University Grants Commission (India)
University Grants Commission (UGC) is a statutory body set up by the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Government of India in accordance to the UGC Act 1956 and is charged with coordination, determination and maintenance of standards of higher education in India. It provides recognition to universities in India, and disbursements of funds to such recognized universities and colleges. The headquarters are in New Delhi, and it has six regional centres in Pune, Bhopal, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Guwahati and Bangalore. A proposal to replace it with another new regulatory body called HECI is under consideration by the Government of India. The UGC provides doctoral scholarships to all those who clear JRF in the National Eligibility Test. On an average, each year ₹725 crore (US$91 million) is spent on doctoral and post-doctoral fellowships by the commission.
Excerpt from the Wikipedia article University Grants Commission (India) (License: CC BY-SA 3.0, Authors).University Grants Commission (India)
Deen Dayal Upadhyay Road, Delhi
Geographical coordinates (GPS) Address Nearby Places Show on map
Continue reading on Wikipedia
Geographical coordinates (GPS)
Latitude | Longitude |
---|---|
N 28.629166666667 ° | E 77.239722222222 ° |
Address
Dayal Singh Library
Deen Dayal Upadhyay Road
110002 Delhi (Rouse Avenue)
Delhi, India
Open on Google Maps