministry of Education, Government of India.