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Regulations on Establishment, Maintenance and Recognition of Institutions:

m) All existing teachers shall be placed through an annual refresher training;

n) Compulsory participation in the NIRF ranking;
o) National level merit-based admission process.
p) Effective implementation of measures for quality improvement as per the quality
mandate of UGC.
q) To ensure not to start or run any professional courses governed by specific Acts of
parliament, except with the prior and specific approval of the authority constituted
thereunder as well as in conformity with the Clause 8 of these Regulations.
r) To submit the type of courses those are being offered latest by 30th April every
year. The details to be provided are – year, department, courses offered, whether
the course is professional or general, approval of the statutory council, approval
of the UGC, student intake, actual number of students enrolled, etc

s) To adhere to these regulations and other rules / regulations/ directions issued by
the UGC and relevant statutory bodies from time to time.
t) Every year on completion of the admissions, the Deemed to be University shall
upload all the data on its website.
9.02. The Commission shall decide on the physical verification of an Institution Deemed to
be University, or constitute teams for such verification only on receipt of complaints
against the accuracy and veracity of the information placed on the website of the
institution in respect of the parameters referred to in clause 9.01.

10.0 SYSTEM OF INSTITUTIONAL GOVERNANCE
10.01 The proposed/existing 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.

Provided that a sponsoring body exclusively established for running educational
institutions shall be exempted from registering as a separate not-for-profit Society /
Trust /Company for the Deemed to be University. However, the sponsoring body shall
categorically mention in its Registration Deed that the sponsoring body is exclusively
for running educational activities and no other activities are being carried out or shall
be carried out in future under it.
Provided further that if the sponsoring body of an existing Institution Deemed to
be University does not have a Society /Trust /Company exclusively for running
educational institutions, it shall form a new not for profit Society / Trust /Company for
the Deemed to be University. In such cases, the sponsoring body shall be exempted
from transferring of its moveable and immoveable assets to the newly created
Society/Trust/Company, if such sponsoring body provides Notarized Affidavit to the
effect that the entire moveable and immoveable assets allocated to the Institution
Deemed to be University shall not be leased or otherwise disposed off without the
prior permission of the Commission, and also that all expansion in the future shall be
undertaken by the Society /Trust /Company exclusively established for Deemed to
be University.
Provided also that the sponsoring body shall make available the infrastructure for
operating the Institution Deemed to be University without any rental or other such
charges.

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