Malabika Sarkar, who is the third VC of the Ashoka University, said she looked forward to working with the faculty and students to build a world class university. read more

Academicians say: Some top institutions didn’t register for survey. It should serve as a wake-up call for UP colleges. read more

While some feel power to decide the curricula helps, others say it doesn’t mean much without say in finances read more

University’s right-wing groups bank on nationalism and Pulwama attacks while Left-leaning students are focussing on unemployment and the farm crisis to win support. read more

Bhushan Patwardhan, vice-chairman, University Grants Commission (UGC) said that under the Paramarsh scheme, the UGC has created a mechanism to encourage colleges and educational institutions to apply for Naac accreditation. read more

Students keen to pitch ideas towards creating an impactful syllabus read more

From the next academic year, the new autonomous colleges can introduce their own curriculum and assessment method. All the institutes had scored 3.51 or more out of 4 during their last assessment by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAA... read more

MU was last accredited by NAAC in April 2012 and had received ‘A’ grade, which was valid till March 31, 2017 read more

The grading provided by the council is crucial for funds and grants allotted to a varsity by the University Grants Commission (UGC) they said. Last year, the Jawaharlal Nehru University was ranked “A++” in the NAAC review. read more

Mentor institutions, under University Grants Commission (UGC)’s ‘Paramarsh’ scheme, will have to guide the mentees in achieving high-quality standards, said a UGC member. read more

The UGC notice served recently has sought answers to a number of irregularities found in the proceedings of the managing trust which might jeopardise the university status of TMV, located in Mukundnagar. read more

Although the government is pushing for autonomy for more colleges affiliated with state universities, National Accreditation and Assessment Council (NAAC) is yet to grade more than 70% of the institutes read more

At present, only 15 per cent of the higher educational institutes in the country are accredited read more

Various grade ‘A’ colleges from across Mumbai, including Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics, SK Somaiya College of Arts and Science, DG Ruparel College of Arts, Science and Commerce and RA Podar College of Commerce and Economics are on the... read more

Multiple government and semi-government agencies will be allowed to accredit educational institutions in addition to the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) and National Board of Accreditation (NBA) read more