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Regulations on Establishment, Maintenance and Recognition of Institutions:

7.3 Academic Programmes
 Academic program shall offer sufficient scope for interdisciplinary learning and
research.
 Delivery of program shall be based on innovative teaching and learning process
and evaluation system.
 Shall be supported by adequate qualified faculty.

It shall have under graduate and at least five postgraduate academic Departments with every
Department having in position a minimum permanent faculty of one Professor, two Readers
and three Lecturers for general courses and in case of courses in other disciplines such as
Engineering & Technology, Medicine, Dental, Nursing, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy etc. the
faculty shall be as per the norms and guidelines of the respective Statutory Council having
the qualifications and pay scales prescribed by the Commission / respective Statutory Council
together with the necessary supporting technical and ministerial staff as per the norms and
standards laid down by the respective Statutory body.
7.4 Financial Viability:

The financial viability of the institution shall be verifiable by the audited statements of
accounts of the institution for the previous five years immediately preceding the date of
application for declaration as deemed to be university.
7.5 Corpus Fund:

7.5.1 In the case of Institutions not maintained or financed by the Government, the
following Corpus Fund shall be created and maintained permanently in the
name of the proposed institution deemed to be university by way of irrevocable
Government Securities or other forms approved by the Commission:
(a) For institutions conducting professional programmes, such as Engineering
& Technology, Medicine - Rs. 8.00 crore
(b) For institutions conducting programmes, such as Management, Law,
Education- Rs.5.00 crore
(c) For institutions conducting other programmes - Rs.4.00 crore
(d) For institutions conducting both professional and other programmes - Rs.
10.00 crore
(e) For institutions under de novo category - Rs. 25 crore
7.5.2 The Corpus fund shall not be liquidated without prior permission of the
Commission.
7.5.3 The Commission shall have the power to direct any upward revision of the Corpus
Fund from time to time.
7.5.4 The interest accrued on the Corpus Fund may be used only for the purpose of
development of the institution deemed to be university.
7.5.5 In the event of withdrawal of the declaration of ‘deemed to be university’ status or
dissolution of the Society or the Trust of the institution deemed to be university,
the Corpus Fund shall stand forfeited to the Commission for meeting the liabilities,
if any.

7.5.6 The provisions related to corpus fund shall be applicable only to those deemed
universities which come into existence after notification of these Regulations.
However, in the case of public funded institutions, the commitment of the State /
UT or the Central Government to fund them continuously shall be considered as
sufficient.
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