Educational institutions looking to partner with universities abroad for undergraduate and postgraduate programmes can now approach the University Grants Commission (UGC) directly for permission, as per the amended regulation for collaboration between Indian and foreign institutions.
Earlier, under the UGC (Promotion and Maintenance of Standards of Academic Collaborations between Indian and Foreign Educational Institutes) Regulations 2012, only foreign universities were allowed to apply for academic collaboration with Indian counterparts. The higher education regulator tweaked the rules on Wednesday to make only Indian universities and colleges eligible for permission.