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Regulations pertaining to Autonomy to HEIs:

11.7.4- The Chairman of the Commission, on behalf of the Commission, shall
forward the recommendations of the Empowered Experts Committee along with
the advice of the Commission to the Ministry within ten days of the receipt of the
Empowered Experts Committee recommendations.

11.7.5- The Ministry shall, after taking into the consideration the recommendations
of the Empowered Experts Committee and advice of the Commission, and
ordinarily within a further period of fifteen days from the date of receipt of such
advice, either issue a notification for starting of off-campus centre(s) or, as the
case may be, a Letter of Intent (LoI) for setting up of new off-campus centre or
reject the proposal stating the reasons thereto. The decision of the Ministry shall
be final and binding.
11.7.6- The functioning of the off-campus centre(s) shall be reviewed by the
Empowered Experts Committee independently and/or along with the Institution
of Eminence Deemed to be Universities in accordance with the provisions
available under regulation 13.0. After review of the off-campus centre, if the
Empowered Experts Committee is not satisfied with the performance of the off-
campus centre, it may recommend discontinuation of the off-campus centre to the
Central Government. In such cases the interest of the students enrolled at the off-
campus centre shall be protected and the Institution of Eminence Deemed to be
University shall be asked to seek affiliation of the Off-campus centre to the State
University having territorial jurisdiction.
11.8 Establishment of an Off-shore campus
11.8.1- Institutions of Eminence Deemed to be Universities shall be allowed to start
new off-shore campuses with the prior approval of the Ministry after receiving No
Objection Certificate from Ministry of External Affairs and Ministry of Home Affairs.
The Institutions of Eminence Deemed to be Universities shall ensure that the norms
and standards of the Off-shore campus shall be the same as that maintained in the
main campus for similar courses, and the Off-shore campus shall also follow similar
admission criteria, curriculum, examination system and evaluation system. All the
information about Off-shore campus shall be disclosed on the website of the Institution
of Eminence Deemed to be University.
11.8.2- The functioning of the off-shore campus(s) shall be reviewed by the Empowered
Experts Committee independently and/or along with the IoE Deemed to be Universities
in accordance with the provisions available under regulation 13.0. After review of
the off-shore campus, if the Empowered Experts Committee is not satisfied with the
performance of the off-shore campus, it may recommend discontinuation of the off-
shore campus to the Central Government. In such cases the interest of the students
enrolled at the off-shore campus shall be adequately protected by the Institution of
Eminence Deemed to be University.
11.9 Entering in to the agreement/arrangement
(a) The Institution of Eminence Deemed to be University may enter into an agreement
or arrangement for the establishment, maintenance or operation of an institution, if -
(i) Such agreement or arrangement is permitted under any Act of Parliament
or the rules or regulations made thereunder; and
(ii) It has made an application following the procedure specified in regulation
11.7, except the procedure in sub-regulation 11.7.2, and the campus to be
established under such agreement or arrangement shall be-
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