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Regulations pertaining to Autonomy to HEIs:

2.8 “Institution” means an Institution for higher education engaged in teaching and research
of high academic standards at the undergraduate, post-graduate or higher levels.
2.9 “Institution Deemed to be University” means an Institution for higher education so
declared, on the recommendation of the Commission, by the Central Government
under Section 3 of the Act.
2.10 “Ministry” means Ministry of Human Resource Development.

2.11 “Notification” means a notification issued by the Central Government in the Official
Gazette declaring an Institution for higher education, as an Institutions of Eminence
Deemed to be University, under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956.

2.12 “Off-Campus Centre” means a centre of the Institutions of Eminence Deemed to be
University beyond its Campus and located elsewhere in the country.

2.13 “Off-Shore Campus” means a campus of the Institutions of Eminence Deemed to be
University beyond its Campus and located outside India.
2.14 “Processing Fee” means the charges that have to be paid by the applicant Institution
to the Commission along with the application for processing such application. The
Processing Fee shall be Rupees one crore for Institutions which apply for the status of
Institutions of Eminence Deemed to be University. The Commission may revise it from
time to time.

2.15 “Professional Regulatory Council” means a body constituted under any law for the time
being in force for determining or maintaining standards of quality in the relevant areas
of higher education pertaining to professional education and bodies such as Medical
Council of India (MCI), Dental Council of India (DCI), National Council for Teacher
Education (NCTE) and Bar Council of India (BCI), etc.
2.16 “Sponsoring Organization” means a body being a charitable or a not-for-profit Society
or a public Trust or a Company incorporated under Section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013
making an application to upgrade its existing Institution Deemed to be University into
an Institutions of Eminence Deemed to be University or to establish a new Institutions
of Eminence Deemed to be University.
2.17 “Institutions of Eminence Deemed to be University” means an Institution declared as such
under these Regulations and which shall be distinct from “Deemed to be Universities”
declared under UGC (Institutions Deemed to be Universities) Regulations, 2016.
3. OBJECTIVES OF INSTITUTIONS OF EMINENCE DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITIES
The objectives of Institutions of Eminence Deemed to be Universities shall be:

3.1 to provide for higher education leading to excellence and innovations in such branches
of knowledge as may be deemed fit at post-graduate, graduate and research degree
levels and award degrees, diplomas and other academic distinctions;

3.2 to engage in areas of specialization to make distinctive contributions to the objectives
of the university education system wherein the academic engagement is clearly
distinguishable from programmes of an ordinary nature and is tuned to developing the
capacity of the students and the researchers to compete in the global tertiary education
marketplace through the acquisition and creation of advanced knowledge in those areas;
3.3 to provide for high quality teaching and research and for the advancement of knowledge
and its dissemination through various research programmes undertaken in- house by
substantial number of full time faculty and research scholars in diverse disciplines;

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