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Regulations on Establishment, Maintenance and Recognition of Institutions:

4.10 Shall have a proven record of securing merit-based extramural research funding form
various public/private agencies.
4.11 Shall have generated Intellectual Property in the form of patents, copyrights and transfer
of technology as a desirable attribute.
4.12 Shall have a demonstrable and proven record of extension services and societal
engagement.
4.13 Each constituent unit included in the original proposal shall have accreditation with
the highest grade offered, which is currently valid, either from National Assessment
and accreditation Council (NAAC) or all its eligible courses shall be accredited with
the highest grade offered, which is currently valid, by National Board of Accreditation
(NBA) or an accreditation agency recognized by the Commission from time to time;
or valid certificate of assessment where the institution is seeking declaration as a ‘de
novo’ institution deemed to be university.

4.14 Shall undertake not to offer any programme in the distance mode.
(b) Conditions
4.15 Once an institution declared as an institution deemed to be university, no other existing
institution can be annexed to it as its constituent institution unless the institution proposed
to be annexed fulfills independently, all the criteria stipulated in these Regulations.
4.16 There shall be mandatory intensive external review of every deemed to be university
once in every five years based on the criteria prescribed by the Commission from time
to time.
4.17 The applicant institutions shall be a not-for-profit organization and shall not be engaged
in commercialization of higher education.

4.18 The applicant institution shall have a track record of having not violated any of the
provisions of any of the statutes / guidelines of any statutory Authority in the period
of five years preceding the date of submission of the application seeking status of an
institution deemed to be university.
5.0 GOVERNANCE SYSTEM FOR AN INSTITUTION TO BE DECLARED AS AN
INSTITUTION DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY
An institution to be declared as a deemed to be university shall adhere to the following
criteria:

5.1 The proposed institution deemed to be university shall be registered either as not-for-
profit Society under the societies Registration Act, or as a not-for-profit Trust under
the public Trust Act with the Society/ Trust strictly in accordance with the following
provisions.
5.2 Among the authorities of the deemed to be universities, there shall be a Chancellor who
shall be appointed by the sponsoring Society or the sponsoring Trust. He /she shall be
an eminent educationist or distinguished public figures other than the President of the
sponsoring Society of his/her close relatives.
5.3 There shall be no position of Pro-Chancellor(s).

5.4 The highest governing body of the deemed to be university shall be a Board of
Management to be headed by the Vice Chancellor or a distinguished academic.
This body shall consist of a minimum of ten members and a maximum of twelve
members.

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