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Regulations on Establishment, Maintenance and Recognition of Institutions:

2.06 “Constituent Unit” means those units of the Institution which were existing at the time
of submission of proposal to be declared as an Institution Deemed to be University.

2.07 “De-novo Institution” means an institution with the focus on teaching and research in
unique and ‘emerging areas of knowledge’, so determined by peers of the academic
community.

2.08 “Emerging area of knowledge” in the context of De-Novo Institutions means such areas
which are considered desirable and useful but not currently taught in the country.

2.08 “Government” means the Central Government, unless the context so specifies.
2.10 “Institution” means an institution for higher education engaged in teaching and research
at the undergraduate, post-graduate or higher levels.
2.11 “Institution deemed to be university” means an institution for higher education so
declared, on the recommendation of the Commission, by the Central Government
under Section 3 of the Act.
2.12 “Necessary Infrastructure” means infrastructure as required under the norms of
concerned Statutory Body/Commission.
2.13 “Processing Fee” means the charges that have to be paid by the applicant institution
to the Commission along with the application for processing such application. This
amount shall take into account the expenditure to be incurred by the Commission for
processing an application that shall include onsite visits of Expert Committees of the
Commission. The Commission shall prescribe the processing fee and revise it from
time to time.
2.14 “Notification” means a notification issued by the Central Government in the Official
Gazette declaring an institution for higher education, as an institution deemed to be
university u/s 3 of the Act.
2.15 “Sponsoring body” means a body being a charitable or a not-for-profit Society/Trust/
Company under Section 8 of Companies Act 2013 making an application for declaring
an institution under its administrative, academic and financial control as a deemed to
be university.
2.16 “Statutory body/authority/council” means a body constituted under any law for the
time being in force for determining or maintaining standards of quality in the relevant
areas of higher education and bodies known as All India Council for Technical
Education (AICTE), Medical Council of India (MCI), Dental Council of India (DCI),
National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), Bar Council of India (BCI), Indian
Nursing Council (INC), or any other such regulatory body established under an Act of
Parliament, shall be the Statutory bodies for the purposes of these Regulations.
3.0 OBJECTIVES OF AN INSTITUTION DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY

The objectives for which an institution is declared by the Government as an institution
deemed to be university shall be:

3.1 To provide for higher education leading to excellence and innovations in such branches
of knowledge as may be deemed fit primarily at post-graduate and research degree
levels fully conforming to the concept of university, namely, University Education
Report (1948) and the Report of the Committee on Renovation and Rejuvenation of
Higher Education in India (2009) and the Report of the Review Committee for Deemed
to be Universities (2009).

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