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Regulations pertaining to Accreditation of HEIs:

(r) “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 assessment and accreditation of Higher
Educational Institutions and/or programmes including Technical Education Programmes
conducted therein, allowing setting up of Assessment and Accrediting Agencies (AAAs)
by Government or Semi Government agencies, apart from the existing accreditation
institutions namely National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) and the
National Board of Accreditation (NBA).
3.2. To lay down procedures and criteria for registration of AAAs .
3.3 To regulate AAAs through an independent but accountable institutional mechanism.
4. Setting up of an Accreditation Advisory Council by Commission for Regulation of AAAs

4.1. To advise the Commission on functions referred at 4.3 below, the Commission shall
appoint an Accreditation Advisory Council (AAC) comprising up to 10 members who
shall be distinguished academicians, experts in the field of higher education, assessment
and accreditation. Initially, Members of the AAC shall be identified and recommended
by a Committee appointed by the Ministry of Human Resource Development through
a well defined credible transparent and merit based process.
4.2 The AAC shall follow a transparent and merit-based process of selection of AAAs
and make recommendation to the Commission for registration. The Commission shall
thereupon notify the AAAs.
4.3 Commission in consultation with the AAC 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 (HEIs) and
programme(s) conducted therein., and to monitor the functioning of AAAs.
4.4 Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions, the measures referred
to in sub-clause(1) of clause (3), may, inter alia, provide for all or any of the following
matters, namely:—
(a) regulate AAAs (registration of the assessment and accreditation agencies);
(b) lay down norms and processes for assessment and accreditation of academic
quality in HEI(s) or of programme(s) including Technical Education Programmes
conducted therein, by AAAs;
(c) undertake periodical review of norms and policies referred to in sub-clause
mentioned above at (b);
(d) lay down a code of ethics;

(e) undertake audit of AAAs, disclosure of information and evolving of transparency
in the processes of assessment and accreditation;

(f) lay down policies for providing information to the public in regard to all aspects
of quality and performance of HEI(s) and programme(s) conducted therein;

(g) determine levying of fees or other charges for carrying out assessment and
accreditation under these Regulations;

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