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Regulations pertaining to Accreditation of HEIs:

(d) “Articles of Association” means articles of association of a company as defined in
Section 2(5) of the Companies Act, 2013
(e) “Assessment” means the process involved in ascertaining or verifying the capabilities
of an HEI in terms of the academic outcomes, physical infrastructure, human resources
(including faculty), administration, course curricula, admission and student evaluation
procedures and governance structure prior to the commencement of its academic
programmes through objective parameters;

(f) “Assessment and Accreditation Agency” means an agency registered under clause 5
of these regulations and includes the National Assessment and Accreditation Council
(NAAC) and National Board of Accreditation (NBA);

(g) “Certificate of registration” means the certificate of registration of an assessment and
accreditation agency granted under Clause 5 of these Regulations;

(h) “Code of ethics” includes integrity, objectivity, professional competence, professional
conduct, avoidance of conflict of interest, transparency and information disclosure and
such other ethical principles as may be specified in these regulations;

(i) “Commission” means the University Grants Commission as defined in the University
Grants Commission Act 1956;

(j) “Distance education systems” means the open and distance education systems as
specified by the Commission in the regulations for Open and Distance Education;
(k) “Government agency” shall mean any entity or institution which is owned and funded
by Central or State Government.
(l) “Higher Educational Institution” means an institution of learning including a University,
an Institution Deemed to be University, a College, an institution of national importance
declared as such by an Act of Parliament, or a constituent unit of such institution,
which is imparting (whether through conduct of regular classes or distance education
systems) higher education beyond twelve years of schooling leading to the award of a
degree or diploma;
(m) “Instrument of Trust” means, in case of a Trust, such instrument as defined under
section 3 of the Indian Trusts Act, 1882;

(n) “Memorandum of Association” means, in case of a company, such memorandum as
defined under sub-section (28) of section 2 of the Companies Act, 2013, or in case of
a society, such memorandum as specified under section 2 of the Societies Registration
Act, 1860;
(o) “Programme” means programme of a study leading to the award of a diploma or a
degree at graduate and post-graduate level in a Higher Educational Institution;
(p) “ Semi Government agency” shall mean an entity or institution, formed by a Government
agency with majority stake in a partnership with a private entity which has at least five
years of experience in accreditation process, with the exclusive purpose of meeting the
objectives of these Regulations;
(q) “Technical Education Programmes” means programmes of education, research and
training in the areas namely engineering and technology, architecture, town planning,
management, 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.

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