विद्यापीठ अनुदान आयोगाच्या संदर्भात खालीलपैकी कोणती विधान/विधाने बरोबर आहे/आहेत ?
a. विद्यापीठ अनुदान आयोगाची स्थापना 28 डिसेंबर 1953 रोजी करण्यात आली.
b. विद्यापीठ अनुदान आयोगाचा मुख्य उद्देश हा देशातील विद्यापीठ स्तरावरील शिक्षणाचा दर्जा उंचावणे व समन्वय साधणे हा आहे.
c. भारतात उच्च शिक्षणास दिशा देणे, आर्थिक मदत करणे, गुणवत्तेचे मापदंड प्रस्थापित करणे हे काम विद्यापीठ अनुदान आयोग करते.

The correct answer is Option D (a, b and c).

Key Points:
• University Grants Commission (UGC):
• Inauguration & Establishment: UGC was formally inaugurated on 28th December 1953 by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (the then Minister of Education) [Statement a is correct].
• Statutory Status: It became a statutory organization in November 1956 through an Act of Parliament (UGC Act, 1956) based on the recommendations of the Radhakrishnan Commission (1948–49).
• Primary Mandate: Coordination, determination, and maintenance of standards of teaching, examination, and research in university education [Statement b is correct].
• Financial & Quality Role: UGC allocates and disburses grants to recognized universities and colleges and sets standard regulations for higher education [Statement c is correct].
• All statements (a, b, and c) are correct.
• Key Takeaway: UGC was inaugurated on 28 Dec 1953 (statutory in 1956) to coordinate, determine, maintain standards, and disburse grants in higher education.