Hyderabad, March 27 -- Vice-Chancellor of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University, Ghanta Chakrapani, on Thursday expressed concern that the University Grants Commission (UGC) was imposing stringent regulations on distance education institutions, creating difficulties for the public sector universities.
Addressing the valedictory session of a two-day national conference titled "Beyond Boundaries: The New ODL Landscape" held at the university campus here, he said certain corporate colleges are being converted into 'deemed universities' within a short span, often without the knowledge of respective state governments.
Chakrapani cautioned that such trends are turning education into a corporate commodity, making it increasingly inaccessible for und...