The >University Grants Commission has asked all universities to consider inclusion of anti- corruption studies in the curriculum of subjects such as law, public administration and human rights to > “combat corruption” in every form.
A circular to this effect was sent out by the UGC’s Financial Adviser, Upamanyu Basu, to all universities on May 29, three days after the new government took charge. The letter says the Union government is actively participating in the activities of the Austria-based International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA) which offers a postgraduate programme in anti-corruption studies, besides several other training modules.
The UGC circular was issued on a recommendation from the Union Human Resource Development Ministry’s Department of Higher Education which examined the possibility of including anti-corruption studies as a subject in the curriculum and also conducting research in this area.
Set up as an international organisation in 2011, the IACA is a joint enterprise of the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, the European Anti-Fraud Office, Austria and other stakeholders. India ratified and acceded to its founding treaty in mid-2013.
