The University Education Commission recommended setting up the UGC on the lines of the University Grants Commission of

The University Education Commission recommended a University Grants Commission modelled on that of Great Britain.

The United States did not provide the model for this recommendation.

Germany was not the country whose grants body served as the template.

The Soviet Union's system was not the basis for the proposed commission.

The British body managed government grants to universities while preserving their autonomy.

India's University Grants Commission was formally established in 1956.