for acquiring Ph.D degree simultaneously, without taking any kind of leave, may be counted as teaching experience for the purpose of direct recruitment/ promotion to the post of Associate Professor and above. This will again leave vacuum in the Regulatory Regime. UGC (Minimum Qualifications for Appointment of Teachers and other Academic Staff in Universities and Colleges and Measures for the Maintenance of standards in Higher Education 2010) Regulation 2011 (First Amendment) (No. NAAC has found that some Institutions are copying contents from SSR, which are available on the website of participating institutions and passing it as their own. In the recent amendment, UGC has enlarged the scope of Regulation 12, which relates to Off Campus Centres of Deemed Universities established and managed by Government. However any course commenced by the petitioner University after the coming into force on 21st May, 2010 of the 2010 Regulations and without obtaining the prior approval of the UGC shall be invalid. However, BITS Pilani went on aggressive pitch and filed a Petition challenging the closure order before the Hon’ble Delhi High Court. A, B, C and D, denoting Very good, Good, Satisfactory and Unsatisfactory levels respectively. nominees) in the Consolidated Funds of India. All the concerned Deemed Universities protested the Notice and also met the concerned officials and expressed their grievance. Some of the Deemed Universities based in Maharashtra have also challenged the University Grants Commission (Institutions Deemed to be Universities) Regulation 2010. Resultantly, the C Category Deemed Universities submitted themselves to the process of assessment and accreditation. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. Other members of the Committee are Prof. Mohammad Miyan, Prof. Sanjay Govind Dhande and Dr. K.N. On the last hearing on 19.11.2015, the Court was informed that accreditation process has been completed. Second amendment relates to appointment of Vice Chancellor, by which UGC has wisely undone the previous amendment and restored the original position. No.F.3-1/2009 28 June, 2010 … Different High Courts in India took different view of the Regulations resulting in conflict as regards its validity and applicability, as one High Court said it is valid and another said it is invalid. “Brain Gain” and not “Brain Drain” is underlying manifestation of the proposed new Policy. Interestingly, there was no representation from UGC, the principal Respondent in the matter. It was also informed that States were also requested to give their views on this issue under the theme of “Internationalisation of Education” and all suggestions received from States and during other consultation processes have been sent to the Committee for Evolution of New Education Policy. In any case, an employed faculty pursuing Ph.D., simultaneously will have his employment counted even otherwise as “experience”, then what is the benefit of this Notification? Being debarred from applying for accreditation will mean havoc for erring Institution, as under the UGC (Mandatory Assessment and accreditation of Higher Educational Institutions) Regulations, 2012, which makes it mandatory for educational institutions to participate in accreditation process, any Institution which is not participating in process of Accreditation will be subject to punitive measures, which may include withholding of grant, revocation of affiliation.