About UGC

• The University Grants Commission is a statutory organization established by an Act of Parliament in 1956 for the coordination, determination and maintenance of standards of university education. 
• Apart from providing grants to eligible universities and colleges, the Commission also advises the Central and State Governments on the measures which are necessary for the development of Higher Education. 
• It functions from New Delhi as well as its six Regional offices located in Bangalore, Bhopal, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Pune.

Why in News?

• The University Grants Commission (UGC) has launched CU–Chayan, a unified faculty recruitment portal for Central universities.
• The portal will provide a common platform for listing of vacancies, advertisements and jobs across all Central Universities. 
• The portal makes the recruitment process completely online starting from application to screening, with alerts to all the users of the portal.
• The applicant can also search for jobs using various filters like the name of the University, location, designation, category, subject, type of employment, experience and education level.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/central-varsity-faculty-appointments-to-shift-to-cu-chayan-portal/article66804557.ece