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Regulations on Affiliation of Colleges by the Universities:

2.7 “Technical College” means a college offering programmes in technical education;
2.8 “Technical Education” means programmes of education, research and training in the
areas namely engineering & technology, architecture, town planning, pharmacy, applied
arts & crafts, hotel management and catering technology, computer applications, and
such other programmes or areas as the Central Government may, in consultation with
the Commission, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare;

2.9 “University” means a university defined under clause (f) of Section 2 of the UGC Act,
1956.

3. Norms & requirements for affiliation / renewal of affiliation of technical colleges by
Universities

3.1 While according affiliation/renewal of affiliation to technical colleges, Universities
shall follow the norms and guidelines as given in ANNEXURE to these Regulations.
These are based on the prevailing AICTE norms and standards. No relaxation in these
norms shall be permitted by any University.
3.2 Universities shall ensure that a proposal for the purposes mentioned in para 2.2.2.1 of
the ANNEXURE, from Technical Colleges meet the norms as prescribed therein.
4. Mandatory accreditation of technical colleges seeking affiliation / renewal of affiliation
from Universities

4.1 Universities shall ensure mandatory accreditation of the technical colleges by NAAC
and their programmes by NBA as per relevant regulations of UGC as amended from
time to time.
4.2 Universities shall exercise utmost care and caution while affiliating new technical
colleges. New technical colleges shall be granted affiliation subject to the condition that
they furnish an undertaking to apply for assessment to NBA within six months from the
date of issue of Letter of Intent (LoI).
4.3 Universities shall ensure that all necessary approvals including ‘No Objection’ certificate
are obtained by the promoter, be it government or private society/trust, before issuing
LoI.
4.4 All technical colleges which are more than six years old shall apply for accreditation to
NAAC or NBA within six months of issue of these regulations.
4.5 All technical colleges which are accredited by NAAC or whose programmes are
accredited by NBA shall be considered for permanent affiliation subject to fulfilment of
other conditions as laid down by the university concerned.
4.6 Any issue regarding the applicability of the relevant norms and requirements by the
university shall be referred to and decided by the Commission whose decision shall be
final.
5. Action in case of violations of Regulations
5.1 Every affiliating university shall submit a compliance report concerning the provisions
of these Regulations, in respect of all the affiliated technical colleges, to UGC annually.
This report shall also be placed on the university’s website.
5.2 If any university grants affiliation to a technical college which does not fulfil the
conditions/requirements for affiliation as per the extant UGC Regulations, the
Commission shall take such action as it may deem fit, including that of withholding the
grants to the university and / or delisting the said university from the list of universities
maintained by the Commission under Section 12B of the UGC Act.

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