section 4
Submission of proposal for establishment of Azim Premji University and its evaluation
The Azim Premji (Assam) University Act, 2025Education202550 sections
Statutory text
- (1) An application containing the proposal and the project report to establish a non-profit University shall be made by the sponsoring body to the State Government, along with such fees as may be prescribed.
- (2) The project report shall 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 information 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 and details of land, building and other infrastructure proposed to be owned or created as required under the provision of this Act;
- (f) availability of academic facilities including teaching and non-teaching staff, if any, at the disposal of the 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 nature 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 course-wise enrolment targets;
- (j) the experience and expertise in the concerned disciplines at the command of the sponsoring body;
- (k) the nature of facilities, courses of study and research proposed to be started;
- (l) the estimated recurring expenditure course-wise or activity-wise, 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 of 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 objects 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 scholarship to the poor students from economically poor or socially backward families;
- (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; whether the university proposes to undertake some programmes related to local needs. If so, the nature of specialized teaching, training or research activities to be undertaken by the university so as to fill this objective;
- (t) whether the university proposes to start 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 created 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 necessity of establishment of the proposed university;
- (x) commitment to follow the norms of the regulating bodies;
- (y) such other details as the sponsoring body would like to give;
- (z) such other details as may be prescribed.
- (3) The State Government, on receipt of the proposal and the project report for establishment of Azim Premji (Assam) University, shall constitute a committee consisting of such members as may be specified by it, out of whom at least one shall be an expert, to examine the proposal and the project report. Explanation:- In this sub-section, the expression "expert" means an academician of prominence in the respective field of higher education.
- (4) 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) background of the sponsoring body, that is to say, its expertise and experience in the field of education, its general reputation etc. and its commitment to follow the norms of the regulating bodies;
- (c) potentiality of the courses proposed to be offered, that is to say, the courses are able to develop the human resources as per the requirements of contemporary demands, the courses have new features and include emerging branches of learning;
- (d) security clearance report in respect of the antecedents or precedents of the Sponsoring Body from Home and Political Department, Government of Assam.
- (5) The committee, while considering the proposal and the project report under sub-section (4), may call for such information from the sponsoring body as it thinks proper for the purpose.
- (6) The committee shall submit its report to the State Government within a period of one month from the date of its constitution. Provided that while computing the period of one month, the period commencing from the date on which requisition of any information under sub-section
- (5) is issued and ending on the date on which requisite information is submitted to the committee shall be excluded.
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