Academics Air Equivalency Worry over UGC’s New Role in Foreign Degree Recognition
Basant Kumar Mohanty | 23 March 2025 | The Telegraph
The grant of certificates equivalent to degrees awarded by foreign universities to Indian students will be handled by the University Grants Commission (UGC) instead of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU), according to a government decision that has been decried by academics.
Academics have expressed concern over the transfer of responsibility from an independent body like the AIU to a government-controlled agency like the UGC in violation of global practice…