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

(d) The Commission, after receiving the online application along with draft Memorandum
of Understanding or Agreement shall acknowledge online the receipt of the application.
Deficiencies in the proposal, if any, shall be communicated and additional documents,
if any required, shall be asked for within a period of 30 working days.
(e) Once the Commission is satisfied that the proposal is complete in all respects, the proposal
shall be placed before the sub-committee of the Commission, referred to in the third
proviso to Regulation 3(2)(b), for examining such proposals. The recommendations
of the sub-committee shall be placed before the Commission which shall take the
decision to issue a letter of approval, after considering various factors including
quality of education, overall merit of the proposal, fees to be charged, credibility of the
Foreign Educational Institution as well as Indian Educational Institution. In case the
Commission does not approve the proposal, a letter of rejection shall be issued on the
designated University Grants Commission portal by the Commission stipulating the
reasons there for. All communications received from the applicants shall be responded
to by the University Grants Commission within a period of 60 working days from the
dates of their receipt.
(f) The approval so granted shall be valid for two cycles of the minimum duration of the
degree programmes covered under the collaboration or as specified otherwise.
(g) The Indian Educational Institution shall apply, on the designated UGC portal, for
renewal of approval, granted under these regulations, before six months of its expiration.
6 Miscellaneous conditions:-

The other conditions required to be fulfilled are -
(a) A franchise arrangement, whether overtly or covertly, by whatever nomenclature used,
between a Foreign Educational Institution and an Indian Educational Institution shall
not be allowed under these regulations.
(b) The University Grants Commission shall maintain an updated list of approved
collaborating institutions on its website.

(c) On commencement of these regulations, no Indian Educational Institution shall
establish or operate its educational activity in India through collaboration with a Foreign
Educational Institution leading to award of degree(s) without the express permission or
approval of the Commission.

(d) Within the country the degree of the student graduating from Indian Educational
Institution, in collaborative arrangement with Foreign Educational Institution, shall be
awarded only by the Indian Educational Institution and not by Foreign Educational
Institution whatsoever. Joint degrees are not permitted. The degree awarded by the
Indian Educational Institution shall carry its logo, seal and name alone as the awarding
institution. The degree may incorporate a para that it is being awarded in collaboration
with the Foreign Educational Institution to make it amply clear that the primacy and the
award of the degree is by the Indian Educational Institution and that the degree awarded
is not to be construed as a Joint Degree.
The transcripts of credits obtained at the Foreign Educational Institution shall be issued
by that Institution, and when jointly signed by the Indian Educational Institution, shall
form part of the transcripts. The Foreign Educational Institution may also sign the
transcript of credits earned in the Indian Educational Institution.

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