Document details
| Reference number | F.No.1-1151/2024(RIA/(CPP-I/PU) |
| Date of reply | April 2024; office stamp 19 APR 2024, signature dated 19/04/2024 |
| Mode of despatch | By Speed Post |
| Issued by | (R.I.S. Bhardwaj), Under Secretary & PIO |
| Public authority | University Grants Commission, Ministry of Education, Government of India, Bahadurshah Zafar Marg, New Delhi-110002 |
| Applicant | Kamesh, ACFE Member (USA) |
| RTI application | “your RTI dated 24.04.2024 received in this section on 18.03.2024” — the two dates are inconsistent in the original and are reproduced here as printed |
| Subject | Information under Right to Information Act, 2005 |
| Institution concerned | Not named in the reply. The reply refers to “University and Higher Education State Government of Arunachal Pradesh” and to state private universities generally. |
| First Appellate Authority | Ms. Monika, Deputy Secretary, University Grants Commission, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi - 110 002 |
Questions and official answers
The reply does not reproduce the text of the questions asked. It answers by question number, grouping questions 1 and 2, and 4 and 5, into composite replies. The numbering and wording below follow the original table.
| No. | Information sought | Official reply |
|---|---|---|
| 1 & 2 | Questions 1 and 2 (texts not reproduced in the reply). | “No reply/response has been received from University and Higher Education State Government of Arunachal Pradesh.” |
| 3 | Question 3 (text not reproduced in the reply). | “State Private Universities are established by the State Government and such universities function as per their Act/Statutes/Rules/Regulations or Policy of concerned State Government. If any complaint is received the same is forwarded to the higher education department of concerned State Government for appropriate action.” |
| 4 & 5 | Questions 4 and 5 (texts not reproduced in the reply). | “Courses/programmes are not approved by UGC. The State (Public/Private) Universities established as per Section 2(f) are empowered to award general degree programme without the specific approval of UGC. However, the approval for running professional, technical and medical programmes are given by the respective Regulatory Council/Commission. Such programmes are governed by the norms of respective Regulatory Council/Commission. The annual reports and other data is collected by the State Government.” |
Key findings
No response from the university or the state department
The UGC states that no reply or response was received from the university or from the Higher Education State Government of Arunachal Pradesh.
The UGC does not approve courses
In the reply's words: “Courses/programmes are not approved by UGC.” A claim that a course is “UGC approved” does not correspond to any function the Commission performs.
General degrees need no specific UGC approval
State public and private universities established under Section 2(f) are empowered to award general degree programmes without the UGC's specific approval.
Professional, technical and medical programmes are different
Approval for these is given by the respective Regulatory Council or Commission, and such programmes are governed by that council's norms — a distinction that decides whether many qualifications are usable.
Complaints are routed to the state, not decided centrally
Any complaint received by the UGC is forwarded to the higher education department of the state government concerned for appropriate action.
Oversight data sits with the state government
Annual reports and other data are collected by the state government, not by the UGC.
An internal date inconsistency
The reply refers to an RTI “dated 24.04.2024 received in this section on 18.03.2024” — a receipt date preceding the application date. Reproduced here as printed.
No institution is named
The reply does not identify any university by name, and nothing in it should be read as a finding about a particular institution.
Timeline from the record
Application received
Recorded in the reply as the date of receipt in the section.
Application date as printed
The reply gives this as the date of the RTI, after the recorded receipt date.
Reply F.No.1-1151/2024(RIA/(CPP-I/PU)
No response received from the university or the state department; UGC sets out the approval framework. Office stamp 19 APR 2024.
What this record shows:
- The UGC stated in April 2024 that it had received no reply or response from the university or from the Higher Education State Government of Arunachal Pradesh.
- The UGC stated that it does not approve courses or programmes.
- The UGC stated that Section 2(f) state universities may award general degree programmes without its specific approval, while professional, technical and medical programmes require the approval of the respective Regulatory Council or Commission.
- The UGC stated that complaints are forwarded to the state higher education department and that annual reports and data are collected by the state government.
What it does not show:
- It does not name any university, and makes no finding about any named institution.
- It does not state that any degree, course or institution in Arunachal Pradesh is invalid or unrecognised.
- It does not reproduce the questions asked, so the exact scope of the RTI application cannot be read from the reply alone.
- It does not name which Regulatory Councils or Commissions apply to which programmes — the reply refers to them only in general terms.
Every statement on this page is drawn from the official document described above. Readers should rely on the original document and the issuing authority for any decision.