Page 1004 - Compendium of UGC Regulations 1957-2023

Regulations pertaining to Student’s Grievance Redressal, Promotion of Equity, Anti-Ragging Measures, and
Prevention of Sexual Harassment etc.:

(j) all relevant instructions in regard to maintaining the discipline by students within
or outside the campus of the institution, and, in particular such discipline relating
to the prohibition of ragging of any student or students and the consequences
thereof and for violating the provisions of any regulation in this behalf made by
the relevant statutory regulatory authority; and

(k) Any other information as may be specified by the Commission.
Provided that an institution shall publish/upload information referred to in clauses
(a) to (k) of this regulation, on its website, and the attention of prospective
students and the general public shall be drawn to such publication being on the
website through advertisements displayed prominently indifferent newspapers
and through other media.

(2) Every institution shall fix the price of each printed copy of the prospectus, being not
more than the reasonable cost of its publication and distribution and no profit be made
out of the publication, distribution, or sale of prospectus.

5. STUDENT GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL COMMITTEES (SGRC):
(i) A complaint from an aggrieved student relating to the institution shall be addressed to
the Chairperson, Students’ Grievance Redressal Committee (SGRC).
(ii) Every Institution shall constitute such number of Students’ Grievance Redressal
Committees (SGRC), as may be required to consider grievances of the students, with
the following composition, namely:
a) A Professor - Chairperson

b) Four Professors/Senior Faculty Members of the Institution as Members.
c) A representative from among students to be nominated on academic merit/
excellence in sports/performance in co-curricular Activities-Special Invitee.
(iii) At least one member or the Chairperson shall be a woman and at least one member or
the Chairperson shall be from SC/ST/OBC category.
(iv) The term of the chairperson and members shall be for a period of two years.
(v) The term of the special invitee shall be one year.

(vi) The quorum for the meeting including the Chairperson, but excluding the special
invitee, shall be three.
(vii) In considering the grievances before it, the SGRC shall follow principles of natural
justice.
(viii) The SGRC shall send its report with recommendations, if any, to the competent authority
of the institution concerned and a copy thereof to the aggrieved student, preferably
within a period of 15 working days from the date of receipt of the complaint.
(ix) Any student aggrieved by the decision of the Students’ Grievance Redressal Committee
may prefer an appeal to the Ombudsperson, within a period of fifteen days from the
date of receipt of such decision.
6. APPOINTMENT, TENURE, REMOVAL AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICES OF
OMBUDSPERSON:
(i) Each University shall appoint Ombudsperson for redressal of grievances of students
of the university and colleges/institutions affiliated with the university under these
regulations.

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