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Regulations pertaining to Autonomy to HEIs:

University Grants Commission
(Categorization of Universities (only) for Grant of Graded Autonomy)
Regulations, 2018.

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 12th February, 2018

F. No. 1-8-2017(CPP-II).—The following is published for general information :—
Preamble
Whereas University Grants Commission (UGC) is mandated to determine, promote and maintain
the standards of higher education in higher educational institutions (HEIs);

Whereas, UGC recognizes the need to create an enabling environment whereby HEIs can
become institution of global excellence;

Whereas, UGC recognizes that autonomy is pivotal to promoting and institutionalizing
excellence in higher education and that the regulatory framework needs to facilitate better
performing institutions towards excellence in higher education.

Therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (j) of Section 12 read with clause (g)
of subsection (1) of Section 26 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956, the University
Grants Commission hereby makes the following regulations:-

1. Short title, application and commencement –
(1) These regulations shall be called the University Grants Commission (Categorization of
Universities (only) for Grant of Graded Autonomy) Regulations, 2018.
(2) They shall apply to all universities established or incorporated by or under a Central
Act, a Provincial Act, or a State Act and any Institution Deemed to be University under
Section 3 of UGC Act, 1956.
(3) They shall come into force from the date of their notification in the Official Gazette of
India.
2. Definitions–
In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
(a) “Accreditation” means the process of quality control in higher education, whereby,
as a result of evaluation or assessment or by any other scientific method followed
by recognized accreditation agencies, an HEI or programme(s) conducted therein is
recognised as conforming to benchmarked parameters of academic quality;
(b) “Assessment” means the process involved in ascertaining or verifying the capabilities
of an HEI in terms of its physical infrastructure, human resources (including faculty),
administration, course curricula, admission and student evaluation procedures and
governance structure prior to the commencement of its academic programmes;
(c) “Commission” means the University Grants Commission as defined in the University
Grants Commission Act, 1956;
(d) “CGPA” means cumulative grade point average grading system as followed by
NAAC or any other Assessment and Accreditation Agencies (AAA) recognized by the
Commission under relevant UGC regulations, while granting accreditation;
(e) “National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC)” means the body established
by the Commission to assess and accredit HEIs in the country;
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