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Regulations on Establishment, Maintenance and Recognition of Institutions:

8.06 The Commission shall examine the application with the help of an Expert Committee
constituted as per the procedure prescribed in these Regulations. The Committee of
Experts shall not include any sitting member of the Commission. The Expert Committee
so constituted shall have one member as representative of the concerned Statutory
Council(s), who may have the authorization to remit the advice.

8.07 The Expert Committee shall, inter alia,
a) scrutinize and examine the application in detail:
b) visit the Institution, hold discussions with its major stake holders and make on the
spot assessment of its academic viability to function as an institution adhering to
the concept and ideals of a university as enunciated in these Regulations;
e) ascertain the academic and research excellence based on available records;

d) give specific information on matters like performance of students who have
graduated, research scholars registered for PhD), sponsored research projects
completed and on-going, research publications in indexed journals, faculty having
PhD, etc., for the past five years;
e) verify its records to ascertain its financial viability; and

f) submit a report to the Commission to enable it to advise the Government
appropriately.

8.08 The report of the Expert Committee shall be examined by the Commission along with
the views of the State/UT Government, if any, and the Statutory/Regulatory body
concerned and thereafter, the Commission shall submit its advice to the Ministry
of Human Resource Development for the Ministry’s consideration. The report of
the Statutory body to the Commission shall indicate not merely the fulfillment of
minimum requirements for the institution’s performance as a college, but shall include
its assessment of the achievements of the institution in high standards of education and
research as well as its capability to promote innovation and excellence commensurate
with the status as a university in contrast to a conventional professional college.

8.09 The advice of the Commission shall state the reasons for advising the Central Government
to declare the institution as an institution deemed to be university or otherwise, along
with the number and names of institutions to be part of the institution deemed to be
university.
8.10 The Commission, in its final recommendations to the Central Government, shall apprise
the Government regarding submission of necessary documents related to transfer of
moveable and immovable assets in the name of the proposed institution deemed to be
university and other conditions, if any.
8.11 Each State/UT Government shall formulate a transparent policy for giving its views
under article 8.05 and shall send their considered comments, in the proforma prescribed
by the Commission, within 60 days, to the Commission and the Central Government,
with a copy to the institution concerned. In case no such comments are received by the
Commission within 60 days of the issue of the letter, it shall be presumed that the State
/ UT Government have no comments to offer on the application.

8.11.1 The State / UT Government recommending the proposal would have to
indicate its willingness to safeguard the interest of the students admitted to
the proposed deemed to be university in the event it ceases to exist as such,
for any reason whatsoever.

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