India, Feb. 12 -- The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Wednesday debarred Shri Jagdishprasad Jhabarmal Tibrewala University (JJTU) in Rajasthan's Jhunjhunu from offering PhD courses for the next five years for "violating the academic norms and compromising integrity".

JJTU is the fourth Rajasthan-based private university to be barred by UGC from admitting students to the PhD programmes from the academic year 2025-26 to 2029-30.

UGC had on January 16 barred OPJS University (Churu), Sunrise University (Alwar), and Singhania University (Jhunjhunu) from enrolling new PhD students for the next five years for not complying with the provisions of UGC's PhD regulations and academic norms for the award of PhD degrees.

The decision to bar J...