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Regulations pertaining to Autonomy to HEIs:

13.6 The Committee may suggest remedial action to address deficiencies, if any. The
Institution of Eminence Deemed to be University shall take steps to address them
within a reasonable time period.
14.0 ACCREDITATION and RANKING
14.1 The Institution of Eminence Deemed to be University, within five years of its notification
will have to get accreditation as per Regulation 4.2.15.
14.2 The Institution of Eminence Deemed to be University, within five years of its notification
declaring it as an Institution of Eminence Deemed to be University, shall get itself
ranked in the National Institutional Ranking Framework and in an International
Ranking index of repute. An existing Institution which has been declared Institution of
Eminence Deemed to be University should start getting ranked from the year when it
gets a Letter of Intent. All Institutions should then continue to get themselves ranked in
the National and International ranking frameworks.
15.0 RESERVATION POLICY
The Public Institutions of Eminence shall implement the reservation policy in admissions
and recruitment in accordance with any Act of Parliament for the time being in force.
16.0 INSTITUTION TO BE UNITARY

The Institution of Eminence Deemed to be University shall be a unitary Institution Deemed
to be University and shall not affiliate any other Institution.

17.0 USE OF THE WORD ‘UNIVERSITY’
The Institution shall not use the word ‘University’ suffixed to its name but may mention
the words “Institution of Eminence Deemed to be University” within parenthesis suffixed
thereto.
18.0 PROHIBITION OF USE OF CERTAIN WORDS IN NOMENCLATURE
Institution of Eminence Deemed to be University shall not be permitted to use the words,
“Indian” or “National Institute” in their respective names unless they have been established
by the Central Government or State Government.
19.0 DISTANCE EDUCATION
The Institution of Eminence Deemed to be University may offer courses under distance
mode, without any approvals, in accordance with the minimum standards laid down by the
Commission. This provision shall also apply to Government owned and controlled Deemed to
be Universities which have been declared Institutions of Eminence under UGC (Declaration
of Government Educational Institutions as Institutions of Eminence) Guidelines, 2017.

20.0 CORPUS FUND
20.1 In the case of Institutions of Eminence Deemed to be Universities not owned or
controlled by the Government, a Corpus Fund as mentioned in Regulation 4.2.11 shall
be created and maintained permanently in the name of the Institution of Eminence
Deemed to be University.

20.2 The Corpus Fund shall not be liquidated without prior permission of the Empowered
Experts Committee.

20.3 The interest accrued on the Corpus Fund may be used only for the purpose of
development of the Institution of Eminence Deemed to be University.

20.4 The Empowered Experts Committee may call for the accounts of the Institution of
Eminence Deemed to be University to verify compliance with the corpus and other

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