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Regulations pertaining to Autonomy to HEIs:

“(iii) The sponsoring organisation for greenfield institutions should have members whose
total net-worth is at least rupees five thousand crores collectively. For existing institutions,
the total net-worth of the sponsoring organization should be at least rupees three thousand
crores. For this purpose, the average of the net-worth of the members or organization, as the
case may be, for the last three financial years shall be taken into consideration.”
6. In the said regulations, in regulation 8.0:-

(a) in sub-regulation 8.1, for the words “Ministry of Human Resource Development” at
both the places where they occur, the following word “Ministry” shall be substituted;

(b) in sub-regulation 8.2, in clause 8.2.1, for the words “Ministry of Human Resource
Development”, the following word “Ministry” shall be substituted;

(c) in sub-regulation 8.4.,-
(i) in clause (a), for the words “Ministry of Human Resource Development”, the
following word “Ministry” shall be substituted;
(ii) in clause (d), for the words “Ministry of Human Resource Development”, the
following word “Ministry” shall be substituted;
(iii) for clause (e), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:-
“(e) the Ministry will issue a Letter of Intent (LoI), or otherwise reject the application,
within two weeks of receipt of the recommendations under Clause (d). In case the
institute surrenders its Letter of Intent (LoI) at any time, the application of the institute
shall be treated as withdrawn and the application/processing fee shall stand forfeited.”.
(iv) in clause (g), for the words “Ministry of Human Resource Development”, the
following word “Ministry” shall be substituted;
(v) in clause (h), for the words “Ministry of Human Resource Development”,
wherever they occur, the following word “Ministry” shall be substituted;
(vi) in clause (i), for the words “Ministry of Human Resource Development”, the
following word “Ministry” shall be substituted;
7. In the said regulations, in regulation 11.0, in sub-regulation 11.2.,-

(a) for clause 11.2.4, the following clause shall be substituted, namely:-
“11.2.4 The Institution of Eminence Deemed to be University shall have the
freedom to offer online courses as part of its programmes. If all the courses of
any programme are offered online, it should also be mentioned in the respective
certificate/ degree.”
(b) after clause 11.6.2, the following sub-regulations shall be inserted, namely:-

“11.7 Establishment of Off-campus centre(s): Institutions of Eminence Deemed
to be Universities shall be permitted to start new off-campus centre(s) (maximum
of 3 in 5 years and not more than 1 in one academic year), by following the
procedure mentioned hereunder:-
11.7.1Institutions of Eminence Deemed to be Universities shall submit their
application to the Ministry by way of an Affidavit in the prescribed proforma
along with the Detailed Project Report (DPR) containing its 10 year Strategic
Vision Plan and a five year rolling implementation plan viz. academic plan,
faculty recruitment plan, student admission plan, research plan, infrastructure
development plan, financial plan, administrative plan, governance plan with clear
annual milestones and action plan on how the proposed off-campus is to be set up
with identifiable outcomes for approval to start/establish an Off-Campus Centre.
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