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Regulations on Establishment, Maintenance and Recognition of Institutions:

(d) have obtained the approval of the relevant statutory body for the professional courses
being offered in the institution at the time of application;
(e) teacher-student ratio of 1:20 with a minimum combined faculty strength of not less
than one hundred and fifty teachers and a minimum combined student strength of three
thousand on rolls under the regular classroom mode, of which not less than one fifth
being post-graduate or research or as per the norms of the relevant statutory body; and
(f) have an administrative area, library, lecture halls, labs, hostels, health care, common
facilities, and recreational facilities.
(2) Universities established under clause (f) of section 2 of the Act shall not be eligible to
apply under these regulations for declaration under section 3 of the Act to declare an
institution as an institution deemed to be University.
5. Corpus Fund.— (1) In the case of institutions not funded by the Government, a corpus fund of
rupees twenty-five crores or as decided by the Commission from time to time, shall be created
and maintained in the name of the institution deemed to be University, including the existing
institutions declared under section 3 of the Act as institutions deemed to be Universities.
(2) The interest accrued on the corpus fund shall be used only for the purpose of further
development of the institution deemed to be University.
(3) Institutions deemed to be Universities may invest the corpus fund in any suitable
scheme or schemes.
6. Procedure for declaration of an institution as an institution deemed to be University.—
(1) The sponsoring body of an institution, fulfilling the eligibility criteria specified in
regulations 4 may apply ‘online’ to the Commission on its web portal developed for this
purpose, for considering the proposal for declaration of its institution as an institution deemed
to be University.
(2) The following documents shall be uploaded on the web portal referred to in sub-
regulation (1)—
(a) no objection certificate (NOC) from the affiliating University in the case of an
affiliated College:
Provided that, if no NOC is received by the applicant sponsoring body within
sixty days from the date of application, it shall be presumed that the affiliating
University has no objection to the request and in such cases, the acknowledgment
for receipt of the request shall be submitted as a document;
(b) a detailed project report (DPR) containing its fifteen-year detailed strategic
vision plan and a five-year rolling implementation plan, namely, the academic
plan, faculty recruitment plan, students admission plan, research plan, campus
information and communication technology plan, infrastructure development
plan, finance plan, administrative plan, governance plan, etc. with clear annual
milestones and action plans as to how the new institution deemed to be University
is being set up and developed, with identifiable output and outcomes and shall also
include the available academic and physical infrastructure with the institution;
(c) details of the sponsoring body with its aims and objectives, along with the details
of the key academic and administrative personnel;
(d) land ownership documents (Sale Deed or Lease Deed for a minimum period of
thirty years) in the name of the proposed institution deemed to be University or
the sponsoring body and shall give details of land ownership records derived from
the official revenue records portal of the State Government or the Union territory
administration, as the case may be;
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