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UGC Regional Offices

Objectives

Pursuance to the National Policy on Education (1986), the UGC de-centralised its working by opening seven regional offices catering to the states under it. The objectives of setting up these offices were to bring about de-centralisation and to ensure that a large number of colleges through out the country, which are covered under Section 2(f) and 12(B) of the UGC Act, will have better opportunites of response to their needs and problems by way of easier access.

Schemes

Development of Colleges affiliated to State Universities
Minor Research Projects for College teachers
Autonomous Colleges
Seminar/Symposia/Conference etc. for colleges
Construction of Women's Hostel (Special scheme)
Award of Teacher Fellowship to College Teachers for doing M.Phil/Ph.D.
Financial assistance to Teachers - Visually Handicapped (Blind)

The details of the regional office viz. the States assigned to each regional office are given below:

1. Southern Eastern Regional Office (SERO)

Url: https://sero.ugc.ac.in/
Location: Hyderabad
Date of Establishment: 20.09.1994
Total number of Colleges: 668
States Covered: Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry, Andman & Nicobar and Tamil Nadu,Telangana

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2. Western Regional Office (WRO)

Url: https://wro.ugc.ac.in/
Location: Pune
Date of Establishment: 11.11.1994
Total number of Colleges: 996
States Covered: Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa, Dadar & Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu

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3. Central Regional Office (CRO)

Url: https://cro.ugc.ac.in/
Location: Bhopal
Date of Establishment: 01.12.1994
Total number of Colleges: 791
States Covered: Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan

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4. Northern Regional College Bureua (NRCB)

Url: https://nrcb.ugc.ac.in/
Location: Delhi
Total number of Colleges: 922
States Covered: Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Chandigarh, Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Ladakh and Uttarakhand

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5. North-Eastern Regional Office (NERO)

Url: https://nero.ugc.ac.in/
Location: Guwahati
Date of Establishment: 01.05.1995
Total number of Colleges: 253
States Covered: Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Manipur, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland