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With effect from academic year 2024-25, for which academic sessions begin from October 2024, UGC has introduced a new procedure for the students enrolling in Open and Distance Learning (ODL) or Online Learning programs, to ensure enrolment only in the Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) approved by the Distance Education Bureau (DEB) of University Grants Commission, with an aim to enhance transparency in admissions.

During 2022, UGC had abolished the M.Phil. programs in India, in accordance with the recommendations of the National Education Policy 2020 - NEP 2020. The Section 14 of the UGC gazetted notification, "University Grants Commission (Minimum Standards and Procedures for Award of Ph.D. Degree) Regulations, 2022", dated 7th November, 2022, stated that "Grant of M.Phil. Degree.- Higher Educational Institutions shall not offer the M.Phil.(Master of Philosophy) programme".

National Institutional Ranking Framework:

NIRF Rankings were introduced by Ministry of Education, Government of India during 2016 under four categories. With effect from 2017, NIRF introduced an additional category of rankings - Overall. Irrespective of discipline or category for which an institution has applied, it is considered eligible for a common Overall rank, if it has at least 1,000 enrolled students (calculated based on the approved intake); or is a centrally-funded institute or a university / deemed-to-be-a-university funded by the Government of India.

India Rankings 2024 or NIRF Rankings 2024 will be released by National Institutional Ranking Framework, Ministry of Education, Government of India, on August 12, 2024 at 3:00 PM IST.

NIRF 2024 Rankings will be released on 12th August 2024, at 3:00 PM IST.

NIRF Rankings are the Indian Rankings, officially  declared by National Institutional Rankings Framework, Ministry of Education, Government of India.

Please recall that the following Institutions / Colleges topped their respective categories last year - NIRF 2023 Rankings, or ranked number 1:

NIRF 2023 Top Ranked Institutes, category-wise:

The University Grants Commission of India - UGC, notified the Redressal of Grievances of Students Regulations, 2023, in the Official Gazette on 11 April 2023.

Under these Regulations, all universities existing in India (1163 as on today's date) were asked to appoint Ombudsperson(s) for the redressal of grievances of students, within 30 days of the notification, i.e., latest by 10 May 2023. Letters addressed to all heads of universities were sent by UGC to this effect on 12 April 2023. Further, as per UGC, this was followed with several reminders.

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