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Regulations on Establishment, Maintenance and Recognition of Institutions:

(Department of Higher Education) Government of India, subject to the said institution
fulfilling the eligibility criteria and other relevant conditions stipulated under these
Regulations. The application shall also be submitted online on UGC website.
13.06 The Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India shall return/
reject or refer the proposal to the Commission for advice normally within 30 days of
receipt of the proposal.
13.07 The Commission shall then adopt the procedure described under articles 8.05 to 8 .07
to examine the proposal so received by it.
13.08 The Commission shall verify all the relevant factors and aspects through its Expert
Committee before making a suitable recommendation to the Ministry of Human
Resource Development, Government of India.
13.09 The inspection report as well as the recommendation of the Expert Committee along
with the opinion/comments of the Statutory/Regulatory body concerned and the views,
if any, of the State Government concerned shall be examined by the Commission as
per procedure before making recommendation to the Ministry of Human Resource
Development, Government of India.
13.10 If rejected, the Central Government shall inform the institution, accordingly.

13.11 After taking the relevant steps of the procedure prescribed in article 8, the Central
Government shall notify the inclusion of the institution under the ambit of the institution
deemed to be university on being satisfied that institution deemed to be university has:

a) earned a reputation for excellent and innovative teaching, for meaningful and
purposeful research, for practicing academic and examination reforms like modular
structure, continuous internal evaluation, etc. and for extension activities; and

b) a good track record of conforming to the relevant Regulations/norms of the
Commission and the Statutory/Regulatory body concerned regarding minimum
standards of instruction, qualifications of teachers, merit-based admission of
students on an all India basis and reasonable fee structure.
13.12 On an institution coming under the ambit of the institution deemed to be university, the
institution deemed to be university shall award degrees only to the students enrolled
in the institution after the institution concerned disaffiliates itself from the affiliating
university. The students enrolled in such an institution prior to its inclusion under the
ambit of the institution deemed to be university, shall, receive their degrees from the
university to which the institution was affiliated at the time of their enrolment.
13.13 Once an institution comes under the ambit of an institution deemed to be university, it
shall be at par with an off-Campus of the institution deemed to be university, and all
articles of these Regulations relating to off- Campus Centres of institutions deemed to
be universities shall be applicable to it.
Provided that if the institution under the ambit is located in the city where the headquarters
of the Institution Deemed to be University is located, the institution would be treated
as part of the main campus. If it is located in some other city/town/village, it would be
treated as an off-campus centre.

13.14 The entire movable and immovable property as well as the existing manpower of the
institution and its records (except those pertaining to the students who had already
registered till they pass out of the Institution) shall be transferred to the institution
deemed to be university before the notification.

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