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Regulations pertaining to Student’s Grievance Redressal, Promotion of Equity, Anti-Ragging Measures, and
Prevention of Sexual Harassment etc.:

(vii) demand of money in excess of that specified in the declared admission policy or
approved by the competent authority to be charged by such institution;
(viii) breach of the policy for reservation in admission as may be applicable;
(ix) complaints, of alleged discrimination of students, from the Scheduled Castes, the
Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, Women, Minority or Disabled categories;

(x) non payment or delay in payment of scholarships to any student that such institution
is committed, under the conditions imposed by University Grants Commission, or
by any other authority;
(xi) delay in conduct of examinations or declaration of results beyond that specified in
the academic calendar;

(xii) on provision of student amenities as may have been promised or required to be
provided by the institution;

(xiii) denial of quality education as promised at the time of admission or required to be
provided;

(xiv) non transparent or unfair evaluation practices;
(xv) harassment and victimisation of students, including sexual harassment;
(g) “Grievance Redressal Committee” means a committee constituted under these
regulations;
(h) “Higher Educational Institution” means a University within the meaning of clause (f)
of Section 2, a college within the meaning of clause (b) of sub- section (1) of Section
12A, and an institution deemed to be a University declared under Section 3, of the
University Grants Commission Act, 1956;
(i) “institution” for the purposes of these regulations, means university, college or
institution, as the case may be;
(j) “Office of profit” means an office which is capable of yielding a profit or pecuniary
gain, and to which some pay, salary, emolument, remuneration or non-compensatory
allowance is attached:
(k) “Ombudsman” means the Ombudsman appointed under regulation 4 of these
regulations;
(l) “university” means a university established or incorporated by or under a Central Act
or a State Act and includes an institution deemed to be university declared as such
under Section 3 of the Act.
3. Mandatory publication of prospectus, its contents and pricing:-- (1) Every higher education
institution, shall publish, before expiry of sixty days prior the date of the commencement
of the admission to any of its courses or programmes of study, a prospectus containing the
following for the purposes of informing those persons intending to seek admission to such
institution and the general public, namely:-

(a) each component of the fee, deposits and other charges payable by the students
admitted to such institution for pursuing a course or programme of study, and the
other terms and conditions of such payment;

(b) the percentage of tuition fee and other charges refundable to a student admitted
in such institution in case such student withdraws from such institution before or
after completion of course or programme of study and the time within, and the
manner in, which such refund shall be made to that student;

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