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Regulations pertaining to Credits, Academic Programmes and Award of Degrees:

f) “Degree” means a degree awarded by an Indian educational Institution in accordance
with the provisions of the Section 22 of the Act or a degree awarded by a Foreign
Educational Institution in its home country;
g) “Foreign Educational Institution” means-
(I) An institution duly established or incorporated in its home country and has been
offering educational programmes at the graduate and higher levels in its home
country in the areas or disciplines concerned and
(II) Which offers or proposes to offer programme(s) of study leading to the award of
degree(s) or postgraduate diploma(s) through conventional mode, but excluding
distance mode, in collaboration, partnership or in a twinning arrangement with
any Indian Educational Institution;
h) “Indian Educational Institution” means a university or college or institution, whether
known as such or by any other name, (public and private), other than Technical
Institution, recognized as such by the relevant Statutory Body for imparting education
at the undergraduate, postgraduate and higher levels;
i) “NAAC” means the National Assessment and Accreditation Council established under
clause (CCC) of Section 12 of the Act;
j) “Section” means a section of the Act;

k) “Statutory Body” means a body established or incorporated by or under a Central Act to
regulate, co-ordinate, determine and maintain standards of teaching, examination and
research in universities or programme(s) of study, including professional programme(s)
leading to the award of degree(s) or postgraduate diploma(s);
l) “Postgraduate Diploma” means a diploma awarded on satisfactory completion of a
programme of study of a duration of not less than one academic year and for which the
minimum qualification for admission is a Bachelor degree from a recognized university
or institution;
m) “Technical Institution” means an institution as defined under clause (h) of section 2
of the All India Council for Technical Education Act, 1987 but excluding Technical
Universities and Universities offering technical programmes;
n) “Twinning Programme” means a programme of study whereby students enrolled with
an Indian Educational Institution may complete their programme of study partly in
India and partly in the main campus of Foreign Educational Institutions in its home
country in which it is primarily established or incorporated.
(3). Eligibility criteria and conditions for collaborations: -
(1). A Foreign Educational Institution collaborating with an Indian Educational Institution
shall satisfy the following criteria or conditions-

a) The Foreign Institutions which are accredited with the highest grade in their
homeland should be allowed to have twinning arrangement with those Indian
institutions which are accredited by the nationally recognized accrediting agencies
with a grade not less than B or its equivalent in respect of institutional accreditation
or a threshold level of accreditation in respect of program accreditation, as the
case may be.
b) It shall have operative arrangements in India through Indian Educational
Institution(s) by way of collaboration.

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