(a) The details of the sponsoring body along with the copies of its registration certificate under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 or the Bombay Public Trusts Act, 1950 or the Companies Act, 1956 or registration certificate of a society or trust registered under the law of any other State and constitution and bye-laws thereof;
(b) The information regarding financial resources of the sponsoring body along with audited accounts for the past five years;
(c) The name, location and headquarters of the proposed University;
Application for establishment of new private University.
Project Report.
XXI of 1860.
Born. 29 of 1950.
1 of 1956.
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(d) The objectives of the University;
(e) The availability of land and details of buildings and infrastructure facilities, if already exist;
(f) Availabllity of academic facilities including teaching and non-teaching staff, if any, at the disposal of the sponsoring body;
(g) The details of plants for campus development such as construction of buildings, development of structural amenities and infrastructure facilities and procurement of equipment, etc. to be undertaken before the University starts functioning and phased programme for initial three years;
(h) The phased outlays of capital expenditure proposed for the next three years and its sources of finance;
(i) The nature and type of programmes of study and research proposed to be undertaken by the University and their relevance to the development goals and employment needs of the State and phasing of such programmes over the initial three years with course wise enrolment targets;
(j) The experience and expertise in the concerned disciplines at the command of the sponsoring body;
(k) The nature of facilities, courses of study and research proposed to be started;
(l) The estimated recurring expenditure course-wise or activity-wise, sources of finance and estimated expenditure per student;
(m) The scheme for mobilizing resources and the cost of capital thereto and the manner of repayment to such sources;
(n) The scheme for the generation of funds internally through the recovery of fee from students, revenues anticipated from consultancy services and other activities relating to the objects of the University, and other anticipated incomes;
(o) The proposed fee structure with reference to the details of expenditure on unit cost and the extent of concessions or rebates in fee or free-ships and scholarships to the poor students from economically poor or socially backward families, including Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, other Backward Classes and handicapped students;
(p) The system proposed to be followed for selecting students for admission to the courses of study at the University except in cases of Professional Educational College or Institutions as defined in the Gujarat Professional Technical Educational Colleges or Institutions (Regulation of Admission and Fixation of Fees) Act, 2007 or the Gujarat Professional Medical Educational Colleges or Institutions (Regulation of Admission and Fixation of Fees) Act, 2007;
(q) The manner for appointment of teachers and other employees in the University;
(r) The details of study centres proposed to be started, if the University takes up distance education programme;
(s) The natures of specialized teaching Training or research activities to be undertaken by the University so as to fulfill its objectives, if the University proposes to undertake some programmes related to local needs;
Guj. 2 of 2008.
Guj. 3 of 2008.
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(t) The relevant details must also be provided if the University proposes to start some programmes for the benefit of farmers, women and industries;
(u) The details of play grounds and other facilities available or proposed to be created for games and sports and extra curricular activities like National Cadet Corps, National Service Scheme, Scouts and Guides, etc;
(v) The arrangments proposed to be made for academic auditing;
(w) Justification regarding the necessity of establishment of the proposed University;
(x) Commitment to follow of the norms of the regulating bodies;
(y) Such other details as the sponsoring body may like to give;
(z) Such other details as may be prescribed.
8. (1) The Government shall constitute a scrutiny committee consisting of such members as may be specified by it to consider the proposals for setting up of a new private University.
(2) The committee shall consider the proposal and the project report based on the information given under sections 6 and 7 and recommend or otherwise whether the proposal to set up a new private University is appropriate and whether the sponsoring body is competent to run this University.
(3) The committee, while considering the proposal and the project report under sub-section (2), may call for such other information from the sponsoring body as it thinks proper for the purpose.
(4) The committee shall submit its report to the Government as far as possible within a period of three months from the date of referring the new proposal to it.
9. On receipt of the report of the scrutiny committee constituted under section 8, if the Government is satisfied it may issue a letter of intent or call further details from the sponsoring body of the proposed University, or may reject the proposal.
10. If the Government is satisfied that the sponsoring body has complied with the conditions of Letter of Intent, it may bring appropriate legislation for inclusion of the name of the University in the Schedule with such name, location and Jurisdiction as specified in the Schedule.
11. The University may, as and when it may deem fit and proper, establish and manage some constituent colleges and centres for research, education, training, extension and outreach including continuing education, distance learning and e-learning at its campus at any place within the State of Gujarat.
12. (1) No person shall be excluded from any office of the University or from membership of any of its authorities or from admission to any degree, diploma or other academic distinction or course of study on the ground of sex, race, creed, class, caste, place of birth, religious belief or political or other opinion.
(2) It shall not be lawful for the University to impose on any person any test whatsoever relating to sex, race, creed, caste, class, place of birth, religious belief or political or other opinion in order to entitle him to be admitted as a student or to hold any office or post in the University or to qualify for any degree, diploma or other academic distinction or to enjoy or exercise any privileges of the University or any benefaction thereof.
Scrutiny Committee.
Letter of intent.
Establishment and incorporation of University by legislation.
Constituent Colleges.
University open to all irrespective of sex, religion, class, creed or opinion.
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CHAPTER III OFFICERS OF UNIVERSITY