The University Grants Commission (UGC) is India's higher education regulator established in 1956. It coordinates and maintains standards in universities and allocates funding. The UGC works to develop universities as centers of excellence, foster collaboration, and help universities with staff development and student mobility. It determines academic standards, supports research, frames regulations, and monitors university functions.

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3. University Grants Commission(UGC))
 Motto : Gyan-Vigyan Vimuktaye (Knowledge Liberates)
 Formation : 1956
 Headquarters : New Delhi
 Location : India
 Chairman : Prof. Ved Prakash
 Affiliations : Department of Higher Education, Ministry of
Human Resource Development

4. OBJECTIVES
 To coordinate , determine & maintain the standards
of university education.
 To ensure the quality of university education
 To develop universities as centers of excellence
 To assess the financial needs of the universities &
formulate and implement proper plans and
programs

5.  To foster national, regional and international
linkages & collaboration in the field of teaching and
learning
 To helps the universities in staff development,
student mobility etc.
 To organize & motivate the universities to act as
agents of change by creating new frontiers of
knowledge.

6. Functions of UGC
 To enquire into the financial needs of the
universities
 Allocate and disburse grants to universities and
colleges for their development and maintenance
 Advising central & state governments on the
measures for the improvement of university
education
 Promote & co-ordinate university education

7.  Determine and maintains standards of teaching,
examination & research in universities
 Support and co-ordinate research programmes of
universities
 Frame regulations on minimum standards of university
education
 Monitor academic functions of universities
 Make rules and regulations for the appointment &
service of teachers and other staffs in the university
and colleges.

8.  Conducts examinations like NET, JRF, SRF etc.
 Serving as a vital link b/w the central & state
governments and institutions of higher learning
 Collect and disseminate information on all matters
relating to university education in India and abroad

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