UGC-NET JRF-holders are few. Most PhD scholars rely on Rs 8,000 non-NET fellowships or stipends, deal with resource shortage, discrimination.
Ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship’s programme will assist in repair and rehabilitation of 2.25 crore stored data at the National Archives of India.
Over 50 IKS centres have come up across education institutions and non-profits to lead research on the Indian Knowledge System.
The 4th phase of ITEP application process for institutions will begin from April 1 and conclude on May 31.
The UGC guidelines states that the university may provide bridge courses, including online, to enable students to transition to the extended programme.
Universities are linking registration with exam forms, tying up with district offices to get students APAAR, Academic Bank of Credits (ABC) IDs.
The NMC said it will continue to verify the data being uploaded on the portal and check physical infrastructure by conducting surprise inspections.
Members of the coaching institutes said while online registration has been made mandatory, there was no portal to do it.