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The University Grants Commission (UGC) is inviting Expressions of Interest (Eol) from interested writers/critics and faculty members of higher education institutes (HEls) in order to write original textbooks in 12 Indian languages for undergraduate (UG) level courses in the various subjects of Arts, Science, and Social Sciences.
Interested writers have time till January 30, 2024 (11:59 pm) to send their acceptance to the Commission and furnish their Expression of Interest (EOI) through the form available at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdrW7yAOOHSPqGoLcQKiHEYWh-oz94LxjOCwVyl-8jWLQYwKw/viewform
“UGC is working on providing textbooks at the undergraduate level in Arts, Science, Commerce and Social Sciences in 12 Indian languages. We are identifying nodal universities in different states who will coordinate the exercise of forming teams of authors who can write high quality textbooks in Indian languages. This effort is in tune with NEP 2020’s goal to provide learning opportunities to students in Universities in Indian languages. This letter is to identify interested authors to register with UGC so that they can participate in this endeavour,” said Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar, Chairman, UGC.
