The initial approval will be for 10 years and will be renewed in the ninth year subject to the meeting of certain conditions, says chairperson...

HC expresses concern at rise in sexual harassment on campuses...

The UGC in April last year, approved a proposal allowing students to pursue two full-time degrees simultaneously...

The project would give some students broader academic opportunities at home, even though education abroad means learning also through the exposure to different countries and peoples...

As per the draft norms, foreign universities with campuses in the country can only offer full-time programmes in offline mode and not online or distance learning...

Academics flag different yardsticks being used for Indian public-funded universities and foreign universities wanting to set up campus in India...

Student has been staying away from college since he was allegedly harassed in students’ union office and assaulted in early December...

UGC Chairman M Jagadesh Kumar also stressed that foreign varsities with campuses in the country can only offer full-time programmes in physical mode and not online or distance learning...

Santanu Mitra, chairperson of the fact-finding committee, said the committee had concluded that there was no case of ragging...