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Regulations pertaining to Autonomy to HEIs:

6.0 ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR DECLARATION OF A PRIVATELY OWNED
AND CONTROLLED INSTITUTIONS TO BE CONFERRED THE STATUS OF
INSTITUTION OF EMINENCE DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY

6.1 The proposed Institution of Eminence Deemed to be University should satisfy the
following provisions:
(i) It should be an Institution which has been established as a private Deemed to
be University satisfying all the provisions of the UGC (Institutions Deemed
to be Universities) Regulations, 2016 or established under a law made by a
Legislative Assembly of any State satisfying all conditions laid down under
UGC (Establishment of and Maintenance of Standards in Private Universities)
Regulations, 2003 as amended; or it should make a completely new proposal to
establish an Institution of Eminence Deemed to be University.
(ii) The Sponsoring Organization shall be not-for-profit society or a public trust or a
company constituted under Section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013.
(iii) The Sponsoring Organization for greenfield institutions should have members
whose total net worth is at least Rupees five thousand crore collectively. For
existing institutions, the total networth of all members of Sponsoring Organisation
should be Rupees three thousand crore collectively.
(iv) The Sponsoring Organization should have atleast some members whose
credentials, as borne out by their record and to the satisfaction of the Empowered
Experts Committee, indicate that they are committed to the objectives laid out in
Regulation 4.
(v) The Sponsoring Organisation should have identified the first Chancellor and first
Vice-Chancellor and the core team who will implement the work of setting up the
Institution of Eminence Deemed to be University. All of them should have very
high qualifications and wide experience.

(vi) The institutions of Eminence Deemed to be Universities should have corpus fund
and other financial resources as specified in Regulation 4.2.11.

(vii) A detailed fifteen year strategic vision plan and a five year rolling implementation
plan, with clear annual milestones and action plans on how the new Institution
of Eminence Deemed to be University is to be set up, with identifiable outputs
and outcomes and how it plans to meet the criteria for attaining the status of an
Institution of Eminence Deemed to be University, as laid down in Regulation 4.
(viii) The governance structure of the Institution of Eminence Deemed to be University
should be distinct from the governance structure of the Sponsoring Organization.
The apex Governing Body of the University should consist of members whose
credentials indicate that they can contribute to achievement of the objectives laid
out in Regulation 4, and not be mere representatives of some section or entity.
The Sponsoring Organisation and the apex Governing Body of the University
should be separate body corporate, though there could be a few members from
Sponsoring Organisation in the apex Governing Body to leverage the full
commitment of sponsors to deliver the desired outcomes in a very short-time
frame. The governance structure should demonstrate the sponsor’s commitment
to an arms-length relationship between the two entities.
(ix) It should have sufficient evidence to show that it has experience in translating
plans into real achievements in any field (not necessarily in the field of higher
education, but preferably in it) as per its plans.
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