CURATED BY - KRISHNA TIWARI | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Shahdol, University Grant Commission University Grant Commission, UGC, has taken major action and declared 18 universities of Madhya Pradesh, including Pt. Shambhu Nath Shukla University of Shahdol division, as defaulters. All the universities have been found guilty of negligence in constituting the committee to resolve the complaints of the students and appointing the ombudsman. UGC asked universities to display information and phone numbers of the Ombudsman and Student Grievance Redressal Committee on their website and at prominent places on the campus. 421 universities of the country have been taken into this action.
University Grant Commission i.e. UGC has taken major action against 421 MPs in the country. Pt. Shambhunath Shukla University located at Shahdol divisional headquarters along with 18 universities of Uttarakhand has been declared a defaulter. All the universities have been found guilty of negligence in constituting the committee to resolve the complaints of the students and appointing the ombudsman.
The UGC had directed the universities to display information and phone numbers of the Ombudsman and Student Grievance Redressal Committee on their websites and at prominent places on the campus. For this, the deadline of 31 December 2023 was fixed, but these universities did not appoint the ombudsman in the given time.
Action has been taken against 18 universities of Madhya Pradesh which have been declared defaulters for not following the instructions related to the appointment of Lokpal.
UGC had issued an order to the universities on April 11, 2023 for the appointment of Student Grievance Redressal Cell and Ombudsman. Action on this notice had to be responded within 30 days. After this, UGC issued notices several times and alerted the universities. Ultimately, after not following the instructions of the final notice of 31st December, all the universities were declared defaulters.
The assistance provided by UGC to the universities falling in the defaulter list may be in danger. UGC can stop the grant as per its regulation. Action can also be taken to stop grants under other schemes of the government.