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UGC Asks Colleges to Prepare a Database for International Students Studying in India

• ByStartupStory     |    September 2, 2021

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has released an official notification instructing vice-chancellors of colleges and universities to prepare a database of international students studying in their institutions. The commission has asked the higher educational institutions (HEIs) to provide data of information of all international students studying in India, including the details of alumni, on an urgent basis.
“All the Universities are requested to provide the data of students from the graduate level onwards in the attached format via e-mail to uocic2@qmail.com positively by September 15, 2021,” the official statement reads.

UGC has earlier asked the universities and colleges to prepare a calendar of events and organize regular competitions, hackathons, workshops, seminars on cyber security/ cyber crimes on their respective campuses. UGC has asked them to conduct all the events at regular intervals to strengthen cyber security. The varsities and colleges are instructed to organise these events with adherence to COVID-19 protocols and social distancing norms. These steps are taken to tackle the unforeseen challenges of cybercrime and develop an ecosystem for cyber security in HEIs. Earlier this year in February, the commission had urged the HEIs to arrange workshops and events for the same to strengthen cyber security and prepare youths.

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