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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.
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 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.
Ragging is the term used for the so-called "initiation ritual" practiced in higher education institutions in India, Pakistan, [1] Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.The practice is similar to hazing in North America, fagging in the UK, bizutage in France, praxe in Portugal, and other similar practices in educational institutions across the world.
The UGC regulation requires Universities to make changes in their rules to incorporate provisions for credit mobility and MOOC courses under the SWAYAM platform. Certificates will be given upon completing the criteria of the course taken, and that certificate can be used for credit mobility for academic credits. [ 22 ]
The Council of NITSER (formerly NIT Council) is the governing institution of NIT Trichy, and it includes the minister-in-charge of technical education in the Central Government, the chairmen and the directors of all the NITs, the chairman of the University Grants Commission, the director-general of the Council of Scientific and Industrial ...
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 ...
UGC was designed to maintain the autonomous nature of the universities. The underlying principle is that the Government should not deal directly with the universities, either individually or collectively; instead, it should deal with the UGC, which, in turn, deals directly with the universities.