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Regulations pertaining to Accreditation of HEIs:

University Grants Commission
(Mandatory Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Educational Institutions),
Regulations, 2012.

No. 14-42/2011 (CPP-Il)—ln exercise of the powers conferred by clauses (f) and (g) of sub-
section (l) of Section 26 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956, the University Grants
Commission hereby makes the following Regulations’ namely :—
1. Short Title, Application .and Commencement:
1.1 These Regulations shall be called the University Grants Commission (Mandatory
Assessment and Accreditation of higher Educational Institutions), Regulations, 2012.

1.2 These regulations shall apply to:
(a) all universities established and I or incorporated by or under a Central Act, a
Provincial Act or a State Act;
(b) all institutions, other than technical institutions, declared by notification under
Section 3 of the university Grants Commission Act to be deemed to be universities;
(c) all colleges, other than technical institutions, including autonomous colleges.
1.3 These Regulations shall come into force form the date of notification in the Official
Gazette.

2. Definitions:
a) ‘Accreditation’, with its grammatical variations, 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 Accreditation Agencies, a Higher Educational Institution
or any programme conducted therein recognized as conforming to parameters of
academic quality and benchmarking (if such academia% quality determined by the
University Grants Commission.

b) Act’ means the University Grants Commission Act, 1956
c) ‘Assessment’ means the process involved in ascertaining or verifying the capabilities
of a Higher Educational Institution in terms of its physical infrastructure and human
resources prior to the commencement of its academic programmes.
d) Assessment and Accreditation Agency’ means an agency such as National Assessment
and Accreditation Council already recognized by University Grants Commission,
National Board of Accreditation and National Accreditation Board, or an Agency
established by or under an Act of Parliament to carry out accreditation.
e) ‘College’ means a college as defined under section 12 A (1) (b) of the University Grants
Commission Act, 1956.
f) ‘Commission’ means the University Grants Commission as defined in the Act.
g) ’Higher Educational Institution’ means a university as defined in subsection (f) of
Section 2 of the Act, and includes, an institution declared by notification under the Act
as an institution deemed to be university under Section 3 of the Act and colleges as
defined above in clause (e), other than a Technical institution.
h) “Technical Institution” means an institution as defined under clause (h) of section 2
of the All India council for Technical Education Act, 1987 but excluding Technical
Universities and Universities offering technical programmes;

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