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Regulations pertaining to Autonomy to HEIs:

University Grants Commission
(Institutions of Eminence Deemed to be Universities) Regulations, 2017.

No. F. 1-4/2016(CPP-I/DU,-PREAMBLE

To create a distinct category of Deemed to be Universities, called Institutions of Eminence
Deemed to be Universities, which would be regulated differently from other Deemed to be
Universities so as to evolve into Institutions of world class in a reasonable time period, the
University Grants Commission, in exercise of powers conferred under Clauses [f] & [g] of Sub-
Section [l] of Section 26 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956, hereby, makes the
following Regulations, namely:

1. SHORT TITLE, APPLICATION AND COMMENCEMENT
1.1 These Regulations may be called the UGC (Institutions of Eminence Deemed to be
Universities) Regulations, 2017.
1.2 These Regulations shall apply to every existing or proposed Institution, not owned
or controlled by Government, seeking declaration or having been declared as an
Institutions of Eminence Deemed to be University under these Regulations.
1.3 These Regulations shall also apply to Government owned and controlled Deemed
to be Universities which have been declared Institutions of Eminence under UGC
(Declaration of Government Educational Institutions as Institutions of Eminence)
Guidelines, 2017, to the extent mentioned in these Regulations.

1.4 The Deemed to be Universities declared as “Institutions of Eminence Deemed to be
Universities” under these Regulations or under UGC (Declaration of Government
Educational Institutions as Institutions of Eminence) Guidelines, 2017 shall be regulated
under these Regulations and Guidelines only and the UGC (Institutions Deemed to
be Universities) Regulations, 2016 shall not apply to such Institutions of Eminence
Deemed to be Universities.
1.5 These Regulations shall come into force with effect from the date of their notification
in the Official Gazette.
2. DEFINITIONS
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:

2.1 “Act” means the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 [Act 3 of 1956].
2.2 “Campus” means Campus of the Institutions of Eminence Deemed to be University;
wherein its major facilities including academic facilities, faculty, staff, and students are
located in India.
2.3 “Commission” means the University Grants Commission (UGC) constituted under the
Act or any other body empowered to regulate an institution deemed to be university
under any law for the time being in force.

2.4 “Constituent Institution” means an Institution operating under the administrative,
academic and financial control of the Sponsoring Organization.
2.5 “Empowered Experts Committee” means a Committee constituted by the Commission
to exercise the powers conferred by Regulations 7 of these Regulations.
2.6 “Government” means the Central Government, unless the context so specifies.
2.7 “Guidelines” means UGC (Declaration of Government Educational Institutions as
Institutions of Eminence) Guidelines, 2017.

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