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John J. Kennedy | Ensuring Access, Quality As UGC Expands Scope Of Online Learning

John J. Kennedy | Ensuring Access, Quality As UGC Expands Scope Of...

The latest approvals were granted following a thorough vetting process. Under UGC-DEB norms, only institutions that meet...

4 Dec 2025 11:32 PM IST

John J. Kennedy | UGC’s Curricular Framework Is Not Reform, It’s Really A Regressive Step

John J. Kennedy | UGC’s Curricular Framework Is Not Reform, It’s...

The draft framework, and the state-level debates it has already triggered, lay bare a troubling pattern. Courses across...

1 Oct 2025 12:47 AM IST

John J. Kennedy | Will HECI Reform Higher Education In India, Or Simply Rejig Status Quo?

John J. Kennedy | Will HECI Reform Higher Education In India, Or...

The historical reality of duplicated regulators -- UGC for non-technical institutions, AICTE for technical colleges, and...

2 Sept 2025 9:34 PM IST

Interestingly, this is not the first time that the Narendra Modi government has decided to promote nationalism among University students.

Students to take Constitution lessons

A copy of the Preamble to the Constitution of India and Fundamental Duties of Indian Citizens have also been attached...

25 Nov 2017 6:53 AM IST

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Colleges barred from taking students' original documents

City students are happy with the move as they have been set free from all these tedious rules laid down by universities...

12 Oct 2018 2:16 AM IST

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UGC: Beware of unrecognised courses

As per the circular, if IDOL is not recognised, students will be greatly affected and regular courses, too.

22 Nov 2018 1:40 AM IST

Aligarh Muslim University. (Photo: File)

Setback for freedom of academia

The University Grants Commission seems not to have the faintest conception of academic freedom.

11 Nov 2018 12:00 AM IST

Teachers protest at MU campus, Fort.

Govt approves recruitment in colleges

The teachers who are working on contractual basis will be paid double their current salary as per the newly issued...

3 Nov 2018 1:39 AM IST

JNU campus has been on the boil for over a year now with several crackdowns resulting in arrests of students.

Delhi HC to hear JNU's contempt plea against students

The varsity had said that JNU staff and Students Union leaders be asked not to protest within 200 metres of the...

16 Feb 2018 1:22 PM IST

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UGC releases a list of 24 fake varsities in India

These universities have been declared as fake and are not entitled to confer any degrees, it added.

25 April 2018 6:14 AM IST

President Ram Nath Kovind has given his assent on Thursday to the ordinance to amend the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016. (Photo: PTI)

President Kovind approves ordinance on reservation in Teacher's Cadre

He asserted that the government is in favour of 200-point roster.

8 March 2019 1:24 PM IST

A block of AJK Medical College, Muzaffarabad, named after the slain cleric and separatist leader Mirwaiz Muhammad Farooq, father of incumbent Mirwaiz (chief cleric) Umar Farooq.

Row erupts in Valley as UGC bars students from joining PoK institutes

The AICTE asked the J&K government to persuade students not to enrol themselves in any institution in PoK.

17 May 2019 4:58 AM IST