UGC bans Rajasthan-based university from enrolling Ph.D students for five years, issues notice

The University Grants Commission, UGC, has banned a Rajasthan-based educational institution from enrolling Ph.D. students for the next five years for failing to comply with the provisions of the UGC Ph.D. Regulations. As per the official notice, Shri Jagdishprasad Jhabarmal Tibrewala University (JJTU) in Chudela, Jhunjhunu, had fail to follow the provisions of the UGC Ph.D. Regulations and also the academic norms for the award of Ph.D. degrees, as found by the standing committee constituted by the UGC.

The notice reads, “The University was given an opportunity to explain why they failed to comply with the provisions of the UGC Ph.D. Regulations, however, the responses received from the JJTU was not found satisfactory. The Standing Committee has, thus, recommended that the UGC may debar Shri Jagdishprasad Jhabarmal Tibrewala University, Chudela, Jhunjhunu. Rajasthan from enrolling Ph.D. students for the next five years.”