AN AICTE BOOKLET CONTAINING 1.

REGULAITONS FOR APPROVAL PROCESS (NEW INSTITUTIONS/ INTRODUCTION OF NEW COURSES OR PROGRAMMES/ VARIATION IN INTAK E CAPACITY) 2. 3. REGULATIONS FOR ADMISSION AND FEE STRUCTURE AICTE GUIDELINES FOR CONSTITUTION OF GOVERNING BODIES OF SELF FINANCING INSTITUTIONS LEGAL CELL ALL INDIA COUNCIL FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION NEW DELHI AUGUST 19, 2002

INDEX S.No. 01. 02. Description Page Nos. Typed copies of combined Regulations for Approval 1-15 Process (incorporating al l amendments) Typed copies of Regulations for Admission & Fee Structure 15-46 i) ii) iii) iv) Typed copies of Admission Regulations, 1992 15-21 Typed copies of Admission & Fee Structure 21-29 Regulations, 1994 Typed copies o f the Resolutions of Govt. of India 29-37 for Fee Structure, 1997 Typed copies o f Regulations for Admission of 37-46 NRI/Foreign Nationals/Persons of Indian Ori gin 03. AICTE guidelines for constitution of Governing Bodies of 46-47 Self Financing In stitutions

TYPED COPIES OF THE REGULATIONS

EDITED VERSION OF LATEST GAZETTED REGULATIONS FOR GRANT OF APPROVAL FOR STARTING NEW TECHNICAL INSTITUTONS/ INTRODUCTION OF NE W COURSES / VARIATION IN INTAKE CAPACITY OF SEATS. Reference Regulations and Amendments: 1. Original Regulations No. F.304-4/CCF/REG/94 dated 31st October, 1994 (Publish ed in the Gazetted of Government of India, Extraordinary, Part III, Section 4) A mendment Regulations No. F. 711-6-1/E/96 dated 11th April, 1997 (Published on 12 th May, 1997 in the Gazettee of Government of India, Extraordinary, Part III, Se ction 4) Amendment Regulations (Published on 26th August, 2000 in the Gazettee o f Government of India, Extraordinary, Part III, Section 4) 2. 3.

ALL INDIA COUNCIL FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION NOTIFICATION In exercise of the power conferred by sub-section (1) of section 23 of the All India Council for Technica l Education Act, 1987 (52 of 1987), the All India Council for Technical Educatio n hereby makes the following regulations, namely :1.0 SHORT TITLE AND COMMENCEME NT 1.1 These regulations may be called the All India Council for Technical Educa tion (grant of approval for starting new technical institutions, introduction of courses or programmes and approval of intake capacity of seats for the courses or programmes) Regulations, 1994, Amendment Regulations, 1997 and 2000. They sha ll come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 1.2 2.0 APPLICABILITY These regulations shall be applicable to the proposals relating to :2.1 Grant of approval of the Council for establishment of new Technical Instit utions including Universities or University Departments and Deemed Universities and for Technical Institutions functioning on the date of commencement of these regulations at degree and diploma levels; Grant of approval of the council for i ntroduction of any course or programme in Technical Institutions and Technical D epartments of Universities or Deemed Universities; Grant of approval of the Coun cil for intake capacity of seats and for increase in the annual intake capacity of seats in courses or programmes in Technical Education. 2.2 2.3 3.0 DEFINITIONS In these regulations, unless the context otherwise required :3.1. 3.2. Act means All India Council for Technical Education Act, 1987 (52 of 1987) ; Bureau AIB means the Bureau of All India Board of Studies of the Council;

3.3. 3.4. 3.5. 3.6. 3.7. Bureau MPCD means the Bureau of Manpower Planning and Career Development of the Co uncil ; Bureau RDII means the Bureau of Research & Development Institute Industry Interaction of the Council ; Bureau E&T means the Bureau of Engineering & Technolo gy of the Council ; Council means All India Council for Technical Education establ ished under Section 3 of the Act ; Deemed University means any institution of High er Education other than a University, declared as such under section 3 of the Un iversity Grants Commission (UGC) Act, 1956 (3 of 1956) Form means a Form appended to these regulations; Regional Office means the Regional Office functioning as the secretariat of the Regional Committee of the Council ; University Technical Depa rtment means the Department of the concerned University conducting courses or pro grammes in Technical Education. All other words and expressions used herein and no t defined but defined in the All India Council for Technical Education Act, 1987 (52 of 1987) , shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the sai d Act. REQUIREMENT OF GRANT OF APPROVAL 4.1 After the commencement of these regu lations, a) no new Technical Institution or University Technical Department shal l be started ; or b) no course or programme shall be introduced by any Technical Institution, University including a Deemed University or University Department or College or ; c) no Technical Institution, University or Deemed University or University Department or College shall continue to admit students for Degree or Diploma courses or programmes ; d) no approved intake capacity of seats shall be increased or varied ; EXCEPT WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE COUNCIL. 3.8. 3.9. 3.10. 3.11. 4.0

4.2 Applications for the grant of approval under sub-regulation (4.1) shall be made by any of the following, namely :a) b) Government Institutions, Government Aided Institutions, Deemed Universities and University Department or Colleges. Regist ered Societies / Trusts. 5.0 5.1 FORMS AND APPLICATIONS Application for starting a Technical Institution or for a pproval of institutions functioning on the date of commencement of these regulat ions, or for introducing courses or programmes, or for increase in the intake ca pacity of seats in the courses or for obtaining a Letter of Viability shall be m ade in the form specified in sub-regulation (5.2) and shall be accompanied by th e documents called for therein. a) b) c) d) e) f) An application for starting Te chnical Institution shall be in Form I. An application for approval of Degree le vel institution functioning on the date of commencement of these regulations sha ll be made in Form II. An application for approval of Diploma level institution functioning on the date of commencement of these regulations shall be made in Fo rm III. An application for introduction of additional course or increase in the intake of seats in the Degree level institutions shall be made in Form IV. An ap plication for introduction of additional courses or increase in the intake of se ats in the Diploma level institutions shall be made in Form V. An application fo r obtaining Letter of Viability from the Council for starting a new Technical In stitution shall be made in Form VI. 5.2 NOTE: The specified forms are not attached with these regulations and provided s eparately. 6.0 CONDITIONS FOR GRANT OF APPROVAL Every application under sub-regu lation (4.1) shall be considered subject to the fulfillment of the following con ditions , namely :6.1 The financial position of the applicant shall be sound for investment in developed land and in providing related infrastructural and instr uctional facilities as per the norms and standards laid down by the Council from time to time and for meeting the annual recurring expenditure;

6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 7.0 The courses or programmes shall be conducted as per the assessed technical manpo wer demands ; The admission shall be made according to the regulations and direc tions of the Council in the respective Technical Institutions or Universities ; The tuition and other fees shall be charged within the overall criteria as may b e laid down by the Council ; The staff shall be recruited as per the norms and s tandards specified by the Council from time to time ; The Governing Body in case of Private Technical Institution shall be as per the norms specified by the Cou ncil ; any other conditions as may be specified by the Council from time to time . SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS 7.1 Every application for approval of the Council sha ll be submitted in triplicate with a copy to the concerned agencies as per the p rovisions of these Regulations. Every application for approval from the Governme nt Institutions and the Government Aided Institutions shall be sent by the State Government concerned to the Bureau E&T alongwith the consent of affiliation by the University / State Board. Every application pertaining to a University, Univ ersity Department or Deemed University shall be submitted through the University Grants Commission. Every application form a registered Society or Trust for app roval of Technical Institution functioning on the date of commencement of these regulations or for setting up of new Technical Institution at Degree or Diploma level or for courses or programmes and the intake capacity of seats shall be sub mitted to the Bureau E&T and also simultaneously to the concerned State Governme nt, the University or the State Board of Technical Education, whichever is appli cable, and the Regional Office concerned by the Society or Trust, as the case ma y be. 7.2 7.3 7.4 8.0 SCRUTINY OF APPLICATIONS 8.1 On receipt of a copy of the application submitted t o the Council for obtaining a Letter of Viability, the concerned University or t he Directorate of Technical Education having jurisdiction in the area in which t he new

Technical Institution is to be started, shall make arrangements for scrutiny and verification of the information contained therein. 8.2 If the University or the Directorate of Technical Education, as the case may be, desires to have a local inspection of the Site, it may constitute its Local Inspection Committee (LIC) and under intimation to the applicant make such inspection of site. On receipt o f the Report of the Local Inspection Committee or after Verification of the part iculars contained in the application to the satisfaction of the University or th e Directorate of Technical Education, as the case may be, or by such other means , at it may deem proper, it shall give its recommendations to the respective Sta te Government or to University Grants Commission with a copy to the Council . On receipt of the report containing the recommendations of the University or the D irectorate of Technical Education, as the case may be, under subregulation (8.3) , the State Government or the University Grants Commission, as the case may be, shall forward the report and its recommendations to the Council specifically dea ling with the Viability of the proposal having regard to the following requireme nts :Requirement of Land The applicant shall identify suitable land for starting the new Technical Institution. The minimum requirement of such land shall be as indicated in Table I below :Table I S. No. (1) Locality (2) For Degree Level In stitution (i) 10 Hectares 4 Hectares 2 Hectares Minimum Requirement of Land (Eng ineering & Technology) (3) For Diploma Level Institution (ii) 8 Hectares 4 Hecta res 2 Hectares 8.3 8.4 a) 1. 2. 3. Rural Area Taluk or District Head Quarters Metropolitan Cities or State Capitals

NOTE :It shall not be necessary for the applicant to have ownership or title of the land proposed to be utilized for starting the new Technical Institution at t he stage of making the application in Form VI. The ownership or the title shall be required only after issuance of the Letter of Viability. b) Funds The minimum requirement of funds for starting of new Technical Institution by a registered Society /Trust shall be as detailed in Table II below :Table II S.No. Level of Engineering & Technology Institutions (2) Degree Diploma NOTE:It shall not be necessary to produce any fixed money deposit receipt from a bank in the joint name of an applicant Society/Trust and the respective Regional Officer, at the stage of making an application in Form VI. This will be required only after issue of a Letter of Viability. (c) Provisions as per Norms and Standards Notwith standing anything contained in clauses (a) and (b), the requirement of land and funds in the case of new institutions in MBA, MCA, Architecture, Hotel Managemen t and Catering Technology, Pharmacy and Applied Arts & Crafts shall be as per th e relevant Norms and Standards specified by the Council in respect of such institu tions. (d) Track Record Where the applicant is a registered Society or Trust, it shall have a sound track record of running an educational institution for a min imum period of five years. Minimum Fund required for making fixed deposit in the joint name of the applicant and the respective Regional Officer. (3) Rs. 50 lak hs Rs. 25 lakhs (1) 1. 2.

8.5 In respect of every application submitted to the Council on or before the prescr ibed date, the concerned agencies, namely the concerned State Government, Univer sity or Directorate of Technical Education and the University Grants Commission, shall endeavour to forward their recommendations to the Council as expeditiousl y as possible, so as to enable the Council to start processing the applications by the prescribed date. Subject to the provisions of sub-regulation 9.0, the Reg ional Committee or the Board of Studies, as the case may be, shall deliberate on the status of the various proposals and the recommendations of the State Govern ment, University or the Directorate of Technical Education and University Grants Commission thereon and give its recommendations to the Council by the prescribe d date. After considering the recommendations of the agencies concerned and afte r making such further enquiry as it may deem necessary, the Council may, by the prescribed date, a) issue a Letter of Viability on the proposal to the applicati on stating therein that the applicant may proceed to take further action for get ting final approval of the Council under these regulations ; or Issue a Letter o f Regret to the applicant stating therein the specific ground or grounds on whic h the application has been rejected, provided that no application shall be rejec ted unless the applicant has been given a reasonable opportunity of being heard in the matter. 8.6 8.7 b) 8.8 While issuing a Letter of Viability under sub regulation (8.7), the Council shall ask the applicant to submit by the prescribed date, the following documents, na mely :Deed of registration of land relating to ownership/title of the applicant Society/Trust on the land earmarked for setting up the new institution ; A land use certificate from the authority concerned ; and In case the applicant is runn ing any other educational institution and the new institution is purposed to be set up in the same premises, an irrevocable resolution of the applicant stating that sufficient area of the premises has been earmarked specifically for setting up the proposed institution. 8.8.1. a) c) d) 8.8.2. A fixed money Deposit jointly in the name of applicant Society/Trust and the Regional Officer of the respective Regional Office as per the requirements s pecified in Table II of sub-regulation 8.4 (b & c) for a period of ten years aft er which the applicant may apply to the Council to allow or use the funds for de velopment purposes of the institutions.

(NOTE: The accounts of the funds shall be maintained by the Regional Office. 8.8.3. Document (s) regarding furnished permanent building atleast adequate for the Ist year classes on the land specified at sub-regulation (8.8.1). 8.8.4. A m aster plan for the entire institutional complex with the details of the plinth a rea, including area of laboratories, class rooms, drawing halls, workshops, libr ary, administrative block, hostel etc. shall be submitted alongwith the construc tion schedule indicating estimated cost of construction involved. 8.8.5. A regis tered undertaking on non-judicial stamp paper, stating that the institute shall abide by all the Regulations, Norms, Guidelines and Standards of the Council. 8. 9. In case of applications for introduction of new courses or programmes or for increase in intake capacity of seats in any institution approved by the Council, the information about additional requirement of infrastructural and instruction al facilities only shall be required to be furnished by the prescribed date. An Expert Committee appointed by the Chairman of the Council shall, at the cost of the applicant, visit the premises of the proposed institution or existing instit ution, as the case may be, and verify all the details furnished in the applicati on, prior to final approval being given. .The report of the Expert Committee and other relevant information obtained by the Council shall be placed before the E xecutive Committee of the Council for its decision. Subject to the provisions of sub-regulation (8.8), the final decision of the Council shall be communicated t o the State Government concerned or the University Grants Commission, the Univer sity or the Directorate of Technical Education concerned, as the case may be, th e Regional Office concerned and the applicant by the prescribed date in case the application was made before the specified date The rejection of an application shall not disentitle an applicant to make fresh application for any subsequent a cademic year. The Council shall, in every year, before the specified date publis h the names of approved Technical Institutions, University Departments or Deemed Universities conducting courses in Technical Education, the courses and program mes approved by the Council and the number of seats permitted (annual intake cap acity ) for each course or programme and communicate relevant extracts of the sa me to the concerned authorities and agencies . 8.10. 8.11 8.12 8.13 8.14.

8.15. 8.16. All institutions, courses and number of seats approved after publication of a li st under sub-regulation (8.14) shall stand included in the relevant list. The ti me schedule and sequences of processing applications for approved proposals shal l be as given in the schedule appended to these regulations, provided that the C ouncil may, for good and sufficient reasons to be recorded in writing, modify th e time schedule in respect of any class or category of applications. PROCESSING OF APPLICATION BY BODIES 9.1. The Council may process the various applications m ade under these regulations through its following bodies, namely :a. Regional Co mmittee concerned; b. Board of Studies concerned ; 9.2. Before giving its recomm endations on an application, the Regional Committee or the Board of Studies, as the case may be, may hold a meeting with the Secretary of the State Government d ealing with Technical Education and the Director of Technical Education of the S tate Government, the Vice-Chancellor, a Director of Indian Institute of Technolo gy, a member from the Executive Committee, nominee of the University Grants Comm ission, expert members nominated by the Chairman of the Council, Adviser-Bureau E&T, Adviser-Bureau AIB, Regional Officer, Adviser-Bureau MPCD, representative o f Technical Bureau of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of Education and any other special invitees. RETURNS TO CENTRAL GOVERNMENT The Coun cil shall furnish a quarterly progress report to the Central Government indicati ng therein the progress of processing of applications by it for the periods endi ng the specified dates. 11.0 INTERPRETATION 11.1. 11.2. If any question arises a s to the interpretation of these regulations, the same shall be decided by the C ouncil. The Council shall have the power to issue clarification to remove any do ubt which may arise in regard to implementation of these regulations. 9.0. 10.0

12.0. POWER TO RELAX The Council may, for removal of any hardship or such other reasons to be recorded in writing, relax any of the provisions of these regulati ons in respect of any class or category of institutions. 13.0. WITHDRAWAL OF APP ROVAL If any Technical Institution including University, University Department o r Deemed University or College contravenes any of the provisions of these regula tions, the Council may, after making such inquiry, as it may consider appropriat e, and after giving the Technical Institution concerned an opportunity of being heard, withdraw the approval granted under these regulations. SCHEDULE (See SubRegulation 8.16 ) TIME SCHEDULE AND SEQUENCE OF PROCESSING OF APPLICATIONS FOR APPROVAL S.No. Stage of Processing (1) 1. (2) For receiving proposals by the Council at i ts Head Quarters, the State Government, University, Directorate of Technical Edu cation and the Regional Office For receiving the comments from : a) The State Go vernment b) University Grants Commission and c) The University or State Board/ D irectorate of Technical Education 3. Last Date for completion of processing applications (3) 31st December 2. 28th February 4. 5. 31st March For consideration of the comments from the State Government, Universi ty Grants Commission, University or State Directorate of Technical Education by the Regional Committee or the Board of Studies concerned For issue of Letter of Viability 15th April For receiving detailed proposals and documents from applica nts as per Letter of Viability 15th May

6. Visit of the Council Expert Committee and report to the Executive Committee and for communicating the final decision to the State Government, the University Gra nts Commission, under intimation to the Director of Technical Education, the app licant, the University or State Directorate of Technical Education and the Regio nal Office. NOTE :15th June The Council on the advice of its Executive Committee may modify the prescribed d ates as mentioned in the Schedule. The decision of the Council regarding the dat es shall be final.

REGULATIONS FOR ADMISSION AND FEE STRUCTURE ( TYPED COPIES ) 1. ADMISSION REGUALTIONS, 1992 2. ADMISSION AND FEE REGUALTIONS, 1994 3. RESOLUTIONS OF GOVT. OF INDIA REGARDING FEE STRUCTURE, 1997 (ISSUED AS POLICY DIRECTIONS TO AICTE IN EXERCISE OF THE POWER UNDER SECTION 20 (1) OF THE AICTE ACT) 4. ADMISSION OF STUDENTS WITH THE STATUS OF NRI/ FOREIGN NATIONALS/ PERSONS OF INDIAN ORIGIN

ADMISSON REGULATIONS, 1992 ( TYPED COPIES )

The Gazettee of India July 11, 1992 ALL INDIA COUNCIL FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION New Delhi Guidelines for Admission to Engineering Degree and Engineering Diploma Programme s G.S.R.320- in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 23(1) of All India Cou ncil for Technical Education (AICTE) Act 1987( No.52,1987), the AICTE hereby pre scribes the following guidelines for admission of students in Engineering Degree and Engineering Diploma programmes in pursuance of Section 10 (o) of the AICTE Act, 1987. GUIDELINES 1.0 ENGINEERING DEGREE PROGRAMMES 1.1 Qualification for Admission of General Category Students. The minimum qualif ication for admission to degree programmes in Engineering should be a pass in th e 10+2 (Senior Secondary) Examination with a minimum aggregate of 60 per cent ma rks in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics obtained in a single sitting. The dura tion of degree programme in Engineering will be 4 years after 12th standard. Thi s will apply to cases where admissions are based on the marks in the qualifying examination and not on the basis of entrance tests. 1.2 Qualification for Admiss ion of Scheduled Caste & Scheduled Tribes (SC/ST) Students The minimum qualifica tion for admission to degree programmes in Engineering in respect of SC/ST candi dates will be a pass in the 10+2 Senior Secondary Examination with a minimum agg regate of marks in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics as prescribed by the respe ctive State Government/ Union Territory Administration, obtained in an single si tting. 1.3 Entrance Tests All States/Union Territories (UTs) should conduct entr ance tests in the subject of Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics at 12+ level. Th e entrance test should be common to all Engineering degree Institutions in the S tate /UT. The minimum marks for eligibility for the entrance test need not be pr escribed in the case of degree courses and all students who have passed the qual ifying examination may be permitted to appear the entrance test. Only the merit ranking in the entrance test should be the basis for admission to engineering de gree programmes. Such tests should be conducted by appropriate agencies set up f or the purpose.

1.4 Admission of Reserved Category Students The admission for reserved categorie s should be strictly on the basis of merit of the respective categories, in the test as prescribed by the respective State Government/UT Administrations. In cas e, no such rule is available with the State Government/UT Administration, the cu t-off point for SC/ST candidates should be not less than 2/3 (two third) of the cut-off point in the open category. 2.0 LATERAL ENTRY TO DEGREE ENGINEERING PROG RAMMES. Although Engineering diploma programmes are conceived as terminal in nature, som e flexibility has to be built in , to enable the meritorious amongst diploma hol ders to obtain Engineering degrees. There is evidence of diploma holders pursing an Engineering programme having performed well not only in their academic caree rs but also in their jobs. A student who has acquired a diploma in Engineering t hrough a minimum of three years of institutional study, after 10+(Secondary Scho ol Leaving Certificate Examination) can be considered to be academically equival ent to a student who has passed the first year of the four year Engineering degr ee programme for which the qualifying examination is of the 12+ level. Lateral e ntry for diploma holders will be allowed in the second year third semester level . Seats in addition to the sanctioned intake at first year level, limited to a m aximum of 10% will be reserved for such students. At present students obtain dip loma through different programmes in different States/UTs. Such programmes have different structures and forms like the semester pattern, annual pattern, sandwi ch pattern, etc. In order to maintain uniformity, a common entrance examination at the State level seems essential. Further, it is necessary to select only meri torious students who have passed the diploma with good academic record. For bein g eligible to seek lateral entry to an Engineering degree programme at the secon d year/ third semester level, a candidate must have passed the diploma in Engine ering in the relevant branch with a minimum of 60 percent in the aggregate. Only candidates fulfilling these conditions would be eligible for appearing in the e ntrance test meant for selection of diploma holders for Lateral entry to degree programmes. The selection of candidates will be based on a State level entrance test, the merit ranking in the test being the basis of admission. Diploma holder s admitted to degree programmes through lateral entry will be provided with oppo rtunities for making up their deficiencies through remedial courses offered for this purpose. These students will have to successfully complete such remedial co urses within the stipulated time.

3.0 ENGINEERING DIPLOMA PROGRAMMES. 3.1 Qualification for Admission of General Category Students The minimum qualification for admission to diploma programmes in Engineering sho uld be a pass in the 10+(Secondary School Leaving Certificate Examination) with a minumum aggregate of 60 per cent marks in Science and Mathematics in a single sitting. The duration of Diploma programme in Engineering will be not less 3 yea rs, after 10th standard unless specified otherwise by the AICTE. The duration of new programmes in emerging technology areas as well as those based on flexible modular structures with multipoint entry will have to be considered separately. 3.2 Qualification for Admission of Scheduled Caste & Scheduled Tribes (SC/ST) St udents. The minimum qualification for admission to Diploma programmes in Enginee ring in respect of SC./ST candidates will be a pass in the 10th Examination with a minimum aggregate of marks as prescribed by the respective State Government/ /Union Territory Administration. 3.3 Criterion of Admission The admissions to diploma programmes in Engineering should be centrally administ rated by the respective State Government/ UT Administrations. The criterion for selection of candidates for admissions should be the merit ranking based on the aggregate percentage of marks in all the subjects of the qualifying 10 + level S econdary School Leaving Certificate Examination on the basis of the entrance tes t, if conducted by the State Government/ UT Administration. The minimum marks fo r eligibility for the entrance test need not be prescribed in the case of Diplom a Courses and all students who have passed the qualifying examination may be per mitted to appear in the entrance test. Only the merit ranking in the entrance te st should be the basis for admission to Diploma Courses. 4.0 RESERVATION OF SEAT S The Central Institutions will be governed by the reservation policy of the Govt. of India. The reservation in the State Institutions shall be left to the respec tive States/ UTs and be as per the policy of the concerned State Government /UT Administration. 5.0 STUDENTS FROM OTHER STATES Some reservations may be made for students from the other States/ UTs to promote national interaction, provide facilities to students from States lacking facili ties of there own. For this purpose, not more than 15% seats may be reserved for students coming from other States/ UTs.

6.0 EXCEPTIONS 6.1 Notwithstanding anything contained above, the AICTE shall have the right to reduce the prescribed minimum percentage for admission for any State/ Region/Are a/Course, on specific grounds/ reasons to be recorded in writing. 6.2 The above guidelines will not be applicable for admission to degree courses in Architectur e, Pharmacy, Applied Arts and Crafts, etc., for which separate admission guideli nes issued by the concerned organizations exist. Admission to these Courses will continue to be governed by those guidelines. 7.0 DATE OF EFFECT. The above guid elines will take effect from the academic year following the date of publication of this Notification. (No.F.1/11/88.TS(AICTE) (Dr. K.Gopalan) Educational Advis er(T) Dept. of Education, MHRD, Govt. of India and Member Secretary, AICTE, New Delhi. Note: 1. Subsequently vide Regulations, 1994 and 1997, the concept of fre e, payment and 5% Reservations for NRI students have been introduced. Except for NRI category students, admission to both free and payment quota have been sugge sted to be made through joint entrance without changing the major guidelines of the above Notifications. For clarification regarding single sitting, AICTE lette r No. F.1.-52/92-AICTE dated February 3, 1993 ( Copy enclosed) may be referred t o ( next page) 2.

ALL INDIA COUNCIL FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION ( A STATUTORY BODY OF THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA) D-47, N.D.S.E., PART-I NEW DELHI 110 049 No.F. 1-52/92-AICTE To The Principal Regional Engineering College, Hamir pur (H.P.) 177 005. Sub: Sir, I am to refer to your letter No. REC/HMR/ACD-243 ( Vol. II) 93- 205 dated 15.1.1993 on the above subject and to clarify as under: ( 1) (2) Single sitting means, a candidate who has passed qualifying examination i n one attempt only without any compartment. The candidate mentioned at Para 2 of your above said letter is not eligible for admission to Engineering Degree Prog ramme as per Admission Guidelines notified by the AICTE. Yours faithfully, ( P.L . KOHLI ) Deputy Secretary (T) Copy to : 1. All Officers of AICTE Secretariat fo r information, please. ( P.L. KOHLI ) Deputy Secretary (T) Guidelines for admiss ion to Engineering Degree and Engineering Diploma Programme Clarification regard ing. February 3, 1993

ADMISSION AND FEE STRUCTURE REGULATIONS, 1994 ( TYPED COPIES )

ALL INDIA COUNCIL FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION New Delhi, the 20th May, 1994 G.S.R. 4 76(E). In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (j) and clause (o) of secti on 10 read with section 23 of the All India Council for Technical Education Act, 1987 (52 of 1987), the Council hereby makes the following regulations fixing no rms and guidelines for charging tuition fee and other fees, and providing guidel ines for admission of students to professional colleges, namely :1. Short Title and Commencement:(1) These regulations may be called the All India Council for T echnical Education (norms and guidelines for fees and guidelines for admissions in professional colleges) Regulations, 1994. (2) They shall come into force on t he date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. Application.These regul ations shall apply to a professional college imparting diploma, degree or equiva lent courses in engineering, technology, architecture, town planning, management , pharmacy, electronics, computer science, applied arts and crafts and such othe r programmes or areas as the Central Government may in consultation with the Cou ncil, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare; but shall not apply to U niversities, University departments or colleges, government colleges, aided coll eges of the Central Government or State Government, Indian Institutes of Technol ogy, Indian Institutes of Management, Regional Engineering Colleges, and such te chnical institutes which are fully funded by the Central Government, a State Gov ernment, the Council, or as the case may be, the University Grants Commission an d any full or part-time post graduate courses or programmes in any discipline ot her than management. 3. Definitions.In these regulations, unless the context oth erwise requires, (a) Act means the All India Council for Technical Education Act, 1987 (52 of 1987); (b) Competent Authority means a Government or a University or a ny other authority as may be designated by the Government or the University or b y law to allot students for admissions to various professional Colleges in a Sta te or Union Territory;

(c) Council means the All India Council for Technical Education established under s ection 3 of the Act; (d) Fee in relation to free seats and payment seats, means al l the institutional fees and includes tuition fee. (e) Free Seat means the seats o n which the fees payable is same as prescribed for the Government Institution in the concerned State; (f) Payment Seat means the seats on which the fees payable s hall be substantially higher than for free seats; (g) Professional College means a ny private unaided college imparting technical education and includes a private unaided technical institution. 4. Condition for establishment of a professional college:(1) No individual, firm, company or other body of individuals with whate ver name called, shall, on and from the commencement of these regulations, be pe rmitted to establish a professional college. (2) The Council shall grant approval for establishment or administration of a professional college only by a society registered under the Societies Registrati on Act, 1860 (21 of 1860), the Trusts Act, 1882 (2 of 1882), the Wakf Act, 1954 (29 of 1954), or under a corresponding law, if any, in force in a State. (3) The Council shall cancel the registration of, or as the case may be, withdraw the a pproval granted to, a professional college established before the commencement o f these regulations, if that college does not conform to the conditions stipulat ed under this regulation on or before the 31st day of March 1995. (4) No profess ional college shall be established or a new technical education course or progra mme started without the approval of the Council. 5. Admission: (1) Number of sea ts for admission available in a professional college shall be fixed by the Counc il and no professional college shall be permitted to change the intake capacity except by the approval granted by the Council. (2) Competent Authority shall not make admissions, from the academic year, 1994, to a course or a professional co llege which has been started or established in violation of the Act and these re gulations.

(3) Admission to a course or programme shall be limited to the number of seats w hich are either fixed by the Council or the number of seats that existed before the enactment of the Act and no admission shall be made for the seats which have been enhanced, without the approval of the Council. (4) No admission shall be m ade by the Competent Authorities in unapproved or unrecognized professional coll eges, from the academic year, 1994. 6. Examination:No University, Board or any o ther body constituted by a Government shall examine or cause to examine any stud ent admitted to an unrecognized or unapproved professional college. 7. Fees :(1) Tuition and other fees for a professional college shall be determined by a Stat e Level Committee. (2) The Council shall constitute a Standing Committee for eac h State to fix ceiling on the fees chargeable for individual course by a profess ional college or class of professional colleges, as the case may be. The Standin g Committee shall consist of the following members namely:(i) (ii) (iii) Vice-Ch ancellor of a University in a State to be nominated by the State Government; Sec retaries, Department of Technical Education and Department of Finance of the res pective State, ex-officio; Two economists or experts in cost accountancy with ba ckground of Institutional financing to be nominated by the Council; Member-Secre tary not below the rank of Joint Secretary or Director of the respective State G overnment to be nominated by the State Government. (iv) (3) The members referred to in clauses (i), (iii) and (iv) shall hold Office for a period of three years from the date of their nomination. (4) The Committee sh all give an opportunity to the professional colleges to place such material, as they think relevant in determining the tuition fee and other fees. The fees shal l be fixed once in every three years or at such longer intervals, as the Committ ee may think appropriate.

(5) The fees chargeable in professional colleges shall be determined on the basi s of estimation of expenditure of the professional college for its efficient fun ctioning. The Committee shall take the items specified in the Annexure to these regulations, into account while determining the tuition fee and other fees to be charged by a professional college. The Committee may in its discretion take int o consideration a reasonable return on Capital investment with reference to the investment made and determine the fees accordingly. While calculating the fees, the estimates of recurring expenditure shall be based on at least the last two y ears audited figures of recurring expenditure of the college and projected requi rement for next three years. (6) No professional college shall be entitled to re ceive from the student any other payment or amount, under whatever name it may b e called, in addition to the fee fixed by the Committee for a free seat or payme nt seat. (7) A professional college shall send intimation to the Competent Autho rity in advance the fees chargeable for the entire course commencing from the ac ademic year for which admissions shall be made. The total fees shall be divided into the number of years or as the case may be, the number of semesters of study for a course. In the first instance, fees only for the first year or semester s hall be collected. The fee chargeable by a Professional College shall be subject to the ceiling fixed by the Standing Committee. 8. Procedure for allotment of s eats.(1) No Professional College shall call for applications for admission separ ately or individually. All applications for admissions to all the seats availabl e in such college shall be called for by the competent authority. The applicatio n forms for admissions shall be issued by the competent authority which shall co ntain a column wherein an applicant shall indicate whether he or she wishes to b e admitted against a free seat or a payment seat, or both and the order of prefe rence, upto three professional colleges. (2) The Competent Authority shall issue a brochure containing therein an application form for admission. The brochure s hall contain full particulars of the courses and the number of seats available, the names of the colleges, their location, the fees chargeable by each professio nal college, the minimum eligibility conditions and such other particulars as ma y be deemed necessary by the Competent Authority. (3) The Council of Architectur e constituted under section 3 of the Architects Act, 1972 (20 of 1972) shall for mulate a comprehensive entrance test including aptitude test on an all India bas is. (4) The admissions to management course shall be on the basis of an entrance test including aptitude test or interview to be conducted by a professional

college or for a group of professional colleges as the professional college or t he group of professional colleges may determine. (5) Fifty per cent of the seats in every professional college, course or programme shall be earmarked as free se ats. The students to be nominated shall be selected on the basis of merit determi ned in accordance with subregulation (f) of regulation 8. The remaining fifty pe rcent seats shall be payment seats and shall be filled by those candidates who a re prepared to pay the fee fixed by the Standing Committee. The allotment of stu dents against payment seats shall be done on the basis of inter-se merit determi ned on the same basis as in the case of free seats. (6) There shall be no manage ment quota or any other quota whatsoever either free seats or payment seats, exc ept as otherwise provided in sub-regulation (10) of Regulation 8. (7) A common m erit list, in accordance with the provisions of sub-regulation 8(5) of Regulatio n 8 shall be prepared from amongst all the candidates provided that in States wh ere no such entrance examination is presently being held, a common entrance exam ination shall be held for admissions to be made from the academic year, 1995. (8 ) The criteria of eligibility and other conditions shall be the same in respect of both free seats and payment seats except the higher fee to be paid for paymen t seats. The management of a professional college shall not be entitled to impos e any other eligibility criteria or conditions for admission either to free seat s or to payment seats. (9) The Competent Authority shall prepare a detailed sche dule every year relating to inviting of applications, conducting of examination, if any, drawing up of merit order, publication of results, allotment of student s to various courses and institutions, both for free seats and payment seats, in accordance with these regulations and shall act in accordance with such schedul e. (10) A last date for allotment of seats shall be fixed by the Competent Autho rity, while inviting applications for admission, and no allotment shall be made after the last date so fixed. After making the allotments of seats, the waiting list shall be followed for filling up any casual vacancies or dropout vacancies arising after the allotments are finalized. The vacancies shall be filled until such date as may be fixed by the Competent Authority. It shall be open to the co mpetent authority to offer any professional college or seat to the candidate oth er than his options and as per his merit. Once the last date of allotment of sea ts is over, the vacancies still remaining may be filled by the management out of the candidates included in the list under sub-regulation (7) of Regulation 8.

(11) In case of technical institutions which are affiliated to an out-of-State a ffiliating body, the seats in such institutions shall be included in the seats a vailable in the State in which the institutions is actually located, and admissi ons shall be made by the competent authority of that State in accordance with th e procedure specified under this regulation. (12) Each professional college shal l set aside one free seat and one payment seat over and above the fixed intake c apacity for each course or programme and shall fill up such seats with the nomin ees of the beneficiary States to whom the seats may be allotted by the Central g overnment. The beneficiary States shall nominate students strictly on merit basi s from the merit list prepared by them for this purpose. (13) Every year in the Month of December, the Council shall communicate to the Competent Authority for each State the name of approved professional colleges, the names of the course o r programmes and number of seats for each course or programme fixed by the Counc il for making admissions for every academic year. There upon the competent autho rity shall proceed with inviting of applications for such professional colleges and number of seats for the courses or programmes only and for making admissions thereto. 9. Reservations (1) It shall be open to a professional college to prov ide for reservation of seats for candidates belonging to weaker section of socie ty in accordance with the rules of the Central Government or the State Governmen t as the case may be. (2) Admission to reserved seats shall be made on the basis of merit. 10. Minority Educational Institutions. (1) In the academic year 199495, fifty per cent of the total intake in a minority technical institution shall be filled up by candidates selected by the competent authority on the basis of the common merit list. The candidates selected shall be distributed equally in f ree seats as well as in payment seats in the order of merit. The remaining fifty per cent shall be filled up by the management of such minority technical instit ution from the candidates belonging to the minority community on the basis of me rit. (2) Fifty per cent of seats permitted to be filled by the minority technica l institutions under sub regulation 10 (1) shall be equally distributed between free and payment seats. (3 ) After completion of admissions, each minority techn ical institution shall submit to the competent authority, the statements contain ing full particulars

of students admitted under this regulation. The competent authority shall verify the correctness of the statements, and if any irregularity is noticed, it shall call upon the such institution to rectify the same. (4) The competent authority shall conduct the verification keeping in view of the objective that the minori ty technical institutions are equally committed to promote excellence of the ins titutions as a vehicle of general secular education. 11. Exemptions and Relaxati ons. The Council shall have the power to issue clarification to remove any doubt whic h arise in regard to implementation of these regulations. 12. Furnishing of Info rmation. The competent authority shall furnish information or returns in the matters of a dmission and levying of fees to the Council before the 31st December of every ye ar. 13. Withdrawal of approval. If a professional college contravenes any of the provisions of these regulations , the Council may withdraw its approval after making such enquiry, as it may con sider appropriate and after giving the professional college an opportunity of be ing heard. [No. f.1-3/BVI/CCF/PP/94/B.H.-104] Y.N. Chaturvedi, Member-Secretary, All India Council for Technical Education New Delhi

GOVT. OF INDIA RESOLUTIONS FOR FEE STRUCTURE, 1997

THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY PART I SECTION I PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY(No.F. 20-43/96-Desk (U)) Policy on Fee f ixation in Private Unaided Educational Institutions imparting Higher and Technic al Education including Management Education. -1.0 The Supreme Court of India in Unnikrishnan JP versus State of Andhra Pradesh had, on 8th February, 1993 laid d own a scheme regulating admission and levy of fee in private unaided educational institutions particularly those imparting professional education. This scheme w ill be referred hereinafter as the Scheme in Unnikrishnan. As an interim measure, the Scheme provided for an adhoc fee determination procedure and certain allied matters. As a long term measure, however para 6(6) of the scheme required that t he All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), University Grants Commissio n (UGC), the Medical Council of India and the Dental Council will frame suitable regulations in the matter which would replace the adhoc provisions of that Sche me. 2.0 Pursuant to the above decision, fee was fixed in various States in Priva te Engineering Colleges at rates that were found to be suitable by the Courts. R egulations were framed soon thereafter by the All India Council of Technical Edu cation broadly incorporating the features of the Scheme laid down by the Court. Similarly, the University Grants Commission has also prepared draft regulations on the subject. In case of Medical and Dental Colleges, however, rates of fee ha ve been laid down by the Court from time to time. 3.0 The Court had occasion to consider the status of implementation of the Scheme in Unnikrishnan, as modified by its various orders, in 1A No. 24 etc in CWP No. 317 of 1993. The orders pass ed on 9th August, 1996 require the Central Government, including the Ministry of Education to take steps to convene a meeting of all the concerned authorities f or evolving a proper fee structure for Medical, Engineering and Dental Colleges throughout the country within three months, which now stands extended till 28th February, 1997. 4.0 Meeting of all concerned, viz. the Ministries of Health & Fa mily Welfare, Law Ministry, the Medical Council of India, the Dental Council of India, the AICTE and the UGC, and Representatives of Technical, Higher and Medic al Education, Departments were, accordingly, held on 30th August, 1996 and 8th O ctober, 1996 where all the relevant issues were considered. Pursuant to these me etings, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, took a view that the proposed fee s tructure for Medial and Dental Colleges could be evolved separately, and that it was not practicable to have a common fee structure for all professional Unaided institutions generally. 5.0 To take a final view in the matter, a meeting of St ate Higher and Technical Education Ministers was convened by the Union Minister of Human Resource

Development on 10th December 1996 wherein it was decided that self-contained pol icy directions could be issued applicable to sectors of education, falling withi n the purview of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, namely Higher and T echnical Education. The meeting noted that while the AICTE had notified its regu lations and the UGC was in the process of doing so, uniform policy, directions w ere still needed to be laid down by the Government to cover all aspects of relev ance in the light of these policy declaration. 6.0 President of India is pleased to approve the policy on Fee determination in Private Unaided Institutions in t he Higher & Technical Education Sectors, formulated on the basis of the broad pr inciples arrived at in the meetings of the officials of the State Governments of Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu and also endorsed in the meetings of the Ministers of States Governments for Higher and Technical Educati on. The policy is laid down in succeeding paras: 6.1 GENERAL PRINCIPLES: The policy guide-lines enunciated below seek to ensure a fair fee structure in t he relevant institutions. A fee structure in order to be fair, has to be fair to all concerned, namely the students and their guardians, the management, faculty members and employees. The bed-rock of such a policy has to be avoidance of com mercialization and profit-making while simultaneously ensuring maintenance of st andards and upkeep of facilities and assets. Keeping these as prime consideratio ns, the following may be identired as the broad general principles which inform the present policy framework: a. b. c. d. e. 6.2 Prevention of profit making and ensuring, as far as possible, the principle of no-profit no-loss which underline s the Scheme in Unnikrishnan; Without diluting the fundamental concern of avoidi ng commercialization, to make allowance in the fee so as to provide for replacem ent and upgradation of facilities; Providing for a transparent and intelligible procedure for fee determination; Bringing all private unaided institutions withi n the purview of the scheme-not merely confining it to Colleges; and Involving the State Governments concerned in the process of fee determination. APPLICABILITY: These policy guidelines will apply to the following : i. Self-fin ancing institutions imparting technical education as defined under the All India Council of Technical Education Act, 1987 (Act 52 of 1987), including institutio ns imparting Post-Graduate Education in Management whether by awarding degrees o r otherwise;

ii. Colleges, affiliated to the universities, operating on no grant in-aid basis; and iii. Institutions deemed to be universities under the University Grants Commis sion Act, 1956 (Act No. 3 of 1956), if such institutions operate on self-financi ng basis without receiving maintenance grants from the Central or State Governme nts or statutory grant disbursing bodies under their control. Even though deemed universities are not expressly included in the Scheme in Unnikrishnan, their incl usion within the purview of this policy is considered necessary on the grounds t reating such institution at par with private colleges will be just and appropria te. 6.3 ADMISSION: In the scheme in Unnikrishnan, the manner and method of admissions form part and parcel of the fee determination procedures. The admission procedure incorporate d in that scheme will, therefore, apply to the institutions covered under the pr esent policy. As the UGC Act does not empower the Commission to issue regulation s relating to Admission, the judgment in Unnikrishnan and the present Resolution w ill be constructed as enabling the Commission to make suitable provisions relati ng to admissions in accordance with the scheme in Unnikrishnan. 6.4 DETERMINATIO N OF FEE : Fee chargeable by various categories of institutions shall be determi ned by the Committee prescribed below: a) (i) Fee in institutions imparting tech nical education will be determined by State Level Committees consisting of the f ollowing: Vice Chancellor of one of the universities in the State to be nominated by the St ate Govt. concerned Chairperson. (ii) Secretaries in-charge of the Technical Edu cation and Finance Departments of the State Govt. concerned or their nominees Me mber; (iii) Three experts, one each in Economics, Cost Accountancy, and Institut ional Finance, to be nominated by the All India Council of Technical Education M embers; (iv) Director of Technical Education of the State concerned MemberSecret ary; (b) Fee chargeable in affiliated colleges operating on No-Grant-in-aid basis shall be determined by State level Committee consisting of: (i) Vice-Chancellor of one of the universities in the State nominated by the State Govt. concerned Ch airperson;

(ii) Secretaries in-charge of the Higher Education and Finance Departments or their n ominees-Members; (iii) Three experts one each in Institutional Finance, Cost Acc ountancy and Economics to be nominated by the University Grants CommissionMember ; (iv) Finance Officers of one of the Universities to be nominated by the State Govt. Member ; and (v) Director in charge of Higher or Collegiate Education of th e State concerned Member Secretary. (c) Fee chargeable by Institutions deemed to be universities will be determined by a Standing Committee of the University Gr ants Commission consisting of: (i) A Member of the Commission Chairperson; (ii) One Vice-Chancellor to be nomin ated by the Commission Member; (iii) Three experts, one each in Economics, Cost Accountancy and Institutional Finance to be nominated by the Commission-Members; (iv) Where a deemed university conducts courses in Technical/Medical Education, a nominee of the All India Council for Technical Education /Medical Council of India/Dental Council of India as the cases may be Member; (v) State Secretary Hi gher/Technical/Medical Education (depending on the field of specialization of th e institution) or his nominee will be co-opted as the Member for the purposes on ly of determining the fee structure for deemed universities in the State concerned : (vi) An officer of the UGC of the Rank of Additional Secretary Member Secretar y. 6.5 PROCEDURE TO BE ADOPTED BY THE COMMITTEE: (a) Secretarial Assistance to t he Committees referred in 5.2 and 5.3 will be rendered by the Directorates of Te chnical and Higher Education respectively of the State Govt. concerned. The Stan ding Committee referred to in 5.4 will be assisted by the Secretariat of the UGC . (b) Members of the Committee, other than ex-officio Members, will hold office for a period of three years. The recommendations of the Committee will also be v alid for three years. (c) Each Committee will be free to device is own procedure . The procedure will however, compulsorily include giving opportunity to the ins titutions concerned to furnish such material as they consider relevant :The Comm ittee will also have power to call for such information and details as it consid ers relevant. To carry out its functions smoothly, the bodies would lay down tim ebound actionCalendars and dead-lines for compliance of the institutions concerned a nd for completing the Committees own tasks.

(d) Fee once determined shall be in force for three years. The Committees may de termine different rates of fee for Institutions falling in different classes, if a classification is justified on intelligible and objective criteria. In partic ular the Committees will be free to fix different rates for institutions located in rural areas. (e) The UGC and AICTE, as the case may be, will have power to c all for information and clarifications form the Committees under their purview. (f) While determining the fee chargeable, it will be the duty of the Committee t o ensure that Fee does not become a source of profit or commercialization for th e institutions concerned. This approach would be in conformity with the pronounc ements of the Court in cases dealing with fee determination. 6.6 (a) FEE DETERMI NAITON: Fee will have two broad categories Tuition fee and Development Fee. Besides, the management of the institutions may realize the actual cost of board ing & messing form the above students subject to the relevant Committee being sa tisfied about the reasonableness of such costs. (b) Tuition Fee will seek to rec over the actual cost of imparting education. While assessing a fair tuition fee the Committee will take into account the following: i) ii) iii) iv) v) vi) Salar y and allowances including bonus, if admissible, to teaching and non-teaching em ployees: Expenditure on administrative services; Cost of maintenance of laborato ries including consumables; Contingent expenditure including statutory requireme nts like audit fee etc. Cost of acquisition of books and journals for libraries; and Maintenance of buildings and other assets including rents and tariffs.

Keeping the above parameters in view, suitable rates will be fixed for holders o f free, payment, and NRI/Foreign Students categories. (c ) The UGC and AICTE will for hwith prepare norms relating to staffing and scales of expenditure for other ite ms wherever such norms have not so far been worked out, to the extent feasible. In case, where it is difficult to lay down specific quantified norms, the releva nt Committees shall satisfy themselves about the adequacy and reasonableness of the expenditure involved. Care will be taken to ensure that the projected expend iture does not become a source of profit to the sponsors.

(d) As the scheme in Unnikrishnan prohibits commercialization and profit-making, it will not be open to the institutions concerned to claim any return on investment s. This should, however, not come in the way of the institutions in mobilizing r esources for replacement and upgradation of assets. Further, while earning retur n on investment would not be permissible, the Court had, in the Unnikrihnan judg ement left the question of recovering investment on the Central Govt. and the st atutory bodies. It is, therefore, considered desirable that the Development Fee could provide for an element of partial capital cost recovery to the Management (but not a return on investment) and to serve as a resource for upkeep and repla cement. (e) Development Fee may be at flat rates to be determined every three ye ars by the AICTE and UGC as the case may be. Different rate may be prescribed fo r Payment, Free/Merit, and Foreign/NRI seat holders. These bodies could also classify institutions in different categories for all the purposes of prescribing differ ent slabs provided such categorization is based on intelligible and objective cr iteria. (f) In the first ten years, it would be open to the managements to appro priate upto half of the proceeds of the development fee or the actual capital co st, whichever be lower. The remaining half will have to be utilized for upgradat ion and replacements in the first ten years and thereafter the entire proceeds w ill have to be so utilized. (g) As the fee chargeable will be notified by the re levant Committee, it will be the duty of the Statutory body concerned to communi cate the rate of Development Fee to such bodies well in advance to enable the ap propriate Committees to suitably incorporate such rates in their Notification. T he UGC/AICTE will take into account the views and suggestions of the private ins titutions, the State Govt. and interested members of public while determining th ese rates. 6.7 MAINTENANCE OF FEE ACCOUNTS : (a) Institutions will maintain two accounts Mainte nance Accounts and Development Accounts. (b) The proceeds of Tuition Fee and cost recoveries of boarding and messing etc. will be credited to the Maintenance Acco unts. This account will be maintained in two parts (a) pay and allowance and (b) other expenditure. All recurring expenditure will be met from this accounts and brought to account under these two parts. (c) At least half the proceeds of Dev elopment Fee will be credited to the Development Account in the first ten years, after which this Account will receive the entire proceeds of this fee ; Miscell aneous receipts of the institution would also be credited to the same account. T he proceeds of this fee would be utilized for procurement of equipments, books a nd journals and acquisition of assets. It will be also be open to the management to debit expenditure on improvement of faculty also to this account.

(d) The regulations of UGC and the AICTE will provide for Audit of accounts of t he relevant institutions to ensure that the financial managements conforms to th e broad framework of these guide-lines and the regulations. 6.8 OTHER PROCEDURAL MATTERS CONNECTED WITH LEVY OF FEE: (a) Fee once fixed will be valid for a peri od of three years. Fee will be payable in advance for a semester. Each Committee will notify for general information the total fee payable per semester in the m onth of December every year for the next year, in two News papers having wide ci rculation in the State concerned. This exercise shall be carried out annually no twithstanding the fact that the rates once fixed will be in force for three year s. (b) While fixing fee, once every three years, the Committees will take into a ccount the unspent balance, if any in the maintenance and development accounts w hile fixing fee for the next three years. (c) Institutions which levy fee at rat es higher than those fixed, or fail to maintain accounts in the manner laid down or are otherwise found to contravene the provisions of the appropriate Regulati ons are liable to have their permission/affiliation cancelled. The appropriate r egulations will incorporate these guidelines. 7.0 RESOLVED THAT THE ABOVE PROVIS IONS BE SUITABLY INCORPORATED IN REGULATIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION AND THE ALL INDIA COUNCIL FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION. 8.0 RESOLVED FURTHER THAT FOR THE ABOVE PURPOSES THIS RESOLUTION BE DEEMED TO BE INSTRUCTIONS ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL GOVT. TO ALL INDIA COUNCIL FOR TECHNICAL EDU CATION (AICTE) UNDER SECTION 20 (1) OF THE AICTE ACT.

REGULATIONS FOR ADMISSION OF NRI /FOREIGN NATIONALS / PERSONS OF INDIAN ORIGIN ( TYPED COPIES )

ALL INDIA COUNCIL FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION NEW DELHI, The 24th April 2002 Notific ation No. 26-7/Legal/2002 In exercise of the Powers conferred by Clause (j) and clause (o) of Section 10 read with Section 23 of All India Council for Technical Education Act (No. 52 of 1987), the Council hereby makes these Regulations with in the meaning of Section 2(f) of the said Act, 1987 in supersession of the Regu lations, 2000 and Circular dated October 03/09, 2001 mentioned herein below: a) The All India Council for Technical Education (for Admission under Foreign Natio nals(FN)/Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) category/quota in AICTE approved institu tions) Regulations, 2000 ( as Published in the Gazette of India in Part III Sect ion IV on March 31, 2001); Circular No. F.38-7/Legal/2001, dated October 03/9, 2 001 issued by the Council providing guidelines for admission against NRI Seats. b) 1.0 SHORT TITLE AND COMMENCEMENT 1.1 These regulations may be called the All Ind ia Council for Technical Education (Admission under Non Resident Indian(NRI)/ Fo reign Nationals(FN)/ Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) category/quota in AICTE appr oved institutions) Regulations, 2002. 1.2 They shall come into force with effect from the date of the official publication in the Gazette of India. 2.0 APPLICAB ILITY These Regulations shall be applicable to all Self Financing Institutions. Ins titutions (including Departments/ Sections of Deemed Universities, Departments/ S ections and Constituent /Affiliated Colleges of Universities conducting/ offerin g courses/ programmes in Technical Education), other than Self Financing Institut ions, may follow these regulations based on instructions of respective State Gove rnments/ U.T. Administrations/ Central Government/ University Grants Commission. 3.0 DEFINITIONS All the words and expressions used herein are not defined in Se ction 2 of All India Council for Technical Education Act (No. 52 of 1987). Unles s the

context otherwise requires, the words and expressions defined herein shall have the same meanings respectively assigned to them under these Regulations. The wor ds and expressions which are not explicitly defined in Section 2 of the said Act , 1987 are provided with the following definitions for the purpose of the presen t Regulations: 3.1 Act means All India Council for Technical Education Act, 1987 ( 52 of 1987); 3.2 Competent Authority in AICTE means the Council or the Executive C ommittee (EC) of the Council (or Sub-Committee of EC ) or the Chairman of the Co uncil or the Vice-Chairman of the Council in absence of the Chairman; 3.3 Compete nt Authority for Admission means Central Govt. or, State Govt. or Union Territory Administration or University or any other authority as may be designated by the Govt. by Law to allot students for admissions to Technical Institutions in a Stat e or Union Territory. 3.4 Institution means Technical Institution as defined in Sect ion 2 (h) of the Act, 1987. 3.5 Fees mean tuition and other fees, but does not inc lude Development Fee. 3.6 Development Fee means a fixed amount for each category of Technical Institution, prescribed by AICTE for Development of Technical Instituti ons to be charged from the students in addition to Fees. 3.7 Free Seats means the sea ts on which the Fees payable are same as prescribed for the Govt. Institution / Go vt. Aided Institution in the concerned state or Union Territory. In case of vari ation of Fees charged by different Govt. Institutions / Govt. Aided Institutions, th e highest Fees charged by any Govt. Institution/ Govt. Aided Institution for any pro gamme in Technical Education shall be the Fees for Free Seats. 3.8 Payment Seats me he seats on which the Fees payable shall be higher than the same for Free Seats as d etermined by the State Level Fee Committee or National Fee Committee. 3.9 NRI in this context means Non-Resident Indian as defined in Income Tax Act, 1961 with the fo llowing clarifications: An individual is Non-Resident when he is not a resident or who is not ordinarily resident. A person is treated as not ordinarily resident when any of the following conditions is satisfied:

(1) If he/she has not been resident in India in nine out of ten preceding years; or (2) If he/she has not been in India for a period of 730 days or more during the preceding seven years. 3.10 NRI Seats means the seats for admission of NRI to the programmes in Technical Education. 3.11 Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) in this context means a person having foreign citizenship (except Pakistan and Banglades h) without NRI status, but who holds a Foreign Passport at the time of sending app lication, consideration for admission and during the period of his study and he/ she or any one/ both of his/her parents or any one/ both of his /her grand paren ts is (or was) / are (or were ) citizen (s) of India by virtue of the provisions of the Constitution of India or Section 2 (b) of Citizenship Act, 1955 (Act No. 57 of !955). 3.12 Foreign National (FN) in this context means an individual havin g citizenship of a foreign country (citizens of all countries other than India) and not having the status of NRI and/or Persons of Indian Origin (PIO). 3.13 Foreign Student in this context means a student with the status of Foreign National who p ossesses a foreign passport. 3.14 National Fee Committee means a Committee constit uted by the Council for determining Fees and Development Fee for Technical Institut ions on national basis. 3.15 State Level Fee Committee means a Committee constitute d by theCompetent Authority in AICTE for determining Fees for concerned State /Union Territory. 3.16 Govt. Institution means Govt. Technical Institution which is run, c ontrolled and managed by the Government. 3.17 Govt. Aided Institution means Techni cal Institution receiving more than 50% recurring grants from Govt. or Govt. org anizations for its operating expenses. 3.18 MBA means Master of Business Administr ation, a programme in the Technical Education (Management). 3.19 MCA means Master of Computer Application, a programme in the Field of Technical Education (Technology ). 3.20 M.E. means Master of Engineering, a post-graduate degree in Engineering/ T echnology.

3.21 M.Tech. means Master of Technology, a post-graduate degree in Engineering/ Te chnology. 3.22 M.Pharm. means Master of Pharmacy, a post-graduate degree in Pharma cy. 3.23 M.Arch. means Master of Architecture, a post-graduate degree in Architec ture. 3.24 Self-Financing Institution means Technical Institution either not receivi ng any recurring grant from Govt. or Govt. organization or receiving recurring g rants less than 50% of its operating expenses from Govt. or Govt. Organisations. 3.25 Circular means written statements issued by the Competent Authority in AICTE u nder the provisions of these regulations, which are circulated to all concerned either by post or by issuing an advertisement in Newspapers and/or Website in In ternet of the Council 4.0 GUIDELINES FOR ADMISSION OF STUDENTS TO NRI SEATS 4.1 Th ese guidelines shall be applicable to Technical Institution approved by AICTE of fering courses in Technical Education leading to Diploma/ Post-Diploma/ Advanced Diploma/ Degree in Engineering (Engg.) & Technology (Tech.)/ Architecture (Arch .) & Town Planning/ Pharmacy (Pharm.)/ Applied Arts & Crafts/ Hotel Management & Catering Technology (HMCT), MBA, Postgraduate Diploma level programme in Manage ment, MCA and Post-graduate Diploma in Computer Application, but shall not be ap plicable to Post- graduate Courses/ Programme of the level of M.E./ M.Tech./ M.P harm./ M.Arch. etc. and Post-graduate Diploma in Engineering/ Technology. In the self financing Institutions, 50% seats shall be treated as free seats and other 50% seats shall be treated as payment seats. Out of payment seats, 5% seats of total intake shall be earmarked for NRIs. The NRI seats shall be treated within the 50% payment seats. Against NRI seats, only a person who is NRI himself/herse lf may seek admission and no other candidates without NRI status would be eligib le. The Technical Institutions shall be permitted by the competent authority for admission in respective States/ UTs to admit the NRI students upto maximum of 5 % of the total sanctioned intake. In view of the difference in their backgrounds , the competent authority for admission in the State/UTs shall determine the mer it of these candidates having regard to all the relevant factors. 4.2 4.3

4.4 There shall be no quota of seats for the Management on any basis such as caste, community, religion or family which had established the Technical Institution. A ny seat remaining unfilled from the NRI quota will be reverted to the payment se ats and this will have to be filled from the list of selected candidates prepare d as per the procedure laid down for admissions to Technical Institutions. There is no provision for admission of NRI sponsored students. The Institution shall no t be permitted to charge equivalent amount of NRI fees from the students admitted under vacant NRI seats. The fees chargeable from the students admitted against v acant NRI seats shall be the same as chargeable for the students admitted agains t payment Seats and not against the NRI Seats. The competent authority for admis sion shall make attempts to fill any vacant seats, which may remain unfilled in 5% NRI quota in each academic year, as payment seat. 4.5 4.6 4.7 The Fees and Development Fees to be charged from the NRI students shall be as per th e ceiling fixed by the duly constituted State Level Fee Committees or the Nation al Fee Committee, which ever is applicable. 5.0 GUIDELINES FOR ADMISSIONS OF FOR EIGN NATIONALS/ PERSONS OF INDIAN ORIGIN (PIO) Under these Regulations fifteen p er cent (15%) seats in the Technical Institutions approved by AICTE offering tec hnical courses leading to Diploma/ Post-diploma/ Advanced Diploma/ Degree/ PostGraduate Degree in Engineering & Technology/ Architecture & Town Planning/ Pharm acy/ Applied Arts & Crafts/ Hotel Management & Catering Technology, MBA, Post-gr aduate Diploma level programme in Management, MCA, Postgraduate Diploma in Compu ter Application and Post-graduate Diploma in Engineering/ Technology shall be al lowed on supernumerary basis from amongst Foreign Nationals/ Persons of India Or igin (PIOs) over and above the approved intake. This is subject to the following conditions and availability of infrastructural facilities in the respective ins titutions: 5.1 The Institutions should be able to provide suitable hostels/ resi dential accommodation to the Foreign Students/ Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs). The teacher:student ratio in the technical department/ section where Foreign Nat ionals/Persons of Indian Origin are admitted is not below 1:15. 5.2

5.3 5.4 5.5 Institutions have a modern library as per norms & standards of AICTE with multi media facilities. The total plinth area of the institution (excluding hostels an d residential areas) is not less than 12.5 sq.mtrs. per student. The Institute a nd its hostels have proper approach road, good environment, sufficient water sup ply and an arrangement for generators in absence of normal supply of electricity . The concerned institutions was not put under No Admission or Reduced Intake catego ry by AICTE due to poor infrastructural facilities atleast during the last 3 yea rs. The institute is functioning atleast for a period of 5 years after AICTE app roval. The results of the last two years for final year students are not less th an 75%, calculated based on Number of students appeared for the final examinatio n . 5.6 5.7 5.8 AICTE shall certify the availability of facilities for admission of Foreign Nati onals/PIO. For this purpose, the institutions meeting the above criteria, may su bmit Status Reports alongwith written request to AICTE for inclusion of the inst itutions under the list of eligible institutions for admission of Foreign Nation als/PIOs. AICTE shall examine the Status Reports and will include only those ins titutions who fulfill all the above criteria. AICTE shall subsequently communica te the list of such institutions to the competent authority for admission. The Fe es and Development Fees to be charged from amongst Foreign Nationals/ Persons of In dia Origin (PIOs) students shall be as per the ceiling fixed by the duly constit uted State Level Fee Committees or the National Fee Committee, which ever is app licable. These supernumerary seats shall be exclusively meant for the foreign st udents in the diploma, under-graduate and post-graduate courses with a condition that under no circumstances a seat remained unfilled shall be allocated to any one other than a foreign student/PIO. Foreign Nationals/Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) admitted in an AICTE approved institutions through Indian Council for Cu ltural Relations (ICCR) or as Government of India nominee under various exchange / other programme shall be included within the 15% Ceiling and the fees and deve lopment fee to be paid by these students may be decided separately by State Leve l Fee Committees or the National Fee Committee, as decided by theseCommittees.

6.0 GENERAL PROVISIONS 6.1 The decision of the competent authority in AICTE regardin g clarification on any provision of these Regulations and for modifications of g uidelines for admission and/or percentage of seats under NRI/ Foreign Nationals/ PIO category/quota, as and when required, will be communicated by issuing a cir cular. The provisions of the latest circular will supersede the overlapping prov isions of previous circulars issued. (Prof. R.S. Nirjar) Member Secretary 6.2

AICTE GUIDELINES FOR CONSTITUTION OF GOVERNING BODIES OF SELF INANCING INSTITUTI ONS

MODEL CONSTITUTION OF THE GOVERNING BODIES OF PRIVATE TECHNICAL INSTITUTONS. Reference:- (1) AICTE Regulations 304/CCF/REC/94 (Approval) dated 31-10-1994, su b regulations 6 (vi). (2)Based on decision of the Council as its meeting held on March 27, 1998 (Item 4.02), the following guidelines have been prepared by AICT E for Model Constitution of the Governing Bodies of Private Technical Institutio ns. The Governing Body shall have atleast 11 members including the Chairman and the Member-Secretary. The Registered Society/Trust shall nominate 6 members incl uding the Chairman and the Member-Secretary, and the remaining 5 members shall b e nominated as indicated below:1. Chairman to be nominated by the Registered Soc iety/Trust. 2-to-5 Members to be nominated by the Registered Society/Trust. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9 . Nominee of the All India Council for Technical Education-Regional Officer (ExO fficio). An Industrialist/technologist/educationist from the Region to be nomina ted by the concerned Regional Committee as nominee of the Council, out of the pa nel approved by the Chairman of the Council. Nominee of the Affiliating Body/Uni versity/State Board of Technical Education. Nominee of the State Government Dire ctor of Technical Education (ex-officio). An Industrialist/technologist/educatio nist from the Region nominated by the State Government. Principal/Director of th e concerned technical institution (as nominee of the Society/Trust) Member Secre tary. The number of members can be increased equally by adding nominees of the registe red Society and by adding an equal number of educationists from the Region keepi ng in view the interest of the Technical Institution. The total number of member s of a Governing Body shall however, not exceed 21. Appointment of Chairman of t he Governing Body. The Chairman of the Governing Body shall preferably be a tech nical person either entrepreneur or an industrialist or an educationist of reput e who is interested in the development of technical education and has demonstrat ed an interest in promotion of quality education.