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‘UGC funding pattern to state varsities discriminatory’
Jadavpur University Vice-Chancellor Prof Suranjan Das on Sunday alleged the discriminatory nature of funding by University Grants Commission (UGC) was causing financial constraints to state universities.
Kolkata: Jadavpur University Vice-Chancellor Prof Suranjan Das on Sunday alleged the discriminatory nature of funding by University Grants Commission (UGC) was causing financial constraints to state universities.
Das said out of JU's annual receipts of Rs 291.56 crore in 2016-17, the state government's share was 67.6 per cent while the UGC had contributed 19.5 per cent.
"Fortunately in the same period the university itself was able to generate an amount of Rs 15.95 crore, or 5.47 per cent of the total budget outlay of the university.
So we could carry on our pursuit for excellence in research and academics," he said at the 62nd annual convocation of the university.
Das said, "The nature of UGC funding mechanism, i.e 65 per cent allocation of its annual budget for only 47 central universities and 35 per cent funding for 375 state universities, is a reflection of the discriminatory nature of the UGC funding mechanism."
