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Regulations on Establishment, Maintenance and Recognition of Institutions:

4.9 Each constituent unit included in the original proposal shall have continuous accreditation
for two cycles with the highest grade offered and also gets valid highest grade for third
cycle, either from National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) and/or all
its eligible courses shall be accredited continuously for two cycles (five year each)
with the highest grade offered and also gets highest grade in the third cycle, which is
currently valid, by National Board of Accreditation (NBA) or an accreditation agency
recognized by the Commission from time to time.
4.10 Shall undertake not to offer any programme in the distance mode.

(b) Conditions
4.11 The applicant institutions shall be a not-for-profit organization and shall not be engaged
in commercialization of higher education.
4.12 The applicant institution shall not have violated any of the provisions of any of the
statutes/guidelines of UGC/any Statutory Authority in the period of five years preceding
the date of submission of the application seeking status of an institution deemed to be
university.

5.0 GOVERNANCE SYSTEM FOR AN INSTITUTION TO BE DECLARED AS AN
INSTITUTION DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY
An institution to be declared as a deemed to be university shall adhere to the following criteria:
5.1 The proposed institution deemed to be university shall be registered as a not-for-profit
Society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 or as a not-for-profit Trust under the
Public Trust Act, or as a not-for-profit company under section 8 of the Companies Act,
2013 (hereinafter referred to as the Managing Society/Trust/Company), which shall be
owned by a not-for-profit Society registered under the Societies Registration Act, or a
not-for-profit Trust registered under the Public Trust Act, or a not-for-profit company
registered under section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013 (hereinafter referred to as the
Sponsoring Society/Trust/Company), or in case of a Government controlled deemed to
be university, by the Government:
Provided that the members/trustees/promoters of a Managing Society/Trust/Company
of a deemed to be a university, not being a Government Controlled deemed to be
university, shall not be directly or indirectly connected with the members/trustees/
promoters of the sponsoring Society/Trust/Company.
5.2 Among the authorities of the deemed to be universities, there shall be a Chancellor
who shall be appointed by the sponsoring Society/Trust/Company and shall be a
distinguished public figure.
5.3 The Sponsoring body of deemed to be universities may also appoint a person as a
Pro Chancellor, whose role would be limited to carrying out the tasks assigned to the
Chancellor in these Regulations, when the latter is not available for carrying out the same.
5.4 The highest governing body of the deemed to be university shall be a Board of
Management to be headed by the Vice Chancellor. This body shall consist of a minimum
of ten members and a maximum of fifteen members.

5.5 The Board of Management of the institution shall be independent of the sponsoring
Society/Trust/Company and managing Society/Trust/Company with full autonomy
to perform its academic and administrative responsibilities. The number of
representative(s)/nominee(s) of the Sponsoring Society/Trust/Company on the Board
of Management shall be limited to a maximum of four.

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