Gujarat Professional Technical Educational Colleges or Institutions (Procedure for Declaration of Centre of Excellence) Rules, 2014

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    "title": "Gujarat Professional Technical Educational Colleges or Institutions (Procedure for Declaration of Centre of Excellence) Rules, 2014",
    "short_title": "Gujarat Professional Technical Educational Colleges or Institutions (Procedure for Declaration of Centre of Excellence) Rules, 2014",
    "act_number": "Published vide Notification No GH/SH/03/2014/PVS/1",
    "act_year": 2014,
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    "location": "Gujarat",
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    "description": "Gujarat Professional Technical Educational Colleges or Institutions (Procedure for Declaration of Centre of Excellence) Rules, 2014",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title and commencement.",
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            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(a) \"Act\" means the Gujarat Professional Technical Educational Colleges or Institutions (Regulation of Admission and Fixation of Fees) Act, 2007 (Gujarat 2 of 2008);\n(b) \"Appellate Committee\" means Appellate Committee constituted under Rule 7.\n(c) \"Centre of Excellence\" means the College, Institution or Private University in which the quality education, path breaking research, innovative teaching methodologies, quality extension services, high employability and entrepreneurship are imparted;\n(d) \"Committee\" means the High Level Committee constituted under Rule 3;\n(e) \"University\" means the University established under a law enacted by the Legislature of the State;\n(f) \"Appendix\" means Appendix appended to these rules.",
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            "title": "3. Constitution of High Level Committee.",
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            "content": "(i) The Chairperson, to be nominated by the State Government who shall be selected from amongst the former Directors of IISCs or IIMs or NITs or HIT or TIFR or IITs or Former Vice-Chancellors or Renowned Educationists;\n(ii) one member, to be nominated by the State Government from amongst the Eminent Educationists; and\n(iii) one member, to be nominated by the State Government from amongst the Head of Industrial or reputed Business Houses.",
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            "title": "4. Powers and Functions of High Level Committee.",
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            "content": "(a) to give its evaluation in numerical values in the scale of 0 to 10 for the different parameters of evaluation mentioned in Appendix I;.\n(b) to recommend explicitly to the State Government the eligibility or otherwise for conferring the status of the 'Center of Excellence' to the applicant College, Institution or the private University, in Form \"C\" as specified in the Appendix I.\n(a) to undertake the perusal and evaluation of the structured proposal submitted by the applicant Colleges, Institutions or the Private Universities in Form \"B\" as specified in the Appendix I;\n(b) to visit the campus of applicant College, Institution or the Private University for seeking additional information, clarification and interaction with the management, faculty and students of the said College, Institution or the Private University and record observations;\n(c) to collect the information and data during its visit, the comprehensive presentation integrating infrastructure development, directions of growth and achievements;\n(d) to discuss with the Director General, Directors and Deans with respect to the matters and issues related to items specified at serial numbers (1),(2) and (3) of Part-B of the Appendix I.",
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            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Terms and conditions of members of High Level Committee.",
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            "content": "(a) The tenure of the nominated members of the Committee shall be of two years and shall not be eligible for re-nomination;\n(b) a nominated member, having any relation with the applicant College, Institution or the Private University, shall be required to inform the State Government of having his relations with the said College, Institution or the Private University. On receiving such information from the member so nominated, the State Government shall nominate another member in his place in the Committee;\n(c) an application for conferring the status of \"Centre of Excellence\" to the applicant College, Institution or the Private University shall be dealt with expeditiously but not later than the period of three months from the date of the receipt of the application by the State Government.",
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            "title": "6. Procedure for making application for grant of status of 'Centre of Excellence' and revocation thereof.",
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            "content": "(i) The College, Institution or the Private University seeking the status of 'Centre of Excellence' shall make an application or submit its proposal in Form 'A' and Form 'B' as specified in Appendix I alongwith the non-refundable fees of rupees two lakhs, to the State Government. The applicant College, Institution or the Private University shall also require to pay rupees five lakhs as security Deposit.\n(ii) The application made under sub-rule (1) shall be forwarded to the Member-secretary' of the Committee constituted under Rule 3. The Member-secretary shall, in consultation with the Chairperson and other members of the Committee convene the meeting of the Committee and process the application.\n(iii) It shall be the duty of the College, Institution or the Private University,-\n(a) to provide all additional and necessary information and clarifications which the Committee may require, in the prescribed time limit;\n(b) to facilitate campus visit of the Committee on scheduled dates and time;\n(c) to follow the scoring system.\n(iv) In case, the application of the College, Institution or the Private University, for grant of Status of 'Centre of Excellence' is not granted by the State Government, it shall not be eligible to apply for the next two calendar years.",
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            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Constitution of Appellate Committee.",
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            "content": "(i) Principal Secretary to the Government of Gujarat, Education Department;\n(ii) Director,. Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar;\n(iii) Director, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Vadodara;\n(iv) Director, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.",
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            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Review and Revocation.",
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            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Uploading of information on website.",
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            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Penalty .",
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            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Decision of State Government shall be final.",
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            "content": "Appendix I\nAppendix I\n[ See Rule 6(1)]\nPart I\nForm A\nForm A\nSr. No.\nSr. No.\nParticulars\nParticulars\nInformation and Remarks, if any\nInformation and Remarks, if any\n1\nName of the college/institution/private\n\t\t\t\tUniversity:\n2\nName of the Act under which-\n(i) the college or institution is affiliated:\n(ii) private University is established:\n3\nYear of establishment of the\n\t\t\t\tcollege/institution/private University :\n4\nName and designation of the Head of the\n\t\t\t\tcollege/institution/private University and other officers:\n5\nContact Details of officers of the\n\t\t\t\tcollege/institution/private University:\n6\nPrograms Offered :\n7\nSchool-wise, discipline, branch and program-wise\n\t\t\t\tbreak-up of students:\n8\nEnrollment-\n(i) Boys:\n(ii) Girls :\n9\nDetails of-\n(i) Disciplines:\n(ii) Degrees Awarded :\nForm B\nForm B\nStructure of the Proposal\nStructure of the Proposal\n(The college/institution/private University shall submit brief information on each item listed below)\nObject\nObject\nNumerical Values in the Scale\nNumerical Values in the Scale\n1\n1\nVision and Mission Statements\nVision and Mission Statements\n(5)\n(5)\nThese statements need to be articulated and\n\t\t\t\tknown to all concerned.\n2\n2\nBasic Infrastructure:\nBasic Infrastructure:\n(40)\n(40)\n(i) Land Area\n:\nTotal\nEarmarked for\n\t\t\t\tAcademics\nEarmarked for Hostels\nEarmarked for\n\t\t\t\tFaculty/ Staff Residences\nEarmarked for amenities/sports etc.\n:\n:\n:\n:\nNon-Academic :\n(ii) Built-up area : Academic\n(iii) Classrooms - equipped with ICT facilities\n(iv) Teaching Laboratories\n(v) Research Laboratories\n(vi) Equipment: Listing, Important and\n\t\t\t\tsophisticate equipment/instruments\n(vii) Computer Facilities, including Internet\n\t\t\t\tConnectivity, Licensed Software's\n(viii) Libraries Resources Number of Books and\n\t\t\t\tTitles, Journals subscribed, e-journals, Self-study CDs and\n\t\t\t\tlearning materials\n(ix) Total Investment made:\nTotal Investment made/student:\n(x) Five years of existence at the time of\n\t\t\t\tapplication:",
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Students:",
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            "title": "3. Students:",
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            "content": "(30)\n(30)\n(a) Admissions: (Separate information for each program)\nMerit Ranks:\n\t\t\t\tFirst:\nAverage:\nLast:\n(1) Cut-off in Centralized Admission Committee / University Admission\n(2) Girls and Boys enrollment\n(3) Cultural diversity\n(4) Special provisions\n(5) Reservation quota\n(6) Scholarships and freeships\n(7) Discipline\n(8) Grievance redressal\n(9) Faculty advisor Scheme\n(b) Placements:\nPlacement Cell:\nOrganization\nPlacement Details of previous year (Separate information for each program)\nThrough campus placement:\nNo. of Companies on campus:\nPackages offered :\nTop:\nAverage:\n(c) Three major achievements of students in last 5 years (School-wise) and their significance:\nParticipation in national and international events\n(d) Policy support for International Exposure and implementation\nExtent of participation :\nNo. of Students:\nImpact analysis :\n(e) Scheme of Scholarships and fellowships (Give details)\nNo. :\nAmount spent year to year :\nTotal:\n(Break up: 6 Marks each)\n(f) Employability: all students should be able to. get a job with an average starting salary of Rs. 10,000/- per month.",
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            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Academics: (60)",
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            "content": "(1) Constitution of Academic and Governance bodies, compositions, functions and performance.\n(2) Design and development of curricula, and participation of Professionals; Relevance of curriculum contents for industrial needs.\n(3) Monitoring systems for course delivery\n(4) Innovations and initiatives in diversity of course offerings and pedagogy.\n(5) Augmentation of instructional materials\n(6) Field internships : Objectives, Implementation, Evaluation and Outcomes\n(7) Modalities to promote learning-to-learn culture\n(8) Sponsored Chairs\n(9) Visiting and Guest faculty / Adjunct Faculty\n(10) Organized plans to cater the contents beyond the scope of Syllabus\n(11) NBA with 700 points on each programs or B/A grade of NAAC or I grade of AAA\n(12) International Collaborations/Exchange of at least one collaboration per department and at least 15 exchange of students in both direction\n(13) Choice Based Credit System\n(14) Offering Masters and Doctoral Programmes\n(15) Worked on at least 5 minor research projects and 1 major research project.\n(16) Innovative Programme Design\n(17) Strategic Intent",
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            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Examination: (15)",
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            "content": "(1) Rules and regulations\n(2) System of Continuous evaluation\n(3) Credit System and grading\n(4) Innovative measures to promote fairness of evaluation and overall credibility of the examination system\n(5) Question banks, e-quiz, and open book examination (Break up: 3 Marks each,)",
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            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Faculty: (50)",
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            "content": "(1) Cadre Policy, Qualification, Cadre wise Strength\n• No.( of Ph.D + M.Tech.)/ 100 students :\n• No. of Total Faculty/100 students :\n• No. of Part-time, Visiting Faculty, Guest Faculty / 100 students:\n(2) Rules of Recruitment and Procedure\n• Mode of advertisement\n• Selection Process :\n• Scales of Pay and allowances :\n• Perquisites :\n• Faculty joining and attrition rate of last two years:\n• Service Rules :\n• Ratio of Faculty per Department:\n1 Professor,\n2 Associate Professors, and\n4 Assistant Professors\n(3) Faculty Development Policy and Scheme:\n(4) Promotional and career advancement opportunities\n(5) Appraisal systems\n(a) System for Students' Feedback in relation to each course and concerned teacher\n(b) Annual faculty appraisal system\n(c) Six Monthly Probationer Appraisal\n(d) 70% of faculty should have API of greater than or equal to 300 points. Average API of Institute should be greater than or equal to 500.\n(e) H Index of 70% faculty should be more than 5 AND average H Index or Institute to be greater than 8.\n(f) Citation index should be greater than or equal to 300 (Break up: 10 Marks each.)",
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            "title": "7. Research, Consultancy* Extension Services: (50)",
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            "content": "(1) Research undertaken in last three years-\n(i) Sponsored Research -Projects)), Total Value (Rs.)\n(ii) List Major Five Sponsoring Agencies\n(2) Current Sponsored Projects\n(3) Current Research\n(4) Collaborative Research\n(5) At least one major research project per Department\n(6) Patents\n(7) Consultancy Policy/MDPs\n(8) Current Consultancy work\n(9) List five effective MoUs signed nationally\n(10) List of MoUs abroad and implementation\n(11) Extension Services: Policy back up-\n(i) No. of Man-days allotted in last two years:\n(ii) No. of Participants/Beneficiaries:\n(iii) Assurance of sustainability:\n(Break up : 5 Marks each.)",
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            "title": "8. Miscellaneous : (50)",
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            "content": "i. Women Cell: Structure and Organization No. of Meetings held in last 2 years\nii. Quality Assurance and Enhancement Cells\niii. Anti-tagging Committee: Structure and Organization No. of Meetings held in last 2 years\niv. Dean of Students\nv. Dean of Research\nvi. International services office and liaison\nvii. MoUs Monitoring\nviii. Professional bodies-Memberships\nix. National and International Conferences hosted in last four years\nx. Accreditation obtained:\nxi. Co-curricular activities like debate, quiz, workshops\nxii. Participation of students in sports, fine arts and cultural activities\nxiii. Extensive use of ICT in teaching learning process\nxiv. Promotion of environment friendly and socially relevant activities (Break-up of 5 Marks each.)\nNote. - * The Applicant University may add any additional information not included in the above components.\nNote.\n** Numerical values assigned to each major parameter and break-up therein are suggestive only.\nPart II\n(To be filled in by the college/institution/private University)\n(ii) Name and designation of the Committee members.\n(a) Policy Perspectives in the matter of admissions (As relevant to possible empowerment in the matter of admission of students).\n(b) Future Development Perspectives\n(c) Fee Policy, Admission and Gradation norms\n(d) The proposed fee structure - How it differs from present Fee Regulatory Committee (FRC) norms.\nUndertaking\nUndertaking\n(Name)\nRegistrar\nName of the college/institution/private University\nForm C\nForm C\n[ See Rule 4]\n(For Office Use only)\nSignature of the High Level Committee\n1 (         **         )\nChairman High Level\n\t\t\t\tCommittee\n2. (         **         )\nMember High Level\n\t\t\t\tCommittee\n3. (         **         )\n(Member-Secretary)\nHigh Level Committee\n* Here mention Name of the college/institution/private University\n** Here mention Name\nAppendix II\nAppendix II\n[ See Rule 3(3)]\n(a) Honorarium Rs.\n(b) Remuneration\nHotel Accommodation per day Rs.\nCharges for travel within the city Rs.\nFood Bill per day not exceeding Rs.\n5000\n5000\nA.C. Taxi Charges up to 50 km.\n500\n(c) Travelling Allowance\nAir\nRail\nRoad\nEconomy Class\nA.C. I Class\nA.C. Taxi/Ordinary Taxi/Own Car (Rs. 16 per Km.)",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "Last Updated 5th November, 2019 [guj354]",
        "Act Number": "Published vide Notification No GH/SH/03/2014/PVS/102013/631/S, dated 1.2.2014",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "2014",
        "Short Title": "Gujarat Professional Technical Educational Colleges or Institutions (Procedure for Declaration of Centre of Excellence) Rules, 2014",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Gujarat"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
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