List of UGC Approved Journals / UGC CARE List 
     - 2020 
     List from www.ugc-journal-list.website 
      
     Download Updated UGC CARE List 
       
     What is UGC (University Grants Commission)? 
     The Full form of UGC is University Grants Commission of India (UGC India). 
     The University Grants Commission of India (UGC India) is the primary 
     regulatory body created by the Indian Government in accordance with the 
     UGC Act of 1956 under the Ministry of Human Resource Development. It 
     has been made responsible for the coordination of Indian Universities, 
     determination of the standards for Indian universities and maintenance 
     of standards of higher education in India. 
     It acknowledges universities in India. It also spends and grants funds to 
     universities and colleges that it has approved or recognized. 
     The main function of the UGC is to allocate funds to it’s in need institutions 
     and to offer its impartial and respected expert advice to the Government on 
     the strategic development and requirements for resources for higher 
     education in India. Today, UGC manages one of the largest higher 
     education systems in the world. 
       
      What is UGC approved Journals list / UGC CARE List? 
      Journals are the medium through which budding candidates publish their 
      articles about their research. These sources are made available because of the 
      UGC. 
       
      If the aspirants choose any private journal except for UGC approved journals for 
      their research other than that, it is not considered as valid. As of now, the UGC 
      Approved Journals list has now been replaced by UGC – CARE. 
       
      UGC aims to stimulate, empower and help grow the Indian academia through its 
                    “Quality Mandate”. UGC aims to eradicate any plagiarized and sub-par material 
                    that might damage the reputation and standards of international research. 
                     
                    The UGC-CARE List is dynamic. If any good quality journal is missing, it may be 
                    submitted by following the prescribed process. If any undeserved journal is found 
                    anywhere in the List.  
                    The UGC-CARE List is classified into 
                         i)        Sciences 
                         ii)       Social Sciences 
                         iii)      Arts and Humanities and 
                         iv)       Multidisciplinary based on All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) 
                                   codes, which are created and maintained by Scopus (Elsevier Science). 
                                   Journals indexed in Web of Science as well as Scopus or discontinued 
                                   are not included in the count.