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Regulations on Establishment, Maintenance and Recognition of Institutions:

(f) transform into research and teaching intensive University over a period of time;
(g) focus on research and innovation by setting up start-up incubation centers; technology
development centres; centres in frontier areas of research; greater industry-academic
linkages; and inter-disciplinary research including humanities and social sciences
research;
(h) provide flexible and innovative curriculum, which includes credit-based courses and
projects in theareas of community engagement and service, environmental education,
value-based education, etc.;

(i) contribute for social transformation through socially responsive teaching, learning,
research, and fieldwork; (j) adopt the provisions of NEP, 2020; and

(k) strengthen the research ecosystem by establishing Research and Development Cell
(RDC).
4. Eligibility criteria for an institution to be declared as institution deemed to be
University.—(1) The eligibility criteria for considering the applications of the institutions to
be declared as institutions deemed to be Universities shall —

(a) be a multi-disciplinary institution (having minimum five departments either in under-
graduate or post graduate or integrated or research programmes or a combination
of all these) or a cluster of institutions offering five programmes (having minimum
five departments either in under-graduate or post-graduate or integrated or research
programmes or a combination of all these):
Provided that in the case of cluster of institutions, the institutions may be either from
the same sponsoring body or from a different sponsoring body or bodies:
Provided further that each institution shall fulfill the eligibility conditions specified in
this clause:
Provided also that in case, if the cluster of institutions belonging to different sponsoring
bodies intends to acquire deemed to be University status, all the sponsoring bodies shall
form an exclusive sponsoring body in the name of the proposed deemed to be University
and that sponsoring body shall submit the application for deemed to be University status and
all the moveable and immovable assets of such sponsoring bodies shall be transferred to the
exclusive sponsoring body;

(b) be an institution—
(i) having valid accreditation by NAAC with at least 3.01 cumulative grade point
average (CGPA) for three consecutive cycles:
Provided that the application for accreditation or re-accreditation has been
submitted by the institution within time in each of these three cycles; or
(ii) providing two-thirds of eligible technical programmes accredited by the NBA for
three consecutive cycles, in the case of the technical institutions:
Provided that the application for accreditation or re-accreditation has been
submitted by the institution within time in each of these three cycles; or
(iii) figuring among the top fifty rankings of the NIRF in any specific category for
three consecutive years; or
(iv) figuring among the top hundred rankings in the overall ranking of NIRF for three
consecutive years;
(c) possess such academic and physical infrastructure as may be specified by the
Commission or the relevant statutory body, as the case may be;

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