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Regulations pertaining to Accreditation of HEIs:

(r) “Non-profit organisation” means an organisation being a company registered under
section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013 or a society formed and registered under the
Societies Registration Act, 1860 or a trust formed under the Indian Trusts Act, 1882 or
formed under any other law for the time being in force, which―

(i) undertakes any venture, profession, vocation or business without profit motive or
gainful objective;

(ii) applies its surplus or other income in promoting its objects;
(iii) prohibits payment of any of its surplus or other income to its members or
shareholders or trustees, except by way of salaries or allowances payable for
services rendered for carrying out such venture, profession, vocation or business;
(s) “Notification” means a notification published in the Official Gazette and the expression
“notify” with its cognate meanings and grammatical variation shall be construed
accordingly;
(t) “Programme” means a course or programme of study leading to the award of a degree
or a diploma in a higher educational institution;
(u) “Technical education” means programmes of education, research and training in the areas
namely engineering and technology, architecture, town planning, pharmacy, applied
arts and crafts, hotel management and catering technology, computer applications, and
such other programmes or areas as the Central Government may, in consultation with
the Commission, by notification in the official gazette, declare.

(v) “University” means a university established or incorporated by or under a Central Act,
a Provincial Act or a State Act, and includes an institution deemed to be university;

Words and expressions used and not defined in these regulations but defined in the
University Grants Commission Act, 1956 and not inconsistent with these regulations
shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in that Act.

3. Objectives
3.1 To lay down a framework for mandatory accreditation of Higher Educational Institutions
by a number of competent and reliable assessment and accreditation agencies.
3.2 To regulate assessment and accreditation agencies through an independent but
accountable institutional mechanism.
4. Functions of the Commission regarding Assessment and Accreditation
4.1 The Commission shall, subject to the provisions of these regulations and of those made
under any law for the time being in force by the appropriate statutory regulatory authority,
take measures to develop and regulate the process of assessment and accreditation of
higher educational institutions and programmes conducted therein, and to monitor the
functioning of assessment and accreditation agencies.
4.2 Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions, the measures referred to
in subclause (1), may, inter alia, provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:—
(a) regulate assessment and accreditation agencies (registration of the assessment
and accreditation agencies);
(b) lay down norms and processes for assessment and accreditation of academic
quality in higher educational institutions or of any programme conducted therein,
by assessment and accreditation agencies;
(c) undertake periodical review of norms and policies referred to in sub-clause (b);

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