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Regulations on Establishment, Maintenance and Recognition of Institutions:

of the Institution shall be transferred legally by the sponsoring Trust/Society/Company
to the institution deemed to be university within one year of the declaration of the
Institution as Deemed to be University. The sponsoring Trust/Society/Company shall
give an undertaking alongwith the application to the effect that the land and other assets
shall be transferred legally to the Institution Deemed to be University within one year
of the notification declaring the Institute as Deemed to be University. However, in case
the immovable property has been acquired by the institution by way of lease, the lease
shall be perpetual in nature and initially for at least 30 years which shall be extended
further.

Provided that if such transfer of property does not take place within the one year
period then the provisional status of deemed university shall be withdrawn by the
Government.

7.7 The income and property of the institution, howsoever derived, shall be utilized only for
the promotion of the objectives of the institution including its growth and development.
No portion of the income/property of the institution shall be paid or transferred, directly
or indirectly by way of profit, to the persons who were/are members of the institution,
provided that nothing herein contained shall prevent the payment in good faith or
remuneration to any member thereof or to any other person in return for any service
rendered to the institution or for travelling, halting and other similar charges, and all
such expenditure shall be appropriately reflected in the accounts of the institution,
maintained for the purpose.
8.0 PROCEDURE FOR BEING DECLARED AS AN INSTITUTION DEEMED TO BE A
UNIVERSITY
8.01 The institution fulfilling the minimum eligibility criteria as laid down in these Regulations
for considering proposals for declaration as an institution deemed to be a university may
send its application in duplicate in the prescribed Proforma to the Secretary, Ministry
of Human Resource Development, Department of Higher Education, Government of
India. The application shall also be submitted online on UGC website. Processing fees
for each application shall be paid to the Commission by way of a Demand Draft drawn
in favour of The Secretary, University Grants Commission, Bahadurshah Zafar Marg
New Delhi 110002.
8.02 It shall submit a certificate as also an undertaking along with its application to the
effect that the professional programmes already being conducted by it, if any, have the
approval of the relevant Statutory/Regulatory bodies like AICTE, MCI, DCI, NCTE,
BCI, INC, etc., along with a duly attested copy of the letter of approval granted to it
by such bodies. In addition, each application shall be accompanied by an essentiality
certificate from the State Government concerned, wherever necessary.
8.03 It shall also submit, along with its application, a certificate from the affiliating
university/affiliating universities, as the case may be, to the effect that the students
already admitted in the institution or institutions that is/are to become integral part of
the proposed institution deemed to be University institution enrolled under the said
affiliating university/affiliating universities shall continue to be the students of that
university for all purposes under the existing terms and conditions till they complete
the relevant academic programmes.
8.04 The Ministry of Human Resource Development after preliminary scrutiny of the
proposal, may return/reject or forward the application to the Commission for its advice,
normally, within 30 days of the receipt of application.

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