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Regulations pertaining to Autonomy to HEIs:

standards prescribed by the parent university/UGC/Statutory Council(s) in terms of
number of hours, curricular content and standards, and the parent University shall be
duly informed of such courses.
10.3 An autonomous college can start Ph.D. programme with the prior approval of the parent
University. UGC Regulations for Ph.D. programmes as notified from time to time, must
be adhered to by the parent University/Autonomous College.

10.4 An autonomous college may rename an existing course as per the UGC Notification
on Specification of Degrees, 2014, as amended from time to time after restructuring/
redesigning it with the approval of the Academic Council of the Autonomous College.
The parent University should be duly informed of such proceedings. However, this
renaming of course(s) will not be applicable to previous batches.
11. EXAMINATION CELL
11.1 Autonomous College shall have an Examination Cell and should maintain all the records
of the student evaluations and examinations.

12. GOVERNANCE OF AN AUTONOMOUS COLLEGE
12.1 The autonomous College shall have the following statutory bodies to ensure proper
management of academic, financial, and general administrative affairs:

(a) Governing Body
(b) Academic Council
(c) Board of Studies

(d) Finance Committee
(The Governing Body is different from Trust Board/ Board of Management/ Executive
Committee/ Management Committee).

12.2 The Autonomous College shall in addition, have other non-statutory committees such as
the Planning and Evaluation Committee, Grievance Redressal Committee, Examination
Committee, Admission Committee, Library Committee, Student Welfare Committee,
Internal Complaints Committee, Extra Curricular Activities Committee and Academic
Audit Committee, etc.

12.3 GOVERNING BODY:
A. Constitution of Governing Body of Colleges run by Trust/Society

Number Category Nature
5 Members Management Nominated by the Parent Body as per its constitution or
one of them to bye-laws
be Chairperson
2 Members Teachers of the College Nominated by the Principal based on seniority by rotation
1 Member Administrative Staff of the Administrative Officer/Senior administrative staff
College
1 Member Educationist or industrialist Nominated by the management
1 Member State Government nominee Academician not below the rank of professor or State
Government official of Directorate of Higher Education/
State Council of Higher Education
1 Member University Nominee Nominated by the University
1 Member Principal of College Member Secretary

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