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Regulations on Establishment, Maintenance and Recognition of Institutions:

3.01 To provide for higher education leading to excellence and innovations in such branches
of knowledge as may be deemed fit, primarily at undergraduate, at post-graduate and
research degree levels, fully conforming to the concept of University as defined herein.
3.02 To engage in areas of specialization with proven ability to make distinctive contributions
to the objectives of the higher education system in diverse disciplines.
3.03 To provide for high quality teaching and research recognized nationally and globally.
4.0 ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR AN INSTITUTION TO BE DECLARED AS AN
INSTITUTION DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY
4.01 An institution applying to be declared as an Institution Deemed to be University shall
have to meet the following stipulations:-

i. Has been in existence for not less than 20(twenty) years,
ii. Has, at the time of application, valid accreditation by National Assessment and
Accreditation Council (NAAC) with at least 3.26 CGPA for three consecutive
cycles OR if in case of technical institution, two-third of the eligible technical
programmes accredited by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA).

iii. Should be at the time of application, figure among the top 50 (Fifty) ranks in any
specific category or among the top 100 (Hundred) of overall ranking of National
Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF).

iv. Has demonstrated the characteristics of a university through multi-disciplinary
courses,

v. The annual per faculty publications in SCOPUS, Web of Science or peer-reviewed
journals of acceptable quality as per the UGC Reference List of Quality Journals
shall not be less than 2 (two).
vi. The teacher student ratio shall not be less than 1:20 with a faculty strength of
not less than 100 (Hundred) teachers and a minimum of 2,000 students on its
rolls under the regular class-room mode, of which not less than one third being
postgraduate/research students; and at least 5 Post Graduate Departments in
existence for at least 3 years with research programmes.
vii. Shall possess such academic and physical infrastructure as may be prescribed by
the Commission and/or the relevant statutory bodies.
viii. Shall have a built up area of not less than 30 sq.mts. per student which shall
include academic (academic buildings, library, lecture hall, laboratories, etc.),
administrative (hostels, faculty residences, health care), common and recreational
facilities.
4.02 Corpus Fund:

i) In the case of Institutions not maintained or financed by the Government a Corpus
Fund of Rs.10 Crore for an existing institution and Rs.25 Crore for a de-novo
institution, shall be created and maintained permanently in the name of the
proposed Institution Deemed to be University by way of irrevocable Government
Securities or other forms approved by the Commission.
ii) The interest accrued on the Corpus Fund shall be used only for the purpose of
development of the Institution Deemed to be University.
4.03 Governance Structure
The Governance structure of the proposed Institution Deemed to be University shall be
as per Clause 10.0 of these Regulations.
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