UGC
Speech parts
1. UGC - Noun
2. UGC - Proper noun
Meaning
UGC (uncountable)
(Internet, social media) Initialism of user-generated content.
UGC
(astronomy) Initialism of Uppsala General Catalogue.
Examples
AICTE, MCI and national law schools have successfully eliminated over-reliance on boards and got colleges to agree on a single admission test, but UGC has failed in this endeavour.
Anna University is the first university to take up the idea of India's University Grants Commission (UGC) to start Master of Science in Electronic Media programmes.
Apart from the UGC panel, the varsity also had its internal committees which prepared contingency plans.
An interesting sidebar was that shoppers were willing to pay more (81%) and wait longer (81%) for products that had UGC compared to those without any reviews or ratings.
Elaborating the NACB system, the UGC vice-chairman said that it allows students to open account in this virtual bank and start learning much before they come to a college.
He said, “When UGC is the only body to confer degrees, how can states cancel exams and expect UGC to confer degrees?”