Apex body slammed for move to shut down 32 centres

By Alya Mishra. India’s University Grants Commission, or UGC, has come in for fierce criticism for its decision to withdraw a scheme that supports setting up and running Centres for Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policies in institutions across India. There are 32 centres in 24 states. The UGC, India’s apex regulatory body for universities, informed the centres – known as CSSEIPs – of their closure on 29 May, stating that they had not “taken off”.