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Regulations on Establishment, Maintenance and Recognition of Institutions:

2.07 “Emerging are of knowledge” means such area of knowledge as may be notified from
time to time by the Commission on the recommendation of a Committee of Experts
constituted by the Commission for the purpose; and, such Committee shall make its
recommendation having regard to the stage of development of studies and research in
relevant disciplines as well as the potential and need for raising standards of study and
research thereof, on India.
2.08 “Government” means the Central Government, unless the context so specifies.
2.09 “Institution” means an institution for higher education engaged in teaching and research
of high academic standards at the undergraduate, post-graduate or higher levels.

2.10 “Institution deemed to be university” means and institution for higher education so
declared, on the recommendation of the Commission, by the Central government under
Section 3 of the act.
2.11 “Processing Fee” means the charges that have to be paid by the applicant institution to
the commission along with the application for processing such application. This amount
shall take into account the expenditure to be incurred by the Commission for processing
an application that shall include onsite visits of Expert Committees of the Commission.
The Commission shall prescribe the processing fee and revise it from time to time.
2.12 “Notification” means a notification issued by the Central Government in the official
Gazette declaring an institution for higher education, as an institution deemed to be
university u/s 3 of the Act.
2.13 “Sponsoring body” means a body being a charitable or a not-for-profit Society or Trust
making an application for declaring an institution under its administrative, academic
and financial control as a deemed to be university.
2.14 “Statutory body” means a body constituted under any law for the time being in force
for determining or maintaining standards of quality in the relevant areas of higher
education and bodies known as All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE),
Medical Council of India (MCI), Dental Council of India (DCI), National Council
for Teacher Education (NCTE), Bar Council of India (BCI), Indian Nursing Council
(INC), etc. shall be the Statutory Bodies for the purposes of these Regulations.
3.0 OBJECTIVES OF AN INSTITUTION DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY

The objectives for which and institution is declared by the Government as an institution
deemed to be university shall be:
3.1 To provide for higher education leading to excellence and innovations in such branches
of knowledge as may be deemed fit primarily at post graduate and research degree
levels fully conforming to the concept of university, namely, University Education
Report (1948) and the Report of the Committee on Renovation and Rejuvenation of
Higher Education in India (2009) and the Report of Review Committee for Deemed to
be Universities (2009).
3.2 To engage in areas of specialization with proven ability to make distinctive contributions
to the objectives of the university education system that is – academic engagement
clearly distinguishable from programmes of an ordinary nature that lead to conventional
degree in arts, science engineering, medicine, dental, pharmacy, management, etc.
routinely offered by conventional institutions.

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