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Regulations on Establishment, Maintenance and Recognition of Institutions:

University Grants Commission
[Institutions Deemed to be Universities] Amendment Regulations, 2020.

Notification

th
New Delhi, the 18 November, 2020
F. No. 1-2/2018 (CPP-I/DU) – In exercise of the powers conferred under clauses (f) and (g)
of sub-section (1) of section 26 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 (3 of 1956),
the University Grants Commission hereby makes the following amendments in the UGC
[Institutions Deemed to be Universities] Regulations, 2019 namely:
1. (1) These regulations may be called the UGC [Institutions Deemed to be Universities]
Amendment Regulations, 2020.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the UGC [Institutions Deemed to be Universities] Regulations, 2019, in regulation 19.0, in
clause (iii), after the words “faculty of the Institution Deemed to be University”, the following
shall be inserted, namely:-
“except in the following cases, namely:-

(a) The Institution Deemed to be University approved under regulation 7.01 may enter into
an agreement or arrangement if –

(I) the establishment, maintenance or operation of such institution is permitted under
any Act of Parliament or the rules or regulations made thereunder; and

(II) it has made an application under sub-regulation 7.01.1 after following the
procedure specified in regulation 7.01, except the procedure in sub-regulation
7.01.2, and the campus to be established under such agreement or arrangement
shall be –
(A) treated as an off-campus centre of the Institution Deemed to be University
as long as such agreement or arrangement remains valid under such law;
and
(B) subject to similar standards of audit and disclosure as a ‘not-for-profit’
entity as that of the Institution Deemed to be University;
(b) The Institution Deemed to be University approved under regulation 7.01 may enter into
agreement or arrangement for practical training of students of a skill oriented vocational
course if such course is approved by the University Grants Commission or any other
body established under any Act of Parliament.”
(Prof. Rajnish Jain)
Secretary

Note: The Principal regulations were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part III,
Section 4 vide F.No. 1-2/2018(CPP-I/DU), dated the 20th February, 2019.

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