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The Guidelines for the Establishment of Private Universities

by Separate Act

For the establishment of Private Universities by a Separate Act, the following

course of action shall be adopted:-

(1) The proposal for the establishment of Private University shall be submitted by

the Sponsoring Body. The sponsoring body shall be :-

(a) a Society registered under the Rajasthan Societies Registration Act,

1958 (Rajasthan Act No. 28 of 1958) or the Societies Registration

Act, 1860 (Central Act No. 21 of 1860); or

(b) any Public Trust registered under the Rajasthan Public Trusts Act,

1959 (Act No. 42 of 1959) or the Indian Trusts Act, 1882 (Central

Act No. 2 of 1882) or under the relevant laws in any other State or

Union Territory; or

(c) a companionship registered under section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956

(Central Act No. 1 of 1956);

(2) An application containing the proposal and the project report to set up a

university in private sector shall be made by the sponsoring body to the State

Regime, alongwith a demand recruit of Rs. One lac in favour of the Commissioner

College Education Rajasthan, Jaipur.

(3) The project report must contain the following particulars, namely:-

(a) the details of the sponsoring body alongwith the copies of its registration

certificate, constitution and bye-laws;

(b) the in rank regarding financial resources of the sponsoring body

alongwith audited accounts for the past five years;

(c) the name, location and headquarters of the proposed university;

(d) the objectives of the university;

(e) the availability of land and details of buildings and infrastructure facilities, if

already exist;

(f) availability of academic facilities including teaching and nonteaching staff, if

any, at the disposal of sponsoring body;

(g) the details of plans for campus development such as construction of

buildings, development of structural amenities and infrastructure facilities

and procurement of equipment etc. to be undertaken before the university

starts functioning and phased programme for first five years;

(h) the phased outlays of capital expenditure proposed for the next five years and

its sources of finance;

(i) the scenery and the type of programmes of study and research proposed to be

undertaken by the university and their relevance to the development goals

and employment needs of the State and phasing of such programmes over

the first five years with coursewise enrolment targets;

(j) the experience and expertise in the concerned disciplines at the command of

the sponsoring body;

(k) the scenery of facilities, courses of study and research proposed to be started;

(l) the estimated recurring expenditure coursewise or activitywise, sources of

finance and estimated expenditure per student;

(m) the scheme for mobilizing resources and the cost of capital thereto and the

manner of repayment to such sources;

(n) the scheme for the generation of funds internally through the recovery of fee

from students, revenues anticipated from consultancy services and other

activities relating to the stuff of the university, and other anticipated

incomes;

(o) the proposed fee structure with reference to the details of expenditure on unit

cost and the extent of concessions or rebates in fee or free-ships and

scholarships to the poor students from economically poor or socially

backward families, including Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other

Backward Classes and handicapped students;

(p) the system proposed to be followed for selecting students for admission to

the courses of study at the university;

(q) the system proposed to be followed for appointment of teachers and other

employees in the university;

(r) whether the university is desirous of taking up distance education

programme. If so, details of study centres proposed to be started;

(s) whether the university proposes to undertake some programmes correlated to

local needs. If so, the scenery of specialized teaching, training or research

activities to be undertaken by the university so as to fulfil this objective;

(t) whether the university proposes to initiation some programmes for the benefit of

farmers, women and industries . If so, details thereof may be given;

(u) details of play grounds and other facilities available or proposed to be made

for games and sports and extra curricular activities like National Cadet

Corps, National Service Scheme, Scouts and Guides etc;

(v) the arrangements proposed to be made for academic auditing;

(w) justification regarding the essential of establishment of the proposed

university;

(x) commitment to stay on the norms of the regulating bodies;

(y) such other details as the sponsoring body may like to give;

(z) such other details as may be prescribed.

(4) The State Regime, on receipt of the proposal and the project report for

establishment of a university, shall constitute a committee consisting of such members as

may be specified by it, to examine the proposal and the project report.

(5) The committee shall consider the proposal and the project report on the

following grounds, namely: -

(a) financial soundness and assets of the sponsoring body and its ability to set up

the infrastructure of the proposed university;

(b) back ground of the sponsoring body that is to say its expertise and experience

in the field of education, its all-purpose reputation etc. and its commitment to

stay on the norms of the regulating bodies;

(c) potentiality of the courses proposed to be existing that is to say the courses are

able to develop the human resources as per the requirements of contemporary

hassle, the courses have new features and include emerging branches of

learning;

(6) The committee, while considering the proposal and the project report, may call

for such other in rank from the sponsoring body as it thinks proper for the purpose.

(7) The committee shall submit its report to the state Regime within a period

of one month from the date of its constitution:

(8) While computing the period of one month, the period origination from the

date on which requisition for any in rank is issued and end on the date on which

requisite in rank is submitted to the committee shall be excluded.

(9) After the receipt of the report of the committee, if the State Regime is

satisfied that it is advisable to set up the university, it may issue a letter of intent and

question the sponsoring body to-

(i) set up an Endowment Fund for the University with an amount of, -

(a) in case the university is situated-

(i) fifteen kilometers away from the municipal limits of the Divisional

Headquarters Cities, or

(ii) ten kilometers away from the municipal limits of other cities, one

crore rupees;

(b) in case the university is situated in scheduled tribal area and maintains

the distance specified in clause (i) from the municipal limits of a city,

seventy five lacs rupees.

(c) in other suitcases, two crore rupees.

(ii) own a minimum of 30 acres of contiguous land, if not already available;

(iii) construct a minimum of 10,000 square meters of roofed space for

administrative purposes and for conducting academic programmes, if not

already available;

(iv) buy books and journals of atleast rupees 10 lacs or as per the norms of

regulating bodies, whichever is higher, and give undertaking to invest within

first three years not less than rupees 50 lacs or as per the norms of regulating

bodies, whichever is higher, on books, journals, computers, library

networking and other facilities so as to make the library facilities adequate

for contemporary teaching and research;

(v) buy equipments, computers, furniture, other mobile and immobile assets

and infrastructure facilities (other than buildings, referred to in clause (iii)

above) value rupees 20 lacs or as per the norms of regulating bodies,

whichever is higher, and give undertaking to procure within the first five

years equipments, computers, furniture, other mobile and immobile assets

and infrastructure facilities (other than buildings, referred to in clause (iii)

above) value not less than rupees one crore or as per the norms of regulating

bodies, whichever is higher;

(vi) give undertaking to appoint at least 1 Professor, 2 Readers and adequate

number of Lecturers along with de rigueur supporting staff in each

department or discipline to be started by the university;

(vii) give undertaking to take up co-curricular activities like seminars, debates,

quiz programmes and additional activities like games, sports, National

Service Scheme, National Cadet Corps etc. for the benefit of students as per

the norms laid down by the regulating bodies;

(viii) give undertaking for establishment of sagacious fund and to take up welfare

programmes for the employees of the university; and

(ix) fulfil such other conditions and grant such other in rank as may be

prescribed by the University Grants Fee, All India Council for

Technical Education or any other statutory body established by the law of

the Union or State Regime.

(10) The sponsoring body shall, within a maximum period of one year, submit to

the State Regime an unambiguous affidavit alongwith documents to the effect that

all conditions referred to in the letter of intent have been fulfilled.

(11) On receiving the compliance report, the State Regime shall appoint a

committee consisting of such members, as may be deemed de rigueur to verify the

compliance report.

(12) The committee shall submit its report to the State Regime within one

month from the date of its constitution specifying whether the sponsoring body has

fulfilled the requirements and conditions laid down in the letter of intent.

(13) If the sponsoring body has failed to comply with the provisions of letter of

intent within a maximum period of one year from the date of issue of the letter of intent,

the proposal submitted shall stand rejected and the letter of intent issued to the sponsoring

body shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.

(14) Though, the State Regime may extend the term of letter of intent for

the further period of one year if such request is made by the Sponsoring Body and the

State Regime is satisfied in respect of the reasons given by the Sponsoring Body for

the extension of the letter of intent.

(15) If the State Regime is satisfied after considering the report of the

Committee submitted under Para (12), de rigueur action in respect of establishment of

private university may be taken by the State Regime.

(16) Where any action, not inconsistent with the terms of these guide shape, has

been taken in any proposal under the Rajasthan Private Universities Act.,2005, such

proposal would be continued and no new application or proposals in such suitcases would be

required to be made.

Sd/-

(Atul Kumar Garg)

Pr. Secy., Higher Education