University Grants Commissionविश्वविद्यालय अनुदान आयोग

What does it do?

• “To advise the Government of Nepal on matters related to the establishment of universities.” www.ugcnepal.edu.np Main functions of the Commission (English interface), restating UGC Act 2050 s.6
• “To provide grants to universities and to make recommendations to the concerned bodies for additional grants requested by universities.” www.ugcnepal.edu.np Main functions of the Commission
• “To carry out activities related to quality assurance and accreditation of universities.” www.ugcnepal.edu.np Main functions of the Commission
• “To determine the equivalence of academic degrees obtained from foreign universities or similar institutions.” www.ugcnepal.edu.np Main functions of the Commission

Which law set it up?

What the law says is summarised with section numbers, not quoted, because text copied from the official PDFs is not reliable.

Law

The University Grants Commission Act, 1993विश्वविद्यालय अनुदान आयोग ऐन, २०५०

Section

Section 3(1) (आयोगको स्थापना); s.4 makes it an autonomous body corporate

Official text

lawcommission.gov.np

History

“The University Grants Commission (UGC) was established as an autonomous and statuary institution, under the University Grants Commission Act (1993)” www.ugcnepal.edu.np A Brief Introduction of UGC (English interface)

Who leads it and who oversees it?

Head

Prof. Dr. Khadga Bahadur K.C., Chairman www.ugcnepal.edu.np Checked 2026-10-16

Falls under

No official source found stating that it is under a ministry. The Act says: The Commission must keep contact with the Government of Nepal through the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (UGC Act 2050, s.18 (ministry name as substituted by a 2077 amendment, per the Act's end note)). The Act channels contact with government through the ministry; the Secretary of that ministry is also a member of the Commission (s.5(1)(घ)).

Website

www.ugcnepal.edu.np

What could we not establish?

• The site's HTML page title spells the name 'University Grant Commission Nepal'; the page header and body text use 'University Grants Commission'.वेबसाइटको HTML पृष्ठ शीर्षकमा ‘University Grant Commission Nepal’ छ; पृष्ठको शीर्ष भाग र मूल पाठमा ‘University Grants Commission’ प्रयोग भएको छ।
• The home page calls Prof. Dr. Khadga Bahadur K.C. 'newly appointed' but gives no appointment date. Under the Act (s.5(1)(क)) the Chair is a Government-nominated educationist.गृहपृष्ठले प्रा. डा. खड्गबहादुर के.सी.लाई नवनियुक्त भनेको छ तर नियुक्ति मिति दिएको छैन। ऐनको दफा ५(१)(क) अनुसार अध्यक्ष सरकारद्वारा मनोनीत शिक्षाविद् हुन्छन्।