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

6. Appointment of faculty and staff and other related provisions.-(1) The Foreign Higher
Educational Institution shall have the autonomy to recruit faculty and staff from India and
abroad as per its recruitment norms.
(1) The Foreign Higher Educational Institution may decide the qualifications, salary
structure, and other conditions of service for appointing faculty and staff. However, the
Foreign Higher Educational Institution shall ensure that the qualifications of the faculty
appointed shall be at par with the main campus in the country of origin.
(2) The Foreign Higher Educational Institution shall ensure that the international faculty
appointed to teach at the Indian campus shall stay in India for at least a semester.
7. General conditions.-(1) The Foreign Higher Educational Institution shall not admit students
and collect fees unless duly approved under these regulations to set up its campus in India.

(1) The Foreign Higher Educational Institution shall ensure that the education shall be
imparted in a similar manner in aspects like curricula, pedagogy, assessment and other
aspects, as that of the main campus in the country of origin.
(2) The programme shall not be allowed to be offered in online or in Open and Distance
Learning modes. However, lectures in online mode not exceeding ten per cent. of the
programme requirements may be allowed.
(3) The Foreign Higher Educational Institution shall seek prior approval from the
Commission before starting any new programme through the University Grants
Commission portal.
(4) The qualifications offered in the campus of the Foreign Higher Educational Institution
in India under these regulations shall be awarded under the name and seal of the Foreign
Higher Educational Institution in the country of origin.
(5) The qualifications awarded to the students in the Indian campus shall enjoy the same
recognition and status as if they were conducted in its home jurisdiction, that is, they
shall be recognized in the country of origin of the Foreign Higher Educational Institution
and shall be equivalent to the corresponding qualifications awarded by the Foreign
Higher Educational Institution in the main campus located in the country of origin.

(6) The qualifications awarded under these regulations shall be equivalent to any
corresponding degree awarded by the Indian Higher Educational Institution for
all purposes, including higher education and employment, with the following
stipulations,namely:-
(a) there shall be no further requirement of seeking equivalence from any authority;and
(b) the degree shall have all benefits, rights, and privileges as obtained in the case of
a degree awarded by an Indian Higher Educational Institution ordinarily.
(7) The Foreign Higher Educational Institution shall present their adequacy of financial
and other resources required for establishing and operating its campus in India.

(8) The Foreign Higher Educational Institution shall have the physical, academic and
research infrastructure and facilities required to conduct its academic and research
programmes in its campus in India.
(9) The Foreign Higher Educational Institution shall not offer any such programme of
study which is contrary to the standards of higher education in India.
(10) The operation of Foreign Higher Educational Institution shall not be contrary to the
sovereignty and integrity of India, the security of the State, friendly relations with
foreign States, public order, decency, or morality.

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