Professor Dhirendra Pal Singh, serving as director of National Assessment and Accreditation Council, has been appointed chairperson of University Grants Commission (UGC) for a period of five years by the Government of India. The post has been lying vacant since April 2017 after the retirement of professor Ved Prakash.
The Union Cabinet has approved extension of term of Commission to examine the issue of sub-categorization of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) by 12 weeks i.e. upto 2 April, 2018.