Universities asked to delete 'racial' clauses from rules

Taking note of a regulation issued by Bharathiar University in Coimbatore recently with alleged overtones of racism, the University Grants Commission, or UGC, has asked all universities and institutes across India to delete from their regulations clauses that imply racial or other discrimination, reports PTI.

The university regulation seeks to avoid examiners from African countries for adjudication of theses by PhD scholars, which the UGC noted was against the country's foreign policy.

“Such regulation of the university not only violates the norms prescribed by UGC but is also against the foreign policy of the government," it said in an advisory, asking all universities to delete such clauses.
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