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In 2025, UGC approved multiple foreign universities to set up campuses in India

End of UGC, 2 board exams and global campuses: How education in India changed in 2025

January 01, 2026 3:25 pm

In 2025, India's education sector underwent major reforms, including the approval of foreign university campuses and the establishment of IITs and IIMs abroad, driving the globalisation of higher education.

Former AICTE Chairman TG Sitharam said the impact of Artificial Intelligence on the workforce is not job loss, but skill mismatch (Image via aicte.gov.in)

'Impact of AI is not job loss, but skill mismatch': Professor TG Sitharam, ex-chairman of All India Council for Technical Education

December 29, 2025 12:42 pm

According to Professor T G Sitharam, the focus of the AI Human Capital Working Group at the India-AI Impact Summit 2026 is on reskilling, upskilling, and lifelong learning, ensuring that engineers remain relevant as technologies evolve.

Former AICTE Chairman TG Sitharam's term ended on December 20

DU VC Yogesh Singh given additional charge of AICTE Chairman

December 24, 2025 11:27 am

According to a letter issued by the Ministry of Education, Singh's appointment is until the appointment of a regular AICTE Chairman or until further orders whichever is earlier.

The Bill will apply to higher education institutions like the IITs, IIMs, NITs, and IISERs, Central and state universities, and deemed-to-be universities. In photo, IIT Kharagpur.

What Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill proposes: Single higher education body, simpler regulatory system

December 23, 2025 12:59 pm

While Opposition MPs have called the Bill an “excessive centralisation of higher education”, educationists have said that it provides for structure, and its impact will depend on details that are yet to be worked out.

The regulatory body that the bill will create subsumes the functions of the UGC, AICTE and NCTE (Image via official sources)

Council replacing UGC, AICTE, NCTE lacks funding power, gives more teeth to penalties

December 16, 2025 7:36 pm

Even though it does not give the regulatory council the power to regulate fees in higher education institutions, the Bill, likely to be introduced in Parliament in the ongoing session, empowers the body to impose penalties for violations – ranging from Rs 10 lakh to Rs 2 crore.

According to the ECI, 58,17,851 forms (7.59% of the electoral roll) remained uncollectable after December 11, mainly due to deaths, migration and untraceable voters.

UGC, AICTE, NCTE to be replaced with single higher-education commission, Union Cabinet clears bill

December 15, 2025 3:37 pm

Earlier known as the Higher Education Commission of India (HECI) Bill and has now been renamed the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhikshan Bill.

There have been cases of students enrolled in coaching institutes ending their lives in recent years due to study pressure (Representative Image-AI Generated)

Parliamentary panel to review surge in coaching centres, student stress and impact of tech in education

November 25, 2025 9:16 am

The Ministry of Education had earlier this year set up a nine-member panel to examine issues relating to coaching and the emergence of "dummy schools" besides the effectiveness and fairness of entrance examinations.

Parliament to take up bill replacing UGC, AICTE, NCTE with single regulator

November 24, 2025 9:25 am

While the UGC oversees non-technical higher education, the AICTE oversees technical education, and the NCTE is the regulatory body for teachers' education.

The AICTE has directed all higher education institutions to ensure that students who have successfully passed through NIOS and meet the eligibility criteria are considered on par with students of other recognised boards

AICTE directs colleges to admit NIOS students, citing equal recognition of open school qualifications

October 24, 2025 9:23 am

The AICTE has directed all higher education institutions to ensure that students who have successfully passed through NIOS and meet the eligibility criteria are considered on par with students of other recognised boards.

Govt asks students to solve these real-world consumer-related problems

October 15, 2025 9:15 am

According to the department, five of the six problem statements are still open for submissions until October 15—the onion storage challenge concluded on October 7.

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Maths, Physics not mandatory for engineering test: Key takeaways from AICTE's new guidelines

March 14, 2021 9:33 am

The All Indian Council of Technical Education (AICTE) has tweaked the eligibility criteria for undergraduate engineering programmes, permitting higher education institutions to admit students who have not studied Physics and Mathematics in school to streams such as textile engineering and biotechnology