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Regulations pertaining to Accreditation of HEIs:

(d) lay down a code of ethics for adherence by the assessment and accreditation
agencies;
(e) undertake audit of the assessment and accreditation agencies with reference to
adherence to code of ethics including policies on obviating conflict of interest,
disclosure of information, evolving transparency in processes and procedures of
assessment and accreditation;
(f) lay down policies for providing information to the public in regard to all aspects
of quality and performance of higher educational institutions and programmes
conducted therein;

(g) specify and monitor standards on selection and training of experts for the purposes
of assessment and accreditation by assessment and accreditation agency;
(h) levy of fees or other charges under these Regulations;
(i) recommend for improvement of academic quality while respecting the higher
educational
institution’s autonomy to set its priorities;

(j) advise the Central Government or any State Government or the appropriate
statutory regulatory authority on any policy matter concerning assessment and
accreditation which may be referred to it;

(k) take measures for development of methodologies of assessment and accreditation
in collaboration with assessment and accreditation agencies and/or universities;

(l) promote research and innovation in assessment and accreditation;
(m) monitor adherence to such norms, guidelines and standards of academic quality,
as may be specified under any law for the time being in force by the appropriate
statutory regulatory authority, in higher educational institutions; (n) perform such
other functions as may be prescribed.
5. Registration of Assessment and Accreditation Agencies
5.1 No assessment and accreditation agency shall, except under, and in accordance with
the conditions of a certificate of registration obtained from the Commission, and in
accordance with rules and regulations made thereunder, undertake assessment and
accreditation of any higher educational institution or any programme conducted therein:
Provided that any agency set up by or under any law for the time being in force, which is
carrying out the work of assessment and accreditation of higher educational institutions or
programmes conducted therein, on or before the date of notification of these Regulations,
may continue to do so until the certificate of registration is granted to it by the Commission:

Provided further that such agency shall, within a period of one hundred and eighty days
from the date of notification of these Regulations, make an application for registration
as an assessment and accreditation agency:

Provided also that the Commission shall, within a period of one hundred and twenty
days from the date of such application, either issue the certificate of registration or
reject the application.

5.2 (1) Every application for registration as an assessment and accreditation agency shall
be made to the Commission in such form and manner as specified in sub-clause (2)
below and accompanied by such other documents and on payment of such fees as may
be further specified by the Commission through a public notification.

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