University Grants Commission (India)
| विद्यापीठ अनुदान आयोग | |
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| Abbreviation | UGC |
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| Motto | Gyan-Vigyan Vimuktaye (Knowledge Liberates) |
| Formation | 1956 |
| Headquarters | New Delhi |
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Chairman
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Prof. Ved Prakash |
| Affiliations | Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, NCERT |
| Website | www.ugc.ac.in |
Coordinates: 28°37′45″N 77°14′23″E / 28.62917°N 77.23972°E
The University Grants Commission of India (UGC India) is a statutory body set up by the Indian Union government in accordance to the UGC Act 1956 under Ministry of Human Resource Development, and is charged with coordination, determination and maintenance of standards of higher education. It provides recognition to universities in India, and disburses funds to such recognised universities and colleges. Prof. Ved Prakash is the incumbent Chairman of UGC, India. Its headquarters is in New Delhi, and six regional centres in Pune, Bhopal, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Guwahati and Bangalore.
UGC is modelled after University Grants Committee of UK which was an advisory committee of the British government and advised on the distribution of grant funding amongst the British universities. The committee was in existence from 1919 until 1989.
The UGC was first formed in 1945 to oversee the work of the three Central Universities of Aligarh, Banaras and Delhi. Its responsibility was extended in 1947 to cover all Indian universities.
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