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Regulations on Establishment, Maintenance and Recognition of Institutions:

Provided also that if the proposal of the sponsoring body is rejected by the Central
Government, the sponsoring body may submit a fresh proposal only after one year.
(6) In case of institutions declared as deemed to be Universities, the University which had
granted affiliation to such institutions shall transfer the credits and the transcripts of
students who are enrolled and studying in the said institution and the existing students
may get the degree from the affiliating University or deemed to be University as per the
preference of the student and the newly admitted students shall get a degree from the
institution which has been granted status as an institution deemed to be University.

7. Procedure for declaration of an institution as institution deemed to be University under
‘distinct category’.—

(1) Online application may be submitted through the Commission’s portal for setting up
a new institution deemed to be University for its main campus or main campus and
constituent unit devoted to study and research in disciplines referred to in clause (12)
of regulation 2 of these regulations, by the following, namely:—

(i) any sponsoring body, with a philanthropic aim or with a commitment to society or
aiming for the social, cultural, and educational development of the country; or
(ii) Central or the State Government or the Union territory administration.
(2) Existing institutions or cluster of institutions (whether Government or self-financing
institution) either from the same sponsoring body or different sponsoring bodies
may also apply under this category for the establishment of main campus or main
campus and constituent unit, provided that they are devoted to study and research
in disciplines referred to in clause (12) of regulation 2 of these regulations and in
the case of cluster of institutions belonging to different sponsoring bodies intends to
acquire deemed to be University status, the sponsoring bodies concerned 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 in such case the entire moveable and immoveable assets shall be transferred to
that sponsoring body.
(3) Institutions falling under ‘distinct category’ are exempted from the application of
provisions of sub regulation (1) of regulation 4 of these regulations:
Provided that the proposed institution under this category shall start its operations with
a minimum of five academic programmes (either in under graduate or post-graduate
or integrated or research or combination of all these programmes) with physical
and academic infrastructure as per the norms of the relevant statutory body or the
Commission, as the case may be.
(4) The sponsoring body shall submit the application along with all the documents referred
to in sub-regulation (2) of regulation 6 except the documents referred to in clause (e) of
the said sub-regulation.
(5) The Commission shall refer the application for examination by the Expert Committee
to be constituted by the Chairman of the Commission and the said Committee may
direct the applicant to make a presentation to demonstrate whether or not the institution
fulfills the requirements as specified in these regulations and the Committee shall
submit its report to the Commission, within thirty days from the date of reference to it,
by way of recommendation as to whether or not the Letter of Intent (LoI) can be issued
and whether the same shall be issued with or without any additional conditions.

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