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Regulations on Establishment, Maintenance and Recognition of Institutions:

8.12 Having been satisfied that the institution fulfills all the requirements as laid down in
these Regulations the Central Government may issue a notification under Section 3
of the Act, declaring such institution as an institution deemed to be university. This
declaration would initially be made for a period of five years. Confirmation of the
declaration of the ‘deemed to be university’ would be based on a review of the institution
deemed to be university’s compliance and the institution’s satisfactory performance
with the provisions of these Regulations.

8.13 If on the advice of the Commission, the Central Government comes to the conclusion
that the institution does not qualify to be declared as a institution deemed to be university,
it may inform the institution accordingly stating reasons there for.
8.13.1 In case the Government disagrees with the recommendation of the
Commission, the Government shall provide reasons in writing and its
decision shall be final.
8.14 The decision not to declare an institution as an institution deemed to be university
shall be considered for review not before one year from the date of the earlier decision
only on a specific request for review made by the institution concerned to the Central
Government. Institutions may request the Central Government for such a review only
after having rectified the deficiencies based on which the Central Government had
rejected its earlier application/proposal.
8.15 The Central Government may refer the matter to the Commission for the latter’s advice.
8.16 The Commission shall then initiate the process of review, in the manner prescribed in
this Regulation as per articles 8.05 through 8.07 above, for scrutiny and evaluation of
the revised application by constituting a new Expert Committee. This Committee shall
be at least of the same size as the previous one that had recommended rejection earlier,
with no expert member from the previous Committee as its member.
8.17 The decision taken on such a ‘review’ shall not be reconsidered or reviewed further. It
is however permissible for the applicant institution to re-apply seeking declaration as
an institution deemed to be university after a gap of not less than three years from the
date on which the decision of the Government on the ‘review’ was communicated to
the institution concerned.
8.18 The Commission shall post information about the status of each application on a
monthly basis on its website. Further, the Commission shall submit an annual report
to the Central Government giving a progress report on the fulfillment of the conditions
stipulated in the notifications issued by the Central Government in this regard.
9.0 INSTITUTION DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY UNDER THE de novo CATEGORY

9.1 An institution seeking declaration as an institution deemed to be university under this
category, shall provide evidence of being devoted to unique and emerging areas of
knowledge not being pursued by conventional / existing institutions - particularly in
specific areas of study and research and preferably, sponsored by the Government of a
State / UT or the Central Government regarded as important for strategic needs of the
country or for the preservation of our cultural heritage, so determined by a well laid-out
process of wide consultation with the eminent peers of academic community. For this
purpose, the applicant institution shall give detailed syllabi of the courses and research
programmes conducted by it in the emerging areas of knowledge.

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