UGC Notice against SHIATS Allahabad
2017-06-01The Distance Education Bureau of University Grants Commission has recently released a Public Notice (F. No. 52-1/2016 (DEB-III) cautioning the general public against taking admission in any programme offered by Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences (SHIATS) through Open and Distance Learning mode. The notice records that the institute has continuously violated the norms /guidelines / directives and UGC (Institutions Deemed to be Universities) Regulations, 2016 framed by UGC particularly on adherence of territorial jurisdiction policy.
The UGC has decided to :
1. Debar SHIATS, Allahabad from offering any programme through Open & Distance Learning mode for a period of 4 years (academic session 2016-17 to 2019-20)
2. Direct SHIATS not to admit any student in any of its Distance Education programme during the debarred period mentioned above.
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