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The Latest Breaking News from Central Universities

DN Exclusive: Why Govt is unable to appoint VCs in many Central Universities?

There are 56 Central Universities as on 14 Nov 2023 in our country. But a number of CUs are without regular VCs. A must read on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Jan 27, 2025

Central university faculty | Reserved category applicants outnumber general candidates

Applications are being submitted through the newly launched ‘CU Chayan’, the UGC’s job portal to manage appointments of faculty members in various Central Universities in the country.

The Hindu · Jan 28, 2024

Centre to prepare textbooks in regional languages in three years

The Union Education Ministry has directed all school and higher education regulators such as the University Grants Commission, the NCERT, and the Indira Gandhi National Open University and the heads of IITs, Central Universities, and the National Institutes of Technologies to make study material in regional languages available for all…

The Hindu · Jan 19, 2024

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Central University invites applications for 2024-25 PG courses; CUET from March 11-28

Apply now for CUET 2024-25 for postgraduate courses in Central Universities till Jan 24, 2024. Admit cards available from Mar 7.

The Hindu · Dec 29, 2023

Manipur University providing best possible support to displaced students: Govt. in LS

Manipur Univ. aiding displaced students; SC-appointed panel to explore better options. Manipur Univ. providing best possible support to students displaced due to ethnic violence, allowing them to attend classes & exams in any affiliated college within State. SC-appointed panel to explore better options.

The Hindu · Dec 11, 2023

Over 13.5K SC, ST, OBC students dropped out of Central universities, IITs, IIMs in past 5 years: Education Ministry

13,500+ SC/ST/OBC students dropped out of Central Universities, IITs, and IIMs in past 5 yrs. Govt. insists it's taking measures to ensure marginalised students find place at these institutes, but IITs lack SC/ST cells & those that exist lack authority & space to function effectively.

The Hindu · Dec 4, 2023

Data | A third of Central University teaching positions lying vacant

Over 30% of teaching positions in 45 Central Universities across India are vacant. Odisha has the highest share of vacancies (88%), while Mizoram and Kerala have the least (15% or less). The Central University of Andhra Pradesh had a 100% vacancy. Caste-wise data shows that only 20% of General Category…

The Hindu · Jul 23, 2023

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Central universities faculty appointments to shift to CU-Chayan portal

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has launched CU– Chayan, a unified faculty recruitment portal for Central Universities.

The Hindu · May 2, 2023

Tamil Nadu: CM Stalin warns against imposing Hindi

Tamil Nadu CM slams the reported recommendation of panel to use Hindi as a medium of instruction in IITs, IIMs and Central universities (in Hindi-speaking States and regional languages in other parts); he says ‘do not attempt to make Hindi mandatory and force another language war on us. Do not…

The Hindu · Oct 10, 2022

If you want a bias-free process, it should be based on the CUET score: UGC chairman

All Central universities have been told that admissions to UG and PG courses should be based solely on the score, and it is compulsory, says M. Jagadesh Kumar

The Hindu · Aug 23, 2022

Withdraw Common University Entrance Test immediately, Stalin urges PM

CUET a definitive prelude to centralise higher education by the Union government, charges Stalin

The Hindu · Apr 6, 2022

Application process for CUET to start from April 2

Th exam will be conducted in a Computer Based Test (CBT) mode

The Hindu · Mar 27, 2022

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