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Regulations on Establishment, Maintenance and Recognition of Institutions:

(d) in clause 5.5, for the words “Trust (or) Society’, the words ‘sponsoring Society/Trust/
Company’ shall be substituted.
(e) in clause 5.7, for serial number vii) the following shall be substituted, namely:-
“vii) maximum of two nominees of the sponsoring society/trust/company”

(f) for clause 5.8 the following shall be substituted, namely:-
“5.8 The Vice Chancellor shall be an eminent academic and shall be appointed in the
manner laid down under clause 6.2 in Annexure 2.”
(g) After clause 5.9, the following shall be inserted, namely:-
“5.10 Notwithstanding anything contained in these Regulations, the governance system
and management structure of a public funded institution Deemed to be University may
be in accordance with the decision of the Central Government or the State Government,
as the case may be.”
4. For regulation 6 of the principal Regulation, the following shall be substituted, namely:-
“6.0 ADMISSIONS AND FEES STRUCTURE

6.1 No institution deemed to be university shall, for admission in respect of any course or
programme of study conducted in such institution, accept payment towards admission
fee and other fees and charges,-

(a) other than such fee or charges for such admission as fixed in accordance with the
Fee Regulations framed by the Government or by the Commission in this behalf
from time to time, which shall be declared by it in the prospectus for admission
against any such seat, and on the website of the institution; and
(b) without a proper receipt in writing issued for such payment to the concerned
student admitted in such institution.
6.2 No institution deemed to be university shall charge any fee for an admission test other
than an amount representing the reasonable cost incurred by it in conducting such test:

Provided further that an institution deemed to be university shall not engage in
commercialization of education in any manner whatsoever and shall provide for equity
and access to all deserving students.

6.3 Admission of students to an institution deemed to be university, public or private, shall
be made in the following manner:

(1) In case the appropriate statutory authority has specified the process of selection for
admission to any course, or programme of study in any institution which includes
conducting competitive admission test for ascertaining the competence of any
person to pursue such course or programme of study, in that case, no person shall
be admitted to such course or programme of study in such institution, except
through an admission test conducted by a recognized body or such institution
or a group of institutions if such institution or group of institutions have been so
authorised by the Central Government or a State Government or any statutory
authority.
(2) In case the process of selection for admission to any course or programme of
study in any institution including conducting competitive admission test has not
been specified under sub-clause (i), in that case, no person shall be eligible for
admission to such course or programme of study in such institution except through
inter se merit to be specified in the prospectus of each institution:

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