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Regulations pertaining to Autonomy to HEIs:

4.2.15 The Institution should be accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation
Council (NAAC) or an alternative version of NAAC which conforms to UGC
(Institutions of Eminence Deemed to be Universities) Regulations, 2017 or its
amendments and also be assessed by atleast one reputed international accreditation
agency, one whose ratings are a credible and widely accepted global benchmark.
The Institution may however appeal on accreditation of NAAC or alternative
version of NAAC to the Empowered Experts Committee, whose decision shall
be final.
4.2.16 The Institution of Eminence Deemed to be University should have reasonably
large owned / long term leased (at least thirty years) campus with adequate space
for expansion.

4.2.17 The governance structure of the Institution of Eminence Deemed to be
University should be distinct from the governance structure of the Sponsoring
Organization.
4.2.18 The Institution of Eminence Deemed to be University should achieve a
student enrolment of at least ten thousand over a period of fifteen years.
However, the institutions may project a lower figure as its enrolment target
with justification on how that enrolment figure would enable it to become a
world class university.

4.2.19 It should come in top five hundred of any of the world renowned ranking
frameworks (such as the Times Higher Education World University Rankings
or QS or Shanghai’s Jiao Tong University) in the first ten years of setting up on
being declared as Institution of Eminence, and having achieved top five hundred
rank, should consistently improve its ranking to come in the top one hundred
eventually over time.
4.3 The Institution giving an application to be declared as an Institution of Eminence,
should in its proposal mention the detailed and tangible action plan, milestones, and
timelines by which it seeks to achieve each of the parameters laid down in Regulation
4.2, mentioning milestones to be achieved in first five years and over 15 years.
5.0 PROVISION REGARDING DECLARATION OF AN EXISTING GOVERNMENT
OWNED AND CONTROLLED DEEMED UNIVERSITY AS AN INSTITUTION OF
EMINENCE DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY
5.1 The UGC (Declaration of Government Educational Institutions as Institutions of
Eminence) Guidelines 2017 would apply to existing Government owned and controlled
Deemed to be University which seeks to become Institution of Eminence.
5.2 Such an Institution will have to apply to MHRD as per the provisions given in the
Guidelines and the selection procedure would be as per the provisions given in the
Guidelines.

5.3 If such Deemed to be University is declared as an Institution of Eminence under the
Guidelines, then it would be eligible to be called “Institution of Eminence Deemed to
be University”
5.4 The funding, additional incentives, monitoring, accreditation ranking and penalty, of
such Government owned and controlled Institutions shall be as provided for in the
Guidelines.
5.5 Provisions in these Regulations regarding distance education, unitary status and
Reservation would also apply to such Government owned and controlled Institution of
Eminence Deemed to be University.
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