(1) The recognized art institute considering itself eligible for autonomous status shall apply to the Secretary of the Board on or before the 31 August, of the year preceding the year from which the autonomous status is applied for in the form prescribed by the Board.
(2) The Secretary shall place the applications before the Academic Committee and the Committee shall scrutinize an application form and decide, having referred to the criteria mentioned above, whether there is prima facie case for consideration of the application. If the Academic Committee decides that there is a prima facie case, it shall conduct a local enquiry by way of discussion with the Principal, staff and students of the art institute. (3) The local enquiry shall be on the points as per criteria and to assess whether facilities exist as per norms and the institutes has secured minimum required accreditations and adequate financial capacity, etc., wherever specified and additional information that the Committee may find necessary. (4) The Secretary of the Board shall place the application and report of the Academic Committee on scrutiny of application and local enquiry before the Board in its meeting which shall pass a resolution regarding whether the report be accepted or rejected. If the Board rejects the application and report by majority or unanimously and decides not to recommend conferment of autonomous status, it shall record the reasons therefor. If the Board proposes to grant the application and recommend conferment of autonomous status, it shall pass a resolution to that effect and also specify the conditions subject to which autonomous status shall be conferred.
(5) The Secretary of the Board shall submit, within a period of one month, to the Secretary, Higher and Technical Education Department of Government, such recommendations of the Board alongwith a copy of the resolution and such other records to be decided by the Board, for approval.
(6) On receiving approval from the Government for conferment of autonomy on the applicant art institute, the Secretary of the Board shall inform the institute concerned, the same in writing with conditions, if any.
(7) Rejection of conferment of autonomy is also to be intimated to the concerned art institute.
(8) The activities referred to in sub-sections (1) to (7) shall to be completed within ten months from the last date of the applications received for conferment of an autonomy by the Secretary of the Board.
(9) Any guidelines, rules, regulations, etc., on autonomy provided by the concerned regulatory authority, from time to time, shall become applicable to the art institute seeking autonomy and to the art institute on which the status of autonomy is already conferred.