UGC (Fitness of Certain Universities for Grants)Rules, 1975 To be Published in the Gazette of India Part II, Section 3, Sub-Section (i) No. F.92/74U.2.
Government of India Ministry of Education & Social Welfare (Department of Education) New Delhi, the 9th Sep., 1974.
NOTIFICATION In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 25 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 (3 of 1956) read with Section 12A Now read as 12B of that Act, the Central Government hereby makes the following rules, namely:-
1. Short title, application and commencement:
1. These rules may be called the University Grants Commission (Fitness of Certain Universities for Grants) Rules, 1974.
2. They shall apply to every university established after the commencement of the University Grants Commission (Amendment) Act, 1972 (33 of 1972), other than, a. an agricultural university, b. a university established against the advice of the Commission for imparting, exclusively, technological or medical education; and c. an institution recognised by the Commission, under the clause (f) of Section 2 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 (3 of 1956), on or after the 17th day of June 1972, the date on which the University Grants Commission (Amendment) Act, 1972 (33 of 1972) came into force.
3. They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. Fitness for Grant ? ?No University to which these rules apply shall be declared to be fit to receive grants from the Central Government the University Grants Commission or any other Organisation receiving any funds from the Central Government unless the Commission is satisfied that:
1. the University is a University established or incorporated by or under a Central Act, or
2. in the case of any other University, the establishment of the University is justified on one or more of the following grounds, namely:- a. inadequacy of the facilities for higher education and research in the area in which the University is situated and the inability of the existing University or Universities of the state concerned to provide for such facilities either in its or their existing faculties or schools or by the establishment of postgraduate centres or campuses.
b. the University has or shall have some special features or new, programme and activities which will augment the existing academic resources in the country.
c. the University has or shall have programmes for the upliftment of backward areas or removal of regional imbalances.
3. the law under which the University is established contains a provision for the establishment of a Planning Board or Committee consisting of eminent educationists to indicate the lines on which the University shall develop.
4. in the law under which the University established, due weight hasbeen given to the recommendations made by:- a. the Education Commission (196466) constituted by a resolution of the Government of India;
b. the Committee on the Governance of Universities appointed by the Commission; and c. the Committees of Panels appointed by the Commission during the last ten years:
5. the University is not merely an affiliating University but a multifaculty University having adequate facilities, for teaching and research in a number of subjects.
6. the university has powers to provide instruction through correspondence courses and to declare a college, department, centre or campus as an autonomous college, department, centreor campus, respectively,
7. every teaching department, centre, discipline in the University has a provision for a minimum staff of one Professor, two Raiders and an adequate number of lecturers alongwith the necessary supporting staff,
8. adequate machinery for the health residence and welfare for the students has either been provided in, or resources are being made available for the purpose to the University;
9. the university has been provided with adequate facilities in respect of building, equipment, books, library, hostel and staff quarters, excluding colleges library or institutions affiliated or admitted to its privileges,
10. whose aggregate value is not less than Rs 2 crores alongwith the developed land or the State Government is prepared to give an assurance to the Commission that a minimum amount of Rs 2 crores shall be made available to the University during the initial period of five years for the provision of the above mentioned facilities in addition to the developed land.
Sd/- (I.D.N. Sahi) Secretary to the Government of India The Manager, Government of India Press, Ring Road, New Delhi.
Copy forwarded for information to:-
1. The Secretary, UGC, New Delhi.
2. The Comptroller & Auditor General of India, New Delhi.
3. The Accountant General, Central Revenues, New Delhi.
4. All State Governments and Administrations.
5. All Ministries of the Government of India.
6. All the Universities in India.
7. All the coordination Sections of various Divisions in the Ministry of Education and Social Welfare.
Sd/- (M.N. Sinha) Under Secretary PROFORMA
1. Name of the University______________________________.
2. Date of Year of establishment___________________________.
3. Whether any amendment proposed by the UGC in the Act. If so, it has been carried out by the State Government and if not status thereto_____________________________________.
4. Details of infrastructural facilities:
Buildings Name of the building:
Plinth Area Cost/Estimated Cost Status of buildings i.e.
complete/incomplete Please indicate date of completion of building and if in-completed probable date when it is likely to be completed _______________________________________.
ii) Equipments Cost of the equipment procured___________________________.
iii) Books and Journals Cost of Books and journals acquired by the University.
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iv) Position of teaching posts Name of the Department Sanctioned Filled Professors/Readers/Lecturers Professors/Readers/Lecturers Status of the un-filled posts___________________________________________________.
5. Other infrastructural facilities available: ________________________________.
6. Details of Post-Graduate courses stared _______________________________ present in take_____________________________________________.
7. Any special features of innovation_______________________________.
8. Any other relevant information_______________________________.
(Signatures of authorised officer of the University) Name of the University:
Position of Staff, Department-wise by_______________________________________ Name of the Department Name of the Teacher Designation Date of Birth Qualification Teaching experience in years Number of years present position with date of appointment Whether full time Part time PROFORMA Fitness for Grants :
Name of the University :
Date and Year of Establishment of the University :
Whether any amendment has been proposed by the University Grants Commission in the Act of the University if so, Whether it has been carried out by the State Government and it not the Statutes thereof?
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CONDITIONS
1. The need for setting up of a Medical/Health University with justifications.
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2. Whether it has adequate facilities for Postgraduate teaching, research and extension programmes?
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3. Whether it provides adequate linkage with the respective professionals, Health Care Delivery system and Industry as may be appropriate?
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4. Whether it provides courses of extension and devotes attention to National and Regional development.
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5. Whether the State Government has ensured provision of adequate basic facilities in respect of Scientific Staff, Supporting Staff, :
Buildings, Equipments, Laboratories, Library, Hostels, Staff Quarters, Play Grounds and the like, as may be determined with the concerned professional councils.
6. That in the law under which the University has been established, due weightage has been given to the recommendations made by.
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i) The Education Commission (1964-65) :
ii) The Health Survey Planning Committee (Mudliar Committee) 1959-61 :
iii) The Medical Education review Committee (Shantilal Mehta Committee) 1981-83 :
iv) The guidelines and or recommendations of the Committee appointed by the Commission on the governance of universities.
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v) The State Government concerned with the University has accepted the principal of integration of teaching, Research and extension in the broad areas of Medicine and allied sciences.
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7. That to facilitate coordination between the Health Sciences and Medical University and the concerned departments of the State Government on the one hand and the Commission. Government of India, Medical Council of India and Indian Council of Medical :
Research on the other hand an apex body at the state level has been set up by State Government consisting of the representatives of the University, the State Government, Government of India, the Medical Council of India, the Indian Medical Research and experts.
8. Whether it has necessary facilities to provide for teaching. Research and extension in the subjects related to Medicine and allied sciences including Environmental Sciences, Social and Environmental Sciences in relation to Medicine, Bio-engineering, Dental (Stomatology) Pharmaceutical Sciences, Continuing Medical Education, Medical Education, Health Manpower Development and Health Administration opening in view the existing and emerging requirement of the state.
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9. That it provides for integration of aching, Research and extension Education in each of the departments and ensures the provision of the minimum staff required for Undergraduate and Postgraduate Education, Research and extension education in accordance with are recommendation of the Medical Council of Indian and the Indian Council of Medical Research and that the State Government ensures the continued provision of adequate recurring grants to the University for maintenance teaching, Research and Extension.
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Minimum requirements for 12 B as per UGC rules.
Compliance of minimum requirements of NALSAR UGC Comments
1. The University has or shall have programmes for the upliftment of backward areas or removal or regional imbalances.
The University has programmes for child rights i.e. Juvenle Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act
2000.
Disability Empowered Protection of Rights, Participation and Equal Opportunity) Act of 1995. The University is setting up a network with all the Disability Commissioners in the country to create data base.
Dalits The study is being proposed in the context of the backward class policies in Andhra Pradesh.
2. The law under which the University is established contain a provision for the establishment of a Planning Board or Committee consisting of eminent educationists to indicate the lines on which the University shall develop.
Information is available in file at page 42-49/c
3. The University is not merely an affiliating University but a multifaculty University having adequate facilities for teaching and research in a number of subjects;
Single faculty
4. Every teaching department, centre, discipline in the University has a provision for a Professors- 6 Associate Professors- 4 Asstt. Professors-4 In case of National Law School of India University, Bangalore minimum staff of one Professor, two Readers and an adequate number of Lecturers alongwith the necessary supporting staff;
position of teaching post were as under:- Department of Law Sanctioned Posts Professor- 7 Asso. Professor-8 Asst. Professor–12 Post filled up Professor-3 Asso. Professor-8 Asstt. Professor-4
5. The University has powers to provide instruction through correspondence courses and to declares a college, department, centre or campus as an autonomous college, department, centre or campus, respectively;
Information is not available
6. Adequate machinery for the health, residence and welfare for the students has either been provided in, or resource are being made available for the purpose to the University;
Information is not available.
7. The University has been provided with adequate facilities in respect of building, equipment, books, library, hostel and staff quarters, excluding college library institutions affiliated or admitted to its privileges;
Information is available at page 632-633/C
8. Whose aggregate value is not less than Rs. 2 crores alongwith the developed land or the State Government is prepared to give an assurance to the Commission that a minimum amount of Rs. 2 crores shall be made available to the University during the initial The university has infrastructural facilities available at the approximate cost of Rs. 14.26 corers.
(p-632/c) period of five years for the provision of the above mentioned facilities in addition to the developed land.
Fitness for University under Section 12 B of the UGC Act S.
No.
Minimum requirements for 12 B as per UGC rules.
Compliance of minimum requirements of
1. The University has or shall have programmes for the upliftment of backward areas or removal or regional imbalances.
2.
The law under which the University is established contain a provision for the establishment of a Planning Board or Committee consisting of eminent educationists to indicate the lines on which the University shall develop.
3. The University is not merely an affiliating University but a multifaculty University having adequate facilities for teaching and research in a number of subjects;
4. Every teaching department, centre, discipline in the University has a provision for a minimum staff of one Professor, two Readers and an adequate number of Lecturers alongwith the necessary supporting staff;
5. The University has powers to provide instruction through correspondence courses and to declares a college, department, centre or campus as an autonomous college, department, centre or campus, respectively.
6. Adequate machinery for the health, residence and welfare for the students has either been provided in, or resource are being made available for the purpose to the University;
7. The University has been provided with adequate facilities in respect of building, equipment, books, library, hostel and staff quarters, excluding college library institutions affiliated or admitted to its privileges;
8. Whose aggregate value is not less than Rs.
2 crores alongwith the developed land or the State Government is prepared to give an assurance to the Commission that a minimum amount of Rs. 2 crores shall be made available to the University during the initial period of five years for the provision of the above mentioned facilities in addition to the developed land.