NAAC Bribery, UGC’s Diluted Rules: Two Controversies Reflect Crisis in Indian Higher Education
Abhinav Mehrotra, Amit Upadhyay | 06 March 2025 | Scroll.in
Two Indian higher education regulatory authorities – one that maintains standards of teaching, research and university examinations and the other that assesses and accredits universities – are in a mess.
While the University Grants Commission recently passed a resolution empowering universities to appoint individuals who do not hold doctorate degrees as vice-chancellors of universities, seven National Assessment and Accreditation Council officials, including a professor from the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru University, were arrested this month for allegedly taking huge bribes to grant accreditation to dubious educational institutions….