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Regulations pertaining to Accreditation of HEIs:

(5) The AAA shall publish on its website the assessment or accreditation undertaken
together with all documents and reasons for such assessment or accreditation.
(6) The AAA shall furnish to the Commission at such time and in such form and
manner as may be specified by the Commission in a public notification or as
the Commission may direct, such returns and statements and such particulars in
regard to assessment or accreditation of higher educational institutions by such
agency, as the Commission may, from time to time, require.
(7) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-clause (), the AAA shall, within a period
of ninety days after the end of each financial year, submit to the Commission a
report along with audited statement of accounts in such form, as may be specified
by the Commission in a public notification, giving a true and full account of its
activities, policy and programmes in regard to accreditation of higher educational
institutions by such agency during the previous financial year.
7. The accounts of AAA would be subject to C&AG audit.
8. Funding
8.1 The Accreditation Advisory Council (AAC) shall examine the quantum of fees to
be levied by the Assessment and Accreditation Agencies and recommend to the
Commission for approval.
8.2 The Commission shall create a mechanism wherein every Higher Educational Institution
would be charged a fee that would be collected in a Central Pool to create a fund;
to avoid a direct link between a Higher Educational Institution and an accreditation
agency.
8.3 The Commission, shall thereafter, authorize the remission of such fees payable from
the Central Corpus to the respective AAAs
9. Allocation of an accrediting agency for accreditation
(1) The Higher Educational Institution shall give three choices of the AAA at the time of
submission of application.
(2) The AAC shall have the final decision to allocate an AAA for a Higher Educational
Institution considering all the relevant factors and the decision of AAC will be binding
on the Higher Educational Institution and the AAA concerned.
10. Grievance Redressal Mechanism
10.1 Any person aggrieved by the assessment or accreditation decided by any AAA under
these Regulations, may submit grievance to the Commission for withdrawal of such
assessment or accreditation or its modification.
10.2 The Commission shall take a decision on grievance received within ninety days after
affording the AAA reasonable opportunity of being heard and after due consultation
with the AAC.
11. Penalties
11.1 If an AAA resorts to corrupt or unlawful practices, or is found to have given accreditation
without due process, or has given rating based on extraneous considerations, such AAA
can be debarred from further accreditation work by the AAC, apart from withdrawal of
registration.
Provided that such an order shall be passed only after serving a notice on the AAA
concerned, and after giving an opportunity for the AAA to explain the charges levelled
in the notice.

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