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LAW (LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING) DEPARTMENT (GROUP -II) NOTIFICATION Jaipur, March 21, 2012

No.F.2 (2) Vidhi/2/2012.-In pursuance of Clauses (3) of Article 348 of the Constitution of India ,the Governor is pleased to authorise the publication in the Rajasthan Gazette of the following translation in the English language of the Geetanjali Vishwavidhyalaya ,Udaipur Adhiniyam,2012 (2012 ka Adhiniyam Sankhyank 4) :-

(Authorized English Translation) THE GEEETANJALI UNIVERSITY, UDAIPUR ACT, 2012 (ACT NO.4 of 2011)

(Received the assent of the Governor on the 19th day of March, 2012)

An Act

to provide for establishment and incorporation of the Geetanjali University,Udaipur in the state of Rajasthan and matters connected therewith and incidental thereto.

Whereas, with a view to keep pace with the rapid development in all spheres of knowledge in the world and the country, it is essential to create world level modern research and study facilities in the State to provide state of the art educational facilities to the youth at their door steps so that they can make out of them human resources compatible to liberalized economic and social order of the world;

And whereas, rapid advancement in knowledge and changing requirement of human resources makes it essential that a resourceful and quick and responsive system of educational research and development be created which can work with entrepreneurial zeal under an essential regulatory set up and such a system can be created by allowing the private institutions engaged in higher education having sufficient resources and experience to establish universities and by incorporating such universities with such regulatory provisions as ensure efficient working of such institutions;

And whereas, the Geetanjali University Trust, Udaipur is a Public Trust registered under the Rajasthan Public Trust Act,1959 (Act No. 42 of 1959) in the office of the Assistant Commissioner, Devasthan Department, Udaipur, vide Registration No.17-DevUdai-2006 dated 26-4-2008;

And whereas, the said Geetanjali University Trust, Udaipur has set up educational infrastructure, both physical and academic, as specified in Schedule I, at Village Manvakhera,Tehsil Girwa, District, Udaipur in the state of Rajasthan and has agreed to invest the said infrastructure in a University for research and studies in disciplines specified in Schedule II and has also deposited an amount of rupees two crores to be utilized in establishment of an endowment fund in accordance with provision of this Act;

And whereas, the sufficiency of the above infrastructure has been got enquired into by a committee, appointed in this behalf by the State Government consisting of the Vice-chancellor, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur, Principal, R.N.T. Medical College, Udaipur, Dean, Faculty of Management Studies, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur, Director, College of Technology and Agriculture Engineering, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur and Head, Department of Pharmacy ,Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur;

And whereas, if the aforesaid infrastructure is utilized in incorporation as a University and the said Geetanjali University Trust, Udaipur is allowed to run the University, it would contribute in the academic development of the people of the state;

Now, therefore, be it enacted by the Rajasthan State Legislature in the Sixty-third Year of the Republic of India, as follows:-