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- ↑ "Institutes Of National Importance". University Grants Council, India. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ↑ "Central Universities". University Grants Council, India. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
- ↑ "State Universities". University Grants Council, India. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
- ↑ "Public Notice on Private Universities". University Grants Council, India. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
