Question: Where did the Central Institute of Buddhist Studies is located?
(a) Sarnath
(b) Leh (Ladakh)
(c) Gaya
(d) Bhopal
Ans (b)
Related facts:
- On 27 January 2016, The Central Government, on the advice of the UGC, has declared that ‘Central Institute of Buddhist Studies (CIBS shall be a deemed-to-be-university provisionally, for a period of five years under the de novo category.
- It is located in Choglamsar, Leh (Ladakh), Jammu & Kashmir,
- Central Institute of Buddhist Studies (CIBS) has been declared deemed university under the UGC Act, 1956.
- Deemed status has been granted Provisionally for a period of five years under the de novo category, from the date CIBS disaffiliates itself for its courses / programmes from Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, Varanasi and Tibetan Medicines and Astrology Department, Dharamsala.
- The declaration of CIBS as deemed-to-be-university shall be confirmed after five years on the basis of five successive annual performance reports of UGC Expert Committee(s).
- This has been notified on 15th January 2016 for publication in Gazette of India Part-1, Section-1.
- UGC Regulations (Institutions Deemed to be University) 2010 amended in the year 2014 and 2015 and any further amendments, and guidelines of UGC issued from time to time with respect to Deemed to be University shall be binding on the CIBS.
- The CIBS shall not offer any distance education programmes.
- CIBS is also not permitted to affiliate any college(s) / institution(s).
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