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Regulations pertaining to Autonomy to HEIs:

(vii) Deciding on changes in transfer of sponsorship from any or all of the original
sponsors of Institutions of Eminence Deemed to be Universities.
(viii) Making recommendations to the Commission with respect to the liquidation of
the Corpus Fund of an Institution of Eminence Deemed to be University.
(ix) Calling for the accounts of the Institution of Eminence Deemed to be Universities
to verify compliance with the corpus and other additional guaranteed and
committed financing requirements.
(x) Assessing deviations from the goals of Institutions of Eminence Deemed to be
Universities and making recommendations to the Commission regarding Penalties
for the same.

(xi) Examining proposals on issues not covered in the regulations and making
recommendations to the competent authorities.

8.0 PROCEDURE FOR DECLARATION AS AN INSTITUTION OF EMINENCE
DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY

8.1 Call for application
The Commission shall call for applications, to be submitted to the Ministry of Human
Resource
Development, both from existing Private Institutions desirous of being declared
as an Institution of Eminence Deemed to be University and also from Sponsoring
Organisations desirous of setting up new Institutions of Eminence Deemed to be
Universities. The advertisement shall be issued both in print media and also shall be
put on the website of Commission and the Ministry of Human Resource Development.
A minimum time of ninety days should be provided for submitting applications from
the date of the advertisement.
8.2 Application
8.2.1 An application in specified format may be made by the Chancellor of an existing
Private Institution Deemed to be University / existing Private University and by
Sponsoring Body for an institution yet to established to the Ministry of Human
Resource Development, along with a processing fee of Rupees one crore by way of
Demand Draft drawn in favour of The Secretary, University Grants Commission.
The processing fee is refundable to the extent of Rupees seventy five lakh to the
applicant who are not selected as Institutions of Eminence.
8.2.2 Every application should have two parts, a fifteen year strategic vision plan as
well as a five year implementation plan. The former would be the long-term
strategic plan to meet the objectives and characteristics of an Institution of
Eminence and shall also contain the quantified milestones and timelines for the
institution to achieve world-class repute as laid down in Regulations 3 and 4. The
implementation plan should contain detailed and tangible annual action plans to
achieve the objectives laid out in the strategic plan.
8.3 Accompanying documents
Each application should be accompanied by the following (as applicable as per the
Category of the Institution under Regulation I .2):
(a) Details of members / directors of the Sponsoring Organization.
(b) The guiding documents of Sponsoring Organisation (such as Memorandum
of Association or Trust Deed) which should clearly lay down that research &
education is one of the main objectives.
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