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

(c) the number of seats approved by the appropriate statutory authority in respect of
each course or programme of study for the academic year for which admission is
proposed to be made;
(d) the conditions of eligibility including the minimum and maximum age limit of
persons for admission as a student in a particular course or programme of study,
where so specified by the institution;
(e) the educational qualifications specified by the relevant appropriate statutory
authority, or by the institution, where no such qualifying standards have been
specified by any statutory authority;
(f) the process of admission and selection of eligible candidates applying for such
admission, including all relevant information in regard to the details of test
or examination for selecting such candidates for admission to each course or
programme of study and the amount of fee to be paid for the admission test;
(g) details of the teaching faculty, including therein the educational qualifications and
teaching experience of every member of its teaching faculty and also indicating
therein whether such members are on regular basis or as visiting member;
(h) information in regard to physical and academic infrastructure and other facilities
including hostel accommodation, library and hospital or industry wherein the
practical training to be imparted to the students and in particular the facilities
accessible by students on being admitted to the institution;
(i) broad outlines of the syllabus specified by the appropriate statutory authority or
by the institution, as the case may be, for every course or programme of study,
including the teaching hours, practical sessions and other assignments;
(j) all relevant instructions in regard to maintaining the discipline by students within
or outside the campus of the institution, and, in particular such discipline relating
to the prohibition of ragging of any student or students and the consequences
thereof and for violating the provisions of any regulation in this behalf made by
the relevant statutory regulatory authority; and

(k) any such other information as may be specified by the Commission:
Provided that an institution shall publish information referred to in items (a) to
(i) of this sub regulation, on its website, and the attention of prospective students
and the general public shall be drawn to such publication on the website through
advertisements displayed prominently in the different newspapers and through
other media: Provided further that an institution may publish prospectus in
accordance with this sub regulation at any time before the period of sixty days.

(2) Every institution shall fix the price of each printed copy of the prospectus, being not
more than the reasonable cost of its publication and distribution and no profit be made
out of the publication, distribution or sale of prospectus.

4. Appointment, tenure, removal and conditions of services under grievance redressal
mechanism -
(1) Each University shall appoint an Ombudsman for redressal of grievances of students
under these regulations.
(2) The Ombudsman shall be a person who has been a judge not below the rank of a District
Judge or a retired professor who has at least ten years’ experience as a professor.

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