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

University Grants Commission
(Promotion of Academic Integrity and Prevention of Plagiarism in Higher

Educational Institutions) Regulations, 2018.

NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 23rd July, 2018

F. 1-18/2010(CPP-II).— Preamble Whereas, University Grants Commission (UGC), as per UGC
Act, 1956, is mandated to coordinate and determine the standards of higher education;
And whereas, assessment of academic and research work done leading to the partial fulfillment
for the award of degrees at Masters and Research level, by a student or a faculty or a researcher
or a staff, in the form of thesis, dissertation and publication of research papers, chapters in
books, full-fledged books and any other similar work, reflects the extent to which elements of
academic integrity and originality are observed in various relevant processes adopted by Higher
Educational Institutions (HEIs);

Therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (j) of Section 12 read with clauses
(f) and (g) of subsection (1) of Section 26 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956, the
University Grants Commission hereby makes the following regulations:-

1. Short title, application and commencement –
a. These regulations shall be called the University Grants Commission (Promotion of
Academic Integrity and Prevention of Plagiarism in Higher Educational Institutions)
Regulations, 2018.
b. They shall apply to the students, faculty, researchers and staff of all Higher Educational
Institutions in the country.
c. These regulations shall come into force from the date of their notification in the Official
Gazette.

2. Definitions -
In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
a. “Academic Integrity” is the intellectual honesty in proposing, performing and reporting
any activity, which leads to the creation of intellectual property;
b. “Author” includes a student or a faculty or a researcher or staff of Higher Educational
Institution (HEI) who claims to be the creator of the work under consideration;
c. “Commission” means the University Grants Commission as defined in the University
Grants Commission Act, 1956;

d. “Common Knowledge” means a well known fact, quote, figure or information that is
known to most of the people;

e. “Degree” means any such degree specified by the University Grants Commission,
by notification in the Official Gazette, under section 22 of the University Grants
Commission Act, 1956;
f. “Departmental Academic Integrity Panel” shall mean the body constituted at the
departmental level to investigate allegations of plagiarism;
g. “Faculty” refers to a person who is teaching and/or guiding students enrolled in an HEI
in any capacity whatsoever i.e. regular, ad-hoc, guest, temporary, visiting etc;

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