**Policy Summary:**
This notification, S.O. 4961(E), issued by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of Higher Education, announces the appointment of Prof. Bhushan Keshav Patwardhan as Vice-Chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC). The appointment is effective from September 24, 2018, and is for a period of three years, until Prof. Patwardhan reaches the age of 65, or until further orders are issued, whichever occurs first. The appointment is made under the powers conferred by Sub-Section 1 of Section 5, read with Sub-Section 1 of Section 6 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 (3 of 1956). Prof. Patwardhan's scale of pay will be Rs. 2,05,400-2,24,400 (Level 16 in the pay matrix as per the 7th CPC). The notification was issued by Jt. Secy. Ishita Roy, and the file number is F. No. 712016/UIA.
Key Entities Referenced
University Grants Commission Act, 1956: An act of the Indian Parliament that established the University Grants Commission (UGC).
University Grants Commission: A statutory body established by the Indian Union government for the coordination, determination and maintenance of standards of university education in India.
Prof. Bhushan Keshav Patwardhan: Appointed as Vice-Chairman, University Grants Commission.
Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, Savitribai Phule Pune University: Professor Patwardhan's affiliation.
Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra: University where Prof. Bhushan Keshav Patwardhan is a Professor.
Ministry of Human Resource Development: The Indian government ministry under which the Department of Higher Education functions; now renamed as Ministry of Education.
Department of Higher Education: A department within the Ministry of Human Resource Development.
ISHITA ROY: Jt. Secy. issuing the notification.
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ईिशता रॉय, संयुJ त सिचव
MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
(Department of Higher Education)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 24th September, 2018
S.O. 4961(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by Sub-Section (1) of Section 5 read with Sub-Section (1)
of Section 6 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 (3 of 1956), the Central Government hereby appoints
Prof. Bhushan Keshav Patwardhan, Professor, Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, Savitribai Phule Pune
University, Pune as Vice-Chairman, University Grants Commission in the scale of pay of Rs.2,05,400-2,24,400/- (Level-
16 in the pay matrix as per 7th CPC), with effect from 24th September, 2018, for a period of three years or until he attains
the age of 65 years or until further orders, whichever is earlier.
[F. No. 7-1/2016-UI(A)]
ISHITA ROY, Jt. Secy.
5615 GI/2018
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