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Regulations pertaining to Autonomy to HEIs:

11.4 Academic collaborations:
11.4.1 Academic collaborations with foreign higher educational institutions ranked in
top 500 in global rankings shall be exempt from approvals by the Government
or the Commission, except with Institutions from negative list of countries
determined by the Ministry of External Affairs or the Ministry of Home Affairs.
11.4.2 The Institutions of Eminence Deemed to be Universities shall be free to enter
into academic collaborations with Institutions within the country.
11.5 Financial Autonomy:
11 .5.1 The Institution of Eminence Deemed to be University shall have complete
financial autonomy to spend the resources raised and allocated.
11.6 Inspection:

11.6.1 The existing UGC Regulations relating to inspection shall not apply to these
Institutions of Eminence Deemed to be Universities.

11.6.2 However, the Institution of Eminence Deemed to be University shall work
out the details of a self-disclosure-cum-review mechanism to ensure quality,
with review being done by the Empowered Expert Committee. The Committee
may, if it deems necessary, take assistance of teams consisting of experts
from internationally ranked Institutions and from Institutions of National
Importance.

12.0 GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL SYSTEM
The Institution of Eminence Deemed to be University shall appoint an Ombudsman to deal
with grievances of students and faculty and allegations of unfair practice. The ombudsman
selected should be independent of the institution or the management now or in the recent past
and concurrence of Empowered Expert Committee shall be taken before appointment of the
ombudsman. The contact details of the Ombudsman shall be displayed prominently in the
campus, on the homepage of the Institution of Eminence Deemed to be University’s website
and in the prospectus.
13.0 MONITORING AND REVIEW
13.1 The Institutions of Eminence Deemed to be Universities shall be reviewed once in three
years after their notification as such by the Ministry of Human Resource Development
by the Empowered Expert Committee for adherence to their implementation plans,
keeping in view their fifteen year strategic plans. The monitoring and review shall
continue till the Institution of Eminence Deemed to be University gets into top one
hundred in a world ranking of repute for two consecutive years or till fifteen years,
whichever is earlier.
13.2 However, the Institutions shall inform the Empowered Experts Committee every year
on the progress made in realizing the goals laid out in the implementation and strategic
plans, in a manner so prescribed by the Committee.
13.3 The Empowered Experts Committee may also evolve such other monitoring and review
systems, especially in the initial years, with the objective of guiding and supervising
the growth of the Institution of Eminence Deemed to be University.
13.4 Apart from this, the Empowered Experts Committee may require the Institutions to
annually self-report and publicly display certain information relating to compliance
with their implementation and strategic plans,
13.5 The annual review exercise should be completed by June each year.

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