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

The tenure of the members in respect of points ‘b’ and ‘c’ shall be two years.
The quorum for the meetings shall be 2 out of 3 members (including Chairman).
ii. The DAIP shall follow the principles of natural justice while deciding about the
allegation of plagiarism against the student, faculty, researcher and staff.
iii. The DAIP shall have the power to assess the level of plagiarism and recommend
penalty(ies) accordingly.
iv. The DAIP after investigation shall submit its report with the recommendation on
penalties to be imposed to the IAIP within a period of 45 days from the date of receipt
of complaint / initiation of the proceedings.
11. Institutional Academic Integrity Panel (IAIP)
i. HEI shall notify a IAIP whose composition shall be as given below:

a. Chairman - Pro-VC/Dean/Senior Academician of the HEI.
b. Member - Senior Academician other than Chairman, to be nominated by the Head
of HEI.
c. Member - One member nominated by the Head of HEI from outside the HEI
d. Member - A person well versed with anti-plagiarism tools, to be nominated by the
Head of the HEI.
The Chairman of DAIP and IAIP shall not be the same. The tenure of the
Committee members including Chairman shall be three years. The quorum for
the meetings shall be 3 out of 4 members (including Chairman).
ii. The IAIP shall consider the recommendations of DAIP.
iii. The IAIP shall also investigate cases of plagiarism as per the provisions mentioned
in these regulations. iv. The IAIP shall follow the principles of natural justice while
deciding about the allegation of plagiarism against the student, faculty, researcher and
staff of HEI.
v. The IAIP shall have the power to review the recommendations of DAIP including
penalties with due justification.
vi. The IAIP shall send the report after investigation and the recommendation on penalties
to be imposed to the Head of the HEI within a period of 45 days from the date of receipt
of recommendation of DAIP/ complaint / initiation of the proceedings.
vii. The IAIP shall provide a copy of the report to the person(s) against whom inquiry
report is submitted.
12. Penalties
Penalties in the cases of plagiarism shall be imposed on students pursuing studies at the level
of Masters and Research programs and on researcher, faculty & staff of the HEI only after
academic misconduct on the part of the individual has been established without doubt, when
all avenues of appeal have been exhausted and individual in question has been provided
enough opportunity to defend himself or herself in a fair or transparent manner.

12.1 Penalties in case of plagiarism in submission of thesis and dissertations
Institutional Academic Integrity Panel (IAIP) shall impose penalty considering the
severity of the Plagiarism.
i. Level 0: Similarities upto 10% - Minor Similarities, no penalty.
ii. Level 1: Similarities above 10% to 40% - Such student shall be asked to submit
a revised script within a stipulated time period not exceeding 6 months.
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