Who among the following was the first Chairman of UGC?

C.D. Deshmukh served as the first Chairman of the University Grants Commission after it became a statutory body.

Humayun Kabir was an educationist and minister but did not head the commission as its first chairman.

M. Moolgaokar is not associated with chairing the University Grants Commission.

Moolchand Sharma held office much later and not as the first chairman.

The University Grants Commission was formally established through an Act in 1956.

It coordinates and maintains standards of higher education and disburses grants to universities.