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Regulations on Establishment, Maintenance and Recognition of Institutions:

6.11 No institution deemed to be university shall, issue or publish-
(a) any advertisement for inducing students for taking admission in the institution,
claiming to be recognized by the appropriate statutory authority where it is not so
recognized; or
(b) any information, through advertisement or otherwise in respect of its infrastructure
or its academic facilities or of its faculty or standard of instruction or academic
or research performance, which the institution, or person authorized to issue such
advertisement on behalf of the institution knows to be false or not based on facts
or to be misleading.

6.12 On being declared an institution deemed to be university, an institution shall admit
students to its approved academic programme, under its enrolment, only from the
academic session that follows the Notification issued by the Central Government:
Provided that enrolment of students to the institution, for any reason whatsoever, in
anticipation of the declaration as an institution deemed to be university or inclusion of
the institution under the ambit of an institution deemed to be university, shall render the
application invalid:
Provided further that the students already on the rolls of the institution prior to the
date of application for declaration as an institution deemed to be university or its
inclusion under the ambit of an institution deemed to be university shall continue to
be students, for all purposes, of the affiliating university with whom they have already
been enrolled,and shall also be awarded degree only by that affiliating university.
7.0 INFRASTRUCTURE AND OTHER FACILITIES
7.1 It shall have the necessary financial and infrastructural viability for administering and
maintaining the institution as an institution deemed to be university and the management
capable of contributing to the university ideals and traditions and enhancing the quality
of teaching, research and extension activities.

7.2 It shall have the following minimum infrastructure and other facilities:
7.2.1 Land and Buildings:-
i) Administrative Building of at least 1,000 sq. meters.
ii) Academic Building, including library, lecture theatres and laboratories, of
at least 15,000 sq. meters, of which the central library alone being of about
2000 sq. meters.
iii) Some residential accommodation for teachers, guest house and
hostel accommodation for students shall be in existence at the time of
applying for declaration as an institution deemed to be university. Hostel
accommodation shall be gradually increased to at least 25% of the students
within 3 years of existence of institution deemed to be university. The
floor area for hostel facilities shall be 10 sq. mts. per student proposed to
reside.
Provided that if the Institution is proposed to be set up in metropolitan
area/urban area and if the proposed Institution has space constraints, the
hostel facilities for students and residential facilities for academic and
non-academic staff can be established at a place within 5 km radius from
the main campus.
iv) The minimum requirement for open space shall be 40% of the total area of
the Institution.

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