Thiruvananthapuram, Feb. 20 -- Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday inaugurated the National Convention on the Draft University Grants Commission (UGC) Regulations of 2025 to deliberate on the implications of the proposed provisions.

He said that these regulations threaten the autonomy of universities and aim to centralise higher education.

"These regulations threaten the autonomy of universities and aim to centralise higher education, undermining federal values. Academic freedom must be protected," CM Vijayan wrote in a post on X.

The Draft UGC Regulations were released by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on January 6, 2025. State governments have since raised objections, calling them "an attack on the idea of...