UGC extends MOOCs, coaching, fellowship, scholarship, other schemes till March 31 next year

NEW DELHI: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has extended the schemes such as the Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), coaching, fellowship, and other schemes till March 31, 2024.

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The following UGC schemes have been extended:

• MOOCs Swayam
• E-content development project - Assistance from UGC under NME-ICT
• Establishment of centres in universities for study of social exclusion and inclusive policy
• Women’s studies in higher educational institutions

a) Equal opportunity centre for colleges

• Coaching schemes for Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe,, Other Backward Classes (OBC) (non-creamy layer) and minorities students for colleges

a) Remedial coaching for SC, ST, OBC (non-creamy layer) and minority community students

b) Coaching classes for entry into services for SC, ST, OBC (non-creamy layer) and minority community students

c) Coaching for national eligibility test for state eligibility test for SC, ST, OBC (non creamy layer) and minority students

• Scheme for Persons with Disabilities in universities and colleges

a) Higher education for Persons With Special Needs (HEPSN)

b) Financial assistance to visually-disabled teachers

• UGC research awards for faculty

a) BSR faculty fellowship

b) Emeritus fellowship

c) Fellowship for superannuated faculty members

d) Research award

e) Mid-career award

f) Research grant for in-service faculty members

g) Startup grant

h) Dr DS Kothari research grant for newly recruited faculty members

• UGC Fellowship for Post-Doctoral Researchers

a) Dr DS Kothari Post-Doctoral Fellowship

b) Dr S Radhakrishnan Post Doctoral Fellowship in Humanities and Social Sciences

c) Post-doctoral fellowship for SC, ST

d) Post Doctoral Fellowship for Women

e) Dr S Radhakrishnan Post-Doctoral Fellowship

• UGG fellowships for doctoral students

a) Swami Vivekanand fellowship for single girl child for research in social sciences

b) Savitribai Jyotirao Phule fellowship for single girl child

c) Junior Research Fellowship in sciences, humanities and social sciences

d) UGC Scholarships for Post-graduate students

e) PG lndira Gandhi Scholarship for single girl child

f) PG scholarship for university rank holders

g) PG scholarship for SC, ST students to pursue professional courses

h) PG scholarship for GATE qualified students for ME, MTech

i) National scholarship for postgraduate studies

• UGC scholarships for undergraduate students (lshaan Uday Special Scholarship scheme for NER)
• Autonomous colleges
• National Skills Qualification Framework

a) Community Colleges in Universities and Colleges

b) Introduction of Bachelor of Vocational (BVoc) Programme in universities and colleges

c) Deen Dayal Upadhyay centers for Knowledge Acquisition and Upgradation of Skilled

d) Human Abilities and Livelihood (KAUSHAL) in universities and colleges (Deen Dayal Upadhyay Kaushal Kendras)

• Establishment of chairs in universities
• Human Resource Development Centre (HRDC)
• Swachh Bharat-Swasth Bharat Abhiyan
• Establishment of centre for fostering social responsibility and community
• Engagement in university - Social Connect lnitiatives - Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA).
• Travel grant for college teachers
• Epoch making social thinkers of lndia
• STRIDE (Scheme for Trans-disciplinary Research for lndia's Developing Economy)
• Funding support to universities for the study and research in indigenous and endangered language of lndia
• Consortium for Academic and Research Ethics (CARE)
• Establishment or upgradation of Hindi departments