University Grants Commission (UGC) has launched a book on ‘Academic Integrity and Research Quality’ to improve the quality of research under its initiative ‘Quality Mandate’. The initiative aims to ensure quality and excellence in higher education by promoting high quality research.
The book consists of 16 well-researched articles that cover basic standards of ethics, publication codes and principles of research for various disciplines. This book is available on the official website of UGC, ugc.ac.in.
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The commission issued a letter directing all universities and colleges to take appropriate measures to adopt academic research practices to improve research quality and academic integrity as well as publication ethics, as mentioned in the e-book. has gone.
Earlier, the UGC had set up a Consortium for Academic Research and Ethics (CARE) to enhance research capacity, research culture and promote academic and research integrity in Indian universities and colleges.
The Commission has also identified four Regional Universities as CARE for the creation and maintenance of “CARE List of Quality Journals” in 2018. Journal Analysis Cell was established at Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU), which functions under the supervision of CARE Empowered Committee (CARE – EC).
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To facilitate the introduction of new journals, the UGC has established Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (Northern Zone), Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara (Western Zone), University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad (Southern Zone) and Tezpur University, Assam (Eastern Zone). ) has been identified. ) as four regional centers for CARE.
Recently, the UGC has also introduced an e-book on “Educational Framework for Global Citizenship in Higher Education”, which provides conceptual clarity on how institutions of higher education provide education to students through teaching, pedagogy and research. How can we integrate the concept of global citizenship between
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