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Regulations pertaining to Accreditation of HEIs:

(g) the applicant, or its promoters, or any director, or member, or trustee has, at any
time in the past, not been convicted of any offence involving moral turpitude or
any economic offence;
(h) the applicant has, in its employment, persons having adequate professional and
other relevant experience to the satisfaction of the Commission;
(i) the applicant, or any person directly or indirectly connected with the applicant,
has in the past not been—
(i) refused by the Commission a certificate of registration under these
Regulations or;
(ii) subjected to any proceedings for contravention of this Act or of rules or
regulations made thereunder or any other law for the time being in force;
(j) the applicant, in all other respects, is a fit and proper person for the grant of a
certificate;
(k) the applicant conforms to such other conditions as may be specified by regulations.
5.4 (1) The Commission shall, on receipt of the application issue a public notice, in such form
and manner as specified by it through a public notification, and place the application
together with all documents received with the application, for a period of sixty days
from the date of issue of such public notice, on the website of the Commission.
(2) Any person may, within a period of said sixty days referred to in sub-clause(1),
submit his comments or objections, if any, on the application or part thereof, to
the Commission.
(3) The Commission may, within the period of sixty days referred to in sub-clause(1),
require the applicant to furnish such other information or clarification as it may
consider necessary.
(4) The Commission may obtain the advice of such experts, as it deems fit, for the
specific purpose of evaluating the competency of the applicant.
(5) The Commission may also refer the application to any state government or
statutory regulatory authority, for its advice. Such advice shall be tendered by the
respective State Government or the statutory regulatory authority within thirty
days from receipt of such application.

(6) The Commission shall, before granting a certificate of registration, conduct a
public hearing, in such manner as may specified by it through a public notification,
to consider all comments or objections or clarifications or recommendations, if
any, and the response of the applicant thereto, including any other matter as the
Commission may deem fit for such consideration.
5.5 (1) The Commission shall, as far as practicable within a period of one hundred and
twenty days, from the receipt of such application, after considering the comments
or objections or clarifications or recommendations―

(a) issue a certificate of registration as an assessment and accreditation agency,
on such terms and conditions as may be specified in such certificate,
subject to the provisions of these Regulations; or
(b) reject the application for reasons to be recorded in writing if such
application does not conform to the provisions of these regulations or
provisions of any other law for the time being in force:
Provided that no application shall be rejected unless the applicant has been given
a reasonable opportunity of being heard.

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