IIST - Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology Thiruvananthapuram Answered Questions

The University Grants Commission (UGC) is a statutory body established in 1956 by the Government of India through an Act of Parliament for the coordination, determination and maintenance of standards of university education in India.

Deemed (or Deemed-to-be) University is an Institution of higher education, other than universities, working at a very high standard in specific area of study. Such institutes enjoy academic status and privileges of a university and are declared 'Deemed-to-be' by the Department of Higher Education on the advice of the UGC.