Draft Rules Align With Global Trends: UGC
Hindustan Times Bengaluru|January 09, 2025
The new draft University Grants Commission (UGC) regulations on faculty recruitment and promotions in higher education institutions provide "greater clarity" about the role of the chancellor in selecting the vice-chancellor, UGC chairperson M Jagadesh Kumar said on Wednesday, as he denied allegations of the recently released draft norms granting governors broader control over V-C appointments.
Sanjay Maurya

NEW DELHI:

On January 6, Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan released draft norms for feedback from stakeholders till February 5. The draft norms—which seek to revise the 2018 UGC regulations on faculty appointments and promotions in universities—have fixed the role of the chancellor as chairperson of a three-member search-cum-selection panel and opened the V-C's positions to non-academics, too. Both these provisions evoked sharp criticism from leaders of opposition-ruled states such as Tamil Nadu and Kerala, and academicians.

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