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Soon after Independence, the University Education Commission was set up in 1948 under the Chairmanship of Dr. S Radhakrishnan "to report on Indian university education and suggest improvements and extensions that might be desirable to suit the present and future needs and aspirations of the country". It recommended that the University Grants Committee be reconstituted on the general model of the University Grants Commission of the United Kingdom with a full-time Chairman and other members to be appointed from amongst educationists of repute.

INTRODUCTION

The UGC has the unique distinction of being the only grant-giving agency in the country which has been vested with two responsibilities: that of providing funds and that of coordination, determination and maintenance of standards in Institutions of Higher Education.

MANDATE

THE UGC'S MANDATE INCLUDES

Promoting and coordinating university education.

Determining and maintaining standards of teaching, examination and research in universities.

Monitoring developments in the field of college and university education

Disbursing grants to the universities and colleges.

Serving as a vital link between the Union and state governments and institutions of higher learning.

Advising the Central and State governments on the measures necessary for improvement of university education.

Framing regulations on minimum standards of education.

Pursuance to the National Policy on Education (1986),

the UGC de-centralised its working by opening seven

regional offices catering to the states under it. The

objectives of setting up these offices were to bring about

de-centralisation and to ensure that a large number of

colleges through out the country, which are covered

under Section 2(f) and 12(B) of the UGC Act, will have

better opportunites of response to their needs and

problems by way of easier access.

REGIONAL OFFICES

OBJECTIVES

Andhra Pradesh,

Puducherry, Andman &

Nicobar and Tamil Nadu

Southern Eastern Regional

Office (SERO)

Location: Hyderabad

Maharashtra, Gujarat,

Goa, Dadar & Nagar

Haveli, Daman and Diu

Western Regional Office

(WRO) Location: Pune

Chhattisgarh, Madhya

Pradesh and Rajasthan

Central Regional Office (CRO)

Location: Bhopal

Name States Covered

Assam, Meghalaya,

Mizoram, Manipur,

Tripura, Arunachal

Pradesh and Nagaland

North-Eastern Regional Office

(NERO) Location: Guwahati

West Bengal, Bihar, Orissa

and Sikkim

Eastern Regional Office (ERO)

Location: Kolkata

Kerala, Karnataka and

Lakshadweep

South-Western Regional Office

(SWRO) Location: Bangalore

Jammu & Kashmir,

Himachal Pradesh,

Punjab, Chandigarh,

Haryana and Uttar

Pradesh

Northern Regional College

Bureua (NRCB) Location: Delhi

ORGANIZATION

Chairman

Vice Chairman

Secretary

Joint Secretary

Under Secretary

Deputy Secretary

Education Officer

Central Universities

State Universities

Deemed Universities

Private Universities

UNIVERSITIES

Autonomous Colleges

Colleges with Potential for Excellence

Academic Staff Colleges

Community Colleges

COLLEGES Covered under 2(f) & 12(b)

XII PLAN Thrust Areas

ACCESS

UGC CHAIRS IN UNIVERSITIES

CHAIRS IN THE NAME OF ILLUSTRIOUS PERSONS

MOTILAL

NEHRU

Legal Studies

Freedom Movement

MAULANA

ABDUL KALAM

AZAD

Journalism / Education

Urdu and Arabic

Freedom Movement

DR. RAJENDRA

PRASAD

Freedom Movement

Governance

Empowerment of the

marginalized Section

society

LAL BAHADUR

SHASTRI

Sustainable Agr. & Rural

Dev. / Ethics & Governance

Freedom Movement

BABU JAGJIVAN

RAM

RAJIV GANDHI

Panchayati Raj

ICT and Computerization

Youth Empowerment

Peace & conflict

resolution

ACCESS

FOR COLLEGES

Recognition of colleges under Section 2(f) & 12(B)

of the UGC Act 1956

Scheme of Development Assistance to Colleges

for construction of Building

Development Grant to Colleges

ACCESS

FOR BOTH UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES

EQUITY

FOR UNIVERSITIES

EQUITY

FOR COLLEGES

BSR Fellowships in Science for Students

D.S. Kothari PDF in Science

Construction of Women’s Hostel In Universities

Dr. S. Radhakrishnan PDFin Humanities,Social Science and languages

Maulana Azad National Fellowhip for Minority Students

Post Doctoral Fellowship for SCs/STs

Post Doctoral Fellowship for Women (unemployed)

P.G. Scholarship for Professional Courses for SC/ST candidates

EQUITY

FOR BOTH UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES

Post graduate Indira Gandhi scholarship for single girl child

National Fellowship for Other Backward Classes (OBC)

Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship for Students with Disabilities

Post Graduate Scholarship for Professional courses for SCs/STs

ISHAN UDAY Special Scholarship Scheme for North Eastern

Region

Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship for SC/ST Candidate

QUALITY / EXCELLENCE

FOR UNIVERSITIES

QUALITY / EXCELLENCE

FOR COLLEGES

RESEARCH

PROMOTION OF TALENT

SKILL DEVELOPMENT

OTHERS