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

(b) No programme of study and/or research shall be offered which is against national
security and territorial integrity of India.
(c) The Educational Institution concerned shall also abide by any other condition(s)
specified by the Government of India and Statutory Body (ies) from time to time.
(d) Wherever foreign exchange is involved, the educational institution (Indian and/
or foreign) shall abide by and comply with the relevant Regulations, Norms,
Notifications and Instructions issued by the Reserve Bank of India from time to
time.
(e) Matters relating to the grievances of students including legal matters relating to
the collaboration shall be addressed by the Indian Educational Institution entering
into academic collaboration.
4. Procedure for collaboration:-

Any Indian Educational Institution collaborating with a Foreign Educational Institution(s)
shall have to enter into a written Memorandum of Understanding or Agreement with the
Foreign Educational Institution concerned:
Provided that no Memorandum of Understanding or Agreement shall be entered into by an
Indian Educational Institution collaborating with a Foreign Educational Institution unless the
Indian Educational Institution concerned has obtained prior approval of the Commission;
Provided further, that after approval of the Commission, the Memorandum of Understanding
or Agreement shall be signed by both the partnering institutions and a copy of such
Memorandum of Understanding or Agreement shall be forwarded to the Commission and
shall also be uploaded on its website by the Indian Educational Institution.
5. Procedure for approval:-
For approval, the following procedure is required to be fulfilled; namely-
(a) The Indian Higher Educational Institution shall obtain the approval of its Board of
Governors/Syndicate/ Executive Council for the academic collaboration with the
foreign higher educational institution in accordance with the instructions of the
Department of Higher Education, Government of India vide F.No. 6-2/2015-ICC dated
17th December, 2015 and its subsequent amendments, if any, issued from time to time.
(b) The Indian Higher Educational Institution shall, thereafter, apply online on the dedicated
University Grants Commission portal and also upload along with the application a
digitally certified copy of draft Memorandum of Understanding/ Agreement and details
about the Foreign Educational Institution including the infrastructure facilities, facilities
available for instruction, faculty, specified fee, courses, curricula, requisite funds for
operations for a minimum period of three years and other terms and conditions of
collaboration, if any.
(c) The draft Memorandum of Understanding or Agreement should incorporate the
provision that the credits, awarded by the Indian Higher Educational Institution under
the degree programs covered in the collaboration, shall be accepted by the Foreign
Higher Educational Institution not only for the collaboration but for all other purposes,
including academic mobility. Further, the minimum duration of the program of study,
covered under the collaboration, in the Foreign Educational Institution shall not be less
than two semesters for undergraduate programs and one semester for the postgraduate
programs.

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