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

(2) After receiving the recommendations of the expert committee, the Commission, if it
is satisfied that the Higher Educational Institution fulfils the laid down conditions and
the quality parameters specified under these Regulations, shall pass an order granting
recognition to such Higher Educational Institution or if it is of the opinion that the
institution does not fulfil the laid down requirements in respect of any of the Course
or Programme proposed to be offered by it, shall pass an order refusing recognition to
such Higher Educational Institution for reasons to be recorded in writing.
(3) No Higher Educational Institution shall offer any Online Course or Programme and
admit students thereto unless it has been granted recognition by the Commission and
admission shall not be made in anticipation of the approval.
Explanation.—For the removal of doubts, it is hereby clarified that prior to these
regulations, the commission has not given recognition for an Online Course or
Programme to any Higher Educational Institution.
(4) The time periods for different stages of approval process shall be laid down by the
Commission from time to time.
7. Operation of the Online Courses and Programmes.—(1) The institutions which were
given recognition by the Commission under regulation 5 may operate the Online Courses or
Programmes from the next following academic session.

(2) The Online Course or Programme offered under these regulations shall conform to the
following conditions, namely:-
i) The Online Courses and Programmes’ delivery shall be through the SWAYAM
portal;
Provided that the Commission may allow any other learning platform after the
same is approved by the expert committee after due verification:
Provided further that the content and the designing and development of courses
of the Course or Programme shall have to be developed by the in house faculty as
stipulated in item (i) of sub-regulation (4) of regulation.

ii) The Courses or Programmes shall be designed for conventional learners, as well
as working professionals and other individuals aspiring to acquire knowledge and
associated academic credentials;

iii) The online learning shall have the following four quadrants ‘approach’, namely:-
(a) Quadrant-I i.e. e-Tutorial that shall contain - Video and Audio Contents,
animation, simulations, virtual labs.
(b) Quadrant-II i.e. e-Content, that shall contain - Portable Document
Format or e-Books or Illustration, video demonstrations, documents and
interactive simulations, wherever required.
(c) Quadrant-III i.e. Web Resources, that shall contain - Related Links, Open
Content on Internet, Case Studies, Historical development of the subject,
Articles.
(d) Quadrant-IV i.e. Self-Assessment, that shall contain – MCQ, Problems,
Quizzes, Assignments and solutions, Discussion forum topics and setting
up the FAQ, Clarifications on general misconceptions.
iv) apart from the actual Course or Programme delivery, other components such as
Counseling Process, Online Application Processing and fee payment shall also be
provided through Online Mode.
v) there shall be provision for continuous assessment of the learner.

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