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Regulations pertaining to Accreditation of HEIs:

(2) The Commission shall, while issuing a certificate of registration, approve the
documents as such or with such modifications, as it may deem fit, and thereupon
the assessment and accreditation agency shall follow the procedures and conditions
so approved in the process of assessment and accreditation.

(3) The documents approved under sub-clause(2) shall be considered as an integral
part of the certificate of registration which shall not be modified or altered without
the approval of the Commission.
(4) The Commission may, if it so deems fit, in the certificate of registration granted
to an assessment and accreditation agency, limit the area or programme for
which such assessment and accreditation agency may exercise its duties and
responsibilities of assessment and accreditation.
(5) A certificate of registration shall be valid for a period of five years unless such
certificate is revoked earlier.
5.6 (1) A certificate of registration granted may, on an application made by the assessment
and accreditation agency, be renewed by the Commission for such period and on
payment of such fees as may be specified by Regulations.
(2) No application for renewal of the certificate of registration made under sub-
clause(1) shall be rejected unless the applicant has been given a reasonable
opportunity of being heard in the matter.
5.7 No assessment and accreditation agency shall, without the prior approval of the
Commission, effect any change in its ownership, or governing body or board of trustees,
or the memorandum of association or articles of association or the instrument of trust.
5.8 The Commission may, in the public interest or for ensuring advancement of academic
quality, on an application of the assessment and accreditation agency or otherwise,
make such alterations and amendments in the terms and conditions of the certificate of
registration as it thinks fit, in accordance with such procedure as may be specified by it
through a public notification.
5.9 (1) If the Commission, on a complaint or otherwise, and after making such enquiry as
it deems fit, is satisfied that public interest so requires, it may revoke the certificate
of registration in any of the following cases, namely:—
(a) where the assessment and accreditation agency, in the opinion of the
Commission, makes willful or continuous default in any act of commission
or omission as required by these regulations;
(b) where the assessment and accreditation agency commits breach of any of
the terms or conditions of the certificate of registration which is expressly
declared by such certificate of registration to render it liable to revocation;
(c) where the assessment and accreditation agency fails, within the period fixed
in this behalf by its certificate of registration, or any longer period which
the Commission may have granted thereof, to show, to the satisfaction
of the Commission, that such agency is in a position fully and efficiently
to discharge the duties and obligations imposed on it by its certificate of
registration;
(d) where in the opinion of the Commission the financial position of the
assessment and accreditation agency is such that such agency is unable
fully and efficiently to discharge the duties and obligations imposed on it
by its certificate of registration;
(e) the assessment and accreditation agency has ceased to exist.
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