Nominations are sought for selection of a new Vice-Chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC). The UGC is a statutory body with the Ministry of Education, Government of India, entrusted with the task of determination, coordination and maintenance of standards in the University. education. Under the provisions of section 5 of the UGC Act, 1956, Vice-Chairman is appointed by the Central Government.
Eminent persons with substantial experience in academics, governance and/or professional management commensurate with the prestige of the position and preferably less than 62 years, may be nominated by the peers. No self-nominations will be accepted.
Clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 6 of the UGC Act, 1956 provides that the Vice-Chairman shall hold office for a term of three years or until he/she attains the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier. The Vice-Chairman, in addition to being a member of the Commission, also officiates as Chairman, UGC in the absence of the Chairman.
Nominations along with the nominees' curriculum vitae may be emailed to the Director (UGC), Ministry of Education at email ID: u1asection-moe.edu@gov.in, on or before 10th July, 2025. Hard copy of the curriculum vitae will not be accepted. The Search cum Selection Committee reserves the right to consider persons of eminence outside the list of such nominations. In accordance with the procedure evolved by the Committee, nominees would be short-listed and the short-listed nominees may be invited for interaction with the Committee.
