Only Grade A institutions can go for foreign collaborations: UGC

To ensure only quality institutions from India enter into foreign collaborations, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has said only universities with Grade A accreditation can get into such tie-ups.
The commission put forth this new criterion through a fresh set of guidelines titled, The University Grants Commission (Promotion and Maintenance of Standards of Academic Collaboration between Indian and Foreign Educational lnstitutions) Regulations, 2016. It also decided to do away with the 2012 guidelines that allowed universities with Grade B and lesser accreditations to get into such collaborations. More...