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In the Gujarat Professional Technical Educational Colleges or Institutions (Regulation of Admission and Fixation of Fees) Act, 2007 (hereinafter referred to as "the principal Act"), in section 2.-

1. (i) after clause (d), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:- "(dd) "Foreign National

1. (FN) Student" means the student other than Non-Resident Indian
2. (NRI) who possesses a foreign passport and fulfils the equivalency of eligibility requirements ascertained by the competent authority as may be specified by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, for admission;";
   • (ii) in clause (g), for sub-clause (ii), the following sub-clause shall be substituted, namely:- "(ii) fifty per cent. (50%) seats of the professional courses of the total approved seats of the unaided colleges or institutions;";
   • (iii) after clause (g), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:- "(gg) "GTERS or the Gujarat Technical Education and Research Society (GTERS)" means a society constituted by the Education Department, Government of Gujarat under the Government Resolution No. MIS/102013/104/S dated the 31st December 2013;";
   • (iv) for clause (h), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:- "(h) "Management seats" means fifty per cent. (50%) seats of the professional courses of the total approved seats in the unaided colleges or institutions including fifteen per cent. (15%) of Non-Resident Indian seats; and also includes seats for Foreign National Students; and students from any State (including Gujarat);";
   • (v) in clause (i), for the words "in the professional educational colleges or institutions", the words "on the management seats in the unaided educational colleges or institutions on the basis of fulfillment of equivalency of eligibility requirements for admission as ascertained by the competent authority as may be specified by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India," shall be substituted.